Chapter 545: What Will the Future Look Like for Starkey?

Starkey has scored nine points in a row, and he can't let it go on like this. Marcus Thorton's defense is simply not to be trusted. It seems that Thibodeau still needs to work on the defense of these rookies.

When Starkey was with the Knicks, the defense was not very good at the beginning, but Starkey not only had a good defensive attitude, but also had a self-motivated heart, a heart that competed with Jeffal Crawford in Sessions. That's why you're willing to spend more time on exercising defense, the world is so fair, how much effort you put in, what success you can reap. There will be no slightness of fraud.

Starki can be looked upon by the Philadelphia 76ers and become the leader of the Philadelphia 76ers' team, it's not a joke, the current Starkey is definitely much stronger than the Starkey in his previous life, but the only thing that worries Chen Jiyuan is Starkey's body, Starkey has a period of time because of migraine and Yan zhòng affected his shooting touch, and then he didn't recover to the previous competitive state.

The current Starkey can be said to be both offensive and defensive. The only two bad things are the big picture and the ability to shoot three-pointers. Although Starkey seems to be working his three-point shooting ability, the effect does not seem to be very obvious. Anyway, now in Philadelphia, with no one suppressing Starkey at all, Starkey's three-point shot is still a prudent and prudent choice. Unlike an inside shot, Starkey is still more casual. This shows that Starkey is not confident in his three-point shot.

When Thibodeau asked for a timeout, he directly criticized Marcus Thornton from the bench, and was very unhappy with Marcus Thornton's defensive attitude. Thibodeau wouldn't care about so many so-called face-saving things. As a workaholic, Thibodeau can't be said to be completely ignorant of human feelings, but if you want to say that Thibodeau is proficient in this way, it would be a big mistake.

Thibodeau replaced Andre Iguodala with Andre Iguodala to limit Starkey, and also replaced Stephen Jackson to strengthen the perimeter defense, although Matt Barnes' defense was also good, but Stephen Jackson's offense was obviously better.

At the same time, Chen Jiyuan was also replaced. Chen Jiyuan rested enough. Now there are nine minutes left in the second quarter. It's almost time to put the main lineup on the field. Even if you believe in the strength of the substitutes, you can rest the main players of the team, but it is impossible to rest until the sea is dry.

The first time Chen Jiyuan came on the field, he reflected his role.

Coming on the court, he hit a big two-pointer in front of Brand.

Right now, Philadelphia's interior players are the shorter type. Maris Speights, Thaddeus Young. Elton Brand. In fact, these three people are relatively short among the interior players. Especially Thaddeus Young, in fact, Thaddeus Young should be considered a small forward. Power forward Maris Speights, center Elton Brand. But it is obviously a bit difficult to point to Elton Brand's height to block Chen Jiyuan's jumper. After all, Elton Brand is only 2.05 meters tall. It's too short to play a big forward, let alone a center. If you encounter a center player who can only arch inside, Elton Brand can handle two shots, but Chen Jiyuan is a typical super center with both technical strength. If you make two moves on the outside, you can directly ignore Elton Brand and shoot directly, unless Elton Brand can predict Chen Jiyuan's next move in advance, otherwise, Elton Brand will never touch the ball shot by Chen Jiyuan. 38:29。

But Starkey was not to be outdone, and soon rushed into the interior again, causing Chen Jiyuan's defensive foul. However, this is Chen Jiyuan's second foul, so there is no need to worry about fouls.

Starkey made both free throws. 38:31。

And the Knicks, on the other hand, are blooming more. Sessions, Andre Iguodala, Stephen Jackson, and Chen Jiyuan all scored one after another. Only Lefou's game was completely lost in itself. I don't know what's going on, anyway, all kinds of shots don't go in.

And Philadelphia, on the other hand, is mainly supported by Starkey. But one person can't win five people. At least Starkey still doesn't have that ability. Although Elton Brand can also cause a little trouble to the Knicks in the low post, Elton Brand, who can't touch Lefou, is more likely to shoot jumpers on the outside, and forcing himself into the interior is easy to be blocked by Chen Jiyuan because of his reluctant shot. Elton Brand has already been blocked by Chen Jiyuan today.

