Two data brushes, one coach bastard! You still want to win the championship? The NBA's first pseudo-giant is born

Halfway through the NBA regular season this season, the East has become even more chaotic as the West gradually splits into four blocs. First of all, the Celtics relied on the stable performance of the Big Four in the regular season, although it was difficult to play high-end games, but after all, there were a few, so the Celtics could play a winning rate close to 8% and achieve a unique ride. In addition, Embiid's surgery is actually equivalent to a season reimbursement, and with the 76ers' 4-14 win rate without Embiid, the 76ers are likely to fall outside the top 10 in the second half of the schedule and miss the playoffs. In addition, it is the Cavaliers and the Knicks, two super dark horses, who have successfully caught up with the Bucks all the way to the north. The Cavaliers are complete, and under the leadership of Mitchell, they can also play a 66% win rate, not to mention the Knicks, Anunoby is simply a booster!

But there is one team that is standing still or even regressing, and that is the Bucks. The 33-17 record since the start of the tournament is very average in terms of the overall competitiveness of the East. Secondly, since the Bucks traded for Lillard to send away Holiday and Allen, the defense has been at the level of about 20 in the league, and Lillard and Beasley are like sieves on the defensive end. In the end, the Bucks inexplicably fired Griffin, who led the team with a good record, and let Rivers Sr. take over. After Rivers Sr. took office, the team won 1-3: was reversed by the Nuggets, lost to the Trail Blazers, won the game against the Mavericks, and Brother Alphabet kicked Doncic in the groin to attract criticism, and then the Bucks led the Jazz by 19 points, and finally lost by 15 points, and suffered a big reversal in the final quarter. 4 games down, one feeling: two data brushes, one coach bastard.

Let's start with Brother Alphabet. This season, he averaged 31.3 points, 11.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game, averaging a new career high in points per game, but he didn't win more respect. For example, in the face of the Pacers, he scored 64 points to refresh the team history, made 32 free throws in the game, and in order to refresh the team history record, he stayed on the court in the last 2 minutes of the game, and even the Pacers assistant coach directly took the game ball after the game, making it clear that he didn't look down on Brother Alphabet. Another example is playing the Rockets, the Bucks lost by 4 points, Brother Alphabet was 16 of 25, 15 of 21 free throws, and in the last 20 seconds, the Bucks were 7 points behind, and Brother Alphabet kept fouling, and then chased after himself with two points and two points, and even missed a layup! Judging from the data, it is indeed beautiful, but it has no practical meaning at all, and he is even losing points on the court. Of course, it is also true that Brother Alphabet can still score after all.

As for Lillard, that's really hard to say! Averaging 24.9 points per game this season seems like a lot, shooting a pitiful 42%+34% from the field, averaging 9 shots from the three-point line per game, close to 8 free throws! Lillard doesn't count free throws, his effective shooting percentage is only a pitiful 51%, 248th in the league, and his true shooting percentage is 59.8% including free throws, 104th in the league. The key Lillard broke out and had to slump several times, such as when he faced the Pistons before, he scored 45 points, followed by the Pistons two days later, and scored 17 points on 4-of-15 from the field, relying on free throws. Including 5-of-13 against the Nuggets, 5-of-16 against the Rockets, and constantly being called out for a game, 5-of-18 against the Jazz and 3-of-16 against the Pacers. This is only on the offensive end, and Lillard does not have it at all on the defensive end, and is used to the role of the boss during the Trail Blazers.

Finally, naturally, it's the old Rivers. When the Bucks fired their predecessor Griffin, they were exposed by ESPN that the relationship between Brother Alphabet and Griffin was tense, and even though Griffin led the team to achieve good results, it was difficult to escape the fate. Bucks coach Horst denied the claim, saying that it had nothing to do with the player's behavior and comments, and that it was a decision made by the team's top management. Most embarrassingly, Horst said that Rivers Sr. is the best person to take the Bucks to the next level, the team will not change the established goal of maintaining the championship, and will try to continue to strengthen before the trade deadline. Rivers Sr. coached the first four games, 1-3, not to mention, the key Eastern All-Star coach position was locked by him! And Rivers Sr. said he was willing to give up his coaching position to Griffin.

I also have face, and I know that if I really let the alliance, I won't agree. And the American media also made a statistic that Rivers Sr. called 5 timeouts less than his opponent in the first four games of coaching the Bucks. After every loss, the old Rivers can always find excuses, such as losing to the Trail Blazers, the old Rivers complained that Lopez didn't pass the ball, and after losing to the Jazz, the old Rivers disliked the players' tactics and ran out, but they couldn't shoot. Including after the loss to the Nuggets, Rivers Sr. also said that the team and himself need to have a process of adaptation, and will not rush to ask the team. If nothing else, I have always believed that Rivers Sr. is unlikely to lead the Bucks to really fall out of the top three in the East, but in the playoffs, Rivers Sr. was reversed 12 times in his coaching career, how to explain it?

Two data brushes, Brother Alphabet deserves to be an All-Star, and Lillard was forced to start as an All-Star in the East by the league. Rivers Sr., as a "coach bastard", was relieved when the Eastern Conference rivals learned that the Bucks chose Rivers Sr., and everyone knew it. How is it possible, not to mention anything else, just the reversed attributes of the old Rivers, coupled with the defensive quality of the Bucks this season, they are likely to be another round of tours, and the first pseudo-giant in the NBA was born!