The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

The one who bought the Wizards was a capitalist named Ted Leonsis. He was a former director of America Online and the owner of the Washington Capitals of the American Hockey League.

Wang Xiao didn't understand this new boss at all.

But for the new boss's first sense, Wang Xiao thinks it's not bad.

Because after taking office, the new boss did not dictate any aspect of the team, and everything about the team remained the same.

After taking over the team, at the meeting of the team's top management, he also made it clear that he is very satisfied with the current situation of the Wizards and will not make any changes to the team's framework in a short time.

It can be seen that the new boss of the team has a lot of experience.

When the new boss takes over the team, what he is most afraid of is what new officials will take office and what achievements they want to make.

That will undoubtedly lead to panic in the team, players and coaches will not be interested in the game, and the team's record will plummet.

Keep everything as it is, and then take it slowly, this is the best choice.

A few days later, the players began to return to the team to resume training one after another, preparing for the upcoming preseason.

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"Coach, long time no see!"

When Wang Xiao saw Curry on the training ground, he was doing shooting training.

"How is your ankle recovering?"

Walking to Curry, Wang Xiao asked.

Curry jumped as if showing off, and then smiled at Wang Xiao. "It's perfectly fine!"

Due to Wang Xiao's attention, Curry did not choose to play with injuries, and also suggested that Curry go to the hospital for a careful examination.

So Curry's ankle has recovered very well. If there are no accidents, it should not be injured as frequently as in another time and space.

"Be careful, your small body is too easy to get injured on the field, and you must learn to protect yourself on the field in the future." Wang Xiao was still a little uneasy.

In fact, Wang Xiao is already mentally prepared. Once Curry twists his feet frequently this season, he will be required to undergo surgery immediately, even if such surgery will cost Curry the entire season.

The current Wizards lineup, even without Curry, can still guarantee sufficient competitiveness, and the existence of Curry will raise the team's upper limit to a fairly high level.

"I know, Coach."

Although I don't quite understand why the coach pays so much attention to his sprain, but out of trust in Wang Xiao, Curry still keeps it in mind.

The current Wizards roster has a total of 11 people. The point guards are Curry and Beverly. The shooting guards are Harden and Danny Green. The signed Robinson, the small forward position is Jamison and the newly selected Whiteside, and the center position is Jordan and McGee.

Eleven people don't meet the requirement for a team to have at least a 12-man rotation.

But this is not a problem. Wang Xiao is quite satisfied with the current lineup of the team. Even if there is a lack of players, he just needs to sign a bench player from the free market. There is no shortage of such players in the league.

After all the players assembled, recovery training began immediately.

In the NBA, every offseason is a period of widening the gap. Players who work hard will use the vacation time to exercise themselves, maintain a high level of competitive status, and further improve and strengthen themselves.

Players with insufficient self-discipline ability will use the rare vacations to have crazy fun, party, drink and have fun. When these players start a new season, it is often disastrous.

After one season, the Wizards' players have changed from half of young people to more than 80% of them being young.

Haywood, Miller, Blatche and others left the team one after another, and only Jamison and Butler were left as veteran players on the team.

Like the above-mentioned problems, young people actually don’t make many mistakes, because they have just joined the league. Although they suddenly became rich, they have not completely changed their mentality, and most of them have not yet achieved success in the NBA. I want to make a career, so I work hard during the holidays.

As for the veterans, Butler is known as a hard-working expert, and he is also the one who trains the hardest in the team. His former teammates of the Wizards even gave him a nickname called "Bad Juice". The origin of this nickname was that Butler trained too hard and asked his teammates to do the same. Many players complained, but Butler responded: "You should drink some bad juice."

Butler trains hard and strictly disciplines himself, and Jamison is not far behind. In fact, except for those players who are truly talented, they can basically restrain their desires.

Because of this, when the new season is about to start, these Wizards players can basically guarantee a high level of competition.

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The pre-season recovery training has begun, and all the assistant coaches are busy.

However, after Steve Kerr joined the coaching team, he did not assign a particularly important job at the beginning.

As a newcomer, he needs to understand the Wizards' tactical system training.

For this new colleague, the people in the coaching staff did not show obvious rejection but it was not very welcoming either.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies. If you work on the same team, although you are partners who work together, you will also be relative competitors.

The first to feel threatened was defensive coach Ellis.

After Cole joined, the first thing Wang Xiao wanted to do was to let Cole strengthen the Wizards' defense.

The Warriors in another time and space, because of the influence of the old Nelson for many years, have always been a team with strong offense and weak defense. When Cole coached the Warriors in 2014, the first thing he did was to strengthen Warriors' defense.

Because of this, the Warriors won 67 wins in the 14-15 season, refreshing the Warriors' highest wins in a single season, and went all the way through the playoffs to reach the finals, and finally defeated the Cavaliers led by James. Championship trophy.

If the Wizards want to go further in the playoffs, they must also embark on the path of strengthening their defense.

Wang Xiao simply thought of this question, so he chose Paul George.

Although he is only a rookie in the first year, George's physical fitness makes him extremely talented in defense.

Paul George + Danny Lin + Beverly's perimeter defensive combination will definitely be the league's top defense as long as it grows up, and the inside line Jordan will also usher in the third season of his career. Under the training of the system, his The growth rate will also be accelerated.

In Wang Xiao's plan, this season, the Wizards should be able to show a pretty good defensive ability.