By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-10-05 07:34:23
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保罗在金州勇士队的表现不尽如人意，但如果他能恢复两年前在菲尼克斯太阳队的状态，文班亚马的进攻将会轻松许多。
维克多·文班亚马在新秀赛季中表现出色，尽管他在很长一段时间里都没有一个合格的组织者。现在克里斯·保罗来了，人们对文班在进攻端更上一层楼的期望很高。
这种热情是合理的。即使已经39岁，保罗仍然是文班职业生涯早期遇到的最好的控球后卫。这位老将拥有帮助文班亚马得分的能力和经验，而这正是马刺队上赛季无法始终如一做到的事情。
忘记勇士队的克里斯·保罗吧
保罗刚刚经历了他职业生涯中最糟糕的赛季之一，场均助攻数和助攻率只与他在俄克拉荷马雷霆队效力时相当。他的场均得分也是进入联盟以来的最低值。勇士队的比赛风格，以及与斯蒂芬·库里(Stephen Curry)和德雷蒙德·格林(Draymond Green)分享组织进攻的责任，在一定程度上解释了保罗状态的下滑，但人们对他所能产生的影响持谨慎态度是可以理解的。当我们回顾保罗仅仅两个赛季前的表现时，这些疑虑就会烟消云散。当时他在菲尼克斯太阳队掌控着球权，并与一位技术娴熟的中锋合作。马刺队不需要超级巨星版的保罗，他们只需要太阳队版的保罗，而他们很有可能得到他。
保罗的得分能力将使防守方无法只专注于文班亚马
谈到与文班的二人配合，其潜力令人垂涎。他们之间会有很多空中接力和口袋传球，但还有另一个因素可以保证即使在更直接的进攻方式失效时，这对组合仍然有效。简单地说，保罗能得分。上赛季马刺队的所有控球后卫，包括特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)，都没有在中距离急停跳投的能力，这让防守方可以把注意力都集中在挡拆后的文班亚马身上。对手乐于放空琼斯（中距离命中率41%，但只有34次出手，而且大部分是抛投）和杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)（中距离命中率27%），让他们投篮。马刺队也有一些中距离威胁，比如德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)和马拉基·布拉纳姆(Malaki Branham)，他们可以和文班亚马打挡拆，但他们缺乏持续为大个子球员创造机会的视野。
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保罗不仅能够及时地将球传给大个子球员，而且他的跳投也十分致命，十多年来一直是“放投”防守策略的克星。上赛季在勇士队，他的中距离投篮命中率创下了五年来的新低，因为他仅在该区域出手了159次，命中率仅为44.7%。在太阳队效力期间，他每个赛季的中距离出手次数都超过200次，其中一个赛季的命中率超过了50%。即使考虑到保罗作为一名得分手的整体水平在下滑，包括作为一名中距离急停跳投威胁，他也只是从精英级别降到了平均水平以上。如果对手决定只专注于文班亚马，保罗应该会让他们付出代价，并最终迫使他们做出调整，从而打开上赛季不存在的传球窗口。
保罗的耐心将为文班亚马创造篮下轻松得分的机会
保罗的得分能力使他极具威胁，但他打挡拆时的耐心和精准的传球能力将使文班亚马能够在靠近篮筐的位置获得轻松得分的机会，就像尼古拉·约基奇(Nikola Jokic)与贾马尔·穆雷(Jamal Murray)配合时，以及蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)过去与托尼·帕克(Tony Parker)和马努·吉诺比利(Manu Ginobili)配合时那样。
挡拆可以打得很直接，我们会在保罗和文班亚马身上看到很多这样的配合，但保罗也是延迟挡拆的大师，这种战术会转化为快速的背身单打。从本质上讲，大个子球员会设置掩护并进行挡拆，但这并不一定是为了立即接球完成进攻，而是为了在靠近篮筐的位置占据有利位置，以便接球。在菲尼克斯太阳队效力期间，保罗为德安德烈·艾顿(DeAndre Ayton)甚至替补中锋俾斯麦·比永博(Bismack Biyombo)、达里奥·萨里奇(Dario Saric)和乔克·兰代尔(Jock Landale)创造了稳定的得分机会。如前所述，他急停跳投的威胁阻止了防守方收缩内线。然后保罗会等到大个子球员卡好位置，然后送出一记完美的传球。接下来，中锋基本上可以轻松地完成一个小勾手或跳投。
想象一下，文班亚马接到这些传球，然后直接在防守球员头顶上投篮得分。他应该能够在内线轻松得分，而不必为了卡位而消耗体力。阻止这种情况的唯一方法是让保罗投篮，而保罗可以命中投篮，或者提前包夹其他球员以防止传球或进行双人包夹。对手会尝试这样做，尤其是当杰里米·索汉在场上的时候，但如果空间足够，保罗要么会找到办法把球传到内线，要么会在文班亚马作为联盟最佳诱饵的情况下找到空位射手。
上赛季，克里斯·保罗被安排在一个不熟悉的角色中，并且没有优秀的中锋与他配合，因此他难以展现自己的全部实力。现在，他将与文班亚马并肩作战，格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)也表示，他只想让保罗“做他自己”。
舞台已经为这位老后卫的回归和文班亚马的飞跃做好了准备，文班亚马终于可以获得他在新秀赛季没能始终如一地获得的轻松得分机会。
点击查看原文：How a rejuvenated Chris Paul will make Victor Wembanyama better
How a rejuvenated Chris Paul will make Victor Wembanyama better
Paul struggled in Golden State but if he can return to the form he showed just two years ago in Phoenix, he’ll make life much easier for Wembanyama.
