Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 106 Jimmy Butler and Kawhi Leonard

The two sides jumped the ball, Cousins ​​dialed the ball, Tyreke got the ball, and the Kings took the lead in attacking.

The Kings, who are playing at home, have shown an offensive momentum from the very beginning of the game. Facing the Spurs, the Kings have a strong desire to win.

However, Jimmy Butler is actually leading everyone on the offensive end of the team, which is somewhat beyond everyone's expectations.

In the first 15 games of his rookie season, Jimmy Butler won a starting position by virtue of his defensive performance, and now he has basically secured the team's starting position, but his tactical position in the team is only An outside defender doesn't have much weight on the offensive end.However, in this game, after receiving a pass from Tyreke and making a mid-range shot, Jimmy actually started to lead the team's offense. Today, Jimmy's hand feels surprisingly good. He is confident in his shots and frequently asks for the ball in the offense.

Kawhi Leonard, the defensive leader of the Spurs, is marking Tyreke, the outside core of the Kings, while Jimmy is facing Tony Parker. Jimmy is in a hot start today, facing Parker frequently. The thing is so wonderful, a player who doesn't have much offensive ability now, he can shoot as he feels when he comes, stop jump shot suddenly, turn around and step back, pull up on the spot, Jimmy Butler in the first quarter is like a god possessed .

Under his leadership, the Kings caught the Spurs by surprise and led the Spurs by 32 points 23 to 9 in the first quarter. Jimmy Butler scored 12 points in the first quarter!You must know that in the previous 15 games, Jimmy's highest score in a single game was only 14 points!Jimmy in the first quarter today can be said to be a magic soldier, showing his arrogance!
When Jimmy, who played the first quarter, took a break, the teammates of the Kings surrounded him with excitement, high-fived and slapped his head. Everyone was delighted with Jimmy's performance.

"Jerry, I didn't expect it. Jimmy's game is really out of the box!" Napier, who was in the commentary, couldn't help sighing after the first quarter.

"It is indeed unexpected. Jimmy can secure the team's starting position this season because of the influence of many factors. His own defensive ability is one aspect. The more important thing is that no one in the team has the strength to stabilize at the second position. Sit in the starting lineup, and compared to offense, the team needs more defensive top players. Before the draft, if you said that Jimmy could get a starting position in the team, I absolutely did not believe it. Now it seems that Jimmy may still have potential to be tapped The performance in the first quarter was more due to Jimmy's incredible touch today. This kind of state is not available at any time. Today, Jimmy is still a rough offensive guy in his normal state. However, in the previous games, Jimmy was completely He won't get a few sporadic offensive opportunities in a game, and he can't see anything. Because of his fiery touch in the first quarter today, he got a lot of opportunities. Tyreke also frequently fed him the ball. It can be seen that although Jimmy is attacking His skills are mediocre, but his basic skills are not bad, and he may be able to make further progress through hard training."

"If Jimmy can develop a stable offense, the team will really make a lot of money," Napier continued.

"Well, his defense has allowed him to gain a foothold in the league. If he still has potential to tap as I said, then the team has really found a treasure." Ray, who once taught the Kings and is now the Kings commentator Ruiz hopes from the bottom of his heart that the team can produce talents in large numbers.

However, Jimmy Butler's state did not last long, and the fiery touch was gone. After returning from the second quarter, Jimmy tried a few more shots and made 3 of 0 shots. Instead, the Spurs scored consecutively. Two counterattacks chased the point difference to only 3 points, so the Kings had to call a timeout to adjust their tactics.

"Hey, Jerry, it's true. Jimmy doesn't have many offensive methods. Once his hands are cold, the threat on the offensive end is almost zero."

"That's right, defense is what Jimmy can really do. It's obviously unrealistic to count on him as a scoring point. If Jimmy has a stable offensive ability, then he has really achieved a qualitative leap."

Jimmy's scoring in the first quarter can be said to be short-lived. The offense is not enough to rely solely on the heat of the hand. Ball feel, vision, and skills are indispensable. Jimmy can make a shot in the first quarter, and the Kings will give him a chance. At this moment, he can't make a shot. Now, it's not his turn to attack, and it's his only duty to defend well with peace of mind.

Compared with Jimmy, Leonard, who is also an 11th rookie in the Spurs team, is obviously entrusted with more important responsibilities. Although Leonard, like Jimmy, is a rookie player whose defense is greater than offense, Leonard's The shooting ability is obviously better than Jimmy's by a large margin, and Leonard also gets a lot more shots in the game than Jimmy.

The most important offensive points of the Kings are Tyreke and Cousins. Both of them average more than 16 shots per game. Next is West. Others have relatively average shots. Although Jimmy is the starter , but averaging less than 5 shots per game is enough to illustrate his positioning.

In contrast to the Spurs, only Parker and Duncan averaged more than 10 shots per game, and Parker averaged about 13 shots per game. The other main rotations have a clear division of labor in offense and defense. Leonard has averaged 7.4 shots per game so far. , hit 3.6 goals and maintained a pretty good hit rate.

In this game, Leonard, who mainly defended Tyreke, did a good job of restricting Tyreke. Although he couldn't completely defend Tyreke, but relying on his excellent wingspan and defensive position, he was still able to do so to a certain extent. Reduced Tyreke's offensive efficiency, and at the same time on the offensive end, Leonard also assumed the duties similar to Caron Butler in the Kings, actively running and shooting.

"Jerry, look at the similarities between Leonard of the Spurs this year and Jimmy of the team."

"It's true. The Spurs got Leonard from the Pacers at the expense of George Hill. Leonard's personal talent is far better than Jimmy's in everyone's eyes. With his excellent physical talent, he is in the draft. The previous draft picks are basically expected to keep 8 and compete for 5. If it weren’t for the early selection of several players who are not expected to be in the lottery area in this draft, maybe the Spurs would have no chance to get him from the Pacers. Although Leonard He is also a technically rough guy, but he had average outside shooting ability in college, and now he still has a good shooting percentage in the league. But in other respects, he and Jimmy are indeed very similar, with almost the same height and weight, and they both use defense Mainly, except Leonard showed a good shooting ability in his rookie season."

"Jerry, and the current position of Leonard in the Spurs is obviously higher than Jimmy's position in the team. Jimmy is only trained as a perimeter defender. If he can become a player like Tony Allen, it will be perfect. The highest expectations of the team have been met. The scoring performance like today's first quarter is not what the team wants to consider. After all, we have the same young Tyreke and DeMarcus, and the Spurs want Leonard to do it obviously more"

"However, Grant, although Jimmy is an older rookie, he is still two years older than Leonard. Although his physical talent is not as good as Leonard's, Leonard's offensive accuracy is better than Jimmy's in terms of current performance. Moreover, Leonard's offensive methods are also very scarce, and the future development of the two is still unknown."

Seeing that Ray Ruiz expressed his optimism about Jimmy Butler's future in a serious manner, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Jerry, at the end of the draft, the team chose Jimmy, and you expressed a little disappointment! Now this attitude is a bit Meaning haha"

"Haha, after all, Jimmy is his own player, and his current performance is indeed good. There is still a long time to come. Let's take a look at the development of these two..."

(End of this chapter)