Kubyiza cyangwa bibi, iki nikibazo cyingenzi abakozi bose batoza nibiro byimbere bagerageza gusubiza mumikino yambere ya shampiyona. Ibintu bitunguranye bibaho mubyumweru bibiri byambere byigihe, kandi kuruta mbere muri uyumwaka.
Ubwa mbere, ibipimo mubyukuri biri hejuru. Ku wa mbere, Inkuba, Jazz, Spurs na Trail Blazers bari bayoboye 18-8; atatu muri ayo makipe ane yagombaga gutsindwa na Victor Wimbama. Abapasiteri ni 3-4 na karindwi muri shampiyona mubyaha. Hagati aho, batanu baregwa bahanganye - Clippers, Warriors, 76ers, Heat na Nets - barahawe amanota 11-22.
Gucengera cyane kandi bidasanzwe bizagenda biba binini. Muri shampiyona iheruka amakipe abiri akomeye yo kwirwanaho, Boston na Leta ya Zahabu, yarangije ku mwanya wa 22 na 23. Memphis na Miami biri ku mwanya wa kane n'uwa gatanu. Iki gihembwe ni 28 na 20. Ihangane, ariko niba ushaka kubona defanse 10 yambere, ugomba guhamagara Jazz cyangwa Wizards.
Byongeye kandi, biracyari kare. Turimo tuvuga icyitegererezo cyimikino itandatu yakinnye ninshi muri aya makipe. Ibitangaje bimwe bishobora kwitirirwa amahirwe nubundi buryo bwo gutandukanya. Kurugero, Urushundura rwatangiye nabi 1-5 rukarangirira kumwanya wanyuma kurinda, ariko abo bahanganye nabo barashe 43.8 ku ijana bya 3, bikaba bidashoboka; Brooklyn ni uwa kane kuri myugariro n'amanota 2. Ku rundi ruhande, gutungurwa kwa Charlotte gutangiye nta bakinnyi babiri bakomeye bakina inyuma bashobora kuba baratewe na myugariro wa Jedi amanota 3, wari 28.2% gusa uhereye ku manota 3.
Ibi bibazo byagaragaye cyane mu Mujyi wa Angels, aho Lakers na Clippers batunguranye umukino batunguranye umukino wibyaha bibiri bya shampiyona kandi bayoboye 2–8 mugihe badakinnye. Nubugome bukabije kubwicyaha kuburyo bategeka ubunini burenze No 28 Orlando. Amagambo ya Magic amanota 107.9 kumitungo 100 yegereye impuzandengo ya shampiyona kuruta amanota 29 Clippers iri kumwanya wa 29.
Urugamba rwa Lakers rwashimishije igihugu cyose ku buryo ibibazo bya Clippers ahanini byabihishe mu gihugu. Barashobora guhindura icivugo cabo ngo "Imana ishimwe kubanya Lakers." Icyakora, icyumweru cyo ku cyumweru mu kibuga cyahoze cyitwa Staples Centre cyerekanye ko ibibazo bya Clippers hakiri kare bishobora kuba biteye ubwoba nka bagenzi babo, kuko gutsindwa kwabo 112-91 byabatumye kuri 2-2.
Ku makipe yombi, urugamba rwabo rushingiye ku kibazo nyamukuru cy'imibare. Nibura ba Lakers barabizi: nigute bagomba gutsinda amanota niba ntamuntu ushobora kurasa neza? Abakinnyi ba Lakers bakinnye cyane (icya gatatu kuri defanse!) Bahindura benshi batatu bafunguye. Ntibashobora na none gukora - kurasa kuva ku manota 3 ni ibintu bisekeje 26,6% muri iki gihembwe. Nibura ijoro rimwe, batsinze amanota 123 mu cyumweru batsinze Denver, ariko haracyari ibibazo bikomeye. Iyo iyi kipe yarashe 28,6% bivuye inyuma ya arc muri preseason, byari bigoye kubirukana nkibidasanzwe.
