Chapter 550: Inflation of 2K9 and the Strength Level of NBA Teams

Sometimes when a person or a team is unlucky, even drinking water can fill the space between their teeth.

Phil Jackson feels that he and his Lakers are a very, very unlucky team.

Last season the team had a record of 55 wins, but in the end they could only finish seventh in the Western Conference and were eliminated by the Suns in the first round.

This season the team now has 46 wins and 11 losses. With such a record, it is only ranked fifth in the Western Conference.

He can be regarded as a veteran coach who has been in the NBA for many years. Such a situation is really unheard of for him!

With a record of 46 wins and 11 losses, some people may have no idea what this record represents and what it means.

A record of 46 wins and 11 losses, a winning rate of 81%, converted into a record of 82 games, that is 66 wins and 16 losses!

In the NBA regular season, a team with a 66-win record may not even qualify for the top four seeds.

If someone had said something like this to him before the start of the season, he might have thought that person was crazy.

66 wins and 16 losses. This record can rank among the top two in the conference in any season!

But this season, this record may not even make it into the top four in the Western Conference.

If the Lakers really achieve a record of 66 wins and 16 losses this season, this will be almost the 99-00 season when the OK team was at its peak!

This season's Lakers record is likely to be equal to the 1999-00 Lakers.

In addition to the record and the strength of the team, in Phil Jackson's view, the Lakers this season are actually not much different from the Lakers that season.

The Lakers that season had O'Neal, Kobe, Ron Harper, AC Green, Glen Rice, Robert Horry, Fisher and others.

This season's Lakers are Kobe, Kidd, Randolph, Bynum, Turkoglu, Fisher, Walton, Vujacic and others.

Except for the fact that the Lakers he is coaching now do not have O'Neal, the other players are all better than the Lakers in the 99-00 season!

It can be said,

The Lakers in these two seasons are very close in terms of overall strength.

A team that is close to the strength of the 99-00 Lakers can only rank fifth in the division!

Isn't this crazy?

The craziest West in history, the most powerful West in history, and the most brutal West in history.

When watching this year's Western Conference as an audience, these audiences will find it very interesting.

It's not a big deal to watch the fun.

But as a participant in the most incredible Western Conference in history, it is difficult for Phil Jackson to maintain such an optimistic and interesting attitude.

On the plane from Los Angeles to Seattle, Phil Jackson held the schedule and record of the Lakers this season.

But my eyes have been watching the 'miracle' game between the SuperSonics and the Nuggets the day before yesterday.

In this miraculous game, the two teams tied 50 times, setting an incredible record in NBA games. In the end, yes's mid-range kill ended this miraculous "ladder to heaven" 'Same game.

He has watched the game between the Nuggets and SuperSonics no less than ten times in the past two days.

This game is a very valuable game for him and the Lakers.

Both teams are direct competitors to the Lakers.

Both teams gave their all in this game.

These two teams seemed to have given everything they had in this game and held nothing back.

In this game, he saw Anthony's fighting spirit and revisited the terrifying synergy combination of Hamilton and Billups.

In this game, he also saw the fairy tale of yes again.

These are the most exciting and gratifying things.

However, as the head coach of the Lakers, he knows that it is not enough for him to just focus on these things.

He wants to beat the Sonics in the next game and beat them in the playoffs, and he needs to know a lot more.

For example, in this game, he saw the improvement of the Sonics players.

Before this season, the SuperSonics were known as one of the crappiest teams in history. Now, except for yes, the strength shown by other players has surprised him extremely!

He made a prediction model after the game.

In his prediction model, if the SuperSonics did not have yes, in this game with the Nuggets, they might only lose by about 20 points against the Nuggets who are going all out!

He knows how powerful the Nuggets, who have been struggling with the Lakers for most of the season, are.

Being able to face the all-out Nuggets and only lose 20 points, which is probably not many in the Western Conference this season!

Perhaps only the top eight teams in the Western Conference can reach this level this season.

For example, in the Western Conference now, Phil Jackson is not sure whether the Thunder, led by Chris Paul, will only lose by 20 points against the Nuggets going all out.

