()The NCAA finals attracted crazy attention across the United States.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, the competition finally started on time at 8pm on April 9, 2004, US time!
Lillard Brown from Duke University has the best physical fitness and the highest jump and reach, and Emeka Okafor from the University of Connecticut will definitely be selected as the first team All-American college center position this year.
Without the emergence of Chen Jie, Lillard Brown, who would have been in the black community and even unable to play in the NBA, is now one of the most famous power forwards in the NCAA.
Lillard Brown, whom Chen Jie affectionately calls Xiaohei, is not at a disadvantage even in the center position due to his height and weight. His rebounding and defensive blocks at the power forward position have reached a terrifying level. Many scouts have even
It is predicted that if Chen Jie participates in the draft this year, Lillard Brown, also known as Xiao Hei, may even be selected in the lottery.
And with this vigorous jump at the beginning, Xiao Hei once again proved that his jumping power is not inferior to anyone else.
The moment before Okafor was about to dial the basketball, Blackie jumped ahead of him and dialed the ball to his own half.
Duhon, who didn't get the basketball in the first play, fell to the ground and slid about three meters away under the pressure of Ben Gordon, then held the ball in his arms, just before he was about to be double-teamed by two Connecticut players.
, Du Hong passed the ball to Chen Jie, who came up to respond.
Seeing that there was no chance to grab the ball, UConn immediately retreated on defense.
The fight for the ball was so fierce in the first moment. The excitement of this NCAA finals seems to be foreseeable!
After dribbling the ball through half-time, Chen Jie did not choose to attack by himself. Instead, he waited for Du Hong to come over and handed the ball to him for him to organize.
In these knockout games, Chen Jie almost played more as a shooting guard.
However, occasionally Haas can organize and send out wonderful assists.
For such players, many basketball media in the United States have given a special title called combo guard, which is similar to the forward-back swingman represented by Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant.
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However, a combo guard does not play both a small forward and a shooting guard, but can handle the ball and attack at the same time.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the 20th century, basketball was originally a "two-guard-center-two-forward" system. The guards at that time basically had no division of labor. Both guards could pass and carry, and each was responsible for pushing on one side.
It wasn't until Warm Lambert and Clare Bee reformed it in the 1930s and 1940s that the half-court offense became popular today.
Until the 1950s to the 1970s, the two guards were not evenly divided. The Celtics' classic two-guard Sharman and Cousy were similar in height, and they mostly moved at the top of the penalty area. The Lakers' Gourich and West could also switch shifts with each other.
By the 1970s, many concepts began to influence basketball. 1-4 was positioned more often than 2-3 or 2-2-1. The 2-position and the 3-position had more functional overlaps to become wings, and the 1-position was more common.
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Then in the 1980s and 1990s, a group of superstars such as Michael Jordan emerged who excelled at the shooting guard position. Point guards gradually put aside the task of scoring and focused on offense.
Therefore, strictly speaking, the emergence of Chen Jie does not have epoch-making significance. The concept of combo guard has existed for a long time.
Even in the current league, there are a group of players like this. Allen Iverson, Baron Davis, and Steve Francis can all adapt to the team's game conditions or tactics during the game.
A player who serves as a point guard or shooting guard when needed, or even has the task of scoring and handling the ball at the same time.
However, in this year's NCAA competition, Chen Jie's performance at the point guard and shooting guard positions was indeed too eye-catching. Both assists and points broke NCAA records in recent years. Therefore, the media thought of such a position.
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With the emergence of Chen Jie, in the next few years, players such as Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, and Brandon Roy were also criticized by the media after their respective teams performed well.
classified into this category of players.
Therefore, although Chen Jie was not the first combo guard, he was the figure who made this name and style of play popular.
Many years later, when people recalled this period of history again, they regarded Chen Jie's appearance as the end of one era and the beginning of another.
These are all things for later. For now, Chen Jie is just a star who performed well in the NCAA. He has not yet proven himself in the NBA.
Du Hong controlled the ball at the top of the arc. After seeing Chen Jie asking for the ball in the three-second zone on the right, he immediately passed the ball over.
A simple one-block screen, Xiao Hei fended off the defensive player for Chen Jie. Facing Okafor who followed, Chen Jie jumped up and made a mid-range shot. He was not afraid of his raised hands at all.
And the basketball hit the net.
At the beginning, Chen Jie seemed to have a good touch.
The guest commentator on the sidelines was Lucas I.ba, who was once a superstar when he was playing in the NCAA but has been plagued by injuries since arriving in the NBA and has now retired for many years. Centers are all dominating, and whoever wins the center wins the world. However, now
Jay Sean seems to want to prove that a good defender is enough to lead the team to win the game. He has done this before. I am still optimistic about him in this game!"
The commentator next to him somewhat disagreed with Lucas and said: "After all, defenders cannot dominate the game. Although Jay Sean has good statistics, his dominance of the game is still not as good as that of a center like Emeka. The same is true in the NBA now.
With players like Shaquille Timme in charge, a guard can really lead a team to win a championship, I beg to differ!"
ba, will enter a new era, an era of defenders and combo guards.
It seems that few people would agree with these words now.
Even if Chen Jie really wins this game, I am afraid many people will think that Okafor is too weak or it is an accident, rather than thinking that the era of the center has passed.
Everyone is drunk but I am awake alone. It seems that not only Chen Jie occasionally has this thought, but Lucas also has it at this time.
Come on, Jay Sean, prove to them that a guard can dominate the game!
As if he heard what Lucas said, Chen Jie immediately took the ball away from Ben Gordon's hands like lightning, and quickly dribbled the ball forward. He jumped high in front of Ben Gordon who was returning to visit.
