Chapter 281: The Legend has begun

What is it to judge a player's strength?

Some people believe in data, some people believe in valuable human qualities such as fighting spirit and hard work, but there are different opinions, and there has been no result.

But the data can't show the true ability of a player, this sentence is absolutely not wrong, behind a 20+10 data may be a strong and tenacious mind, or it may be a walking corpse waiting for death.

Last season, the Chinese kid won the rookie of the season with his excellent team record and personal data, defeating Tyrek Evans, Stephen Curry, Brandon Jennings and many other strong opponents, becoming the best rookie of the season.

Behind such bright results, some people are disdainful, some people are admirable, and some people are indifferent......

In the eyes of most fans in the United States, Li Shihao is just a potential new star, and it is still unknown whether he can become a superstar in the future, let alone attract the world's attention like LeBron James this summer.

Unexpectedly, only one summer has passed, and the Chinese kid has made faster and more amazing progress, making the Minnesota Timberwolves a dark horse in everyone's eyes again.

In just one summer, Li Shihao looks much stronger than last season, and the biceps brachii that inadvertently curled his arm during the game is strong and plump, and the lines are smooth and powerful, like a human figure carved by a stone carving artist.

In the game, Li Shihao's style of play has also become bolder, his passing has become more ghostly, and his long and high pass threats have more than doubled. The new season has the Timberwolves roster with top wing defenders like Ariza, and the team's defense has naturally improved, improving by several percent compared to last season.

The remaining 29 teams in the league can clearly feel that the biggest change in the new season of the Timberwolves is the increase in the number of counterattacks!

The improvement on the defensive end is indeed obvious, and the Timberwolves themselves feel it, and head coach Frank Vogel keenly noticed this as early as when he was working together on the team, and he spent several nights choreographing a new set of tactics suitable for the Timberwolves, the most focused of which was defensive counter-attack tactics.

Frank Vogel is a rookie head coach, and his tactical literacy may not be as deep as that of old coaches like Popovich and Jerry Sloan, but Frank also has his own pride.

Tactics are ever-changing, and everyone who gets involved in them will have their own opinions and opinions.

Frank's deepest pride is his understanding and awareness of defense, which even touches on the essence of basketball.

The Timberwolves now have several "long" labels on their lineup, and even players like Lee Se-ho and Bledsoe who are not outstanding in height have excellent stealing ability.

The situation on the court is changing rapidly, and the effect of improving the defensive end can be far more than organizing the opponent to score, and what is more terrifying is the subsequent fast-break counterattack score.

There is no shortage of strong defensive teams in the NBA, with excellent defensive systems or the individual defensive ability of pillar players to establish an advantage in the game, there are definitely many such teams, and the teams that can do such a step often have the strength of the playoffs.

Today's Timberwolves are beginning to move closer to the direction of the Spurs, not only knowing how to rely on defense to hold their positions, but also knowing how to take advantage of the situation, seize the opportunity of the opponent's mistakes, quickly launch counterattacks, and play counterattacks.

On the league's top defensive team, fans who follow the NBA will favor the Orlando Magic, the team that carries the dream of Orlando Disney, after having Warcraft Howard, it has become the top team in the league, all of which comes from Warcraft Howard's defensive ability to cover the sky with one hand in the restricted area.

This is not true at all, Warcraft Howard is gradually reaching its peak in recent years, and Orlando Warcraft has become the top center in the league, and it can even be said that it is the first center in the league.

The year before last, Warcraft Howard led the Orlando Magic to the finals, and the luxury Los Angeles lineup to start the finals, last year, Howard led his Orlando Army again, won 59 wins, ranking second in the league, if it weren't for the Cavaliers under the little emperor LeBron James last year to complete the 60+ record, I'm afraid Warcraft Howard would have a great chance of being elected as the regular season MVP.

However, veteran fans who have been immersed in NBA football for many years will have a deeper understanding of the word defense, which comes from the peak matchup in 05, Detroit Pistons vs. San Antonio Spurs.

Two of the best teams in the East and West, two teams with excellent defensive skills, battled it out at the top of the Finals, and in the end, the San Antonio Spurs had the last laugh and lifted the championship, not allowing the mighty Autobots to successfully defend their title.

Iron-blooded, tenacious, tenacious, and desperate struggle became the main theme of that year's finals.

The collision of muscle sticks and muscle sticks is certainly not as picturesque as New Century Basketball, but fans who watched the finals that year will not forget that the sense of heaviness brought by defense is like a huge mountain.

Today, the Detroit Pistons Five Tigers have long since disintegrated, and the Autobots members of the year have gone, old and old, and they will no longer be in the glory of the past, only the San Antonio Spurs have survived, still maintaining the basketball style of the old era, and the defensive end is thick and suffocating, like a giant stone mill, crushed to death silently.

It's no exaggeration to say that the San Antonio Spurs are the most defensible team in the league, and their interior core Duncan, although a little old, can still be a threat on the defensive end and still hold up the sky of the Holy City.

Today's Spurs, the defensive end is not only tied to Shifo Duncan, but also inseparable from the Spurs.

Under Popovich's leadership, the Spurs were already a team armed to the teeth, and everyone's defensive strength was blended together, like the heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages, pointed by a sword, like an arm.

The glory of the Holy City is opened by the Stone Buddha Duncan!

Ten years ago, the big-faced power forward took his steps in the small town of San Antonio and eventually became the greatest power forward in the history of the league.

At the beginning of the new season, in the cold state of Minnesota, a new Western powerhouse has reappeared, and the road to legend seems to have begun. (To be continued.) )