Joe Johnson: Singles Joe, play Soul Breaker again?
People will give the wrong name, but not the wrong nickname.
Joe Johnson's nickname:
Iso Joe, singles Joe.
He shot well, and in his final season with the Suns, he made 177 three-pointers with 48 percent three-point percentage — a unique shooting skill like Curry, who made 166 three-pointers in his first year in the NBA at 44 percent three-point percentage.
He was a good passer (at No. 2): 5,001 assists in his career, more than Barry, one of the best passing forwards of all time, slightly less than Fraser, the greatest point guard in New York history, and more than Ginobili in the same position.
A No. 2 with a good three-point and good pass would be called Single Joe, proving in turn:
He's really good at singles.
Joe is 201 cm tall and weighs 108 kg.
No. 2: Kobe Bryant 198 cm, about 96 kg all year round.
Ray Allen is 196 cm and about 93 kg all year round.
No. 3: Melon 203 cm, about 108 kg all year round.
Pierce is 201 cm and about 107 kg all year round.
Joe is the physique of No. 3 and goes to play No. 2 offensive and defensive.
Mountain-like advantage.
He's strong, not just physical.
From 2001 to 2018, the longest NBA playing time was LeBron: 44,300 minutes.
What is the second longest? Joe Johnson, 44,235 minutes.
During this period, Joe scored 20,405 points, which is not much: ninth in his generation.
But during this period, he scored eight thousand eight per heads.
68% of two-point shooting percentage — higher than Kobe, higher than LeBron, higher than melon.
You don't have to pass the ball to him, he can shoot it himself.
Between 2001-18, the NBA's top five short shots: Duncan, Gasol, Al Jefferson, Joe Johnson, Brand — Joe alone was an outside player.
Hit the basket, he is not as good as LeBron and Wade; Outside jump shots, he is inferior to Kobe and Maddie.
But as the No. 2 position, he is extremely large, has the ability to rub points at the level of a long person, and has a mid-range shot without dead ends.
So it can't be stopped.
Old Qiao is 201 cm tall, close to 110 kg. Solid as a rock.
The size of position 3 and the feel of dribbling in position 2, so you can start anywhere you get the ball.
He is a solid dribbler and dares to stick to you to make movements; If you dare to copy the ball, it is easy to lose position; He takes a step, you don't deal with it, he grabs the position, the stone wall physique, you can't carry it; You respond, he pulls the ball and grabs a step, followed by a straight jumper, or a step back jumper.
He pulls the ball firmly to force you, you and him change direction, you don't shoot directly with him; You give him space, he still casts directly.
Solid, concise, effective and not fancy. It's easy for onlookers to think, "Why is he not moving big or fast, but the opponent can't interfere with his shooting?" ”
Solid, good hands, stable basket.
A prime example of floor flow.
Old Joe's career masterpiece, two things.
One was in 2008 when he took Atlanta — Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, rookie Horford — to drag the championship Celtics into Game 7. Bryant took the Lakers and only dragged on for six games.
Against that Celtics, regular season scoring champion LeBron averaged 27+6+8 per game that year, but shot 35%+23%+76%.
Regular season MVP Bryant averaged 26+5+5 per game that year, but shot 41%+32%+80%.
Old Joe averaged 20+4+4 per game, shooting 41%+44%+91%.
He is not as good as Kobe and LeBron, but against the Celtics in this set of series, compared to Kobe and LeBron, he played... OK.
Especially in the fourth game, he shot 35 points abruptly, dragging the game to 2-2.
Then in 2014, in the first round of the Eastern Conference, the Nets defeated the Raptors.
Old Joe averaged 22+4+3 per game, shooting 52%+39%+82%, opposite DeRozan averaged 24+4+4, shooting 39%+33%+90%.
In the seventh game, Joe Sr.'s team-high 26 points overwhelmed DeRozan and led the team to the cut.
That series, everyone who has seen it knows: it was Old Joe who kept eating DeRozan to win.
Today's mid-distance model DeRozan was taught by Old Joe at the time.
Joe Sr. himself later said that he had played LeBron, he had played Kobe, but his favorite opponent was Brandon Roy.
On January 21, 2008, they played against each other, Joe scored 37 points in that game, and after a week, the two sides finally played to 93 draws, Luo defended until Old Qiao could not shoot, and he hit the ball to complete the reversal; By March 2009, the two had scored 35 and 29 points.
But during the All-Star Weekend, they would discuss the details of the game together and go back to the hotel together.
Joe says Roy is a lot like him: unassuming, quietly playing at his own pace, finding his point, getting dry, and discussing technical details very seriously.
This incident actually shows Joe Johnson's own character:
He was calm and proud.
He is not alone, not greedy, usually passes the ball and maintains the score.
In terms of single-handedness fanaticism, perhaps his old teammate J. Crawford is more positive; Joe is a rocky iceberg on the outside and sullen and fiery on the inside.
But when faced with an opponent of equal ranks, he will not be stage frightened; When the opponent meets the talent, he will temporarily put aside the burden of the team's ace and throw himself into the old-school head-to-head. Roy said that the next time they met, Joe "went straight to my chest, and I knew then that he was serious today."
But after the game, win or lose, Joe doesn't pull his face down, but discusses the technical details of the heads-up with his opponents, say, and enjoys it. He appreciates the one-on-one approach of pure skill versus attack.
Sometimes I feel that Lao Qiao is a bit like the sand dragon in Lao She's "Broken Soul Gun". A veteran in old age, but slightly behind the times, he himself understands.
Therefore, he does not go around selling art tricks like shaking his skills, nor does he toss the ball blindly; Only in the dead of night, stab the soul-breaking gun in one breath, and then look at the barrel of the gun and say, "Don't pass it."
Yesterday was Joe Johnson's 42nd birthday.