The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Wang Xiao, this name is not unfamiliar in the NBA, because whenever one mentions Kevin Durant, the No. 1 pick in 2007, people will think of this name.

And when people mentioned Greg Oden, who should have been No. 1 in 2007, they would also think of Wang Xiao's name.

Oden was injured again. On March 12, in the game between the Thunder and the Spurs, Oden accidentally tilted his foot while grabbing a rebound, and was injured again.

In the 08-09 season, Oden played more than 60 games intermittently, averaging 21 minutes per game, scoring 8.9 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block.

From the perspective of playing time alone, Oden's efficiency is not bad, but this performance is far from the league's expectations for Oden, especially when Oden and Durant are placed together.

Durant, who was signed by the Blazers with the No. 1 pick, has become the team's scoring leader this season, averaging 26 points per game, ranking fourth in the scoring list, second only to scoring leader Wade's 30.2 points and James' 28.4 points. Points and Kobe's 26.8 points, the Blazers can rank second in the Western Conference after the end of the season, Durant has a vital role!

In just two years, Wang Xiao's original sentence "time will prove who is right" seems to have come to fruition.

Regardless of whether Oden can stage the return of the king after recovering from injury in the future, Durant has proved with his outstanding performance that he is absolutely worthy of the No. 1 pick.

If Durant's performance has proved that Wang Xiao is not a lunatic, but a person with unique vision, then Harvard's almost miraculous performance in the past two seasons has proved that Wang Xiao's coaching ability is also quite good.

Especially in the second season, Harvard remained undefeated throughout the season, averaging more than 20 points per game, even in the NCAA tournament. The almost suffocating defense is still fresh in the memory .

Many professional sports reporters and scouts who watched the Harvard University game bluntly said that Harvard's defense has exceeded the level that the NCAA should have. The defensive ability of this team is commendable even if it is placed in the NBA. .

Of course, this is just about defense. It doesn't mean that Harvard has an NBA-level level. After all, whether a team is strong or not depends on many aspects, and the rules of the NBA and NCAA are very different.

Jeremy Lin, Plain and Dunn's defensive ability is of course the main reason why Harvard is so strong, but Wang Xiao's tactical design and daily training definitely play an important role.

When the Wizards official announced that Wang Xiao joined the Wizards, many people discovered this problem.

Wang Xiao is undoubtedly the kind of coach who focuses on defensive tactics, so what about the Wizards? This is definitely not a team known for its defense.

Arenas is definitely the league's top scorer, but the defensive ability of Arenas, who is 1.91 meters tall, is really unflattering.

It's not so much that Arenas can't defend well, it's better to say that he doesn't bother to defend at all, maybe because he thinks that the dirty work of defense should not be done by an All-Star-level superstar like him.

Not only Arenas, but the other two of the Wizards Big Three, Jamison and Butler, are also typical players who focus on offense and light defense.

For the entire Washington Wizards, in terms of defensive ability, only Brandon Heywood at the center position can be regarded as a defensive champion, but this season Heywood was reimbursed for the season due to injury, and it is hard to say how he will perform after his comeback next season.

Without doubt, is it really appropriate for Wang Xiao to coach such a Wizards team?

Can Wang Xiao successfully bring his strong defense at Harvard to the Wizards?

When the playoffs were in full swing, Wang Xiao had already completed all the formalities at Harvard. After officially handing over the Harvard team to Jack, Wang Xiao bid farewell to Jeremy Lin and others one by one, preparing to go to the Washington Wizards.

"Coach" looked at Wang Xiao, and Jeremy Lin's eyes were full of reluctance.

Two years passed quickly, and he still couldn't forget the time when he met Wang Xiao for the first time two years ago.

The coach who only saw himself in his memory was sure that he would be a player at the NBA Hall of Fame level.

In the past two years, the coach patiently taught me all the knowledge about basketball to help me improve better and faster.

Now, Jeremy Lin has become a star player in the NCAA. He was selected to the NCAA All-NBA Team for two consecutive years. He even won the John Wooden Award this year. A super rookie with the fifth overall pick.

These honors are things that Jeremy Lin didn't even dare to think about before, and all of them were given to him by the coach.

When he learned that Wang Xiao had signed a contract with the Wizards and was about to leave Harvard, Jeremy Lin called Wang Xiao and said that if necessary, he could participate in the NBA draft this year and go to the Wizards to help Wang Xiao.

But Wang Xiao refused. He knew that Jeremy Lin and his family wanted him to get a degree certificate from Harvard University. He is now a junior, and he will be able to fulfill this dream next year.

There is no need for Jeremy Lin to enter the league ahead of time for himself, not to mention that the current Jeremy Lin is not someone who is ignored in time and space. In two years, Jeremy Lin has already tapped the potential of the growth template card to a considerable extent. Wang Xiao can be sure, The current Jeremy Lin is definitely better than Kidd in his rookie period or even in his second grade.

This kind of Jeremy Lin participated in the draft, and he had a high probability of winning the No. 1 spot, which was not what Wang Xiao said he could have if he wanted it.

The other two core members of the team, Dunn must study in college for another year before he can participate in the draft due to his age, while Plain has already confirmed that he will participate in this year's NBA draft.

Wang Xiao patted Plain on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Come on, work hard, you will definitely be selected in the first round."

Plain nodded vigorously. Compared with Jeremy Lin, his relationship with Wang Xiao seemed not so close, but Plain's respect for Wang Xiao was not at all inferior to that of Jeremy Lin. He was also single-handedly promoted by Wang Xiao.

"Okay, that's it, don't be so sad, because you will enter the NBA soon, where will I wait for you first." Wang Xiao looked at the team, laughed and said: "We may be opponents by then. Don’t cry when you lose to me, Jack, you too, I’m waiting for you in the NBA!”

Jack, the new head coach of the Harvard team, looked at Wang Xiao with fighting spirit in his eyes.

"Of course, I will go, and this time I will not follow behind you, but also beat you as the head coach of a team!"

The two young men who both had coaching dreams looked at each other and laughed.

After bidding farewell to the players, Wang Xiao went to Washington, where what awaited Wang Xiao was a completely different environment from the Harvard school team—the battlefield of the NBA!