Chapter 512: Star Physical Fitness
It took only five games for the Spurs to win the championship. And Duncan's average of 7.4 points, 14 rebounds, and .4 assists per game in that series may not be anything in the NBA in the small-ball era, but in that era of emphasizing defense, such data is undoubtedly a super bug, the Spurs averaged only 84.8 points, 40.6 rebounds, and 0.assists per game in that series. In other words, Duncan's dominance in the '99 Finals was comparable to O'Neal's dominance during his three-game winning streak.
Data is greater than strength! If you want to find a representative player in the league, I believe many people will vote for DeMarcus. Cousins, plus last season, Kaoshen has averaged at least 0+10 quasi-super centers per game for 5 consecutive years, but even if there is such data, few people think that Kaoshen is the strongest center in the current service! "Difficult to achieve" is the evaluation that most people give Cousins, after all, he has not yet stepped into the playoff stage. So, we have to analyze, what limits the upper limit of the test god?
In fact, there is no problem with the technical ability of the test god, the problem is mainly in his physical condition, here we look through the rookie physical test data of Cousins in 010, and he is 6 feet 11 inches (11 cm) tall. The actual bare foot height is only 07.01 cm, many people still remember the photo of him and Durant, at that time, many fans used this to analyze that Adu was at least 1 cm, but in fact it was not that Adu was too tall, but Cousins's real height was relatively short, such a height made Kaoshen have no absolute control over the center position, and his ability to protect the basket in defense has always been worrying. Cousins' athleticism is also mediocre, with a maximum vertical jump of just 69 centimeters and a running speed of .55 seconds in 4 races.
Does 19 kilograms give him a lot of strength? Not necessarily! Cousins' sheer strength is not outstanding, and he deliberately avoided the 185-pound (about 168-pound) bench press during the rookie test, which is said to be limited to a maximum of about 10, while the Griffin of the same period can do one. The power is overrated, which dooms Cousins to play like Olney back then, and in recent seasons Cousins has indeed increased the proportion of outside shots and reduced the number of low-post offenses, last season he shot 56.7% in the restricted area, while Embiid was as high as 61%, obviously in terms of finishing ability he has been completely surpassed by the Emperor, no wonder the Emperor will be more favored by fans.
Many people say that the mind is the biggest obstacle to the test god, but if you look at the above data, you will find that in fact, Cousins also has a hard injury in terms of physical condition, he has been controversial in recent years, of course, to a certain extent, it is also due to the fact that the fans' expectations for him are too high, Cousins switched to the Warriors this summer, and the playoffs are stable, and even the championship will become within reach, but for the god of science, the road to redemption for his career has actually just begun.
Before entering the NBA, James practiced with Simmons many times, liked the young man very much, and seemed to be cultivating Simmons as a successor. Judging by his performances this season, Simmons fully deserves the title. In fact, Simmons's horror can be seen from his body side data.
Simmons is 08 meters tall, a proper inside height, weighs 109 kilograms, has an arm span of 14 meters, and is 76 meters tall, with a maximum bounce of 105cm and a maximum jump height of 81cm, /4.05 seconds. After looking at these data, does it feel a bit like James Knight 1.0~
The Jazz's No. 1 pick, Donovan Mitchell, didn't get noticed at the beginning of the season, but the superstar proved himself with real actions! This season, he averaged 0.5 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and entered the rookie of the best competition with an impeccable performance.
Mitchell is barefoot and 187 cm tall, wearing shoes 191 cm, such a height is indeed a bit of a loss in the scoring guard, but Mitchell's arm span came to a terrifying 08 cm, the body fat rate is only 5.9%, the hand length is 1.59 cm, the hand width is 4.1 cm, the standing touch height is 46 meters, and the weight has reached 97.5KG, there is no accurate data for the time being, but it is not difficult to find that the bounce of this product is at least 110 cm based on its performance in the slam dunk contest and the realization of the dunk.
Tatum, as the offensive core of the Green Shirts today, has a particularly eye-catching performance on the court, and is the only one of the three rookies to reach the division finals. He also proved in the playoffs that he can be the heart of the team, and next season Hayward is embarrassed!
Tatum is 0 meters tall, has an arm span of 11 meters, a combat power of 71 meters, and weighs 9 kilograms. Yes, that's right, his standing touch is 71 meters, which is the standing touch of many inside lines in the league today. I have to say that the body side data of these three people is quite good, and there is a feeling of succession from Generation 0!
James and Durant, the best player in the world and the second best player in the world finally met in the Finals, to be honest, for the Cavaliers in the Finals, James is the only player who can dominate the position, compared to Durant, he is more dominant and more stable at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, if you have to say that Lao Zhan has any shortcomings, it may be said that there is a certain gap between his height and Durant.
Durant 11 cm, James 04 cm, this is the general understanding of the height of the two superstars in the league in recent years, but every time the two stand together, we often subvert the previous understanding, because it seems that the height difference between the two is not as much as 7 cm, in order to find out, we compared the physical measurement data of the early years, and finally found some answers!
For the sake of fairness, we all quoted the bare foot height of the two during the rookie physical test, in 00, the then 18-year-old James was 01.01 cm barefoot height, and in 007, the then 19-year-old Durant's bare foot height was 07.6 cm, in fact, in the rookie period, Durant's shoe height has reached 10 cm, but he "modestly" set the registration height to 06 cm, plus the registration height of most NBA players is a little inflated, That's why Durant's height has become an unsolved case for many years!
If you compare the height of the two in their rookie period, Durant is 6.0 cm taller than James, but then James did grow up, in the 008 Olympic Dream Team training camp test, his bare foot height has reached 04 cm, and Durant's height growth after entering the league has no data to refer to, but according to the height comparison between him and McGee, Yi Jianlian and others, it should not be as much as James, on the whole, the current height difference between the two should be about 5 cm, However, one inch long and one inch strong, Durant's height and arm span still have an advantage in front of James, but James's tank-like strong body is enough for Adu to drink a pot, compared with the suspense of the victory or defeat of the two teams, this battle of NO.1 players may be more interesting! (To be continued)