Bridge wrote three fingers to Clay Thompson, who was on the bench, after scoring the bottom corner three points in the third game of the sun against the Warriors.
Clay looked at bridges without expression and said nothing.
In the first confrontation between the two teams last month, Clay had a verbal conflict with Booker and was fined two technical fouls ejection. Booker revealed after the game that Thompson kept comparing four fingers in the game, saying that he had four championship rings.
“He said over and over again (four rings).” Booker then said, “today’s poor state may make him too depressed.”
Clay’s experience of being ejection for the first time in 796 games in his career did not win him much sympathy. Barkley said bluntly: “Clay Thompson was the best defender in the league, but now he is not. I love clay very much, but he is sleeping, so is Drummond (green). They are different from the past. They haven’t been like that for two or three years. When I watch Warriors playing basketball, what I want to say is that the old man of time has found them.”
Thompson’s response at that time was: “Who else could be a player like that before? Hearing this made me sad. In order to become the present me, I worked very hard before. I was injured continuously before, and I still helped the team win the championship.”
In the 6 games after Clay wrote four fingers, the Warriors won 1 and lost 5, and suffered a wave of five consecutive defeats on the road. Clay’s performance is still very Struggling. In the 12 matches this season, he didn’t hit more than 50% in one match, but he hit less than 40% in 9 matches. No matter the good Brothers Curry, Green or Coach Cole, when talking about clay, he held out four fingers for Clay: “He is Clay Thompson. Do you still use me to tell you what he has done? He will be fine, believe me, give him time. He will throw the ball in. What we have to do is to continue to trust him.”
If the team is winning, of course these words are no problem. But the cruel reality is that the Warriors have won 0 and lost 8 away this season. The team’s defense was on the verge of collapse, and its defense efficiency ranked fourth from the bottom in the league. If the attack had not been for the super-God curry, it would have continued the life of the Warriors every time. Now the Warriors, it’s time to fight with magic piston for Wen banyama long ago.
After the variable array experiment of Cole’s constant control of variables a few days ago, now the answer to the warrior’s question is obvious to everyone: Clay Thompson is becoming the biggest weight-bearing object of the Warriors. One of the important reasons for the collapse of the Warriors’s defense line is that he can’t resist any rival players at present. The penalty area of the team has become a back garden where others can enter by swiping their cards on him.
In yesterday’s game against the sun, no matter who holds the ball, the first reaction of the Suns was to find clay. Booker played up and down on the low back, and bridges broke through the bottom corner, three points at a 45-degree angle, Payne broke through his face frame. It is no exaggeration to say that every ball Sun is looking for Clay’s weakness to attack severely, but Clay can’t defend any ball of the Sun player. So even if Curry scored 31 points in the first half of the 13 shots, the Warriors were still 7 points behind the sun in half, which made Paul and Johnson’s two main Suns get 72 points in half.
Clay, who was taken by one step casually
If you can’t keep up with each other, you can only get 2+1 for free.
Be shot
It is almost a walk to direct traffic.
This kind of scene has also appeared many times in the game between warriors and kings. Monk named the singles Clay, a heavy shoulder deepened, Clay looked at the ball and sighed.
Clay, who has experienced two major injuries, can be forgiven for not getting strong on his legs. The knee cross ligament and Achilles tendon are destructive injuries that directly affect the players’ athletic ability. The traverse speed slowed down, and the defensive hands could not keep up with the legs and feet, which was also expected by most fans.
But what really makes Warriors fans wonder is: we don’t require you to be the former Clay and have the ability to defend the outside core of the other side, but you are at least one of the best pitchers in the league! Why are you shooting so hard this season, regardless of whether your teammates are fighting against the waves?
Team mate extra large space no pass hard shot
This season’s clay, field goal percentage is only 35.1%, the three-point hit rate is 33%,185 shots for 181 points. According to the statistics of synergy, his score per round (0.874 points) is lower than 73% of the players in the league. In addition, the real field goal percentage of Clay Thompson is 47.1%. This is the fourth difference among 164 players who have tried at least 100 shots this season. It is only better than little Jamari Smith, booknat and Kilian Hays.
In terms of make the hoop efficiency, clay is also the level of ice shooter.
If I want two words to describe clay, I will think of “confidence” and “pride”. A top shooter must have confidence beyond ordinary people. He believes that he can hit every shot. Even if he hits 0 in 10 shots that night, he will not avoid the 11th shot.
Clay has such inherent confidence. Former US President Obama once asked Clay, “Who do you think is the best pitcher in the world?” Clay had no polite words and answered without hesitation, “Of course it’s me.”
Never hesitating, decisive, the big heart performance under the big scene is Clay’s deepest impression on the fans. The hehe battle achievements, the establishment of the warrior dynasty and the resumes of four rings made clay extremely proud.
