The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 450 - 210: So Bad Even the Boss Couldn’t Stand It

Chapter 450: Chapter 210: So Bad Even the Boss Couldn’t Stand It

As expected, after Artest took over some of the ball-handling duties, Su Wan’s scoring slipped slightly, averaging 26.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block per game so far this season.

But his efficiency was exceptionally high!

He shot 52% from the field, 40% from three-point range, and 85.4% from the free-throw line, just shy of entering the "180 Club."

However, there was no helping it; scorers like them, who primarily attack the basket, really have a hard time maintaining their touch consistently.

Just look at the players who have entered the "180 Club" now and in the future:

Larry Bird, Steve Nash, Calderon, Mark Price, Kevin Durant, Nowitzki, Brogdon, Kyrie Irving...

Most of them are known for their shooting and primarily finish with shots.

Including Kevin Irving, although he is a breakthrough expert, his final finishing moves are often "Jelly layup" and "throwing" techniques.

The "non-violent non-cooperation" approach to attacking the basket is very rare.

The only exception is Kevin Durant.

However, although he has many slam dunks, he generally prefers to solve problems with shooting.

There was no helping it; shooting offered him the most space to operate.

With a height over 2 meters 10 and such an arm span, not even a standard two-guard could interfere successfully.

With his kind of body coordination and ball-handling ability, it would be a waste to put him under the basket to stagnate!

Honestly, from the perspective of those who came later, the title of "once in twenty years" that topped Greg Oden’s head should have been given to Kevin Durant.

Before "Little Handsome" entered the league, there hadn’t been a player of that height who handled the ball on offense like him. Even Kevin Garnett, known for his "small forward style," had to bow down in his presence.

Including the later proclaimed "static talent-enhanced version of Kevin Durant," Wembanyama, it was proven that he still needed to put on some muscle and play closer to the basket to be more threatening. His ball-handling body coordination and speed were still significantly inferior to Durant’s.

As long as Wembanyama stays injury-free, he is certain to be a "Super Star" level superstar, and even stepping up to become a marquee player is possible.

But his dominant style in the league will definitely not be like Kevin Durant’s.

He is more likely to become an enhanced version of Bill Russell on the offensive end, dominating the league through defense might suit him better.

However, even without entering the "180 Club," Su Wan’s efficiency was already terrifying. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Currently, there are a total of 6 players averaging over 25 points per game.

Only one person has a shooting percentage over 50%...

And that’s him, Su Wan.

The person with the highest average shooting percentage among the others is LeBron James at 48.7%.—It’s worth mentioning that his current average scoring is also the highest in the league at 30 points per game.

If Su Wan remembered correctly, LeBron James was the original average "Scoring King" this season.

It’s also this "Scoring King" title that his fans always bring up: "If Old Zhan didn’t have scoring ability, how could he have won the scoring title?"

Su Wan saw this claim before he traveled through time and really had no rebuttal.

But now he knew the reason.

Because the original "Super Scorers" ahead of him all had strong support now.

For example, Kobe originally had Paul Gasol, which meant he had to share some of the ball-handling responsibilities, naturally resulting in a decrease in scoring; it goes without saying for Allen Iverson, who teamed up with Carmelo Anthony, yet it was on Anthony’s turf, so he couldn’t dominate everything.

As for the rest, Wade had originally been injured, and Arenas had also encountered injury problems...

These "Super Scorers" all needed to relinquish ball control or couldn’t get on the court, which then led to the phenomenon of "in the absence of a tiger, a monkey becomes king."

And looking at the current situation, although LeBron ranks first in average points per game, the second is an uninjured Wade this season, currently averaging 29.7 points, just 0.3 points behind.

The new season has just passed one month, and this small gap really isn’t any significant difference; a single explosive performance could potentially lead to a lead change.

In Su Wan’s view, Wade might not even need to exert himself; LeBron might just fall on his own.

Because...

Vince Carter only scored 19.5 points in the first month.

That’s far below his average of 25 points from last season.

It’s true that Vince Carter prioritized enjoying the game in the latter half of his career and didn’t have such intense ambition.

But from what Su Wan saw in media news about Vince Carter’s own stats, he wasn’t yet at the stage of enjoying the game and not caring about the numbers. Besides, Carter was only 30 now; he surely still hoped to post respectable numbers in order to secure a lucrative "retirement contract" before starting to enjoy life.

Once he begins to demand ball control, LeBron’s average scoring will inevitably decline.

It might even have begun to decline...

In the last three games, Vince Carter’s average scoring reached 23.3 points, which was 4 points more than his average, while LeBron’s scoring in these three games fell to 28.3 points, as his average scoring for the season had already exceeded 30 points, but due to these three games, his average had dropped back to exactly 30 points.

What’s important is...

In these three games, the Cavaliers won 1 and lost 2!

Interestingly, after losing these two games, the Cavaliers dropped from fourth to fifth in the Eastern Conference.