Regarding the title of the article, I want to explain. What I want to say is that the situation for big insiders is getting more and more difficult.
Some people may not understand, didn't Jokic just got the MVP? In 2001, after O'Neal , another center MVP was established after 20 years. It is said that the internal momentum is on the rise.
is indeed true from this perspective, but the fact is that the polarization of inside players is very serious.
Simply put, like Jokic and Embiid , they are still top stars and absolute cores, but outside of them, most insiders are difficult to become the backbone of the team. , More reduced to blue-collar.
To put it another way, if the players' overall strength is scored and the scores of the two are close, it is almost certainly easier for outside players to get more ball rights and trust than inside players.
More than ten years ago, it was exactly the opposite. In the past few years, this trend was very obvious. After this year's playoffs, it can be said that it has been finalized.
Let’s briefly review this year’s playoffs and take a look at the situation of the inside big men.
Let me talk about someone first, Zubac, he is the only real big man in the Clippers.
His positioning itself is a blue-collar, but the Clippers still pay more attention to him. It is his job to always start for him, eat pie on the offensive end, and defend the frame and rebound on the defensive end.
However, against the Lone Ranger and met Dongcic , everyone should remember that at that time, he really beat the Zubac to doubt his life. Doncic only does one thing on the court. Looking at it, is the opponent's big white-skinned man in the court? As long as he is there,Just ask him to pick and roll one-on-one.
The Clippers started 0-2 behind. At the time, and Tylenlo were not praised as they were later, but rather scolded, because he insisted on using Zubac instead of completely abandoning it. use.
Later, he abandoned Zubac, and it really worked.
From here, you can see why Terenluw used Zubac, because he is actually a fake starter, a purely functional player, and there is no need to consider the issue of ball ownership.
But Zubac's role is not available to others, and it is also needed by the Clippers.
is such a blue-collar who is harmless to humans and animals and does not add to the mess. Do you feel surprised that you can be beaten by the opponent to be abandoned in the playoffs?
It doesn't seem surprising to just look at him alone. The problem is that this is already a common phenomenon.
The three-time DPOY Gobert almost became a joke when facing the Clippers in the second round. Because he couldn't prevent it, he was beaten by the Clippers by the shooting team, which also contributed to Mann's first battle. .
Gobert is good at defending the frame, but the Clippers do not attack the basket and only shoot. The Jazz is also a shooting team. Both teams can make 90 three-pointers in a game. Gobert has little offensive and defensive effects.
Sir could not really abandon Gobert like Zubac, but it was even more embarrassing.
Let’s talk about Big Lopez . Although the Bucks are the ultimate championship, the road is not easy for Daluo.
From the second round against the Nets, the Eastern Conference finals against the Eagles, the final against the Suns, the Bucks have been facing a problem, as long as Luo is on the court, the opponent can unscrupulously shoot long shots, or pick and roll jumpers near the free throw line .
The Nets have three giants,The Eagles have Treyang , the Suns have Paul and Booker . Everyone has a bunch of pitchers. In fact, looking at all playoff teams, even the teams that did not make the playoffs, few teams have no outside attackers, and even fewer teams have no shooters.
is not accidental, it is almost inevitable.
The three people just mentioned are all blue-collar (Gobert is also blue-collar), let's talk about the protagonist.
Jokic was swept by the sun, and finally broke the defense and was sent off. It was really an urgent shot by Paul.
Because Jokic couldn't prevent the pick-and-roll, he was picked up by Ayton , and Paul jumped up when he went down.
The Jazz can abandon Gobert theoretically, and the Nuggets cannot abandon Jokic anyway. They must take on the bottomless hole on the defensive end. In fact, it is unbearable, but there is no way.
Embiid is a defensive expert, but in the face of Tre Young's pick-and-roll throw, he is still helpless. The situation is similar to Gobert's.
Why does everyone have the same experience? The reason is not difficult to understand. In the era of three-pointers, the outside plays the leading role, and few inside players have the ball. Basically, the offensive end takes the cake and shoots three-pointers, defending the frame and grabbing rebounds.
Big guys move slowly after all. It is impossible for everyone to be like and thick eyebrows . In the era of shooting three-pointers, as long as big men can't defend, the defensive end will become a burden. If the offensive end is not high enough, they may face rejection.
The key is that this has almost become a kind of inertial thinking: whenever you encounter a problem,The first choice is to give up the big man.
Last year's playoffs were a particularly typical example of the Lakers versus the Rockets. The Lakers have twin towers and the Rockets are super five.
It is said that high is good, low is good. Basketball is a sport for big men after all. The Lakers lineup should have a higher fault tolerance rate, and the Rockets take the risk.
But after the Lakers lost the first game, they completely gave up the twin towers, and never thought of relying on a high advantage to fight for a small lineup directly with you.
In the finals, after the Heat won the second victory, the G6 Lakers decisively abandoned Howard and played a small lineup.
This is the normal thinking of all teams in the league today, and it also reflects the situation of the big men.
Before this year's playoffs, many fans may have not paid attention to this matter, or thought it was just an accident. After watching this year's playoffs, this is almost a stereotyped fact.
So where is the future of the big men?
is nothing more than two paths, one is to return to the insider era, and the other is to follow the trend and accept fate.
It is very difficult to return to the inside era. The only way is to have a team with the absolute core inside to win the championship, such as the Nuggets or the 76ers. The difficulty is self-evident.
is similar to a question that is often mentioned now, "If O'Neal can lead the team to win the championship in today's era?"
means that O'Neal easily crushes the restricted area, forming a dimensionality reduction attack, and then creating space for the outside line, but Conversely, the defensive end will inevitably miss three points, which is equivalent to strategically giving up the defense and using the absolute advantage of the offensive end to make up for it.
Thinking about it rationally, it is actually very difficult. First of all, it is almost impossible to have another O'Neal, and it is difficult for O'Neal to keep up with today's rhythm. Even if it is easy to hit the inside, can the loopholes on the defensive end be made up?
After all, three points are one point more than two points. This is also the simplest and direct reason for NBA to enter the era of small three-pointers.
The three-point line was introduced into the league for only 40 years. At first, everyone almost didn't shoot three-pointers. Later, everyone started to pay attention to it. Today, everyone shoots, and the Warriors win the championship to start the small ball era, which proves that this is a more scientific and efficient way of playing basketball. .
The second way, perhaps more realistic, future big guys, may all develop in the direction of Durant and alphabet brother .
From an early age, coaches will not deliberately cultivate traditional inside lines. From physical training to technical play, they follow the outside line mode and cut off the birth of heavy inside lines from the root.
This year's draft, the lottery show only Mobley is the center, watching his game, we know that the height of 213CM, there are many outside elements in the play.
In the top 20 drafts, there is another Shen Jing who is a center. His style of play can be regarded as a traditional insider, but after all, it is difficult to have this type of big man in the United States and cultivated in Europe.
Where is the future of the big men?
Rather than lamenting the extinction of traditional insiders, it is better to understand from another angle: big men have completely entered a new era.
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