I'm really good at shooting.

He's coming to the Mavericks too!

Bell played the summer league with Sun Hao at the beginning, but failed to stay on the team in the end.

Unexpectedly, he went around and around, he went to the Spurs and the 76ers, and finally came to the Mavericks!

"Sun!"

Bell was relatively taciturn in the locker room, but when he saw Sun Hao coming, his face changed for the better.

Sun Hao's advice to him at the beginning benefited him a lot, and he finally managed to stay in the NBA.

He has deeply experienced the pain of desperately trying to stay in the NBA, so he is even more grateful for Sun Hao's kindness to him at the beginning.

Sun Hao smiled and hugged Bell.

This move made Nowitzki and Nash stunned for a moment.

Of course they didn't remember that Bell had played in the Mavericks' summer league, but they were just surprised that Sun Hao knew someone new.

Nash frowned slightly.

They had a deep relationship last season with the Dallas Grass Sanji. This person who came out of nowhere seemed to be very close to Sun Hao.

Sun Hao turned around and introduced Bell to Nowitzki and Nash.

In Bell's words, the style of play is tough, top-level 3D.

In history, Bell will not play until the Suns two years later, but he gave Bell a suggestion last year, and the time of the latter's play will obviously be earlier.

The Mavericks took him, meaning as much as Avery Johnson.

It can even be said that in the next few years when playing games with the Lakers, Sun Hao will not need to beat Kobe.

With Bell around, he can attack with ease.

I looked around the locker room again.

Point guard: Nash, Van Exel, Avery Johnson

Shooting guards: Sun Hao, Eisley, Bell

Small Forwards: Finley, Najera, Adrian Griffin

Power forwards: Nowitzki, Kukoc, Wang Zhizhi

Centers: LaFrentz, Bradley, Collins.

This lineup is more reasonable than last season, and of course it is more in line with the old Nelson's requirements.

Sun Hao and Nash's combo guards, Nowitzki and LaFrentz can both open up space and move fast.

Coupled with the increased depth of the bench and the emergence of zone defense, the Mavericks will definitely have to do a lot in the new season!

This can be felt in the training after the start of the team training camp.

The morale of the team members was also high, and the smile on Old Nelson's face never stopped.

But some people are happy and some are sad, and the one who is sad is... Wang Zhizhi.

Training camp is a time for teams to hone in and experiment with rotations.

But no matter what lineup old Nelson uses, the inside rotation is basically Nowitzki, LaFrentz, Bradley and Kukoc.

Wang Zhizhi basically had no chance.

In fact, Sun Hao didn't know much about Wang Zhizhi.

It's fine if you don't accept his suggestion before, and quit his training camp early.

And the team's training camp started with white meat, which is really confusing.

If it weren't for the fact that they were all Chinese players, he wouldn't have bothered to care about them anymore.

Not long before the start of the preseason, the Mavericks encountered a small situation.

Nowitzki had some soreness in his ankle.

This kind of situation often happens to inside players, and this is probably due to too much practice in the past summer.

Fortunately, the season hadn't started at this time, so Nelson could rest assured and boldly let Nowitzki go to rest.

But even so, the old Nelson also let Najera come as a guest power forward more.

This directly made Wang Zhizhi autistic.

After the day's training session ended, everyone else left, and Wang Zhizhi sat there alone in a daze.

He looked like he was sulking.

Sun Hao sighed, and finally walked over.

How to put it, Wang Zhizhi is also an important part of the men's basketball team. If the Chinese team wants to make a breakthrough in the competition, no one can replace him at this stage.

"Generally, what's the matter, not in a good mood?"

Sun Hao asked after sitting down.

"Where do you think I am worse than Nowitzki?"

Sun Hao was taken aback by Wang Zhizhi's words.

He couldn't answer this question.

No, when Wang Zhizhi asked this question, he felt that he was no worse than Nowitzki.

This is not just arrogance, but a little lack of self-knowledge.

"If it wasn't because I couldn't go abroad to play for the first time, my current performance in the Mavericks would not be worse than Nowitzki."

Perhaps the old Nelson would rather use Najera as a guest power forward than use him, Wang Zhizhi's mentality is a little bit broken.

He felt that Nowitzki had taken the position that should belong to him.

Sun Hao nodded.

He could only nod his head, Wang Zhizhi's mood at the moment was like a powder keg.

He came to persuade Wang Zhizhi, so he must follow his words.

