As soon as the two sides met, Wang Zelin saw the evaluation of Gordon Hayward's ability, and it was impressive that he had reached the level of a quasi-All-Star.
I thought about Gordon Hayward's resume again and found that it is quite consistent with his current strength.
In the last year of his rookie contract, Gordon Hayward was officially supported as the core of the Jazz. After this year of adaptation and adjustment, Gordon Hayward will evolve into an all-around warrior around 19 4 4 next season.
This performance lasted for about three seasons.
Finally, he reached the peak of his career in the 2016-2017 season, averaging 21.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1 steal per game, and was selected for the Western Conference All-Star Game for the first time in his career.
There is no doubt that Gordon Hayward has gradually entered his peak period as a player.
But tonight, his performance is destined to disappoint Jazz fans.
Everyone knows that the easiest way to get rid of the Jazz is to get Gordon Hayward.
Although the current Gordon Hayward is maturing, he is not fully mature after all. In addition to possessing a very high court IQ, his commendable offensive methods are mostly without the ball, such as endless jump shots behind screens, running and catching.
Jump shots, straight-line acceleration and layups, generally that's it.
He rarely plays singles, and his shooting percentage is usually barely over 40%, not to mention the Portland Trail Blazers, who have many strong perimeter defenders.
After being ravaged by Batum, Matthews, and Beverley, Gordon Hayward played 33 minutes and was completely pinned to the floor.
As for the Jazz's other highly anticipated new inside star Derrick Favors, his performance was also very sluggish.
Speaking of which, Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward were both rookies in the 2010 draft. The latter was only the ninth pick, while the former was the third overall pick.
What is quite dramatic is that Derrick Favors failed to play well after being drafted by the New Jersey Nets, and was then traded to the Utah Jazz in the second half of the season.
In three years of playing with the Jazz, the prospect has never reached double digits in scoring or rebounding. Of course, this is also due to the fact that the Jazz already have Paul Millsap at the power forward position, which has led to him always playing on the bench.
However, in the final analysis, he still failed to live up to his expectations. If he was strong enough, how could the Jazz management not let him.
Fortunately, after establishing the situation, the Jazz coach traded away Paul Millsap and brought him up.
This season, Derek Favors' playing time exceeded 30 minutes for the first time, and his personal data has also been greatly improved. His scoring exceeded double digits for the first time in the season, and he can steadily contribute 13 points, 8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, and 1 steal per game...
Putting aside the scoring aspect, at least on the defensive end, with his outstanding physical talent, this former "parallel import prospect" has shown the potential to become a defensive gate inside.
Gordon Hayward has comprehensive skills on the outside, and Derrick Favors has defensive potential on the inside. These twin stars from the 2010 draft have gradually grown up. This may be the official decision of the Jazz management to rebuild after the failure.
s reason.
But it’s still the same sentence.
Although it is already the fourth year of his career and his playing age is far longer than that of Wang Zelin and Lillard, in comparison, the Jazz twins seem too young.
Facing the Trail Blazers' defensive heroes, Gordon Hayward was prevented from shooting 2 of 11 from the field and 0 of 4 three-pointers. He only scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. His efficiency in all aspects was far lower than previous levels.
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Derek Favors was even worse. Faced with Wang Zelin who took the initiative to switch defense, he felt like sleepwalking all night. If he hadn't committed a foul and scored 2 points through free throws, he would have probably gained a duck egg tonight.
A 5-pointer and a 2-pointer. The Trail Blazers used their strength to explain the cruelty of reality. If the Jazz wants to rise, there is still a long way to go!
There was no suspense from beginning to end in this game, even if the Trail Blazers were still in the East for the last game and flew back to the West for the next game; even if veterans such as Garnett and Mo Williams became unwell and their condition declined, the Trail Blazers
The team still played very easily...the Jazz were really bad!
Wang Zelin clocked out in the third quarter tonight and scored 20 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks in 26 minutes, both of which were given to Derrick Favors.
The Utah fans were looking forward to the 10th edition of the Twin Stars' upset victory over the league's No. 1 player. They only saw Gordon Hayward being guarded in the end and not daring to take action. Derrick Favors couldn't even squeeze into the paint.
