What superstars in NBA have subverted the traditional basketball concept?

In our traditional basketball concept, center and power forward are indispensable. A good center or power forward should have excellent inside dominance, and the team's attack should be from the inside out. Three-point shooters exist to give inside players a better one-on-one chance. Nowadays, the positions of basketball are gradually blurred. A good center should have a three-point range, and the role of a three-point shooter is becoming more and more important. So who made the style of basketball evolve into what it is today? The following are four epoch-making superstars who have changed our basketball cognition in the new century.

4. Steve Nash

Nash is a late bloomer, however, he still plays a great role in the innovation of basketball style. The shelling tactics created by him and Stoudemire gave people a refreshing feeling in that era when positional warfare was advocated. It is true that Stoudemire and D 'Antoni played a key role in the success of shelling, but the fundamental core of shelling tactics lies in Nash. As the most aggressive point guard of that era, Nash not only organized the team, but also made an excellent personal attack. Compared with the contemporary star point guards, Nash's excellent personal attack greatly enriched the Suns' offensive options. In the fast-paced shelling tactics, Nash can not only choose to feed his teammates in the pick-and-roll, but also finish it himself.

Although Nash averaged only 18 points in the MVP season, this figure is still the best among the top point guards of his generation. Kidd, who is as close as Nash's contemporaries, and stockton, who is far away from Utah, put organizing teams first, and personal offensive threats are not first-class in the league. It can be said that Nash scored first and passed the ball first. Two flowers? Players. This style has also influenced the main core guards in today's league, such as Shao Wei, Curry and Harden. They are all masters who are full of personal attacks and can also connect teams in series.

It is no exaggeration to say that the appearance of Nash has sublimated the responsibility of point guard from a simple tandem team to a combination of scoring and passing. Today, we can still see Nash, Curry, Lillard and other outstanding point guards in Shao Wei. Did Nash's appearance let them release their talents on the offensive end and then let the NBA enter today? Point guard prosperous time? .

3. kevin durant

When Durant first entered the league, he lied that he was only 2.06 meters tall in order to avoid playing power forward. Over the years, Durant's official height has not changed. But the eyes of the masses are discerning. Now Durant's barefoot height must exceed 2. 10 meter? Standard center height. With today's strength and physical condition, Durant is fully capable of playing the role of center, but what about him? Scary? Slowly appear in the position of small forward. Twenty years ago, a 2. 10 meter player could never be an outside player, but Durant's appearance broke all this.

A player with center height, center wingspan, guard speed and guard technology was born. Durant in the Warriors can be wrapped by death on the outside and protected on the inside. On the offensive end, Durant is naturally misplaced no matter who he hits, and it's not just? Faster than me, taller than me, faster than me? But terrible? No matter who defends me, it is not as fast as me, nor as tall as me. . Even strongmen like Leonard and James can't limit Durant on the offensive end. In other words, only Durant can defend himself. This horrible talent made Durant the first player without a real solution, and his appearance also provided the secret of success for later perimeter unicorns. Outside players with inside height, such as Pickled Pepper and Brother Alphabet, have all learned successful experiences from Durant.

It is no exaggeration to say that Durant has brought a big impact on basketball in the new era, and also made people pay more attention to the growth of outside big players. Outside unicorns like Ingram and Kuzma are expected to become Durant's nuclear weapons one day.

2. dirk nowitzki

Can a white power forward with poor strength and general physical condition become an epoch-making superstar? Before Nowitzki appeared, this sentence sounded like a joke. NBA insiders have always been dominated by black people with excellent physical fitness. Then, why did King Nuo achieve such great success, and even his style was imitated by today's major players? The answer is the great threat of king Norodom attacking independently from the outside.

At that time, most power forwards groped inside, and the main scoring methods were hook and layup inside. Only the king of Nuo found another way and broke out outside. He can hit the CIC in a single game, he can hit three points, and he can even break through the defense with the ball. This style seemed so illogical at the time. Why does a big man with a height of 2. 13m learn to play as a defender? But at that time, no one could really stop King Norodom. Small people will be forced to eat or pulled out by him, and big people will be beaten into a sieve by him. In the finals of 20 1 1, the Heat had no choice but to attack King Nuo. Bosh will be beaten to doubt life by King Norodom, and Wade James will be pulled back by King Norodom. No matter who the Heat changed to defend Novak, it didn't help. In the end, they lost the series.

The appearance of Nuowang makes today's star insiders understand how terrible it is for an insider to have an outside line. Supergiants like Davis, Cousins, and Embiid have not only solid inside skills, but also excellent outside skills. We often see them break through shots like guards, and at the same time, they can eat their opponents' scores like insiders. I'm afraid all this is that kind of physical talent? Mediocre? The wealth that King Norodom brought us.

Stephen Curry 1

If you compare the middle distance between Kobe and Jordan? Unreasonable? What happens when you put your hands outside the three-point line? Before Curry appeared, no one thought about it. The appearance of Curry has also proved to the world that quasi-is really endless. In the past, only two three-point shooters hit three-point scripts. First, run around the cover and take pictures. Second, after the other players were double-teamed, they gave the ball to the shooter, and the shooter got a chance to get a vacancy.

And Curry tells you that as long as you are accurate enough, you can also create a three-point chance. So Curry is outside the three-point line? Unreasonable? The shooting style has become the most distinctive basketball style of this era: turning those damn middle distances into three points. More insidious than this horrible basketball style is Curry's super high hit rate. Although shooting is extremely difficult, Curry can keep more than 40% of the three-point shooting percentage all the year round, which is almost the same as Kobe's shooting percentage. This style has also inspired many basketball players, such as Harden and Lillard. When they turn those extremely difficult mid-range shots into three-pointers, their offensive efficiency is greatly improved, followed by a substantial increase in personal offensive threats.

It can be said that before Curry, there was no one who didn't play this kind of three-point ability, but they or their coaches subjectively thought that this kind of play was inefficient and even ridiculous. But Curry's innovation outside the three-point line tells us that basketball is not a static sport, and change can often surprise you. Only if you dare to change can you succeed.