Two diamonds in the rough, the same way to cultivate, why a serial MVP, one into the data brush?

In the just concluded a group game of the European Championship Group B, Lithuania 85-92 defeated Slovenia. Lithuania's player Abortionist Jr. said: "We made too many mistakes and lost balls that could have been scored, allowing the opponent to take advantage of the opportunity to get a lot of conversion scoring opportunities. In this game, Abortionists played 26 minutes, shooting 4 of 10, getting 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Obviously, such a performance is hardly satisfactory!

As we all know, Abortionist was traded to the Kings last season, the Kings management's initial concept is that SA can bring great help to the Kings in the interior, after all, he has a wide field of vision, can organize and also take care of the offense, good at blocking with teammates, and even in the low post with the ball on the back of the strong attack also has a first-class level. His presence not only enhances the King's strength on the inside, but also shares the pressure of Fox's offense. Although Xian SA played in the Kings, averaging 19 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, however, the Kings in the 15 games Xian SA played, only achieved a record of 5 wins and 10 losses, the data is bright but difficult to lead the team to a decent performance, so Xian SA was once labeled as a data brush.

The first time I saw the game, I was able to find out that I had a lot of similarities with the Nuggets star Joking, such as similar height, European interior passing vision and top ball skills, and flexibility in footwork. When the two first entered the NBA, they were the core of the team's focus, and Abortionist Jr. had a lot of possessions and shots for the Pacers and was the central axis of the team's offense. As his tactical position grew, Abortionist Jr. put up 20+12 All-Star level numbers in the 20-21 season. However, why the two are now on opposite paths, one becoming the league's No. 1 interior lineman and the other becoming a stats sweeper.

Joking was re-elected MVP this season, successfully winning the title for the second year in a row. Although the Nuggets are still a long way from the finals, their team building idea is undoubtedly quite clear and wise, which is to build the lineup around Mr. Joking. Last season, with Murray and Porter both out for the season, the Nuggets still managed to make the playoffs under the leadership of Mr. Oh. We all know that since the Nuggets sent Turkic to the Trail Blazers, Joke's core position has been officially established, and he has not failed to live up to the team's trust, performing better and better every year. In this summer, Joking and the Nuggets reached a 5-year $270 million early contract extension, no surprise, he will be in the Nuggets to play a good story of one man and one city.

As the core of the team's offense and defense, Joking is also the commander of organizing the team's offense, combing the team's offense on the court in an orderly manner, as long as teammates run out of open space, then the ball will be delivered to the hands at the first time. Even though Joking looks a bit bloated in size, he can still excel in his task as the core of the defense, and he has the right timing for defensive positioning and help defense as well as fill-in defense, so his dominance in the interior is incomparable to that of Sasha Jr. The same team position, the same training, why the gap between the two is so big?

First of all, look at the defensive end, because Joke's arm span is nearly 10 cm longer than Abortionist Jr. and weighs 20 kg more than Abortionist Jr. Last season, Joke's real defensive plus/minus value was 4.5, while Abortionists was only 0.5, in the ability to protect the basket compared to Joking at an absolute disadvantage. Secondly, there is also a big gap in the offensive end. Abortionist Jr.'s main offensive tools are still in the low-post hard chisel, lack of long-range shooting ability, some data show that last season he was 4.8 meters away from the basket, 180 shots only 60 shots, hitting only 30%. Therefore, it is difficult for Sasha to form a threat in the high post, and opponents easily cut off the connection between him and his teammates.

In addition, the data shows that Xian SA does not bring positive effects to the team system on both offensive and defensive ends. For example, in the 20-21 season, with SA in the game, the offense scored 107.4 points per 100 rounds and the team gave up 111.6 points, while when SA was not there, the Pacers scored 113.2 points per 100 rounds on offense and gave up only 99.7 points. 21-22 season, the situation is slightly better, but when he was there, the Pacers still scored 3.7 points per 100 rounds less on the offensive end In the 21-22 season, things were a little better, but the Pacers still scored 3.7 points less per 100 possessions on offense and gave up 1.3 more on defense. This is why Abortionist was sent to the Kings by the Pacers, and the Kings management was a scatterbrain, sending away the extremely talented Halliburton to do 16 years of fish-belly team for a reason!