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Hagati aho, umutima wibibazo bya Clippers (nkuko Lowe Murray yabigaragaje neza) ni uko niba utarashe, udashobora gutsinda igitego, kandi Clippers itsinzwe urugamba rwo gutunga ku buryo butangaje. Nubwo biganjemo abashinzwe umutekano, ibicuruzwa byabo 16.1 ku ijana biri mu kirometero cyanyuma.
Nigute itsinda ryabasimbuka kurasa rishobora guhinduka cyane? Ikintu nkiki. Miniature Clippers nayo iri kumwanya wa 27 muburyo bwo kwisubiraho. Kubwibyo, kubintu 100, Clippers iheruka mugushaka intego yo kugerageza naho icya kabiri mugerageza guta kubusa; niba udakubise kenshi, ntacyo bitwaye icyo wakubise.
Clippers irashobora kwerekana ko Kawhi Leonard aboneka, ariko bagize iki kibazo umwaka ushize kandi ntahantu hegereye.
Filozofiya yose ya Clippers ishingiye ku kuba ifite amababa abiri yinyenyeri zose yishingikiriza hamwe ninshingano zinshingano nziza. Kugeza ubu ntabwo irakina. Wibagirwe All-Stars: Paul George ntabwo yabaye umukinnyi usanzwe. Norman Powell na Reggie Jackson bagwa iruhande rwe, hamwe nigihombo kinini mugushakisha abasimbuka.
Na none, niba ikipe imwe ikina imikino isanzwe 10, birashoboka ko ari mirage yigihe gito. Cyangwa birashoboka ko aricyo gihembwe. Kugeza ubu ntiturabimenya.
Niyo mpamvu amakipe menshi yubwenge arwanya cyane guhamagarwa ngo "mana yanjye, gira icyo ukora!" kora umurongo munini uhindura mubyumweru bibiri byambere. Turabona ko ibishushanyo mbonera bitangiye gushingwa, ariko ntamakuru ahagije.
Muri iki gihe, harashobora kandi kutihangana kumakipe yombi ya Los Angeles bitewe nigihe ibihugu by’ibihangange byimbere bishobora kurangirira, ariko ibibazo bibiri bigomba kubanza gusubizwa.
Ikibazo cya mbere kigaragara ni: “Dukeneye iki?” Lakers irashobora gusubiza hamwe hit, mugihe Clippers ishobora gushaka ubunini bunini.
Ariko reka dufate akanya ko intege nke aya makipe yerekanye mugitangira shampiyona aribibazo nyabyo kandi bitazashira. Hariho ikindi kibazo cyingenzi: birakwiye gukiza iyi kipe?
Cyane cyane kuri Lakers, nibyo imikino 15-20 iri imbere izaba. Bikunze kuvugwa ko gucuruza amatora abiri yicyiciro cya mbere hamwe na Russell Westbrook muri Indiana kuri Buddy Hild na Miles Turner numwanya ushobora kongera amafuti menshi, ariko ibyo bizarushaho kuba byiza?
Ntabwo ari no kumenya niba yimura umwambi. Ni uko umwambi wimuriwe kure cyane ibumoso, kandi birashoboka ko ntacyo bitwaye. Birakwiye gutwika amahitamo abiri ashobora kurangiza icyenda aho kuba cumi na gatatu? Abakinnyi ba Lakers biteguye gufata imiti yabo muri iki gihembwe, bagatangira impeshyi batoragura hamwe nu mushahara usukuye, bagatangirana na LeBron James na Anthony Davis? Kugeza ubu, impaka ni uko gutangira buhoro kwa Lakers bituma ubucuruzi bwo mu bwoko bwa Indiana bushoboka, ariko ndatekereza ko hari ibibazo bihagije hamwe nintangiriro yabo bishobora kugabanya amahirwe yo kwirukana shampiyona 2022-23 mugihe kizaza.
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Reka rero dutegereze turebe. Ntabwo ari Los Angeles gusa, ahubwo no muri Brooklyn, Miami, Philadelphia na Leta ya Zahabu. Igihe kimwe, aya makipe azaba afite urugero rwimikino ihagije kugirango yerekane neza ko intege nke zabo hakiri kare ari ikibazo, kandi niba aribyo, bazagena niba bashimangira umurongo wabo binyuze mumasoko yubucuruzi.
