Barkley was right when he commentated, the Bobcats are now better than the 70-win Rockets team in 2007.

The Rockets only have the center position to complete the Bobcats' three interior lines, the peak Yao Ming starts, and David Lee and Mutombo are substitutes. Compared with other locations, it is all the lynx that predominates.

Power forward Hayes is much better than he was in 2007, Battier is a defensive expert with average offense, and Gerard Wallace is both offensive and defensive, and Billups is significantly better than Fisher. Durant and Maddy have similar playing styles, but Maddie won the MVP in 2007, but it was controversial. In the Bobcats' offensive and defensive system, Durant is not necessarily worse than Maddy, at least Durant will not rob the boss, and the offense is also strictly in accordance with the coach's tactical arrangement, and he will not just rely on his teammates to "block and not dismantle" cover, and then shoot endlessly.

As for the substitutes for both teams, it was also the Bobcats who had the advantage. Back then, the Rockets still had Novak, Padget, Lucas III, Snyder, and other people who made mistakes almost on the court, but the Bobcats were all elite soldiers.

The Rockets still have 70 wins in the West, and the teams in the East are weaker than the West, and the schedule is much easier.

After the big win over the Devil, the Bobcats dominated the front page of sports news. The Lakers have had a lot of momentum since the start of the season, but people prefer the Bobcats.

Hayes has nearly 10 assists this season and is expected to become another player to score a triple-double this season after Oscar Robertson, and Kobe Bryant is significantly less popular than Hayes compared to the leaders of the two sides.

The Lakers' game wasn't as beautiful as the Bobcats. Both teams can play a triangle offense, and the Bobcats' fast offense is much sharper. And although Kobe Bryant can still score high scores, he has more and more jumpers and fewer and fewer dunks. Kobe Bryant, who can't jump, has fewer fans. Although Hayes didn't jump as high as Kobe, the fans didn't care, because Hayes never jumped, and he didn't even get a dunk in the air...... In the team training session, Hayes became the master, and the Bobcats practiced the back play together, which was proposed by Jeff Van Gundy, who believes that the back play on the court is really effective, protecting the basketball and making it easy to observe the movement of teammates on the court.

When the NBA drafts, teams tend to pick players with good physical fitness. The coaches think that players who can't shoot can practice slowly, but no one can teach speed and bounce. But players who rely on physical fitness to eat are also in a particularly fast decline.

The Bobcats coaching staff has adopted a different approach to selection, D'Antoni has been in Europe, where the most important thing in selecting players is that the fundamentals must be solid, they must be able to shoot, and they must be able to respond to the offense, if these are not done well, it is useless to run fast and jump high. Bobcat training sessions are now all about practicing the basics first, and then shooting shots. It doesn't matter if you don't jump high, the important thing is to throw in.

Hayes has proven the power of "floor flow". And getting used to floor flow play is a great benefit for athletes to prolong their careers.

It is sad to see an athlete grow old, and there is no one who ages faster than by bouncing.

In 1992, 42-year-old "Dr. J" Irving and 45-year-old "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar had a one-on-one match, but Irving failed to dunk with one hand in front of the national television audience. In 2002, the 38-year-old Jordan wore a Wizards jersey to the All-Star Game, and also had an unguarded, inevitable dunk and bounce out of the basket.

As Byron Davis said, "Bouncing is the first thing you retire from." "Davis has also been involved in the slam dunk contest, but now, he's moving in the direction of floor flow.

Now, the league bucklers are the first to get old. Vince Carter's bounce is disappearing, and he has only dunked six times in 10 games this season.

How do NBA players face this reality?

Keith Smart, an assistant coach for the Warriors and a former Indiana University star, has mixed emotions as he recalls his dunk. "I was 37 years old at the time, and after I became a coach, my goal was to dunk on the first day of training camp, then the first game, and then the New Year. Finally, after the New Year, we went to Florida to compete, and I did the warm-up and deducted one. That was my last. Later, I stopped even participating in three-on-three bullfights. I was frustrated not being able to do what I used to be able to do. ”

It is not difficult to see from Keon Smart's words that when a player can't jump, the biggest impact is not the technique, but the mentality. When a person feels old from the bottom of his heart, it is difficult to maintain the fighting spirit. If you get used to playing without jumping and are mentally prepared, you will not have a mental breakdown.

At present, the Bobcats lead the Eastern Conference with 9 consecutive wins, and the form is very good. D'Antoni's championship declaration at the press conference was not opposed by basketball experts, but many people agreed.

In second place is the Atlanta Hawks with a 7-2 record. The trio of Yao Ming, Joe Johnson and Josh Smith is still sharp. Rodney Starkey is inexperienced, and the addition of Jamal Crawford this season has also strengthened the Hawks' offensive power at the point guard position. Small forward Childis, a good substitute. The Hawks are arguably the only competitor to the Bobcats this season in the East.

