The toughest man in the NBA

Chapter 311 The Death of the Holy City, Spurs Without a Future
On July 7, the great Tim Duncan announced his retirement.

Two regular season MVPs in his career, three finals MVPs, [-] selections to the All-Defensive Team, [-] selections to the All-NBA Team, including [-] First Teams, and [-] All-Stars.

He scored a total of 26496 points and 15091 rebounds in his career, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the only player in the league who scored 26000 points and 15000 rebounds in his career.

In the 19 seasons in the NBA, Duncan helped the team win 1072 games and lose 438 games. The winning rate reached an astonishing 71%, the best winning rate in history, which is the best winning rate in the four major leagues in North America.

During the long adolescence of the No. 21 rookie, the Spurs had a winning percentage of more than 60% every season, and won more than 17 games in 50 consecutive seasons, which also rewrote the records of the four major leagues in North America.

This man with thunder in his chest and a face like a lake——

Finally say goodbye to the NBA!

On September 9, Kevin Garnett officially announced his retirement through a video.

1995年首轮第5顺位被明尼苏达森林狼选中，效力12个赛季，从1999-2000赛季开始连续6年打出场均20+10+5的表现，蝉联2004年至2007年联盟篮板王。

2003-2004赛季，KG场均砍下24.2分13.9个篮板5.0次助攻1.5次抢断2.2次盖帽，率领森林狼取得58胜24负的队史最佳战绩，荣膺常规赛MVP，历史性地进入西部决赛。

During the 2007 offseason, Garnett joined the Boston Celtics in a "one-for-seven" exchange, and teamed up with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen to form the "Big Three". Defensive player".

Traded to the Brooklyn Nets in the 2013 offseason.

In the 2014-2015 season, the Wolf King chose to return to his roots and return to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

After two seasons, retired.

In 21 seasons in his career, KG was selected to the All-Star 12 times, to the All-NBA Team ten times, to the All-NBA Team nine times, to the All-Defensive Team 26071 times, with a total score of 14662 points, a total of 1859 rebounds, and a total of steals Counted 2037 times, and the total number of blocked shots was [-] times.

Over the years, there is no such thing as an iron-blooded jumper of an almighty warrior in the rivers and lakes...

It's been a tumultuous offseason.

Under the persuasion of Blanks, the three veterans of Phoenix City, Ray Allen, Alston and Battier finally decided to fight for another year, and the dynasty lineup continued.

But some people can't take it anymore...

such as:

Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors for $5430 million in two years. The 73-win Warriors are upgraded again. Curry, Thompson, Durant and Green will build the most terrifying offensive system in the league. It’s time to challenge The Phoenix Dynasty is here!

Thunder fans burned jerseys angrily, recreating the grand occasion in Akron six years ago. With Adu in front of the wind, James quickly made "decision three"——

[-] million in three years, join the Lakers!

After struggling for two years in the miserable Chicago, James finally survived until Kobe retired, and he can justifiably obey him and take over the scepter, and form his own championship team...

This season, the league's salary cap has seen a substantial increase, reaching 9414 million, an increase of 2000 million in situ. The surplus salary space of each team has led to a variety of big contracts, including DeRozan, Bill , Conley, Batum, Horford and other players have all received big contracts worth hundreds of millions...

As the times move forward, veterans wither.

In the golden generation in 1996, only Ray Allen was left alone under the protection of Phoenix City for a long time, and in the platinum generation in 2003, only the emperor was "in his prime"...

Among the "Platinum Three Masters", Wade has been abandoned by the Heat. He returned to his hometown with 4700 million in two years and joined the Chicago Bulls. He dragged his old legs and averaged 18.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, but the team was still struggling. among.

Anthony's life in New York is also very unsatisfactory. The team has confirmed that Porzingis will be the core of future reconstruction, so Anthony will appear a bit redundant. The irreconcilable contradictions between them, as well as the huge contract, are full of various unknowns...

In addition, Bosh was found to have a blood clot again. David West, Barbosa, Pachulia, James Jones, Korver and others have all fallen out of the starting lineup, and it is only time before they retire question.

Even, in the same class in 2003, someone has already taken the position of coach——

Luke Walton takes over the Lakers.

It's just that he is just James' queen microphone, and his performance in his debut season was not very satisfactory, which is understandable...

The small ball era is popular:

This season's game pace is 96.4, which is the highest value in the NBA since the 1993-1994 season.

The team averaged 105.6 points per game, the highest since the 1991-1992 season.

The offensive efficiency per 108.8 rounds was 1973, the highest value since the 1974-[-] season.

The effective hit rate is 51.4%, the first in history.

The key is--

three-pointer.

This season, each team averaged 27.0 three-pointers per game and hit 9.7 goals, both of which are the highest values ​​since three-pointers were counted in the 1980-1981 season.

The Mosaic team averaged 40 three-point shots per game, and the total number of hits has set a record for a single season. There are 11 teams in the league that can hit at least 10 three-pointers per game. This trend will continue in the next few seasons. will be more obvious...

What remains unchanged is the Suns. They still play retro basketball that combines inside and outside. Tuman continues to paddle in the regular season. Devin Booker is thriving.

70 wins and 12 losses!
In the first round of the playoffs, the Suns and the Grizzlies, the only two retro basketball players in the league, met. The two teams with the same style faced head-to-head, and the ending was naturally that the Suns were tougher——

4:0 swept to advance.

In the second round, the "prosperous" Utah Jazz was crushed, and Tu Man didn't even play much. Only Devin Booker, who was spoiled by the sun, messed up Salt Lake City.

Template Gordon Hayward slapped on the beach by back waves...

In the Western Conference Finals, the opponent is Universe Yong.

Originally, Tuman was more optimistic about the Spurs. Although Duncan retired, Gasol and Aldridge made up for it perfectly, and Leonard played steadily to the extreme...

In the four games of the regular season, Tu Man was not enjoyable, and I really want to play a few more tricks with Bobo!

Adu holds his legs, and Popovich is the only one who is not optimistic. He once said:

Such a lineup of warriors is too deformed...

In fact, the Warriors really can't beat the Spurs. In the regular season, they were beaten three times and couldn't find their way. They lost at least 12 points in one game, and at most 29 points in one game. How to fight?
However, the Warriors have Zaza!
In the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, the Warriors were almost beaten by the Spurs in the first two quarters. Popovich made too much preparation before the battle. He made the Warriors miss a single three-pointer in the first quarter. was limited to 28.6%...

This is cosmic bravery!

After 17 minutes of playing, he fell behind by 25 points...

In the third quarter, the Warriors began to climb out with a huge pit behind by 18 points. After 4 minutes, the point difference returned to 23 points.

Stuck out of my feet——

A crisp sound.

Kawhi Leonard's career corner, Spurs' future:

Gone……

(End of this chapter)