Chris Middleton, was joe Johnson of this era.
Classical, solid, accurate, smooth, silent.
Will use block to score points, not inefficient, but not too needed.
Because the fixed point basket is too accurate and has no dead ends, it can use the shooting fake action and the body forward to change direction, grab a position and break through.
Break through and don't stick to the route: because you can shoot anytime, anywhere.
Certainly not as nice as Joe's big change of direction, but there are similar three threats to swing after a strong shot, and, like Joe: good shoulders, can withstand defensive pressure, with a high back shot point to release long shots.
And, efficient but low-key: punching in to work, winning efficiently, not out of the limelight.
About three baskets per month.
We know: The defining moment in Joe Johnson's career was when he left the Suns for Atlanta.
Looking at his entire career, we also found that he has the ability to be the boss, but in terms of personality, he is actually more suitable for being the second boss in a strong team.
And this contemporary Joe Johnson is now doing one of the most qualified two bosses:
Play beautiful data, win the ball, make a contribution. Apart from being a little underrated, everything else went well.
Joe Johnson started all-Starhood at the age of 26.
Middleton is 27 years old.
People who play classically and have a solid foundation are easy to become late.
But once it does, it is not easy to become a falling meteor.
The above paragraph was written last February.
Pull away for a couple of words.
In college, Middleton was considered a late bloomer — averaging 7 points per game in his freshman year and 13 points and 5 rebounds per game in his third year. Second round show in 2012.
The advantage is that there are baskets everywhere, especially selfless; the disadvantage is that there is no explosive power, lack of strength.
Looking at his current physique, the phrase "lack of strength" sounds like a joke, but how much effort he has put into it, God knows.
Middleton didn't shoot a high playoff percentage this season, just 43 percent. But 71 percent under the basket, 46 percent in the short, 43 percent in the middle, 44 percent in the long shot, 34 percent in three-point range — not dead ends.
The best part: He shoots as much as 51% of the shots per game, and opponents are within 4 feet of him: commonly known as strong shots in the face of interference.
This is his strength, but also his weakness.
The top get rid of the hand, not every game half of the shots are strong shots. Cover, go, retreat, shake away, always shake clean and then cast.
Middleton's explosiveness is limited, the dribble is not large, the shake is not clean, and he doesn't care.
Shoulder the crotch top, grab half a step to force the shot: rely on the feel of the shot!
This year Jokic took the MVP as the 41st rookie, and everyone said yes.
But in fact, Middleton entered the Finals as the 39th place in the draft, as the second in command (and actually the first strong pitcher in attack and defense at halftime), which is also quite inspiring, right?
Unlike Middleton's late bloomer, Holliday became famous early.
He started as Philadelphia's starting point guard at the age of 19, started at the age of 20 in his second year, and made the playoffs: the Philadelphia team was extremely balanced, and the starting players refused to shoot — Holliday, Iguodala, Brand — but the substitutions of Young and the takeover of Lovell, and more active.
In the third grade, I hit a black eight: although it was because of Rose's fatal injury, it was black eight.
I still remember that he was the first point guard in the league to sit firmly in the starting 90s, and he always felt that his physique and playing style would become the next Changxi. He then went to the Pelicans and kept a low profile for a long time.
Everyone knows that he is very strong, but he is too powerful to be obvious.
After all, in this era, a bright defender can threaten the whole team with the ball, otherwise he will take over the explosive points every game. Holliday turned to the No. 2 position after the Pelicans hit it — not that he couldn't control the ball anymore, but that his style of play was closer to the second ball carrier. He doesn't like to face the whole line alone, and in his bones is the old-school way of playing: passing, coordinating the whole team, bringing the inside line up.
As a defender, I've shot 50 percent this season — and it's scary to think about.
Holliday has two interesting features:
- A lot of half-turns.
- Likes to jump on both feet.
In this era, everyone likes to pull the ball sharply in the face basket and then burst, but Holliday's breakthrough is often rolled in a straight line; half turning nurch, spinning slightly, hanging people in, and throwing small hands in both left and right hands: and he will also throw the board in one hand.
The amplitude is not large, the movement is not fast, and it is not clean to get rid of, but it can always grunt and roll in. His killing was not fatal, but slippery and difficult to press to death.
Jumping on both feet stemmed from his last habit. People to the basket or mid-range, get rid of the unclean, then jump to the top of the step, shot. His attacks are all running to "know I can't dodge, try to stand up to it".
After playing pelicans, Durant said Holliday was "cunning and strong," which is what he meant.
He and Middleton have different roles:
He tubes see stitches and needles, and Middleton tubes are hard to throw. But in their bones, they are similar: they don't rely on running and jumping to fly, rely on steps, rely on fighting, and fight under the small work.
Finally Middleton is almost 30 years old, Holliday is 31 years old, and the finals are over.
Giannis is the façade of the Bucks. Run, jump, punch, buckle. Two-time regular season MVP.
But in the two games after his injury, the Bucks fought to win:
Middleton, who is nearly 39th in the draft at the age of 30, Holliday, who is 17th in the 31-year-old draft, Tucker, who is 35th in the 36-year-old draft, Connaughton, who is 41st in the 28-year-old draft, and Portis, who is 22nd in the 26-year-old draft.
主力那几位，选秀位最高的，是33岁命途跌宕起伏的前第十位新秀布鲁克·洛佩斯。
When López started, I joked with people: he could become a poor version of Duncan, and when he retired, he would be the Nets' record holder.
Now it seems, indeed: he is the first scorer in the history of the Tennis team, the first blocker, the person who shot the most balls — unfortunately, it has not been red.
In his first year in the industry, the team bosses were Harris and Carter. In the second year, the team only had 12 wins and 70 losses. Before coming together Joe Johnson and Delong, the Nets had been losing for years.
That's how the young López lost — it was popular to laugh at his rebounding at the time. Because he (and Hibbert) are the kind of goalkeeper center who specializes in guarding the basket and does not brush rebounds.
He made an All-Star once, in 2013: played 10 minutes and scored three free throws and three assists. Very much in line with his style.
He's a good guy. Very obedient, very solid, very hardworking, and privately very fun — he is a disney crazy fan. The coaches liked him, but he couldn't make it.
Before the 2016-17 season, Coach Atkinson let him practice three-pointers. In the previous eight years, he had only made three three-pointers.
Obediently, he began practicing three points.
Brooke López is not a genius. He can't run fast, and his explosiveness and agility are not as good as his brother's. But he has always been diligent. He scored 69 percent of his free throws in his freshman year, and after being pointed out by a bunch of critics, his sophomore jumped to 79 percent.
In the 2016-17 regular season, he began shooting three-pointers: 134 of 387 shots in the season.
He became a giant who could shoot three points.
He went to the Lakers for a year, which would have been his dream place — born in Northern California, high school in California, college at Stanford — but the Lakers didn't want him too much.
By the time he was 30, he hadn't had a good time: played 13 playoff games; lost 70 games in a single season; had two season reimbursements; and was an All-Star once but not remembered.
At the Bucks, he met Coach Budenholzer who came over from the Spurs. Budden said the Spurs have always kept long men who can shoot three-pointers — we know, Matt Bonner.
The modern NBA needs a giant who can protect the basket when defending, and can pull away space on the offensive end to provide efficient open-space attacks.
So Brooke López, after practicing three-pointers, is in the second spring of his life.
But this good fortune didn't fall out of thin air:
Or he worked tirelessly, solidly, and fought it down.
He'll shoot three-pointers, but the penalty area awareness is there after all. So Giannis missed the first game, and he scored a career playoff-high 33 points.