Hollinger: Lakers ndi Clippers adzakumana ndi mavuto msanga; Mapasa a Thompson Akufuna Osankhika Owonjezera

Zabwino kapena zoyipa, ili ndiye funso lofunika kwambiri lomwe aliyense wogwira ntchito yophunzitsa ndi ofesi yakutsogolo akuyesera kuyankha pamasewera oyamba a nyengo. Zinthu zosayembekezereka zimachitika m’masabata awiri oyambirira a nyengoyi, ndiponso kuposa kale lonse chaka chino.
Choyamba, mavotiwo amakhala mozondoka. Lolemba, Bingu, Jazz, Spurs ndi Trail Blazers anali kutsogolera 18-8; atatu mwa matimu anayiwo adagonja ndi Victor Wimbama. The Pacers ndi 3-4 ndi yachisanu ndi chiwiri mu ligi pakulakwa. Panthawiyi, otsutsa asanu omwe akuimbidwa mlandu - Clippers, Warriors, 76ers, Heat ndi Nets - adavotera 11-22.
Kumba mozama ndipo chodabwitsa chidzangokulirakulira. Magulu awiri odzitchinjiriza a nyengo yatha, Boston ndi Golden State, adamaliza 22nd ndi 23, motsatana. Memphis ndi Miami ali pa nambala yachinayi ndi yachisanu, motsatana. Nyengo ino ndi 28 ndi 20. Pepani, koma ngati mukufuna kuwona chitetezo 10 chapamwamba, muyenera kuyimbira Jazz kapena Wizards.
Kupatula apo, kudakali molawirira. Tikukamba za chitsanzo cha masewera asanu ndi limodzi omwe ambiri mwa maguluwa amasewera. Zodabwitsa zina zitha kukhala chifukwa cha mwayi ndi mitundu ina yosiyana. Mwachitsanzo, Ma Nets anali ndi chiyambi chosauka cha 1-5 ndikumaliza pamalo omaliza pachitetezo, koma adani awo adawomberanso 43.8 peresenti ya 3, yomwe ndi yosakhazikika; Brooklyn ndi yachinayi pachitetezo ndi 2 points. Kumbali ina, kudabwa kwa Charlotte kumayambira popanda osewera awiri ofunikira kumbuyo mwina adakhudzidwa ndi chitetezo cha 3-point cha Jedi, chomwe chinali 28.2% yokha kuchokera ku 3-point range.
Nkhanizi zidanenedwa kwambiri ku City of Angels, komwe Lakers ndi Clippers mosayembekezereka adayambitsa masewerawa ndi zolakwa ziwiri za ligi ndipo adatsogolera 2-8 pomwe samasewera. Iwo ndi ankhanza kwambiri pa zolakwa kuti iwo ndi malamulo a ukulu woipa kuposa No. 28 Orlando. The Magic's 107.9 point pa 100 ili pafupi ndi avareji ya ligi kuposa ma point 29 a Clippers' 102.2.
Kulimbana kwa a Lakers kunachititsa chidwi kwambiri dziko lonse kotero kuti mavuto a Clippers adawabisa kuti asawonekere. Atha kusintha mawu awo kuti “Thank God for the Lakers.” Komabe, mabwalo a Lamlungu pabwalo lomwe kale limadziwika kuti Staples Center adawonetsa kuti zovuta za Clippers zitha kukhala zowawa ngati anzawo omwe amawachitira nawo masewerawa, popeza kufa kwawo kwa 112-91 kudawagwetsa mpaka 2-4.
Kwa magulu onse awiri, kulimbana kwawo kumachokera pavuto lalikulu la masamu. Osachepera a Lakers akudziwa: akuyenera kugoletsa bwanji ngati palibe amene angawombere molunjika? A Lakers adasewera kwambiri (chachitatu pachitetezo!) Ndipo adatembenuza atatu otseguka ambiri. Iwo sangakhoze kutero - kuwombera kuchokera ku 3-point range ndi zopusa 26.6% nyengo ino. Osachepera usiku umodzi, adapeza mfundo 123 pakupambana kwa Sande pa Denver, koma mafunso akulu atsala. Pamene gululi likuwombera 28.6% kumbuyo kwa arc mu preseason, zinali zovuta kuwachotsa ngati zosiyana.
