The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Throughout November, the Wizards maintained a very high winning rate. A total of 14 games were played and achieved 12 wins and 2 losses. They continued to lead the league in terms of record.

As the favorite to win the championship, the Lakers only achieved a record of 8 wins and 8 losses in 16 games, ranking twelfth in the Western Conference.

Kobe has worked hard, averaging 29.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 16 games, but except for Kobe, no other Lakers players can maintain a high competitive state.

Howard can only contribute 17.1 points and 12 rebounds per game. Both points and rebounds are the lowest value since 2006. Another inside tower, Paul Gasol, has lost his inside tactical status because of Howard's arrival. Scoring dropped from 17.4 last season to 14.2.

When the two are on the court at the same time, the lethality of the Lakers inside is not even as good as the twin tower combination of Gasol + Bynum last season.

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In the scoring list as of the end of November, Kobe ranked first with 29.4 points per game, followed by Carmelo Anthony with 29.1 points, Durant ranked third with 28.6 points, and Harden ranked fourth with 28 points. Points, the fifth James' 26 points.

The Wizards' scoring leader Curry left the top three scoring leaders for the first time in two years, ranking sixth in the league with an average of 25.4 points per game.

It is inevitable that Curry's scoring will decrease. As other teams understand the characteristics of his style of play, they will inevitably design targeted defensive tactics. The three-pointer is indeed the most powerful scoring method in basketball, but it can also be targeted. There are many ways.

If Curry doesn't care about it and forces a shot, it's not difficult to continue averaging 30+ points per game, but if that's the case, the offensive efficiency will inevitably be affected.

In another time and space, as of 2019, Curry has never shot less than 45% in his career, and even has been above 49% for several seasons, and his three-point shooting percentage is 43.6%. Because Curry's shooting accuracy is unprecedented in history. On the other hand, Curry's shot selection is also reasonable. Except for those unreasonable three-pointers that Curry throws indiscriminately every day, Curry will rarely force a shot against the opponent's defense. .

If the team needs to score, Curry will definitely not be relentless, but for the current Wizards, although Curry is the first scoring point, he is not the only scoring point.

Both George and Thompson's offensive capabilities have improved a lot, especially Thompson, who has averaged 20.3 points per game so far this season, even higher than George's 18.7 points per game!

Not to mention these two, even Leonard's scoring ability has made great progress this season. The training bonus effect of the training module is really subtle and will greatly improve the player's strength.

The improvement of the scoring ability of other members of the team also made Curry willing to give offensive opportunities to his teammates.

Only in this way, it will be a bit difficult for Curry to continue to compete for the regular season MVP.

Having been elected as the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, he already has aesthetic fatigue. If Curry does not have explosive personal data and team records in the new season, it will be difficult to stand out from the regular season MVP selection.

At least for now, Curry is ranked outside of the five regular season MVP strength lists, and James, Durant, Harden and others are all ranked above him.

Curry is still very interested in getting the third regular season MVP, surpassing Nash, and tying Magic Johnson, but for the team, Curry can make sacrifices.

As a rookie in 2009, Curry's rookie contract will officially expire in July of 2013, and the Wizards have now begun to draft a contract extension for Curry.

This contract extension is definitely not a small deal.

Curry has been elected as the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, which has triggered the Curry clause (Ross clause), and his contract extension will be the top condition that can be achieved.

Kevin Durant, the first player to enjoy the Curry clause, had a starting salary of 15.51 million US dollars in the 11-12 season, and this season, his salary reached 16.67 million US dollars, which is unmatched among players of the same age and.

With the adjustment of the salary cap for the new season of 2013, Curry's contract will only be bigger than Durant's.

Wang Xiao will not ask about Curry's contract extension. It is a headache for general manager Glenn Field. With Curry holding two regular season MVPs, one finals MVP, and two regular season scoring champions, he is the most important player in the league. The momentum is in full swing, if Grunfeld's talks on the renewal issue collapse, then the owner of the Wizards will definitely let him go around.

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The time has entered December, and the schedule of the Wizards is not very friendly. Although another wave of three consecutive home games is very comfortable, there is a wave of five consecutive home games in mid-December, and they will face the Heat in consecutive back-to-back. Knicks three strong teams.

It's not good that the Wizards have a big business now, and there are a lot of reusable players in the bench lineup.

So from the beginning of December, Wang Xiao began to arrange rotations. Curry, George, Thompson and Leonard all got rotations one after another.

People like Jimmy Butler, Thomas Jr., Parsons and others are very satisfied with getting extra starting opportunities. After all, they are different from Curry and others. They were born in the last round of the first round or even in the second round. At that time, the position was to be a substitute rotation player, and several of them were still second-year rookies, and they were not good enough in terms of strength and qualifications.

But... In the seemingly harmonious locker room of the Wizards, there was a little discordant voice.

Hassan Whiteside, the current starting center of the Wizards, has been a little unhappy recently.

When he first entered the Wizards, he was the third backup center, a backup for backup center McGee, and occasionally appeared at the power forward position to help the team protect the rebounds.

Last season, Jordan left the team and McGee became the starting center. He became a genuine backup center and his playing time has increased considerably.

In the new season, McGee also left the team for a big contract. After two years of hard work, Whiteside finally made his way and became the Wizards' starting center.

The jubilant Whiteside performed very well, even better than his previous starter McGee.

So far in the new season, Whiteside has averaged 7.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, and this data is obtained in an average of 28 minutes per game.

This also makes Whiteside feel very good, because as a second-round pick, Whiteside signed a 2+1 contract with the Wizards, and this year is also his contract year. A big contract is something Whiteside is very happy with.

Don't look at the Wizards' insiders who have always been weak, but this team has produced a center who signed a big contract for three consecutive years.

Brandon Heywood signed with the Mavericks in the free market for 10 years.

DeAndre Jordan, who signed a fat contract with the Trail Blazers in 2011.

Plus JaVale McGee, who also signed a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions after leaving this year.

Now, Whiteside's goal is to become the fourth Wizards center with an annual salary of tens of millions.

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However, there was only one thing that made him very unhappy.

That is the rookie player selected by the Wizards this year, Draymond Green.