Chapter 327: Finals, Lakers vs. Raptors

(3rd Update)

Discussions about Durant's next home have already begun with the Warriors' defeat to the Lakers in the Western Conference finals.

After all, Durant, a top superstar in the league, has been controversial in recent years because of the "most difficult road" to join the Warriors, but his strength and popularity have not been greatly affected.

Among them, the Los Angeles Clippers are the most active, the Clippers have plenty of salary space, and they have the league's first LeBron team. The presence of James, the dream combination of James + Durant, is exciting even just thinking about it.

Of course, this kind of thing, the eight characters have not been skimmed yet.

The NBA playoffs are not over yet, and the free market is not open, and the team is forbidden to contact any player, so what Durant's attitude will be, we can only guess now.

In Wang Feng's view, it is still a good thing that the Warriors were eliminated by the Lakers, at least not like a time and space, during the Finals, Durant and Thompson suffered serious injuries that could affect their careers.

They don't need to participate in the finals, they can have a good rest and recharge their energy in the offseason, take good care of their bodies, and the probability of injury in the new season will be greatly reduced.

And after the Lakers eliminated the Warriors to enter the Finals, the opponent will be Kawai. Leonard's Toronto Dragons.

Also affected by the butterfly effect of Wang Feng's crossing, several strong teams in the East, Jimmy of the Philadelphia 76ers. Butler was intercepted by the Lakers, while the Milwaukee Bucks' starting main center, Brooke. Lopez was also left with the Lakers on a long-term contract, and only the Toronto Mongols lineup is basically the same as the other plane, so it is not surprising to break through from the East.

Ke Huai. Leonard's regular season performance was mediocre, with 26.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists, although it was a career-best performance, but looking at the league, there are many players who can do it, and the attendance rate is only about 70%, and there is no particularly outstanding performance.

However, entering the playoffs, Leonard's strength has been thoroughly displayed in front of people, and so far in the playoffs, Leonard has averaged 32 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game, shooting 49% from the field, and has a dominant performance on both offensive and defensive ends.

Looking at the whole league, only Wang Feng can match Leonard in terms of statistics and contribution to the team's offensive and defensive ends, or better than Leonard.

In the six Western Conference finals with the Warriors, Wang Feng averaged 41 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3.6 steals per game, with a shooting rate of 54% and a three-point shooting rate of 48%.

In the finals of the 18-19 season, the general tone is basically Wang Feng VS Leonard, the showdown between two top forwards in the league.

And in this matchup, people are generally more optimistic about the Los Angeles Lakers.

This is not only because Wang Feng's performance in the past two seasons has been better than Leonard, but also because the obvious lineup comparison between the two teams also makes the Lakers more dominant.

Jimmy. Butler is an All-Star level small forward, although the average points per game this season have dropped to 18 points, but that is because most of the ball is given to Wang Feng and other young players, Butler is at the same level as George, DeRozan and other players.

On the Menglong team's side, in addition to Leonard, the two people with the highest coffee position are Kyle. Lowry & Pascal. Siakam, who averaged 15 points, 8.7 assists and 16.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in the regular season, respectively.

In addition to these two, there are Gasol and Yinbaka.

These two interior players were also in the league back then.

Mark. Gasol was voted Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the First Team, and the black-and-white twin tower combination with Randolph on the Grizzlies was definitely the league's top interior team at the time.

And Yin Bacca was full of explosiveness when he was young, he was a famous blocker, and in the finals of the 11-12 season, a pair of dragons and eighteen palms covered James and Wade two superstars.

However, interior players usually age faster than outside players, especially after serious injuries, Gasol and Yinbaka, two interior players, are not as good as before under the influence of age and injury.

In addition to the above players, the Menglong team also has players such as VanVleet and Danny, who are nicknamed Van Jordan. Green.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, the famous Chinese-American player Jeremy Lin was also in the Menglong team, but Jeremy Lin had long since lost the magical performance of Lin's crazy period, and his position in the Menglong team was also a bench substitute, and he was the substitute for Lowry's bench, whether it was the regular season or the playoffs, the number and time of appearances were extremely limited.

The above is the main lineup of the Menglong team, but compared with the Lakers, it is a lot more cold.

On the Lakers' side, in addition to regular season MVP Wang Feng, All-Star small forward Jimmy. In addition to Butler, there are two young players, Ingram and Kuzma, both of whom are close to or even better than Siakam of the Dragons in terms of level and potential.

In addition to the energetic young players, the Lakers also have experienced veterans such as Rondo, Lopez and others.

Therefore, in the overall strength comparison assessment, the Lakers still have a greater advantage and are more likely to win the championship.

If the Lakers really win the championship of this Finals, it is unimaginable how much the prestige of Wang Feng, the first core of the Lakers, will skyrocket.

This can be fully referenced by Leonard in another time and space at the same time.

After leading the team to defeat the remnant Warriors in the finals, Leonard went straight to the top, and was directly regarded as the first person in the league and the strongest player for a long period of time.

However, a few years later, when fans calm down and look back, they will find that Leonard's road to winning the championship has too much luck component, although his strong mother is doubtful, but compared with top superstars such as James and Curry, Leonard's personal honor accumulation is too little.

He has never won the regular season MVP, has not won the scoring title, and has not been selected for a single team enough times.

Leonard's actual level is actually much worse than what the media and fans have promoted.

But how many fans will think that Leonard is not worthy of his name? Defeating the invincible five-star warriors and leading the team to win the championship in just one year after coming to the Menglong team, this legendary experience is unimaginable for Leonard's prestige.