I’m Really Playing Basketball

After leading China to win its first World Cup title, Chen Xiao and the Chinese team players returned to China to celebrate for half a month before returning to the United States.

When Chen Xiao returned to the United States, the Warriors' pre-season training camp had already begun.

The other player who returned to the Warriors at the same time as Chen Xiao was Devin Booker.

Devin Booker felt a little depressed after playing in the World Cup.

Although the US team failed this year, most of the media and fans of the US team blamed Lillard and Westbrook. As a regular rotation Devin Booker, although he also performed very undercover, he still did not The qualification was met by angry fans and experts in the United States.

After all, there are not enough cards.

Although he was not included in the meeting, it is obvious that Devin Booker, who performed well in this year's NBA Finals, definitely wants to perform in the World Cup this time. Not only does he want to perform, but he also hopes to be a big player. Kill everyone and establish yourself as a star in one fell swoop.

Although everyone has now recognized his strength, his level is still far behind the thick eyebrows, and even far behind Clay.

After all, before he killed everyone in the finals, Clay had already killed everyone.

The arrival of Buddha is no worse than his 40+ games in the finals.

However, no one expected that such a thing would happen in the end.

He is an NBA star, but when he comes to FIBA, it is not easy to beat an unknown international player.

This whole situation made him wonder if he was playing the same basketball. Is the gap between FIBA ​​and NBA so big?

Not to mention, the gap between FIBA ​​and NBA is really huge now.

Historically, FIBA ​​has catered to the NBA's rules and stars because of the NBA's popularity.

But in this time and space, because of the strength of the Chinese team in the past two decades, FIBA ​​does not follow the rules of the NBA. Although the rules of FIBA ​​and the NBA are not completely different, there are indeed many differences.

NBA stars who are like a fish in water in the NBA find it difficult to fully adapt to the FIBA ​​arena.

Unless you are like Durant, you have the absolute strength to adapt to any basketball rules and system.

Otherwise, it is not easy to fully utilize your own strength.

Of course, there are not many who have fallen off a cliff like Lillard and Westbrook.

It can only be said that this time the American team led by Jordan is in trouble, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

Therefore, two years ago, the national media held a summer meeting between Oden and Leonard. In the end, neither of them sank, and now they are recognized again.

This summer, it's the turn of Lillard and Westbrook to have a meeting.

These two are really having a hard time this offseason.

However, for the Warriors, none of this has anything to do with them.

In October, Chen Xiao returned to the team. After the team adapted to training for two days, he took the Warriors players to Milan, Italy, in Europe to participate in the Club World Cup held there.

This is the fourth consecutive time the Warriors have participated in the Club World Cup, and it is also the fourth consecutive year the Warriors have been decisive.

In this Club World Cup, in addition to Chen Xiao, a player who must play in every game, the Warriors made extensive use of two rookies from this year's team, Mitchell Robinson and Alexander.

The two even played a lot of starts, and their performance was naturally good. The two adapted well in the summer league.

In the pre-season Club World Cup, the two performed very well.

Judging from the strength shown by the two, both are eligible for a rotation opportunity next season.

Let's put it this way, although the Warriors will have players like Michael Porter Jr. who will be reimbursed for the season next season and a locker room leader like Matt Barnes who can't play, the Warriors will still have enough personnel next season. of.

Center: Chen Xiao, Allen, Mitchell Robinson

Power Forward: Big Eyebrow, John Collins

Small forward: Wade, Jaylen Brown, Norman Powell

Shooting Guard: Klay, Devin Booker, Alexander

Point guard: Ron Howard, Curry Jr., VanVleet

There are a total of 14 players. There is actually no problem with this staffing, and each position has good thickness.

If Alexander and Mitchell are not strong enough, the Warriors can let Ron Howard and Wade play more. This is no problem at all, wasn't it like this last season.

Let's put it this way, although the whole world says that the Warriors don't need to think about the championship next season, and the Warriors themselves know that winning the championship next season will not be that easy, but if they really want the Warriors to give up defending the NBA championship next season, this It's definitely unrealistic.

As the defending champion, how can we not have any pursuits?