Ntabwo dufite. Mu buryo butemewe, ibiro byinshi byimbere bifashisha ikimenyetso cyimikino 20 nkigenzura nyaryo aho bari, hasigaye ukwezi kumwe. Cyane cyane i Los Angeles, bizaba ibyumweru byinshi bikomeye byo gukusanya amakuru.
Igihembwe gitangiye, ibyinshi mubikorwa byo gufata ibyemezo mubiro byimbere biba mugihe runaka, ariko harikindi kintu kimwe cyo gukora kuri Halloween.
Uyu niwo munsi wanyuma amakipe ashobora kugura umwaka wa gatatu nuwa kane kumasezerano yicyiciro cya mbere cyasinywe mumwaka wa 2020 na 2021. Byari icyemezo cyubugome (birababaje) ko ikipe yagombaga guhitamo umwaka utaha umwaka utaha, byuzuye. igihe hagati.
Amakipe ahisemo aya mahitamo agabanya umubare wabakinnyi bashobora gutanga kubakozi buntu (umubare wamahitamo ntashobora kurenga), niba rero umukinnyi afite ibihe byiza, ni Gonzo. Mugihe kimwe, bizakomeza kuba kurutonde rwawe umwaka wose, bishobora kukubuza kureka aya mahitamo.
Urugero, Phoenix yanze ko tombora yumwaka wa gatatu wa 2020 Jalen Smith muri saison ishize, amaherezo amugurisha muri Indiana, aho yahise ahindukirira inguni asinyana amasezerano mashya naba Pacers nyuma yigihembwe.
Kubera ibyo bitekerezo no kuba amahitamo menshi ya rokie ahendutse, amakipe akunda kwifuza cyane kongeramo imyaka. Umukinnyi wenyine wahakanye kwimuka mu mwaka wa gatatu ni Leandro Bolmaro wa Utah, washyizwe ku rutonde rw’uwatsinzwe mu bucuruzi bwa Rudy Gobert kandi atari muri gahunda za Jazz. (San Antonio kandi yaretse 2021 rookie Josh Primo muri wikendi, ariko yari amaze kugura umwaka wa gatatu.)
Igipimo cyo kwemererwa guhitamo umwaka wa kane ni kinini cyane, harimo nabashakanye nshimishijwe. Kira Lewis Jr. wa Orleans Nshya yarakomeretse ahagarika ibihe bibiri byambere, kandi abanya Pelikani baracyafite miliyoni 5.7 zamadorali muri we. 2023-24 hamwe nibibazo byimisoro ihebuje. Malachi Flynn wa Toronto nawe arahatanira kongera imbaraga, ariko afite miliyoni 3.9 z'amadolari gusa muri saison ya 2023-24, aba Raptors batekereza ko bidashobora kubabaza. Detroit yakiriye miliyoni 7.4 z'amadorali ya Kylian Hayes ariko ntiyashakaga kwandika ku nshuro ya karindwi muri rusange mu mushinga wa 2020.
Amaherezo, amahitamo yonyine yanzwe ni Udoka Azubuike wa Utah, uwa 27 watowe muri 2020, wakinnye cyane, na RJ Hampton wa Orlando.
Hampton iratangaje kuko Magic irimo kwiyubaka, Hampton afite imyaka 21 gusa kandi amahitamo ye miliyoni 4.2 $ umwaka utaha ntabwo aremereye. Ariko, Hampton yarwanye muri saison ye ya kabiri (8.5 PER, ijanisha rya 48.1), kandi icy'ingenzi, Magic ishobora kuba itari ifite umwanya uhagije kuri we. Orlando isanzwe ifite abakinnyi 12 basinyiye shampiyona itaha kandi izaba ifite amatora abiri yo mu cyiciro cya mbere kandi (birashoboka) abatoranijwe bo mu cyiciro cya kabiri mu cyiciro cya kabiri muri 2023.
