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Chapter 226 Clarkson Value Assessment

The game continued.

Clarkson continues to perform efficiently, and the Stack tactics designed by Su Chen are the most suitable for Clarkson.

And this fit was adapted to Clarkson after many game adjustments.

Generally speaking, players of Clarkson's level do not have a high enough tactical status to allow coaches to customize tactics.

But Clarkson happened to meet the rebuilt Jazz. As the team's top scorer, he is certainly qualified to enjoy the treatment of top tactics.

Coupled with the current Grizzlies, Clarkson's information is basically unknown.

Clarkson also got a lot of shooting opportunities in the first two games, and the opponent is also unfamiliar with Clarkson. Clarkson has not exposed any shortcomings so far.

The scouting report also takes about ten games before a new scouting report can be made on a player.

The first quarter is over.

Grizzlies 21:30 Clippers.

Clarkson scored 13 points in the first quarter.

Tony Allen forced himself to guard him, but he didn't play around and handed the ball to his teammates.

Whenever Stack's tactics successfully change to his favorite defender, he will immediately strike hard.

Originally, Grizzlies fans thought that this game should be easily won.

After all, the Clippers have just suffered two consecutive losses recently, and in this game, the team's core Lillard is resting.

Grizzlies fans also feel that the Clippers originally planned to let this game go. After all, it was a back-to-back game and the Grizzlies have always been a strong team in the playoffs.

But judging from the current opening, it doesn't seem to be the case.

Soon the second quarter will start.

Clarkson rested for a while in the second quarter, but came on the court within a few minutes.

As a rookie, Clarkson would seize the opportunity he had. When Su Chen asked him about his physical distribution, he assured him that it would be no problem.

But when Clarkson came on the court in the second quarter, the Grizzlies' defense changed.

Clarkson actually changed the Grizzlies' defensive strategy.

But after his teammates threatened, Jokic finally found his own way to play.

After discovering that the Grizzlies had changed their defensive strategy, Suchen no longer used Stack tactics, but let Jokic and Clarkson play a two-man game.

Jokic's two-man game requires one side to be threatening. Usually Jokic plays the role of attracting the opponent's attention.

Su Chen has not given Jokic [fixed ability value] in the last three games. In these three games, Jokic's own strength is still difficult to play the role of attracting firepower.

But this time Clarkson has attracted the attention of the Grizzlies' defense, so Clarkson's threat can also allow Jokic to unlock more play styles.

Especially Jokic's hand-off tactics.

Because Clarkson feels hot, after Clarkson passes the hand, he will attract the attention of two Grizzlies defensive players in a short period of time.

At this time, Jokic's superb golf intelligence comes into play.

When Clarkson used a hand-off tactic and Jokic saw that both defenders were paying attention to Clarkson, Jokic made a fake pass, but the ball was still in his own hands.

After Clarkson passed the defense and found that the ball was not in Clarkson's hands, Jokic had already taken the ball and shot a three-pointer by himself.

"Jokic actually learned to play with his current ability."

Seeing this scene, Su Chen couldn't help but smile.

Originally, Su Chen's plan was to first give Jokic high abilities to build his confidence, and then revoke his abilities to increase the value of other rookies, just like giving Jokic weight training.

Suchen also felt that Jokic would play very poorly during this period of weight-bearing training.

But Jokic only needed two adjustments to find a new solution through his super high golf quotient.

This is interesting.

Top golfers are actually so adaptable.

With Jokic's assistance, it will be easier for Clarkson to produce statistics.

And because the Grizzlies overall lack the ability to hold the ball for three-pointers, even Conley's three-pointers with the ball are still slowly improving and have not reached the elite level of three-pointers with the ball.

It's not easy for Gasol to attack Jokic in the paint.

Gasol's ability is still reflected in defensive frame protection, and his inside attack ability is only at the second level.

Randolph is at a good level, but his poor ball-distribution ability causes him to make frequent mistakes after being double-teamed.

