On December 1, the NBA officially announced the list of winners of the major awards in the East and West in the first month of the new season.

The Western Conference's Player of the Month for November was won by Kevin Durant.

Throughout November, in all 15 games for the Thunder, Durant averaged 38.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game.

As Wang Shuo remembers, this season, Durant has entered the 2.0 stage of his career.

After years of continuous polishing, compared with the 1.0 stage, Durant's most obvious improvement this season is undoubtedly his individual ball-handling offense.

That is, the technical connection that can plague some players for two decades after dribbling.

No matter in the past or present life, and no matter how much after-dinner conversation Durant will provide people in the future......

You can't deny that Durant is an epoch-making player.

As we all know, while the vast majority of NBA big men are able to show off their skills in daily training, when it comes to actual games, few big men are obsessed with dribbling in the game.

Because being too tall often means that your center of gravity on the dribble will be too high.

In a high-level game like the NBA, the inevitable flaws of this big man when dribbling will be infinitely magnified under the opponent's high-intensity pressing.

In addition, because players who are too tall often have the flexibility and flexibility to compare with smaller players, the individual ball-handling offense launched from the outside has long been the preserve of outside players in the NBA.

However, the emergence of Durant has changed this pattern.

Because as a player whose real height is likely to exceed 210 cm, under the premise that he does not have top flexibility talents, through continuous polishing and combining his own advantages, Durant has practiced a "praying mantis crossover" that will become his personal signature in the future this summer.

This is different from the traditional outside player's dribble with the ball.

Due to Durant's great change of direction on the court, and the fact that he also mastered the core technology of "one-arm loop" during this period, the defenders easily did not dare to take close defense against him......

Therefore, with the official announcement that he has entered the 2.0 stage of his career, he has also become a historical-level offensive killer in the NBA during this period, where there is almost no possibility of death.

Able to play without the ball.

At the same time, he also has an individual ball-holding offense that can hard solve the opponent's various defenses at critical moments.

This season, after watching Durant's game in November, even Wang Shuo, the "black head", couldn't find any angle to embarrass Durant.

New York, NBA Headquarters.

Stern, who has recently begun to prepare for retirement, is also interested in leaning resources towards Durant this season.

After all, Durant's previous image is no longer good......

You can't deny that his performance this season has been a real MVP.

Moreover, Stern, who knows that winning people is gradual, also knows very well that Curry's current strength is not enough to support him to be elected as the NBA's regular season MVP for two consecutive years.

In addition, after Kobe Bryant officially announced his retirement plan, if there is only Curry as a young hero in the NBA in the future, what else will the NBA look at?

As the chief director of this large-scale reality show in the NBA, Stern knows very well that no matter how good the martial arts master is, you have to set up a good stage and choose a good opponent for him to go down in history.

Just like playing chess, if the opponent you win against is called the Warhawk, then you can prove that you are a chess boss?

The answer is clearly not no.

Before officially retiring, Stern clearly intends to make more young heroes in the NBA this season.

Because only in this way will the NBA, the future martial arts league leader, have a higher gold content, and the future martial arts hegemony of the NBA can gain a higher degree of topicality.

On December 1, along with the release of the winners of the major awards in the East and West, there is also the NBA's latest regular season MVP rankings.

On this list, Durant is at the top of the list, while Curry, Griffin, Anthony, Harden, Rose, George, Love, James, and Lillard are ranked second to tenth......

Except for Anthony and James, they are basically the new generation of players who have made a name for themselves in the NBA in recent years.

Perhaps for many fans who have been watching football since the Jordan era and the Big Four quarterback era, the players on this list are somewhat unfamiliar.

But that's the NBA.

Every decade, another group of young talent challenges veterans who have already made great achievements in the league.

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In December, the Hornets, who were missing Paul, flipped twice in the East on the 11th and 17th of the month.

On the 11th, in the game of Orlando, the original bearded Baron Davis, who is far from being a super guard this season, regained his form of running wild on the NBA court during his retirement tour.

