20 points, 16 points, and 23 points! The Lakers and Suns' henchmen were born
Today's NBA preseason, the Nuggets 116-102 Nick Bulls, this game is basically no suspense, the first quarter of the two teams can not open the point difference, the second quarter Nuggets prevailed, the third quarter of the point difference to double digits, the last quarter Bulls repeatedly launched a counterattack, but the Nuggets have two rookies who played well, Strausser and Tyson continue to score, and finally led the Nuggets to defeat the Bulls. In terms of statistics, Jokic had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 turnovers, Murray 21 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Strawer 23 points and 2 rebounds, Gordon 13 points and 5 rebounds, Tyson 11 points and 4 rebounds, Pope 6 points and 3 rebounds.
Looking back at the offseason, the Lakers and Suns are hailed as big winners, because the lineups of the two teams have been greatly improved, like the Lakers focused on strengthening the forward position, from the preseason performance so far, the Lakers have several new signings have played well, Prince and Hayes are representatives. The Suns got Beal, as well as Roundface, Ball, Grayson Allen and Little and other strong reinforcements, in terms of roster depth, the Suns are the league's top level. In contrast, although the Nuggets are the defending champions, the roster has not been significantly enhanced, but has also lost two very important replacements, Bruce Brown and Jeff Green.
Because of this, the outside world is generally not optimistic about the Nuggets, there is a view that if the Nuggets meet the Lakers and the Suns again in the new season, the Nuggets will not be opponents, no matter how strong Jokic and Murray are, they cannot lead the entire team to compete with the Lakers and Suns, and in the latest official ranking of the NBA, the Nuggets are only ranked 3rd, behind the Suns and Bucks, but is this really the case? The answer is no, the Nuggets have played three preseason games, and there is one rookie who has exploded in a row that deserves our attention, he is Strausser, who beat the Bulls today, Strausher shot 8 of 15, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, 23 points and 2 rebounds, and he felt very good. Strawcer is the 29th pick this year, a shooting guard who showed great scoring ability in the preseason.
Low draft pick, does not mean that the strength is average, Jokic is the best counterexample, now the Nuggets low pick and found a treasure, Strawer's personal ability is not ordinary, he has a comprehensive scoring is extremely strong, breakthrough, projection are top, and even has a good shot, more importantly, Strausher has a good mentality, dare to fight and fight, against the Bulls, Strausher suddenly broke out in the opening stage, personally cut 12 points in a row, almost single-handedly against the Bulls, which shows that Strausher plays quite confidently, he is not afraid of confrontation, Can use a variety of offensive means to destroy opponents. Struse, who is 2.01m tall, is physically strong and athletic, which, combined with all-round scoring ability, makes it difficult for opponents to defend him.
A round is not meaningful, let's take a look at Struse's data in the first two preseason games, against the Suns, Struser is 8 of 12, 4 of 7 three-pointers contributed 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, the first time against the Bulls, Strawer was 5 of 9, 4 of 8 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws contributed 16 points, you can see that Strausher is an efficient scorer, according to statistics, these three preseason games, Strausher can average 19.7 points per game, shooting 58.3%, three-pointers are as high as 50%. 20 points, 16 points, and 23 points, Strausher cut high scores one after another, sorry Lakers and Suns, your henchmen were born, it can be said that the rise of Struse, beyond the expectations of the outside world, his outbreak, so that the strength of the Nuggets has been guaranteed.
The Nuggets management's draft vision is indeed unique, in addition to Strawer, the 29th pick, the 37th pick Hunter Tyson also performed well, in the last two preseason games he scored 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, as well as 11 points and 4 rebounds, and Tyson is also very efficient, his position is a small forward, 2.02 meters tall, against the Bulls, he hit consecutive three-pointers at key moments, directly ending the suspense of victory and defeat. To sum up, we can conclude that the Nuggets have not declined because of the rise of Strausser, at least they can match last season, don't forget that Murray is still evolving, which also creates big trouble for the Lakers and the Sun, and it is definitely not easy to beat the Nuggets in the new season.