According to the data analysis provided by the team's analyst, the Thunder and Nuggets led by Chris Paul played 100 games at full strength. The mathematical model shows that the Thunder will win 10 games and lose 90 games. The game I lost the most was 58 points!

In these 100 games, the Thunder lost by an average of 15 points per game!

Of course, the mathematical model is just a mathematical model and has reference value, but it cannot be completely calculated. After all, the restriction of going all out is too great, and few teams can go all out in every game.

Going all out is not something you can just have if you want it, it requires various conditions.

At the same time, no team can go all out to play 100 games.

However, just for reference, you can also refer to a lot of things.

In his mathematical model, without Yes, the Seattle SuperSonics are now far from being one of the weakest teams in NBA history. Instead, they have become the eighth most powerful team in the Western Conference and the eleventh most powerful team in the entire league. team!

In other words, without yes, the Seattle SuperSonics, led by Durant, Rondo, Milicic, David Lee, Millsap and others, are second only to the Suns, Rockets, Spurs, Lakers, Nuggets, and Grays. Bears, Celtics, Wizards, Thunder, Pistons teams.

Of course, the strength of the Sonics players in his mathematical model is calculated based on the strength of the Sonics players in the game between the Sonics and the Nuggets.

It is still unknown whether Durant, Rondo, Millsap, Milicic and others can maintain their strength in this game with the Nuggets.

If these young people can maintain such strength and status stably, then the current SuperSonics will really no longer be a team that can be easily manipulated!

A team with the eleventh strongest strength in the league, plus a yes, this is a team that can definitely compete for the championship!

In other words, in the current Western Conference, the five teams that expert media say can compete for the championship are the Suns, Rockets, Lakers, Nuggets and Spurs. According to his mathematical model, it is now necessary to add a Sonics !

It's very difficult to play against a team like this.

Especially when this team is ready to fight.

But he and his Lakers are so unlucky!

The Lakers are the last opponent for Yes to complete seven consecutive mid-range kills!

This time, the Lakers were unlucky to hit the muzzle of yes's consecutive kills.

And what about the last time yes had ten consecutive kills?

The Lakers were still unlucky to hit it.

Even this time the Lakers were even more unlucky than the last time.

The last time the Lakers ran into Yes, who was making consecutive kills, Yes was already perfect at that time.

But this time, yes and the SuperSonics are really in a red-eye situation. They are only one game away from completing what they want most!

As a head coach, Phil Jackson certainly hopes that the team can play more relaxed games during the sprint phase.

This is understandable.

This season's Western Conference has been too brutal in the regular season!

Based on Phil Jackson's experience, he can predict that in the playoffs, every Western Conference team will have problems due to too brutal regular season games.

We are not fools. If we fight so fiercely in the regular season, how can we not pay the price in the playoffs?

But even if everyone knows it, so what?

I can't hold it back!

I really can't take it anymore.

The Suns and Rockets need to compete for that slim home court advantage and historical positioning.

The SuperSonics, Lakers, Nuggets and Spurs need to compete for the third spot in the Western Conference.

The Grizzlies are going all out for the last glimmer of hope of entering the top six. No one is willing to play the Rockets or lose the Suns in the seventh first round.

Perhaps now in the entire Western Conference, only the Thunder can survive alone.

"This kind of competition is really difficult!"

This road game with the SuperSonics may be more difficult to play than the Suns game.

Phil Jackson frowned a little, but when he looked at other actions in the airplane cabin, the faces of the Lakers players were filled with excitement and anticipation.

Kobe, Kidd, Randolph, Bynum, Turkoglu, Fisher...

Every one of them has a lot of expectations for this game on their faces.

Especially Kobe, Phil Jackson knew very well that after Kobe lost to yes last time, he said to him that yes seemed to know everything about him, and yes seemed to be another him.

Since yes can use this against him.

Then after he determines that yes is the same type of person as him, he can target yes based on this!

yes can take targeted countermeasures against him based on how good or bad his opening feel is, loose or tight.

