Kungcono okanye kubi, lo ngumbuzo obaluleke kakhulu ukuba bonke abasebenzi babaqeqeshi kunye neofisi yangaphambili bazama ukuphendula kumdlalo wokuqala wexesha. Izinto ezingalindelekanga zenzeka kwiiveki ezimbini zokuqala zesizini, kwaye ngaphezulu kunangaphambili kulo nyaka.
Okokuqala, iireyithingi zijonge phantsi. NgoMvulo, iThunder, Jazz, Spurs kunye neTrail Blazers bezikhokela ngo-18–8; amathathu kula maqela mane kuye kwafuneka aphulukane noVictor Wimbama. I-Pacers yi-3-4 kunye neyesixhenxe kwi-ligi ekukhuselweni. Okwangoku, abahlanu abatyholwa abaphikisanayo - i-Clippers, i-Warriors, i-76ers, i-Heat kunye ne-Nets - ihlelwe kwi-11-22.
Gcoba nzulu kwaye okungaqhelekanga kuya kuba kukhulu. Amaqela amabini anamandla okuzikhusela esizini edlulileyo, iBoston kunye neGolden State, igqibe i-22nd kunye ne-23rd, ngokulandelanayo. IMemphis kunye neMiami zibekwe kwindawo yesine neyesihlanu ngokulandelelanayo. Ngeli xesha lonyaka bakwi-28 kunye ne-20. Uxolo, kodwa ukuba ufuna ukubona i-10 ephezulu yokukhusela, kufuneka ufowunele iJazz okanye iWizards.
Ngapha koko, kusesekuseni. Sithetha ngesampulu yemidlalo emithandathu edlalwe luninzi lwala maqela. Ezinye izinto ezothusayo zinokunxulunyaniswa nethamsanqa kunye nezinye iindlela zomahluko. Ngokomzekelo, i-Nets yayinesiqalo esibi se-1-5 kwaye yagqiba kwindawo yokugqibela ekukhuseleni, kodwa abachasi babo baphinde badubula i-43.8 ekhulwini ye-3, engenakulinganiswa; IBrooklyn ikwindawo yesine ekukhuseleni ngamanqaku ama-2. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukumangala kukaCharlotte kuqala ngaphandle kwabadlali ababini abaphambili be-backcourt banokuthi baphenjelelwe yi-Jedi ye-3-point defense, eyayiyi-28.2% kuphela kwi-3-point range.
Le miba yavakaliswa kakhulu kwiSixeko seeNgelosi, apho iLakers kunye neClippers ngokungalindelekanga baqala umdlalo kunye necala elibi kakhulu leligi kwaye bakhokela i-2-8 xa bengadlali. Banoburhalarhume ekukhuselweni ukuba bayimiyalelo yobukhulu obubi ngaphezu kweNombolo ye-28 Orlando. Amanqaku omlingo we-107.9 kwimpahla ye-100 isondele kumndilili weligi kune-29th-place Clippers' 102.2 amanqaku.
Imizabalazo yeLakers yafumana ingqwalasela yelizwe kangangokuba iintlungu zeClippers zazibafihla kakhulu kwingqalelo yesizwe. Banokutshintsha isaci sabo esithi “Enkosi uThixo ngamaLakers.” Nangona kunjalo, ukuphinda kabini kwangeCawe kwibala elalifudula lisaziwa njengeStaples Centre kubonise ukuba iingxaki zeClippers zinokubakhathaza njengabalingane babo, njengoko ukubetha kwabo ngo-112–91 kuye kwabahlisela ku-2–sine.
Kuwo omabini amaqela, umzabalazo wabo usekwe kweyona ngxaki ingundoqo yemathematika. Ubuncinci i-Lakers iyazi: bafanele bafake njani amanqaku ukuba akukho mntu unokudubula ngqo? I-Lakers idlale nzima kakhulu (yesithathu ekukhuseleni!) Kwaye yaguqulela amaninzi amathathu avulekileyo. Abanakukwazi ukwenza noku—ukudubula ukusuka kuluhlu lwamanqaku ama-3 bubudenge obungama-26.6% kule sizini. Ubuncinci ngobusuku obunye, bafumene amanqaku ali-123 kuloyiso lwangeCawa kwiDenver, kodwa kusekho imibuzo enzulu. Xa eli qela lidubule i-28.6% ngasemva kwe-arc kwi-preseason, bekunzima ukulikhupha njengelinye.
Indawo yokuguqula iLakers? Kutheni uRussell Westbrook kunye no-Anthony Davis bevusa ithemba e-LA ngoku
Ngeli xesha, intliziyo yengxaki yeeClippers (njengoko uLowe Murray wethu wabonisayo ngendlela ekholisayo) kukuba ukuba awudubuli, awukwazi ukufumana amanqaku, kwaye iiClippers ziphulukene nedabi lokufumana ulawulo ngomda omangalisayo. Nangona belawulwa ngoonogada, i-16.1 yepesenti yenguqu yabo ikwimayile yokugqibela.
