The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Wang Xiao couldn't figure it out. Other players got older and more accurate in three-pointers. Why did Draymond Green shoot more and more and couldn't make three-pointers?

In the 15-16 season, Green averaged 3.2 three-pointers per game, and he could hit 1.2 of them, with a shooting percentage of 38.8. Just let him go.

But in the 18-19 season, Green's three-point shooting rate dropped to 28.5%, and he could only hit 0.7 three-pointers with 2.5 shots per game.

Such a hit rate is naturally ignored and shorted.

For small ball tactics, an inside line lacking mid-range and long-range shooting is very troublesome, but Green's defense, rebounding and ball-handling ability are indispensable for that Warriors team, so even if Green's three-pointer Just like Wang Xiaoer's new year is not as good as every year, the Warriors still need to spend a lot of money to keep him.

The topic is getting a bit far.

When the opponent's inside line had to be pulled out to the outside line because of Yi Jianlian's long shot, it gave other Wizards players, or Curry a lot of room to play.

Compared with the Wizards' offense that is not inferior to last season, what makes Mavericks coach Carlisle frown even more is the Wizards' defense.

Although most of the players on the field were substitute players, he still keenly discovered that the Wizards' defense seemed to have made a qualitative leap.

What caused this was the two rookies of this lineup, Klay Thompson and Kawhi Leonard.

"Are these two rookies defensive players?"

Carlisle recalled a little bit. It seems that when he read the scout report before the draft, there was information about Thompson and Leonard. The scout seemed to praise the defense of these two players very much.

"After sending Harden away in the draft, several rookies with outstanding defensive abilities were selected one after another. It seems that Wang Xiao also understands the importance of defense after learning the lesson of failing in the finals..." Carlisle thought silently in his heart. I thought about it, but suddenly I felt something was wrong when I thought about it.

"No! If he really values ​​defense, why would he defend DeAndre Jordan, who has grown into an inside defensive gate?"

When Carlisle was still puzzled, the first quarter of the game was over.

Relying on the performance of Curry and others, the Wizards took a big lead very logically.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Xiao replaced the entire lineup without hesitation.

As soon as the second quarter started, people were dumbfounded to see that Wang Xiao had changed into another lineup.

Point guard Isaiah Thomas, shooting guard Beverly, small forward Jimmy Butler, power forward Chandler Parsons, center Whiteside...

"This guy, here he comes again..."

Messing around in the preseason has almost become Wang Xiao's signature behavior.

In the preseason games of the previous two seasons, Wang Xiao also changed the rotation lineup on such a large scale.

The preseason is a warm-up match for the team to adjust the lineup, yes, but there is no team like Wang Xiao. Everyone is serious and carefully adjusts the cooperation between the main force and the main rotation players in the regular season. Xiao's Wizards team looked like a joke.

But on this point, many people have criticized Wang Xiao, but he still does his own thing, and the mess in the preseason has not affected his regular season record at all.

In the 09-10 season, he was second in the Eastern Conference with 58 wins, and in the 10-11 season, he was the first in the league with 68 wins.

Such a record cannot be hacked by anyone.

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In the first preseason game, almost all thirteen players of the Wizards played. From Curry, the absolute main force, to Isaiah Thomas, who is almost expected to be a substitute, they all got almost the same playing time.

And because of this, the Wizards, who took the lead in the first quarter, were eventually overtaken by the Mavericks and overtook the score, losing the game.

The same was true for Wang Xiao in the following preseason games. Frequent rotations and a large number of substitute role players made it impossible for experts, coaches, reporters and fans to guess what kind of team the Wizards will use in the new season. starting lineup.

However, people have a point of view that is surprisingly consistent, that is, the Wizards will no longer have the horrible offensive efficiency of the previous two seasons.

In the 10-11 season, the Wizards averaged 118 points per game in the regular season, a full 11 points higher than the 107 points of the second-ranked Denver Nuggets, which can be described as the highest in the league.

In the new season, almost the vast majority of basketball commentators rated the Wizards' average scoring below 110 points, and some commentators believed that the Wizards' average scoring should be around 110 points, but definitely not. As scary as last season's 118 points.

Harden's departure was a serious blow to the Wizards after all.

As his substitute, although Klay Thompson showed good shooting ability and off-ball running awareness in several preseason games, his offensive ability with the ball still makes many fans expect him to be like Harden disappointed.

Similarly, although Kawhi Leonard possesses some ball-holding offensive ability, his technique is very rough. He just uses his physical fitness and relies on his speed to break through, facing players whose speed is not inferior to him or players with rich defensive experience. Leonard's personal ability is difficult to make a difference.

After evaluating the Wizards' offense, the same basketball commentators also evaluated the Wizards' defense, and they were also not optimistic about the Wizards' defense.

"Letting Jordan go can be said to be a failure of the Wizards or Wang Xiao. Last season, the Wizards ranked among the top ten in the league in terms of points per game. Jordan played a crucial role in the interior. Lacking Jordan's help and defense, relying on McGee and Whiteside alone, the inside of the Wizards in the new season will undoubtedly be like a sieve, and players from any team can come and go freely."

In the end, after comprehensively evaluating the offensive and defensive ends of the Wizards, the commentators gave such predictions for the performance of the Wizards in the new season.

"In the new season, the Wizards will inevitably be one of the strong teams in the league, but I am afraid it will be difficult to replicate the success of the previous two seasons. Wang Xiao's operations in the summer have made the Wizards' lineup fragmented, and the distribution of positions from one position to another is reasonable. The team became a strange team with a crowded front line, which made them uncompetitive."

42-45 wins, this is the Wizards' regular season record prediction given by commentators.

For a season with only 66 games with a shrinking schedule, a 42-45 win is equivalent to a winning rate of more than 60%. Home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

But such a winning rate is obviously not enough to be among the best in the league. For the Wizards, which had a winning rate of 82% last season, it was a Waterloo-like decline.

Under such circumstances, what kind of performance the Wizards will have in the new season has also become the focus of curiosity and attention of many fans.