Chapter Twenty-Six: The Superior Black of Ink

The Knicks slaughtered the Bulls on a rampage at the Union Center, and Murphy played the best game of his career. In addition to praise, of course, there are some criticisms. There are many popular people, no one wants to pay attention to you when you are unknown, and when you come to the light and are in the spotlight, there will naturally be all kinds of xx around you.

Objectively speaking, every reporter can't completely comment on a player from an objective point of view, and many people in this industry are also die-hard fans of certain teams or players, and they naturally have their own likes and dislikes and opinions.

The real eye-catching sports news stories are the voices of supporters in the midst of the condemnation; After a hearty and amazing performance, in the midst of praise, someone wrote about this person's problems, shortcomings, faults, but there is also reason, and it is the real content. For the latter, many people feel a headache, and some people have become numb, such as O'Neal is very proud of his free throw shooting percentage, and Kobe Bryant also thinks it's not a big deal for himself.

Now, it's Moxi's turn.

"First of all, we want to congratulate the Knicks, who slaughtered wildly at the Union Center and defeated their arch-rival Chicago Bulls. In this game, there is one person we can't get around, and that is the well-deserved MVP of this game.

He played 37 minutes, made 18 of 26 shots, 4 of 6 free throws, scored 44 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks, 1 steal and 5 assists. This kind of performance made him a well-deserved super center in this game, even Ewing at the peak of the year could not do this, although it was also because of the two different ball styles, the difference is large, although Mo Xi was taught by Ewing, but his style is closer to Olajuwon, but with the addition of more physical confrontation, of course, this is also in the East, in New York, in the Knicks This place is affected by the surrounding atmosphere.

On the whole, even counting those five mistakes, Mo Xi's on-court performance is a well-deserved super center. ”

The beginning of the first half of the article is no different from other articles, all of which are praising the performance of Moxi, and even the analysis of Moxi's technical characteristics in this article is not very complete, almost a brushstroke. And such an article must have some outstanding features to be published, just like this one, his shining point lies in the subsequent turn of God.

But is Ink really the one who can lead the Knicks forward? According to my internal information, Patrick Ewing had already had the idea of retiring in 99, and then he put pressure on the management to keep Ewing, which is not too much for a team star, but Mo Xi became the new leader of the team in the second half of last season, undoubtedly, before this, it is difficult for him not to feel that he is competing with Sprewell and Houston for the core position of the team, in fact, after the offensive core of the playoffs last season became Mo, The Knicks, on the other hand, didn't even pass the first round, and in the previous two seasons, with Sprewell and Houston as the core, the Knicks broke into the playoffs.

Let's now analyze Mo Xi's ability to see if he is a good fit for the Knicks, whether he has the qualities of a super center, and whether he has the potential to become a dominant player.

First of all, the first point we have to talk about is Mo Xi's weird ability to go under the basket, Mo Xi started special training after the first season, obviously he was very successful, he created a muscular armor for himself, although he failed to withstand the impact of O'Neal in the Finals, but his progress is really obvious to all, but there are many problems in these performances that are overlooked, that is, Mo Xi's control of the rebound. Mo Xi's rebounding rate is not very high, and it is difficult for him to even form an effective protection for backcourt rebounds, even if he is not a good interior player, he can snatch rebounds from him, but the Knicks' overall rebounding ability is very good, which makes Mo Xi's weakness on the rebounding end not so obvious, but we must know that rebounding is not the only criterion for measuring a center, but it is also the most important criterion, will a center who lacks the ability to protect rebounds become a super center? Can he even become the leader of the New York Knicks, the oldest team in the league?

The second is Moxi's defensive ability. Mo Xi's defensive ability is still very good, but it is limited to some situations, the protection and defense of the basket. But in fact, there are some loopholes in the defense of the mexi, the moxie in the defense of the flexible inside basket attack, the defense seems very hesitant, not decisive, such as last season in the face of KG, the quality of the defense of the mexie has dropped significantly, more gratifying is that this type of inside line is now a big forward, there are not a few centers, so unless the critical moment, the formation of the four or five position dislocation, and the fourth position also has excellent movement ability, it will form a strong impact on the mexi, There are still a lot of such players in the league right now. Therefore, in the final moments, due to the lack of outside defensive ability, Mo Xi is not a good defender, but this is also a more interesting place, because Mo Xi is not a slow-moving center, but a person who moves quite flexibly.

Defense and rebounding are both very important criteria for measuring a center, and now, Mo Xi has two centers that should have a strong advantage and have failed to meet one of the criteria for his positioning.

In other words, there is only one thing left in Mo Xi, and his offensive ability is very prominent. However, even his strongest offensive ability is really at the level of dominance? Just from the game that just ended, we can see a little problem, Mo Xi plays not lacking physical confrontation, but it lacks lethality, think about O'Neal and Olajuwon's level of foul making ability, and then look back at Mo Xi, this is a world of difference. He doesn't lack confrontation ability, not even confrontation, it's just that he doesn't have the ability to create fouls, the offensive end is too technical to ignore the team's integrity, and the help for the team is too narrow and not strategic.

Based on the above, we can find that Mo Xi is actually the same as Brad Miller, he is also a kind of deformed center, lacking the center's most important rebounding and defensive ability, but he is very good at offense, if Miller is the point guard in the center, then Mo Xi can only be regarded as a forward in the center, in a team with a strong style like the Knicks, Mo Xi may not really be a good leader, plus Mo Xi's own technical characteristics, it may be easy to play the Bulls, but in the face of those strong teams, However, they may not be able to achieve their average performance. ”

As soon as this report came out, it immediately caused an uproar, this is simply the head of the analysis, Van Gundy is the most troublesome one about this, so that Moxi's weaknesses are completely exposed, and it is conceivable what kind of care Moxi and the Knicks will face next.

But Mo Xi read it with relish, while reading the newspaper, drinking coffee, putting the newspaper down, scratching his head, looking at Charles Oakley on the other side of the locker room, and asking, "How do you practice defensive rebounding?" ”