Recently, Bill publicly stated in a live broadcast: Durant is the most difficult player in the league to guard. At the same time, he commented on Durant: "I want to choose myself as the most difficult player in the league to guard, but the fact that Kevin Durant is seven feet tall allows him to do anything you can think of on the court. So he's the toughest player to guard in my opinion." Beal's words make a lot of sense, but is Durant really the toughest player to guard in the league today? It may have been true a few years ago, but now, it may not really be Durant. Today, let's take a look at the toughest players to guard in the league today.
Irving
Before this season, Irving has always existed in the fans' impression as a gorgeous single player, he can finish offense from all kinds of weird angles, and can pass any of him with gorgeous dribbling skills. A defender who wants to pass. It is undeniable that from the perspective of technology and viewing alone, no one in the league can match Irving, but his efficiency and leading effect have been unsatisfactory. However, all the criticism was brought to an end by Owen himself this season.
This season's Irving is definitely his peak season since he entered the league. I dare not say that there will be no newcomers. At least it is absolutely unprecedented. In the regular season, he averaged 27.4 points per game and the three shooting percentages were 50.2%+39.0%+92.3 %, the closest player to 180 clubs in the league today; the offensive efficiency is as high as 118.9, ranking eighth in the league; Irving's singles efficiency is the first in the league at 1.178 points per possession, shooting 54.1%, and all this is based on Irving's 30.0% possession rate is above. Taken together, Irving is a top scorer in both efficiency and production.
Harden
When it comes to the toughest player to guard, Harden is a must-have on the list.Harden's difficulty in defense is not only reflected in his personal offensive ability, but also in his ability to lead and connect. This season, Harden averaged 25.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 11 assists, the lowest score after leaving the Thunder after the end of his rookie contract, but handed over the second-highest assists per game in his career. In addition, Harden's average turnovers this season 4.1 times, the lowest value in the past six seasons.
In addition, Harden's singles ability is also the best in the league. So far this season, Harden has played 282 singles and scored 1.074 points per round, second only to Irving. The singles hit rate is 42.9%. what is this concept? On the one hand, the slightly above-average shooting percentage can play the second-best singles scoring efficiency in the league, which is enough to reflect the threat of Harden holding the ball at the three-point line; on the other hand, Harden's number of singles is the second in the league. First, the efficiency alliance Second, efficiency and output can be described as horror. Single defense? Harden can fool you with a stepback from the 3-point line. Help defend? Harden can tear your defense to smithereens with passing, so how do you defend?
Curry
This season, Curry has definitely turned on the killing god mode completely, dragging this CBA-level Warriors team into the threshold of the playoffs, and by the way, he has to wipe the coach's ass. How tough is Curry this season? The average of 31.6 points per game is the highest in the league, the highest in his career; the three-point shooting rate is 48.6%+42.6%+91.4%, the average of 5.3 three-pointers per game, and the total of 313 three-pointers in the season are the first in the league. The scoring efficiency per possession is 1.183 points, first in the league. Moreover, under the possession of 31.4% of the rounds this season, he has just shot an effective shooting rate of 66.1%. The efficiency that can be compared with him in the league is strange, only Durant.
If the above two are the opponents who have the ball and they are going to be frightened, then Curry is just starting to run, then the opponent should be frightened, you never know when and where he will shoot, and he will catch Live any of your little loopholes into it, after all, the library has gravity is not a vain name.
Durant
For Durant, we don't even need to look at efficiency. From his playing style and skills alone, he is 7 feet tall, with a wingspan of more than 7 feet 3, and guard-level movement control. Technology and flexibility, how many people in the alliance can reach? Barely is an alphabet brother. So if you add the career 38.4% and the season's 46.4% three-point shooting rate, how many people can match? Really no more. A risk with the height of a center and the skills of a defender, who can prevent such a bug?
And this is true for Durant this season. After returning from a serious injury, Durant can't say that he was not affected, but that the impact was minimal. 46.7%, true shooting percentage of 66.7%, Durant's efficiency has even improved a little compared to the Warriors. In 30 games played, he played an offensive rating of 120.6, the second highest in the league, second only to Leonard, and this is based on Durant's stop-and-go this season. If Durant is healthy Yeah, how scary would he be? We can only figure this out for ourselves.
Jokic
Before we talk about this amazing little fat man, let's consider such a question? If a player could average 26.4 points on 56.8 percent shooting, what would you think? You may think that he is a very good, All-Star-level scorer; what if he can also grab 10.9 rebounds per game? Then he must be a super-giant insider: what if he can still average 8.5 assists per game and have an elite-level 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio? You must think this is incredible. The last person who could get close to this number was Garnett in the MVP season. And now, that player is right in front of you -- Nikola Jokic.
I have to say that Jokic's performance this season has really caught everyone's attention. In addition to his impeccable data performance, he can lead the team to sit firmly in the upper half of the Western Conference despite the successive losses of the team's generals. , The record is comparable to the strong Clippers, which is enough to see Jokic's strength this season. Jokic's offensive efficiency this season is 120.1. Under his leadership, Porter Jr. has an offensive efficiency of 119.8, ranking fourth and fifth in the league. six. Compared with the first few who can force them to be blocked by heavy troops, Jokic's existence has really made the opponent in a dilemma. When defending alone, he can use a seemingly twisted golden rooster to independently put the ball into the basket. If you choose to help defend, he will use a sharp pass through the hole in your defense to end the round, maybe He doesn't have the unsolvable singles of Harden Durant, but his understated golden rooster independence will make up for the opponent at the most deadly time.
I wonder who is the most inexplicable player in the league this season? You can post it in the comment section below and let's discuss it together.
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