New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 268 The Newborn Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an outlier in the Eastern Conference right now.God knows that last season's deputy squad leader of the league became a strong team with 3 consecutive victories after getting a point guard.

The most important thing is that they showed a super offensive ability, or that group of players, at most they added Varanda, who averaged 22 points per game, and the firepower evolved in an all-round way!
The "crazy" shooter Nopton, who was used to forcing three-pointers and being blocked in various ways, suddenly played reasonable with Varanda's assist.All singles have become catching and shooting after running without the ball. His shooting percentage has gone straight from 40% last season to 48%, and he averaged 9 three-pointers per game. This kind of firepower is a bit scary.

Coupled with the drastic change in small forward Cass' polo style, the once mid-range shooting monster suddenly evolved into a fast break and breakthrough killer!It is reasonable to say that it is impossible to make a big improvement after only one off-season, but there is no way, Varanda is like a 'magician', who can always conjure up the best scoring opportunities for his teammates!

From the perspective of the Wizards manager, it may not be a bad thing that they did not get Zhang Yi, who was positioned as the successor of Curry early on like the Los Angeles Lakers. Varanda's strength is definitely underestimated even if he is selected as the second place...

Can Zhang Yi bring a group of trash players back from the ashes?The Lakers didn't show him that kind of leadership.But on the side of the Washington Wizards, Varanda did it.

Originally, they planned to continue to play poorly this season, but it was the first player report day of the off-season.After hearing the frustrated but normal decision, Varanda blocked the door of the manager and head coach, "Listen, I'm going to take the Washington Wizards to the playoffs!"

Hearing this, the two old fritters of course laughed it off, because the team didn't intend to reinforce around him at all.If the Duke University Blue Devils are the Golden State Warriors of the NCAA.In their view, the No. [-] pick Varanda is definitely suffering from superstar disease...

"Okay, then who are you going to want? Could it be your alumni from Duke University?" The Wizards manager joked, but he didn't expect it to become the last joke he made before leaving.

"No need, the current Wizards lineup is very good." Varanda didn't even watch the Wizards lose all kinds of games last season, because there is no complete garbage that can survive in the NBA.

At the beginning, the Blue Devils were not all strong. Varanda also led them to the NCAA championship.A good team brain can decide everything in many cases.

The Wizards, a group of bad players who have been with the team for a year, are actually holding fire.Although there are quite a few of them who like to shoot wildly, it doesn't mean that everyone accepts unlimited losses.

After a disappointing season, the Wizards boss is actually waiting for the team's revival. After all, in the draft year, they won the NCAA No. 1.

Besides, Varanda was selected as the best college player for two consecutive years.Note that this is not talking about basketball players, but includes major leagues including rugby, baseball, football, etc. One can imagine his popularity and strength!
But after assessing the team's current combat strength, the boss decided to continue to play badly under the instigation of the manager and head coach, because in their opinion, Varanda has not yet reached the time for the team to revive.

When Varanda expressed that he wanted to lead the team into the playoffs, the actual controllers of the two teams actually wanted to laugh it off.But when the player called the owner in front of them and said that the team manager was going to be replaced, everyone present was stupid...

"The player fired the manager with one sentence? Isn't that the opposite?" The boss didn't react at first, thinking that the new core of his team was joking.

"I don't know his working ability, but the current Washington Wizards have the strength to impact good results. At this time, he is so conservative that he will kill your team!" Varanda's words were deadly and ruthless.

God knows how a rookie can have such courage.The manager immediately turned his face, but for the boss, one is the new core, and the other is the garbage manager who led the team to 22 wins. Which one is more important?The results are obvious.

This farce of the Washington Wizards has also been exposed by the outside world, and news of maliciously smearing Varanda emerges endlessly.Some people even called him a cancer in the locker room!

Of course, decided to lead the team to get rid of the reputation of rubbish, Varanda is ready to bear the pressure of all parties.Because it's easy to play poorly, but it's not so easy to boost the team's confidence...

The Wizards boss fired the team manager for the new core, and everyone thought that the head coach would follow suit in the next step.Surprisingly, Varanda actually spoke to keep people.

After all, it is not the players who suffer the most during the team's poor performance, because no matter what they do, they still get their salaries.You can even change teams to prove yourself again.

But the head coach Frey is not so lucky. Once there is a bad coaching career, unless he is lucky and chooses a revival general, just like Popovich of the Spurs back then.Otherwise, poor performance will affect the entire coaching career like an incurable plague!
Now with Varanda's confident commitment, Frey is relieved.Not that he really believes that a 22-60 superstar can get back to .50 with a rookie.

But as long as he gets rid of the rotten hat, he can ask for someone from the new manager.In fact, in Frey's view, the Wizards can still be saved after strengthening the original weakest No. 1 position.

Especially after it was reported that the Lakers had changed the entire team for Zhang Yi and others, he was also gearing up for a big fight.Who knew that Varanda stopped all transactions.

The core of the team does not seem to have the idea of ​​​​trading any teammates, and his determination has also affected the Wizards owner.Although it is very risky to gamble with next season's record, they have already bottomed out, how bad can it be?

Varanda's move to speak out for his teammates also won everyone's hearts.Even the former core 'madman' Knopton decided to give way to concentrate on supporting.Not to mention the small forward Kasma who is 2 meters tall and the two inside players with an average height of 09 meters. These five people form the Wizards' new starting combination.

Before the game, although Wacker didn't know how strong his opponent would be, he was familiar with Varanda's strength.This offensive and defensive wizard who averaged 112 points per game and controlled the conceded points at 106 has indeed exceeded many people's expectations.

If it is said that last season's squad leader and deputy squad leader have changed the most this year, many people may not choose the Lakers.Because for Zhang Yi, they have made too many changes.

But the Washington Wizards almost continued with last season's lineup, the only change is the addition of Varanda.Now, their goal is directly in the playoffs, and it's not the kind of sidelines. Everyone believes that Varanda has a value that is not lost to Zhang Yi!
(End of this chapter)