The champion team is disbanded! 7 people left the team one after another, and the heroes who won the championship also chose to leave, and it was difficult to win the championship again
Poetry Basketball
2024-08-06 12:31Published in Shaanxi
As we all know, when a team wins a championship, almost all team management wants to maintain their original championship team as much as possible to maintain the chemistry of their championship team. But teams face a variety of situations, so it's hard for many teams to keep their championship squads. That's why it's so hard to win two in a row.
In recent years, NBA championships have been won by teams, and no team has been able to achieve two consecutive championships after the Warriors won two consecutive championships in previous years. The Nuggets have undoubtedly been the only team in the West in recent years. They have a very strong dominance in the west. But last season they also had a noticeable dip in quality, and were even eliminated prematurely from the playoffs. And this offseason, their winning roster that year has also collapsed. According to statistics, 7 of the winning team left the team one after another. That winning squad is now gone.
What's more, there was a core player in the team that won the championship that year, and he was also the hero of the championship, and he also chose to leave the team this summer, he is Pope. Pope's departure from the Nuggets will definitely take a heavy toll on the overall strength of the Nuggets. Because there is no player in the squad today who can replace Pope's role. In the process of winning the championship that year, Pop played the role of top 3D. He's an important defensive arrow on the perimeter, a consistent shooting point on the offensive end, and he's a starter for the Nuggets. After he leaves the team, the overall strength of the Nuggets in the new season will decline significantly.
Why did Pope choose to leave the Nuggets? On the one hand, because he got an offer for a higher salary. On the other hand, he is also very aware that the strength of the Nuggets has declined significantly, and it may become difficult to win the championship again. On the one hand, at present, all teams are further strengthening, and there are more and more teams with the same strength as the Nuggets. On the other hand, Jamal Murray, one of the core of the Nuggets, is in a worrying state. Murray was very sluggish in the playoffs last season, and it was because of his poor performance that the Nuggets were eliminated prematurely.
There's no denying that Jokic is still one of the best players in the league, but it's not enough to rely on him alone. Murray's performance on this team will determine how far the Nuggets can go, but Murray's performances are becoming more and more inconsistent, including his very sluggish performance in this year's Olympics.
Murray has suffered serious injuries in his career, has his injury started to take a toll as he gets older? That's what many Nuggets fans are worried about. In short, when we look at the Nuggets' current roster now, you can see that their bench lineup is very weak. It looks difficult to reach the top again in the West, where many teams are strong next season, and the West is no longer dominated by the Nuggets, but by a group of champions.
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