'Have I improved in seven years?' asked button. His dominance has been completely upgraded. Why?
Oct 20, 2024
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At that time, DB's objective power itself was not enough to rank first. However, along with Du Kyung-min, Burton led DB's strong offensive basketball, eventually leading the team to the championship game with the top spot in the regular league.
However, he was caught in the trap of Seoul SK in the championship. Choi Won-hyuk, who was a lock down defender at the time, made all-out efforts to block the button with his physical defense.
Burton played his part, but Choi Won-hyuk's defense was also not easy. In the end, DB did not become the final winner due to SK's organized defense
And it's been seven years. Burton could not accept DB's offer to renew the contract. An offer from the Oklahoma City Thunder came, and he entered the NBA on a two-way contract. At that time, two-way contracts were ahead of both justification and annual salary.
In Oklahoma City, he worked with Paul George. Still the NBA's top small forward, he told a local podcast that there's `Gyan Williamson, but DeYonte Burton had that ability in my view. He spoke highly of the second Zion Williamson.
In an interview during the Nagoya training camp in September, Burton said 'I'm older than Zion. He also made a confident statement jokingly saying, 'It is true that the playing style is similar, but it is not the second Zion.
When Burton joined KCC, defending champion KCC suddenly emerged as a strong favorite again. However, there were doubts. Last season, KCC won the championship with brilliant domestic members such as Choi Joon-yong, Song Kyo-chang, Huh Woong, and Lee Seung-hyun, with Ra Gun-ah and Alize Johnson alternately dominating the basket. Coach Jeon Chang-jin's mercenary skills in the right place and seasoned game management were also supported.
Most experts said that `the driving force behind the KCCC victory is the dominance under the basket by using Ra Gun-ah in the right place, although there are excellent domestic players.' Actually, it was true.
Then came the button. Burton lost about 10 kilograms to adapt to the NBA's transition. This part has also raised concerns. It was a question of whether Burton, whose power was reduced, could take control in a domestic league with strong big men such as Jamil Warney, Shaun Long and Ashem Maray. The bad news of Choi Joon-yong and Song Kyo-chang missing early in the season also overlapped. KCC's early moves looked tough.
Although the button is powerful, the view that Choi Joon-yong's Song Kyo-chang must be combined to show full power was strong. However, everything was a tilt. Burton proved perfectly.
He scored 40 points. He grabbed 16 rebounds. Four blocks and four stills. He dominated the game perfectly.
After the game, Burton asked unexpected questions and unexpected answers. He told reporters at an official press conference that `Do the reporters think I have improved compared to seven years ago?' "That's right. I think I'm more relaxed" he said, trying for seven years to grow up on and off the court. I think I've improved myself."
That's certainly true. The button is different from seven years ago. If you destroyed your opponent with strong athletic ability seven years ago, at this point, you have definitely upgraded from strong techniques, eyes that penetrate the flow of the game, relaxation and concentration on the outcome.
In the end, he neutralized the intensive check of Moon Jung-hyun and Moon Sung-gon, the league's top defenders, confronted the opponent's mismatch attack, and dominated the game perfectly by scoring, stealing, and blocking decisive points that led the flow at the match.
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