The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Of the Wizards' five starting positions, the only one that Wang Xiao has yet to decide is the center position.

Jr. Jordan left the team. It stands to reason that JaVale McGee, as Jr. Jordan's substitute, should be the unavoidable choice.

On the surface, Jordan seems to be stronger than McGee, but in fact, McGee weighs about 1 kg higher than Jordan. Jordan is even better, which is also the reason why McGee was selected with the 18th pick in the first round as a rookie in 2008, but Jordan could only fall to the second round.

However, the world is unpredictable. Who would have imagined that McGee suffers from attention deficit disorder. It is always difficult for him to concentrate on the court, and he often does some strange things that normal people find very difficult to understand.

This undoubtedly seriously affected McGee's development.

In 2019, when Jordan's contract annual salary has reached 22.9 million US dollars, McGee can only hold a basic salary of 2.39 million US dollars with the Lakers.

This can't help but make Wang Xiao hesitate.

The team has another option, Hassan Whiteside, who is also 7 feet tall.

Judging from Whiteside's performance in the future with the Heat, he should be more suitable for this position than McGee.

But in fact, last season, Whiteside's performance was not very good.

Jordan and McGee have divided up most of the center's playing time. Although Whiteside sometimes plays with McGee at the power forward position to increase the height of the lineup, he still has a little time to perform.

In daily training, with the addition of Wang Xiao's training system, Whiteside's progress is not obvious.

This made Wang Xiao a little skeptical. Is it true that Huaishen really needs to go to the CBA to accept the baptism of socialism as many fans on the Internet have said before the small universe will explode?

In any case, Jordan's departure is obviously a good thing for both McGee and Whiteside. They both have more opportunities to perform, and Wang Xiao decided to let them compete fairly.

It will take time to test whether McGee can overcome attention deficit disorder and display the strength he should have in his talent, or whether Whiteside will awaken and become a veritable ghost.

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Below the starting lineup is the substitute rotation lineup.

The Wizards' bench lineup is also quite luxurious.

Needless to say, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison, the two experienced veterans, the addition of Jimmy Butler and Chandler Parsons, the two swingmen of forward and guard, will undoubtedly make the bench The strength of the team is stronger, and with the newly joined Yi Jianlian, the team has as many as five substitute strikers!

Of course, among the five strikers, two Butlers are capable of shooting guard positions, and Jamison and Parsons can also switch back and forth between small forwards and power forwards. To the position of the center forward, so although the front line seems very crowded, there is no conflict.

In addition to the five forwards and the destined backup center in McGee and Whiteside, the Wizards also have two players, both point guards.

Patrick Beverly, who is 1.85 meters tall, and Isaiah Thomas, who is 1.75 meters tall...

Today's Wizards team, although playing the banner of a small ball storm, is not small at all. Except for these two small point guards, the only player on the team under 2 meters is Curry, who is 1.91 meters.

It is extremely rare for a team to have only three players under 2 meters tall.

But no matter what, these 13 players are basically the main force of the Wizards in the new season.

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At this moment, these 13 players stood quietly in front of Wang Xiao.

When the free market of the new season starts, it also means that the training camps of the teams have officially started.

On the Wizards side, including the newly signed Yi Jianlian, all players have come to the team to report.

The time is very tight, the preseason will start on December 18, and the official start time of the NBA regular season is December 25.

In the next week, the team needs to do a lot of things, such as recovery training, running-in between new players and the team, and analyzing and studying the changes of other teams...

The first thing to start is to test the current physical condition of all players. After all, only when the condition is fully understood can a reasonable and safe training plan be formulated accordingly.

To the surprise of the assistant coaches including Cole, most of the Wizards players are in very good condition. The nearly half-year vacation did not make them gain much weight. The state is even better than last season.

In Wang Xiao's view, this is a matter of course. Among the current Wizards players, few of them are lazy. Even McGee, who suffers from attention deficit disorder, is also a hard-working player in training.

As for the two Butlers, Cuaron and Jimmy are well-known hard-working experts. One was nicknamed "Strong Juice" because he forced his teammates to train, while the other even uttered the classic saying " I'm not the most gifted, or God's favorite, but I'm the hardest working."

It would be weird for these guys to slack off training because of the NBA lockout.

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A good physical condition is obviously good news for the Wizards, because it also means that the team does not need to do too much recovery training to help the players get back to the state, and they will have more time to invest in The running-in and familiarization of the team lineup.

And as the team's training began, Cole also keenly discovered something that was not quite right.

In the draft, Wang Xiao traded Harden and Green one after another, and then selected a bunch of forwards. He couldn't understand what Wang Xiao was thinking at all.

However, as the training began, he began to be astonished to find that from Klay Thompson to Kawhi Leonard, even Jimmy Butler and Chandler Parsons, they all showed great strength in training. Defensive talent and awareness.

Especially Thompson and Leonard, the defensive ability is close to Paul George.

You know, George's defense was baptized by three top small forwards, Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce and LeBron James in the playoffs last season. The defensive vanguard!

And now, there are two new players, one with the same defensive ability as Danny Green, and the other can even compete with George after a little polishing. What the hell is this?

"Wang Xiao, are you going to make the Wizards a strong defensive team?"

With such suspicion, Cole couldn't help asking Wang Xiao.

And when he heard Cole's question, Wang Xiao smiled and said nothing.

Defensive team?

What a joke.

Curry, Thompson, Leonard, George, plus Butler, after these five players grow up, which one of them averages less than 20 points per game?

Children only make choices, I want both offense and defense!