In the NBA, everyone has a time to eat dumplings during the New Year.

This season, a number of young players on the Hornets roster have been racing to make their mark since the start of the regular season.

As a result, the Hornets will have to accept their opponents to pop in the game.

In this game against the Magic, Davis's reckless run not only caused great damage to the Hornets' interior (15-of-18 free throws), but he also managed to bring up the supergiant Cousins from the neck down with a team-high 14 assists.

The combination of inside and outside, the Magic, who played better than the Hornets on this night, ended up taking the Hornets lightly at home.

On the 17th, the Hornets lost to the Hawks in a shock at home.

So far this season, the Hawks are eighth in the East.

Although due to Paul's absence, Delon, who was previously assigned to Atlanta by James, only handed over 9 points and 10 assists in this game.

But Livingston, who caught the Hornets' small guard as a mess, scored a season-high 38 points in this game.

In this life, under the protection of the Hawks, Livingston, who has not suffered major injuries, has officially ushered in the peak of his career this season.

So far, Livingston has averaged 20.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game for the Hawks this season, and has become a veritable star guard.

Livingston's style of play this season is similar to that of Alexander, the Thunder's young master before Wang Shuo's crossing.

Both of these are the kind of tall guards who can use their model advantage to pull out in front of you and misalign their backs to hit your small defenders in the game.

This season, Livingston is shooting 45.8 percent from mid-range and 44.1 percent from long range.

This kind of dry shooting percentage determines that even if Livingston doesn't make a single three-point shot since the start of the regular season, he can continue to punish your defense on the court.

In Wang Shuo's view, Livingston's only fly in the ointment is his physical fitness.

In this regard, it is clear that the future Thunder Young Master Alexander is superior.

But this time, with the Hornets themselves not feeling good and the whole team playing iron collectively, Livingston's physical gauge of averaging more than 30 minutes per game was enough to help the Hawks win on the road.

No doubt.

The biggest beneficiary of the Hornets' two rollovers is Paul.

Because many fans believe that if Paul is not injured, then the Hornets will definitely not drop the chain in these two games.

It's a pity......

In December, just before the start of the Christmas War, Paul's recovery date was extended by another month due to the recent lack of recovery.

It turns out.

Paul, who can play on the court, really rarely drops the chain.

Can......

How can you make sure he doesn't drop the chain off the field?

Wang Shuo knew very well that the level of the Hornets' team doctor was at least one of the few in the league after his update and upgrade to Charlotte......

But even so......

Wang Shuo also couldn't get a scientific explanation for why Paul always dropped his chain.

Fortunately, while Paul was recovering from his injury, the young players on the Hornets team were given more opportunities to play.

Therefore, for the fact that Paul was forced to extend the return date to January, in Wang Shuo's view, the Hornets are likely to be a blessing in disguise.

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On the 25th, in the annual Christmas game, the Hornets defeated the Knicks, who had collectively turned on the "old man's music" mode this season, 120-107 at the center of Madison Square Garden.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, Curry has always had a tradition of striking iron in the Christmas War.

Last season, in the Christmas game between the Hornets and the Lakers, Curry's performance at that time could only be described as the Iron Man Jr.

It's just that Klay ushered in an explosion at the Staples Center, and the Lakers played too much in the game, so the Hornets won the Christmas war.

And in this game with the Knicks, in New York, Curry was not surprising from beginning to end.

In the whole game, Curry, who shot only 3 of 12, relied on 10 free throws to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to score a double in the Christmas game.

On Christmas Eve, the Hornets were able to win in New York, mainly because Leonard and Klay brought Curry in this game.

The former shot 13-of-19 from the field and combined with free throws and three-pointers for the Hornets to score 34 points, seven rebounds and four assists.

The latter shot 12-of-18, including 9-of-13 from three-point range, and contributed a total of 33 points, four rebounds and two assists to the Hornets without making a single free throw.

After the game, when commenting on the game, Mike Brown bluntly said: "The Hornets' forward line is definitely the only one in the NBA.

