NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 103 General Manager: Is this Wang Chao or James?
After arriving in Orlando, Wang Chao has been staying here. His busy tasks include but are not limited to finding a new residence, conducting the final finishing training before the new season, and participating in two commercial endorsements that Bill Duffy helped him negotiate. shoot.

Although the domestic line has not been completely opened up, Wang Chao's fame and influence in the United States have finally brought him some benefits.

The two advertising endorsement fees are not particularly high, one is 50, and the other is 70, a total of 120 million.

Don’t underestimate the $120 million. You must know that this was 2007. The NBA’s involution was extremely serious. As the head of the NBA’s advertising revenue, James’ annual advertising revenue was as high as $2800 million, and Dayao ranked No. 1800 with $[-] million. three.

It seems that this money is very easy to earn, but in fact?

McGrady, another superstar of the Rockets, earned only $600 million in advertising revenue, only one-third of Dayao's.

Carter's advertising endorsement is 500 million US dollars, and the low-key Duncan is only about 350 million US dollars.

You must know that the above three are all top stars in the league, and the team's contract income ranks among the best in the league.

So commercial endorsement is really terrible in the NBA.

Without the blessing of the Huaguo market, Wang Chao was able to get 120 million commercial endorsements in the United States, thanks to his relatively good appearance and unique three-point shooting style.

Of course, there will be bread, and there will be milk.

According to Bill Duffy, both Nike and Adidas are very interested in Wang Chao’s sneaker endorsement. Judging from the current market situation, if the two big manufacturers compete for Wang Chao, Wang Chao will most likely get a share of about 800 million per year. Sneaker endorsement contract.

An average of 800 million per year is definitely not too small, especially in this time period of 07, players in the league whose sneaker contracts can exceed 800 per year can be counted on one hand.

Including Dayao, he only signed a 7-year 5000 million sneaker endorsement contract with Reebok, with an average of 714 million per year.

Of course, Dayao is a special case. It is really Nike's death. He first made a humiliating sneaker contract offer and annoyed Dayao. After he found out that Dayao was really going to be poached by Reebok, he quickly offered a 7-year 1.2 million offer. As a result, Dayao ignored him.

Although he performed very well last season and is young and has potential, Wang Chao's three-point shooting style still makes him different from those monsters who can fly into the sky and escape from the ground. 6 million in 3600 years.

After all, Wang Chao is not James. With what he has shown so far, it is the most ideal result to be able to get an annual sneaker contract of 800 million yuan in the bidding of two big manufacturers.

As for when Wang Chao officially signs the sneaker endorsement, it may take some time.

Whether it is Nike or Adidas, they all want to wait and see to see if Wang Chao, who has come to the Magic, can continue to perform miraculously.

For Wang Chao, the two manufacturers still pay more attention to it. Once the time is right, they will enter the market to snatch people. After all, they have missed Dayao. Seeing that Reebok has made a lot of money in Huaguo because of Dayao's relationship, It would be a lie to say no.

In Wang Chao's view, the sneaker contract endorsement can only be regarded as a sideline job, and the difference will not be particularly obvious if there are more or less millions.

With his official return to the national team to play for the country in the 08 Olympic Games, Wang Chao's market in China will also be fully opened. At that time, various commercial endorsements and advertisements will flood in. Especially after Dayao began to suffer from injuries in 09, he will He will become Hua Guo's only top star in the NBA, and a lot of money will rush into his pocket.

With this original capital, Wang Chao, as a traveler, can easily multiply his worth several times or even dozens of times in the blink of an eye, whether he is buying a house in the capital, speculating in coins or investing in shares!
At that time, money is just a number to him, but it is not as real as playing in the NBA.

The topic is too far away, let's get down to business.

Wang Chao trained in the Magic Arena for more than half a month. As the time approached the end of September, the players began to return to the team to report for training and prepare for the preseason and regular season.

Howard is also back, and he came back early.

It can be seen that his "commercial activities" in Miami are very exciting, and the whole person walks floatingly, but Howard's body management is still in place, so he will immediately recover after a little restorative training.

Of course, if you want to compare with Wang Chao, Howard actually didn't make much progress in one summer, only the improvement in physical fitness brought about by physical growth.

