The new NBA season ended a week, and the first group of the week's best came out:
The West is Stephen Curry(4-0) who is averaging 31 points, 9 boards and 7 assists and 2.3 steals per game.
In the East, Miles Bridges (3-1), who averaged 25 points, eight rebounds, two assists and 2.7 steals per game, averaged 25 points, eight rebounds, two assists and 2.7 steals per game.
As mentioned before, Curry has played at the MVP level last season, but the Warriors' record has really dragged him down. Cole initially struggled to train Wiseman and Oubre, but Curry was beaten badly.
After the offseason's change of course, the Warriors lineup has a new look, in the case of Tang Shen continued to recuperate from injuries, the Los Angeles double male Lakers, Clippers have become a knife ghost, and then 119-107 killed the king who won two consecutive games, the Warriors are currently in the first place in the West with 3 wins.
And Curry's glory is also natural, not only won the best of the week, but also in the latest MVP odds list, has squeezed out the alphabet brother to sit in the first chair.
The third MVP trophy, "Elementary School Student" came.
The Eastern Conference's Best of the Week did not give Durant (31.0 points), who scored first in the division and was a father and mother to the Nets, nor did he give Bulls boss Zach Lavin, who won all four games and averaged 26.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.
Instead, it was given to Hornets forward Miles Bridges.
He is not related to Mikael Bridges, who has already played in the Finals and has just won a four-year, 90 million renewal contract with the Suns, but the two young strikers have played in succession that year.
Of course, the main reason why the Hornets were able to start the season with 3 wins and 1 losses was not only to beat the Pacers, who directly blew up their competitors in last season's play-offs, but even to make the Nets lose their eyes in the home opener 95-111, the main reason is their new core - "three goals" Lamelo Ball.
The 1.98-meter-tall point guard has already shown a full superstar image when he won the best rookie last season. The dashing style of the ball and the unpredictable passing have attracted a large number of fans.
Since the beginning of the game, he has not only 22.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists, led the young Hornets to a bloody road in the East, but also seems to have overcome the traditional problem of "ball players" - three-point shooting. In the opening four games of the season, he shot 9 of 18 three-pointers, shooting 50%, like an atmosphere of "outside ball holding core".
Leading the Bulls 4-0 Lavine, 3-1 Hornets new nuclear three-goal, another group of young people with excellent performances to the center of the league stage. The Nets and Lakers, who were considered the biggest favorites of the East-West champions at the beginning of the season, have encountered problems that are big or small, but they are not easy to solve.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, the Nets - lost Irving, also lost the soul? </h1>
When Irving had a "vaccine storm" at the beginning of the season, Boss Cai and the Nets management "tearfully cut the horse" to eliminate all unstable factors and stabilize the military.'
Such a strong lineup, without you, unity is still invincible!
But as soon as the regular season began, 2 wins and 2 losses, the Bucks could not be beaten, and it was planted in the hands of the Hornets, except for Durant, who was still invincible with 31.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists, the other players were basically pulling across the wheel.
Harden was cured to death by the "new free throw rules", averaging only 17.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game. In total, he only earned 12 free throws in four games in the new season, which is basically the "amount of food" he had in one game with the Rockets that year.
And the crazy weight loss in the offseason seems to have affected Dengo's explosive power and strength advantage, and his breakthrough and confrontation advantages have become significantly weaker, which is not just caused by the referees no longer "taking care" of him.
Griffin, who became the pillar of the interior after joining last season, can both pick stars in the sky and bury his head in the fight, is no longer brave, averaging 4.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
Young center Clarkston, who was entrusted by Nash with the task of starting, averaged 6.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. A total of -43 plus-minus in the starting three games proves that he can't be the "Capela" around Harden.
Joe Harris, who holds the price tag of the league's top shooter (72 million in 4 years), averaged 34.5 percent from 10.3 points per game from three-point range, down 13 percentage points from last season. By contrast, new signing Mills has thrown 16 three-pointers, tied for first place in the league with three-goal and McCollum.
But Mills also has his problems, although the three-point firepower, but the 33-year-old he is also unable to do enough on the defensive end, and the new arrival of Jevin Carter has become the focus of the opponent's outside assault, so that the Nets' not very prominent outside height has been reduced by one level.
After four games, the Nets are 22nd in the league in offensive efficiency, 17th in the league in defensive efficiency, 20th in the league in shooting percentage, and 30th in the league for making mistakes.
Not only did the defense not improve at all, but it also lost the world's number one offense last year.
At the beginning of the big three, Irving was once considered to be the weakest of the three, killing Durant and controlling the overall situation with Harden.
But when he really lost him, the Nets had a lot more trouble than they thought.
Was Irving's hidden role underestimated, or was the rest of the Nets unprepared to lose him?
