The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Wang Xiao's remarks about the Heat's Big Three were indeed a bit too shocking, so that a few days later, many media were still reporting on the matter.

The people who eat melons are curious about what kind of response the Heat will have, and whether there will be sparks flying around.

However, the Heat didn't make any response, as if they didn't know about it at all.

The media who wanted to dig news from this aspect were a little disappointed, but they quickly found new gimmicks.

There are 37 days left before the Wizards meet the Heat in the regular season!

Because of Wang Xiao's remarks, many people want to see what kind of sparks will be sparked after the encounter between the Wizards and the Heat in the regular season, so some media simply listed such a countdown.

It is a bit disappointing that although they are in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference, the Wizards and the Heat will not meet until the end of November for the first time in the new season.

The new NBA season will start on October 25th, and this time is still relatively long.

However, the longer the time, the easier it is for people to accumulate expectations. Using methods such as countdowns can arouse the appetite of fans all the time.

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"The coach said it was really good!"

In the Wizards training ground, Butler looked very excited.

"Honestly, I've seen those guys get upset for a long time. If they can't beat others, they will stick together and return to the Big Three. Pooh! When they meet in the regular season, beat them to death!"

"Having said that, it's still a little irrational for the coach to do so."

The older Jamison sighed.

"Such remarks will obviously put the coach in the limelight, just look at the comments of many people on the Internet."

Hearing this, Butler laughed even more happily.

"Antoine, it seems that you still don't know enough about the coach. He has never been a person who lacks topics. Have you forgotten what the coach did in 2007? At that time, it was much more sensational than now. Already!"

Indeed, in 2007, Wang Xiao shocked the entire league by abandoning Oden and choosing Durant.

Now, time has proven that Wang Xiao is right.

Durant has grown into one of the league's top scorers, while Oden, in his fourth year in the NBA, still can't play the game smoothly.

In the preseason of the new season, Oden still failed to play. His injury is like a curse, and he will never get better.

Nowadays, not many people in the league can still remember this great emperor who has not really set off for the NBA.

What's interesting is that it may be because of Oden's previous pick, the Clippers who traded with Wang Xiao last season in exchange for the No. 1 pick and signed Griffin are already startled.

The experiences of Griffin and Oden have never been similar. They were also not favored by Wang Xiao (although Griffin was not admitted by Wang Xiao personally), and they were also reimbursed for the season due to injury before the start of their rookie season.

So when Griffin came back in the preseason this season, the entire Clippers team seemed cautious, for fear that Griffin would get injured again if he was not careful.

Throughout the preseason, Griffin's average playing time was only about 20 minutes per game, all of which came off the bench.

Fortunately, in a few games, Griffin didn't seem to have any serious problems, and he seemed to be very adaptable to the rhythm of the game.

The general manager of the Clippers who breathed a sigh of relief immediately announced that in the following regular season, Griffin will start and his playing time will also increase.

In this regard, the Thunder can only express envy and jealousy.

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"Actually, it's very simple to change public opinion on the Internet."

At this time, Curry spoke.

He stood in the middle circle and pushed the basketball towards the basket.

The basketball spanned the distance of half court, then hit the backboard hard, and actually bounced into the basket.

"Whoa! Sure!"

Butler and others couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

Curry smiled, and then continued: "As long as we keep winning in the regular season! As long as we keep winning, until the matchup with the Heat, and then beat the opponent, wouldn't that be enough?"

Butler and Jamison looked at each other, and then laughed too.

"What you said makes sense!"

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In the head coach's office, Wang Xiao sat face to face with several coaches.

"Everyone should have seen the team's performance in the preseason." Wang Xiao looked at several assistant coaches and said: "In terms of offense, the players have done a very good job, and they can always guarantee an efficient and fast offensive rhythm. , but in terms of defense, there is still a lack of sufficient concentration and defense awareness, what do you think about this?"

The first to speak was the chief assistant coach Walter.

"I think this is inevitable. If you want to ensure offense, you must sacrifice part of the defense. The team mainly uses fast running and bombing tactics. Under such a tactical system, it is naturally difficult for the team to take into account defense." Walter Shaking his head, he said, "Just like the Suns, in order to ensure the offense, they have to give up defense. This is a necessary trade-off."

"Really?" Wang Xiao was noncommittal. "Steve, what do you think?"

Cole, who was named, thought for a moment, and then said: "I think the team's defensive problems must be solved. If this continues, it will seriously affect the development of the team."

Cole's words made Walt couldn't help raising his eyebrows and looking at him.

"The team's current tactic is run-and-bomb tactics. Strengthening the defense will undoubtedly slow down the offensive rhythm, but the gain outweighs the loss."

Cole shook his head, "But the necessary defense will also make the team more competitive. A team without defense will never go too far in the playoffs!"

Walter was speechless.

indeed so.

Although the current running and bombing tactics of the Wizards are very impressive, the process is both wonderful and beautiful, and it can be said that they gained both fame and fortune last season, but in the playoffs, especially after Curry, the first scoring point of the Wizards in the second round, was injured. Therefore, the victory over the Magic depends not on offense, but on defense.

Wang Xiao kept changing his lineup in several games, and the Twin Towers' subsequent Beverly starts were all to strengthen the Wizards' defensive ability.

In the Eastern Conference finals, facing the Celtics, the Wizards could prevent the Magic's outside defensive lineup from completely restraining players like Pierce Ray Allen, so there was no suspense about losing.

The reason why Walt said that just now is that he didn't actually consider the issue of the playoffs at all.

In this team for so long, these assistant coaches think more about how to ensure the record in the regular season so that the team can enter the playoffs, which makes them not change their minds quickly.

In fact, what the current Wizards have to consider is not how to compete for a place in the playoffs in the regular season, but how to win when facing strong opponents in the playoffs!

"Steve, you will be in charge of the team's defense from now on."

Wang Xiao said so.