After seeing that he lost the 75 stars in NBA history, Clay updated ins and wrote: “Maybe my basketball level is still young, but personally I think I should be the top 75 players in history.” Then Clay changed into No. 77 Jersey training, claiming to be the 77th star in history.
If there is still controversy about Clay’s inclusion in the NBA’s 75th National Congress, it is a bit meaningless for Clay to score a 2K game. After 2K23 announced that Clay’s three-point ability was 88 at the beginning of the season, Clay posted his three-point hits in playoff history (the second in 451 history) on INS and started spraying: “After 2K2, 2K Games have already become a piece of shit. Give me some respect for my name, you guys, XX.”
Nie, the propaganda ambassador of 2K Games, responded, “I know Clay is disappointed with his 88 three-point ability, but this is already the second highest three-point ability value in the game. Shouldn’t Curry’s three points be 10% higher than other players?”
When Thompson saw ESPN interviewing Roonie, he fired again: there are so many elite athletes. Don’t you interview this clown?
Now it seems that this value is higher
If you are confident, you will be conceited. If you are proud, you will be arrogant.
This season, Clay repeatedly stressed that he was a part of the warrior’s four-Crown process in interviews with many media, making people remember his achievements and saying that there were always some people belittling his performance. But is it true? Who will wipe out Clay Thompson’s achievements? The four rings, the warrior dynasty, are all fixed facts. No one can erase them. Who will slander the brilliant achievements he has achieved?
Clay’s achievements
Booker expressed his respect after Thompson was expelled. He said, “I love Clay Thompson. I love him from the beginning, starting from the draft and just entering the league, I said I wanted to be a player like him. But this will not be the reason to prevent us from competing and talking rubbish, so I enjoy it very much.” Clay himself said after calm that Booker was the first player to send him a text message after his Achilles tendon injury.
Booker salutes Clay
So does Clay really think someone is slandering him? Or is it just that he can’t accept himself struggling like this in his heart? Taking rubbish as a statement to slander him?
Being able to return from the great injury, clay is definitely worth the respect of every fan and player. The problem is that no one can immerse himself in the good memories of the past and stagnate. Fans can’t do it, nor can players and teams. The season is still going on, and the game is also played one by one. The four rings of the past will not be changed into four three points on the court. When Clay showed off with four rings but couldn’t hit Booker back with the performance on the court, the four fingers seemed so pale and weak.
Now clay is somewhat like Kobe Bryant in 2016. The movement ability visible to the naked eye declined after the injury, but what was bought by the former technical movements was always an insufficient force to hit the front frame and hit the iron. But the problem was that Kobe’s Lakers had no desire and no desire. They could give him a retirement tour gracefully, and the fans were happy to pay the bill. As the defending champion, the goal of the Warriors is definitely to compete for the championship. Where did the capital Let Clay dig holes and lay mines for the team at both ends of the attack and defense on the court?
After losing to the Suns, Cole said, “I failed. I must unite these players. This is the combination of happiness, competitive desire, unity and goal, and we do not have it now.” In an interview with ESPN earlier, Cole also said rarely: “We know it won’t be like this forever. This year may be our last year next year.”
Cole said rarely that the team needs unity.
Unity is an interesting word. Poole’s performance these two days is hard to make people suspicious. In the last game, as the first hit, Spurs was cut by 36 points in 20 shots and 13 shots. Today, the substitute game was 27 minutes and 5 shots were 0? The three games played in the first season averaged 28.7 points and 5 assists, 47.5%+39.4% hit rate; The game averaged 12.9 points for a dozen substitutes, 40.5%+30.9% hit rate. After taking the big contract, Croal shouted loudly that the management of the Heat said that he wanted to play the main force. Poole, who had raised the price by Croal, would be indifferent to the soaring position of Croal in the team? Which 23-year-old young player is willing to play the sixth player all the time?
The person who stood in front of Poole was Clay Thompson.
Clay and Poole
As mentioned earlier, the decline of Clay’s defensive side may not be able to go back, but look at the data of his offensive side. He shot up to 6 times when the defender was 66.67 cm-133.33 cm away from himself, with a hit rate of only 28.8%. Yogueta he could optimize his shot choice, and he was sure to improve the attack efficiency.
The question is, can Clay put down his heart and accept the fact that he may decline more than he imagined? (When interviewed by ESPN, Clay felt that he still had 90% of the status in 2019).
Clay’s choice
Hayward once asked George after breaking his leg how to accept himself after serious injury. George said, “Remember who you are and who you used to be.”
I also want to give this sentence to Clay Thompson. Everyone knows who you are, but you don’t need to be Clay Thompson. A brand new Thompson can achieve a more brilliant career in the Warriors, instead of standing still and living in the past.
The ship of the new era has come. Clay Thompson, you don’t have to be the captain of this ship. Isn’t it good to be a sailor?
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