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He was once sent away by the Clippers as a bargaining chip, but later became a disciple of Paul! He now wins the MVP
12:55pm, 20 May 2025【Basketball】
The NBA playoffs reached the division finals, and the old guys stood aside. The names James, Durant, Curry, and Harden all became spectators, replaced by four young boys with an average age of less than 26 years old leading the team to rush. The most eye-catching thing in this new king is Alexander, the Thunder star. This guy almost put the regular season MVP trophy in his pocket, and then swung the machete with an average of 29 per game in the finals in the playoffs, as if the new king ascended the throne and "the league will change the sky."
But if you look at his resume, this old man was sold by the Clippers six years ago and was packaged with Paul George's deal to Oxford City. Who would have thought that the young young player who averaged 10.8 points per game could now take the best record in the team history of 68 wins and have a chance to carry the MVP trophy and a super top salary of 290 million US dollars?
If you want to talk about Alexander's rocket-like speed, you have to take apart two layers to see. Let’s talk about hard power first. This guy threw the “magic ball play” aside on the offensive end, but played the classical middle distance. Average of 32.7 points per game in the regular season sounds scary, but when you look closely at the shooting hot zone, you averaged 5.7 times outside the three-point line. You just rely on the mid-range emergency stop jump shots and breakthroughs to create damage, making your real shooting rate to 63.7%. Who does
play like? It is Paul's disciple - when he was a younger brother in Thunder, Alexander followed the point guard's thief. Now he learned Paul's unique skill of making small moves, and his left hand dribble changed directions. The defender was so shocked that he couldn't find the North if he was not careful.
But just having the offensive ability is not enough to let him take Jokic off the MVP battle. The Thunder management's reconstruction operation is the real skill. In the past five years, it has stocked up many first-round picks and has accumulated a talented lineup that will make the entire league drool. Homegren can defend and shoot in the inside, Jaylen Williams' breakthrough is as slippery as a loach, and the outside is accompanied by biting defense experts like Dort and Caruso. Alexander brought these guys to play. Whenever his opponent made a mistake, the Thunder's conversion attack would come like a tide.
G7 won the Nuggets in the second round of the playoffs in a 32-point victory. The team forced 22 mistakes, and Alexander himself contributed 3 steals and 1 block. This defensive pressure made people suck.
But then again, the young man's shortcomings are also shaking. At the critical moment of the playoffs (within 5 points in the last 5 minutes), the shooting percentage fell to 42.1%, and the three-pointers were 16.7%. However, his "strike-to-shock" style is still very deterrent - he averages 8.8 free throws per game in the regular season, and he still maintains fourth in the league in the playoffs. Only Antetokounmpo, Mitchell and Doncic can make fouls better this season. Now all three have been eliminated, and Alexander can enjoy this advantage.
If you want to ascend to the top of the league, Alexander must first improve the efficiency of the key ball, develop a stable three-point threat, and also have to train the mid-range emergency stop jump shot to Kobe's level. Of course, Alexander now won the regular season MVP of this season without any suspense and got the chance to win the championship; but in the past decade, the regular season MVP of the season was unable to win the championship, which seemed to be a curse; can Alexander win the MVP and the championship like Curry in 2015? We don't know, but the opportunity has been given.
can really reach the finals and win the championship and then win the FMVP, then this season will be the first season of the Gods that Alexander's new king. Jokic sat on the throne of the first person in the league for a long time, but is it better to be a king, prince, general and minister? Alexander can also sit down, what do you think?
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