At halftime, the Knicks were still holding a double-digit lead. The score was 54:42.

The top scorer on the Philadelphia side was Starkey, who scored 24 points. He scored 24 points in the half, which was a very good number, but the Knicks scored in double figures in the half. Chen Jiyuan scored 10 in the first half and Sessions scored 11 points in the half. Stephen Jackson scored 10 points. The Philadelphia 76ers have no one in double figures except for Starkey. Obviously, now the multi-player score double-double overpowers the single-player score on the twenty-one.

At the start of the second half, Staki certainly couldn't be reconciled to such a defeat. If he could walk away with this win on the home court of the New York Knicks, then Starkey would be excited and sleepless all night. Perhaps there is a lot of hope for the renewal of his contract in New York. So when Starkey saw that the New York Knicks were so resolute in refusing to give him a new contract, how much hope there was before, and how big the disappointment would be at this time.

Philadelphia 76ers possession of the ball, Starkey dribbled the ball past half court, burst inside, and then gave the ball to Louis Williams on the outside, Louis Williams received the ball and directly pulled up the three-point shot, Louis Williams's three-point shot was practiced later, and this season is a bit accurate. At least it's stronger than Starki.

This three-pointer went into the net. 54:45。

However, Sessions quickly returned a three-pointer in front of Louis Williams. Sessions seems to be much more aggressive than last season. 57:45。

Thaddeus Young cut in, received a pass from Louis Williams, and scored a left-handed layup. 57:47。

Stephen Jackson broke through to the basket, and the ball was blocked by Elton Brand, but Chen Jiyuan picked up the rebound, and after picking up the rebound, Chen Jiyuan found that he had no room to shoot at all, and there were three people standing next to him, one was Elton Brand, one was Thaddeus Young, and one was Speights. The Philadelphia 76ers attach so much importance to themselves, Chen Jiyuan no longer knows whether to be happy or upset. Chen Jiyuan could only give the ball in front of him. A ground-hitting pass was given to Andre Iguodala's hand, Andre Iguodala was about to shoot, and Starki, who was defending in the past, didn't think much about it and took off directly, but Andre Iguodala withdrew his hand, and then rushed to the inside, Chen Jiyuan saw Andre Iguodala come in, and immediately blocked Elton Brand behind him, and then let Andre Iguodala take off directly and came to a gliding split. If you want to talk about physical intelligence, then Andrea Iguodala is definitely top-notch. 59:47。

The score has not been narrowed, although the players of the Philadelphia 76ers are playing very hard, but this is not something that can be solved by hard work, and the Knicks are indeed stronger than the Philadelphia 76ers without abnormality. This must be acknowledged.

Throughout the third quarter of the game, the Philadelphia 76ers still failed to recover the disadvantage in the score, and the score difference was still about ten points.

In fact, Andre Iguodala and Starkey's switch of owners is still a lot of benefit for the Philadelphia 76ers. The main reason is that Andre Iguodala also played well with the Philadelphia 76ers, but in fact, Andre Iguodala is not the kind of player who can lead the team to victory by scoring. So if the Philadelphia 76ers really keep using Andre Iguodala as the leader of the team, they won't be able to go far. Elton Brand could have filled the notch of Andre Iguodala's scoring prowess. But alas, Elton Brand's injuries affected Elton Brand's entire career. Elton Brand has never been able to play an average of 20+10 per game. As a result, the Philadelphia 76ers once again fell into a situation where they lacked a super-scoring superstar.

And now, although Starkey still has the flaw of three-point shooting, his scoring strength is really good. In this environment of the Knicks, Starkey has been well trained. Averaging 20 points per game in a single season, something Starkey didn't achieve in his previous life. Therefore, the current Starkey's scoring ability really can't be underestimated.

Chen Jiyuan is also a little uncertain about Starki's future. But Chen Jiyuan felt that he couldn't take the risk, so he didn't agree to the team to give Starkey a contract with the highest salary. In fact, if Chen Jiyuan hadn't been in the way, Latin would definitely have given Starkey a maximum salary contract. If Starki knew about this, he would have hacked Chen Jiyuan to death. Although this is a bit unauthentic, Chen Jiyuan is also thinking about the future of the team, so there is no way.