(Icyitonderwa: iki gice ntabwo gisobanura byanze bikunze icyerekezo cyiza cya buri cyumweru. Gusa icyo narebaga.)
Ku wa kabiri, nagiye muri Overtime Elite Pro Day i Atlanta, aho twabonye benshi mubana bafite imyaka 17 na 18 bitoza bane kuri bane na batanu kuri batanu imbere yabaskuti hafi ya bose. Amakipe muri shampiyona hamwe na ba nyirakuru.
Mugihe abakinnyi benshi batazashobora gutegura mumwaka umwe cyangwa ibiri, umutako wikamba ryurutonde rwa OTE ni abavandimwe bimpanga Amen na Ausar Thompson. Abasesenguzi benshi babona Amen Thompson nk'umuntu ushobora gutoranya gatatu mu mbanzirizamushinga, mu gihe Ausar afatwa nk'utoranya tombora yo hagati. Bombi ni metero 6-7 imbere yimikino ngororamubiri ishobora gutwara umupira no kurinda imyanya myinshi, birashoboka ko buri umwe muribaba impande zose GMs yarota. .
Amen abibonye n'amaso ye, yemeje ibintu byose byanditse - ni binini, yihanganira umupira, asimbuka bikabije hasi. .
Byongeye kandi, Amen, byumwihariko, afite ishoti ryukuri. Byahoze ari imwe mu ntege nke ze, kandi ntabwo aruko yahise aba Stephen Curry. Ariko kuzunguruka umupira nibyo, imiterere irasubirwamo, ndetse na miss irasa neza. Nabonye abana benshi bafite imyaka 19 basa nabi. Gusimbuka kwa Ausar bisa nkibikorwa biri gukorwa, ariko nanone bisa nkaho biri mukibanza cyiza ugereranije nuburyo nabibonye umwaka ushize.
Hariho ibindi bintu bike ugomba gutoranya niba ubishaka. Byombi bipima uburebure n'amaboko magufi; umuntu yavuga kandi ko bombi ari iburyo cyane kandi bakishingikiriza cyane kurangiza ibirenge byabo muri traffic. Bazuzuza kandi imyaka 20 nigice nijoro ryateguwe, ninzira ndende yo kugenda rimwe na rimwe. Kurugero, barusha umwaka kurenza ibice bibiri byambere, Victor Wimbanyama na Scott Henderson.
Ariko, ndatekereza ko uko mbona Thompson ari byiza cyane kuruta ubwumvikane. Ibitekerezo ku miterere n'imyitwarire yabo byari byiza cyane, kandi hariho ibibazo bike cyane bijyanye no gufata amashusho. Kurugero, Nagereranya Ausar Thompson na New Orleans rookie Dyson Daniels, nini cyane, winger ukoresha umupira ufite ubushobozi bwo kwirwanaho, amateka akomeye, hamwe nishoti ryoroshye; Daniels yahisemo umunani muri rusange mumushinga wa 2022.
Amen Thompson afite igisenge cyo hejuru, cyane cyane iyo ishoti rye rimaze gukosorwa. Umukinyi munini ushobora gufata umupira no gutambuka numubare wifuzwa cyane muri shampiyona; ndetse na verisiyo "itengushye" ya Thompson yaba umukinnyi mwiza cyane.
Iyandikishe kuri Athletic kugirango umenye byinshi kubakinnyi ukunda, amakipe, shampiyona hamwe namakipe. Yatugerageje icyumweru.
Uburambe bwa John Hollinger bwimyaka 20 NBA burimo ibihe birindwi nka visi perezida wa basketball muri Memphis Grizzlies hamwe nibikorwa byitangazamakuru kuri ESPN.com na SI.com. Umupayiniya mu isesengura rya basketball, yahimbye ibipimo byinshi bigezweho, cyane cyane PER. Ni n'umwanditsi wibibazo bine bya Pro Basketball Prediction. Muri 2018, yahawe igihembo cya Lifetime Achievement Award mu nama ya Sloan Motion Analysis. Kurikira John kuri Twitter @johnhollinger
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ugushyingo-03-2022