Why can't he?

Kobe has been looking forward to this game for a long time.

"The official version of 2k9 Sonics player ratings are different from those previously leaked!"

"In the leaked version, Durant's rating is 79, but in the official version it's actually 87, an increase of 8 points!"

"In addition, Rondo's official value has also increased from 81 to 87, Millsap has increased from 80 to 83, Milicic has increased from 88 to 89, plus David Lee of 81 and Yes of 99, the Seattle SuperSonics There are actually six players above 80 in 2k9!"

"Zach, what kind of game is 2k? I've only heard of NBAlive as a basketball game."

On the plane from Los Angeles to Seattle, Zach Randolph's performance made other Lakers players on the plane curious.

"2k is another good basketball game, not as famous as nbalive, but that was before, and 2k9 seems a little different."

Randolph looked at the computer in front of him in surprise. The spokesperson for 2k9 was yes!

Compared with 2k8, there were some big changes in 2k9. After briefly browsing the player ratings, he actually counted 25 point guards with a rating of 80 or above, 20 shooting guards with a rating of 80 or above, and 25 with a rating of 80 or above. Small forwards rated above 80, 20 power forwards rated above 80, and 19 centers rated above 80.

There are only 400 NBA players in total, and there are 109 players with a score of 80 or above. Almost one of 4 players has a score of 80 or above.

Isn’t this too inflationary?

However, even if there are an average of 4 players with a rating of 80 or above, and there are 15 players in a team, the average number of players in a team with a rating of 80 or above is almost 4, and the Sonics actually have 6, which is different from what everyone thinks. It feels really completely different.

After the game between the Nuggets and SuperSonics, many people said that Yes' training of other SuperSonics players has been initially completed, and now it seems to be true...

Zach Randolph nodded secretly.

"Zach, how many Lakers are there in the game who are over 80?"

"Bryant is 99, Jason is 92, I am 90, Andrew is 88, Hido is 85, and Sasha is 80. There are six of us in total, but three of us are above 90."

Randolph had a pleased look on his face.

Although the ratings of 2k9 are a bit inflated, there are a lot of them above 80, but not so many above 90. There are 10 point guards, 8 shooting guards, 5 small forwards, 9 power forwards, and 4 centers, a total of 37 people.

"Zach, you said I was 99?"

Kobe, who originally had no interest in this, had a look of surprise on his face.

If he remembers correctly, the full score of 2k is 99, right?

I got perfect marks this year?

First in the league?

"Bryant is one of seven 99 players this year."

Seven 99 players?

Where's Nima!

Kobe, who was still somewhat interested, suddenly felt unhappy.

I'm not first in terms of feelings, but tied for seventh!

"Seven 99 players?"

"Yes, Bryant, Nash, Yao Ming, Garnett, Duncan, Arenas"

To be honest, not only are the Lakers players around him incredible, but Randolph himself is incredible.

"Zach, are we the team with the most 90s and above? Who is the team with the most 80s and above?"

"The team with the most scores above 90 is the Spurs, with Duncan at 99, Bowen at 93, Parker at 90, and Ginobili at 90. There are four players in total."

"The team with the most 80 points or above is the Rockets, Yao Ming 99, Roy 93, Tracy McGrady 93, Artest 88, Gerald Wallace 86, Scola 82, Ariza 80, Aaron Brooks 80, Rand Li 80, a total of 9, and the Suns are 80 with 8 people.”

After Randolph finished speaking, the originally lively cabin fell silent for a while.

Phil Jackson, who had been listening, had a look of surprise on his face.

This game is fun.

Although the values ​​are somewhat inflated, such inflated data seems to accurately reflect the differences between the teams.

The Lakers, like the SuperSonics, have six teams with over 80 points!

In the living room of Ye Si's home in Seattle, Ye Si frowned as he looked at the data on the laptop in front of him.

2k officials have accepted his suggestions and re-evaluated his teammates.

His teammates are still underrated.

However... the SuperSonics' overall strength has finally reached the second level behind the Rockets and Suns.

The second gear is the last, which is also the second gear...