Key offseason reinforcement Dennis Schroder gives the Raptors a boost – NBA – Basketball | Sports Vision

Although the season has only started for a few weeks, it has already been enough for the Raptors’ new point guard to shine and become one of the best players on the team.

Before the start of the season, many people were discussing, what role will Dennis Schroder play in the Toronto Raptors? The biggest key lies in the drastic changes in the team during the off-season. Will he start? Will he be the primary ball-carrier? A short warm-up game answered some questions, and now, after the start of the season, we have discovered more clues.

Although it is too early to draw a conclusion, there is enough sample data for us to make a good judgment on Schroder’s performance in the Tyrannosaurus. In short: very, very good.

Having just led the German team to win the gold medal in this summer’s World Cup and won the MVP award, it is difficult not to have high expectations for Schroder, thinking that his performance in various statistics should improve.

So far, Schroder has averaged about 15.6 points, 3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists per game, and has improved in almost every category on the stat sheet. His shooting percentage has risen to about 44%, and his three-point shooting percentage in the first six games of the season is as high as 50% (now revised to 35%). However, in addition to the data sheet, he has other improvements hidden in other aspects. Missing place.

As everyone expected, Schroder took on a lot of ball-handling work for the Raptors. His ball-handling times were almost at the same level as Luka Doncic, Tyrese Maxey and others. From this, we can see the team’s reliance on him. degree.

Schroder’s style of play is also quite entertaining, and he is good at using his speed and flexibility to create space and create opportunities for the team. In addition, he is also good at reading the defender’s position, using changes in rhythm and speed to pull the opponent’s center of gravity, and then taking the opportunity to pass by and tear apart the defense:

In addition to making good use of speed and changing the focus, he also fully grasped the offensive opportunities of two-man teams with long players and receiving shooting. He played a lot of pick-and-rolls with Daniel Theis in the World Cup, so he naturally works well with Poeltl, but he and Poeltl are still in the running-in stage.

It’s not that Schroder and Poeltl lack opportunities to work together, because they have initiated 40 pick-and-roll offenses in the first six games. The problem is the ending: 22.5% of their pick-and-rolls ended in turnovers. Although it is not yet a time to worry, it is indeed worthy of continued observation.

The tacit understanding between the two seems to be continuing to form. As long as they are given some more time and opportunities, they should be able to get to know each other better. At this stage, when the tacit understanding between the two appears, it will always lead to some wonderful performances, such as Schroder cleverly giving the ball to Poeltl and bombing the basket with thunder. As the season continues, this growth should be reflected on the stat sheet.

On the other hand, Schroder’s reception shooting is really good: his reception shooting score currently ranks third in the league, with a shooting rate of 65.2%. He can score as many as 6 points in each game through reception shooting, accounting for He averages about a third.

As a team’s third offensive option (along with Pascal Siakam and Scottie Barnes), if he can average more than 15 points a game, it is actually worthy of recognition, but other than that, Schroder’s other performance Also worthy of recognition, especially for his organization and supply.

With a whopping 7.3 assists in the first 13 games, Schroder ranks 10th in the league in assist average. This is not only his career-high score, but also more than double his score last season. The more amazing part is his equally excellent assist-to-turnover ratio (5.09), which shows that he is not just using a lot of ball rights to brush up data, but actually creating opportunities for the team. Some of his passes are truly spectacular:

A very important part of the above growth performance is that Schroder has improved one of his past flaws: when his teammates have open opportunities, he still chooses to take more difficult offensive options on his own. Judging from the Raptors’ offensive system this year, they don’t need or want isolations and difficult shots, but emphasize the flow of the ball, and Schroder has smoothly integrated into it.

Of course, there are still many areas for improvement in the Raptors’ offensive system, but one thing is certain: Schroder should not have much integration problems, because he has frequently demonstrated correct offensive interpretations, such as the video below: