27-13!25-year-old leads the team to the top two in the West, O'Neal: More like the league's No. 1 point guard than K

On January 18th, Beijing time, today the NBA officially announced the latest edition of the power list, the top five are: Green Army, Timberwolves, Nuggets, Thunder and Bucks, the Green Army has not fallen out of the top five in the power list so far this season, and it is stable enough. The Timberwolves are now in first place in the West, and it is understandable that they are in this position, the Nuggets are the defending champions, and their strength is undoubted, and secondly, the Bucks have the alphabet and Lillard, and it is reasonable to be in this position.

As a new youth army, the Thunder can occupy the top five in the power list for a long time, which is probably something that many fans did not expect, and they have also dominated the first place in the list before. You must know that as the season progresses, many young teams have declined in their records, such as the Magic and Rockets, although the young teams are highly talented, the team's playing style is not mature enough, and the execution is not good enough, so as the season deepens, the shortcomings will be exposed.

Like the biggest problem of the Rockets is that they don't have a stable attacking point, they are afraid of teams with strong defense, as long as they limit Shin Jing, it will be difficult for them to win, while the Magic have no projection ability, as long as they shrink the defense, it will be difficult for them to play dominant on the offensive end. Although the Thunder also belong to the youth army, this team is mature enough, and in terms of three-point shooting, their team's three-point shooting rate of 39.1% so far this season ranks second in the league, which is very scary.

And the team is not short of stable players, Jay and Alexander are very good at attacking, and the team's defense is still very strong, which is also the key to their ability to reach the top two in the West this season, so far this season, the Thunder's offensive efficiency is 119.9, fourth in the league, defensive efficiency is 111.7, and the league is fifth, both of which are in the top five of the league, only they and the Green Army, the 76ers, and the other two are the top three teams in the East.

There is one player who is indispensable for the Thunder to reach their current heights, he is Alexander, Alexander began to cash in on his talent last season, he played a good offensive ability, helped the team reach the play-offs, this season he is more mature, the offensive end is still very good, and at the same time he has injected more energy on the defensive end, the team boss is willing to defend, and other players must be willing to follow, so the Thunder's defense has become stronger.

This season, Alexander averaged 31 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 55% from the field, 32.6% from three-point range, fourth in the league in points per game, and first in the league in steals.

At the critical moment of this season, Alexander averaged 2.6 minutes per game to score 2.9 points, shooting as high as 63%, the shooting rate is terrifying, according to the current play, Alexander not only has the opportunity to be selected for the best team this season, he also hopes to win the MVP, after all, the Thunder is just a young army, and he was brought to the top three in the West, learn from Embiid last season, Alexander does not have a helper like Harden and Maxey, and the result is so good.

It is worth mentioning that O'Neal was asked the best point guard in the current team in an interview recently, he said: "Doncic is really good, but I will choose Alexander for the best point guard in the league at the moment, this kid has been playing the right way and getting his teammates involved in the offense, I will choose him, he is too strong." According to this season's EPM, Alexander is only slightly behind Embiid this season, leading the likes of Alphabet, Jokic and Doncic by a wide margin.

The biggest difference between Alexander and the current ball-holding big core player is that he is a player who integrates offense and defense, and only Alexander and Edwards can be called offensive and defensive among the young backcourt in the current league, like Doncic, Trae Young and Haliburton are all players who are strong in offense and weak in defense, Alexander and Edwards are more in line with the playing style of old stars, so they have been favored by more celebrities.

It is worth mentioning that Alexander and Doncic are still drafts in the same year, Doncic is a first-round flower show, and Alexander is just the No. 11 pick in the first round, Jerry West won him with his discernment, and even gave away his first-round No. 12 and No. 13 picks for this, at that time, Jerry West did this still caused a lot of doubts, but now everyone sees how good the vision of the logo man is, Alexander played out, just like Kobe Bryant and Klay back then, and there was no parallel goods in the backcourt he selected!

Although Alexander still has shortcomings, he is only 25 years old and has not yet reached his peak, and when he enters the peak, he will inevitably be stronger.