In a NBA preseason game that ended today, Trail Blazers defeated Jazz 101-118. For both teams that are in rebuilding, the victory or defeat of the game is not very meaningful. Giving new players the opportunity to integrate into the team and training new talents by the way is the meaning of the preseason. However, it is precisely because of the relatively relaxed atmosphere of the preseason that some players' behavior is even more serious.
In this game, Jazz player Olynick wanted to create a Trail Blazers player Nurkic failed to make an offensive foul. He fell to the ground and stretched his leg toward Nurkic, and was called for a malicious foul. Olynick's move immediately aroused the anger of fans. Some fans said, is it really necessary to use such dirty moves in the preseason? Olynik was completely angry and became a habit of being angry.
It’s no wonder that fans reacted so strongly, not only because Olynick made such a malicious foul in the preseason, but also because Olynick is really a habitual offender. Olynik, who entered NBA in 2013, has gradually been labeled as dirty during his 9-year career. During the 2020 finals, Olynik repeatedly clamped his arms against , thick eyebrows and during the game. At that time, many people suspected that he wanted to deliberately destroy thaw eyebrows. After all, he had done this before.
2015 Eastern Conference playoffs first round, James led by Cavaliers met Celtics where Olynik was at that time. At that time, the Celtics did not have the current strength and were almost powerless to fight back against the powerful Cavaliers. However, in the fourth game, in a rebounding competition, Olynik pulled Love 's left arm, causing the latter's shoulder to dislocate, which directly led to the season reimbursement and could no longer compete in the playoffs for the Cavaliers, which also caused a series of chain reactions.
As we all know, the Cavaliers back then focused on the three giants James, Love, and Irving Irving . Love's fall made the burden on Irving and James' shoulders heavier, especially on the offensive end, which also led to Irving being injured due to overload in the second round to a certain extent. Although Irving tried very hard to make a comeback in the finals, after playing the first game of the finals, Irving still couldn't continue and was finally reimbursed with Love in the season.
In the finals that year, the three Cavaliers were originally against the three Warriors, but in the end they evolved into James fighting the Warriors alone. The Cavaliers were also injured at that time. In the finals, only the Seven Jedi Warriors were left, and finally they lost to the Warriors 2-4. Many people believe that if both teams have a well-rounded lineup in the 2015 Finals, the Cavaliers will be the team that has more hope of winning the championship. Because the Warriors were a little immature at that time, far less mature than they were in 2016 later. James was a point that the Warriors could not solve. He only needed an All-Star teammate around him, and he had a great chance of defeating the Warriors.
And if Love did not get hurt by Olynik in the first round that year, resulting in season reimbursement, the Cavaliers still have great hope of playing in the finals with the Big Three. In fact, when Love himself talked about this incident later, he was very regretful and disappointed. Try to think about it, if Love helped James win the championship together in 2015 and the Cavaliers defended their title again in 2016, they really have hope of creating the Cavaliers dynasty.
