Chapter 417: East and West Differences
"The Lakers finally came up with their killer ......"
Robert or Vali can only be regarded as the Lakers' conventional weapons after all, and their real strength is still Zhang Yi. Whether it's offensive or defensive, his presence can raise the standard of the team.
Although he was pulled out of the system by the Nets before, it doesn't mean that he can't integrate into the offense and defense of the scoring team. What really limited Zhang Yi was only the Lakers' main style of play in this game.
No matter how strong the star is, once he loses the ball, he will be reduced to an ordinary player. Zhang Yi has done everything he can. It's just that the highlight of the first half was the duel between Robert and Valanda.
On the court, Valanda has realized that the Lakers are going to change their play. Because Robert is back at the No. 2 spot, he's going to bite Morris to limit the Nets' three-point strategy.
And their No. 1 position has also been replaced by a defensive player. This product basically has no offensive ability, and he averages 4 or 5 points per game.
But correspondingly, his defensive ability deserves recognition. As long as it's a strong offensive No. 1 position, putting him on the court can always do wonders.
Because the defense of this product is not dirty or clean, it likes to provoke the opponent with brazen provocations, and then forcibly pull the opponent's hit rate down.
He knows how to take advantage of his opponent's emotions, and he also knows that his specialty is his long hands and his height of 1.90 meters makes it seem like a mismatch to anyone in the No. 1 position.
Even the tall and tall Valanda does not have an advantage in front of him, and the Lakers' adjusted lineup is clearly changed to play the Nets.
The league's No. 1 team still has this background, otherwise they would not have been able to maintain a consistent win. Not being upset is also an ability in itself.
The current Lakers are basically their best defensive lineup. And the focus is on the opponent's perimeter, from the initiation point of the pass to the pitcher on the perimeter.
Even if the Nets hit the inside, they won't get too many opportunities. Because in addition to Vali switching to power forward, the Lakers sent a high school forward to take charge.
In order to defend the Nets' interior killer 'Hulk' Hulk, WACKER's several lineup adjustments are aimed at the opponent's offense.
And the depth of the roster shown by the Lakers is not comparable to that of the Nets. That's why many critics will say that the Lakers are strong, and they have accumulated a lot of functional players on the bench.
This is the standard championship team, with stars, role players, good starters, and great benches!
Neither the San Antonio Spurs nor the defending champion Golden State Warriors have as complete a roster as the Lakers.
This point not only reflects the vision of Gianna, the general manager of the Lakers, but also shows from the side that she must have accepted the advice of her father, the Lakers famous 'Black Mamba' Kobe.
Kobe, who has won five championships in his career, knows very well what players the current Lakers team needs, Zhang Yi himself does not have a championship appearance, after all, he led the team to win the championship in his rookie season, which is too dreamy, and even the Eastern Emperor Wang Long led the team to the finals only after the top of the Big Three.
What Zhang Yi has to do now is to lead the team to run in well, and the most important thing for him as a newcomer now is to learn how to become a qualified leader.
Veterans such as Oscar are not championship-winning players, or even stars, and that's the problem for the Lakers right now.
It's just that there is no way to do it, after all, the Lakers have just formed a championship team, and their poor record of 20-62 last year is still in people's impressions.
Even though the big ball city of Los Angeles still has a natural star appeal, it's clear that times are not so simple anymore.
Everyone is huddling against the Golden State Warriors, so there are a lot of corresponding free agents, but their goals are to get the biggest contract.
Although the Lakers have three rookies, they don't have salary pressure, but if Zhang Yi plays them all. This means that the home side will be approaching them for a contract extension the following year.
Even because of Zhang Yi's status as the champion, he can get the contract with the highest salary in advance. Of course, the Lakers will mainly remember Zhang Yi and others to sign.
Since they can't afford to win a championship, and they can't even get a big enough contract in the future, then those stars who are on the drift certainly won't give such a simple answer.
The salary cap and the status of the team boss are the most attractive to them right now, as for the championship? Let's wait until Curry Jr. actually retires.
It's just that because the Lakers are playing so well now that many stars have changed their minds.
Of course, this is called missing. They've signed with the team, so it's impossible to get out of it easily as long as they're a star in their playing years.
As for the players that the team is willing to dump, it proves that they have problems of their own, and even if they come to the Lakers, they will not bring much help to the home team.
So what kind of player does you want in order to pursue the championship? There will only be a backlash at the last moment. The Lakers have established Zhang Yi as the core from top to bottom.
The stars who are really willing to assist Zhang Yi are the ones they will consider, so a large number of stars will be deleted, so it is really difficult to say whether they can find a really suitable championship puzzle in the future.
But it doesn't matter now, because by the end of the regular season, there will inevitably be a slew of veterans who will end their contracts and seek a trade before the trade deadline.
If the Lakers can continue their record, they will have a particular advantage to attract these people.
Because they have Curry Jr.'s successor, Zhang Yi, which is something that other teams don't have. There are many stars who have not won a championship for life. But who wouldn't want to retire with honor wearing a championship ring if they could.
Even Curry Jr., whose myth of invincibility has been around long enough and is now as important as his first crown when he started his dynasty.
It's just that there are so many problems, and the Golden State Warriors are no longer the best choice for veterans to hit the championship.
The foreseeable scenario is that the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers will be the best options for veterans to hug their thighs, even though both teams are in the West.
But the West has won the championship for 8 consecutive years, and the East has shown its weakness to this point. So it's not normal for the New York Knicks to be the second oldest for so many years.
If the East is strong, Curry Jr. can snatch one or two championships in the two seasons that he is recuperating due to injury.
No one expected that the two-year championship would be taken away by the Trail Blazers and Spurs. The West has left the East far behind, so if you want to go to the East with the highest salary and go to the West with the championship, this has become a well-known criterion in the basketball circle!