31 points per game + 30 points per game, the best offensive combination in the league!

In recent years, the league has become more and more united, and some championship teams are basically the foundation of the Big Three, otherwise they are embarrassed to say that they want to win the championship. In the offseason, the Celtics built a Big Four lineup, and Holiday and Porzingis replaced Smart and Horford, which is to raise the team's ceiling for the double tanhua. The Bucks traded for Lillard and found a key Mr. + offensive endpoint for Brother Alphabet, but the Bucks also lost their defensive floor. The Warriors Kutang chased the three brothers, and there was the old Paul again, although Paul can lead the bench to continue to win points, but the visible decline of Klay and Wiggins has made this team fall into a mud pit, and it is difficult to solve the fundamental problem. The Clippers formed a big four lineup, and after suffering 6 consecutive defeats, with Harden's 3+1 stunner, they finally won. As it turns out, Harden is indeed better suited to playing with the ball.

But there's one team that has moved a lot in the offseason. As the only team that can win 2 games against the Nuggets in the series in the playoffs last season, after the Suns changed their new owners, the team spared no expense to build a lineup, sending away Paul and Ayton in exchange for Beal, Nurkic, Allen, and the addition of people like Gordon, Eubanks, Yuta Watanabe and others also greatly improved the thickness of the team's lineup. But after 12 games in the opening season, the Suns have a 6-6 record, which is obviously not satisfactory. In these 12 games, Durant was full attended, playing an average of 36.3 minutes per game, and was able to get 30.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists, with a shooting rate of 52%+50% in two games, which can only be described as an exaggeration. In the game with the Jazz, the Jazz players chased and intercepted Durant, did not lose their position every time they defended, and let Durant score 38 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, including a three-point shoot!

Durant is over 35 years old, after experiencing a major Achilles tendon injury, he still has an average output of 30+ per game, in Booker's words, Durant is unique! And the team's second Booker, who suffered an ankle injury before, is also in good condition after his comeback, averaging 29.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game, and the two-point shooting rate is 54%+48%! On the one hand, Booker's finishing efficiency is not as bad as Durant's, on the other hand, Booker switches to the core of the organization and fully drives the team. Booker also became the first player since the Suns to have at least 24 points, 15 assists and only one turnover in a single game. It stands to reason that Durant averages 31 points per game + Booker averages 30 points per game, which is already the strongest offensive duo in the league, and no one can match it in terms of efficiency and statistics. But the Suns are having a hard time winning championships this season for three reasons.

First, of course, it is Bill, who has been dubbed a "fraudster". Beal played a total of 3 games after joining the Suns, averaging 17.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, with a two-point shooting rate of 38%+33%! Beal has 4 years left on his contract, with salaries of $46.74 million + $50.2 million + $53.67 million + $57.13 million, not to mention his stats and efficiency Sorry for this contract, just the appearance rate makes Suns fans and the media chill. I suffered a back injury from the beginning of the preseason, and I didn't play a few games after returning, and I was injured again, and this time the injury had to be out for at least 3 weeks, even if it was re-evaluated at that time, and it would take a time to transition back to the court, back and forth, almost 2 months away. With Durant and Booker, do you still need Beal? If Beal is replaced with a top No. 4 + backup point guard, will the Suns be invincible?

Second, Vogel's "transformation" of Durant. During the Monty period, Durant often appeared at the No. 3 position, and with the protection of teammates, there was not much pressure on Durant to participate in the confrontation and protect the frame. But after the start of the new season, Vogel asked Durant to go to the No. 4 spot. Indeed, this is to take care of Durant's declining speed, but around Durant, Nurkic is too slow, Gordon is too short, and Durant often goes to the basket in the connecting section, Durant is second only to Nurkic in rebounding this season, this kind of attrition is not obvious in the early part of the season, but as the season deepens, it will accelerate the process of Durant's downfall. Just like in the Nets era, Durant himself didn't care about playing the whole game, but Nash did, and Durant immediately stopped for two months, which outweighed the loss.

Thirdly, and most importantly, Vogel did not form an effective rotation system. In the first dozen games, the most important thing was to establish a rotation framework, but in the Suns, there are 12 players who play more than 10 minutes per game. Sometimes it's not that more people are better, on the contrary, every experiment, re-adaptation, it takes time, Yuta Watanabe was refrigerated in a few games, Gordon came from the bench to start, Eubanks was very efficient, and there was little time, Goodwin had good court control, but he was transformed into a pitcher, resulting in the Suns often playing very messily in the transition period, and in the end, it was Durant who solved the problem alone. Why didn't Vogel's defensive system built during his time with the Lakers reflected in the Suns?

The Suns' strength on paper has indeed reached the championship level, but after Beal's comeback, it will cause the effect of 1+1+1 less than 3, and maybe Durant and Booker may fall at some stage in the future. Although Vogel can lead the Lakers to win the championship, Durant and Booker are not a James Mei combination, and sometimes offense alone cannot solve the problem, and defense is the basis that determines the team's ceiling. As for Beal, the Suns should really send him away in exchange for a forward of Harris's calibre.