Iqela labadubuli abatsibayo lingenza njani ukuba lijike kangaka? Into enje. IiClippers ezincinci zikwabeka indawo yama-27 kwipesenti ekhubekisayo yokubuyisela kwakhona. Ngoko ke, kwi-100 lezinto, iiClippers zezokugqibela kumalinge okukora ebaleni kwaye okwesibini kwiinzame zokujula simahla zokugqibela; ukuba awubethi rhoqo, akukhathaliseki nokuba ubetha ntoni na.
Ngokucacileyo iiClippers zinokukhomba ukufumaneka okulinganiselweyo kukaKawhi Leonard, kodwa bebenayo le ngxaki kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye akukho ndawo ikufutshane kakhulu.
Iyonke ifilosofi yeeClippers isekwe kwinto yokuba banamaphiko amabini e-All-Star abanokuthi bangqiyame kuwo kunye nokhetho oluninzi lwendima esemgangathweni. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ayikadlali. Libala zonke iinkwenkwezi: UPaul George akakabi ngumdlali ophakathi. UNorman Powell kunye noReggie Jackson bawela ecaleni kwakhe, kunye nelahleko eninzi ekufuneni abaxhume.
Kwakhona, ukuba naliphi na iqela lidlala imidlalo ye-10 eqhelekileyo, mhlawumbi yinto nje yexesha elifutshane. Okanye mhlawumbi bakweli xesha lonyaka. Asazi okwangoku.
Yiyo loo nto uninzi lwamaqela alumkileyo alichasa ngamandla ikhwelo elithi “owu thixo wam, yenza okuthile!” yenza utshintsho olukhulu kuluhlu kwiiveki ezimbini zokuqala. Siyabona ukuba amagqabantshintshi epatheni aqala ukwenza, kodwa akukho lwazi lwaneleyo okwangoku.
Kule meko, kukwakho nokungabi namonde kuwo omabini amaqela e-Los Angeles ngokuxhomekeke ekubeni amandla abo aphambili inkwenkwezi angaphelelwa nini, kodwa imibuzo emibini kufuneka iphendulwe kuqala.
Umbuzo wokuqala ocacileyo ngulo: "Sifuna ntoni?" I-Lakers inokuphendula ngokubetha okuthile, ngelixa i-Clippers inokufuna ubungakanani obukhulu.
Kodwa ke makhe sicinge ukuba ubuthathaka obubonakaliswe ngala maqela ekuqaleni kwesizini ziingxaki zokwenyani kwaye azisoze ziphele. Kukho omnye umbuzo obalulekileyo: ngaba kufanelekile ukugcina eli qela?
Ngokukodwa kwiLakers, yiloo nto ilandelayo ye-15-20 imidlalo eya kuba ngayo. Kuhlala kukho amarhe okuba ukurhweba ezimbini ezizayo zomjikelo wokuqala kunye noRussell Westbrook ukuya eIndiana kuBuddy Hild kunye noMiles Turner lithuba elinokubakho lokongeza izithonga, kodwa ngaba oko kubenza ngcono?
Ayithethi nokuba uyalususa na utolo. Kuphela nje ukuba utolo luhanjiswe kude kakhulu ukuya ekhohlo, kwaye mhlawumbi akunamsebenzi. Ngaba kufanelekile ukutshisa izinto ezimbini ezinokukhethwa ukuze ugqibe isithoba endaweni yeshumi elinesithathu? Ngaba i-Lakers ilungele ukuthatha i-meds yayo ngeli xesha, iqala ihlobo kunye ne-draft picks kunye ne-cap yomvuzo ococekileyo, kwaye uqale ngoLeBron James kunye no-Anthony Davis? Okwangoku, ingxabano yeyokuba isiqalo esicothayo seLakers senza ukuba urhwebo lwesitayile sase-Indiana lube lula, kodwa ndicinga ukuba kukho imiba eyaneleyo ngokuqala kwabo enokunciphisa amathuba okuba baleqe isizini ka-2022–23 kwixesha elizayo.
(Qaphela abo babongoza la maqela ukuba itanki: Bobabini iLakers kunye neClippers kufuneka bathengise iidrafti kurhwebo lwangaphambili. Oku akuzange kwenzeke.)
Ngoko ke masilinde sibone. Hayi kuphela eLos Angeles, kodwa naseBrooklyn, eMiami, ePhiladelphia naseGolden State. Ngexesha elithile, la maqela aya kuba nesampulu eyaneleyo yemidlalo ukuchaza ngokucacileyo ukuba ubuthathaka babo bokuqala yingxaki, kwaye ukuba kunjalo, baya kugqiba ukuba baqinise umgca wabo kwimarike yorhwebo.