Therefore, as Ron Howard and Wade are getting older, the Warriors definitely need to improve the competitiveness of other players on the team, and rookies who are not competitive will definitely not be reused.

Fortunately, both Mitchell and Alexander are young people who can be reused.

It allows them to share some of the pressure on Wade and Ron Howard, allowing Wade and Ron Howard to have more rest in the regular season, and at the same time, they can have more fuel in the playoffs.

Regardless of whether they can defeat the Lakers, Cavaliers or Bucks in the playoffs, the Warriors will definitely not give up their pursuit of the championship.

After Chen Xiao returned to the United States with the Warriors players, on October 23, the Warriors faced this year's biggest competitor in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers, at home.

Last season when the Lakers played the Warriors, almost every game was very intense.

Don't look at the Lakers being restrained by the Jazz. They were beaten badly when they played the Jazz in the playoffs last season, but the Lakers will not be restrained when they play the Warriors.

Because the Warriors don't have a tall defensive center like Gobert who can guard the inside.

So that's why Jerry West would trade Deano for Mitchell Robinson.

After all, Robinson can protect the frame, and his ability to protect the frame is very good.

Against the Lakers, Chen Xiao can give up the center position and then go to the third position to play small forward. Leonard is not the kind of sharp breakthrough third position. Chen Xiao's speed disadvantage will not be that big. Even if he is beaten Breakthrough, Mitchell Robinson can also protect the rim at the basket.

Historically, in his rookie season, Robinson averaged 2.4 rebounds per game in only 20 minutes of playing time per game, and averaged nearly 3 offensive rebounds per game. This data is simply invincible.

Therefore, it is very interesting that in the opening game of this year, as a second-round pick, Mitchell Robinson started for the Lakers, and in his first NBA game, Mitchell Robinson surrendered 5 of 5 , 11 points, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 5 fouls.

In just 15 minutes of playing time, it is really good to be able to produce such data.

The shortcomings are obvious, and so are the advantages.

The most important thing is that Mitchell is useful against the Lakers.

In fact, Mitchell, who played his rookie season in history, was not very good at playing. After all, Robinson is a 2.16-meter, 110-kilogram power center, and he has such excellent athletic ability and long arms.

Otherwise, how could Barkley evaluate him, a second-round pick in other people's minds, as a player with a potential of 9.

Mitchell's physical fitness is really excellent, but his offense is also really rough, probably rougher than Kwame Brown in history.

However, Mitchell Robinson did not say to Chen Xiao: "Don't pass the ball to me!"

Although independent offense is almost zero, Mitchell Robinson is quite confident, especially in his secondary offensive ability.

In this game, Teacher Yue was attacked very hard under the basket.

Kuzma, the power forward partner next to Teacher Yue, really couldn't protect Teacher Yue. In the end, it was Leonard who protected Teacher Yue. Leonard's backcourt rebound protection is still very good.

Therefore, Kuzma's offense is very unique, and his defense is really bad. After the first half, he was pushed to the bench by Kobe. In the third quarter, the Lakers' starting power forward position was assigned to Kobe. No. 25 pick Robert Williams.

Not to mention, although Robert Williams is not very good offensively, his defense is really good, a bit like a smaller Mitchell Robinson.

The Warriors, who originally had the advantage in the first half, were inextricably tied with the Lakers in the second half.

The Warriors have enough offensive players that they don't care about Mitchell Robinson's offense and can play without him.

The same goes for the Lakers, because the Lakers have enough starting offensive players. Lowry, Paul George, Leonard, and Jokic can all attack. These four people just lack a defensive partner who can protect Teacher Yue.

And Robert Williams is definitely a very good choice.

So although the Lakers lost to the Warriors 110-116 on the road in the opening game.

But after the game, Boss Ke was very confident. When hugging Chen Xiao, he said to Chen Xiao: "In the next game, the winning team will definitely be us!"

It has to be said that Mr. Ke does have such confidence.

Let's put it this way, the Lakers are finally no longer the target of thousands of people at the power forward position, and there are almost no loopholes on the defensive end.

The defense of Lowry and Teacher Yue is not strong, but it is above the standard.

The forward line of Paul George, Leonard and Robert Williams is definitely a top-notch forward line.

