Chapter 221: Kaman's Loss
Since the start of the new season, Carman has felt a sense of crisis. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Although there are only five people on the Info Clippers inside, it is actually still very crowded because there are so many people who can use it.
Not to mention Carman and Kevin Love, Noah and Milicic both proved their worth last season. And Mark is the Spanish national team, and the strength is also there, the Spanish team is also a strong team in the world, Mark has the treatment of a starter in Spain, how bad can the strength be?
One of the two positions on the inside is only 96 minutes, and if the five people are evenly divided, it is 19.2 minutes, not even 20 minutes. But how is it possible for a good inside player to not be on the court for more than 30 minutes? But the Clippers have the highest average time per game on the inside, but only 28 minutes.
28 minutes, that's too short, and he's the fewest average of any starting interior player of almost any team in the NBA, if you don't count Kevin Love.
However, Kaman didn't say it, his ability is not too strong, and the only thing that is better than others is the game experience. Kevin Love scored better than him, Noah defended better than him, Milicic was more versatile than him, and even Mark was stronger than him.
If the current situation continues, in another season or two, he will definitely not be able to keep the starting position. But he wasn't very willing to let him change teams, because playing in the Clippers was so cool, and the feeling of winning was certainly cool.
During the training match, Carman and Noah were in the opposite position and did not take advantage. You must know that he is now in his prime, and Noah has just entered his second year in the NBA, and he is still far from his peak!
Noah grew fast, and not very slowly, which suited the Clippers' style perfectly. Since Liu Su joined the Clippers, the Clippers have been a team with a very fast pace of play.
Kaman's pace is not very fast, he has tried to speed up his speed before, but he got injured, this change only lasted for one season, and then it changed back, because it was too much for him, and the playing time was not guaranteed, and it took a month to regain the nutritional balance in the offseason.
Carman and Kevin Love are also in competition on the court, and both need to give out the license, but Kevin Love is stronger than him in attack and has more shots than him.
In the Clippers, Liu Su has unlimited right to shoot, which is as it should be, whether as the core of the team or the owner, he has the strength and identity to have this.
What makes Carman complain the most is that the rest of the Clippers are basically chaotic, and they can't see who has more or less. Since the start of the 06 season, this has been the case, when Liu Su is on the field, whoever has the opportunity has the right to shoot, because Liu Su will pass the ball over. When Liu Su is not on the court, the ball is also controlled by two point guards, and Cassel can be evenly distributed, but Rajon Rondo is only suitable for blocking and dismantling, and basically the players who play blocking and dismantling with him have more opportunities.
This has made David Lee, Carman endured for two seasons, David Lee is indeed suitable for blocking and pick-and-roll, and no one in this regard can be compared to the Clippers. Carman also tried to play pick-and-roll, but the slower movement speed and range limitations didn't make Carman too impressive.
After waiting two seasons and David Lee left, he found that the Clippers had another interior player who could play pick-and-roll. Kevin Love not only has the ability to shoot in the middle, but can even shoot three-pointers, which is the team's second only to Liu Su, Capono, Artest, and Hill.
This man Kaman is helpless, he wants to have more shots, but this is obviously impossible. He understands Liu Su, Liu Su is not a selfish person, he can sacrifice data to fulfill others, many of the balls that he can shoot have been assisted by his teammates, otherwise it is difficult for him to average more than ten assists per game.
You must know that Rajon Rondo, as the starting point guard, averages only 8 and a half assists per game. Liu Su has the highest ratio of passes converted into assists in the league, basically reaching almost half.
However, Liu Su doesn't like players who ignore the team's results, why was Ricky Davis traded? That's because he always plays randomly, only pays attention to personal data, and doesn't pay attention to the team's record at all, and many games that can be won have been lost. So even with the old Dunleavy doesn't like him, and many times he doesn't let him play, even if he only uses the worse Ryan Gomez. As soon as the season ended, he was immediately traded.
Carman even heard that in the middle of the season, Dunleavy Sr. was looking for a home, but no one had the right player, and Ricky Davis was still a good substitute, so he was not traded.
From this point, Carman figured out something. And he's not the kind of player who likes to make trouble, although he has a broken mouth, but he is a good person.
The team's record is still good, and Carman is still a starter, so he doesn't have any other ideas, at least he is still the first interior of the Clippers.
But when he played the Warriors on the 16th, Carman was injured, not a major injury, or a leg muscle strain, and he needed to rest for two weeks. The Clippers have seven games in those two weeks, which is not a lot.
But Carman is a little worried, because Noah will be the starter in these seven games, and he is afraid that Noah will sit in the starting position, and he will have to play as a substitute after he recovers from his injury.
Things went according to the worst trend, and after Noah became the starter, he immediately showed a tough defense, not only beating the Spurs' two centers against the Spurs, but also giving Duncan a big hat, winning five hats in a single game, and also getting a double double.
Against the Thunder, Noah once again dominated the basket, and rookie Westbrook was defended by Noah several times on layups, either the cap fell off or interfered.
In seven games, Noah had a highlight performance, and Carman thought that if he was allowed to play, he would never be able to play such a game. The Clippers have easily beaten their opponents in all seven games, and a large part of it is due to Noah.
The first game in December, against the Mavericks on the 3rd. Carman came back, although he still served as a starter, but Carman always had a knot in his heart, worried that he would not perform as well as Noah.
But the more worried about something, the more something happened, Carman's performance was mediocre, and after Noah came on the court, he immediately continued the strength of the previous seven games, which made the old Dunleavy praise fiercely.
When it came to back-to-back games against the Rockets on the 4th, Dunleavy Sr. did not arrange for Carman to play the starter, but let Noah play the starter. When the roster was announced, Kaman was very disappointed, he had expected this moment, but he still didn't expect it to come so early.
Losing the starting position made Kaman's mentality a little unbalanced, but the old Dunleavy and Liu Su both found it and talked to him a lot, and both said that they would let Lao and Noah rotate the starters, one is to increase competition, and the other is to protect the players.
Carman was helpless about it, and he was not happy to ask him to make a deal. Now his only prayer is that when Noah's rookie contract ends next year, a team will offer him a big contract.