This allowed some balls, even if the Clippers had not double-teamed Randolph, to distract Randolph and lower his shooting percentage in singles because he was prepared for the double-team that would come at any time.

For such a scene, Qiaogel seemed to have no choice.

Even though Jorge has been dominated by Su Chen for two seasons, Su Chen uses a different lineup and system every season, which makes it difficult for him to study Su Chen even if he wants to.

Both Jokic and Clarkson are rookies. Even though he has learned about Jokic's defensive weaknesses through player reports, the Grizzlies do not have the ball-holding three-pointer to target Jokic.

The new guy named Clarkson has even more information.

At the end of the game, the Clippers still had a lead of about ten points.

This score is very embarrassing. It looks like we can catch up, but we can't catch up.

With this score, we can't withdraw our troops in advance and have to fight hard.

But every time the Grizzlies mention their intensity, the Clippers also increase their intensity, and the point difference simply cannot catch up.

Until the last few dozen seconds of the game, because there was a 7-point gap, Jorge had to play seriously.

Then he didn't catch up, highlighting a torture.

competition is over.

Grizzlies 101:108 Clippers.

The Clippers' record is here: 6 wins and 2 losses.

Although the score was only 7 points behind, those who actually watched the game knew that the Grizzlies were being led by the nose.

Clarkson scored 32 points, 3 assists and 2 steals in this game, and was the MVP of the Clippers in this game.

With 32 points, Clarkson directly broke his career scoring record, a height that many rookies cannot reach.

This game can be said to be a game Clarkson led the Clippers to win.

Su Chen thought Clarkson's performance was normal.

The ability value is fixed + the tactical position is full of support for the whole team + the opponent does not understand him.

With all these factors in play, if Clarkson still can't perform well, then Clarkson might as well stop playing and go home to raise pigs.

Although Jokic only had an economic triple-double, Jokic finally found a way to play according to his true ability.

Post-match press conference.

Su Chen also did not hesitate to praise Clarkson. After all, he hoped that Clarkson would be worth more and give him a new striker.

"It's crazy, he (Clarkson) looks like a mature player who has been in the league for many years and he led us to win tonight's game."

"You know, we've been a little down lately and we're playing back-to-back games, and I thought it would be hard for us to win this game tonight."

Suchen started bragging directly to Clarkson.

"Will he (Clarkson) still appear in the starting lineup in the next game?" a reporter immediately asked.

This question is somewhat provocative.

Su Chen just blew Clarkson's lead, and then immediately said that he should put Clarkson on the bench. After all, Lillard will return in the next game.

You can't let Lillard play as a substitute, right?
You know, Lillard was exchanged for Paul, and the trade of Lillard as a substitute for Su Chen will become the biggest joke.

"He just scored 32 points, of course he will be the starter."

Su Chen said without hesitation.

Seeing Su Chen's decisive answer, the reporter was stunned for a moment.

"Is this going to make Lillard come on the bench?"

The reporter couldn't help but ask.

"Lillard is a very good star player and of course he will be the starter."

Su Chen continued to say with a smile.

Well, it seems that Suchen is preparing to play a double backcourt, Lillard and Clarkson?
"It doesn't matter whether he starts or not, there is a role in this league called the super sixth man, and that is also a starter in another sense."

But Su Chen did not directly make a plan for the two to start, but gave himself a way out.

Then Suchen praised Clarkson for two or three minutes.

The reporters were supposed to collect as much information as possible, but hearing Su Chen keep praising Clarkson made the reporters not want to continue listening.

At this time, Su Chen was like those anchors who later promoted goods, bragging to Clarkson so much that no one else wanted to continue listening.

It was not Su Chen who dismissed the press conference, but the reporters no longer wanted to listen to Su Chen talk about Clarkson and planned to interview others so that they would not waste time with Su Chen.

It's rare for reporters to disperse before coaches and players.

Clarkson's performance against the Grizzlies made him famous overnight.

Clarkson's name finally began to appear in the notebooks of major managers, and they began to pay attention to this player before the trade deadline.

