First of all, thanks to Feng Zhimingyang and wonderlife for the reward.
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"Well, I said I could go to Disneyland every day." Bynum is indeed a child, "but Los Angeles seems to be pretty good, with Hollywood and a lot of beauties." But he has already begun to develop into a man.
The selected rookie was chatting proudly in the audience, looking forward to the future, and imagining the scene of himself dominating the field and attracting cheers from thousands of people.
The selected rookie here is still having fun, while the rookie sitting in the audience on the other side is still anxiously waiting for his fate.
As in history, Granger, another outstanding player in this draft, was still selected by the Pacers, who had begun rebuilding.
I mentioned Granger. Since some readers have asked us to analyze the characteristics of Granger, I will mention a few more sentences here.
First of all, let me give you a more intuitive comparison. Granger is a poor or civilian version of Durant. The two men have similar playing styles and similar technical characteristics.
Although Granger played power forward in his early years, he played at his best as a small forward. Like Durant, Granger's scoring method is mainly long shots. But he is outside the three-point line.
The ratio of hands is more, reaching one-third, while Durant only has one-fourth. In my opinion, this is not necessarily a matter of personal preference of the players, but has a lot to do with the team's tactical arrangements.
Miller, the league's shooting legend, left such a deep imprint on the Pacers that even after he retired, the Pacers changed coaches several times, but the habit of retaining a three-point shooter on the wing or even in the corner has always been
There is no change, and Granger usually takes on this task.
Moreover, Granger's three-point shooting percentage is really good. At his peak, it can be maintained at around 40%. This number is very impressive, much better than Durant. But his mid-range shot is relatively poor, with a shot from 10 feet away.
The two-point shooting rate is only about 36%, and it is not stable enough. In recent years, Granger has been hit by injuries, and his jumping ability is not as good as before, so he is more obviously disturbed when shooting, and his shooting rate has further declined.
Although his mid-range shooting percentage is not particularly outstanding, Granger's free throw shooting percentage is very good and has been stable at more than 85% all year round. This free throw shooting percentage can be said to be good except for Nash, Nowitzki and a few others.
He is said to be a leader among American players.
And like Durant, although he mainly focuses on shooting and scoring, his ability to draw fouls is very good. He can make 5 or 6 free throws in every game, so that he can turn his advantage of good free throws into scoring.
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In addition to long-range shots, Granger also has a style of asking for a low post and then turning around and shooting. I think this trick was taught to him by O'Neal Jr., but he never practiced it when O'Neal was on the team.
In other words, there was no chance for him to use it. He only used it bit by bit after Xiao Ao left.
Although I mentioned the term "low singles" countless times in this book and explained the importance of this ability countless times, we can objectively say that this style of play and skills are still different. No.
It can be played by just pulling off a head. The body does not have to be fleshy. For example, Garnett is very thin, but it must be strong enough, otherwise it is really asking for death. I think Granger is in this situation.
He is not tough enough and is forced to hang around under the basket. Injuries are naturally inevitable, so his attendance rate in recent years has been criticized. Of course, if you are a Granger fan, you can also say from another perspective that he is for
The team wins at the expense of one's own body, not afraid of injury, frequently attacks the basket, and hits hard to the basket.
After talking about offense, let’s talk about defense. Granger’s defense is very good. He has a certain ability to defend alone, and his assist defense is also timely and his predictions are good. Although he can’t handle people, when he meets James, who has inside muscles,
, but those who are hard at small forward can only be beaten. However, if his physical fitness is not particularly outstanding, he is still very useful. Of course, this kind of physical fitness is not outstanding and is rare. It can be said that if he goes to a
For teams that don't need him to score, he is fully capable of growing into a technical defensive player like Battier...
The above paragraph also applies to Durant.
Although it seems that Durant and Granger are the same, one day the two are one of the top players in the league, while the other is hovering on the edge of the All-Star Game. The gap is very obvious.
The reason for all this is only two words - talent.
Still what Edison said, "Genius is 99% hard work plus 1% talent, but the 1% talent is the most important." And talent is reflected even more in art, sports and high-end scientific research.
Obviously, countless people can satisfy 99% of their efforts, but they just don’t have that bit of genes. So my parents never dare to question why my sports, music, and art are not good. As long as they say so, I will just say it.
, "Because you can't do it either. It's something you were born with. I can do whatever you want. There's nothing I can do about it."
Although Durant and Granger are both equally thin, Durant is undoubtedly taller and has a longer wingspan. This allows Durant to receive less interference when shooting. I wish he could jump when shooting.
The shooting point is higher than the basket, which ensures his shooting percentage at the most critical moment. Because if others want to block the shot, he must be very close and jump very high. However, in this case, most people are very
It's hard to ensure that your movements are still so regular. If you are not careful, it will be a foul.