I don't think there's any team that can match the Hornets at back this season. ”

So far, Leonard has averaged 18.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game for the Hornets this season.

Klay and Butler are averaging 15.2 and 14.5 points per game, respectively.

The dynamism of the Hornets' forward line ensures that even without Paul, they can press the opposition with high-intensity defense and build an advantage with defensive counter-attacks.

Last season, the Hornets conceded a whopping 110 points per game, the fourth-lowest in the league.

Although this loss of points is related to the strategy that Wang Shuo adopted for most of the games last season.

But this season, the Hornets, who are averaging close to 120 points per game, have kept their average points conceded to around 105 points per game.

According to relevant high-level data, among all teams in the NBA, the Hornets have the lowest points per 100 possessions in the league this season.

In the game, the opponents who were able to play with the Hornets through attack last season have been spotted this season......

At the moment, this Hornets can not only mess you up with offense, but also come back, and when it's your turn to attack, they can often overwhelm you.

TNT, reviewing the Hornets' recent games, Barkley said: "This season, the Hornets have conceded the fewest points inside the NBA and limited opponents' three-point shooting percentage.

While they don't have a traditional No. 5 other than Eyre, the Hornets have turned their interior into a large graveyard this season through the blockade of the front line. ”

The team's defense has improved significantly, and Leonard, Klay, Butler, and Middleton have all benefited from it.

Online, fans gave the four Hornets a collective nickname to the four young talents called the "Charlotte Big Four".

Also, at the end of December, in a survey launched by ESPN about who you think is the best defensive player in the NBA this season, more than half of the fans voted for Leonard.

This season, the Hornets have been scheduled for a total of 40 games that are broadcast live across the United States by the league.

It is second only to the Lakers in the number of live broadcasts in the United States.

In addition, there is also Wang Shuo's own traffic, so Leonard has also successfully enjoyed the benefits from exposure.

The only fly in the ointment is that because Anthony's play was too eye-catching against the Hornets before, although Leonard's name has begun to be known to the vast majority of basketball fans, there are still a considerable number of fans on the Internet who think that Leonard is not worthy of the NBA Best Defensive Player award.

However, Wang Shuo does not think this will be an obstacle for Leonard to be named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year this season.

Because next, the Hornets and Heat still have three games to play.

Wang Shuo has the opportunity to change people's impression of Leonard by targeting Anthony.

It is worth mentioning that with the signing of Leonard by Jordan to AJ in the past two years, and his rapid progress on the court under the guidance of Wang Shuo......

After entering the first month of the new year, Leonard's uncle also took the initiative to reach out to the Hornets management, hoping that the Hornets management could complete an early contract extension with Leonard in the summer of '14.

As a refined egoist, Leonard's uncle certainly planned a terrible career for Leonard in Wang Shuo's memory......

But in the face of absolute interests, Leonard's uncle didn't even need to think about it to know what choice he should help Leonard make.

and faced the "fairy combination" of Wang Shuo and Jordan......

How could Leonard's uncle dare to be a demon like Wang Shuo remembered?

Of course, Leonard's uncle hopes that the Hornets can start negotiations with Leonard about an early contract extension at this moment, also because he is worried that the Hornets will complete an early contract extension with Klay and Butler first.

Under the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement, it's clear to everyone that the Hornets will have to choose between Leonard, Klay and Butlery in the future.

Therefore, Uncle Ka, who was worried that his nephew would be abandoned by the Hornets who burst out of infinite vitality at this moment, also took the initiative to make a lot of concessions when discussing with the Hornets about Leonard's contract extension.

It took less than two days for Hornets management to reach a verbal agreement with Leonard's agency team on an early contract extension at the direction of Wang Shuo.

And in January, Leonard, who has a strong desire to stay with the team and is eager to continue to play alongside Curry in the future, also handed over a surprising report card after reaching a verbal agreement with the Hornets about an early contract extension.

