For the SuperSonics, Earl Watson does not only mean twenty-eight minutes of playing time, but also 8:7:3:5 assists and 1:8:7:00 and 1:8 steals.

It is his role in this well-functioning tactical system. This task does not require the player's strong offensive ability or the player's high ball control skills. As long as he can control the ball steadily, hand the ball to Stephen in time, and then perform tactical runs. As he waits to receive Stephen's pass, he will re-organize the offense.

Earl Watson is not the first starting point of tactics, but the second starting point of the team. After Stephen handed over the ball, he needs to assume the responsibility of organizing the defender, because Stephen may not be able to regain the ball in time.

His position in tactics is not like Durant or Yao Ming. When the ball comes to their hands, most of them will take action. Even if it is not good when it comes to the phone, they will just pass the ball out casually. However, after Earl Watson gets the ball, he still has to determine the number of tactics to implement or whether he is attacking himself according to the situation, or to stabilize the ball and hand it over to Stephen to handle it.

Over the past year, Earwaterlin has learned how to cooperate with Stephen to play. The tacit understanding between the two of them is the highest in the team, and even the tacit understanding between Stephen and Coopard is not as good as the two of them.

Of course, the main reason is that Earl Watson's research on Stephen has reached a very deep level, and others will not work hard. Earl Watson realized a truth very early. With his own talent, it is no problem to act as a main force or even a starting point guard in the original SuperSonics team, but for a championship-level team, his ability is insufficient.

But at the same time, he has a strong reputation for the championship ring and wants to win the championship once as the main force of the championship team. Of course, it would be better if it was multiple times. So, in order not to be abandoned by the team or replaced by others, the only hope is Stephen.

On the one hand, he had to have a good relationship with Stephen, so he defected to Stephen very early. Of course, he did not rely on flattery. Stephen did not take this trick, but took the initiative to bring the relationship between the two parties closer. He chatted casually when he was fine, but could not show the meaning of entanglement. It was natural and relaxed, and he wanted to make Stephen feel no pressure, just like an old friend. Earl Watson used several times more spirit than chasing his girlfriend to achieve this goal.

But he also knew that it was not enough to just establish a good relationship with Stephen in private. As a player, the real value can only be reflected in the court. If his ability does not meet the team's requirements, even Stephen will no longer tolerate himself staying on the court, so Earl Watson has never given up improving himself.

But he is already old and basically has no potential to improve. At the same time, he can't improve his technical style or anything. So he can only work hard to cooperate. Studying Stephen's playing style is what Earl Watson mainly does, and secondly, he is to study the team's tactics.

Because the team's tactics are made by Carlesimo for Stephen, and they can best exert Stephen's tactical power. If you can understand this tactic thoroughly, it will be beneficial to cooperation.

Earl Watson's investment cannot be said to be worthless. Stephen does feel that playing with him is the most comfortable. Many times when the offense is blocked, Stephen does not need to consider Earl Watson's position at all. He just needs to throw the ball behind him according to his own habits, and then as long as he runs to the right position, the ball will naturally return to his own hands.

This is the value of Earl Watson. Although it cannot be reflected in the data, it gives Stephen a different feeling with him and without him. The cooperation between Lucredno and Stephen cannot achieve this effect. So when he was planning to send these two players, although Lucredno is younger and more potential, Presti is more optimistic, he still sent him away, leaving Earl Watson behind.

In fact, although the two people have strengths, there is basically no big difference. It is nothing more than that Lucredno is younger and has stronger offensive ability, but his injury risk is also greater. And although he has certain potential, it is not easy to become strength. Earl Watson is at least stronger than Lucredno in his efforts.

This season, Earl Watson also played a very critical role in the SuperSonics' rapid progress. Although it is not conspicuous from the data, he is only ahead of Cote Thomas in the team's starting lineup, and sometimes he is not even as good as Coupard and Damien Wilkins in the substitutes, but no one can ignore his role.

