NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 355 The Clippers' main lineup list for the new season
The Clippers' first training of the new season is still a public training.

It may be because of the too much rhythm of Wang Chao recently, the Clippers are going to hold a public training, let reporters report on the team's daily training, in order to get some positive feedback.

Dozens of local media in Los Angeles received invitations to go to the Clippers training hall to film and report on the training.

This is also the first time for a group of Clippers players to train with Wang Chao.

In fact, most players in the Clippers are no strangers to Wang Chao. After all, players like Louis Williams, Tobias Harris, and Gallinari have played in the league for many years. Chao has had close contact with him to understand how strong he is.

Just being teammates with Wang Chao, only Lopez, Harrell and Brogdon have experience in the entire Clippers.

Although Wang Chao is a newcomer, he has become the boss of the team as a matter of course. He does not have any humility, and he naturally integrates into this identity, and warmly greets several main players added by the team.

"Guys, I believe you have also seen the evaluations of us, or me, from various media recently. They think that I can't lead the team to win the championship, and think that your strength is too weak. Difficult to win."

Wang Chao smiled and shook his head, "What do you think when you hear these words?"

Is there even a question?Of course I'm upset.

Especially Louis Williams, Harris and Gallinari. Although they have not been selected to the All-Stars, they are all quasi-stars who can contribute 20+ points per game last season. The Clippers Even if they don't make it to the playoffs, they are actually only one step away from the playoffs in the West, and they are by no means the weakest team at the bottom of the league.

But in the eyes of those unscrupulous media, they even seemed to be a drag on Wang Chao. Who would feel comfortable hearing such comments?
The new season has not yet started, and many Clippers players are holding their breath in their hearts, and want to slap those who look down on them fiercely in the face after the season starts!
"I can tell you one thing clearly now." Wang Chao looked at the crowd and said seriously. "Same as when I was in the Nuggets, although this is my first year in the Clippers, I always have only one goal, and that is to win the championship. If I don't win the championship, it is a failure for me. I hope everyone can and I, too, will work hard for this goal.”

Having said that, Wang Chao's voice changed again. "I believe everyone knows that if the team really wins the championship next year, your worth will also rise accordingly, and you will be able to sign a bigger contract."

Rivers listened, nodding inwardly.

Wang Chao's level is not bad. He poured chicken soup first, and then offered temptation.

Many players in the Clippers team are currently in contract years, such as Tobias Harris, Harrell and others, whose contracts will expire in the summer of 2019, and Gallinari’s contract will also expire in 2020, and the same It can be improved due to the performance of the past two years.

Not to mention the championship, even if it is to win a big contract for themselves, these players will go all out in the new season.

After Wang Chao's speech, it was the head coach Rivers who spoke, which was also some encouraging words, and then the detailed training program arrangement, which was the training plan that Wang Chao sent to Rivers.

After reviewing Wang Chao's training plan in detail, Rivers found that Wang Chao had arranged a lot of three-point training, including fixed-point three-pointers, off-ball three-pointers and screen three-pointers, which accounted for almost About [-]% of all training.

This is a very high ratio. Even among the tactics that the team will implement in the official game, nearly half of the tactics come from outside the three-point line.

"Is Wang Chao planning to build the Clippers into a three-point team?"

Rivers guessed right.

The Clippers are different from the Nuggets. Except for Lopez and Wang Chao, the overall defensive ability is generally weak, but on the offensive end, there are many players who can contribute 20+ points per game, which is an absolute sense of strong offense and weak defense.

Under this premise, Harris and Gallinari, the two main players, can maintain their three-point shooting percentages above 18% in the original 19-40 season. All have more than 36%, which is already a very high level.

If a large number of three-point training is added to the daily training, coupled with the bonus effect of Wang Chao's training potion, the accuracy may be improved to a higher level!

Wang Chao's plan is to increase the Clippers' three-point firepower and let the Clippers play the Rockets' magic ball tactics in the 17-18 season.

The Rockets in the 17-18 season are the masters of the real magic ball theory.

Throughout the season, the Rockets achieved a record of 65 wins and 17 losses in the regular season, and they also sang all the way to the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs. Facing the five-star Warriors, they took the lead in winning the match point 3:2, and almost knocked the Warriors to the ground. The core main player, Paul, was accidentally injured and missed the last two games. It is really hard to tell the outcome.

During the regular season, the Rockets averaged 112.4 points per game, second in the league, second only to the Warriors, with an average of 42.3 three-point shots per game, 13.4 times more than the Warriors, which is famous for three-pointers, and the only one in the league. A team that averaged more than 40 three-point shots per game, accounting for more than half of the total shots in the game.

At that time, the Rockets were dubbed a term by domestic fans, XJBD, known for their chaotic battles on the court, relying on a large number of three-point shots, Harden's singles with the ball and Eric Gordon on the bench Wait for the performance of the scoring master.

All these conditions are met by the current Clippers.

Wang Chao's singles with the ball is even the peak Harden has to stay away.

The Clippers' bench includes Louis Williams, who averaged 20+ points per game, and Harrell, who averaged 16+ points per game, which is stronger than the Rockets' Gordon.

In terms of three-pointers, if Wang Chao is also added, theoretically the average three-point shooting rate of the five main players of the Clippers can reach 41%!

Of course, the reason why the Rockets' magic ball can cross the league is not only because of XJBD's chaotic scoring ability and brainless three-pointers, center Capela's ability to protect the basket, and PJ Tucker and Trevor Ariza The perimeter single-point defensive ability is also the basic set to ensure that the Rockets win when the perimeter firepower is not stable enough.

In this regard, the Clippers can also reproduce it.

Brook Lopez is definitely inferior to Capela in terms of rebounding, but in terms of the ability to protect the rim and block shots inside, he is only stronger than Capela.

Block data can directly reflect the defensive ability of players inside.

18-19，19-20两个赛季，洛佩斯在雄鹿队的场均封盖分别是2.2与2.4，而卡佩拉则是1.5和1.8，明显逊于洛佩斯。

This is also the reason why Lopez won the best first defense and the best second defense respectively, while Capela had no honors on the defensive end except for a rebounding champion.

On the basis of being able to provide defense for the team, Lopez's three-point shooting rate can be maintained at more than 35%. As an inside player, he is already at a relatively high level. For any offensive means, the two will decide against each other.

As for Wang Chao, don't even think about it, his defensive ability is definitely greater than PJ Tucker + Ariza, especially in the new season he has two more defensive talents that can be linked, which is even more powerful.

To sum up, the current lineup of the Clippers, as long as it is given a little time to run in, can perfectly reproduce the Magic Ball Rockets of the 17-18 season, and even go one step further to achieve a super evolutionary version of the Magic Ball Rockets.

On the first day of training, the media reporters in Los Angeles returned with a full load. They got a lot of information that made them very satisfied. For example, Wang Chao’s goal for the new season is still to win the championship. For example, Wang Chao and even the Clippers team have already worked hard , I want to slap the media reporters who are not optimistic about them after the start of the season. For example, the head coach of the Clippers, Rivers, has seamlessly integrated into the Rockets, Nets, and Nuggets. As the head coach, he obeyed Wang Chao's arrangements, just like a little brother.

Obviously, this is Wang Chao's first day in the Clippers, but the entire team has completely transformed into his shape.

What kind of combat effectiveness such a team will show in the new season is still worth looking forward to by fans.
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Wang Chao's declaration of winning the championship again is different from last year, and the voice of doubt is much less.

Someone also specifically @巴克利, wanting him to come out and say a few words about this.

But Barkley resolutely chose to ignore it. After all, he still owed the audience a bowl of horse manure, so he didn't dare to continue cheating.

"I understand now that it is not surprising that Wang Chao said anything. Since he can help the Nuggets win the championship, it is not surprising to help the Clippers win the championship. The Clippers' lineup this season is stronger than that of the Nuggets last season. There are too many, even if the alliance is full of powerful enemies, it is by no means that there is no chance at all."

