NBA All-Star Weekend Muab Kev Pom Zoo Rau Thunder's Bright Yav Tom Ntej

Nrog kev sawv cev los ntawm peb tus neeg sib txawv hauv Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City Thunder nyob tsis khoom ntawm NBA All-Star Weekend.

Jalen Williams thiab Josh Giddey ob leeg tau koom nrog Rising Stars Challenge, thaum Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ua si hauv NBA All-Star Game hmo Sunday. Cov trio no muaj peev xwm zoo kawg thiab muaj lub sijhawm los sawv cev Oklahoma City ntawm theem loj.

Nws yog lub caij muaj kev vam meej rau lub sijhawm no rau Thunder, uas mus qhia tias lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm franchise yog li cas. Los Angeles Lakers lub hnub qub LeBron James txawm tau qhuas nws rau Giddey thiab Thunder dhau lub asthiv.

"Josh Giddey yog tus txiv neej tiag tiag, zoo heev. Obviously, ib tug siab point guard. Nws yog ib tug triple-ob-hom playmaker txhua txhua hmo vim nws muaj peev xwm rov qab los ntawm nws qhov loj me, nws qhov kev sib txawv thiab nws muaj peev xwm ua tau rau hauv cov xim. Kuv xav tias nws yuav ua tau zoo dua thiab zoo dua, "James hais. "Lawv muaj cov tub ntxhais hluas zoo heev hauv OKC. Lawv tseem tsis tau muaj Chet [Holmgren] nyob ntawd.

Giddey yog ib tus neeg ua si zoo tshaj plaws hauv Rising Stars Challenge, flashing lub peev xwm Playmaking uas James tau hais txog. Hauv thawj qhov kev tshwm sim, nws tau txais qhov kev ua si siab rau rau qhov kev pab uas ntau dua li cov neeg tawm tsam uas tsim los ua pab pawg. Giddey yeej muaj peev xwm ua si nrog Williams hauv qhov kev sib tw no, raws li lawv tau tsim los rau tib pab pawg. Williams tau tsim rau lub ntsiab lus, rau qhov rov qab thiab plaub pab hauv ob qhov kev ua si ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim.

Ob qhov kev cia siab Thunder no yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm lawv pab neeg ua rau nws mus rau kev sib tw ncaws pob, qhov twg lawv thaum kawg poob los ntawm tsib lub ntsiab lus.

Gilgeous-Alexander tau zaum hauv tsev hais plaub rau Rising Stars Challenge, qhia kev txhawb nqa rau nws ob tug phooj ywg. Qhov no txhais tau ntau heev rau Williams, uas tau tham txog yuav ua li cas kaw qhov Thunder roster nyob rau thiab tawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub. Nws txawm tau cog lus tias yuav rov qab tau qhov kev pom zoo thiab hais tias nws yuav tuaj koom Gilgeous-Alexander qhov kev ua si rau hmo Sunday.

Ob hmo tom qab, lub sijhawm tau los rau qhov kev tshwm sim tseem ceeb, raws li 24 ntawm cov neeg ua si zoo tshaj plaws nyob ib puag ncig pab koomtes sib tw hauv 72nd NBA All-Star Game. Raws li tau cog lus tseg, Williams tau tuaj koom hnav Gilgeous-Alexander lub tsho.

“Nws yog kuv tus tij laug. Nws hnav kuv lub tsho zoo dua, "said Gilgeous-Alexander ntawm Williams tom qab qhov kev ua si. "Nws funny vim kuv hnav nws hnub ntawm nws qhov kev ua si. Qhov ntawd yog thawj zaug uas nws pom nws tus kheej lub tsho rau kuv. Yog li kuv xav tias nws yuav ua ib yam dab tsi. "

Thawj thawj zaug, NBA All-Star rosters tau sau tseg nyob ua ntej kev tawm tswv yim. Gilgeous-Alexander yog tus thib tsib tshwj tseg uas tau xaiv, thaum nws koom nrog Giannis Antetokounmpo pab pawg.

Thawj zaug All-Star tsis tau ua si ntau hauv qhov kev ua si, tab sis nws muaj lub sijhawm los nthuav qhia nws cov txuj ci hauv kev ua haujlwm tsawg. Nws lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub tsev hais plaub tau faib nyob rau hauv ob cais chunks, thawj ntawm uas tuaj nyob rau hauv lub thib ob peb lub hlis twg raws li nws pib lub thav duab tom qab tsis muaj kev txiav txim nyob rau hauv thawj.

Gilgeous-Alexander ua tiav nrog tsib lub ntsiab lus thiab tsib pab hauv nws thawj rau feeb rau hauv pem teb, ua tiav cov haujlwm ntxov. Nws tau ua si dua ob peb feeb hauv peb lub hlis twg thiab thaum kawg ua tiav qhov kev sib tw nrog cuaj lub ntsiab lus, xya pab thiab ob qhov rov qab los hauv tsuas yog 10 feeb ntawm kev nqis tes ua thaum mus 4-rau-5 hauv pem teb.

“Ib zaug kuv xav tias cov feeb yuav mus li cas, kuv tau sim kom tau ob npaug lossis triple-ob lossis qee yam zoo li ntawd. Tsuas yog sim ua si sib txawv, "said Gilgeous-Alexander postgame.

Tus 24-xyoo-laus tau qhia nws tus kheej tsis muaj tus kheej, zoo li nws tau tsom mus rau kev teeb tsa nws cov phooj ywg ntau dua li nws cov ntsiab lus. Thaum nws tsis ua tiav qhov ob-ob, nws tau los ze.

"Kuv tsuas yog txaus siab nyob ntawm no ua si nrog cov players zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Tsuas yog tau los nthuav qhia kuv cov txuj ci ntawm theem no, "hais tias Gilgeous-Alexander hmo Sunday. "Tsuas sim ua kom nws ntub kom ntau li ntau tau."

Tom qab lub lis piam ua tiav no, peb daim ntawm Thunder core no yuav muaj sijhawm so ua ntej rov qab mus rau Salt Lake City rau hnub Thursday mus rau Jazz. Raws li qhov kawg ntawm kev sib tw 2022-23 tab tom tos, Oklahoma City yog 28-29 thiab thib kaum hauv Western Conference.

Lub Thunder muaj txoj hauv kev meej rau lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav, tab sis nws yuav siv zog ze rau lub caij.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholascrain/2023/02/20/nba-all-star-weekend-gives-glimpse-into-thunders-bright-future/