Let's put it this way, in today's league, most teams are actually starting to play fast offense with vague positions. The team's strong point is the forward, and your forward is exactly opposite to these three players of the Lakers. A striker.

It can be said that the Lakers' lineup is definitely the nemesis of most teams in the league.

Therefore, the outcome of a game is not only about the outcome of the game itself, but also about what was gained during the game.

Obviously, the Lakers got it, and the Warriors naturally got it too.

Mitchell Robinson and Alexander performed well.

After defeating the Lakers, the Warriors easily won 12 consecutive games.

It wasn't until the back-to-back home game against the Bucks on November 8 that the Warriors suffered their first defeat of the season.

And the first defeat in this game was quite painful.

They lost 121 to 134 at home by a full 13 points.

In this game, in addition to Durant and Curry, Antetokounmpo scored 24 points, 9 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 blocks for the Bucks, destroying even the thick eyebrows.

In addition, Brogdon and Connaughton also scored 20 and 15 points off the bench. The Bucks were really energetic in this game and everyone was on board.

In sharp contrast to the somewhat aging Warriors.

Originally, the Warriors were not that old. Nongmei and Klay were 25 and 28 years old. They were not too old. However, when they came back from the off-season, they were both overweight and their condition was not that good.

Last season, Chen Xiao suspended the two of them for more than a month. When they came back this season, they were not so fat that they were unrecognizable, but they were still overweight.

There is actually no way around this.

Both of them are successful and famous, and both of them are rich young people. You ask a young billionaire to become an ascetic in the offseason?

This must be some misunderstanding of human nature.

Let's put it this way, if Wade wasn't controlled by the yellow-faced woman at home, and if Chen Xiao didn't have a system, Chen Xiao and Wade might have been even more embarrassed when they came back in the offseason.

Among the entire Warriors team, only Luo Ge is the real ascetic.

With Chen Xiao's lifestyle, if there was no system, he would have been exhausted by now. He would probably be out of breath and sweating after one quarter of a game.

In other words, the system helped him lock in 100 stamina, which is really the best.

Therefore, in the regular season this season, the Warriors will not have an easy time encountering strong teams like the Bucks and Cavaliers, especially in the early stages of the season when neither Big Eyebrow nor Klay has adjusted back to form.

After losing to the Bucks, the Warriors defeated the Nets and Hawks at home, and then lost back-to-back away games to the Clippers on the 13th, 116-121.

In this game, Chen Xiao, Luo Ge and Wade took turns. Clay made 13 of 31 shots and 5 of 16 three-pointers. He scored 31 points inefficiently.

Devin Booker shot 10 of 26 and scored 24 points.

In this game, the two of them were really awesome.

After losing to the Clippers, the Warriors defeated Houston and Dallas in their next three consecutive trips to the Southwest Division, and finally lost back-to-back away games to the Spurs on November 18.

Chen Xiao did not take a rest in this game, Wade and Luo Ge took a rest, and the thick eyebrows also took a rest. Klay made 11 of 26, 3 of 11 three-pointers, Devin Booker made 8 of 25, and 1 of 8 three-pointers.

So far in the season, Clay's three-point shooting percentage has even dropped below 35%, and Devin Booker's shooting percentage has also dropped below 40%.

Obviously, at the beginning of the season, being overweight affected Clay, and Clay started the same cycle as history of being super ghost at the beginning of the season and super god at the end of the season.

Devin Booker, on the other hand, was simply affected by the World Cup, and his confidence was somewhat affected and he did not adjust.

Still, after four consecutive away games in the Southwest, the Warriors got four consecutive home games against weak teams. After these four consecutive wins, the Warriors will embark on their first consecutive Eastern Conference road trip this season.

Raptors, Pistons, Hawks, Cavaliers and Bucks.

In five games, the Warriors had 3 wins and 2 losses, and finally lost to the Cavaliers and Bucks without any suspense.

It's not Christmas yet, but the Warriors have already lost 5 games this season, with 23 wins and 5 losses. This record still ranks first in the Western Conference.

This is a good beginning.

However, this is the Warriors' worst start in the past four seasons!