After defeating the Celtics at home, the Trail Blazers played their third consecutive home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are also aiming for the lottery in the East.

Faced with such a disparity in strength at home, the Trail Blazers naturally delighted the fans who came to watch the game with another big-scoring massacre.

112 to 96, the Trail Blazers, playing at home, used mercury-like offense to grind the visiting Cavaliers directly to the ground.

The Cavaliers, who had lost James, were so vulnerable. Even though the league had compensated the Cavaliers with the No. 1 pick in the draft, if nothing else happened, the Cavaliers would still sink completely like this.

In this game, Stotts once again witnessed the outstanding performance of the team's three young people on the sidelines.

Since McCollum and Zhang Feng performed very well as soon as they came on the court, Stotts gave them more playing time to express themselves.

In the final statistics panel of the game, Lillard's 21 points were more like average, but McCollum's explosive scoring of 18 points and Zhang Feng's 16 points as a center inside player made Stowe

Zi felt excited.

The trio scored 55 points together, accounting for half of the team's total points. Judging from the scoring data, the trio has performed well in two consecutive games. This is already the prototype of an extremely powerful offensive trio.

"I have great expectations for the young people in our team. The good scoring ability in two consecutive games has proven the future potential of these three young people. I hope that in the future, Lillard can follow the current situation

track to become All-Star players, and both McCollum and Zhang Feng can follow Lillard's footsteps. I hope they can grow into a powerful offensive combination like the Thunder's three young players, and perhaps a "Two Blazers" will appear in the future.

The name is actually quite good!"

At the press conference after the game, Stotts, as the head coach, was overjoyed with the performance of the three young people. He made bold predictions in response to reporters' questions about the performance of this year's rookies.

However, there are many people who are famous for their controversy. Stotts' remarks about the "Three Young Boys of the Trail Blazers" versus the "Three Young Boys of the Thunder" caused an uproar due to the promotion of the media.

As this year's upstart in the Western Conference, the Trail Blazers have gone from not qualifying for the playoffs last season to now ranking second in the Western Conference. This is already eye-catching.

Now, with the evidence of outstanding results, a group of players in their prime, and Aldridge, one of the best power forwards, he even boasts that he will build his own team's draft "three young players"

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The Blazers have had good results recently, so they are starting to drift? Head coach Stotts is also starting to become blindly arrogant?

The Thunder's third young master, what kind of combination is that? Even Harden, the "third brother" back then, is now one of the top players in Texas and the leader of the Houston Rockets. The "modern" combination he formed with Warcraft Howard is also the best in the West.

One of the most competitive combinations.

Durant and Westbrook stayed with the Thunder and became all-star players in the Western Conference. One has the strongest impact at the guard position, and the other scores on the front line.

This is the Thunder's third youngster, who has irreconcilable shooting rights and ball rights issues, coupled with salary cap restrictions, so Harden has to leave. Otherwise, with the Thunder's offensive ability, it will be close to the offense of three All-Stars.

Firepower, how terrible the upper limit of the Thunder team with the three Thunder players will be...

Now the Blazers actually want to have their own "Third Blazers"?

Zhang Feng is at the center position, Lillard and McCollum form a young backcourt duo, plus Aldridge, already an All-Star power forward, and assisted by outstanding small forwards like Batum.

So what else are the other teams playing?

Regarding the concept of "Three Blazers" proposed by Stotts, apart from Trail Blazers fans and many Chinese fans across the ocean who like Zhang Feng, most mainstream opinions are scornful.

Among them are fans of other teams, as well as many media and professional basketball professionals.

The various reasons for being negative about the "Three Pioneers" can't help but be the same.

From the perspective of pure fans, they don't take it seriously and think that Stotts's remarks are pure nonsense. After all, the strength of the "vet" of the Trail Blazers is obvious to all. Even the original No. 1 pick and All-Star Roy couldn't keep it, let alone the current three.

As a human being, it would be great if he could grow up smoothly without getting hurt. How about becoming a "Third Pioneer Young Master"?

There are many professionals in the media who are analyzing that the "Three Young Masters" of the Trail Blazers do not have enough space to grow rapidly.

Referring to the Thunder's third young master at the time, although the Thunder's third young master was extremely talented, the Thunder's record at the time was not very good. The Thunder's third young master used unscrupulous power to pave his own growth path.

The Thunder management and coaches also sacrificed everyone else to provide for the growth of the Thunder's three young players.

But what about now? The Trail Blazers are ranked second in the Western Conference. Although Lillard has already played in one season and realized his talent, becoming a famous big-hearted scorer in the league, Stotts dares to use his results to

At the cost, will this year's rookies McCollum and Zhang Feng be given enough playing time to grow?

Moreover, both Zhang Feng and McCollum have obvious flaws in their respective positions.

McCollum's height and Zhang Feng's absolute disadvantage in physical confrontation as a yellow man will make the two of them the main attack points for opponents in the game. Without strengthening defense, if Stotts rashly uses these young people

People, can the team form strong enough protection on the defensive end?

And how will the ball be distributed? If McCollum and Lillard form a double backcourt, how will two people with similar offensive styles distribute the ball when they play together?

How do Zhang Feng and Aldridge open up space for offense?

These are all potential problems for pioneers.

Later, some people pointed out that the two gorgeous offensive performances played by the "Third Trail Blazers" were actually based on the situation against two weak teams in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics and Cavaliers were not as good for the regular season.

In terms of attitude, the players don't care too much about defense, which makes it easier for the Blazers to score points.

Without experiencing real NBA-level defense, no matter how good-looking the data is, it is actually useless, and the data is only two games, and there is still chance.

Various reasons appeared on the Internet and in the media, and they all looked down on the possibility of the three young Blazers playing well at the same time.

Among them, the pressure from outside doubts on Lillard is actually the least.

Lillard, a second-year player, has spent a year proving his scoring potential, and he is definitely a prospect of an All-Star player. Now he is just one short of being an All-Star.

The greatest pressure must be on Zhang Feng. As a second-round pick this year, he is not an American. The explosive power of a yellow man may be the weakest in basketball, and in the history of the NBA, there is no such thing.

Post players can become All-Star level centers by relying on one-handed shooting.

Everyone regards Zhang Feng as the most critical link in the failure of the "Third Blazers", and they even focus purely on Zhang Feng's identity as a Chinese player without any analysis.

After all, Yao Ming, the No. 1 pick at the time, was extremely talented, and Scorpion Baba was unique. Relying on his height and confrontation ability, there is nothing wrong with his success.

However, Yi Jianlian, the lottery pick who also had high hopes at the time, did not have such a successful career and was completely unable to integrate into the NBA. Although he also had good shooting skills, his confrontation ability was only practiced to a normal level and could not reach the level of a star.

level.

Not to mention other Chinese players, most of them are just passers-by in the NBA and are not even guaranteed to play in the game.

Regarding Zhang Feng's predictions, many professionals actually feel that their future expectations for him are not as high as those of Yi Jianlian back then. This is only because Zhang Feng has shown more stable shooting skills in recent times, which makes people have more expectations for him.

Of course, Zhang Feng is the one who is suspected of having the greatest future achievements, and his good brother McCollum is also disapproved of by everyone.

Height is always a pain for McCollum. From childhood to adulthood, this is McCollum's biggest shortcoming as a player determined to play professional basketball and play in the NBA. It is talked about openly by everyone, and it also makes McCollum accumulate anger and hope.
Chapter completed!