DeMar DeRozan, once the "King of the North, the man who most resembles Kobe, the master of mid-range, the low-key killer", has scored 37 points in two consecutive games, contributing a total of 74 points, averaging 35.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in the last three games, which is simply the real Kobe.
I have to say that the old saying that trees move to die, people move to live is really true, Popovich really does not use Azan, and uses a point-cutting demon as an organizational striker, wasting Azan's 29-32 years of peak 3 years. In the end, the Spurs still do not trust Azan, only regard Azan as a tool to rebuild the transition period, if they had been like the Bulls earlier, giving enough trust and football rights to let Azan loose, maybe the record of continuous entry into the playoffs would not be broken.
Fortunately, Azan has now found himself in the Bulls, windy city, the city of Michael Jordan, the god of basketball and Kobe's idol.
Kobe Bryant grew up imitating Jordan playing, and DeRozan grew up imitating Kobe Bryant, and now that he has come to Chicago, Azan is equivalent to coming to the feng shui treasure land of his grandfather, this season, he is like opening up the second pulse of Ren Dou, averaging 27 points per game, and also carrying 6.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists - what concept? Since the 16-17 season, Azan has not played better than he does now. In the 16-17 season, he was still a 26-year-old, 7-year-old boy, and now he is a calm man at 32 years old.
Perhaps as Old Zhan said, the current Azan, after precipitation and sublimation, has been brewed from the bright and dripping small grapes in the north into mellow red wine - unfortunately, this "mellow red wine" was not selected in the offseason, and I don't know if James regrets it.
Let's talk about some data that reflects Azan's changes, a significant change in Azan's shots this season is that there are fewer shots in the penalty area, and there are more shots at the top of the arc 16-24 feet, which is a very "anti-Spurs" change, but it can reflect DeRozan's current data on the Bulls' freedom improvement - the top of the arc is 16-24 feet, which is now praised by the NBA and coaches as the "least effective area". When you're an organizer, you can't make a lot of shots in that position, because this long two-pointer is not ideal from the perspective of blocking or destroying defensive formations or shooting rate gains — but when you're just an end point, it's not the same, as long as you can shoot, it's a good goal.
Coincidentally, DeRozan belongs to the small number of people who can "shoot", at present, DeRozan's shooting rate in the top and right areas of the arc is as high as 55%, and according to the data found by Fat Qiang, there is only one person in the league who can shoot more than DeRozan at the same production - Kevin Durant. Behind DeRozan, there is no shortage of known mid-range players such as Paul George, Devon Booker, Tatum and Cj McLemore.
In San Antonio, DeRozan showed off the other side of his game, averaging 6.9 assists per game in his final season. He announced to the basketball world that he wasn't just a scorer, he could be a great organizer, and now, once again, he's proving to everyone that I can still be that top scorer if you need to.
DeRozan had many great moments in the NBA, and although he's 32 years old now, he's proof that this kid from Compton, California, has a lot of oil in his tank.