Asinayo. Ngokungekho semthethweni, iiofisi ezininzi zangaphambili zisebenzisa inqaku lemidlalo engama-20 njengetshekhi yokwenyani apho bekhona, malunga nenyanga ukuya. Ngokukodwa eLos Angeles, iya kuba ziiveki ezininzi zokuqokelela ulwazi.
Emva kokuba ixesha liqala, ininzi yenkqubo yokwenza izigqibo kwi-ofisi yangaphambili ithatha ixesha elide, kodwa kukho enye into enokuyenza ngeHalloween.
Olu lusuku lokugqibela amaqela anokuthenga ukhetho lonyaka wesithathu nowesine kumjikelo wokuqala wekhontrakthi ze-rookie ezisayinwe ngo-2020 no-2021. Yayisisigqibo esibuhlungu (uxolo) ukuba iqela kuye kwafuneka likhethe ukhetho lonyaka olandelayo kunyaka wokuqala, kunye nesigqibo esipheleleyo. ixesha phakathi.
Amaqela aphumayo kolu khetho anciphisa inani labadlali abanokuthi banikele kwiiarhente zasimahla (inani leenketho alinakudlula), ke ukuba umdlali unesizini entle, nguGonzo. Kwangaxeshanye, iya kuhlala ikuluhlu lwakho unyaka wonke, nto leyo enokuthi ikuthintele ekunikezeleni olu khetho.
UPhoenix, umzekelo, wala ukuthathwa kwelotho yonyaka wesithathu ka-2020 uJalen Smith kwisizini ephelileyo, ekugqibeleni wamrhweba e-Indiana, apho waphantse wajika ikona kwaye watyikitya isivumelwano esitsha nePacers emva kwesizini.
Ngenxa yolu qwalaselo kunye nenyaniso yokuba uninzi lweenketho zekhontrakthi ye-rookie zinexabiso eliphantsi, amaqela athanda ukuhendwa kakhulu ukuba wongeze iminyaka yokukhetha. Umdlali kuphela wenqatshelwe ukuhamba konyaka wesithathu nguLeandro Bolmaro wase-Utah, owabhalwa njengolahlekileyo kwintengiso kaRudy Gobert kwaye engekho kwizicwangciso zeJazz. (I-San Antonio ikwayekile i-rookie ka-2021 uJosh Primo ngempelaveki, kodwa wayesele ethengile ukhetho lwakhe lonyaka wesithathu.)
Izinga lokwamkelwa kokhetho lonyaka wesine liphantse laphakama, kubandakanywa nesibini endinomdla kuso. U-Kira Lewis Jr. waseNew Orleans wonzakele kwaye warhoxisa iisizini ezimbini zokuqala, kwaye iiPelicans zisenokhetho lwe-5.7 yezigidi zeedola kuye Ngowama-2023-24 ngemicimbi yerhafu enobunewunewu. I-Toronto's Malachi Flynn nayo inzima ukufumana amandla, kodwa une-$ 3.9 yezigidi kuphela kwixesha le-2023-24, apho i-Raptors icinga ukuba ayinakulimaza. I-Detroit ifumene i-7.4 yezigidi zeerandi ukhetho oluvela ku-Kylian Hayes kodwa akazange afune ukubhala ukhetho lwesixhenxe kwidrafti ye-2020.
Ekugqibeleni, ekuphela kweendlela ezakhatywayo yayiyi-Udoka Azubuike ka-Utah, i-27th pick ngo-2020, owayedlala ngokulambisa, kunye ne-Orlando's RJ Hampton.
I-Hampton iyamangalisa kuba i-Magic iyakha kwakhona, i-Hampton i-21 kuphela kwaye inketho yakhe ye-4.2 yezigidi zeedola kunyaka ozayo ayinzima. Nangona kunjalo, u-Hampton unzima kwixesha lakhe lesibini le-pro (8.5 PER, ipesenti ye-48.1 yokudubula), kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, i-Magic ayinayo indawo eyaneleyo kuye. I-Orlando sele inabadlali be-12 abasayiniweyo kwisizini ezayo kwaye baya kuba neenketho ezimbini zomjikelo wokuqala kunye (mhlawumbi) nenqanaba eliphezulu lomjikelo wesibini ngo-2023.
(Qaphela: eli candelo alichazi ngokuyimfuneko imbono yeveki. Leyo bendiyijongile.)
Ndizimase i-Overtime Elite Pro Day e-Atlanta ngoLwesibini, apho sabona uninzi lwabantwana abaneminyaka eli-17 kunye ne-18 ubudala beqeqesha abane kwabane nabahlanu kwabahlanu phambi kwabo phantse bonke abacuphi. Amaqela akwiligi kunye nabanye oomakhulu.