In the TNT TV program, Barkley said with confidence: "I am now a die-hard fan of Wang Chao, so I am sure that Wang Chao and the Clippers must be one of the favorites to win the championship in the new season!"

The time came to October, and the NBA10-2018 season preseason began.

The debut of Wang Chao that many Clippers fans have been longing for has finally arrived, but they are slightly disappointed that although Wang Chao started the preseason, he only played less than 15 minutes in each game, and Most of the time on the court is paddling and soy sauce, handing the ball to other teammates, such as the young Brogdon, Harrell and rookie Alexander to handle.

The Clippers, which sent a large number of rookies to fight, performed quite well in the preseason, and their winning percentage was not even more than half.

This can be regarded as an old habit of Wang Chao. The preseason games that are not counted in the regular season record are, in his view, a place for military training. Since it is military training, it is natural to give rookies a lot of playing time to perform.

As for the so-called strengthening the team's reputation and increasing ticket sales, it is completely out of his consideration.

After a few preseason games in October, the regular season is just around the corner.

In ESPN's league team strength list for the new season, the Los Angeles Clippers only rank fifth.

At the top of the strength list is the Los Angeles Lakers with the five giants of James, Cousins, Towns, Anthony and Rondo. Although the performance of the Lakers in the preseason is not even as good as the Clippers, people take it for granted that this is a newly formed team. The Lakers must go through a running-in period. Once the team is successful, the Lakers are definitely the strongest team in the league, not even one of them.

The second place in the strength list is the Nets. The Nets, which paid a huge price this summer to retain the original lineup, are still the most powerful contenders for the championship. Although Durant and Paul had serious conflicts in the finals, but for the sake of After winning the championship, the two can tolerate each other for the next season.

The third on the strength list is the warrior who broke his wrist and chose to send Cousins ​​away to save salary space.

Although Cousins ​​is missing, they got Ingram, who fits the team's lineup, and their strength has not dropped too much. Even because of the improvement of the small ball lineup, the overall strength can go further.

Ranked fifth is the Celtics with a complete lineup.

Although the performance last season was unsatisfactory, the Celtics have Irving, Hayward, Horford and other players after all. The team's tactical system is complete and all members are healthy. Therefore, in the eyes of major media, the overall strength is "messy" compared to the lineup. , The Clippers, who also played a mess in the preseason, are slightly stronger.

If it is acceptable to say that the three supercarrier teams of the Lakers, Nets and Warriors can be ranked ahead of the Clippers, then ESPN also ranked the Celtics ahead of the Clippers, which still caused dissatisfaction among a large number of Wang Chao fans.

"Who is this looking down on? You don't need to look at the Clippers' lineup. Can Wang Chao alone be inferior to the green army? How can they compare with Wang Chao?"

"Laughing to death, a team that didn't even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals last season, where did they have the courage?"

On the Clippers side, no one cares about ESPN's strength rankings, and they don't bother to bother.

Before the start of the regular season, head coach Rivers finally got a starting list for the new season from Wang Chao.

It sounds ridiculous. As the head coach of a team, he doesn't even have the right to decide the team's starting lineup.

If it were someone else, Rivers would have turned the table and quit. This is too bullying.

But the object is Wang Chao, the situation is completely different.

If he can hug Wang Chao's thigh and lie on his first championship trophy in his coaching career, then he will be a bit of a coward.

Looking at the starting list given by Wang Chao, Rivers fell into deep thought.

"Wang Chao is planning to return to the starting point guard position in the new season..."

In this starting list, Wang Chao's name is the first among them, appearing in the starting point guard position.

Starting shooting guard: Malcolm Brogdon.

Starting small forward: Tobias Harris.

Starting power forward: Danilo Gallinari.

Starting center: Brook Lopez.

In addition to the five starting players, Wang Chao also specifically marked the team's main bench players, only three.

Lou Williams, Montrezl Harrell and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The above eight players will be the main rotation players of the Clippers in the new season, the absolute main players. As for the other players, they are dispensable and can find substitutes at any time.

(End of this chapter)