But Granger's height cannot reach this level. Others can block him and dare to block him, so it takes a lot more effort for him to take shots at the last moment, and his hit rate is naturally relatively low. So many people say
Granger doesn't have a big heart, and he wasn't as determined as Durant in the final shot, which I think is unfair. It's not that he wasn't determined, but he had too much influence.
In fact, both Durant and Granger are very introverted and don't like to express themselves. They have gentle and humble personalities. They both feel like Duncan's successors. They are not soft on shots at critical moments. And strictly speaking, Granger's psychology
His quality is even better than Durant's. When Durant's hand is not going well, he will also reduce his outside shooting and increase the number of breakthroughs. But Granger is not. This guy's shooting is unstable. He often makes 9 out of 10 shots in a game.
In the next game, he went 1-for-10 from the field, but even if he went 1-for-10, he would still bravely take a shot from the outside when he received the ball for the 11th time.
Of course, if you want to say that the person in the league who takes the most resolute, decisive and unaffected shots is Artest, it doesn’t matter how many shots he has missed in the past, as long as he is in a shooting position that he is relatively comfortable with.
Position, he takes action as soon as he catches the ball. His feel and state are all a matter of speculation to him.
But then again, Granger's inconsistent shooting rate is also an aspect that makes him inferior to Durant. After all, more often than not, a stable scorer is more conducive to the performance and cooperation of the entire team.
In addition to his personal scoring ability being inferior to Durant, another problem with Granger is his lack of assist ability.
In terms of passing, Granger's performance is very poor - among the 30 teams in the league, there are only a handful of small forwards with a lower assist rate than him - although everyone does not require him to become an organizational forward like Hill, but this kind of data
It's too unreasonable, and this is also his biggest flaw in the game, the bottleneck that limits his further development.
But from another perspective, Granger would be very suitable to cooperate with a pure point guard, so he can make jump shots in the right gaps instead of holding the ball too much in isolation. This is the kind of player who needs tactics as we mentioned earlier.
In turn, we see that Durant's tactical adaptability is even stronger, and he is now playing well with Westbrook, the best pseudo-point guard in the league.
But the Magic now happen to have the best pure point guard in the league. I don’t think anyone will question Nash’s ability to distribute the ball and pass the ball. Therefore, Granger will definitely be able to perform very well if he is next to Nash. So.
In Edison's original plan, if Granger's pick could drop to 19th, he would take it directly without any nonsense...
But after all, the Magic already have Martin, and Edison doesn't have to deliberately trade up draft picks for Granger.
So when Granger was selected by the Pacers in the footsteps of history, Edison just sighed, "That's good, this guy should be able to become the best pitcher in the league again under Bird's training."
Edison didn't have much time to express his emotions, because he was about to reach the 19th position. Under the gaze of old Pat, Edison wrote a name on the cardboard.
Although Edison once told Old Pat his draft plan, when the black and white words came down, Old Pat was still a little excited.
"Although this guy is not good now, in my opinion he has great potential. His biggest problem is that he is playing in the wrong position. He should play center. Our inside strength is not good, and I believe he will become the best in the future.
Inside, the best organizational center."
Edison also saw Old Pat's doubts, so he once again explained to him the reasons for his choice.
At this time, David Stern on the stage had already taken the card that Edison had just written from the staff, and then Zhongzheng calmly read out an even more unfamiliar name - rajon_rondo.
Rondo, who was also sitting uneasily in the corner, jumped up with joy when he heard Stern calling his name. After taking the Magic hat, he immediately ran to the stage, running as fast as he could
After he got on stage, he reacted to the laughter of other people and the reminders of the staff. He touched his head in embarrassment, and then walked up to the stage. Even at this time, when he got on stage, he didn't go up the steps step by step like other people.
He jumped up in two steps.
David Stern had seen a lot of such frizzy players and understood their mood very well, so he patted Rondo on the shoulder to calm him down, and then the two of them took a photo.
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I'm back, this is the first chapter, there will be a second chapter around 12 o'clock.
I was as tired as a dog in the past two days. I thought I was going on a trip, but it turned out that I was actually going to expand training to study. I get up at 7 o'clock every day, do morning exercises, and return at 11 o'clock in the evening.
Come to sleep, just like military training.
Not much to say, in short, I worked very hard.
The draft selection of Roy has been foreshadowing for a long time. If interested readers read the chapter "Ming Xiu Plank Road", they will find that the chapter later mixed four scenes into
Together, they are "Edison meets Joe", "Edison meets Eton LaVine", "Joe meets Roy", "Eton LaVine meets Rondo",
Basically, one sentence changes the scene, so there are many inconsistencies. Some people also guessed Roy, but unfortunately, it is not in the top ten.