Unlike Howard, except for the one-night fling with Howard in New York, Wang Chao was still strict with himself and insisted on training every day. He successfully spent more than 9 points in mid-September, leaving nothing left.

Huge expenses will naturally bring proportional benefits.

Wang Chao's current overall ability score has been raised to 75, which is 69 points higher than the 6 at the end of the finals.

It seems that compared with the offseason of last season, Wang Chao's overall rating of 54 points improved from 65 to 11 was nearly half.

But in fact, the overall evaluation ability value is not calculated like this at all.

At that time, in order to complete the system's tasks, Wang Chao maliciously racked up points, and specially practiced a bunch of skills that he would never use, such as back hooks, back movements and other abilities.

These abilities, Wang Chao’s basic attributes were originally low, and they can be improved relatively quickly, which can quickly help him increase the overall evaluation of his ability values, but in fact, most of the hard training during the offseason has no chance to be used in official competitions , In terms of defensive rebounds, Wang Chao's average rebounds per game increased to 3.7, which is still somewhat effective.

But this time the 6-point ability score is different. This is an ability-value intensive training that can actually improve Wang Chao's combat effectiveness.

In three and a half months, Wang Chao completed all the goals he initially planned.

His ball-handling ability has been strengthened from 82 to 88, which is already a very high value among big forwards with a height of 2 meters and above. With the ball-handling talent, even Wang Chao, who is good at stealing defensive players, will not lose easily. ball.

Compared with ball-handling ability, Wang Chao's shooting ability is of course the most improved. After all, he has a 30% shooting training effect bonus attached to the sharpshooter talent, and practicing any shooting will get twice the result with half the effort.

88 layups, 71 dunks, 89 short-range shots, 92 open mid-range shots, 89 mid-range shots interfered with, 90 mid-range shots after dribbling, 89 free throws, 81 behind-the-back jumpers, and 86 floaters.

The above is Wang Chao's biggest gain from three months of hard training.

Compared with before, the value has been directly increased by as much as 72 points!Among them, the biggest improvement is the three items of dunk, behind-the-back jumper and drop shot, which were originally very low.

This is also in line with the system settings, the lower the base value, the greater the speed and efficiency of the upgrade.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Chao did not intend to enhance his dunk ability, because in his opinion, the offensive method of dunk and layup is similar, the biggest difference is that it is more difficult, and the action is more handsome and cool.

But in the process of training, he unexpectedly discovered that when practicing breakthrough layups, the dunk ability value also increased correspondingly, and it actually improved to a large extent after a little practice.

It stands to reason that the dunk ability value will not enjoy the training experience bonus of the sharpshooter talent, why is this so?
Then Wang Chao figured it out, dunking is not an ability that relies heavily on skill, it relies more on the player's own talent.

Generally speaking, if a player who has practiced basketball skills for more than ten years is only 1 meters tall, unless he has the explosive physical fitness of Nate Robinson, it will be difficult to dunk.

But if you are a person with a height of 2 meters and excellent jumping ability, even if you haven't played basketball all day, just stand on the court and try a few times to perform a beautiful windmill dunk.

The so-called slam dunk skills are nothing more than a combination of movement creativity plus the ability to bounce and stay in the air.

Wang Chao was able to dunk, but he had no chance to use it against the powerful NBA.

But the situation is different now. His athletic ability has been steadily improving under the daily high-intensity training, including the three-month special training, which has also improved his physical fitness to varying degrees.

Speed ​​86, Dexterity 87, Stamina 92, Strength 69, Bounce 67, Endurance 80, Explosiveness 72!

Compared with shooting abilities, the improvement in quality is actually not that big. On average, each item has only 2 to 3 points of improvement in ability value, especially the three items of speed, agility, and physical fitness. Only 1 point boost.

But even so, Wang Chao's current physical fitness is not bad in the NBA, and it can even be regarded as excellent.

Among other things, in Wang Chao's memory, Marion, who was at the peak of the Suns in the NBA2K game, has an overall score of 91, and his physical fitness is 78 for speed, 84 for agility, 70 for strength, 88 for jumping, and 95 for stamina.

In addition to being inferior to Marion in jumping, Wang Chao even has a slight advantage in other aspects, including physical strength. Although he is only 92, but because of his talent as a long-distance runner, his physical stamina is even better than Marion in actual competitions. One chip!
You must know that Marion, as a striker, is already considered a very good athlete.

