Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 50 Give You a Chance

Of course, Gary Payton is not happy to waste time on newcomers, he doesn't have that patience.

That is to say, now, he has already turned thirty, and he is no longer as youthful as before.

Otherwise, the trash talk would have been sprayed out long ago, or they would just turn around and leave without thinking about saving face at all.

However, Gary Payton still didn't do that.

For Wang Hao, he still knows that this rookie teammate is still very good, and he performed very well in the summer league.

But for NBA players, especially these stars, no one really cares about their performance in the summer league.

Back then, during Kobe's rookie season, his performance in the summer league was also amazing.

But the result?
In the official game, it's not just sitting on the bench and not getting the chance to play easily.

What really caught Gary Payton's attention was actually the thoughts of head coach Paul Westphal and general manager Willie Walker.

As the absolute core of the team and the iconic figure of the Sonics, Gary Payton is more than just a player.

Regarding the team's plans and preparations for this year, although he didn't participate in it, he knew a lot about it.

The most important point is the goal for this year.

Don't look at what the Sonics said very well, if they want to return to the finals, they have to play better results.

But the problem is, you can't just listen to what the team says, but what the team is doing.

In terms of team signings, he is unwilling to spend more money, so how can he have a chance to compete for the championship?
In the team's internal plan, being able to reach the playoffs this year is already a pretty good result.

However, it is not so easy to reach the playoffs.

After all, the entire Sonics, except for Gary Payton, it is really difficult for others to hold on to the scene.

Rely on Wen Baker, you let him quit drinking first.

As for the others, it's really unreliable.

Even for Gary Payton, his defensive skills are actually better than his offensive ability, which is even more troublesome.

In the plan of head coach Paul Westphal, it is mainly to be discovered from the bench and newcomers.

For example, Sharad Lewis, for example, Ruben Patterson.

Of course, Paul Westphal is most interested in Wang Hao, after all, he has the performance of the summer league as a base.

Gary Payton naturally knew about this, and Paul Westphal even communicated with him about it.

Gary Payton will naturally not refuse to improve the team's strength, but it is obviously impossible for him to pay more attention to it.

After all, Wang Hao is just a player who is almost lost.

As one of the superstars in the entire league, who is not a little arrogant, especially Gary Payton.

In order for Gary Payton to face up to Wang Hao, Wang Hao must first show enough strength.

"Oh, rookie, do you really want to learn how to defend? It's not impossible, I can give you a chance.

Well, if you can score on my head today, I promise to guide you. "

As the boss of the team, it is not very good to directly reject a humble and studious rookie.

Gary Payton simply put forward such a condition, wanting to make Wang Hao retreat.

At that time, it's not that he is unwilling to give advice to newcomers, but that the newcomers are incapable and unworthy of accepting his advice.

Don't think that NBA stars must have good character. In fact, many big-name stars are very unreliable.

Jordan likes to gamble, treats newcomers even more harshly, and is an extremely arrogant person.

Kwame Brown, who was crippled by him, is well known, and there is another one that everyone doesn't know.

Hamilton Richardson was selected by the Wizards. After becoming teammates with Jordan, he was very excited.

Facing his idol, he directly stated his expectations, and he hoped to be able to endorse Jordan.

Anyway, Hamilton was the NCAA champion and the seventh overall pick.

He hopes to endorse Jordan, just an ordinary endorsement contract, not a signature sneaker.

As a result, Jordan told him directly that he didn't deserve it.

In comparison, Gary Payton's approach is already very particular, with high emotional intelligence.

"Ok, no problem!"

Gary Payton believed in his defense, and Wang Hao himself was not afraid, just scored a goal.

It is definitely impossible for him to completely suppress Gary Payton, but he only scored one goal.

No matter how good a defensive expert is, at most he can limit the opponent's shooting rate, and it is difficult to achieve zero opponents.

Unless the gap is very large.

But then again, Americans really like bullfighting. It seems that there is nothing that a bullfight can't solve.

If so, come to two games.

"Come on, rookie!"

Since it's one offense and one defense, it doesn't matter so much, Wang Hao attacks directly.

Gary Payton is just over 190 centimeters tall, 10 centimeters shorter than Wang Hao.

Wang Hao was a little embarrassed to play inside, and it was not good to use his height advantage to bully others.

After all, he still has to talk to Gary Payton about defense.

Outside the three-point line, Wang Hao slowly dribbled towards him, observing Gary Payton's position while thinking about the means of attack.

On the other side, several people who were familiar with Wang Hao were obviously a little surprised, especially Brent Barry.

"Wang's ball control looks much more natural!"

You know, Brent Barry's ball-handling ability is actually good, and Wang Hao also consulted with him back then.

For Wang Hao's ball-handling ability, he still knows a little bit, at most, he can not lose the ball when facing oppressive defense.

As for playing some tricks with the ball, or even breaking through, forget it.

But looking at it now, it is obvious that it has improved a lot.

Now, although he is not as good as the top ball-handling masters in the NBA, he is still at the upper-middle level.

At least teammates can hand over the ball with peace of mind, and let him control the ball without worrying about losing the ball.

"That's true. In the summer league finals, he didn't seem to be able to handle the ball like that."

Lewis also weighed in.

On the other side, Gerani said: "I know what's going on. It is said that Wang Yi has been training throughout the holiday."

Gerani had contact with Wang Hao during the holidays. When he knew that Wang Hao had been training, he was really surprised.

In fact, when he heard that Wang Hao had been training, Gerani was also aroused to be competitive.

Why can others, but he can't?

In the end, after persisting for less than a week, he gave up. Wouldn't it be nice to just eat, drink, have fun and enjoy life?
As a veteran player, Brent Barry knows very well that training is important, but talent is more important.

It is not uncommon for people who have been training for a whole vacation, but there are very few who have made such obvious progress within a vacation.

What's more, in the previous training sessions, he found that Wang Hao had improved in all aspects.

It's just that Wang Hao's tactical play just now has always been a three-point shooter who opens up space, and doesn't have many opportunities to hold the ball.

(End of this chapter)