Ask the Nets, Harden, Irving, Durant fans a question, see the Nets' player lineup today, do you have a feeling of congestion? In particular, the Nets' inner line of the forbidden zone has simply become the back garden of other teams, which can be trampled at will, and the Nets are powerless to stop it.
Not only is it powerless to stop it, this team has no draft picks, no salary space and high-quality trading chips, and even almost unable to strengthen the team's interior line, but everyone does not have to worry too much, because there is a Nets player who may be able to solve the problem of the team's internal line, he is Nicholas Clarkston, who was selected by the Nets with the first pick in the second round in the 19-year draft, which is commonly known as the second round.
It is estimated that many fans are very unfamiliar with Clarkston this player, first of all, to introduce to you, the court can play the center and big forward two positions of Claxton, height 2 meters 11, arm span 2 meters 20, NCAA during the average can contribute 13 points, 8.6 rebounds 1.8 assists 1.1 steals 2.5 blocks, overall is a very good athleticism, speed and explosiveness, defensive ability is good, but the offensive end of the technical rough, basically no range of blue-collar interior line.
So why is it that the rookie blue-collar center who controls Clarkston can solve the problem of the team's interior line? First of all, in the current Nets, the big three occupy almost all the ball rights, which also determines that the Nets' inner line center can not have the ability to hold the ball offensively, but must be able to eat cake, not to mention Harden, as the core of the offensive end, likes to play with the cake-eating center, and this aspect is exactly what Clarkston, who has good athletic ability and soft basketball shooting feel, has a shooting rate of 65.8% in the penalty area last season.
And as a big player, Clarkston also has a certain ability to hold the ball, can occasionally face the frame to attack, coupled with excellent speed, wait until Clarkston returns, you may be able to see the Center players in the Nets in the attack and defense transition to follow the scene of the next fast attack, while in the big three of the rotation of the pie under the Claxton may even take over Capela, become a new generation of "pie kings" in the league.
As for the defensive end, compared to jordan this season, Clarkston, although not as good as the former' excellent defensive experience, strength and confrontation are also much inferior, but Claxton is a very passionate, and both ends of the attack and defense are very focused players, and excellent lateral ability and good arm span, so that he can change the opponent's outside players in the block, while completing the cover in the interior defense. And that's what Clarkston did best in the game in college.
It is no exaggeration to say that Clarkston is equivalent to an interior player tailored for the Nets' existing lineup, almost all the advantages he has at both ends of the attack and defense are currently in short supply to the Nets, but as a second-year interior line, Clarkston's biggest shortcoming is that he is too light, although he is not afraid of confrontation in the game, but strength and confrontation are his biggest disadvantages, after all, Clarkston, who is 2 meters 11 tall, weighs less than 100 kilograms. It makes it difficult for him to play against those powerful interior players in single defense. If he wants to replace Jordan Jr. as the starting center, he also needs to strengthen his own strength and confrontation.
However, everyone wants to see the effect of Claxton and the Big Three, I am afraid it will have to wait for a few days, because Clarkston, who suffered from tendonitis in the right knee, will not be able to come back until February, but as long as he can correct his attitude in the game, maintain enough hard work and passion, I believe that the Nets, which are scarce in the inner players, will be able to get more opportunities, and even under Harden's feeding cake like Capela of the year, play beautiful data and become an important member of the Nets.