After all, monsters like James and Zion Williams, who are comparable in weight and strength to inside players, but also have the speed of a top guard, and can fly like a spring man to escape the earth, there are only a few supermen in the league for decades. .

Wang Chao's current physical fitness has already given him the ability to dunk in the game, so practicing dunks is more effective and the growth rate is extremely fast. This is the only explanation he can think of.

Just like last year, Wang Chao's main training direction is still offensive ability, and he has not considered improving defensive ability at all.

After all, time and points are limited. Unless the system issued a mission request, Wang Chao would definitely not give priority to improving his defensive ability.

Wang Chao, who has traveled through time for 22 years, knows better than anyone that in this league, a player who is good at defense can easily find a job, and can also get more opportunities to play in a highly competitive team.

No coach would dislike a player who defends desperately. Such a player is the cornerstone of a strong team.

But for top stars, defense is just incidental value on the icing on the cake.

When people lament the greatness of Jordan, Kobe, James and others, they will list the honors they have won on the defensive end. Jordan has DPOY, Kobe has been selected to the best defensive team 12 times, and James has 6 best defensive teams.

But even without the honor of the defensive end, it will not have much impact on the historical status of these top superstars.

This is what Wang Chao thinks now.

Working hard on defense can make him a better player, but so what?

The current league is an era where data is paramount. Unless the defensive end can reach Leonard's level, the degree of attention will definitely not be higher than that of offense.

Moreover, even Leonard was truly included in the ranks of top superstars only after he showed dominant offensive and defensive performance in the Raptors season.

Compared with turning himself into an excellent team player who can contribute 20+5 per game.

Wang Chao is more inclined to become a star who averages 30+ points per game and makes no contribution or even lags behind on the defensive end, just like Harden in the Rockets period.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Wang Chao is not prepared to practice defense all his life. After his offensive ability has improved to a certain level and he has established himself as a superstar in the league, he doesn't mind raising his defensive level to the top, evolving into a A truly perfect player with both offense and defense.

But in the current situation where time is limited and the points that can be exchanged for training potions are limited, the priority must be to improve the ability of the offensive end to the extreme.

From this point of view, Wang Chao is really right to join the Magic.

You say that Howard's inside offense is not good, that's okay, but Howard's defensive power at his peak is really terrifying, especially the inside defense ability and defensive radius, which are definitely the top in history, and Ben Wallace is overwhelmed.

This is not alarmist talk. Don’t look at Howard being trained by Dayao every year. The name of the first center seems to be nothing special, but Howard’s defensive focus itself is not aimed at heavy centers. In order to ensure his own mobility and jumping ability, Howard did not strengthen. It is normal for the strength of the lower limbs to be unable to withstand Dayao after gaining weight, but what sacrificed the strength of the lower limbs to bring Howard is the ultimate speed and explosive power!

At the peak, Howard has the speed, explosive power and bounce that are no less than that of a guard, super confrontational force, and the defensive radius can almost cover the entire inside range. Mentally prepared for a big hat.

It’s just that this style of play is extremely dependent on physical fitness. Once you suffer from serious injuries or your physical fitness declines with age, the effect will also decline significantly.

Howard in the F4 period of the Lakers lost most of his speed and explosive power due to injuries. Although relying on his deep background in the Lakers and Rockets period, he can still average 18+12 double-double data per game, which is not lower than that of the Magic period. There are too many, but Howard's ability at his peak cannot be reflected by pure statistics. As long as you watch the game carefully, you can clearly see the difference between the two.

Wang Chao doesn't need to think about the future of Howard, because he is now surrounded by Howard who is about to enter the peak of his career, and it is the existence of Howard that can make Wang Chao feel at ease to give up defense and practice offense.

In the Magic team, Wang Chao only needs to worry about offense. On the defensive end, as long as he guarantees not to lose his position easily, it is good to give the opponent an open shot. This is fundamental for Wang Chao, who is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 06 meters. That's not a problem. If the opponent breaks through with the ball, Wang Chao won't be able to defend against it. Anyway, after he collides with the inside line with the ball, there is still a monster waiting for him under the basket.

