Kevin Durant’s Sun career was the perfect first show. The talent and combat capability bonus brought to the sun by the super scorer are visible to the naked eye. Durant’s attack and defense were shining at both ends, and the an exceptionally heavy load or responsibility on Chris Paul’s shoulder was instantly removed.
The 37-year-old “Old Gun” was Durant’s biggest beneficiary of joining the sun. His role retreated from the second head to the third head, even after the fourth head, this means that the top talent of the sun has increased in geometric series.
Durant’s joining will not delay the speed of Paul’s recession, but at least, after Durant liberates Paul to a more relaxed position, the problems that Paul had been magnified will be covered up to some extent.
Paul’s role was weakened, but the sun was closer to the Championship.
If Paul and Devon Booker were still controversial in the 2021-22 season, then this issue is no longer controversial this year.
Last season, Paul scored 10 points in the sun’s 100 rounds, which exceeded Booker’s 9.5 points. But this season, Booker has a net victory of 5.7 points in the 100 rounds of the sun and 1.7 points over Paul. In a variety of high-end integrated data rankings representing player influence, Booker has also surrounded Paul in all directions to rank first in the sun.
No one can keep the years. This season, Paul is aging obviously, with an average score of 13.5 points. His career is the lowest, with a field goal percentage of 42.3 percent and a real hit rate of 53.9 percent being the second lowest in his career.
The collapse of Paul’s efficiency and output was essentially because his weapon lost its power. Paul’s singles scored only 0.89 points per round, and the score dropped to 0.89 points per round. Among them, the decline in the efficiency of blocking and dismantling has the greatest impact on Paul, because this is his attack method with the highest proportion, reaching 11.9 times in 100 rounds is the highest personal record since the 2015-16 season. Last season, Paul scored 0.99 points in each round, which was quite efficient.
Continue to dig deep, Paul’s efficiency of blocking and dismantling plummeted because his efficiency of dry pulling two points plummeted. For Paul, who has very few breakthroughs and a regular three-point shot, the two-point shot is his lifeline. In the past two seasons, Paul’s two-point shooting percentage was 52.5 percent and 54.1 percent respectively, and the league’s top. This season, his figure dropped to 45.9 percent, which is still excellent, however, compared with other top stars, it has already been unable to open the gap in grade.
In recent years, a word called “hard solution” is popular. Paul scored 21.8 points with 55% of the quasi-star field in the 2021 finals, which is a very high offensive level for a traditional control guard, the stag’s defensive strategy was to force Paul to solve it hard. Paul, who was 1.83 meters old, did not solve the championship even though he tried his best to face the crazy consumption of hollerdi and the strategy of chasing after the stag was blocked in front.
Today, Paul is 2 years old, and the sun can’t ask Paul to force a series like two years ago. At this time, the limitation of Paul as the second head was exposed, and his opponent would only be crazier bag clip Booker. During Paul’s recovery last season and this season, the Sun added ball-holding attack scenes to Mical bridges and Cameron Johnson, especially blocking and dismantling scenes, however, the two can only help Paul share a small amount of ball rights, which cannot be used equally for Paul.
Durant’s joining, the timing is just right.
Durant joined together with Booker to form an external attack combination boxing, and the task of hard solution was given to them. Paul retreated to the third head, and was responsible for organizing attacks and reducing pressure. This was a luxury that Paul wanted to enjoy for nearly a year and a half but could not enjoy.
Compared with the ability of hard solution, don’t say that bridges and Johnson who left have several grades of differences with Durant. Even Paul has to be willing to give up.
Over the past five seasons, the league’s two-point jump shot averaged only 0.84 points per round, while Durant’s figure was 1.24 points. There are so many players in the history of china investment center, but in the last 25 seasons, only one player has shot at least 250 times in a single season. China investment center has also shot at least 55% of the china investment center. He is durant. What is more exaggerated is that he did it three times! In addition, 63 players have shot at least 100 post-fengshui ball jump shots this season, and Durant scored 1.34 points per round.
So today, when Durant and Paul were present at the same time, Paul did not throw the chance of half a vacancy. He passed the ball to Durant, who was more efficient in scoring, and he gained an assist Merveille. Durant held the ball on the strong side and Paul watched the play at the bottom of the weak side, deterring his opponent with a fixed-point shooting efficiency of up to 1.29 points per round. Before, how could Paul be so relaxed? The Sun needed him to hold the ball to create opportunities, but it was difficult for his hand to attack.
Against the Hornets at the bottom of the East, the sun had not yet pulled out the nuclear weapons Paul and Durant had broken down. In the past, Paul’s choice of blocking and dismantling attack was limited, and his opponents would use a large amount of contraction or relieve a garrison to deal with Paul. They believed that Paul’s CIC and Alton’s dislocation would not kill him. Especially for the low singles after Alton’s dislocation, he scored 0.99 points per round this season, which is quite different from the over 1.15 points of low attackers such as jokiki and enbide.
But what if Paul’s partner changed to Durant?
Paul and Durant split the block. If the opponent chooses to shrink, Durant can cut out receive the ball of the investment and three points. If the opponent chooses relieve a garrison, Durant has the height and low attack ability of the center. This season, his low attack scored 1.15 points per round, winning Elton. The two of them broke down, and Paul even had no reason to personally operate the “military training” opponent’s internal line. As for clamping Paul, it is even a dead end.
For Durant, Paul is the best traditional guard he has cooperated with so far in his career. Paul’s personal attack does not have the sensory shock of Harden, Owen, weishao and curry, however, Paul’s advantage is the strength of judging the situation and the stability of controlling the field. This old traditional control guard can further release the offensive energy of super scorer.
In turn, Paul joined hands with Durant at this stage of his career, which was also Paul’s luck. Paul’s role has been weakened and the team’s position has moved backward, but Paul’s burden has also been greatly reduced. He will have more opportunities to easily receive the ball shooting and layup, there will be more space for him to attack with the ball, and there will be a better defense protection wall behind him on the defensive end.
The sun must have a period of running-in pain next, and their depth and defense have to accept more tough tests. It is unknown that solar energy cannot win the championship. At least, after the top talent is improved, Paul also came to a more suitable position for him. The sun is closer to the champion than before.