"The past can't be changed, but old Nelson recruited me from China and didn't give me a chance to perform. I don't understand what that means."

Wang Zhizhi said half of what he said, but he didn't say the other half.

The Mavericks are not a defensive team, and Nash plays a lot of time like everyone.

Even Sun Hao didn't defend well when he first came to the NBA, so he also got a chance to play.

But he was the only one who was treated differently because he had Nowitzki in front of him.

Sun Hao didn't know the part that Wang Zhizhi didn't say, but after listening to what Wang Zhizhi said, he felt that the latter was too arrogant, and he was also a little bit high-minded.

It's useless for him to say anything with this character.

The most realistic example is Kobe.

Look at Kobe's mentality in the Lakers before, grab O'Neal, and feel that he is not inferior to Iverson and Carter, and think that everyone is targeting him as a high school student.

Wang Zhizhi is also similar.

In other words, this is because the previous career was too smooth, and I have not experienced severe beatings from society.

However, the difference from Kobe is that Wang Zhizhi only has arrogance, no actual actions, no thinking about changing and improving himself.

"Be patient. I believe Don will give you a chance. After all, the preseason hasn't started yet."

Sun Hao can only say so.

Wang Zhizhi sighed, and finally said nothing.

After chatting with Wang Zhizhi for a while, Sun Hao got up and left the training hall.

He didn't go back to the locker room, but walked towards Old Nelson's office.

He knocked on the door, and old Nelson was still inside studying tactics for the new season.

This season's Mavericks have the strength to play against the Spurs and Lakers, and his investment is also greater.

He was a little surprised by Sun Hao's arrival, and looked at Sun Hao suspiciously.

"Don, I have a merciless request."

Old Nelson nodded and motioned for him to say.

After one season, he likes and trusts Sun Hao very much.

"I hope the team can give Wang a chance to start in the preseason."

Sun Hao continued to speak, just like he said, this is indeed an unfeeling request.

But this is the only way to make Wang Zhizhi change.

Chapter 211 The Law of True Fragrance

"king?"

Old Nelson was even more suspicious.

Wang Zhizhi's defense is too poor, and his current physical condition is not enough to play in the starting lineup, and he can't do it in rotation.

"Wang has some problems with his mentality now. I hope he has a chance to adjust."

Sun Hao told the truth to old Nelson.

Old Nelson was thinking.

"Play the Celtics and start him."

He finally agreed.

At the beginning, he admired Wang Zhizhi because of his performance in the Atlanta Olympics.

But after so many years, Wang Zhizhi has made slow progress. He thought it was the fault of the system before, but Wang Zhizhi still made no progress in the past season. He is disappointed.

But Sun Hao said that the preseason wasn't that important, so he just wanted to be a favor.

What if Wang Zhizhi brought him any surprises this past summer?

Kukoc is too old to play for too long, and he signed a one-year contract with the Mavericks this summer. He needs someone to fill the possible vacancy.

If Wang Zhizhi can improve, he is obviously the most suitable candidate.

Coming out of Old Nelson's office, Sun Hao let out a long breath.

This is the last thing he can do for Wang Zhizhi.

If Wang Zhizhi still can't let go of the arrogance in his heart after this, then he can only look forward to Yi Jianlian's growth.

The time came to mid-October, and the NBA preseason games started one after another.

Some of these games are notable.

The Warriors beat Houston 106-81.

The Warriors had the bottom record in the league last season, and the biggest signing this past summer was Jason Richardson, who was picked in the draft.

Although the Houston team sent away Francis West, the other main players were still there last season. In addition, the twin towers Kwame Brown and Eddie Griffin won the draft year. The overall strength is stronger than the Warriors. out a lot.

But it turned out that the Warriors almost won the game with a carnage.

Together, the twin towers scored only 15 points and 13 rebounds.

The presence of defensive three seconds made them struggle on the defensive end.

Moreover, the immature zone defense used by the Houston team was even more useless by the Warriors' bombardment.

The Timberwolves beat the Jazz 93 to 79.

If the Houston team's zone defense is useless, then the Timberwolves under Sanders is another extreme.

As a zone defense master, Sanders did not blindly copy the FIBA ​​zone defense formation, he used a zone defense similar to movement.

Defensive players not only have to be responsible for their respective areas, but also attack at any time to maintain a local 3 defense 2 state.

In more vivid terms, Sanders is using a moving zone defense.