……

A few days later, all Magic players returned to the team to report, and the assembly was officially completed.

The Magic, which is about to play in the preseason, currently has a total of 13 players in the lineup.

The team's starting roster is very obvious, it can be said to be obvious.

Defenders Jameer Nelson, Keith Bogans, strikers Wang Chao and Hedo Turkoglu, center Howard.

This starting lineup will basically not change, and there is a high probability that it will be the main starting lineup of the regular season team.

In addition to the five starting players, the Magic also have several good players on the bench. Wang Chao knows Trevor Ariza, JJ Redick and Marcin Gortat. Excellent players who have received tens of millions of annual salary contracts, but the three of them are not taken seriously at this time.

In Wang Chao's impression, Ariza should have been traded to the Lakers by the Magic before playing a few games in the regular season, and then quickly played value in the Lakers and the Rockets after a year, becoming a well-known 3D player in the league.

JJ Redick spent three seasons with the Magic as a dead-on player, and then finally entered the official rotation in the fourth year of his career, averaging 22 points in 9.6 minutes per game.

Redick's real highlight moment came from the 12-13 season, the season when Howard defected to the Lakers. Redick averaged 31.5 minutes per game in the Magic, scoring 15 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists, and in the following seasons. It has become an important outside offensive firepower.

Marcin Gortat, as a center, basically didn't play much value for Howard as a substitute for four years, but after being traded to the Suns in the 10-11 season, he rose rapidly, averaging 11 per game in the 12-15 season. With 10 points and [-] rebounds, he won a big contract with an annual salary of tens of millions by virtue of his performance this season.

It is now 2007, and these three players are still in the stage where they are not well-known and have not played any famous names.

Wang Chao felt that if they were given more playing time and opportunities to perform, they might not be able to play well, especially Ariza and Redick. Ariza hadn't started practicing three-pointers in 07, but considering his After two years in the Lakers and Rockets, he can shoot about 33% of his three-pointers. If you give him some advice, let him practice three-pointers in advance. There is no chance.

Although Tiezha's three-pointer is a bit pitted, his perimeter defense is good.

As for Redick, Wang Chao thinks that he just played a little less time. Since he joined the league in 06, even when he averaged only 8 minutes per game, Redick's three-point shooting rate can be maintained above 38%.

If you play as a shooting guard and stand in the corner as a spot-up shooter, you should be fine.

Having said so much, role players are still role players. Regardless of whether Ariza, Redick and others can play the best professional level in the Magic in advance, it is just icing on the cake for the overall strength of the Magic. There are only two and a half players in the upper limit of the Magic, Howard, Wang Chao, and half of them are forward Turkoglu.

Turkoglu, who is 2 meters tall, is more inclined to the small forward position as a striker and is a typical point forward.

之前他表现最好的一个赛季，是05-06赛季，常规赛场均出场33.5分钟的特科格鲁可以贡献14.9分4.3篮板2.8助攻。

And the time when he ushered in a real explosion happened to be the next season, the 07-08 season.

In the near new season, Turkoglu will play the point forward to the extreme. In the regular season, he can contribute 19.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5 assists per game. Howard scored higher than the new outside core billionaire Mr. Lewis.

In the second year, that is, in the 08-09 season, Turkoglu's personal data declined slightly. He averaged 16.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game in the regular season. Even if this is due to the injury of the Celtics core player Garnett, it can prove the overall strength of the Magic.

Wang Chao met Turkoglu in the training match after the team assembled.

As a player from Turkey who has played in European leagues, Turkoglu is very similar to many European players in the league. He has a gentle and friendly personality. He does not have the sharp feeling of many players who have played in the NCAA in the United States. It seems that he should Very easy to get along with.

When they met for the first time, Turkoglu took the initiative to greet Wang Chao to express his kindness.

This is actually quite normal.

Although he has played in the Magic for many years and is the team's main player, let alone Turkoglu, looking at the entire Magic, except for Howard, no one is qualified to compete with Wang Chaoniu.

The importance that the Magic attaches to Wang Chao can be seen with the naked eye. They have promoted Wang Chao’s promotion early on, playing various slogans such as 04 double heroes and future double stars. In the new season, Wang Chao’s annual salary of 1270 million is also the magic team The highest salary in the team shows its high status.

