On May 7th, Beijing time, we have witnessed the fall of many strong players in the playoffs this season, the era of James and Durant has quietly come to an end, time has always been like this, he will never say hello to anyone and will quietly give you up, in the regular season, the two can still play the top ten level of the league, but in the real playoffs, the gap between the two and the stars in their year of play is revealed.
The Lakers actually lost quite unjustly, if it weren't for the G2 referee's strength, and Murray's two supergod kills, the Lakers might still have a chance to continue to deal with the Nuggets, and the Lakers also found a way to suppress the Nuggets, which is why they were able to suppress the Nuggets most of the time, but because of physical reasons, they were always overturned by the Nuggets after a big lead, and the current Nuggets In addition to Jokic and Murray, Porter Jr. has also grown.
The Suns lost without a temper at all, they were swept directly by the opponent, and the outcome of each game was the same, the team was able to deal with the opponent in the first half, but in the third or fourth quarter, their lack of physical fitness began to show, and the Timberwolves were able to take away the game in a direct wave, and now the Timberwolves, their boss is no longer Towns but the 22-year-old champion Edwards, who blew up his idol Durant.
Even in the first game of the second round of the playoffs, Jokic, the first person in the active league, the most viewed player in the playoffs so far is James, and Edwards is the second, James as a top five player in history, he has a huge fan base for more than 20 years in his career, and it is reasonable that he ranks first, and Edwards can rank second because many fans are impressed by his skills and style of play.
According to the current situation, Edwards will become the face of the league in the future, compared to Morant and Zion, who were not supported by the league back then, Edwards not only has the talent that is not inferior to the two, but his learning ability and skills are even better. "A lot of people said I didn't shoot well when I first entered the league, so I've worked hard to improve my shooting over the last few years," is what Edwards said, and it is true that when I first entered the league, their projection was very poor, and at the beginning they were considered a template Wade because of their athletic talent.
But with the improvement of projection in the past few years, he is now considered by many celebrities and American media to be Jordan's successor, the reason why he and Jordan are compared, not only because the two look a little similar, but also because Edwards's style of play is very similar to Jordan, in the playoffs he has used Jordan's rollover back many times, and occasionally staged a personal dunk drama, and on the defensive end, everything is too similar to Jordan.
Looking at the current Timberwolves' record, many fans may be puzzled, the Timberwolves are a team with such a poor lineup space, how does Edwards do whatever he wants on the offensive end? There is a saying that the strong never complain about the environment, when many people are still dissatisfied with the team's lack of offensive space, Huazi developed a projection, so that he got enough space to shoot, his shot can ignore the defender, so far in the playoffs, he has averaged 33.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.8 steals and 1 block per game, and the shooting rate is 53% , shooting 43.6 percent from three-point range and averaging 3.4 three-pointers per game.
He has developed his projection that he was not good at when he first entered the league to the top level of the league, which is the hallmark of a top star, in this season's playoffs, Edwards has defeated Booker, he is only 22 years old and successfully ascended to the league's first quarterback position, compared to the ceiling Jordan, the lower limit Kobe Bryant's Jalen Green, perhaps Edwards is more suitable for this title, looking at all the players in the league's No. 2 position now, no one is more hopeful than Edwards to catch up with the height of the two predecessors.
Speaking of Edwards, I have to mention the Warriors' confused operation during the 20 draft, 20 is not a big year for the draft, so the Timberwolves are not interested in signing the top pick, they want the Warriors' list sign, if the Warriors pick up one after the selection, it will be over, after all, they can't get Edwards and three balls, they found the Warriors to discuss a deal, they expressed their willingness to sign the champion to the Warriors, get their list pick and a future first-round pick.
As a result, the Warriors refused directly, because they were not interested in the top pick Edwards, they preferred to get the interior player Wiseman, but now it is estimated that the Warriors are going to regret it, and they had a chance to win Curry's successor, but they missed it in vain. The team's Wiseman has been sent away because of too much water, Curry is also in the final years of his career, and the Warriors have been looking for someone to succeed them, but they have never been able to find a suitable candidate.
The Timberwolves have a chance to break out of the West under the leadership of Edwards this season, after all, they are not afraid to face all opponents in the West, and the excellent roster depth and superstars like Edwards make them worth looking forward to this season.