Depth: Where is Adebayor's way to leave Popovich and the Spurs Youth Army in his later years?

The San Antonio Spurs have a glorious history. George Gavin, Admiral david robinson and Duncan are giants representing the three eras of the Spurs. Duncan, the first power forward in history, inherited the era of generals, opened the era of GDP and established the Great Spur Dynasty. The structure of the Spurs dynasty is also inseparable from the "Troika" of the Spurs-team chairman and CEO peter holt, general manager R.C. Bufford and head coach and president of basketball operation Popovich. This is a team with feelings. Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili all stayed in the team with reduced salaries to ensure the configuration and strength of the team.

The five superstars in the history of the Spurs are Duncan, Robinson, Parker, George Gwyn and Manu.

However, times have changed greatly. Leonard's soap opera incident in the 20 18 season became a turning point in the history of the Spurs. So far, it is puzzling that the two sides have their own words. In the meantime, the doctor of the Spurs team claimed that Leonard had recovered and could play, but Leonard's personal doctor firmly opposed it. The Spurs accused Leonard of cheating, and there are rumors that the Spurs are unwilling to renew Leonard's contract with the highest salary. Leonard criticized the poor quality of the medical team outsourced by the Spurs and misdiagnosed Danny Green and Gasol. No matter what the truth is, the Spurs broke out in an infighting rarely seen in team history, and their feelings were shattered like Luo Yonghao's "artisan spirit". Leonard, who was originally designated as the team's future successor, was traded to the Raptors for Demar demar derozan, Parker left the Hornets (retired two years later) and Manu retired (retired from Duncan 20 16). The "troika" is also old. Peter holt passed the team on to his son, RC Bufford became the CEO of Spurs Sports Entertainment Group, and Brian Wright became the general manager of the team.

Only the older generation coach Popovich is still struggling to maintain. He is one of the greatest coaches in history. He combined the pick-and-roll system of European basketball with that of Jerry Si Long, and created a set of offensive and defensive systems of the Spurs. We saw twin towers attack, pick-and-roll attack, inside and outside attack, breakthrough zone attack, dynamic attack (20 12~20 14), zone defense and mixed defense. But all the teaching assistants around him were poached by headhunters from other teams. In recent years, his delay in retiring shattered the vision of teaching assistants taking over, so the league had a "Spurs" coach (the Spurs were lucky), and Duncan didn't want to be a teaching assistant anymore. At present, the chief female teaching assistant is becky hammon (ex-girlfriend of Tony Parker, who has been selected as a WNBA All-Star for six times). She may become the first female coach in NBA history.

This season, star Aldridge broke up with the team peacefully (because the Spurs want to take the "younger route" and Adebayor became the replacement of young center Porter, which conflicts with Adebayor's idea), which means that the team lost its offensive firepower of 13.7 points per game, and now the team is only left with Popovich, Demar demar derozan and a group of young players, barely maintaining the edge of the playoffs. The Spurs remain the same, rebuilding smoothly, hoarding practical talented and little-known jigsaw puzzle players, and creating a civilian system like Pacers and Magic.

The team's top star Demar demar derozan was traded from the Raptors. Two years before he came to the Spurs, the Spurs abandoned the tradition of both offensive and defensive, focusing on offense and defense, and the defensive efficiency fell to the downstream level of the league. This season, I raised the defense again, put Adriano on the bench, and cleaned up the defensive loopholes for Forbes. Demar DeRozan took on the responsibility of being a player's mentor. Like Kobe Bryant, he is keen on CIC. He spent most of his career defending and organizing. In order to meet the requirements of the younger team, the style of play has been adjusted this season. As a green leaf, it helps young players grow up and improves their ability to organize and control the stadium, averaging 7.2 assists per game and reaching a new high in their career. But when the team needed him, he bravely took over the game. This season, 4 points are crucial, with a shooting percentage of 44.6%. He is the key to the Spurs.