Kusintha kwa Lakers? Chifukwa chiyani Russell Westbrook ndi Anthony Davis amayambitsa chiyembekezo ku LA pompano
Pakadali pano, mtima wavuto la a Clippers (monga momwe Lowe Murray wathu adawonetsera motsimikizika) ndikuti ngati simuwombera, simungathe kugoletsa, ndipo a Clippers akuluza nkhondo yolandidwa ndi malire odabwitsa. Ngakhale akulamuliridwa ndi alonda, 16.1 peresenti yawo yatsala pang'ono kutha.
Kodi gulu la owombera odumpha lingadutse bwanji motere? Chinachake chonga ichi. Ma Clippers ang'onoang'ono alinso pa 27th pamaperesenti obwerezabwereza. Chifukwa chake, pa zinthu 100 zilizonse, a Clippers ndi omaliza poyesa zigoli za m'munda ndipo wachiwiri pakuyesa komaliza koponya kwaulere; ngati simumenya nthawi zambiri, zilibe kanthu kuti mumenya chiyani.
A Clippers atha kunena za kupezeka kochepa kwa Kawhi Leonard, koma anali ndi vutoli chaka chapitacho ndipo sikuli koyipa konse.
Nzeru zonse za a Clippers zimatengera kuti ali ndi mapiko awiri a All-Star oti atsamirepo komanso zosankha zambiri. Mpaka pano sichinasewerepo. Iwalani All-Stars: Paul George sanakhale wosewera wamba. Norman Powell ndi Reggie Jackson akugwera pafupi ndi iye, ndi zotayika zambiri pofunafuna jumpers.
Apanso, ngati gulu lililonse limasewera masewera 10 abwinobwino, mwina ndi nthabwala kwakanthawi kochepa. Kapena mwina ndi nyengo ino. Ife sitikudziwa panobe.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake magulu ambiri anzeru amakana mwamphamvu kuyitana kuti "oh mulungu wanga, chitanipo kanthu!" kupanga zosintha zazikulu m'masabata awiri oyamba. Tikuwona kuti ndondomeko ya ndondomekoyi ikuyamba kupanga, koma palibe chidziwitso chokwanira.
Pamenepa, palinso kusaleza mtima kwa magulu onse a Los Angeles kutengera nthawi yomwe osewera awo akutsogolo atha kutha, koma mafunso awiri ayenera kuyankhidwa kaye.
Funso loyamba lodziwika bwino ndilakuti: "Tikufuna chiyani?" A Lakers angayankhe ndi kugunda kwina, pamene Clippers angafune kukula kwakukulu.
Koma tiyerekeze kwa kamphindi kuti zofooka zomwe matimuwa adawonetsa kumayambiriro kwa nyengo ndizovuta ndipo sizitha. Palinso funso lina lofunika: kodi ndi bwino kupulumutsa gulu ili?
Makamaka kwa Lakers, ndizomwe masewera otsatirawa a 15-20 adzakhala. Nthawi zambiri pamakhala mphekesera kuti kugulitsa zisankho ziwiri zam'tsogolo zoyambira ndi Russell Westbrook kupita ku Indiana kwa Buddy Hild ndi Miles Turner ndi mwayi wowonjezera kuwombera kwina, koma kodi izi zingawapangitse kukhala abwinoko?
Zilibe ngakhale kusuntha muvi. Kungoti muviwo wasunthidwa kutali kwambiri kumanzere, ndipo mwina zilibe kanthu. Kodi ndi koyenera kuwotcha zosankhidwa ziwiri kuti mumalize chachisanu ndi chinayi m'malo mwa khumi ndi zitatu? Kodi a Lakers ali okonzeka kutenga mankhwala awo nyengo ino, kuyamba chilimwe ndi zosankhidwa ndi kapu yoyera ya malipiro, ndikuyambanso ndi LeBron James ndi Anthony Davis? Pakadali pano, mkangano ndi woti kuyamba pang'onopang'ono kwa Lakers kumapangitsa kuti malonda amtundu waku Indiana achuluke, koma ndikuganiza kuti pali zovuta pakuyambira kwawo zomwe zingachepetse mwayi wothamangitsa nyengo ya 2022-23 mtsogolomo.
(Zindikirani kwa iwo omwe adalimbikitsa maguluwa kuti achitepo kanthu: Onse a Lakers ndi Clippers akuyenera kusinthana ndi malonda am'mbuyomu. Izi sizinachitike.)
