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1 consecutive wins and feel invincible!Decided to win the championship with a 0 point guard lineup, abstract oh

1 consecutive wins and feel invincible!Decided to win the championship with a 0 point guard lineup, abstract oh

Renowned reporter Chris Haynes reported that the Suns held a simple meeting with the team's management after playing the Lakers, and finally released the news that they would not consider buying a point guard before the trade deadline, but hoped to continue to strengthen the wing force.

After the Suns beat the Lakers by 18 points yesterday, the team agreed that the guard line is now enough.

1 consecutive wins and feel invincible!Decided to win the championship with a 0 point guard lineup, abstract oh

This came as a shock to the outside world, and the Suns' 20-18 record this season was seriously below expectations, although the sluggish record was largely due to injuries. After all, Beal missed 24 games, Booker missed 9 games, and Durant missed 8 games, and the Big Three only played 127 minutes in the whole season, and the number of missed games covered more than half of the season. Unexpectedly, among all the new signings, the most players were the old Gordon outside the Big Three.

But the lack of a point guard shouldn't be a reason to be ignored.

The Suns' complete registration roster (including cut + two-way contracts) has only four official registered positions as "point guards": Booker, Jordan Goodwin, who just changed their profiles to PG this year, and two two-way contracts, Saben Lee and Maledon.

1 consecutive wins and feel invincible!Decided to win the championship with a 0 point guard lineup, abstract oh

However, we can't say that this is an offseason operational failure of the team, as they were definitely deliberately planned.

Early in the offseason, team management decided that they would go into the season with a no-traditional guard lineup, as they didn't ask for a single point guard during free agency.

One is to bet on Booker to grow into a top "two-way guard", in the 2020-2022 Paul's time on the team, it was mainly Booker who occasionally served as a point guard in Paul's absent lineup. He has the potential to become a full-time point guard. (The red circle shows the point guard who has played 2% and 4% of the total time of the season)

1 consecutive wins and feel invincible!Decided to win the championship with a 0 point guard lineup, abstract oh

Another potential point guard is new signing, Beal, who gradually transitioned from pure scorer to two-way guard after entering his peak in the 19-20 season, averaging more than six assists per game for two consecutive seasons.

However, there is a clear difference between the passing nature of the two-way guard and the passing of the point guard, and the reason why the two-way guard who has transitioned from a point guard to a point guard can succeed is because it relies on its original offensive ability, and the opponent is afraid of its scoring ability to allow him to find an open teammate.

Booker and Beal are both "pseudo-point guards" who break through to find open teammates after eating blocks and pick-and-rolls.

1 consecutive wins and feel invincible!Decided to win the championship with a 0 point guard lineup, abstract oh

But a truly talented point guard not only has the above-mentioned passing skills, but also has to find the misalignment point and find the empty cut point teammates in many extreme environments, which is not a skill that can be practiced in 1-2 days.

This has also led to point guard command being out of control when the Suns play some top-tier defense, strong individual defense.

Not to mention, there was a Thunderman shot in the previous game against the Clippers Beal, he was the main control of the half-court inertial blocking, and even took the initiative to face Leonard, and his teammates not only failed to find the passing point when he was a running guard, but finally made a mistake on the spot.

Netizens shouted: Elementary school student-style attack.

Now that you've ended your losing streak and won 1 in a row, it's okay again?

It can only be said that the Suns have found confidence again after defeating the Lakers! (How is this the same perspective as the Lakers who felt that the head coach did it again after winning the Clippers)

1 consecutive wins and feel invincible!Decided to win the championship with a 0 point guard lineup, abstract oh

All in all, the Suns are likely to play the entire season with 0 orthodox point guards, and there is no doubt that their goal must be to go for the championship, and the NBA history has been dominated by 0 point guards?

Anyway, since 1977: 0 teams.

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