For the tuning of this Nets, Nash still has a lot of work to do.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, the Lakers - Wei Shao is slowly getting better, what about the others? </h1>
The Lakers played three games, and Young Master Wei really played better than one.
Opener to play the Warriors, 8 points, 5 boards and 4 assists, plus or minus -22,
The second battle hit the sun, 15 points, 11 boards and 9 assist triple doubles, plus or minus +4,
Then against the Grizzlies, 13 points, 7 boards and 13 assists, plus or minus -8, but after all, won.
With six consecutive losses in the preseason, coupled with his exaggerated mistakes and inefficient performances, the Lakers did not dare to hand over the task of holding the ball to Young Master Wei after the start of the regular season. So against the Warriors, he became an offensive end dragging space, the defensive end was not tacit and often distracted dragging his legs.
Then there are all kinds of cynicism, which is not only unfair to Young Master Wei, but also goes against the lakers' original intention of introducing him - to reduce the pressure for Zhan Mei, especially James.
Although he was still reckless in front of Paul in the second game, he was led by the Suns by up to 32 points in the third quarter, but in the fourth quarter, he and Zhan Mei fought back and finally had the hope of equalizing.
In the third game, he faced the Grizzlies, whose strength was downgraded by one gear, although he could not stop the young and energetic Morant. But he had the courage to take the ball and blow up the basket at his peak, and the two assists given to Thick Brow and Jordan Jr. at the beginning also proved that their tacit understanding was forming. In particular, the cross-field long biography given to Rivers in the second section allows us to see the official return of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" who were not afraid of heaven and earth.
The integration of Young Master Wei is the top priority of the Lakers after the start of the game, and it seems that it is advancing methodically at present, what about the rest of the team?
It can only be said that it is mixed.
They lost to the fiery Warriors and gave the Suns their only win since the start of the game, winning the Grizzlies not only required Anthony to step up and score 28 points, but also thanks to Morant for missing the final free throw.
They shot the league's first 43.4 percent three-point shooting, a far cry from the previous two seasons, but largely by relying on more than 50 percent of the 30-of-16 30 shooting against the Grizzlies.
Correspondingly, their defense a few years ahead of the league has now fallen to 24th place.
Anthony, Munch and Bazemore can provide better three-point shooting, but their defensive ability and understanding of coach Vogel's defensive system are by no means a star and a half compared to Kuzma, Pope and Caruso.
The oldest Lakers in the league, if they want to smoothly transition from the regular season to the playoffs and ensure the health of Zhan Mei, they must meet two conditions as soon as possible:
(1) There must be an offensive point that can be stabilized outside the Zhan Mei (Wei Shao or the group of shooters on the outside line),
(2) Stable defensive standards (leaving only Zhan Mei, representing the reshaping of Vogel's entire defensive system,)
And these two points, the current Lakers have not yet done.
Fortunately, their schedule is quite friendly, taking on the Spurs, Thunder, Cavaliers, Rockets and Trail Blazers.
The real tough fight won't be until November 11 against the Heat. At that time, you can judge whether this Lakers have the ability to go further in the new season.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > three, warriors - "15 warriors", reloaded? </h1>
Compared with the Lakers and Nets fans, today's Warriors fans are raising their eyebrows.
They have had a terrible two years, with Durant and Thompson injured in the 19-year Finals, Curry being "turned over and singing" by other teams in the West 19-20, and rushed into the playoffs last season, but was first killed by LeBron's three-pointer: then stabbed by the young Grizzlies.
But the failure of the past two years has also allowed the Warriors management and head coach Kerr to reach two points of consensus:
(1) Cultivating young people is not overnight, although a rookie like Wiseman is a jade, but it is not a matter of the past two years to pick up the beam.
(2) If you want to use Stephen Curry's final peak to hit the championship again, you have to create the most comfortable system for him.
The most comfortable system is not the perfect lineup with Durant in the three years of 16-19, when the time is everything, can not be sought,
It is indeed a "clever man" who can really take Curry as the core, surrounded by a group of ball merchant overflows, and adapt to the Warriors' offensive system.
So Iguodala, 36, came back with his eyes closed and only knew how Curry ran.
So the European king Belitsa joined, the core of the Serbian team at the 2011 World Championships, Jokic's big brother, finally got rid of the position of "big pitcher" in the NBA. Showed people the strength of the Europa League MVP (2013).
Coupled with the basic salary "white picked up" the previous injury-ridden "billion dollar 3D" Otto Porter, Poole and Damien Lee's continuous maturity,
So another Warriors with Curry at their absolute core, flamboyant and precise, resembling the 2014-15 season, appeared.
