The birth of a new generation! Wembanyama + Home Gren U.S. ESPN"Extreme Examples of Modern Big Man Trends"
Oct 31, 2024
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ESPN reported on the 31st (Korea time) 'Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren are extreme examples of the new trend of the modern big man. They are players over 2m10 who can protect the rim in defense and throw 3-pointers offensively. Players who are elite blockers and equipped with outside shots that can give them space under the basket.
Wembanyama is 2m21. Homegren is 2 m 16.
Very big. Of course, in basketball in the past, you have to be the big man who rules under the basket. However, they are different. It can run fast, has the technique of ball handling, and is equipped with face-up technology that breaks through the front, not post-up with the back of the goalpost. Rather than being the center, it is closer to number 3.5, which mixes small and power forwards.
As Stephen Curry brings three-point shots into the modern basketball trend, basketball is rapidly destroying its position. There are no more orthodox point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards, and centers.
It is divided into three positions: the main ball handler who owns the most balls, the wingman who moves to and from the inside and outside, and the big man who guards the basket. Holmgren and Wembanyama are big men, but they also play wingmen. Therefore, San Antonio coach Greg Popovich said "Wembanyama is not No. 5." In an interview with local media, Holmgren said 'If you can defend and shoot, you can play in any position.
It is an era in which it is difficult to survive in the NBA without versatility. There are two players at the extreme of versatility. It's showing the trend of a new big man.
Before the two players, Brooke Lopez showed the center's versatility. Lopez, who is tall at 2m16 and looks like a typical big man, is Milwaukee's main center and a three-point shooter with a soft shooting touch. To create breakthrough space for ace Yannis Antetokounmpo, he plays Stretch 4 with Pick & Pop. In fact, it is frequent for the center to be equipped with 3-point shots recently. Bam Adebayo, the league's best defensive big man, is also attempting a three-point shot while increasing his shooting distance.
Holmgren and Wembanyama are big men at the extreme of this trend.
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