This season, the data explosion phenomenon is not only presented by “High Score”, but also by “comprehensive data. Observing the latter presentation mode, you will find that European insiders play the leading role in a large number of sessions.
On January 18, Beijing time, yokki scored 36 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. This was the fourth time yokki won three pairs in nearly five games, he took another solid step towards the MVP three-company bully.
On January 17, Rocket Center Shen Jing scored 33 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists against the Lakers. On January 12th, he played the king. Shen Jing also got 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. He won three pairs for the first time in his career. In the same game, little Sabonis scored 25 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists, which made Shen Jing feel that “the gap with Xiao Sa is still a little big” after the game “. In the last 4 games, Xiao Sa averaged 18.5 points, 14.3 rebounds and 10.3 assists.
Since the season, adtokunbo, the Greek beast, has won three pairs twice, averaging 31 points, 11.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists. The Bull center has also won three pairs Vucevic, on Spurs, center Peltel sent out 9 assists in a single session. Polzingis, varanchunas, and nurkich were born inside the European youth training system (so, enbide, who is still struggling with nationality selection and comes from the American university system, is not included) shining in his own way in the era of data explosion.
The trend of “yokiki” is getting stronger and stronger, and the insiders of Europe are getting stronger and stronger. Behind this is the loneliness of the insiders of the United States. This season, there are not many US insiders who can get the shot. In the era of data explosion, only a few people in Anthony Davis and Zion Williamson could shine.
What is the main cause of this difference? Different talent training modes and changes in rules.
In fact, in 2017, the NBA had already seen the emergence of “European insiders gradually becoming the leading role”. At that time, about half of the league teams had an excellent European insider. Yahoo Sports in the United States predicts that such signs will not fall back in a short period of time. Facts have proved that this prediction is still too conservative.
The European inner-line preempts the inner-line of the United States. Firstly, the talent training system in Europe is completely different from that in the United States. Although the inner-line sports ability in the United States is generally stronger, under the training system in the United States, their basic skills are not strong.
American junior players are basically rooted in AAU league (American Amateur Sports Federation). AAU league is popular and has many matches every year. Some children can even play 100 games in a summer. However, most AAU teams do not have qualified coaches. Professional Coach Scott Ruth revealed: “Some teams are not even managed by coaches, but by investors of this team. In such an environment, it is difficult for small players to have time to consolidate their basic skills.”
In recent years, industry insiders have made more and more complaints about AAU league matches. Kobe Bryant played in Italy as a child with solid basic skills. He was very dissatisfied with everything in the AAU league. He once said, “the AAU league is too bad. The coach does not teach children how to play basketball at all, they just give the ball to the big guys. They can’t even recite the singles. They don’t know what basic skills are at all. It’s too stupid.”
The American insider played in AAU league for 3-4 years, either using his height to crush his opponent or using his athletic talent to suppress his opponent. When they entered the university, many of them were poor basic skills, and they only played with height and athletic ability. Nowadays, “go after playing for a year” is very popular in universities, and some are even dissatisfied with playing for a year (such as Wiseman), so when these rough Brothers Enter NBA, A better player can grow into a rotating player or a main force in a few years, and may almost fade out of the league.
“The 17-year-old insiders in the United States really lack basic skills. They play basketball by their athletic ability and natural athletic talent. However, NBA has developed to the stage where you can’t pass your opponent by your athletic ability.” Dan Burke, a former Walker teaching assistant, said.
Eagle coach Nate McMillan also complained, “Now these children are not in the mood to lay their basic skills well for four years in college. If you ask him what the three threats of attack (throw, pass, luck) are, he will say give him the ball and he will buckle it in.”
This is an era of short videos. A 10-second dunk video may make a player explode. Many small players play games in order to cut out a wonderful collection. If you can’t be a professional player, it’s not bad to be a Internet celebrity. Kuban, the boss of The Lone Ranger, complained that the AAU league had become the incubator of Internet celebrity: “It seems that every child who plays the AAU league wants to go to the highlights. They only want to finish the slam dunk and cut out a collection.”
The European youth training system is completely different. They first pay attention to basic skills, and the professional coaches and former players are the ones who preach lessons to the players. Russ introduced: “In Europe, coaches help players lay the foundation when they are very young, and European players do not have so many off-site factors to interfere, they are like doing a job under the youth training system. They will not be disturbed by sneakers sponsors and people with ulterior motives, and can concentrate on polishing basic skills.” For example, little Sabonis later went to the United States to play NCAA, but he first laid a good foundation in Europe before he went to the United States.
The talent training mode in europe is also different from that in the united states. They do not rely on height and do not divide positions and styles for players according to height. Even today, many European countries still adopt the talent training mode of the former Yugoslavia. There is no position Division of center and point guard on the court. All players must learn to fengshui ball, pass, shoot and attack independently. Therefore, although Dong Qiqi is not an insider, he plays a point guard with a height of 2 meters 01 (NBA official website data), which is also based on this talent training mode. Including Saric, the rookie Yovich selected by the heat last year, and so on.
“The skill of European players is far more than that of American players,” Kobe said in the era of players. “coaches teach them to play in the right way at a very young age, and their skills are better.”
Kuban, the boss of Lone Ranger, even said, “If we send them to Slovenia for education 7 years before the best seedlings in America become McDonald’s All-Stars, then the alliance will be thousands of times better than now. The players there know how to play, and our players learn how to dunk and go to the highlights.”
Former Raptors and Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell won the NBA Coach of the year, and later he went to Europe to coach. He has the most say in the different training systems of Europe and America. Mitchell said long ago: “European children have been learning from the Foundation since childhood, and our children play more by sports ability. When European children have the ability to exercise, they will catch up with American children.”
Therefore, adtokunbo has now become two MVP. Compared with other European insiders, adtokunbo’s technology is indeed not the top, but after all, he was almost built into a control guard by Kidd. In the third year of NBA career, he sent 4.3 assists, which shows how solid his foundation was. Now adtokunbo’s offensive and defensive omnipotence and passing ability are combined with his abnormal physical talent, and the American insider is not enough to see in front of him.
Of course, we should also consider the evolution of the times and the changes of rules. At the beginning, European insiders were not popular in NBA. Although they were technical streams, they were labeled as “soft”. After all, at that time, the lower attacking-type insiders were still the mainstream. But as the Alliance encourages attacks more and more, the demand for confrontation decreases, and the pursuit of projection and space reaches the extreme, the spring of European insiders is coming. Now this style is very suitable for European insiders who learn shooting, low attack and passing from an early age. Whether the opponent shrinks or relieve a garrison or bag clip, these all-round European insiders have ways to deal with it.
Nowitzki only hated that he was born several years ago: “The rules have changed a lot in recent years. Now, the overall style of the league is more suitable for our European players. Now we are pursuing cover and move, all five people have to run the position, and the pace is faster than before. It is very suitable for technology insiders to pass fengshui ball manufacturing opportunities.”
In this era of pursuing attack, the shining of European insiders has made NBA more diversified. However, there is a problem that needs to be noted. The insiders of European technology stream are not yet “ruling level”.
The Rockets in reconstruction are not mentioned. The King is the 24th defensive efficiency this season, the 22nd pioneer, the 18th bull and the 17th nugget. The era of the small ball gives the European technology stream the opportunity to attack and shine, but paradoxically, the era of the small ball also magnifies the defensive defects of these technology streams.
How to solve this contradiction? As strong as yorkich, he is still groping.