为什么波特兰径燃烧器不能前进

在现代的NBA中，前进LeBron James,Kevin Durant， 和保罗乔治have set the archetype for excellence. MeanwhileCarmelo Anthonyspanned the iso-heavy early-2000s to the pace-and-space 2010s with 20 ppg seasons. Today shiny new forwards likeJayson Tatum,Brandon Ingram， 和奥托搬运工Jr.试着在等待他们进化职位的机会的同时继续保持。在闪闪发光之中，10分中的9个分析师同意，当联盟将其重量放在翼上时，波特兰径丝滩赛didn’t keep up:

让我们反思人员搬家，这些搬家在今天的燃烧器中得到了燃烧器：

2015年波特兰失去了经验和技巧Nicolas Batum.和Wesley Matthews，触发机翼位置的复位。选秀将成为寻找继承人的地方，但Rondae Hollis-Jefferson持续了两秒钟。继承人Will Barton在截止日期的绝望行动中发货，然后他的替代品（Arron Afflalo) bolted.

Neil Olshey rebuilt his wing rotation by landingGerald Henderson和莫里斯哈克in trades, acquiring帕特康顿在草案夜晚，并签署了al-farouq aminu，他们事先永远不是一贯的初学者。

Throw in the big Summer ‘16 signing ofEvan Turner， 和the drafting ofJake Layman, while taking away Henderson,Allen Crabbe， 和Justin Jackson(in a draft night trade), and we arrive at the 2017-18 Blazers wing rotation.

How Does Portland Stack Up?

这Blazers’ starting wings have been in flux this season. Turner has gone from second-unit mainstay to starter the last nine games. Aminu missed time with injury. Harkless underwhelmed and saw a demotion in late November, then returned to action tolead his team to victoryagainst the Los Angeles Lakers just before Christmas. Connaughton has notched five starts this season. Layman even started one of Portland’s twoDamian Lillard-less games.

Measuring the Aminu-Turner-Harkless trio, who have the top three minutes per game averages among Portland’s wings, against the league isn’t pretty. The trio combines for 22.7 points per game. Here are some examples of wing production around the league:

• Giannis Antetokounmpo/ Khris Middleton / Tony Snell（58.7 PPG）
• DeMar DeRozan/CJ Miles/OG Anunoby (41.7 ppg)
• Jaylen Brown / Jayson Tatum / Marcus Morris（40 ppg）

Of course, these players come from top teams. The Bucks (17-14),Raptors(23-8), andCeltics(27-10) are not the Blazers (17-16), and comparing them to Portland is bound to have discrepancies. But even bottom-feeders have strengths at the wing:

• Aaron Gordon/Evan Fournier/Jonathon Simmons (51.9 ppg)
• Rondae Hollis-Jefferson/Demare Carroll/Allen Crabbe (40 ppg)
• Tyreke Evans/Dillon Brooks/James Ennis (33.5 ppg)

Those trios come from the魔法(11-23),Nets（12-20），和Grizzlies(10-23). Even the worst team in the league,亚特兰大(8-25), gets 36 ppg from Taurean Prince/Kent Bazemore/Marco Belinelli.

波特兰的后勤因素进入其底部梯级的前锋生产。进攻通过Lillard和CJ McCollum. Ending a possession with one of those two shooting is smart. Teams like the Magic or Nets scramble for production from whomever, while teams like the Bucks or Celtics make their wings a focal point of the offense.

With this guard focus, Portland still wins games—but if they want to compete, getting productive wings becomes imperative.

Even with the focus on Lillard/McCollum, there’s no reason the Blazers can’t find the wing of their future. Just look at theWizards: After puttingJohn Wall和Bradley Beal他们在一起，他们在草案中添加了Otto Porter Jr.这Bucksgave Khris Middleton, a throw-in trade piece, an opportunity and he’s blossomed from former bench afterthought into a 20.8 ppg scorer today.

波特兰翼位置的未来

Aminu如果他能成为一个真正的3点威胁，就会出现罪行的承诺。他的职业生涯与33.4％相比，他枪击了44.1％。但他于2019年为自由球员领导，禁止交易，燃烧者仍将在哈克和特纳的钩子上。甚至帕特康顿甚至是现在注册为重要贡献者的帕伯顿，也是一个即将到来的自由代理人，可以栓塞这个休赛。

直到主要的变化来 - 他们需要一个很快 - 波特兰将继续流血，而麦克拉姆干燥，而且昂贵的翅膀流出波特兰的帽空间干燥。尽管有才华横溢的卫兵和世界一流的工资单，但那些双重生产和薪水的双重泄漏都会让美洲洲在平庸中陷入困境。

*All stats and records courtesy ofBasketball-Reference和are accurate as of Dec. 25.