After two consecutive seasons of folding the first round of the playoffs, especially last season when it was a 2-0 lead, it was eventually overturned by the Clippers, which also crushed the last straw of the Lone Ranger, and after the end of the season, the Lone Ranger announced that it had parted ways with meritorious coach Carlisle and replaced it with Jason Kidd as the team's new manager. However, these 2 games did not meet expectations at all, and they could defeat the Hawks by 26 points in the opener, and they could also beat the Raptors by 8 points in the second game, and the lone ranger was unpredictable, compared to the preseason BUG attack, which had a completely different impact on the state of the championship. Doncic's flowing blocking attack combined with God's vision was a sign of the Lone Ranger in the past, but now it is completely different. So is that a good thing?
Having to endure compared to the past few seasons, the Lone Ranger's game has indeed become a little ugly, in the past under Doncic's organization, the team's smooth attack has always been amazing, but one of the things the team has to think about is, how far will they go in the new season? Into the playoffs, into the top four to get home advantage? semifinal? Or the Western Showdown? Or even the championship? There is no doubt that according to Doncic's talent, coupled with a number of role players, the Lone Ranger can definitely make the playoffs, as long as Bo Shen does not have a chance to play the semifinals, and then what? The defensive intensity doncic will certainly encounter at the beginning of the second round will definitely be the first-class level of the league, and when he is limited, will the Lone Ranger have other weapons? Everyone will definitely question why Bo Shen has not jumped out? How is Hardaway Jr. watching the sky eating again, and why doesn't the coaching team change tactics?
These doubts are definitely the cynicism that everyone will never miss when the Lone Ranger encounters difficulties, and after a sarcastic, it is also necessary to return to reality, Kidd's entry, what kind of changes has been brought to this Lone Ranger? The first thing visible to the naked eye is the quality rotational defense and oppression, and in the second game against the Raptors, you can also see a lot of points. Admittedly, the Raptors are not the strongest team to compete for the championship in the past, but they are still a disciplined team under the strict guidance of North, while Dallas has made them make 12 mistakes, and rewarded the opponent with 6 hot pots, and the three-point shooting rate is directly suppressed at 29.7%, which does not give them any easy shooting opportunities. However, one thing that needs to be recognized is that such an oppressive suffocating defense requires a huge physical cost, but if you want to go further on the playoff stage with more intense physical confrontation, you have to rely on defense, look at last season's Bucks and the Lakers Heat last season, have quite strict defensive discipline to stand on the final stage. As of now, the Lone Ranger has come to the ninth place in the league with a score of 104 points, which is not bad, but as mentioned earlier, such a high-pressure defense must pay a lot of physical strength, and the focus is on defense, and the Lone Ranger's offense ranks at the third-to-last 95, which is not surprising.
And talking about the offense, Kidd is indeed a bit stubborn, compared to the past Doncic is a goal in hand, but he deprived Doncic of the ball, or more importantly, Doncic's talent was limited by Kidd, he no longer let Doncic play freely after blocking and demolishing, but let the whole team have a fixed rotation position, Boshin, Hardaway Jr., Finney Smith have the opportunity to handle the ball, and such a change also makes their data decline, because they no longer have to wait for the ball to come as in the past. And then throwing the ball in is so simple, and such a change is good? At least in my opinion, it is not a bad thing, Boshin's salary in the new season is as high as 31.65 million, but you call him to do The job of Danny Green (defensive, shooting three-pointers).
Hardaway Jr., who doesn't have a top salary, but 75 million in 4 years, definitely not just buying his three-point shooting percentage, they need to do more, that is' Handling the ball', Bo Shen's possession rate in these two games has skyrocketed, as well as the action of breaking through in singles outside the three-point line, and the low-level strategy and singles have also been shown, which are not seen in the past Carlisle's coaching period, and Hardaway Jr. has more running cover in addition to three points, smith also has more opportunities to hold the ball, these changes are for them to do things that they are not familiar with and are not very good at, so this period of pain will definitely have a decrease in efficiency, but these changes are so that Dallas can have a chance to go farther in the playoffs, because Doncic always has a bad hand There will always be a time of physical decline, there will always be a time to meet elite defensive experts such as Leonard and George, in this case, it will definitely be expected that other players will come forward, and in the usual regular season, they can not jump out, to expect them to suddenly usher in changes in the playoffs, that difficulty can be imagined?
More tactical running positions, more attacks to the basket, stronger defense, so that the score can be clenched, so that it can wait for the offensive end to pick up, and the recovery of three-point firepower, the empty opportunities created by tactics, do not need to consume too much physical strength of Doncic, so that he can truly become a hero who saves the team from water and fire at key moments, this change of the road is hard, and even the result is difficult to say, but if the goal is the final championship ring, these changes are necessary. In the end, it must be said that Kidd is conservative in employing people, and he is so stingy with his platoon at the beginning of the regular season, if there is a real injury problem, I am afraid that I will regret it. And now such a strong defense and fast-paced attack is very physically draining, more need to have rescuers to make up, Josh Green, Moses Brown, Nilikina players are worth some playing time, while changing the team's tactical playing style, Kidd really needs to consider his own strategy of dispatching people.