No matter what occupation you are engaged in, talent is the most important. In sports, especially professional basketball, having super talent will make your career stand in a higher position. Pelican gathered a lot of talented players, little Durant Ingram, and Tsai En, who had already achieved super high exposure before his debut. Players like Brother Ball also have good talent.
At the 19 draft, the pelican got two top newcomers. One is the cornerstone of reconstruction, and the other is Hayes. Hayes was selected as the eighth overall pick in the first round, from the University of Texas. Compared with Duke University in North Carolina, the University of Texas is not a famous basketball school. There are only a handful of talents who have played for the NBA in the whole school history, and there are not many famous ones. With such a school background, Hayes was lucky to be elected to the top.
Hayes's pelican is in a state of reconstruction, and the team also has a large number of high-quality young people. For Hayes, the team chose him at the beginning because of the loopholes in the lineup. We also need to clearly rebuild the team's attributes, that is, everyone needs the ball to prove themselves, which is a very realistic situation. If Tsai En is not injured this season, it is hard to say whether Ingram can play.
The team didn't choose Hayes to grab the class and seize power. After all, Hayes' talent has not reached the point where he can be successful in team building. Pelican is accumulating talents, Hayes is destined to become a supporting role of the team, and his tactical position is not even as good as that of veteran Lei Dike. An engineering player like Hayes must be the knife guard around the new king Cai En.
The management of the pelican is still very good, and Hayes has many opportunities in the rookie season. Hayes has played 56 games this season, of which 12 was the first start. According to the basic data, Hayes averaged 17.0 minutes, scored 7.5 points, 4.0 rebounds 1.0 blocks and shot 65.7%, which is a standard rookie data and can only be said to be generally satisfied.
Hayes on the offensive end only has three axes, which is a winning numerical play and a common way for blue-collar centers. The ball bearer needs cover when attacking from a high position. Hayes acts as a good cover, but there are also some operations without ball cover. Hayes can also eat cakes along the road after starting to pick and roll with his teammates, or he can eat empty cakes. The other is to grab the offensive backboard to complete the basket-making operation, or pass it to teammates for a second offensive operation.
The pelican needs a player to do dirty work. Fevos is not the best choice. Hayes is the best candidate in terms of essence and player attributes. During the magic period, Howard rarely saw him mention the high position to cover the defender, but blindly fell to the low position to catch the ball for singles operation. In fact, when a team is willing to do the work that these data do not show, it is necessary to cherish their existence.
If Hayes' most important attribute is his defense. Don't worry about the Pelican's backcourt defense. They have proved to be players. Zein and Ingram's defense is quite poor. Don't look at Cai En's physical condition. So we need a player who can protect the basket and wipe his ass inside. After all, this is the team's last line of defense.
We can look at Hayes' personal defense data. On the whole, the shooting percentage of the players who play against him will drop by 1.7 percentage points. We can also split the data. When Hayes defended outside the three-point line, his opponent's shooting percentage was limited to 29.8%. In the three-point line defense, the opponent's hit rate is 5 1.8%. Hayes is a high-quality basketball defender because his opponent's hit rate will drop by 8.8 percentage points.
Hayes has a strong defensive ability, but unfortunately he is dragged down by the defensive environment of the pelican, which leads to his defensive efficiency is not very good. Hayes is also very good at increasing the defense system of the pelican. Because of its super maneuverability, it means that the defense area will be large. The same is true of the perception presented in the game. Hayes can also get back to the basket after a big pick-and-roll drag, and sometimes he can jump to the outside line to block the three-pointer projection.
In short, Hayes' defensive value is higher than offensive value, which is why the team chose him. There is no need for the center to have too much possession of the ball. It is enough to do a good job of defense and eat cake.
Pelican has only two big-name players, Ingram and Zein. The rest, regardless of their status, whether they are old players on the team or not, have to revolve around them. So does Hayes get along with Cai and Ingram? This is also a question worth thinking about.
It has been proved that Ingram and Hayes can save * * *. It is easy for Tsai Ing-Wen to get a double-digit score before her return. The most important thing is that Chua En and Ingram have some conflicts in ball control and play, and the presence of both will affect the offensive efficiency of the other side. The reason is that Tsai En needs someone to feed the ball, and Ingram is a ball-holding player and has no strong talent for playing.
As we all know, what a team fears most is to have a big core with the ball and the frontcourt that needs to attack the basket with its back. The spatial contradiction between Simmons and Embiid has never been solved. When Ingram, Cai En and Hayes were present at the same time, because Cai En and Hayes did not have a three-point range, the offensive space was extremely congested. Once Hayes is away from the basket, his offensive deterrent can be ignored, and a local 4-5 situation will appear.
After all, Hayes can't beat Cai and Ingram. In fact, this is also very easy to solve. After all, Hayes is a role player, and his appearance can be decided according to the situation on the court. It is worth mentioning that after Cai En's comeback, Hayes' playing time was shortened and he never scored in double figures again. We can understand that this is to make way for Cai and Ingram's running-in, but Hayes is also greatly affected.
Perhaps the label of Hayes' whole career is defense, and the ceiling is faintly visible on the offensive end. Hayes has a good defensive qualification, with a height of 2. 1 1 m and a wingspan of 2.22 m. Hayes' rookie season did show outstanding defensive potential, and the data of presence and absence is the best proof. When Hayes is present, the team's defensive efficiency is 109.8, and when Hayes is absent, the team's defensive efficiency drops to 1 10.6.
However, one problem that needs attention is that Hayes has some bad defensive habits, sometimes giving up his original position in the basket in pursuit of blocking shots, and then being attacked by opponents. Once bad defensive habits are formed, it will lead to a series of problems. The big white cover data in the heat period is really beautiful, but these are all deliberately brushing the cover data by giving up the defense under the basket.
Hayes needs to polish his defense to the extreme, which may be the basis for his future foothold in this league. After all, defense is also a rare skill.
The reason why the blue-collar is a blue-collar is that besides the tactical arrangement given to him by the team, there is also a point of standing still. For example, the former Jordan did not transform in time, and now he has become a role player. Lopez made a good transformation and became a celebrity around Brother Alphabet. Modern basketball really needs a higher center, and being able to pull out and shoot is the most basic quality.
Hayes shot 3.5 times in the basket this season, accounting for 83.0% of the total. The number of close-range two-point shots is 0.5, accounting for 12.8% of the total number of shots. The middle distance shot was 0. 1 time, accounting for 2.6%. Hayes basically stopped shooting after that. He made four three-pointers this season and only won 1. In short, Hayes has no threat after staying away from the basket, and the opponent can empty his unscrupulous contraction defense.
Hayes must develop the ability to shoot from a long distance. Once he has a long shot, not only will there be more choices after pick and roll, but the team's tactical system will also be rich. He can have fun with Cai En and others, and his tactical position naturally rises.
Coping ability is also a skill that the center can use. Hayes is still a rough guy, and his ability to cope requires a lot of experience in games, unlike shooting. Once Hayes has the ability to cope, there are some interesting tactics to implement. At the same time, it can also relieve the pressure of holding the ball in the front line and let the team have more tactical choices to enrich the team's offensive routines.
Of course, we can't ask Hayes to do too much. However, he is still very young, and now is the time to add. The more skills, the more important.
Hayes is a member of the Pelican team, and Tsai En and Ingram grew up together. Hayes' potential is in the process of being tapped. As for where the Pelican will develop, it has a lot to do with both sides.