Recognize yourself! These five people in the NBA can only be the second master: Pippen can't do without Jordan, and Irving apologizes to James

There is no 24th in the rivers and lakes

2024-05-25 21:42Posted in Henan Sports Creators

Preface

In a team, every player has a different division of labor, like Jordan, James, Kobe Bryant and other supergiants, they were born to be leaders, not only because of their superior strength, but the most important thing is that they know how to help their teammates become better, and can twist the team together, and only in this way can they win so many championships.

In contrast, some stars are still more suitable to be second-in-command, but some are not strong enough, and some are unable to lead the team because of personality. The next 5 players we take stock of, they have been the eldest and second in their respective careers, but on the whole, the positioning of the second leader is more suitable for them.

5. Owen

After Irving was drafted by the Cavaliers in 2011, he was undoubtedly the leader of the team, but before James returned in 2014, the Cavaliers made the playoffs, and their best year was just 33 wins in the regular season. After James' return, Irving, who became the second leader, not only won the championship in 2016, but also broke a career high in the 2016-2017 season when he averaged 25.2 points per game.

It's a pity that Irving still wants to prove that he can be a big boss, so he transferred to the Celtics, but apparently Irving didn't handle the relationship between himself and his coach and teammates at that time, and after understanding that the leader is not so good, he also took the initiative to call James and apologized for his immaturity at the beginning.

Later, whether it was in the Nets or now the Mavericks, Irving has also accepted the fact that he is only suitable to be the second leader. The change in mentality helped Irving regain success at this stage of his career, and with his assistance, the Mavericks made it to the Western Conference finals, and it now looks like Irving has a good chance of reaching the Finals again since 2017.

4. Tatum

Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the second pick in the first round in 2017, and he played a total of 80 games in his rookie season, all of which were starters, and because of the injuries of Irving and Hayward, Tatum became the team's best scorer in the playoffs, averaging 18.5 points per game that year, but after all, he was still young at that time, and he obviously didn't know how to lead a team, so the leaders of the Green Army at that time were undoubtedly the older Horford and Smart.

However, relying on this year's performance, Tatum will sooner or later become the core of the team, and Irving's departure in 2019 has accelerated this situation, so Tatum has basically been the big boss of the Green Army since the 2019-2020 season. In the past five seasons, the Celtics have been the favorites to win the championship almost every year, and under the operation of the management, their roster has been strengthened every year, but the team has not achieved the goal of winning the championship until now.

Tatum, as the leader of the Green Army, has been selected as the best team for three consecutive years, his game is very comprehensive, and he is willing to be a "green leaf" when his teammates are hot. However, compared to many supergiants, Tatum's ability to take over the game is really not complimentary, and his performance in the 2022 Finals will still be complained about by fans. Tatum's style of play seems to be the template for the top two, he can do anything, and his personality belongs to the kind that is not contested.

3. Pippen

Pippen played a total of 17 seasons in the NBA, and he played the second-in-command role for most of the time, especially in those years with the Bulls, when Pippen assisted Jordan to help build the strongest dynasty team in the NBA in the 90s. Pippen is a bit like Tatum in that he is also very well-rounded on the court, he can defend, score, pass, grab rebounds and protect the rim, and his presence allows Jordan to focus on scoring more time.

However, because Jordan chose to leave the NBA in 1993, Pippen also served as the Bulls' big man, and in the 1993-1994 season, he still helped the Bulls play 55 wins in the 1993-1994 season. But in the playoffs, Pippen had a public dispute with the coach because of impulse, it was the second round of the series against the Knicks, and when they were 0-2 down, the G3 Bulls played with the opponent to a critical moment, because in the end, when the Zen master arranged the tactics, he asked Kukoc to perform the last shot, and Pippen directly refused to play, which also caused the Zen master to scold.

In the end, the Bulls lost to the Knicks in the tiebreaker, which also proved the ceiling of Pippen's team, sometimes he can't trust his teammates, but his strength is not as strong as Jordan, so he is still suitable to be the second, without Jordan as a teammate, his best playoff result is the division finals.

2. Thick eyebrows

After thick eyebrows entered the league in 2012, the Pelicans also directly regarded him as the cornerstone of the team, and thick eyebrows did not disappoint the team, he played better and better, and when he did not join the Lakers, he was already a top ten superstar in the league just by looking at his personal strength. However, due to the thick eyebrows' style of play, he needs an outside player to activate him, which also limits his ceiling, so his best year with the Pelicans in those years only reached the Western Conference semifinals.

Later, he transferred to the Lakers, and thick eyebrows met James, a big core with top-level passing ability, and the two of them can be said to be quite compatible, and finally helped the Lakers win the championship in the first season together. Although he missed a lot of games due to injury, now that four years have passed, he has even improved in some aspects compared to the championship period.

But Thick Eyebrows still can't afford to be the leader of the team, on the one hand, he only plays the No. 5 position, so he is more dependent on eating cakes than before, and on the other hand, his personality is not suitable to be the number one leader. In the future, of course, the Lakers can continue to build a team around thick eyebrows, but before James retires, they must also find a top outside ball handler, and this person must also have a track record of being a big player.

1. Durant

Durant has been a big man since his debut with the SuperSonics in 2007, winning the scoring title and MVP with the Thunder, and he also led the team to the Finals, but Durant never stood on the top podium of the NBA before joining the Warriors. After losing to the Warriors in the Western Conference finals in 2016, Durant began to consider changing teams, and even though he knew the Warriors were Curry's team, he made the difficult decision anyway.

After joining the Warriors, Durant and Curry, two peak MVPs, teamed up, and no team in the league could match it, and finally Durant successfully got his wish, and he also won the FMVP in 2017 and 2018. However, although Durant's personal strength is not worse than Curry's, if you ask Warriors fans who the leader of that team is, most people will say Curry.

This is not only because of Curry's high status with the Warriors, but also because his personality and leadership skills are more suitable for being a big man than Durant, who is still more accustomed to putting all his energy on the court, and as he himself said, basketball is everything to him. But if you want to win the championship in the NBA, you can't just rely on your strength, after all, this is a team sport, and if you help your teammates integrate into the game, it is also an important factor to win the championship.

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