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The Trail Blazers' training camp for the new season is scheduled to start on September 17th, and the preseason will begin on October 2nd.

It's just August 15th, and Wang Zelin still has one month of training time.

For him, the new season is a must-win season.

Even compared to the four-star Warriors last season, the Blazers, who have four all-star lineups in the new season, can no longer be described as "do not win or fail", but rather do not torture their opponents into a psychological shadow and do not create a unique mark of the era. , is failure.

So even though the lineup is very strong, as the leader of the Portland Dynasty, Wang Zelin is under a lot of pressure.

Time flashed to the 20th, and other members of the Hard-training Brothers Camp came to the training ground in Hawaii to report. Wang Zelin and the brothers began to train even harder.

In the next month, Wang Zelin's only regret was that the wonderful feeling of progress that he could feel every day in the past would take a long time to appear once or twice...

But if you think about it carefully, this is actually normal. His personal panel has already reached a certain level of strength in all aspects, and his overall ability score has reached 99. It is not that simple to break through 100.

That doesn't mean his efforts this summer haven't paid off, though.

On the personal mobile phone panel, the hidden attributes of the body have not changed, but the offensive ability attribute panel and the defensive ability attribute panel have been improved.

On the offensive ability panel, the long-range shooting ability has increased from 94 to 96, the dunk ability has increased from 96 to 98, the ball control ability has increased from 91 to 94, and the breakthrough ability has increased from 94 to 95.

On the defensive ability panel, the external defense increased from 90 to 93, and the steals increased from 88 to 91, which is enough to prove that his efforts were not in vain.

This is mainly due to the results obtained after colliding with current superstars such as Curry, Thompson, and Harden in terms of basketball skills.

Having strong competitors can often bring out your greater potential!

Time passed day by day, and on September 15th, the four-week training finally came to an end...

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"King, you are simply a monster! You are already so strong, but you can still progress so fast. It's incredible..."

"Yes, you are so talented and you still work so hard. How can we mere mortals do this?"

"God, please accept this devil. Playing with this kind of guy is so frustrating!"

It was time to say goodbye. Curry, George, Oladipo, Harden and others all gathered around Wang Zelin and sighed. This was not the first time they had trained with Wang Zelin during the exhibition season, but they were still shown by Wang Zelin. The monster-like speed of progress is exciting.

Lillard, who was not far away, didn't say anything, but he recalled the first time he teamed up with Wang Zelin when he went to the Trail Blazers for a trial training five years ago. At that time, Wang Zelin not only had outstanding physical talent, but also had very comprehensive skills. It's not as unsolvable as it is now.

Today, 5 years later, Wang Zelin has not only developed outstanding three-pointers, but his offensive awareness and passing accuracy have also reached historical levels. This Chinese center has become the most terrifying scoring machine in history!

And this summer, he seems to have improved again!

Lillard is the player who has played with Wang Zelin for the longest time among everyone, and has witnessed Wang Zelin grow to his current strength at a speed of one big step every year.

The only thing he's lucky about now is that he and that guy are teammates, not opponents!

otherwise…

Looking at Curry, Harden and others surrounding Wang Zelin, he couldn't help but shook his head with some regret.

Playing with such a monster in the same era is your greatest luck and greatest misfortune.

There are still two weeks until the start of the preseason, and everyone has to return to their respective teams to prepare for the training camp of the new season.

In the evening, everyone returned to the villa for dinner and dispersed after midnight.

After tonight, everyone's identities have changed again. They have changed from brothers who trained hard in the summer to tit-for-tat rivals on the field!

At 10 o'clock the next morning, Wang Zelin woke up and washed up. When he went downstairs, he found that everyone else had left, but Lillard was waiting for him.

"Those **** know they can't beat labor and management in basketball, so no wonder they drank like crazy from labor and management last night, damn..."

After rubbing his still aching brain, Wang Zelin cursed.

"Haha, they left long ago, you can yell louder."

Lillard couldn't help but laugh.

After the two had breakfast, they took the 12 o'clock flight back to Portland.

The team's training camp for the new season only starts in two days, and all 13 members of the Trail Blazers team have already arrived.