Although the Supersonics have added a rookie like Russell Westbrook with a strong body and super breakthrough ability, and a substitute like Jarret Jack with outstanding comprehensive qualities, Earl Watson can still hold the team's starting position. Even when head coach Carlesimo has changed his starting position, it can be seen that Earl Watson's efforts and hard work have not been wasted.

In the subsequent game, even though the opponent was a weak team like the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Supersonics still played very hard and were even led by the opponent for a while. Stephen was able to adapt to Russell Westbrook or Jarret Jack playing for a point guard for a while, but from the beginning, he did not play in the way Stephen was used to and familiar, which greatly affected Stephen's form.

Russell Westbrook's data is pretty good. So far, he has scored eleven points and three assists. All three assists come from Kevin Durant's score, and neither Stephen nor Yao Ming has received his assist-style pass.

Although the ball is still in Stephen's hands, the entire rotation system of the ball cannot be in Stephen's hands alone. Once the ball reaches Russell Westbrook's hands, it will break away from the tactical system. In addition, the Timberwolves' strengthened defense against Yao Ming and Stephen, the ball will naturally go more to Kevin Durant's hands, followed by Russell Westbrook's own attack.

Calesimo also saw that the team's offense was in a fragmented state. The main reason was Russell Westbrook's side, but he still wanted to see if Russell Westbrook would change himself. But after looking at it, he finally lost confidence. In addition, he really had a lot of playing time, so he used Jarret Jack to replace Russell Westbrook.

Because Earl Watson was absent from the team, but more than a dozen or even more, the team had to reuse Russell Westbrook and found a way for him and Stephen to play together. Stephen's chances of change are not high. The winning model built after working hard for more than a season is impossible to change because of Russell Westbrook, so only Russell Westbrook has changed himself, but it seems that he has not learned it yet.

After Jarret Jack came on the court, this unfavorable situation changed. Although his playing style was obviously different from Earl Watson, he knew that he would take the initiative to cooperate with Stephen. Although he was not as good as Earl Watson, the effect was better than Russell Westbrook. The Supersonics quickly overtook the Timberwolves and entered the second half with a seven-point advantage.

In the second half, Russell Westbrook returned to the court, but at this time Stephen was sitting off the court to rest. The team's offense was mainly Kevin Durant, and the game was not messy. Anyway, he and Kevin Durant often cooperated.

Russell Westbrook played in a rising shot, and he scored layups in a row. Neither Sebastian Telfell nor Randyfoyer could stop him from breaking through. However, he had just made a good shot. When he got rid of Randyfoyer's defense again and was about to score points at the basket, his body suddenly slanted when no one touched him. Although Russell Westbrook quickly adjusted the center of gravity of his body and passed the ball to his teammate Damien Wilkins, then stood there and dared not move.

The scene just now was quickly replayed on the big screen. If anyone had encountered it, Russell Westbrook took a step, and it was obvious that his feet and calf were bent to a right angle. Now standing there, his right foot was twisted and he didn't dare to struggle. Carlesimo hurriedly called a timeout and sent the team doctor up.

It can be seen that Russell Westbrook's ankle was swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye. When the team doctor saw it, he hurriedly asked someone to help him down. Kalesimo replaced Jarret Jack at the same time. Although the ankle sprain was not very serious, it was very easy to recur. Once an old sprain was formed, there was basically no possibility of healing. Judging from his sprain, it was at least impossible to play again in this game.

However, after Jalan Tec took the field, he played very hard. His strength lies in the shooting after the breakthrough, rather than the layup after the breakthrough. Although the shooting percentage is a bit worse than the layup, Jallet Jack's mid-range shot is extremely accurate, especially after Stephen returned to the court, the two broke through and shot in turn, which quickly made the Timberwolves' shot ecstasy and finally lost the game 92 to 103.

After returning to Seattle, after inspection, Russell Westbrook's ankle needs at least one to two weeks to return to the court. In addition, Earl Watson needs to rest for a month, so the team only has Jarret Jack, a point guard. This is really a disaster, and it's even worse.
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