Curry, Iguodala, Green's roles remain unchanged,
Looney is the less talented but more hardworking Bogut,
Wiggins is a high-end version of Barnes,
Poole temporarily took over the role of Tang Shen, but he had better ball holding and maneuvering,
Bjelica has the role of Livingston + David Lee,
Damien Lee is the more accurate three-point Balbossa.
They played the league's smoothest offense, assisted sixth (27.7 times, first Hornets 28.3), scored first in the league by passing, and opponents could only stop the ball with more fouls, so they got the league's first free throw stats (19.7 per game).
Even they don't need Curry to do it himself anymore.
In the first game against the Lakers, Curry shot 5-of-21 but gave 10 assists, and the rest scored 100 points.
In the second game against the Clippers, Curry took the lead with 25 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter he only took 3 points, which was the bench's 15 points to top.
In the third game against the Kings, the team was again in six doubles, and finally Curry finished with two three-pointers.
Now the Warriors are back to the good situation of "we have Curry, but not only Curry".
If Curry and the Warriors can continue to be in this state, who would say his third MVP trophy is impossible?
Of course, the most terrifying thing is that Tang Shen has not yet returned.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Bulls – LaVine is starting to want to win? </h1>
Offseason, the Chicago Bulls were the league's top buyers.
3 years 81.9 million DOLLARs signed to DeRozan,
4 years 80 million signed "ball brother" Ball,
4 years 37 million dug up Caruso,
If you add the all-Star center Vucevic who was exchanged before last season's trade deadline
So the Bulls management almost re-equipped Zach Lavin with a team in just half a year.
But it's not so much that they're trying to keep LaVine, whose contract is about to expire, but rather that they've finally built a lineup for head coach Donovan.
Billy Donovan, once a legendary coach in American college basketball, led the University of Florida to two NCAA titles. Noah, Horford, and Bradley Bill were all once his disciples.
In 2015, he entered the NBA, and his first year of coaching was the Oklahoma Thunder, who has the "king bomb double". In the playoffs in 16 years, they blew up Duncan's last year of the Spurs, almost killed the Warriors with 73 wins, and created new history.
Later, under him, Young Master Wei completed the season triple-double, got the MVP, Paul George returned to the top under him, the MVP was selected third, and even in the 2019-20 season, he still brought the Thunder that sent Westbrook into the playoffs.
His coaching is characterized by giving the superstars full freedom and ball possession on the offensive end, but having to be fully committed defensively.
The accumulation of strong sides and the rotation of weak sides are very much eating the defensive enthusiasm and judgment of players.
So under him both Jokim Noah, who later won the best defensive player, the Eagles' big axis Horford, and the almost perfect defensive toughman Robertson in addition to shooting.
He also helped Durant, Young Master Wei, George, and even Paul, Alexander, and Schroeder reach their peaks.
Talent, enthusiasm and dedication are coach Donovan's labels and his criteria for selection.
After a tough first season, this year's Bulls gave a refreshing feel.
Not only is the ball brother the perfect "3D" point guard of this era, but his organization and coordination ability is 108,000 miles stronger than smarter and Beverley. After overcoming the shortcomings of the three-point shooting, he is the favorite defender partner of almost all outside superstars.
LaVine reduced ball holding but increased efficiency. The stats are still stable from last season's 25.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists, but his holding time has dropped from 5.4 minutes per game to 4.4 minutes per game. He put more of the ball at the mercy of DeRozan, The Ball Brother and even Caruso.
DeRozan is not a good main attacker even at his peak at the Raptors, but to continue the firepower as a second point of attack is definitely top-notch. He's averaging 22.5 points per game more than any season at the Spurs, and even three-pointers have hit a career-high 37.5 percent.
Caruso brings to the team championship experience, defensive enthusiasm and accurate reading of the game. Not only was he the team's leader on the bench, but he was the league's second steal (3.3).
Today's Bulls, on offense, Lavin, Vucevic, DeRozan, three All-Stars share the ball and are threatened in different periods.
Taking the victory over the Raptors as an example, DeRozan scored 11 points in the first quarter, Vucevic scored 8 points in the second quarter, the ball brother threw three three-pointers, Lavin took over 13 points in the third quarter, and DeRozan scored 11 points in the last quarter to take away the victory.
Defensively Vucevic sits in the box but is well protected by outside players, Bauer and Caruso set up the first barrier on the outside, and Ravin, DeRozan and Patrick Williams are ready to switch attacks on the weak side.
Two of their four wins limited their opponents to under 90 points (97-82, 94-88 double-kill Pistons), which is rare in today's crazy acceleration league!
The offense relies on the thighs of three All-Stars, with frantic stacks on defense, rotational biting, and copying the ball to fight back.
Although the bulls are not as talented on paper as those who win the championship, they really have the potential to become the biggest dark horse and "spoiler" this season.