The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

To make an intuitive comparison, as the strongest defensive insider in the 20th century, Ben Wallace won a total of 4 best defensive players throughout his career, 3 rebounds, 5 best teams, and 6 best defensive teams.

The first center of the new generation league, Dwight Howard has 3 best defensive players in his career, 5 rebounds, 2 blocked shots, 8 best teams, and 5 best defensive teams.

And Jordan's honor is 2 rebounds, 3 best teams, 2 best defensive teams and then nothing.

That's right, as of 2019, Jordan has only been selected to the best defensive team twice.

Although it is a bit bullying to compare Jordan with Ben Wallace and Howard Derby, as a player known for his defense, it is a bit unreasonable to be selected to the best defensive team only twice.

Also known for his defense, Bulls center Joakim Noah has also been selected to the All-Defensive Team three times, and was also elected the best defensive player once.

And as long as Jordan and Noah are mentioned, the vast majority of people are still better because of Jordan's defense, and Noah's defense has reached that height because of Thibodeau's system.

Speaking of Jordan, the most deadly thing is that his defensive ability is far less than that of Ben Wallace, but there is one thing that is very similar to Ben Wallace, that is, his poor free throw percentage.

Ben Wallace made 41.4 percent of his free throws in his career, while Jordan made 46.6 percent of his free throws in his career.

When these two are on the court, they are often targeted by the opponent's shark-slashing tactics.

The funniest thing is that Shaq O'Neal's career free throw percentage is 52%, which is slightly higher than these two.

One of the important reasons why Wang Xiao didn't renew Jordan's contract and chose to let him go was his bad free throws.

The Wizards is a team that plays small ball tactics. Speed ​​is the life of this tactic. At present, most teams in the league cannot keep up with the Wizards' thunderous speed, but the existence of Jordan is a hidden danger. .

Once the opponent can't keep up with the speed of the Wizards and turns to the shark-slashing tactics against Jordan to disrupt the Wizards' offensive rhythm, the situation is not so good.

The Wizards' lineup is very powerful when running, but once it falls into positional warfare, its power will be greatly reduced. After all, there is no strong center in charge, and the efficiency of relying on the outside to fight positional warfare is not high.

In fact, the Blazers are now the team that has been playing positional warfare.

Jordan Jr. guards the basket, Durant and Aldridge rely on mobility to help defend, plus Andre Miller and Matthews form a defensive line in the backcourt. The Blazers' defense is also solid.

Facing the Trail Blazers, what the Wizards and Wang Xiao need to do is actually very simple, there are only two points.

First, use offense to tear apart the Blazers' defense.

Second, lock the main scoring point of the Blazers, Kevin Durant.

This is obviously much simpler than when they played against the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. After all, the strongest team this season is the Big Three of the Heat. A strong enemy, as long as you don't underestimate the enemy and fight steadily, you can win the final victory.

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The Finals between the Wizards and the Trail Blazers was much less gunpowder than the Eastern Conference Finals.

Unlike the personal grievances with the Heat, the Wizards have no grudges with the Trail Blazers. Although Wang Xiao was kicked out on the spot by the Blazers owner Paul Allen in the draft because he chose Durant, Wang Xiao did not feel resentful because of it. The Blazers, after all, he thought it was a dream at the time and made random decisions without discussing with anyone at all.

The No. 1 pick means a lot to a team, especially when there is a super center in the rookie that is said to be rare in 20 years, and there are no other passers-by in the Blazers management team present, it is impossible to predict what Oden will be in the future. In this way, it was very restrained to kill Wang Xiao if there was no excitement at that time.

With the passage of time, Oden of the Thunder has no ball to play, while Durant of the Blazers has grown into one of the league's superstars, which makes the Blazers from the management to the fans secretly grateful to Wang Xiao , It's hard to imagine, if they really select Oden, and then lose Roy, what will it be like in the next few years?

In addition, Jordan was also trained by Wang Xiao, and the Blazers' ability to reach the finals was almost entirely thanks to Wang Xiao's blessing.

The Wizards have no hostility towards the Trail Blazers, because in their view, the most threatening Heat has already been dealt with, and the league has no opponents who can stop the Wizards from winning the championship. The strength they showed in the regular season is not enough to make the Washington fans with relatively high grades hate them.

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The start of the finals is June 12. As the league's first record, the Wizards still have home court advantage.

On this day, the MCI center arena was full of seats, and the arena, which can accommodate 20,000 people, was fully packed.

When the Wizards players appeared on the field, cheers resounded throughout the audience, and even many fans gave him applause when they saw Jordan.

Jordan and the Wizards got together and parted ways. Wang Xiao explained to Jordan the tactical system of the Wizards in detail, and let him understand that he is not suitable for the small ball tactics of the Wizards. Although Jordan left, he was a little bit nostalgic. , but did not feel resentment.

Even in this season of the Trail Blazers, Jordan was a little fortunate to leave the Wizards.

In the Trail Blazers, he has a more important tactical position, has more playing time, and even has some offensive tactics, which he never had when he was in the Wizards.

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During the warm-up, Jordan specially ran to the Wizards' bench, exchanged greetings with old players such as Wang Xiao and Curry, and agreed to have a meal together after the series ended.

But the pleasantries are all pleasantries, and Jordan still said with a serious face when he left: "In this series, I will definitely go all out, and we are the ones who will win the championship trophy!"

Little Jordan's words made Curry and others laugh, and Caron Butler slapped Little Jordan hard on the shoulder.

"Stinky boy, just wait and see, we will be the winners!"

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Back on the Trail Blazers bench, Jordan was about to shoot a few shots to find his touch, but was held back by Durant.

"DeAndrew, what were you doing there just now?"

"Say hello to your old teammates." Little Jordan chuckled, "By the way, let's say something harsh, saying that we will win the final victory of the series."

Durant: "..."