The new and old "Thunder Three Young Masters", which will have higher achievements in the future?

On May 23, the Thunder not only defeated the Timberwolves 118-103 at home, but also led 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals. Before the game, Alexander also won the MVP trophy of the regular season from President Xiao Hua.

So the Oklahoma City Thunder, its third MVP in the past 12 years, was officially born.

Durant in 2014, Westbrook in 2016, and Alexander this year, have all become the real top stars in the league here.

If you include entering the industry here in 2009, James Harden, who also won the Michael Jordan Cup in Houston, the Thunder's vision is indeed the only one in the league.

Alexander is the only one among these four who is not the Thunder draft. Charlotte Hornets and the Los Angeles Clippers have successively transferred this MVP to others in one year. Compared with the Thunder, it can only be said that the bad team has its own bad truth.

Alexander was not at all nervous. Today is another luxurious data of 38 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. He has made 29.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.7 steals so far in the playoffs, and he has performed very well.

If the referee and free throws were still used by the outside world in the last game, then he and the Thunder team kept everyone shut up in this game.

Although 15 free throws were still 13 times today, the more eye-catching thing today is 9 of 13 in the middle distance.

Holding Michael Jordan Cup in his hand, he taught "Michael's son" a lesson in Michael's way.

The two games are almost similar.

The Timberwolves can still support it in the first half, but the Thunder adapts to the rhythm and exerts power in the third quarter, and can take it away in one wave.

The previous game was 54-28, and today is also 30-10 in the second half of the third quarter. The Thunder's victory path is very traditional:

The first half is right and the third quarter is opened, leaving the opponent without even the idea of ​​struggling.

If you want to talk about how much better Alexander than Huazi, many people don’t catch a cold. But after two games, the Thunder's lead over the Timberwolves is indeed all-round.

The height advantage against the Lakers and Warriors in the previous two rounds is gone.

Thunder stood with two big men, Harten and Homgren. The inside score ratio in the two games was 20-54, 44-58, and no matter how hard he tried, it would be useless.

Randle, who had been forced to fight against each other and seemed to break the ground and became a playoff super giant, could beat James, Butler, and Kumingga. Now he was completely out of the Thunder Trip Marso with Caruso as the leader, and only scored 6 points today.

When his three-pointer feels lost, he found it difficult to break into the Thunder's inside line, and it was even difficult to connect the ball and shoot.

This is the Thunder's first defensive strength in the league season.

I don't agree with how outrageous you said Alexander was. At least compared to Edwards on the opposite side, it is at most half a level of position advantage.

But what is amazing about the Thunder is that almost all rotations that have appeared in the playoffs have individual defense capabilities at the defensive level.

Although the Thunder, the best defensive lineup just announced today, "only" Dorte and Jaylen were selected, Caruso, Wiggins, and Wallace were actually "outside gates" that made other teams drool.

Even the team leader Alexander is a "stadium thief" with an average of 1.7 points per game. The boss is so brave in defense. Why don't the brothers below fight to the death?

and of course, he has two of his 22nd-class "left and left and right hands", Homegren and Jaylen Williams.

It is hard to imagine that these two "third-year students" who only earned $15 million in total this season have grown into the No. 2 and 3 characters of the league's No. 1 team.

It can even be said that they are the foundation of the core competitiveness of this Thunder today.

When other teams can't even get a reliable starter of 15 million, one of these two is the "Spider-Man" who bonds the inside and outside lines, and the other is the team's No. 2 attacker, Alexander's own "Scotty Pippen".

What's even more terrifying is that these two brothers will only get 20 million next season, and even with Alexander, it will only be 56.9 million.

Get 2.2 million less than Stephen Curry next season.

Homgren will be Vampan Yama's biggest competitor in DPOY and the West in the future, as long as both are healthy.

And Jaylen Williams is increasingly likely to become Alexander's career partner. This season's regular season averaged 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, 20.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, and both contributed 1.7 steals per game.

Since Jaylen Brown last year, Jaylen Williams has emerged this year. Will "Jaylen" become synonymous with high-quality second-in-command in the future?

Of course, the most valuable thing is that these three teenagers have not had a mutually exclusive effect in their playing style so far.

Alexander's scoring ability is stable and restrained, allowing both brothers to have a lot of ball rights and mobile phone opportunities.

The three of them are all defensive players among players of the same level, and there are no obvious shortcomings.

is a set of iron triangles that can last for many years.

This has to mention the "Thunder Three Young Masters" who became the youthful memory of many people more than ten years ago.

Durant in 2007, Westbrook in 2008, and Harden in 2009 brought the Thunder (formerly Supersonics) who had just moved to Oklahoma back to the playoff sequence in just three years, and quickly became the top talent in the West.

The 2012 consecutive defeats of the Lakers and Spurs into the finals was their final peak, and Harden's departure has become an eternal pain in the hearts of many Thunder fans..

But judging from the development of the three players, except that Durant is a top attacker at the historical level who can be both ball- or not, Harden and Westbrook must have absolute ball rights and tactical status to exert their maximum energy.

The two won MVP, which was also the day when the ball rights were the most concentrated in their careers.

I believe countless people have assumed countless times that if the cooperation time of these three people can be longer, will it be able to bring Oklahoma the first championship in team history, and will it make up for the regret that the second brother and third brother have never had a championship.

But the reality is more likely to be that when Westbrook and Harden both grow to the age of desperately dominating the ball, the team will fall apart sooner or later.

After the three of them broke up, they actually became more prominent themselves.

Westbrook became the triple-double king in history, Durant had the dream championship + fmvp, and Harden also completed a leap forward upgrade from the best sixth man to the league super giant.

Perhaps this is the best result. The only real regret is Thunder. More than ten years ago, they gave up the opportunity to form a talented and youthful dynasty team, and eventually fell apart in the rebellion of their brothers.

Now, Presti magically formed a "new Thunder Three Young Masters" that was more suitable than before. This time, maybe three people and three MVPs are not allowed, but they are more likely to win the championship and even create a brand new dynasty.

So, the new third young man vs the old third young man, which one would you choose?