Of course, three super performances are still too small a sample.

Concern about Clarkson also continues.

At the same time, this also makes fans of other teams jealous.

Especially for teams whose high-ranking rookies perform poorly, their fans are even more anxious.

Looking at the Clippers, a bunch of second-round picks can also perform like this, which is simply envy and jealousy.

The Clippers' schedule is still in progress. In the next six games, the Clippers' opponents are.

Suns, Bulls, Magic, Cavaliers, Hornets, Pistons.

Except for the Cavaliers, none of these six teams has a strong team.

Especially the Bulls, with Rose not playing and both Butler and Luol Deng being taken away.

The Bulls actually have to rely on Love as the core to play. This is the weight-reduced version of Love.

The team that had always been in the playoffs was suddenly turned into a fishing team by Su Chen, which made Su Chen feel a little guilty.

With that little bit of guilt, Su Chen beat the Bulls to a 30-point deficit and won the game.

Facing this schedule, Su Chen got the record and the data at the same time.

Clarkson played in five of these six games. In these five games, Clarkson averaged 25.2 points per game.

And they all led the team to win the game.

The Clippers have a record of 5 wins and 1 loss in these six games.

In the game they lost, Clarkson took a rest, so Clarkson's recent team performance has been a complete victory.

The game we lost was naturally the game against the Cavaliers.

The combination of Irving, James and Lopez is stronger than the original Cavaliers.

In order to let Jokic adapt to the lack of [fixed ability value], Su Chen did not give Jokic any skills in that game.

Jokic, who is a pure rookie, cannot take advantage of Lopez.

Lillard played back and forth against Irving.

But in the matchup between George and James, he was suppressed by James in all aspects, just like when the Pacers faced the Heat in the past season.

The Cavaliers are in urgent need of victory to run the team together, but Su Chen doesn't want to fight with the Cavaliers. Su Chen didn't let the team fight hard in that game.

After all, it's just a regular season record.

After winning against the Pistons, the Clippers' record also came to: 11 wins and 3 losses.

The Clippers' record has returned to the second place in the Western Conference, and is only one game behind the Warriors, who are first in the Western Conference, directly beating the Rockets by 1 games.

The Clippers have returned to second place in the Western Conference. The most talked about figure is not George Lillard, nor is the Clippers' new core Jokic.

It's Clarkson who just emerged recently.

Clarkson has evolved since he led the team to win against the Grizzlies and ended the team's two-game losing streak.

It was originally thought that Clarkson would fall into a role player due to Lillard's return.

But Suchen directly asked Clarkson and Lillard to start the backcourt together.

What's even more outrageous is that Clarkson's tactical status is actually higher than Lillard.

Clarkson has been in hot form recently. The coach has to focus on Clarkson, and Lillard has nothing to say.

The team is winning anyway, and victory can cover up all conflicts.

Clarkson broke out in seven consecutive games, and also led the team to achieve such a record, returning to second place in the Western Conference.

Being on a big team like the Clippers, Clarkson has been in the limelight recently.

As the founder of this Clippers, and as he himself has been the championship coach for the past two seasons, Su Chen naturally has a lot of traffic.

Moreover, Su Chen's words also held great weight.

During these games, Suchen kept making comments and praising Clarkson.

Clarkson’s net worth is constantly rising.

Now when Clarkson is mentioned, even if he is not a Clippers fan, he will be impressed by this name.

More or less, I have some understanding, even if I just watched the top ten games.

Managers of major teams in the league have received reports from scouts, and these reports undoubtedly list Clarkson as a high-quality asset.

Some team scouts have even evaluated Clarkson, a second-round pick, as an asset that can be replaced with a first-round pick.

Su Chen, who is the president of the Clippers team, is naturally aware of this news.

"Let's get this far for Clarkson, and then we'll get to the next one."

Su Chen smiled and put the list in his hand on the table.

Dinwiddie's name was marked on the list on the table.

(End of this chapter)