Strictly speaking, Owen is a killer. Most defenders are always impressed by Owen's attack when they face him. No matter how many scoring ways he has, or how gorgeous his dribbling is, he can always find a chance to shoot in the cracks. Owen's body control ability and sense of balance are absolutely top level, and he can complete all kinds of difficult layups in the air. Not tall enough, skills together. Owen is really a star.
But people always have something to pursue. Owen won't be with James forever. He needs a new team to prove himself. So after winning the championship, he joined the Celtics. Although he is an opponent, Owen has only one idea to prove himself. The Celtics need a star to lead the team, which is naturally welcome. What the Celtics didn't expect was that their nightmare had just begun.
Owen went for less than half a year and completely bombed the Celtics' locker room. He is not a thorn in the side, but he is keen to target everyone, so there is no place for him in Boston. Especially after Tatum made some achievements, the management was even more dissatisfied.
During his leadership, Owen's attitude and communication skills were obviously inferior to those of other teams. The most intuitive point is that when there is a contradiction between teammates, leaders need to coordinate in time, instead of intensifying the contradiction according to their own wishes.
Owen is egoistic, right is right, wrong is wrong. This kind of personality often leads to polarization, which is either sought after by everyone or destroyed. Although Owen didn't mix to the point where everyone shouted at Celtic, at least the fans here didn't give the star a good look.
Some people think that Owen left because James dominated too many factors and couldn't play according to his own mind. This view can't be wrong, just a little one-sided. The team led by James has always had a characteristic that it needs to go through a trough.
The first year, when James came, the team was still incomplete. In the second year, everyone should have it. I went to the Heat for the first time, returned to the Cavaliers for the second time, and finally joined the Lakers. Gunmen, killers, partners, these people will all come together because of James' attraction.
It is because this configuration is so complete that Owen can't see where his leadership ability can be exerted, so he tried his best to leave. Especially after 16 won the championship, the key three points against Curry made Owen's self-confidence reach its peak.
James' team needs a shooter, and Owen's team needs a leader. This is the truth of "timeless". When he went to the Heat in the first year, James didn't know whether to share the ball with Wade or whether the Dragon King wanted to develop three points. So Miami didn't actually go well that year. Not winning the championship, which is expected.
The next year, the Heat absorbed the essence. Give James a partner, let Wade be the deputy, and let Bosch make room. Reserve shooter, strong front team, holding the championship ring. Back in the second year of the Cavaliers, the management naturally smelled the secret of the Heat winning the championship, so it was also equipped with the same configuration. And Owen, a killer with top striker potential, has provided James with great help.
Owen 16 calls Kobe when he wins the championship. He asked Kobe Bryant, as a naturally competitive scorer, what it was like to play with O 'Neal. We don't know what answer Kobe gave. All we know is that Owen later went to Boston to prove that he was different.
Have you ever thought that Kobe could still win the championship if he didn't wait for Gasol? If Owen waits for his sister-in-law in Boston, can he win the championship with the Celtics? We can't predict all this, but when Kobe was questioned about monopolizing the ball that year, he gave a report card of 8 1 point. When Owen was questioned about his ability, he responded with repeated injuries, frequent exits and locker room scandals. Owen has no charm. He won't lead a team. He will only score points on his own ability after others help him organize the lineup.
Owen himself said, "I came to the NBA to work, and I don't care if my friends are." This thought influenced Owen for a long time, so that he didn't know how to communicate with his teammates for a long time. As a top scorer, Owen can really put on a wonderful offensive performance. But this kind of attack is not mixed with any team factors. If there is a scoring drought in the game, this killer temperament can greatly boost morale, but in regular time, this killer temperament will only make teammates and themselves go further and further.
It is necessary to insert another digression at the end of the article. Owen's failure to lead the team has a lot to do with the overall environment. When James returned to the Cavaliers, he faced a lineup similar to that when Owen first went to Celtic. The team is dominated by young people, and the lineup is not perfect, which needs to be constantly run-in with each other. The difference is that James can be sure that he is the biggest asset of the team, and the goal of the team is to win the championship as much as possible. Owen's goal at Celtic is uncertain. He wants to get good grades and cultivate his future.
Owen is wandering in such a goal, at the same time, distant new york has been calling him. The turbulent situation often destroys the team, as the Celtics did. Owen can't find a sense of belonging in Boston and has no chance to prove himself. He might as well go to the next city. Failure in scoring is not a failure of ability, but also a failure of the team. That's why he left.
If you can start over, maybe mature Owen knows that their team should be able to glow with more possibilities around James. Unfortunately, there are not so many predictions and ifs.