Ah, what a jaw-dropping season! The Suns and Lakers were swept one after another, and even the Clippers almost didn't escape the disaster. To be honest, this season in the NBA is really scary, but it is also inevitably reminiscent of the old saying: "A new generation replaces the old". Our big brothers, James and Durant, are they really going to say goodbye?
Let's talk about these veterans. First of all, Durant, this guy really fought hard in the Suns, but against the Timberwolves, the whole team seemed to have not woken up, and was swept out by the opponent in three games. And James, the veteran in the Lakers, is the same, facing the Nuggets, he also lost three games in a row. As for the Clippers' Leonard, although they are still struggling, they are also precarious against the Mavericks.
Let's look at their age. Hey, James is almost 40, and the others are in their early 30s. But you say that the performance of these veterans on the international stage is really not lost to the young people at all. Think about it, in last year's World Cup, young Edwards still had to rely on these old guys.
However, from another point of view, it is not a bad thing that these veterans are out early. Why? Because the Paris Olympics are just around the corner, won't they have more time to prepare for the Olympics if they end their NBA journey so early? Especially Durant, this guy has led the U.S. men's basketball team to win the Olympic gold medal three times in a row, and every time he has been the kind of top-notch performance, he is simply the scoring champion of the U.S. team.
Moreover, this year, the U.S. men's basketball team also added interior powerhouses like Brother Bush and Embiid. In the past, the U.S. team has always been a shortcoming, often suppressed by Europe's big men in international competitions. But with these two, especially Embiid, this guy is a first-class physicist, impeccable on both offensive and defensive ends, and the interior problem of the American team can be said to be solved.
As for Embiid, he was originally considering joining the French team, after all, Paris is the host, and partnering with Gobert is how luxurious the inside line is. But in the end, he chose the American team, which directly made the French team suffer a big loss, because because of his joining, the strength of the American team increased greatly, almost making other teams unreachable.
In this way, I don't know if this change in the NBA has also given the US men's basketball team a big boost? Perhaps, this is a hidden layout, allowing the veterans to go home and rest early, so that they can prepare for the challenge of the Olympics. At the end of the day, isn't every pass and every jump shot on the basketball court the perfect combination of strategy and opportunity, and our veterans, whether in the NBA or the Olympics, will never pass up an opportunity to prove themselves.
So, while saying goodbye is always sad, for these basketball court warriors, every end can be a new beginning. The end of the old era may be the clarion call for the rise of the new era. And for us fans, whether it is the NBA arena or the Olympic arena, it is so exciting and worth looking forward to.