In fact, if you compare the size of the role, not to mention Curry, even Draymond Green should be much more important than Iguodala!
Curry's role on the offensive end is unmatched, and Green's role on the defensive end is equally unmatched!
What is the Death Five? There is no center, a lineup with Curry and four strikers!
Green is about the same height as Iguodala, is not slower in speed, and has more strength, so he can be regarded as a stronger version of Iguodala.
Compared with Barnes, Iguodala, and Klay, Green's greatest strength is that he can defend centers, has top-notch awareness of switching defenses and assisting defenses, and does not suffer when switching to guard small guards. He is even better than some guards.
Without Iguodala, if you bring the current Ariza, Artest and Battier in their prime to the Warriors, the effect of the Death Five will not be much worse, but without Green, the Death Five will not be able to play.
, because the center position is really undefendable. If a center is replaced, he will not be able to guard the small guard!
It can be said that it is difficult to find a center like Draymond Green in NBA history - a center who can truly defend from one to five and have top support!
Of course, to be fair, Green can't stand up to the opponent's center by himself. It would be very difficult for him to defend Mozgov alone. Clay, Iguodala, Barnes and others have all done it.
He was very helpful, but if it weren't for Green, another person might not even be able to do it!
Green provides the Warriors with enough hardness, inside defense, blocking, and outside defense changes. No one can replace these things!
Iguodala is great, he is great, but his role cannot be replaced by anyone, at least it cannot be compared with Green and Curry.
Of course, some people may say that since Iguodala is not as important as Curry and Green, why did the Warriors fall behind 1:2 when Iguodala came off the bench?
The reason is very simple. You must see clearly that Iguodala is not unimportant, but he is not as important as Curry and Green. Iguodala is not as irreplaceable as Curry and Green!
Of course, in the Warriors, Iguodala's role cannot be replaced. This is a fact.
To be precise, besides Curry and Green, no one can replace Iguodala, but his irreplaceability can only be ranked third!
It is precisely for this reason that awarding the FMVP trophy to Iguodala made many Warriors fans unhappy.
Warriors fans have no dissatisfaction with Iguodala, and even say they all like Iguodala, but they can still clearly distinguish the roles and importance of Curry and Iguodala.
To change the way of thinking, you may not be able to see a person’s role when he is present, but you have to look at what will happen if he is not there!
If Iguodala is replaced by Ariza, peak Artest, Battier, or Prince who is a few years younger, the effect of the Death Five will not be bad, but if Curry is replaced by Irving,
Paul, the effect of the Five Small Deaths is different.
Irving is indeed strong in singles, but does he have as strong an outside deterrent as Curry? Is his passing as good as Curry? How will he perform in the face of double teams? Will he be as selfless as Curry? Can it be possible?
Do you use non-stop running to tear apart the opponent's defense when you don't have the ball? Can you make a shot even if you run out? Will you work as hard as Curry on the defensive end?
Paul's passing is indeed strong, but his scoring explosiveness has always been a problem. Can he attract a lot of defensive attention like Curry? Can he play without the ball? If there is no big center to play pick-and-roll with him, Paul's power will still be there Is it that big? How much can he use his passing ability?
Facts have proved that these two are not good, they cannot play like Curry, and their offensive power is far not as great as Curry!
Especially when using a five-small lineup of death, Curry's threat will be infinitely amplified, but Irving and Paul cannot do it, and the threat will even become smaller!
Not even Kobe can compare to Curry at this point!
It can be said that the Death Five are tailor-made for Curry! Gu
Curry is a great threat from the outside. Opponents can only use double attacks to deal with Curry, and Curry is very selfless and passes the ball very well, so the five-death lineup is very suitable for Curry and can give the opponent the biggest blow!
It is because of the existence of Curry that there are five Deaths, not that there are Five Deaths first and then Curry's power can be achieved!
Without Curry, any kind of fifth graders are useless!
Unless his three-pointers are more accurate than Curry's, his passing is better than Curry's, his off-ball movement is more coquettish than Curry's, and his defense is harder than Curry's!
There has never been such a person before, and it will be difficult to find anyone in the future!
In the same way, without Green's defense, the Death Five would not be able to play well. It is Green's existence first, and then there will be the airtight defense of the Death Five, and then there will be Curry and Clay's off-ball movement tactics. .
As for Iguodala, he cannot compare to Curry and Green in terms of role.
Iguodala is not Green or Klay. He has been the boss of the 76ers before and is also a core player in the Nuggets. Facts have proved that he cannot be the boss. His ability and style are only suitable for being a role player, at most. That is to say, the second boss or the third boss.
A team wins the championship, but the FMVP is awarded to the second or third team leader. Isn’t this scene ridiculous?!
Of course, if the second player in the finals performs well and has better statistics than the boss, then there is nothing wrong with giving him the FMVP, but this is not the case: Curry averaged 26 points per game in the finals, and Iguodala only had 16 points!
The most important thing is that many of Curry's scoring opportunities were created by himself. In other words, many of Curry's scoring opportunities had no chance. Created in - Although the person passing the ball to Iguodala may be Green, it may be Curry, or it may be Klay, but in the beginning it is often because the Cavaliers double-teamed Curry!
If the Cavaliers don't double-team Curry, will Iguodala still have so many open three-point opportunities?
It can be said that most of the Warriors' offensive tactics revolve around Curry, which is why opponents always double-attack Curry, and Iguodala is just a punishment method. The role and importance of both What a difference!
Without Curry, the Warriors would at best be a strengthened version of the Nuggets, and might not even get past the first round. But without Iguodala, the Warriors would still be the Warriors, and at least passing the Western Conference wouldn't be a big problem.
The review experts are not stupid either, so why can’t they see this?
The main reason is that these people value fame too much.
James has been named the Chosen Son since the first day he entered the league, and has been nicknamed the Little Emperor. Curry, historically, only became known to more people in 2014.
Even if he reaches the All-Stars, even if his shooting skills amaze everyone, because there has never been a player like Curry before, these review experts simply look down on Curry and do not think he will lead the team to win the championship!
Just like Barkley said: "The Warriors are the women's jump shot team, and they can never win the championship by relying on jump shots!"
This is prejudice!
Because James is so famous, and because the Cavaliers lost Irving and Love, all the burdens fell on James, making James even more tragic, so everyone focused on James and his defenders.
On the body.
As for Curry, who reached the finals for the first time - "That should be luck..."
If the Warriors hadn't reached the finals for the first time, and if there weren't these biases, the FMVP would have to be Curry!