The Cavaliers are third with a 6-3 record, and the Cavaliers are happy with the changes that Williams has brought to the team, but they are still some way from the Bobcats. The Bobcat is a recognized knightly nemesis. James played bravely against other teams, encountering the combined attack of Hayes and Gerard Wallace, but James was very uncomfortable, and the Cavaliers never found a way to deal with the Bobcats.

The Magic are in fourth place with 6 wins and 4 losses after losing this game. Their roster flaws are too obvious to compete with the current Bobcats.

In fifth place is the Celtics. The Celtics wanted to chase Arenas in the summer, but Arenas was not interested in the Celtics, and none of the big fish in the transfer market were attracted, so the Celtics had to re-sign Antoine Jamison. They have a decent record, 5 wins and 4 losses. The sixth-ranked Heat are 4-5, the Bucks are 4-6 and seventh, and the 76ers are tied for eighth place with the Pistons at 3-6. With only three wins and still being on the playoff roster, it's not hard to see how weak teams in the East are from the win percentage.

According to the schedule, each team has 82 regular season games. The Bobcats and 15 Western Conference teams played two games each for a total of 30 games; played 4 games each with the Wizards, Magic, Hawks, and Heat in the same division for a total of 16 games; 6 teams will be randomly selected from the remaining 10 teams in the East to play 4 games each, for a total of 24 games; Three games against the remaining teams for a total of 12 games, so that a total of 82 games can be played. Regardless of which six teams in the East play four games, the Bobcats have an absolute advantage, except for the Hawks, no other team can compete, in this situation, the Bobcats want to achieve the best record in the league seems to be easy.

Experts believe that as long as the Bobcats players don't suffer from massive injuries, they can already set their sights on the playoffs and even the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Western Lakers are also in first place with nine straight wins, but the Lakers have faced far more tough opponents than the Bobcats on their way to the Finals. The Hornets and Mavericks are tied for second with 7 wins and 2 losses, and the Nuggets are fourth with 7 wins and 3 losses, followed by the Timberwolves, Jazz, Spurs and Trail Blazers...... The top 8 teams in the West all have a win rate of more than half. The Suns, SuperSonics, and Grizzlies also have good lineups, but they are still outside the playoff threshold.

Before the start of the season, the Rockets, who had already boasted of a strong rise and returned to the ranks of the league's strongest teams, were still very bad this season, ranking 12th in the West with 3 wins and 6 losses, and only power forward David Lee played the best, averaging 18 points and 11 rebounds per game, and a double-double per game, becoming an important pawn in the hands of head coach Adelman. Another player who played well was rookie guard Jerry Bayless, who was drafted in the summer, averaging 12 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal per game.

The two cores of the Rockets, Maddy and Oden, are extremely disappointing, Aoden's average of 9.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2 blocks per game is not bad, but the scoring is slightly worse, not worthy of his champion status, more like a good blue-collar worker. Before entering the league, Oden was said to be unrealistic to rule the league.

The worst performer for the Rockets was Maddie. He's been a bad season. He averaged 15 points and 4 assists per game while shooting just 38% from the field. The lazy surname also caused dissatisfaction among his teammates.

Maddie is the quintessential example of a talented player. Although he is only 30 years old, his bounce and speed have been severely reduced, and his running speed on the court can be described as faltering.

When Maddie was at his peak, fans who liked him described his pull-up jumper as a miracle. Last season, Maddie led the team straight to the lottery and became the first defending champion team in history not to make the playoffs, but his rating plummeted and he didn't even make the All-Star Game. This season, Maddie played two games and one break, saying that his knee was uncomfortable, but after an MRI examination, the team doctor said that he was healthy and everything was normal. Maddie's "fraud" is a very popular news in the NBA these days. Although Maddie has been suspected of cheating almost every season, this time head coach Adelman has also publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with Maddy, and the situation is serious.

There are more and more people crusading against Maddie. Those things happened in Hayes's previous life, Maddie's knee had a problem, and the Rockets' team doctor was still the "relational household", and the Rockets were naturally full of injuries.

Knowing that Maddie did have a problem with her knee and was wronged by the Rockets' medical team, Hayes stood up for Maddie in an interview. "I don't believe Tracy cheated and maybe he really has a knee problem. The knee is a career-threatening injury, and to be on the safe side, I recommend that he visit a few famous doctors to get a diagnosis. This can't be delayed. ”

Hayes made such remarks, as long as Maddie hears it, it is estimated that he will take the opportunity to check it out, and will not play the game with an injury until the knee injury is getting worse and worse to check, and finally fell out with the Rockets completely, and he will not get the opportunity to play after his comeback in 2010, and he will transfer to the Knicks in a bleak manner.

After all, Maddie is a two-time scoring champion and an N All-Star, and it is not easy to play to his current achievements, and Hayes doesn't want to see him delay for two years in vain. Without Maddie in the league, fans will be missing a lot of fun.

(To be continued)