If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 47 The Great Analyst
"I knew it, I knew it!" Durant shouted excitedly on the sidelines.

"Sure enough, Kidd had trouble shooting the ball. Wade even made mistakes in dribbling. He said that the defending champion may have a problem with his luck...Yi Jian, your vision is also good. Deron also entered the finals, but there is still a gap between him and Paul."

In the qualifiers, Paul had the best results, and Durant was very excited.

Compared with the usual random look, a little bet really has a much stronger sense of participation.

Durant was also a little narcissistic. The results of the qualifiers were similar to what he had imagined, and he immediately felt that he was very professional.

Then, Paul made mistakes in passing and shooting in the final, but Deron was faster than Wade in the previous year and won the championship of the skills challenge competition.

Durant suddenly froze, "How could this be? How could this be?"

Seeing that Durant was in such a state of despair that he was about to become Xianglin's wife, Yi Jian also went over and patted him on the shoulder, and said inscrutably, "Have you ever heard a saying that beat Paul when he eats and sleeps?"

As the same class as Paul and Deron, they will definitely be compared.

Paul is actually more mature in all aspects, but in the duel between the two, Deron is dominant.

Durant had also heard similar discussions, and he was a little dazed and said, "That's not right. The reason for the head-on confrontation with Deron is that his physical strength will give him some advantages, but the skills competition does not have physical contact. No matter how you think about it, Paul is more stable."

"The qualifiers...why?"

Yi Jian couldn't help laughing, "It's called a psychological advantage. Deron has a psychological advantage over Paul. We can't just judge players based on their skills. In the playoffs, a strong mentality may be more important."

Paul looked calm, but Yi Jian felt that Paul's mental quality was not that good.

At critical moments in the playoffs, he sometimes fails to perform at his normal level.

The same is true for the All-Stars. In the future, Paul will still make various simple mistakes in the skills competition, which will become the talk of the fans in their spare time.

Durant actually found Yi Jian's explanation very reasonable.

He already had doubts in his heart, could it be that he is really inferior to Yi Jian in this respect?
In fact, it is not a big deal to analyze the player's handicap. His own strength is the key. Durant is still very confident in his own strength.

However, he still has to continue. Even if he is worse than Yi Jian, the gap between everyone will not be too big.

He is also professional in this area, he must have overlooked some details just now, that's all.

He just didn't analyze other players in detail before, and now he has realized it.

Next came a three-point shootout, with Kobe Bryant having a finger injury and Nowitzki on top.

The six participating players are, defending champion Kapono, Pistons Hamilton, Sun Nash, Hornets Peja, Cavaliers Gibson, Mavericks Nowitzki.

Durant began to analyze again. The defending champion may not be lucky. This has been proved several times. Hamilton's three-pointer is not as good as the mid-range shot. Nowitzki's big man may not be safe, so Nash and Peja are more likely and Gibson.

It's hard to choose. Nash has the highest shooting percentage per game. Peja is the best at [-]-pointers. He has won the [-]-pointer contest before, but Gibson is also very strong in [-]-pointers. The rookie game feels very hot.

Age is age!

Nash and Peja are both older, and Gibson might make it.

But shooting is the basic skill of players, and age does not have much influence.

Durant was tangled, this time he decided to let Yi Jian choose first.

Yi Jian directly chose Kapono.

Durant is confused, isn't it the defending champion?
Uh, it seems that this is not Yi Jian's point of view.

But Yi Jian will definitely lose this time, and even Durant, the rest, can't guess.

He asked directly: "Why did you choose Kapono and why?"

If Yi Jian guessed right again, but could give a convincing reason before knowing the result, Durant would be convinced.

"First of all, the three-point contest is usually won by role players, why?" Yi Jian said confidently.

"Why?" Durant asked involuntarily.

"Because there is a time limit in the three-point contest, which is equivalent to shooting after catching the ball, and star stars are used to having the ball in their hands. Many times their shooting percentages are high because they hold the ball for a long time. They are used to that rhythm. Easy to win, but easier to win for players who are used to off the ball and catch and shoot."

"It is difficult for players who are used to playing with the ball to achieve results in the three-point contest."

"In this way, the less playing time, the higher the chances of winning for a player who can catch the ball and hit a three-pointer."

"Moreover is the way of shooting. Players who need jump shots will also be more difficult because of the time limit of the three-point contest. Shooting more short-term shots will consume more energy. Then players who shoot on tiptoe will have an advantage. Some big men are on the outside. They don’t jump much when they shoot three-pointers, and they will have a chance to participate in the three-point contest.”

"To sum up, Kapono has a better chance."

"And he only has the honor of the three-point contest, so he will cherish and value it even more."

"Similarly, if role players with certain talents are selected in other sports, it will also increase the chances of winning."

Durant was dizzy when he heard it, but he felt it made sense.

Next, he was optimistic about the lowest score of Nash, and Peja was also eliminated, which seemed to prove Yi Jian's theory.

Nowitzki can enter the final, which is also in line with Yi Jian's analysis.

Whether it is the preliminaries or the finals, Kapono scored the highest.

Yi Jian's analysis was all right!
"Yi, you are really good." Durant no longer feels bad about losing, and he even wants to learn this kind of precise analysis ability from Yi Jian.

Yi Jian said that it is too simple to know the reverse reason of the result.

After all, analyzing the same player can produce many arguments from two completely different aspects.

Players are not data people who can speak clearly in a few words, and the game is affected by various factors.

Knowing the result, fans can say countless reasons, and Durant was just fooled.

After the happy hour, the main show is about to begin, and Yi Jian becomes a contestant.

In the slam dunk contest, Durant must support his teammates, but he is not completely confident about Yi Jian.

He didn't see that Yi Jian practiced a lot. In fact, Yi Jian was more creative before. He prepared a lot of sets, because he didn't know how strong he was when his attributes were full.

So for some unique moves, he was only familiar with the movements, and didn't practice all aspects, because he couldn't do them.

He did not practice in private until the All-Star Weekend, when he was sure that his physical fitness was invincible.

In addition to him this time, there are defending champion Timberwolves' Gerald Green, Magic Howard and Grizzlies Gay.

Among them, Gay is the weakest, and he belongs to the hard button type with little creativity.

Warcraft belongs to the type of work. Green is good at dunking and also has tricks. He is very suitable for the dunk contest. He also attaches great importance to it. Unfortunately, the final vote of this year is the fans, and unpopular players cannot win.

Only Yi Jian has good popularity and strength, and his creativity can be moved at will.

His winning rate may not be 100%.

But more than [-]%, stable.

(End of this chapter)