Ndiye tiyeni tidikire. Osati ku Los Angeles kokha, komanso ku Brooklyn, Miami, Philadelphia ndi Golden State. Panthawi ina, maguluwa adzakhala ndi zitsanzo zokwanira za masewera kuti afotokoze momveka bwino kuti zofooka zawo zoyambirira ndizovuta, ndipo ngati zili choncho, adzawona ngati angalimbikitse mzere wawo kudzera mumsika wamalonda.
Tilibe. Mosavomerezeka, maofesi ambiri akutsogolo amagwiritsa ntchito chizindikiro cha 20-masewera ngati cheke chenicheni cha komwe ali, ndi pafupifupi mwezi umodzi kuti apite. Makamaka ku Los Angeles, kudzakhala milungu ingapo yosonkhanitsira zidziwitso.
Nyengo ikangoyamba, njira zambiri zopangira zisankho kuofesi yakutsogolo zimachitika pakapita nthawi, koma pali chinthu chimodzi chokha chochita pa Halowini.
Ili ndi tsiku lomaliza matimu atha kugula zosankha zachaka chachitatu ndi chachinayi pamakontrakitala oyambilira omwe adasainidwa mu 2020 ndi 2021. Linali lingaliro lankhanza (pepani) kuti timu idasankha chisankho chaka chamawa chaka chisanadze, ndi chigamulo chonse. nyengo pakati.
Matimu omwe atuluka munjira iyi amachepetsa kuchuluka kwa osewera omwe angapereke kwa othandizira aulere (chiwerengero cha zosankha sichingadutse), ndiye ngati wosewera ali ndi nyengo yabwino, ndi Gonzo. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, idzakhalabe pamndandanda wanu kwa chaka chonse, zomwe zingakulepheretseni kusiya njirayi.
Phoenix, mwachitsanzo, adakana wosankhidwa wa lotale wa 2020 wachitatu Jalen Smith nyengo yatha, ndipo pamapeto pake adamugulitsa ku Indiana, komwe adangotembenuka ndikusaina mgwirizano watsopano ndi Pacers nyengo itatha.
Chifukwa cha malingaliro awa komanso kuti zosankha zambiri za rookie ndizotsika mtengo, magulu amakhala ofunitsitsa kuwonjezera zaka zosankha. Wosewera yekhayo adakana kusuntha kwa chaka chachitatu ndi Leandro Bolmaro wa Utah, yemwe adatchulidwa kuti ndi wotayika pa malonda a Rudy Gobert ndipo sali mu mapulani a Jazz. (San Antonio adasiyanso rookie wa 2021 Josh Primo kumapeto kwa sabata, koma anali atagula kale njira yake yachaka chachitatu.)
Chiwongola dzanja cha chisankho cha chaka chachinayi chatsala pang'ono kupitirira, kuphatikizapo awiriwa omwe ndimawakonda. Kira Lewis Jr. wa New Orleans adavulala ndikuchotsedwa nyengo ziwiri zoyambirira, ndipo a Pelicans akadali ndi mwayi wokwana $ 5.7 miliyoni kwa iye. 2023-24 ndi zovuta zamisonkho zapamwamba. Malaki Flynn waku Toronto akuvutikanso kuti apite patsogolo, koma ali ndi $ 3.9 miliyoni yokha mu nyengo ya 2023-24, zomwe a Raptors akuganiza kuti sizingawapweteke. Detroit adalandira njira ya $ 7.4 miliyoni kuchokera kwa Kylian Hayes koma sanafune kulemba chisankho chachisanu ndi chiwiri muzolemba za 2020.
Pamapeto pake, zosankha zokha zomwe zidakanidwa zinali Udoka Azubuike waku Utah, wosankha 27 mu 2020, yemwe sanasewerepo, ndi RJ Hampton wa Orlando.
Hampton ndiwodabwitsa chifukwa Matsenga akumanganso, Hampton ali ndi zaka 21 zokha ndipo njira yake ya $ 4.2 miliyoni chaka chamawa sivuta. Komabe, Hampton anavutika mu nyengo yake yachiwiri ya pro (8.5 PER, 48.1 kuwombera peresenti), ndipo chofunika kwambiri, Matsenga mwina analibe malo okwanira kwa iye. Orlando ali kale ndi osewera 12 omwe adasaina nawo nyengo yamawa ndipo adzakhala ndi zisankho ziwiri zoyambirira komanso (mwina) osankhidwa apamwamba mu 2023.
(Zindikirani: gawoli silikunena kwenikweni za momwe zinthu zikuyendera pamlungu.