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The best performer of the Trail Blazers is naturally Wang Zelin. Today's Princeton system is too suitable for abuse, and it is still very stable.
Although his scoring has declined, Wang Zelin's other statistics, especially assists, have begun to rise significantly. Now his average assists per game this season has stabilized at 4.7, not far from the 5 assists per game mark.
You know, in the NBA, in addition to point guards, players in other positions can be called all-rounders if they average about 4 or 5 assists per game and have good scoring and rebounding skills.
This requirement mainly corresponds to shooting guards and small forwards. For inside players such as power forwards and centers, it is already extraordinary if they can average more than 3 assists per game.
An inside player can average more than 3 assists per game. You can imagine how smooth his team's offense is.
What's more, Wang Zelin's average assists per game is almost 5.
Looking at the history of the NBA, from the founding of the league to the birth of the No. 5 center, there have only been four players in the NBA who were able to maintain career averages of 20 points and 10 rebounds per game while also averaging more than 3 points per game.
assists.
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The four of them are basically big guys from ancient times. The most famous ones are Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bob Lanny is less famous in the hearts of fans.
Er and Billy Cunningham were also superstars in the league at the time in their prime. Later, they were both selected as the first-tier NBA 50 superstars in 1996.
Not to mention career average data, even if the standard is relaxed to a single season, there are only four people who can achieve this kind of data since the 21st century, namely Chris Webber, Garnett, Tim Duncan and Shaquille O'Neal.
If this indicator is slightly raised, and while the points and rebounds remain unchanged, the assist data is increased by 1, which is an average of 4 hours per game...
Well, since the new century, only two people have been able to do this, Chris Webber during the Kings period and Kevin Garnett during the Timberwolves period.
Garnett has had more than 4 assists in many seasons, and even had more than 6 assists in one season.
In his seven seasons with the Kings, Chris Webber averaged less than 20 points per game in only one season. In the remaining six years, he averaged more than 20 points per game, and his average assists per game never fell below 4. In two seasons, he averaged less than 20 points per game.
The average number of assists per game exceeded 5.
Perhaps, this is why even in 2020, when Wang Zelin has traveled through time, there are still many fans recalling the Princeton Kings that year.
Not only because of their dazzling and gorgeous offense, but also because they had 7 fierce battles with the booming OK combination in the playoffs... Many people even didn't think that it was due to some reasons that the Kings were ultimately eliminated.
But no matter what, the Princeton Kings of that year did manage to be both gorgeous and powerful, and they were able to do both. They really amazed a generation.
Nowadays, Wang Zelin uses his exquisite passes to make many fans begin to recall that there once was a talented big man in the league who was also extremely good at leading the team to defeat a player with exquisite guided balls.
Another powerful opponent, and brings fans a different aesthetic that is different from traditional insiders...
His name is Chris Webber!
Unfortunately, Webb collapsed on the last step to the finals.
Today, another young big man has appeared in the league who also shows extraordinary talent in passing. His name is Wang Zelin.
The same Princeton tactical play, and the same internal support core that amazes everyone. No wonder people start to compare the two.
While looking forward to it, people also have some doubts about how far the "next Weber" can go.
On December 10, he defeated the Jazz and Trail Blazers by 22 points at home 112:91, and did not stop his progress.
On the morning of the 11th, the league announced the latest list of Players of the Week.
In the past period of time, Jordan Crawford has suddenly emerged in the Eastern Conference. In his second season after being traded to the Celtics by the Wizards, Jordan Crawford's statistics have improved, and in the past three games
In the game, he led the Green Army to victory in three games.
In the three games against the Knicks, Nuggets and Nets, Jordan Crawford averaged 23.3 points, 6.7 assists, 3 rebounds and 0.3 steals per game, and his shooting percentage reached a terrifying 61%, and his three-point shooting percentage was also astonishing.
It's outrageous, averaging 7.7 shots per game and 4 hits, which is as high as 52.2%.
It can be said to be the ultimate in efficiency!
This allowed him to crush James, Anthony, Paul George and other giants in the Eastern Conference, and he was elected Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the first time in his career.
In the West, after two weeks, Wang Zelin successfully won the Western Conference Player of the Week again with his team performance of 4 wins in 4 games and personal data of 28.2 points, 13.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.2 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage has always been stable.
