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"Xiao Kawhi, the opponent has a yellow forward, and his defense must be very soft. If he plays tomorrow, you can blast him in a single point. You can play one-on-one when you see him. Are-you-ok?"

Chapter 20: Jiang Hao VS Kawhi Leonard does not pass

Chapter 20 20: Jiang Hao VS Kawhi Leonard does not pass

Spurs summer league head coach and chief assistant Messina pulled the 15th pick that the Spurs traded for George Hill this year and said so.

"Okay, I will decisively fight him when I meet him."

Kawhi Leonard responded dully in simple language, and took a look at the opponent's list in his hand. The name of JIANG is still very conspicuous.

"Well, remember to finish watching Michael Jordan's tapes recently and study more."

"Okay."

Leonard returned to the court for training. A middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses next to Messina said with expectation:

"I hope he can slowly complete his transformation in offense."

Messina: "Don't worry, Mr. RC, take it step by step, and get an average of 20 points per game in the Summer League first."

Rookie Kawhi Leonard's shooting percentage on the offensive end was very low during the Spurs training camp. He was a rough guy who didn't have any stable offensive skills, but the difference between him and Jiang Hao was that he was a lottery pick, and he was the future star that the team focused on training.

Of course, his defensive ranking was also T0P3 among the rookies of the same class.

Rough offense? Then practice? Summer League is a good opportunity. If you want to become a superstar, you must practice 1V1 single-point blasting ability.

Now let him watch Jordan's tape, so there is the later card frame version of Jordan.

"Next, the two rookie forwards of the Heat will be his touchstone."

The first day of the Summer League started.

Spurs vs. Heat.

The two sides played in a small training hall, and only the local TV station in Las Vegas broadcasted it live. The audience was sparse, and basically consisted of staff from both sides and other teams. Few fans bought tickets to watch the game.

After all, there was no star player in the summer league. The Spurs' most famous player was Gary Neal, who was signed as an undrafted player last year. He was also the only player who played in the home team rotation. The Heat had a row of rookies who had never played in the NBA regular season.

"The current summer league is almost like a training match between two teams."

Jiang Hao, who was warming up on the court, sighed that this hall was almost the same as his high school gymnasium.

Sure enough, the times are developing. In the future, the summer league games will be commercialized and have many gimmicks. In the 2023 summer league, every game will be broadcast by Tingxun and Migu.

Now, because Las Vegas is not the home court of any team, there are no fans and few broadcasting media. It is more like a friendly match between the two sides.

The NBA can only rely on stars to come to Las Vegas to promote the summer league, because as the game progresses, the star players of each team will be asked by the NBA to come to the scene to watch the game several times.

For example, today, the Spurs' head coach Popovich and Tony Parker were already sitting in the second row, while the Heat had Spoelstra, Joel Anthony, Turiaf, and Battier watching the game on the sidelines.

There will be more stars coming to see how the rookies perform later, and the Summer League is their fashion show and interview show.

The game begins!

Although it is a "friendly match" that has nothing to do with winning or losing, for the players of both sides, the next five games will determine the fate of their careers, and the intensity is full from the start! !

Bojan was intercepted by Leonard in the opening dribbling attack, and was slammed down by the Heat's power forward in the fast break counterattack!

The effect of the Heat's physical training is reflected, and they are obviously running faster and more motivated.

But the Spurs are a team with more "talented people".

Gary Neal looks very ordinary, but he dribbles the ball directly, jumps and shoots a three-pointer, and pulls in! ! !

This is the gap between NBA rotation players and the current batch of rough rookies, very stable.

"The Spurs are good at picking out players who can do one thing."

"Yes, and Danny Green hasn't come yet. They all only do one thing."

Jiang Hao heard Jaylen Williams and several scouts discussing in the second row.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led by 4 points with 20 to 16.

The playing styles of the two sides were completely different. In addition to Bojan, the Heat had a bunch of muscular rough guys who fought hard in singles and attacked hard, which directly made the confrontation of this game full.

The fouls in a single quarter accumulated to 10. Fortunately, the summer league had a 10-foul graduation system, otherwise there would be no one on the court before the fourth quarter.

The Spurs didn't have so many singles, and there were more hard-playing tactical balls. Even if they were defended, they had to follow the command of Messina next to them to play the tactical running. However, due to the lack of tacit understanding between the players, many of them turned into mistakes or were blocked and missed. If it weren't for Gary Neal, an elite shooter who made 3 three-pointers, the Spurs should have fallen behind.

There was no commentator or DJ shouting "Brother Mai" at the scene, it was all the players shouting and responding, so the rhythm of the game was very fast, and Jiang Hao was very focused even when waving the towel on the court.

He found that the Heat were indeed more powerful after the iron-blooded training, and the Heat players were more eager to work. Everyone knows that the Spurs like to slowly observe and upgrade on Taobao, and the Heat may not be seen in the next game if you are not good in this game. The summer league can sign players every day to play.