Spurs except Demar demar derozan, other players have average offensive ability. Murray, once the future core of the team, scored the second highest per game, but only 15.6 points. The team lacks excellent field controllers, so Murray and White are embarrassed. Only Mr. Demar DeRozan is barely qualified to join the team series, averaging 24.4 assists per game (League 17). The offensive efficiency of the team is only 109.7 (20th in the league).

The offensive end of the team is mainly positional warfare (99.7 rounds per game, league ranking 15). Only Murray, Lonnie Walker and Wasser are good at fast break. The team mainly focuses on pick-and-roll (Porter's defense quality is good, and Ji 'an can share a little), which drives the fixed-point attack. According to statistics, the Spurs scored 28.3 points in roll-and-roll (seventh in the league) and 30 points in fixed-point shooting. The team paid special attention to CIC, and CIC 17.8 hit 7.9 shots and scored 14.4%, ranking first in the league. This is a team that relies on CIC. Relatively speaking, the team has several good three-scorers, such as Mills, Lonnie Walker, wasser, lyles and Guy. (In the second year, Kelden Johnson hit the new wall badly and was still recovering his touch), but his 3-pointers accounted for 28.9% (26th in the league) and his 3-pointer shooting rate was 36% (league 19). At the beginning of the season, I increased the three-pointers, but now it's average. More interestingly, the Spurs averaged 54. 1 game (the third in the league), but the shooting percentage in the penalty area was 62.2% (the 20th in the league), which showed that the offensive ability in the penalty area was lacking. This aspect is related to the lack of talent and good field control of the Spurs.

The purpose of offensive tactics is nothing more than to give space division, wrong points (such as big play, small play, quick play, heavy play and light play, and the shooter aims at players with narrow defensive range and slow movement) or star players the opportunity to decode single hardware. However, even with a top coach like Popovich, the Spurs still can't develop tactics, offensive ecology and spatial differences. According to statistics, half-empty position and open position account for 49.5% (25th in the league), and half-empty position and open position account for 29.2% (last in the league), so it is difficult to guarantee the offensive efficiency.

However, Aldridge's departure made the team lose a very stable CIC and three-point firepower, and also made the team lose a pick-and-roll "wall", which made the Spurs' offensive space worse. It's hard to keep firing in XinMiYuan, which inevitably makes the Spurs worse on the offensive end.

Spurs players are not tall enough. Fortunately, Popovich's defense system is good, taking a strategy similar to Bucks to put three points and stick to the restricted area. The front guard line assists the inside defense to hold the restricted area. At present, the Spurs have a group of very strong defensive players, such as White, Murray, Washer and Kelden Johnson, all of whom are first-class offensive defensive players. They can help each other defensively, and Porter is also a first-class basketball defender. The penalty area is impregnable, the Spurs' defensive efficiency is as high as 1 10.3 (ninth in the league), and the opponent's shooting percentage in the penalty area is suppressed to 65,438. However, because the Spurs were forced to adopt the strategy of adding three points, the shooting and three-point defense effect of the Spurs were not good. According to statistics, the opponent's shooting percentage in shooting position is 43.5% (24th in the league), and he is hit five times per game (league 19). The opponent's three-point hit rate was 37.9% (25th in the league), and he was hit 12.8 times per game (league 15).

The current ranking of the Spurs is not stable. Warriors, Grizzlies, Kings and Pelicans are all eyeing. This season's NBA play-off rules have increased the uncertainty of playoff seats. In the long run, the upper limit of these young players hoarded by the Spurs is not high, which makes the record poor, and the smooth reconstruction mode makes it difficult for the team to get a high sign (this is similar to the situation of Jerry Si Long coaching jazz after 2 1 century); Of course, we don't rule out that the Spurs will welcome an all-star in a big way, but what to do in the small ball market in San Antonio depends very much on the management's ability, vision and boldness of vision. It is unknown when Popovich, who is old, will retire, what will happen to the Spurs after retirement, and whether Harmon will take over smoothly or leave the team silently. This is the future of the San Antonio Spurs.