Ndinapita ku Overtime Elite Pro Day ku Atlanta Lachiwiri, komwe tidawona ambiri azaka za 17 ndi 18 akuphunzitsa anayi pa anayi ndi asanu pa asanu pamaso pa pafupifupi onse ofufuza. Matimu mu ligi ndi agogo ena.
Ngakhale osewera ambiri sangathe kulemba chaka chimodzi kapena ziwiri, mwala wamtengo wapatali wa OTE ndi abale amapasa Amen ndi Ausar Thompson. Owunika ambiri amawona Amen Thompson ngati wosankhidwa wachitatu pakulemba, pomwe Ausar amawonedwa ngati wosankha lotale wapakati mpaka wamkulu. Onsewa ndi othamanga a 6-foot-7 omwe amatha kuyendetsa mpira ndikuteteza malo angapo, zomwe zimapangitsa aliyense wa iwo kukhala mapiko ozungulira omwe ma GM angalore. (Wathu Sam Vesenye akuyembekeza kuti Amen akhale No. 3 muzoyesa zake zaposachedwa komanso Ausar kukhala No. 10.)
Powawona ndi maso ake, Amen adatsimikizira zonse zolembedwa - iye ndi wamkulu, akulimbana ndi mpira, amalumpha mwamphamvu kuchokera pansi. (Ossar akuchirabe chifukwa cha kuvulala kwapakhosi kwaposachedwa komwe sikunakhudze kusewera kwake kapena kudutsa, koma momveka bwino kunakhudza kuwombera kwake Lachiwiri.) Kuphulika kwa Amen kumakhala kolimba kwambiri poteteza dunks.
Komanso, Amen, makamaka, ali ndi kuwombera kolondola kwambiri. Icho chinali chimodzi mwa zofooka zake zazikulu, ndipo si kuti iye nthawi yomweyo anakhala Stephen Curry. Koma kupindika kwa mpira ndikolondola, mawonekedwe ake ndi obwerezabwereza, ndipo ngakhale zophonya zimawoneka zolimba. Ndawonapo ambiri azaka 19 akuwoneka oyipa. Kuwombera kwa Ausar kumawoneka ngati ntchito yomwe ikuchitika, koma ikuwonekanso kuti ili pa alumali yoyenera poyerekeza ndi momwe ndinawonera chaka chatha.
Pali zinthu zina zingapo zomwe muyenera kusankha ngati mukufunadi. Onse amayezera kutalika ndi manja aafupi; wina angatsutsenso kuti onse ali ndi dzanja lamanja kwambiri ndipo amadalira kwambiri kumaliza ndi mapazi awo pamsewu. Adzakhalanso ndi zaka 20 ndi theka pa usiku woyendetsa galimoto, yomwe ndi njira yayitali yoti apite kamodzi. Mwachitsanzo, ali ndi chaka chimodzi kuposa akuluakulu awiri apamwamba, Victor Wimbanyama ndi Scott Henderson.
Komabe, ndikuganiza kuti malingaliro anga a Thompson ndi abwino kwambiri kuposa kuvomerezana. Ndemanga za khalidwe lawo ndi maganizo awo zinali zabwino kwambiri, ndipo panalibe nkhani zochepa ndi kujambula. Mwachitsanzo, ndingafanizire Ausar Thompson ndi rookie wa New Orleans Dyson Daniels, wamkulu mofanana, wosewera mpira wokhoza kuteteza, maziko amphamvu, ndi kuwombera kosasinthasintha; Daniels adasankha 8th yonse pazokonzekera za 2022.
Amen Thompson ali ndi denga lapamwamba, makamaka pamene kuwombera kwake kwakhazikika. Wopambana wamkulu yemwe amatha kugwira mpira ndikudutsa ndiye nambala yomwe amasilira kwambiri mu ligi; ngakhale mtundu "wokhumudwitsa" wa Thompson ukanakhala wosewera wamtengo wapatali kwambiri.
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John Hollinger wazaka 20 wa NBA wazaka 20 akuphatikiza nyengo zisanu ndi ziwiri monga wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa basketball ku Memphis Grizzlies ndi media media ku ESPN.com ndi SI.com. Mpainiya pakusanthula basketball, adapanga ma metric angapo otsogola, makamaka muyezo wa PER. Ndiwolembanso zolemba zinayi za Pro Basketball Predictions. Mu 2018, adalandira Mphotho ya Lifetime Achievement Award pamsonkhano wa Sloan Motion Analysis. Tsatirani John pa Twitter @johnhollinger


Nthawi yotumiza: Nov-03-2022