Who can tell me the characteristics of NBA center in the 1990s?

Since the development of basketball, both the rules and the techniques and tactics are very different from the past. In the pursuit of speed, every position on the basketball court has been tested, especially the center position. Now the players with vague sense of position have become popular, and they have rewritten the meaning of omnipotence. The center is a very special position, and no swingman can completely replace the position and role of the center in basketball tactics. Today, Duncan is the only person who can be regarded as a center/forward swingman on the basketball court, while other guest centers and power forwards generally do not have the technical essence of the center and are still just power forwards. There is a trend in contemporary basketball. The so-called "small ball" is actually a kaleidoscope pieced together by all-around players. It is possible for a point guard to match four all-around forwards. Even at the end of this trend, there may be a scene where five James form a super team. However, this near-perfect pursuit is difficult to achieve. The attack and defense speed is fast, the running position is short and compact, and an attack is completed in a very short time and in a quite limited area. This is the popular mode of basketball at present, and the traditional center with height and weight advantage has no position. So Yao Ming lamented that in that era when "little balls" prevailed, giants would be eliminated. Do giants really no longer adapt to today's trends? Although the traditional center's play has some shortcomings, such as slow pace, concentrated goals and limited rules, the traditional center technology has the advantages of improving the three-dimensional level of the team's tactics and providing deep blows. If properly used, it is still one of the ways for the team to win at critical moments. It is not that the giants will face elimination, but that the skills and tactics that dominate the giants should keep pace with the times. Duncan is probably the only typical center/forward swingman today. When Robinson didn't retire, Duncan's best skill was to shoot 45 degrees, echoing the inside. Duncan is one of the best power forwards; In the last season, Duncan's mid-range hit almost disappeared. He takes more technical actions to play inside, and only at the moment of catching the ball, he habitually makes tentative foot feints, which reminds people that Duncan is a power forward. Duncan is the representative of all center/forward swingers, and their difference is only the length of the range, such as Okur &; Rashid has the ability of three-point long shot, Stoudemire &; Xiao ao is good at scoring inside, but their technical understanding of center is not as good as Duncan's. They may be able to beat the traditional center, but they can't replace it. An important feature that distinguishes the center from the power forward is to gain a foothold in the inside and become the center of the formation. Whether he attacks or not, the center can use his height to control the overall situation. The vast majority of endless center/forward swingers in the league can't be regarded as real centers, just because they can't play this tactical feature of center, so Big Ben is more like a center than Rashid, so Dior is more competent than Stoudemire, so Garnett and Nowitzki are not constrained by Duncan's inside line, and Howard is closer to the requirements of center than them. Center and power forward also have something in common, that is, the characteristics of center are not fixed. Some centers are good at hand-to-hand combat, such as O 'Neill. He is not good at dealing with high positions like Miller. His technical composition is relatively simple. He cuts horizontally into the penalty area or turns to make a layup. O 'Neill relies on absolute strength and amazing explosive power. If Howard Jr. further strengthens his strength, he is the most likely candidate to succeed O 'Neill. Yao Ming, another representative of the contemporary traditional center characterized by attack, hates physical contact as much as Miller, but he is good at using the center's skills in another way. Yao Ming's jump shot is quite good, and the small hook after turning and cutting is also a trademark action. He and O 'Neal are both players who have suffered the most physical confrontation in the league. The difference is that O 'Neill often faced the difficulties, breaking before standing, while Yao Ming chose to escape from reality and beat his opponent in vain. Center technology is not just attacking at the basket, and it is difficult for future generations to surpass O 'Neill's destructive power in attack. However, he is not the only representative of the highest level of technology in the center. There used to be a center on the basketball court who could gain a foothold in the inside, not only hitting the opponent with one shot, but also cooperating with the destruction of the opponent's defense system-a traditional European center represented by Sa Bernice and Divac. The same height and strength, although not as good as black players in sports ability, are very experienced in destroying the opponent's defense system. Accurate shooting and many feint modes. Defending this type of player, O 'Neal or Yao Ming, is sometimes more difficult. The breadth of vision brought by height allows them to quickly grasp the running route of their teammates, and their rich experience and overall awareness enable them to always choose the most reasonable way to deal with it in the shortest time. Their existence can make the team's tactics extremely rich and distinct, which is unmatched by the popular swingers today. Their only weakness is their slow speed. Yao Ming is best suited to learn this type of basketball style. The value of the center should be displayed on the basis of seizing the important position in the inside, which is contradictory to the current popularity. Fast and flexible play is the most popular play nowadays. The important position of the traditional center will inevitably affect the rhythm of attack and defense, which is one reason for the emergence of the voice of eliminating the center, and a series of rules that are not conducive to the center have also played a role in fueling the situation to a certain extent. However, the center is not without living space. It only needs to develop its own skills and change some traditional ways of playing. The first is to speed up. One of the reasons for the disappearance of giants is that they can't keep up with today's attack and defense speed. However, speed and altitude are not completely contradictory. The big player who is 2. 10 is running fast enough now. They are potential center resources, but they are still satisfied with the style of power forward. If Stoudemire or Howard master the basic skills of center, they will surpass their predecessors. Yao's time to compete with them is one day shorter, and it is impossible to rely on the height of the extra half head. Compared with jumping ability, Yao Ming is better at using his own technical advantages. As a traditional center, Yao Ming is currently ahead of them. Secondly, pay attention to the use of strategies. A giant like Yao Ming is not out of date. Yao Ming's data is no less than that of any superstar when the Rockets have the right tactics. This shows that the conditions that determine the future survival of giants are not their height, but their methods. In the past, they easily caught the ball, and the space for slowly arching the dribble with their bodies was greatly compressed, and they could hardly turn around. They strode forward by various defensive means, which was completely different from the outside rules. The physical contact inside is more serious. It's hard for the center to get his position, it's hard to get the ball there, and it's hard to do anything when he gets the ball. This requires players to run around the center more actively and purposefully, so as to pull the opponent's defensive position and win space for the center. Therefore, to change the center strategy, we should start with changing the overall support for the center, not limited to the traditional way of stuffing things into the center and then waiting for the pass to the empty space. Because there is no double team and joint defense, the center must strengthen the concealment and suddenness of important positions. Like other players, the center needs to swim more and attack suddenly when swimming. Teammates' timely passing and positive breakthrough will make the center get twice the result with half the effort. When the center gets enough time and space in his position, the position and movements of his teammates can be seen. This is the best time to launch an attack. All tactical operations are like playing on a chessboard. Under the existing rules and environment, it is an inevitable trend for the center to speed up, and the center that runs fast will be eliminated. However, basketball has never been a racing sport, and controlling the rhythm is the foundation of winning. Even the sun, which can run best, will take the initiative to slow down and fight positional warfare when the wind is unfavorable. The essence of basketball doomed the value of center to exist forever. The giant center with outstanding advantages doesn't need to race with small players at all. At the beginning of basketball, giants have proved how deadly the advantage of being close to the basket is. A concentrated attack of about five minutes per quarter is the greatest respect and use for giants. The key to success is not whether they run fast enough, but whether the timing of tactical launch is good enough. An excellent tall center is more dominant than an excellent striker or defender. Can the "small ball" style make the center extinct? It's just that the new generation of giants are still young.