If the summer league does not seize the opportunity, there will be fewer opportunities to play in the next window period of the preseason.

As for when he can play?

Jiang Hao is not in a hurry, as long as he can play, just observe the opponent, especially the performance of the future All-Star Xiaoka.

The main reason is that the Heat haven't played a single team game, and no one knows that he is now stronger in actual three-pointers, otherwise he would definitely not let him play now.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Gary Neal put on his training suit and sat on the bench. The next game will probably depend on the rookies of both teams.

Sure enough, after he left the court, Leonard, who was originally a defensive engineer, had more opportunities to get the ball. In the first quarter, Leonard basically did not take the initiative to ask for the ball. He was all close defense and help defense. He had 2 steals and 2 blocks in a single quarter, which also let everyone see the defensive potential of this rookie.

Later, Spoelstra knew the significance of the Spurs choosing him after watching the first quarter:

"The Spurs finally found a wing defensive stalwart for GDP, and they have to clean up their asses like this."

And his offense seemed to be simple in the summer league. In the second quarter, he held the ball and faced Bojan directly to open up space and play singles twice:

The first ball was a three-threat from the free throw line and forced into the paint area for a layup.

The second ball was a low-post back-to-basket, dribbled with his right hand, turned around and carried Bojan to the inside line and raised the ball to succeed!

Bojan was also called for a defensive foul, 2+1

The Spurs coaching staff stood up and applauded. This time, the difference between the lottery pick and the second round pick was revealed!

"This long arm and big hand, he deserves to be the best defensive player."

Just after Jiang Hao sighed at the talent of this kid, he was replaced by Juwan Howard:

"JIANG, you go on, let him go half a step, his shooting is unstable, don't lose your position, you must stop him from entering the inside, understand?"

The substituted Bojan shook hands with Jiang Hao in a dusty face:

"This Kawhi is full of brute force, be careful not to get knocked over."

"Don't worry."

Jiang Hao stepped on his sneakers, pulled his jersey into his shorts, and trotted onto the court.

No shouting, no one paid attention, and there were no Chinese fans and media at the scene. If it were ten years later, Chinese players would have to open a separate news report when they played.

But for Jiang Hao himself, it was an instant passion and energy. Back to the age of 19, he could even step onto the battlefield of the summer league. This time, there must be no regrets! !

Leonard made a free throw, Jiang Hao rushed in from the outside to grab the rebound, but the ball went in.

Mikel Gladness served the ball to the 185cm black man. Jiang Hao smoked in the right corner according to the pre-match arrangement. Black man passed the half court and directly picked and rolled and shot a three-pointer, but it didn't go in, and the Spurs rebounded.

Jiang Hao quickly returned to defense and directly stared at Kawhi Leonard, who was in charge of him, and stuck to him.

There was no special defensive tactics in the summer league, just man-to-man defense and pick-and-roll.

So Jiang Hao just had to keep an eye on his defender.

Now Leonard, whose dreadlocks were a bit rough, saw that it was the yellow-skinned player mentioned before the game and hurriedly asked for the ball. He took the ball and dribbled it for 22 seconds, which stunned the whole audience. What was this small forward doing?

Jiang Hao didn't steal the ball rashly. He was waiting for him to make a mistake.

The longer you dribble in front of me, the more likely the system will shoot.

As a result, he dribbled until 22 seconds without passing the ball, and then broke through on the right side in the last 2 seconds. Jiang Hao raised his hands high and was called for a defensive foul and two free throws.

"Fuck, what the hell is this?"

This time it seems that the system did not shoot, but this style of play is not like Leonard. He has also watched many of his games. Leonard never dribbles for more than 10 seconds, but he dragged it to the end and caused a foul.

Moreover, Kawhi would stretch out his hand to cause a body whistle at this time?

2 free throws 1 made, Heat's Black continued to fight alone, and his breakthrough was blocked by Leonard's help defense, causing the whole audience to exclaim, but Leonard, who got the ball, continued to dribble to the front court when Jiang Hao was defending him in the half court.

Tony Parker in the audience couldn't stand it anymore:

"Hey, give it to the point guard!"

Next to him, the Spurs' No. 29 point guard Joseph was waiting for the ball, but Kawhi just stuck to Jiang Hao and turned to dribble across half court, which made Jiang Hao angry. He didn't treat me as a human being, did he?

At the moment when Leonard was about to cross half court with eight seconds left, Jiang Hao deliberately took a step back to make Leonard lose his balance and lose control of the ball. He immediately accelerated forward and scooped the ball to the front court before Leonard.

Next to him, Joseph quickly returned to defense and rushed to the inside to prevent Jiang Hao from fast-break layups.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hao stood outside the three-point line and threw the ball with his hand raised! ! ! ! !

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Chapter 21: Offense and defense are completely better than FMVP, you can't beat undrafted players

Chapter 21 21: Offense and defense are completely better than FMVP, you can't beat undrafted players?

"Fuck, is this true?"