Who should play off the bench between Harden and Willis? Yang Yi's answer is consistent with O'Neill
Harden got his wish and joined the Clippers, the outside world is looking forward to their performance, with the Big Four lineup of Harden + Wei Shao + George + Leonard, the luxury of the Clippers lineup can be called the top in the league, but after two games, we found that the Clippers did not play as expected, the Knicks and the Nets are not strong teams, the Clippers can't win, and recently suffered 3 consecutive defeats.
Losing is not terrible, the important thing is the problems exposed, first of all, the biggest weakness of the Clippers lineup is the interior, Zubac moves slowly, and his ability to protect the basket is average, coupled with Plumlee's injury, which makes the Clippers' interior even worse. Secondly, Harden and Wei Shao are not compatible, and the two games are enough to prove that the two cannot start at the same time, because Wei Shao must control the ball, and Wei Shao without the ball is not threatening, after all, you can't expect him to stand in the bottom corner and shoot threes.
In turn, Harden during the Rockets period was a big package, and the Nets and 76ers were also the main controls, and now you let him play without the ball, and the beard is not adaptable, to sum up, Harden and Wei Shao need one to play as a substitute. But the question arises, who starts the two and who is on the bench, fans on both sides are also arguing, let's take a look at what Yang Yi and O'Neal say.
As early as after the game against the Knicks, the famous basketball commentator Yang Yi expressed his opinion, and Mr. Yang Yi believed that it was best for Wei Shao to play as a substitute and lead the second team. The reason is that Wei Shao has fewer means of scoring, basically relying on impacting the inside, so you can't let Leonard and George wait in the bottom corner to receive the ball, you know, Cajun is the leader of the Clippers, is the offensive core of the Clippers, and if the Clippers want to win, they have to give full play to Leonard and George's offensive ability.
Teacher Yang Yi's point of view is very easy to understand, Harden and Wei Shao, Harden is more suitable to drive Leonard and George. Looking back on the game with the Nets, the Clippers' tactics are like this, Harden is indeed in possession of the ball, but after halftime, the ball has to be handed over to Wei Shao to deal with, and the latter will decide how to attack, resulting in the Clippers' offensive tactics are too complicated, inefficient, and seriously deprived Leonard of the ball.
At the end of the game, the commentator couldn't help but complain, saying that the Clippers were playing at the wrong pace, and Tyronn Lue needed to sober up. During the 76ers period, it was also Harden who dribbled the ball over half the court, and then handed it over to Embiid to deal with, but the emperor is the star of the house, and he has the final say on how to play himself, on the other hand, the Clippers, the ball has passed through the hands of Harden, Wei Shao and Leonard, and the small card is equivalent to the third hand, and when the ball is passed, a lot of time is wasted, no wonder the Clippers have not been smooth in these two games.
O'Neal also talked about this on the show not long ago, and the big shark said this: "I don't see where the chemistry between Willow and Harden is, I see the Clippers playing a mess, they have four superstars, and now the question is who is going to open up the space?" Who's going to protect the rebound? I know Harden has only played two games, but it's hard for me to see how they're going to move forward, Tyronn Lue needs to have one guy off the bench, and I'll go with Willis, who played off the bench last season. ”
The big shark is very direct, and he also thinks that Wei Shao should play as a substitute, because when he played for the Lakers last season, Wei Shao was playing on the bench, which shows that Wei Shao is willing to make sacrifices, on the contrary, if Harden is asked to play as a substitute, the beard may not be able to accept it, after all, everyone is different. It's true that it's not just Mr. Yang Yi and O'Neal, most of the current opinions from the outside world think that it is Wei Shao who should play as a substitute, after all, Harden has more scoring means, at least there is a threat outside the three-point line, and Wei Shao does not have this. To sum up, it is more appropriate for Wei Shao to play as a substitute.