On the 4th, in the Hornets away game against the Grizzlies, Leonard not only defended Gallinari, who was opposite him, as a blacksmith on 3-of-13 shooting, but he also scored 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists on the offensive end with a shooting rate of more than 50% for the Hornets.

On the 6th, the Hornets played the Kings away, and Leonard scored 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals in a total of only 27 minutes.

Despite his usual lack of words, Leonard has told the world through his actions how much he longs to stay with the Hornets, how eager he is to stay with Charlotte, and how eager he is to stay with Wang Shuo to play.

In his past and present lives, Leonard was a child with a hard life.

At the age of sixteen, Leonard became reticent and reluctant to talk to outsiders because his father, Mark Leonard, who had been extremely strict with him since he was a child and had taught him to be practical, hard-working, and not opportunistic.

Basketball became Leonard's only safe haven for the rest of his life.

For Leonard, in Charlotte, Wang Shuo, who pushes himself to make progress every day and understands what he wants to express without having to explain himself, is like a Marc Leonard-like existence.

In Leonard's eyes, the biggest difference between Wang Shuo and others is that he understands himself well enough and can also understand the soft side of his heart.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, in the process of militarizing and cultivating Leonard, this was exactly what the Spurs did not provide to Leonard at that time.

In the NBA, not everyone is Tim Duncan.

Wang Shuo, who is good at attacking the heart and is even better at helping young players build their inner Wang Shuo, has long become one of the main motivations for Leonard to play on the court.

On the 8th, the Hornets, who returned to Charlotte from the West, sat at home to face the Heat.

Wang Shuo knows very well that if Leonard wants to win the best defensive player, Anthony is a hurdle he must overcome.

Because so far, in the career record with Anthony, Leonard has indeed played the role of being educated by Anthony.

In addition, as the highlight of the NBA on the 8th, this game between the Hornets and the Heat will not only be broadcast live in the United States, but CCTV will also broadcast the game live.

Before the game, when introducing the starters of the two teams to the fans, Director Zhang said: "Anthony has been Leonard's nemesis before, and tonight, whether Leonard can defend Anthony is undoubtedly the key to whether the Hornets can win at home." ”

On the side, Yu Jia, who was commenting with Zhang's guidance partner, said with a smile: "Shibei for three days, you should be impressed." This season, Leonard will improve almost every game, and Wang Shuo also talked about the pairing of Anthony and Leonard before the game. ”

The Heat started five: Lopez, Bosh, Anthony, Wade, Calderon.

The Hornets started five: Jefferson, Garnett, Leonard, Klay, Curry.

This season, the two new signings Lopez and Calderón, whom the Heat brought in last summer, have both played well.

With a better defense, Robin Lopez has now replaced Gortat as the starting center for this Heat team.

This time, in order to satisfy the fans, but also to allow Leonard to prove himself through a head-to-head matchup, Wang Shuo did not arrange Leonard to play the No. 4 position in the starting stage as he did in the last game with the Heat, but arranged the "Bear King" Jefferson into the starter and put Leonard in the No. 3 position he is more familiar with.

And on the court, in order to motivate Leonard, Curry also took the initiative to pat Leonard's back before the game, and said: "Kewai, you are our Michael Jordan this time!" ”

As the big boss of this Hornets, no matter how some fans weave "crimes" for Curry from the void in Wang Shuo's memory, they can't change Curry's attributes similar to Duncan when he plays the big boss of a team.

In other words, when a teammate plays well, Curry is often happy for him from the bottom of his heart, rather than wanting to release the opponent immediately because he has outperformed him, and can't wait to tell the world that he is the boss of the team.

No way.

In this world, there are always people who will treat others as they are.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, if Curry really had the group of people with ulterior motives who said they were so selfish, then he should have kicked out the declining Klay and Green in the morning, chose a new thigh, and called him "my brother".

On the court, Leonard, who knew what this game meant to him, did not respond to Curry with words that he was not good at at at this moment.

But in the next second, as the game began, the entire spectrum center saw from this young man who usually doesn't smile that people don't talk much!