Ngelixa abadlali abaninzi bengayi kukwazi ukuyila kunyaka okanye emibini, ijewel yesithsaba se-OTE ngabazalwana abangamawele uAmen kunye no-Ausar Thompson. Uninzi lwabavavanyi lubona u-Amen Thompson njengokhetho lwesithathu olunokubakho kuyilo, ngelixa i-Ausar ithathwa njengokhetho oluphakathi ukuya kwilotho ephezulu. Bobabini i-6-foot-7 abagijimi bezemidlalo abanokuthi babambe ibhola kwaye bakhusele kwiindawo ezininzi, ezinokuthi zenze nganye yazo ibe yiphiko elijikelezileyo elinokuthi liphuphe i-GMs. (U-Sam Vesenye wethu ulindele ukuba u-Amen abe nguNombolo wesi-3 kwidrafti yakhe yamva nje yokuzama kwaye i-Ausar ibe nguNombolo 10.)
Ebabona ngamehlo akhe, uAmen waqinisekisa yonke into ebhaliweyo – umkhulu, umelana nebhola, utsiba ngamandla ukusuka emgangathweni. (U-Ossar usalulama ngenxa yokulimala kwe-ankle yakutshanje engazange ichaphazele umdlalo wakhe okanye ukudlula, kodwa ichaphazele ngokucacileyo ukudubula kwakhe ngoLwesibini.) Ukuqhuma kuka-Amen kunamandla ekukhuseleni kwi-dunks.
Ngaphezu koko, uAmen, ngokukodwa, unomfanekiso ochanekileyo kakhulu. Yayikade ingomnye wobuthathaka bakhe obukhulu, kwaye akukhona ukuba waba nguStephen Curry ngoko nangoko. Kodwa i-spin yebhola ichanekile, imilo iyaphindaphindeka, kwaye nokuphosa kubonakala kuqinile. Ndibone abantu abaninzi abaneminyaka eyi-19 bejongeka ngakumbi. Ukudubula kuka-Ausar kujongeka njengomsebenzi oqhubekayo, kodwa kubonakala ngathi kukwishelufu elungileyo xa kuthelekiswa nendlela endiyibone ngayo kunyaka ophelileyo.
Kukho ezinye izinto ezimbalwa ekufuneka uzikhethele ukuba ufuna ngokwenene. Zombini zilinganisa ubude ngeengalo ezimfutshane; omnye unokuxoxa ukuba bobabini basekunene kakhulu kwaye bathembele kakhulu ekugqibeni ngeenyawo zabo kwi-traffic. Baza kuba neminyaka engama-20 kunye nesiqingatha ngobusuku bedrafti, leyo yindlela ende yokuhamba kube kanye. Ngokomzekelo, baneminyaka emdala kunama-rookies amabini aphezulu, uVictor Wimbanyama kunye noScott Henderson.
Nangona kunjalo, ndicinga ukuba umbono wam ngoThompson unethemba ngakumbi kunemvumelwano. Ingxelo malunga nomlingiswa kunye nesimo sabo sengqondo yayintle kakhulu, kwaye kwakukho imiba embalwa kakhulu malunga nokwenza ifilimu. Ngokomzekelo, ndiza kuthelekisa u-Ausar Thompson no-New Orleans rookie uDyson Daniels, i-winger enkulu ngokulinganayo, ephethe ibhola enekhono lokuzikhusela, imvelaphi eqinile, kunye ne-fickle shot; UDaniels ukhethe i-8th iyonke kuyilo luka-2022.
U-Amen Thompson unomgangatho ophezulu, ngakumbi xa ukudubula kwakhe kulungisiwe. Iphiko elikhulu elikwaziyo ukubamba ibhola lize lidlule lelona nani linqwenelwa kakhulu kwiligi; nokuba inguqulelo "edanisayo" kaThompson yayiza kuba ngumdlali oxabiseke kakhulu.
Bhalisela i-Athletic ukuze ufunde ngakumbi ngabadlali obathandayo, amaqela, iiligi kunye neeklabhu. Wazama kuthi kangangeveki.
Amava kaJohn Hollinger weminyaka engama-20 ye-NBA abandakanya amaxesha asixhenxe njengosekela mongameli we-basketball kwi-Memphis Grizzlies kunye nomsebenzi wemidiya kwi-ESPN.com kunye ne-SI.com. Uvulindlela kuhlalutyo lwebhola yomnyazi, wayila iimethrikhi ezininzi zokusika, ngakumbi umgangatho wePER. Ukwangumbhali wemiba emine yePro Basketball Predictions. Kwi-2018, ufumene i-Lifetime Achievement Award kwinkomfa ye-Sloan Motion Analysis. Landela uJohn kuTwitter @johnhollinger
Ixesha lokuposa: Nov-03-2022