This summer, although the Magic signed with Wang Chao and Howard successively, Howard’s contract renewal is actually an early contract renewal. He still has a rookie contract for one year that has not been fulfilled. The new season is still a rookie contract, with an annual salary of 606 million US dollars. Ranked third in the Magic, the second highest salary is Turkoglu's 637 million.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the players of the Magic team said unhappily when they saw Howard hooking Wang Chao's neck. "Wang, when you pay your salary, you must invite me to have a good time. You obviously earn more than me, but I was the one who treated you last time."

Wang Chao could see that Howard was joking, but he nodded seriously and said, "Okay, but Orlando is your territory, so you have to plan how to play."

Money earned is spent. In Wang Chao’s values, as long as you don’t mess around with gambling and drugs, consumption and pleasure are a must. Otherwise, why earn so much money?Check the number of tens of thousands in the bank? ?
After all, the most painful thing in life is that people die and the money is not spent.

Thinking of this, Wang Chao looked at the other players and said.

"Guys, I just joined the team, and I will ask you to take care of me in the future. I am treating guests today. After training, we will go out and have fun together!"

After deducting the taxes and the agent's commission from the 120 million endorsement fees of the two advertising endorsements, the remaining balance has been deposited into Wang Chao's account. Adding the previous salary of the Suns, Wang Chao's deposit is less than 100 million US dollars. Enough for him to splurge for a while.

Anyway, the team will pay salaries every week after that. Wang Chao’s salary of 1270 million US dollars a year, even after deducting all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, will get at least 600 million, which is equivalent to more than 4500 million Chinese currency!

When I was in the Suns, the conditions were not allowed. Now that I am in the Magic, I must seize this opportunity to promote relationships with my teammates. Otherwise, even with Howard, Wang Chao will inevitably be gradually isolated by other Magic players over time. After all, no one likes people who are silent and out of gregarious.

……

Seeing how familiar Wang Chao and Howard are, all the Magic players had different expressions.

They didn't expect that they had just returned to the team to start training, and the relationship between the two was already so good. It seemed that Wang Chao's position in the team would be very stable for a long time to come.

If someone treats you, everyone is of course happy.

After the training, a group of people came to the biggest nightclub in Orlando under the guidance of Howard, the leading party.

Wang Chao found that Howard and his gang must be regular customers here, because the other customers in the nightclub were not surprised by the arrival of Howard and others, they just cheered and applauded loudly.

To his surprise, some of them called his name.

"Wang Chao! Wang Chao!"

He hasn't played a game for the Magic, yet he already has fans?

But it's not surprising that with the promotion and foreshadowing of the Magic, Magic fans have long been looking forward to Wang Chao's arrival.

They already have Howard on the inside, and now they have Wang Chao on the outside. The team hasn't taken off in the new season yet?

The atmosphere was heated up quickly.

Howard laughed heartily and yelled at his teammates.

"You can never imagine how hard this guy trains. I'll let you see it in a few days. I finally understand why his three-pointers are so accurate. It's simply the result of a lot of shooting training!"

The expressions on the faces of the other Magic players were obviously a little disbelieving.

Wang Chao doesn't look like the kind of player with particularly strong physical fitness. How far can he go even if he trains hard?
Wang Chao smiled slightly, but did not respond.

If Howard wants to ask Wang Chao to show them the training method of Desperate Saburo in the near future, then he may be disappointed.

Wang Chao had already spent all his points a few days ago. He didn't dare to train so desperately without the physical potion. What if he was really injured?
The team building night of the Magic team was relatively perfect, everyone had a great time playing, and some players left with the girl they just met in the nightclub.

When Wang Chao left, he didn’t have a female companion. It’s not that he couldn’t find him. In fact, he was almost the most popular among them, but most of the girls here were the kind of heavy makeup that Wang Chao mentioned before. , Compared with the Victoria's Secret angels in New York before, it is like heaven and earth, he is really not interested.

Although he didn't have a very clear impression last time, Wang Chao felt that his taste still had to maintain a high standard. You can't be hungry, can't you?

……

After a night of carnival, the Magic has officially entered the rhythm of resuming training for the new season.