More than 60%.
It’s crazy!
What is even more difficult for other teams to accept is that while Wang Zelin is dazzling personally, he does not completely cover up the brilliance of his teammates.
Look at how this game went.
Except for the Thunder, where he took 22 shots, in the other three games, he scored 38 points on 15 of 19 shots against the Mavericks. He only took 30 shots in total against the Knicks and Jazz, and made 18 hits.
Although he clearly has the statistics of a superstar, the proportion of his individual shots in the team's total is not that serious. He relies entirely on his ultra-high shooting percentage to maintain his ultra-high scoring data.
Therefore, in addition to praising Wang Zelin's high efficiency and plug-and-play attributes, the media is more discussing the team strength of the Trail Blazers.
Why do you say plug and play?
Because until now, everyone understands the importance of Wang Zelin to the Trail Blazers. Most of the time when he is asked to play team basketball, he can well assume the responsibility of supporting the core; and when the team needs him to score
At times, he can also rely on the basket to cause damage and break the team's scoring drought.
This kind of performance reminds people of Tim Duncan before 2003. At that time, his basic skills were not as troubled by injuries as they are now, and he was in a truly unsolvable state in the league.
More importantly, there was no so-called GDP combination at that time. Why could the San Antonio Spurs finally win the championship at that time?
It's entirely because the man leading this team forward is called Tim Duncan!
This year, Yaodao, who has just returned to the Spurs from Europe with a beautiful long hair, averaged 7.6 2 per game; the French sports car is only in his second year, averaging 15.5 5.3 per game.
And he is already the second scoring point in the Spurs team besides Duncan.
As for the admiral?
Stop making trouble, the then 37-year-old general David Robinson had already announced before the season: "I will retire after playing this year."
And he is actually not the oldest player on the Spurs' staff.
The oldest guy is Kevin Willis, a living fossil in the NBA who was in the same class as basketball god Jordan Olajuwon. He was 40 years old at the time and was an important substitute for David Robinson.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In addition to these two brothers at the center position, there is another player well-known to Chinese fans...
That's right, it's Daba. It once defeated O'Neal and was considered by Wang Zelin to be one of the three major mobile Great Walls in China with a strength attribute as high as 99.
To put it bluntly, the Spurs' internal player composition was inconsistent in 2003, and this problem was even more exaggerated in the playoffs.
Parker averaged 14.7 points per game, still the second scoring point, but his shooting percentage was only 40.3%...
The old admiral can only play 23 minutes per game, averaging 7.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Yaodao averages 9.4 points per game, and his shooting percentage is only 38.6%...
Throughout the playoffs, the other Spurs players' field goal percentage was an astonishingly low 41.4%.
That's why Duncan was forced into his strongest form, and he had a win share of 5.94 in the playoffs.
It is said that this is the only one that has history!
The second highest in history is Olajuwon's dream in 1994, with a win share of 4.3...
2011 is considered to be the year that Nowitzki transformed from a softie to a king. In that year, the veteran's win shares were 3.6.
Of course, the victory contribution value involves the defensive end, and long-range turrets such as drivers, which focus on offense, do not get much glory.
Win shares and efficiency are important factors in measuring a player's value to a team.
The league's best record and excellent personal data have allowed Wang Zelin to rank first among all players in the league in win shares this season, surpassing LeBron James, the king of advanced statistics!
Last season, James was regarded as a miracle among outside players because of his season win shares as high as 19.3, efficiency value as high as 31.6, and a series of other high-level statistics that are rare in history. Among inside players, few can match him.
compared to.
In the end, he was only one vote away from becoming the first player in history to be unanimously elected as the regular season MVP.
So much so that among the 121 first-place votes, "Boston Globe" reporter Gary Wash, who cast his first vote for Anthony, was scolded by fans and the media.
This vote also directly contributed to the subsequent "real-name" voting!
If Wang Zelin continues to play like this, he is very likely to surpass James last season in terms of efficiency such as high-end statistics and become the new efficiency king.
After all, when it comes to efficiency, the ratio between inside and outside lines always occupies a natural advantage.
However, if he really surpasses James' efficiency last season, how many people will still care about this?