Victor Wembanyama had a fantastic rookie season while playing for long stretches without a playmaker. Now that Chris Paul is around, the expectations for a leap on offense from Wemby are high.
The enthusiasm is justified. Even at age 39, Paul is the best point guard Wemby has had feeding him in his young career. The veteran has the tools and knowledge to do the one thing the Spurs couldn’t do consistently last season: find Wembanyama in a position to score.
Forget the Warriors’ version of Chris Paul
Paul is coming off one of the worst statistical seasons of his career, only comparable with his stint in Oklahoma City in terms of assists per game and assist percentage. He also had his lowest scoring average since entering the league. The Warriors’ style of play, along with having to share playmaking duties with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, partially explain the down year, but it’s understandable to be cautious about the impact this version of Paul can have. A lot of those doubts disappear when looking at what Paul did just two seasons ago, when he ran the show in Phoenix and had a skilled center to work with. The Spurs don’t need the superstar version of Paul. They just need the Suns version, and there’s a good chance they can get it.
Paul’s scoring will prevent defenses from only worrying about Wemby
When it comes to the two-man game with Wemby, the potential is tantalizing. There will be plenty of lobs and pocket passes, but there’s another factor that should keep the duo effective even when the more straightforward plays are not available. Simply put, Paul can score. Everyone the Spurs ran at point guard last season, including Tre Jones, were simply not a big threat to pull up from midrange, which allowed defenses to key in on Wemby on pick-and-rolls. Opponents were happy to go under screens and dare Jones (41 percent from midrange but only 34 total attempts, mostly floaters) and Jeremy Sochan (27 percent from midrange) to hurt them. The Spurs had some midrange threats that ran some pick-and-rolls with Wemby in Devin Vassell and Malaki Branham, but they lacked the vision to find the big man consistently.
Paul combines the ability to make timely passes to the big man with a deadly jumper that has been the bane of drop coverage defenses for over a decade. He had his worst season shooting from the in-between area in his last five years with the Warriors by taking only 159 shots from that distance and connecting on just 44.7 percent of them. In his time with the Suns he took over 200 each season and in one of them hit over 50 percent of those looks. Even if we consider that Paul is slowing down as a scorer in general, including as a midrange pull-up threat, he’s going from elite to above average. If opponents decide to only focus on Wembanyama, Paul should make them pay and eventually adjust, opening up passing windows that weren’t there last season.
Paul’s patience will get Wemby deep post looks
Paul’s scoring ability makes him dangerous, but it’s the patience and precise passing ability he displays on pick-and-rolls that will allow Wembanyma to get the type of close shots near the basket that Nikola Jokic gets when he combines with Jamal Murray and Tim Duncan used to get with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili setting him up.
The pick-and-roll can be run straightforwardly and we’ll see plenty of that from Paul and Wemby, but Paul is also a master of the delayed pick-and-roll that turns into a quick post-up. Essentially, the big sets a screen and rolls not necessarily to immediately catch and finish but to establish position close to the basket to receive a pass. In his time in Phoenix Paul created consistent opportunities for DeAndre Ayton and even the backup bigs, Bismack Biyombo, Dario Saric and Jock Landale. As mentioned, the threat of his pull-up jumper prevents the defense from packing the paint. Then Paul waits a beat until the big man has the seal and makes a perfect pass. From there the center essentially can launch a short hook or jumper that is hard to miss.
Imagine Wembanyama being the recipient of those passes and just shooting over defenders. He should be able to feast inside without having to tax his body trying to get position in the post. The only way to stop it is to give Paul the shot, which he can hit, or help off someone else early to prevent the pass or double team. Opponents will try to do that, especially when Jeremy Sochan is on the court, but if the spacing is decent, Paul will either find a way to make the pass inside or find open shooters while Wembanyama acts as the best decoy in the league.
Chris Paul struggled to showcase his full arsenal last season when pigeonholed into an unfamiliar role and with no quality centers to work with. Now, he’ll get to share the floor with Wembanyama and Gregg Popovich has said that he just wants him to “Be Chris Paul.”
The stage is set for a bounceback year for the veteran guard and a leap from Wembanyama, who should finally get the good looks he didn’t consistently get as a rookie.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock