Clippers News: Harden deserves his reputation, Zubac is unfortunately defeated, 2-for-4 plans are released

Harden deserves its reputation

Today, the NBA officially announced the first, second and third lineups of the All-Season. The results showed that Clippers star James Harden joined hands with Pistons defender Cningham, Pacers defender Halliburton, Thunder guard Jaylen Williams and Knicks center Towns to be selected.

In the detailed voting session, Harden got 4 second-team votes (3 points per one), 56 third-team votes (1 point per one), a total of 68 points, and narrowly defeated Rockets center Shin Kyung (58 points) with a slight advantage and won the last place in the third team. This season's regular season, Harden played 79 games, averaging 35.3 minutes per game to contribute 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.5 steals, all data set a career high for the Clippers. Among them, scores (20th), assists (5th), and three-point shooting (9th) are all at the top of the league. Under the leadership of Harden, the Clippers also achieved a good result of fifth place in the regular season. It can be said that whether from the perspective of personal performance or leadership ability, Harden deserves his name in the third team.

It is worth mentioning that Harden has been selected into the Best Team in his career for 8 times, with the fifth most active service, second only to James, Durant, Curry and Antetokounmpo. It's been 5 years since Harden was selected for the Best Team. This makes people sigh that if Harden has not experienced the transfer turmoil over the years, he is likely to be among the top three active teams. Although the Clippers failed in the first round of the playoffs and Harden failed to realize his dream of winning, the feat of returning to the All-Star and the Best Team this season is quite commendable.

Zubac was unfortunately out of the election, today, the NBA officially announced the list of the All-Season roster. Although Harden was successfully selected for the third team of the All-A-Series, many fans were also indignant about the failure of Clippers center Zubac. This season's regular season, Zubac made a phenomenal performance, playing 80 games, averaging 32.8 minutes per game, scoring 16.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.1 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 62.8%, setting a career high for almost all data. Among them, rebounds (4th), shooting percentage (4th), inside scores 14.5 points (3rd), second offense scores 3.7 points (5th), and 59 double-evens (2nd) are all at the top of the league.

So why did Zubac miss the best team with good personal data and team record? The author believes that there are two reasons, namely: 1. Zubac has made great progress this season and the data is quite impressive, but his traffic, fan base, and commercial value are not as good as those players selected for the best team. This is definitely one of the criteria for the league to consider; 2. Harden has been selected by the Clippers, and it is impossible to choose Zubac again, let alone Zubac was selected for the second defense yesterday. It can only be said that Zubac's defeat was reasonable. Of course, I also hope that Zubac can polish his skills and continue to accumulate this offseason, return with a stronger attitude in the new season, and once again attack the All-Stars and the best team.

2-for-4 plan was released

Not long ago, Clippers general manager Frank stated at the season summary press conference that the focus of the team's offseason was to strengthen the weak No. 4 position. Today, according to a local media report in Houston, one of the Rockets' traders when Clippers defender Powell was one of the Rockets' traders. Subsequently, the Clippers' reporters gave a 2-for-4 plan, specifically, the Clippers' picks from Powell, the Rockets' No. 30 draw this year, Langdale, Ethan, White Devils and the No. 10 draw this year.

For the Clippers, Ethan is the fourth position with both potential and combat power. With a little training, he can become a high-quality offensive and defensive player; Langdale is an excellent blue-collar insider with rich experience, and can play the role of Zubac as a substitute; White Demons are a young man with great physical fitness, and he can bring athleticism and scoring firepower to the Clippers' bench.

For the Rockets, although this deal cost them a lot of money, it is still worth the rewards. The Rockets are already in a state of eagerness to achieve results, and they have no extra energy and patience to cultivate young people in the team and need more immediate combat power. Powell has delivered a quasi-All-Star data averaged 21.8 points per game, 26 three-point shooting percentage 41.8%, which can improve the Rockets' weak outside shooting and substitute scoring problems. Overall, this is a transaction that each takes the necessary one. Let’s see if the general managers of both parties will enter the discussion.