The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Although trying to avoid it as much as possible, the Wizards finally experienced a major loss of personnel in the summer.

There is no way around this, the Wizards have too many excellent players, and when the cheap rookie contracts of these rookies expire, it will inevitably cause those teams who have long been envious of the Wizards' luxury lineup to cut off. Hu.

In addition to Wang Xiao's Bucks snatching Klay Thompson for 70 million dollars in 4 years, the Los Angeles Lakers also made a big blow and won Jimmy Butler for 52 million dollars in 3 years.

In fact, the main goal of the Lakers is Leonard. They want to get Leonard as Kobe's heir, but the Wizards don't give it a chance at all. De did not hesitate to choose to stay behind.

The Lakers who failed to get Leonard still wanted to shoot Thompson, but unfortunately Thompson announced the news of joining the Bucks immediately after.

In desperation, the Lakers had no choice but to retreat and sign Butler.

Kobe made it clear in subsequent interviews that he felt that Butler was the player most like him in the league. In his final season, he would teach Butler how to play as the leader of the Lakers and how to help the team win. How to become a top star in a league.

It's hard to say whether Kobe's promise can be fulfilled, but Butler is obviously moved. If he can really be the boss in a big city like Los Angeles, that would be very good.

In addition to Thompson and Butler, Draymond Green is also gone.

Compared with Butler, Green, who is also a substitute, is not so popular because of his style of play.

The current positioning of Green in the league is more inclined to a defensive power forward like Rodman. Although Green also showed a certain organizational ability in the Wizards, he survived in the cracks of Curry, George, and Leonard. , so there are not many opportunities, and it doesn't make people impressed.

The Wizards pulled out a three-year 28 million contract from their teeth, and Green refused without thinking.

Even Butler got a three-year $52 million contract, but he is only worth three years and $28 million?

Ever since, Green announced his entry into the free market. Among several teams bidding, Green finally chose the New Orleans Pelicans' three-year offer of $44 million.

In fact, according to Green's performance in the Wizards, he is not worth this contract, but he can't stand the rare goods.

There are very few high-quality players in the league at present, and the saying that Wang Xiao's products must be high-quality products has long been circulated in the NBA and is regarded as the truth.

Harden, Jordan Jr., Whiteside, Thompson, Butler... These players from the Wizards all hold big contracts with an annual salary of tens of millions.

The players who stayed with the Wizards even gained fame and fortune and reached the pinnacle of life.

Drummond Green is also a player who has been praised by Wang Xiao personally. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has not displayed his potential and strength at all without the ball in the Wizards. This should be a player with the same potential as Butler. A player with certain potential.

The Pelicans spent a lot of money to sign Green, the purpose is to let Green partner with Anthony Davis, use Green's defensive and coping ability to further liberate Davis' offensive ability.

It's hard to say whether it's feasible for the two to work together, but in Wang Xiao's view, the three-year, $44 million contract is definitely guaranteed.

You know, in another time and space, even a blue-collar like Tristan Thompson can get a five-year $82 million contract, let alone Green?

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All in all, the Wizards have been bleeding a lot this summer. The departure of Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green made the Wizards' lineup drop from the only one in the league to the same level as other teams in an instant.

Although the Big Three combination of Curry, George, and Leonard is also the top in the league, even if center Rudy Gobert is counted, it is no longer as invincible as before.

Seeing the situation of the Wizards, I am afraid that the Cavaliers are the happiest.

The Cavaliers, who were able to beat the Wizards to win the championship last season because of Curry's injury, can finally shout the slogan of consecutive championships this season.

In their view, without Thompson, Butler, Green and others, the Wizards lineup will not have much advantage against the Big Four of the Cavaliers. Under the leadership of James, it is not impossible to defeat the Wizards to win the cup again!

Besides the Cavaliers, Wang Xiao's Bucks are the second happiest.

In Wang Xiao's view, Thompson's value is even higher than the sum of Butler and Green! This is an all-around player who can theoretically adapt to any tactical system!

Selfless style of play, excellent defense, not losing to Curry in three-pointers, and stable and efficient mid-range and long-range shooting. If you insist on picking shortcomings, then you have to look for problems in Thompson's offense with the ball, such as face-up offense , breakthrough with the ball, etc., Thompson's efficiency is not particularly high.

But is breakthrough and reinforcement a problem for the Bucks?

With two breakthrough madmen, Antetokounmpo and Oladipo, where is it Thompson's turn to hit the basket?

In the Bucks, Thompson only needs to stay outside and shoot three-pointers is enough!

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The joining of Thompson allowed Wang Xiao to make some adjustments to the Bucks' main lineup. Korver, who started the game last season, retired to the second-line substitute, and Thompson served as the starting shooting guard.

As a result, the Bucks' starting lineup became: point guard Victor Oladipo, shooting guard Klay Thompson, small forward Khris Middleton, power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo , center Nikola Jokic.

This is already a reasonably complete lineup in Wang Xiao's mind.

When Embiid returns from injury next season, Middleton will be traded out, or placed on the bench, with Antetokounmpo playing small forward and Embiid serving as power forward. Born to apply.

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In the preseason, Wang Xiao made a small adjustment test to the lineup, and the results were very good. The arrival of Thompson did not cause any trouble to the lineup that the Bucks had been running in for more than a year. He easily integrated into the system among.

In fact, what Thompson did at the shooting guard position was the work of Korver last season, but he is more stable than Korver, with better offense and better defense.

And when Wang Xiao tried to put Thompson and Korver on the court at the same time, the effect was surprisingly good.

When one of the two three-point turrets is standing in the left corner and the other is standing in the right corner, the opponent's players dare not relax at all, and must send two players to guard them strictly.

In this way, Antetokounmpo has even more room for breakthrough!

This was originally the most used routine of the Wizards in the past few seasons. Curry Thompson put pressure on the outside to attract the defense to pull space, and George Thompson was responsible for hitting the basket and causing damage. Now, this tactic belongs to the Bucks!