They just completed their first four consecutive championships since the merger of the NBA and ABA last season, but this summer, the team of Jokic and Aldridge gave them a very big goal.

That is, strive for five consecutive championships!

The new goal is extremely ambitious, which is both motivation and pressure.

Not just for the team, but for the players as well.

After the Trail Blazers training camp started on September 17, the competition on the back line, forward line, and even inside line was very fierce.

No one wants to be left behind on a dynasty team.

On the first day of the training camp, Coach Terry only conducted simple basic projects. The purpose was to test whether the players were lazy and whether their physical fitness had declined during the show season.

After the general test, except for Jokic, who has been away in Serbia throughout the offseason, the physical fitness of the other players is still online due to being unsupervised for a long time, unable to control his mouth, and slightly out of shape.

So, the day after the whole team gathered, he upgraded the training from basic items to full-team confrontation.

This made Jokic cry miserably, but there was nothing he could do. Who made him unable to control his mouth? Then he could only train, play, and lose weight at the same time.

Fortunately, according to the trainer's diet and training volume, he hopes to return to his normal shape before the regular season opener on October 18.

The first question facing Coach Terry now is the starting lineup for the new season.

Two of the starting five players during the Blazers' four consecutive championships are gone. He needs to adjust not only personnel, but also tactics.

You must know that among the Trail Blazers' perimeter trio, although Lillard's defense is much better than before, it can only barely reach the passing line. The team's real perimeter defense is mainly composed of Batum and Button. .

There are Batum and Button on the outside, and Wang Zelin on the inside, forming the Blazers' regular-time defensive system!

But now that the two gates on the outside are gone, the Blazers' defensive system is likely to be downgraded.

In the first full-court confrontation training session, he combined the team atmosphere with the starting group and substitute group.

Coach Terry led the starting team, and David Vanderpool led the bench team, and they conducted a 15-minute full-court confrontation on the court.

He is better at offense, while the latter is better at defense. A battle between spear and shield can reveal the team's problems in the shortest possible time.

On the starting team, there are Lillard and Connett Lee in the backcourt, Harrell and Jokic in the forwards, and center Wang Zelin.

On the bench side, there are backcourt Beverley and Curry, forwards Dillon Brooks and James Johnson, and center Jokic.

The purpose of this lineup allocation is also clear, with Connett Lee replacing Button and Harrell replacing Batum.

After 15 minutes of competition, the starting team won 38:22.

Wang Zelin easily scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Lillard had 9 points, Connett Lee had 6 points, Jokic had 5 points, and Harrell had 2 points.

After a 5-minute rest, both sides then play a second 15-minute period.

However, the starting lineup has been adjusted. The small forward was changed from Harrell to James Johnson, and the power forward was changed from Jokic to Aldridge.

After 15 minutes, the starting number still won, but the score became 41:34.

The offensive ability of the second starting set is obviously stronger than that of the first starting set, but correspondingly, the defensive ability will also be affected.

Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that some of the substitute players may suddenly explode.

This is actually a problem that the Trail Blazers will definitely face in the new season.

Connett Lee certainly has the ability to play the No. 2 position, but he has a very important problem, that is, Connett Lee, who was born in 1985, will turn 32 in less than half a month.

Even a superstar like Kobe Bryant has to face the corrosion of time, let alone a role player like Connett Lee.

Therefore, Connet Lee's defensive ability is definitely not as good as the young and strong Button.

Then there's Harrell, whose defense is undoubtedly strong.

Under the careful polishing of the Trail Blazers coaching staff, he definitely has the best defensive ability, but the problem is that his speed is not fast enough.

The most suitable position for him is the 4th position. If he is forced to play the 3rd position, he will definitely be able to defend against average players. However, the most lacking thing in the league right now is super small forwards, and the Blazers have several potential players. Among the potential opponents, there are all-star small forwards in the team.

Faced with such an opponent, Harrell's slow lateral movement will become the biggest target in the Trail Blazers' starting lineup.

Finally, there is the issue of Jokic and Aldridge's starting lineup.

