Chapter 1008 The Thoroughly Researched Hornet
Chris Paul is one of the only six players to reach 99 in 2K in the new season. His strength is naturally beyond doubt. Last season was a year for Chris Paul to truly mature. He is the third best record in team history in the league and second in the Western Conference. It proved his ability to lead the team alone, but it was a pity that he ended up in the Western Conference semifinals. Under the excellent situation of 3-2, he was reversed by the Spurs. There is still some gap between the two teams in terms of experience in key games. Of course, the coaches of the two teams There is also a gap between them, and in the end they can only accept the result of failure with regret.
But this is already the best record in the history of the Hornets, and Chris Paul played well in the playoffs. Paul averaged 24.1 points and 11.3 assists in 12 games. Double-double data, although not as explosive as the regular season, But in the first round against the Mavericks, the data of 30+10 in two consecutive games proved his ability. In the new season, he officially replaced Nash as the league's new No. 1 point guard!
Based on this performance, the boss of the Hornets will naturally not be stingy. As early as July 4 this year, Chris Paul completed the contract extension with the Hornets, 3+1, 68 million in 4 years. With the salary contract, Paul has officially become the core of the team.
In the new season, the Hornets retained the core lineup of last season, Paul + Chandler + West + Peja's starting 4 tigers were retained, in addition, they introduced the third position from the Celtics at a high price Player James Posey, and Scott changed his lineup, they played the trick of fake starters.
As a genuine shooting guard, Peterson has averaged only 14 minutes per game so far this season. He will usually be replaced by James Posey after only 3 minutes in the first quarter. At this time, Peja will be pushed to No. 2 position, and sometimes James Posey will even play the fourth position, and Peja and James Posey's average playing time has reached more than 30 minutes per game.
Well, no matter how the deal is done, Scott's habit of dead grass will not change.
And the purpose of this trade is obvious. James is traded for Posey, a better defensive third position. They are aiming at the league's top three position teams. The first to bear the brunt is the Los Angeles Lakers with Jifeng!
With the addition of James Posey, theoretically, the strength of the Hornets has been enhanced a lot. After all, he made up for Peja's defensive vacancy. At the same time, James Posey, like insider Chandler, is the kind of team player with excellent defense. In this way, the Hornets' defensive strength has improved a lot on paper, and they should be even stronger in the highly competitive West.
However, since the start of the new season, in the eight games the Hornets have played, they have not achieved the results they wanted. In the eight games, their opponents are not strong. The strongest is the Trail Blazers, but they only achieved 5 wins and 3 wins. The negative record, especially the losses to the league underdogs Bobcats and Eagles, is shocking.
Even if they win, it is very difficult to win. If they win 5 games by 15 points, they can win by 3 points per game, which is not as much as the Lakers won in one game.
Everyone is wondering what's wrong with the Hornets.
In these few games, Paul has worked very hard. He averaged 41 minutes per game, which is the highest in his career and is also the top three in the league. He averaged 23 points per game, which is a new high in his career. Steals, ranked second in the assists list and first in the steals list, and on the MVP list, Chris can still rank in the top three.
Although Chandler averaged only 7 points per game, he was able to contribute 2.7 blocks per game, ranking third in the block list, while West averaged 18 points per game and Peja averaged 15 points per game. The performance is not bad, and the performance of new aid James Posey is even more amazing, averaging 18.6 points per game, the highest in his career.
The players really did their best, but the Hornets still struggled. The reason for this can only be said to be Scott.
To put it simply, Scott's tactics of concentrating on the pick-and-roll have been thoroughly studied by most teams in the league after last season.
Scott's tactics are really too simple. His tactics are simply two key points: a good point guard and pick-and-roll.
Gone.
It may be that his playing career has given Scott a lot of experience. He has a special love for excellent guards. During his coaching career, he will discover and tap the potential of guards, from Kidd to Paul.
He is indeed very good at training guards. Paul's growth has a large part of his credit, but his ability to control players in other positions is much worse.
This season he still plays his set of tactics, splitting the ball or singles after the pick-and-roll, which is simply familiar to other teams in the NBA, so each team has a tactic to deal with their style of play.
Moreover, the Hornets' defense did not increase with the arrival of James Posey, but James Posey became mediocre. This is also related to Scott's lack of defensive tactics.
Especially in the loss to the Bobcats, a well-known local basketball commentator in New Orleans scolded the Hornets: "It's really hard to imagine what Hornets coach Scott has painted on his tactical board. Can't even do a pick-and-roll, at most it's two-handed from outside the three-point line, and then anyone plays a crappy single. When the inside player holds the ball in a high position, no one runs off the ball to open up space; The only pass left for the team is Paul, a small guy who breaks through the ball, but often there is no one to respond."
Of course, this is an example. The Hornets played well in other games. At least the problem he said did not appear as serious, but this is indeed the epitome of the Hornets today.
In general, if the Hornets don't adjust, it will be very difficult for them to compete for the championship in such a fiercely competitive West.
However, before the game with the Lakers, Scott was still full of confidence. He thought they had a chance to wrestle with the Lakers here again.
And Hornets leader Paul also expressed his desire to compete with Ji Feng: "I won't lose again this time."
However, the fans don't expect much from Paul's words, because Paul has never won against Ji Feng, and whether it is performance or statistics, he is always firmly suppressed by Ji Feng. This was the case last season and the Olympics. Now it is estimated that No exception.
The worst thing is that Ji Feng is still younger than Paul. Many CP3 fans feel very uncomfortable. They think that Paul may be hopeless in his life.
But dreams are still there!
With such a dream, Paul led the team to appear on the Staples court!
On November 15th, the confrontation between the two western powerhouses will officially begin!
In the locker room before the game, Kobe shouted: "After this game, we can go to Chicago for vacation!"
That's right, this is the last strong team the Lakers have faced in the near future, and the devil's schedule is coming to an end!
It seems that he does not take the bull seriously, but the current bull is just like that...