Wang Chao still disappointed Howard. In the next few days of training, Wang Chao's performance was not much different from other players. It was not the kind of desperate Saburo training he saw in New York.

Wang Chao explained to Howard that he practiced too hard before, and now he can't take it anymore, and the new season is about to start, so he needs to reserve some physical fitness to prepare for the official game.

Although this answer was a little far-fetched, the reason was completely justified, and Howard secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, if Wang Chao can train crazily every day and still be tireless, it will be quite stressful.

Leaving aside the matter of Howard's bragging for the time being, during the past few days when Wang Chao participated in the training, the Magic team seemed to be opening a blind box every day, and there were surprises every day.

"Who said that Wang Chao has a thin body? The bench press can reach 140 kg, which is also called a thin body? It can definitely be regarded as a middle-level player among the league's strikers!"

"My God! Is Wang Chao's speed so fast? No wonder he ran without the ball and was difficult to defend when he was in the Suns!"

"His jumping, explosive and airborne abilities are also at the upper-middle level of the league! This physical fitness is very good!"

These things do not need to be compared with other players in the league. In the Magic team, Wang Chao has almost completely exploded in terms of physical fitness and Turkoglu, who is also a forward with him, and is almost on par with Ariza.

The personnel in charge of the physical examination were a little skeptical about life.

Is this Wang Chao?
It is not a secret in the league that Wang Chao’s body data when he participated in the draft, they also have a backup data, but if you just look at the physical data comparison, there is no way to imagine that this is actually the same person!

If we say that physical fitness can only be regarded as a small surprise, then Wang Chao's display of skills is the real magic coaching staff doubt life.

In the past few days, they have seen Wang Chao's three-pointers with perfect accuracy, which surpasses the mid-range shooting ability of the Magic team. Mill Nelson-matched dribbling ability.

Three-pointers, mid-range shots, breakthroughs with the ball, backs and mid-range throws... Wang Chao almost showed them all the offensive abilities that an outside player should have, and each item is not just a little bit so simple , even if it does not reach the level of proficiency, it can definitely be used in the NBA arena.

"boom--!"

Standing on the sidelines, watching Wang Chao jump up after a short run-up, and dunk the basketball into the basket with a one-armed tomahawk. The head coach of the Magic team, Stan Van Gundy, looked a little dull. Live to the side of the team general manager Smith said. "Hey, Smith, are you sure we signed Wang Chao, not LeBron James?"

"LeBron?" Smith closed his big mouth and rolled his eyes. "Can James shoot 100 percent of his 98 shots in three-point drills?"

"My God... What kind of genius have we got?" Van Gundy looked excited.

Whether it is in his impression or in the impression of general manager Smith, Wang Chao is a three-point shooter who runs without the ball and looks for opportunities. His independent offensive ability is not strong. Although it showed a little last season, most of them are When facing a substitute player with weak defensive ability of the opponent during the substitute time.

Whenever facing the main defensive players of the strong teams in the league, most of Wang Chao's offensive scores rely on his running ability to get open opportunities.

This style of play is more in line with the Magic's needs for Wang Chao.

They have Turkoglu as a point forward, and what they need at the [-]th position is a shooter with an absolute range advantage.

This is why the Magic is willing to provide Lewis with a billion-dollar contract.

There is one thing to say, as a star, Lewis has many shortcomings, limited athletic ability, lack of independent offensive ability, scoring is more dependent on his teammates to help create shooting opportunities, defensive footwork is slow, and with a height of 2 meters 08, rebounding ability Not outstanding either.

But he has one advantage, and that is his accurate shooting.

Since the 04-05 season, Lewis's three-pointers have always been able to maintain a hit rate of more than 38%, and even reached more than 40% in two seasons.

As a big player at 2 meters, such an ability is extremely rare.

At the same time, it is precisely because of his height of 2 meters that Lewis, who appears in the fourth position, is always in a dislocation on the offensive end.

Facing the inside players of other teams, Lewis is more mobile than them. Facing the agile outside players, he has a height advantage. Because of this, Lewis will also take on the responsibility for a large part of the Supersonics. Take the responsibility of the team's inside offense, although the efficiency is not very high, but after all, it has the ability to score inside.