Coach Terry naturally prefers to let Jokic start and Aldridge play as the substitute, because Jokic's current offensive ability is no worse than Aldridge's, and he also has superb organization, which allows Wang Zelin to use more Focus on defense and offense.

Especially after Batum and Button left the team in the new season, Wang Zelin needs to devote far more energy to defense than in previous seasons.

But Aldridge is obviously still young, especially since his technical style is biased toward shooting. Even at 32 years old, he can still achieve very positive offensive efficiency on the court. When paired with Wang Zelin in the starting lineup, his deterrence is still huge.

This is the point that troubles him most about the team's starting lineup in the new season.

Now that one set of plans has been rejected, the second set follows.

Lillard, Dillon, Johnson, Jokic, Wang Zelin.

Dillon is still very inexperienced, and his three-point stability is far less than that of veterans. It will take some time to adjust to the team, and he is sometimes not on the same channel as other teammates.

The second set didn't work either, then the third set.

Lillard, Curry Jr., Connett Lee, Aldridge, Wang Zelin.

This is a typical one-star, four-shooter system that maximizes the Blazers' offensive firepower. The defense mainly relies on Wang Zelin's terrifying assist defense and switching defense.

This lineup is very effective, and the offensive firepower is directly full. However, the backcourt combination of Lillard and Curry is too small, and it obviously suffers when facing the backcourts of many teams.

Then comes the fourth set.

Beverley, Connett Lee, Harrell, Jokic, Wang Zelin.

The mobility of this starting set is the slowest among the four starting sets, but it is very suitable for positional battles. While being able to defend with the opponent, the lower limit of attack is also guaranteed.

On the offensive end, Jokic serves as the central axis of high-position support and serves as the best support. As for the offensive pressure, all the offensive pressure is placed on Wang Zelin.

On the defensive end, Beverley, Connett Lee, Harrell, and Wang Zelin are all top-notch defensive heroes. Although Jokic is not good at switching defenses and moving laterally, he still has the ability to defend in the low post. After all, he has such physical strength. It doesn’t grow in vain.

But playing with this lineup means that the offensive talents of Lillard and Aldridge are wasted, and the gain obviously outweighs the gain.

In the past two weeks of the Trail Blazers' training camp, Coach Terry has been experimenting and groping.

In addition to looking for a suitable starting lineup and tactics, we are also examining the status and suitability of the team's substitutes.

Because the purpose is clear, the effect is also very good.

I have to say that if you open the hook, you will be awesome!

With the magical vision of Wang Zelin, a latecomer, the two rookies Dillon Brooks and Thomas Bryant selected by the Trail Blazers this year have shown significantly stronger immediate combat abilities than the rookies in the same class.

Dillon's defensive ability has been recognized by the entire team, and the potential and talent he has shown on defense are definitely expected to be at the defensive level.

Thomas Bryant, this guy not only has a resounding name, he is also very capable. At 2.08 meters tall, he is not only maneuverable, but also has good frame protection, and he can also shoot 3!

In him, the Blazers coaching staff saw the shadow of the best 3D.

It's just that the defensive habits I developed in college are still a bit bad, but it's not a big problem. I believe the trainer will solve this problem soon.

There are also Gerald Green and Malik Monk, whose styles are very obvious.

The former is good at shooting 3-pointers, and has a bit of a charisma and savvy attribute. The latter is fast and dares to fight on the court. Not only does he show enough aggression to the basket, but he is also stable enough for open three-pointers from the outside.

Taken together, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com The Blazers don't have to worry about the thickness of the bench in the new season.

So next, it comes back to the clichéd issue of starting selection.

Over the past two weeks, Coach Terry and the assistant coaching staff have developed multiple starting lineups, but each set is not as perfect as before and has varying degrees of shortcomings.

Either the offensive firepower is overflowing and the defense is easily targeted, or resources are concentrated on the defense and the offense cannot be maximized.

Time flies to October 1. After a long offseason, the NBA preseason is about to begin.

Coach Terry has not finalized the starting plan for the new season, so he simply decided to fight to support the war.

No matter how much you practice on the training ground, it is just talk on paper. It is better to try the effects of different starting lineups in actual combat during the preseason.

(End of chapter)

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