With Kuzma s decline, is he suitable to be the core of the team or a tool?

Kuz immediately fell seriously in the Bucks' playoffs last season. At least, he had 14.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists in the regular season, with a shooting percentage of 45.5% + 33.3%, and only 5.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, 0.8 assists in the playoffs, with a shooting percentage of 34.3% + 20%, so he also lost the starting position.

As a forward strengthening that the Bucks have high expectations, Kuzma disappointed the Bucks, which even affected Antetokounmpo's prospects in the Bucks.

The Bucks should have expected this risk early, and Kuzma was the same during the Lakers. His relegation in the playoffs was not a day or two.

Afterwards, if Kuzma had stayed with the Lakers instead of turning to the Wizards, would he go on a different trajectory?

This is a question worth thinking about.

Kuzma is a typical example of knowing everything and not being good at anything. There are only two ways to train players:

The first is to remove redundant functions and strengthen the attributes of tool people. This is the training model of Vogel of the Lakers.

The second is to cultivate his all-round attributes, which is the training model of Lakers Walton and the Wizards. Which of the two modes is better? I personally think it is the former.

Kuzma in the summer of 19 did not think that he had been in the league for two years, but he was still considered a rough jade (which is really Walton's credit). His advantages and disadvantages are that he had poor defense, unstable shooting, and three-point shooting. His shooting percentage was not high. He could do it with the ball, but he was unstable and had high dribbling mistakes. The advantage is that you can do anything, and the key is that you shoot well.

, and Vogel carefully customized the training plan for him, basically stripping away his ball-holding function and cultivating him in the direction of 3D. The three-point shooting percentage in the 21 season reached 36.1%.

And his defense has improved greatly, from one of the hole combinations (and Rondo) to the middle-level defense of the league.

His single defense is not very confrontational enough, and his basket protection is not good, while his anti-projection opponents have good results. The reserve requirement ratio at the three-point line in the 21st season was 5.1%. His pursuit and defense repair and leak replacement have also made great progress.

This kind of progress is very beneficial to Kuzma, even though he wasted his years with the Wizards, after he arrived at the Bucks, Vogel was able to show off his targeted skills during the Bucks' regular season (in the playoffs...).

Unfortunately, Kuzma's chronic disease was not solved during Vogel's period. He was heartless in the regular season and lost in the playoffs. Even though he looked at the 21st season, which had rapid progress, the playoffs were still shocking.

However, if you continue to cultivate Vogel 3D mode, Kuzma will not be ruled out that there will be signs of improvement.

Of course, naturally, if there are Kuzma fans (including disguise) who are dissatisfied, they say that Vogel is cheating on Kuzma and ask him to be a tool man.

Vogel also had his last resort. The team's core was James and Davis. When Kuzma was there, the team played the double towers. Kuzma was also the forward line.

The positioning of the Lakers was very complicated. Kuzma had to be James' substitute and Davis' substitute, which led to him being between 3 and 4. In addition, the time between James and Eyebrow's interlaced lead to Kuzma's playing time being very broken.

This cannot solve the structural problem (Danime played 5 later, and this problem no longer exists, but Kuzma is no longer with the Lakers now).

Kuzma was later resentful of this matter. He once said:

"Playing in the Lakers is a double-edged sword. If you have such a good platform, I always look back and I want to get a fairer treatment."

Kuzma described his Lakers career: "In my position, it's difficult to be a little brother on the team. One night, you may get 10 phone shots. The next night, maybe they just need you to grab rebounds. The next night, you may have 15 minutes of playing time. The next night, you may have 29 minutes of playing time. You never know what the situation will be. This is unfair treatment. When I was young, I was very upset on many nights."

Even though this incident made him not very satisfied, he missed the Lakers very much, and there were many good things.英语,

"(The Lakers) mean everything to me and my career. They gave me the opportunity to be myself and support my family. They provided me with this platform. It means everything in the world."

"I have a good relationship with LeBron, and I often chat with him. He has always been like my mentor, and I always regarded him as a role model for my game. I have watched him for so many years and saw how effective he is in getting others to play, and how important it is. I am asking him questions and asking anything. He has always been like my big brother."

Kuzma also said that he often watches Lakers games, "I play on the East Coast, and when I go home it is 10 o'clock, the Lakers play 40 games on TV every year. So this is the only game that is broadcast on TV."

This thing seems a bit divided.

This reflects Kuzma's contradictory heart. He misses his Lakers' career and wants to play in the big market/champion team, but he does not want to be a "tool person" and wants to improve his tactical status. (Of course, this may also be the words of putting pressure on the Wizards to renew the contract at that time).

However, there is Kuzma's concern about the future hidden dangers of staying in the Wizards. After Kuzma arrived at the Wizards, the Lakers' customized training plan was terminated.

The Wizards trained him according to the core and gave him a lot of ball-holding rights, so he could do whatever he wanted.

His catch-and-shooting ratio plummeted from 44.7% in the 21st season to 32.4% in the 22nd season.

His ball-holding ability has made great progress. He can combine it with or without the ball, and his offensive level has improved a lot; the team also gave him a Poole, who is known as the phoenix chick..

Of course, this kind of progress is superficial. His projection is unstable and his dribble is prone to mistakes, and these are more amplified as the ball rights increase.

The most fundamental thing is that his characteristics of being mixed but not refined have not changed, and the new skills cannot be consolidated. This is also the reason why his 25th season in the Wizards period compared to the 24th season, he averaged 15.2 points + 5.8 rebounds + 2.5 assists (42% + 28.1%) in the 24th season, but 22.2 points + 6.6 rebounds + 4.2 assists (46.3% + 33.6%) in the 24th season, his progress cannot be transformed into the team's progress. The Wizards have not entered the playoffs for many years.

Or rather, he became a bad team player; he even lost the things he had learned during the Tool Man, and his three-pointer was far inferior to the 21st season.

After arriving at the Bucks, he was OK in the regular season but could not adapt to the intensity in the playoffs, which became a sinkhole.

His shooting is unstable, and under more detailed defensive arrangements and high confrontational defensive intensity, his weak shooting ring is magnified; coupled with his psychological quality, he may not be strong enough, all of which affected his playoff performance (the same is true during the Lakers).

This is similar to Trail Blazers Grant. He is good at the top 3D of the Nuggets. He forced himself to be the core of the Pistons, has unlimited firepower, and has activated the inefficient ball-holding attack style, and has developed a lot of bad team habits. Since then, he has turned to Trail Blazers, and the 3D attributes were no longer found.

Kuzma is the same!

So let's put it, every player has his or her positioning, but he or she is forced to be the core if he or she is not suitable for the core, otherwise he or she will be backfired. This is true for Brother Ma, and so is Grant!

Of course, some people may say that if Kuzma and Grant give up the tool man attribute and change to the core attribute, although the competitive level will decline in the strong team and their career may be shortened, his career will be much higher than that of the "Tool Man".

This is an indisputable fact, it is nothing more than a choice!