Although the advantage on the offensive end becomes a disadvantage on the defensive end, his thin body makes him unable to resist the strength of the inside players, and the defense of the outside players can't keep up with the opponent, but these don't matter to the Magic, because the Magic's basketball There is the pinnacle of Howard.

Lewis' only job on the court is to wait for Turkoglu or someone else to pass him the ball, then make the shot, and that's it.

General manager Smith and head coach Stan Van Gundy's expectations for Wang Chao are actually like this. They can seize every open shot from beyond the three-point line and throw the ball into the basket, just like when they were in the Suns. In that way, signing Wang Chao will not be a loss.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chao actually gave them a pleasant surprise!

"Unexpectedly, his offensive ability with the ball is so good."

Van Gundy murmured, even a little shaken for a moment.

In his plan, the Magic in the new season will focus on Turkoglu's point forward tactics, and use Turkoglu's height advantage at the small forward position to arrange offensive tactics.

But now it seems that Wang Chao's ability to hold the ball is stronger than Koglu!Although he is a little lacking in passing, just because of the kaleidoscopic ability to attack in training, Van Gundy even has a feeling that if Wang Chao is given unlimited firepower, his average points per game in the new season may be in the middle. More than 25 points!
General manager Smith was also in a trance. Since McGrady, how many years has the Magic not had a super scorer?Looking at it like this, Wang Chao might become the team's next super scorer after Tracy McGrady!

Almost at the same time, Van Gundy and Smith turned their heads and looked at each other.

"Although the time is a bit tight, we can make some attempts during the preseason. If Wang Chao can really take on the burden of the team's offense, even sacrificing some of the regular season record will be worth it!"

Wang Chao didn't know that his performance had given the two team leaders the idea of ​​changing the team's tactics.

But even if he knew him, he wouldn’t be surprised. This is the result he wanted. Otherwise, Wang Chao would be full. He worked so hard on all the skills related to offense with the ball in the summer. What he wants is to become an offensive player for the Magic team. end core!

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Unknowingly, the time came to early October.

After a short week of intensive training, the preseason came.

As a warm-up preparation before the start of the long season of the NBA regular season, the preseason usually starts at the beginning of October and ends at the end of the month. Can quickly adjust to the best competitive state to cope with the long regular season schedule.

It is also because of this that the preseason games that are not included in the record are just warm-up games for each team, and no team will pay attention to them. Usually, the main players also start the game. For more than ten minutes, give back to the fans who came to the arena to buy tickets to support them, and then leave the game to the substitute players.

But this time for the Magic, the situation is slightly different.

The Magic's first preseason game was against the Bulls in Cobron.

It is an NBA tradition to play exhibition games in some cities without NBA in the preseason. Not only the cities in the United States, but also the preseason games of the NBA have gradually expanded overseas, including but not limited to Canada, Europe, etc... Of course, And China.

In fact, two weeks later, on October 10, the two NBA teams, the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers, will fly to China for three preseason games. The team's preseason opener against the Bulls.

At the beginning of this game, there was nothing worth mentioning. Both teams deployed their main players first, and after putting on a show-style offense and defense, they began to replace their main players one after another.

On the side of the Magic, Howard, Turkoglu, Nelson and others were all replaced, but Wang Chao stayed on the court and directly took over all the possession of the Magic for the next time.

Facing the bench players on the Bulls' side, Wang Chao was unceremonious and directly punched hard.

Everyone in the league knows how strong Wang Chao's three-pointers are, including those bench players who want to make some achievements in the preseason and are favored by the team's head coach, so they should pay special attention to defending Wang Chao He didn't give Wang Chao a chance to shoot a three-pointer, and his position was very high.

But now Wang Chao is no longer the spot-up shooter who can only shoot three-pointers from the outside.

Whenever the opponent stands too far forward, Wang Chao will break through with the ball without hesitation.

The speed and agility of 86 and 87, coupled with Wang Chao's 2-meter-high long legs, break through really fast.

Breaking into the basket, whether it is an emergency stop jump shot, a layup or a drop shot, Wang Chao can easily score the ball, and scoring is like cutting melons and vegetables.

In this preseason game, the Magic defeated the Bulls by a big score of 126:107. Wang Chao scored 31 points and 41 rebounds in 6 minutes of the game. His performance in the first game of the new season was explosive!

(End of this chapter)