NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 268 Charlotte Three Heroes, Big Eyebrow Brother, Oladipo and Kemba Walker.

The Rockets had a record of 5 wins and 3 losses in eight preseason games.

In these eight preseason games, Dayao only played in three games, and he didn't play much time in each game. In the new season, Dayao, who is over 34 years old, must be more cautious on the field. Try to avoid playing games that can be avoided, even in preseason games.

Not only Dayao, but also Wang Chao, Leonard, Butler and other main players did not play many games in the preseason.

The absolute main force of the Rockets in the preseason is Khris Middleton.

The 14-15 season is the third season of Middleton's career. The right-hand man next to Antetokounmpo, the future Antetokounmpo, has now achieved a good level under the constant polishing and training of the Rockets.

Middleton, who mainly focuses on mid-range and long-range shooting and off-ball play, can be regarded as one of the most suitable players to play next to Wang Chao. Last season, Middleton averaged 9.4 points per game. The 41% three-point shooting rate is remarkable. When he is standing in the bottom corner, the opponent will never dare to give him an open space easily.

In the original 14-15 season, which was also the second season of coming to the Bucks, Middleton has become the main shooting guard of the Bucks. He can contribute 30 points, 13.4 rebounds and 4.4 points in an average of 2.3 minutes per game. Assists, shooting 46% from the field and 40.7% from the three-point range.

Regardless of the fact that the average scoring of 13.4 points per game is not high, but at the time the Bucks were already the third scoring point, even scoring higher than Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo.

In the Rockets, since Leonard is at the small forward position and Butler is at the shooting guard position, there is also Chandler Parsons on the bench who has the same shooting ability as him and stronger athletic ability than him. , There are not many opportunities for Middleton to express himself.

But in the next new season, the situation will be very different.

Without Chandler Parsons and Dayao's limited playing time due to age and potential injuries, Middleton has been regarded by Wang Chao as the team's fourth player besides him, Leonard and Butler. In terms of scoring points, there will be a considerable improvement in both playing time and shooting opportunities in the new season.

As the second head of the Bucks, Middleton has always been criticized and criticized for being too soft and unable to provide due help to the head star Antetokounmpo, but if it is only as the team's fixed-point shooter Looking at it, Middleton's strength is definitely beyond the standard. After all, this guy will also be an excellent scorer who can average 20+ points per game for many seasons in the future.

The Rockets' preseason games mainly revolved around Middleton. The latter did not live up to Wang Chao's expectations. In 8 games, he averaged 22.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists, shooting 45% from the field and 39% from the three-point range. %, the performance surprised the Rockets management.

Is Middleton's scoring ability so strong?

McHale was dumbfounded, why is every player selected by Wang Chao so ruthless?Not even a second-round pick is a waste. Whether it is Thomas Jr., Chandler Parsons, who was selected in the second round of 11, or Middleton, who was selected in 12, the level is actually higher than 80% of the respective draft years. First-round rookie.

Wang Chao's ability to know talents is too strong, and if we look at it according to this situation, is it possible that the second-round pick center Nikola Jokic that Wang Chao asked the team to select this year is also a dust What about the Pearl?
McHale couldn't help doubting this matter. After all, Wang Chao's attitude towards Jokic was even higher than that of Leonard and Butler in a certain sense. Not only did he specially arrange and formulate a special project for Jokic The training plan strictly requires Jokic to lose weight, and it seems that he has great expectations for Jokic.

However, although many back doors have been opened in training, Jokic's position in the team is still only the fourth backup center, and he has almost no chance to play except for garbage time.

On October 10, the regular season opener officially began.

The Rockets sit at home and usher in the challenge of the Charlotte Bobcats. No, as the New Orleans Hornets changed their name to the Pelicans, Joe, who is like a human being, immediately applied for the team to change its name to the Charlotte Hornets. In Charlotte, local fans are also quite emotional about the Hornets team name.

Jordan's resurgence of the dead can be described as extremely wonderful, the Charlotte Hornets reappeared in the league, and the team seemed to have a bright future.

In 12, he was so lucky that he got the No. 13 pick and selected Anthony Davis. In [-], he picked the No. [-] pick and selected Victor Oladipo. In addition to the team's original potential point guard Kemba Walker, the Hornets have already gathered A powerful lineup.

Last season, the Charlotte Hornets successfully entered the playoffs, and it was also the second time in team history that they were shortlisted for the playoffs. Dibo, Kemba Walker) outstanding performance still let Charlotte fans see the hope of the team's rise.

Indeed, even from the perspective of Wang Chao's traveler, the Lynx team's lineup is very strong.

浓眉哥安东尼.戴维斯未来可是联盟顶级内线，攻防俱佳的代表，最巅峰时期可以场均贡献28分12篮板2助攻2.2封盖1.3抢断的全能型大前锋。

Oladipo is a rare strong scorer at the shooting guard position, averaging 23 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game at his peak.

即便是选秀顺位在三人中最低的肯巴.沃克也不是好惹的，18-19赛季场均能砍下25.6分4.4篮板5.9助攻。

As long as these three players do not suffer from injuries and grow according to the normal trajectory, within a maximum of three years, the Charlotte Hornets will become a powerful team in the Eastern Conference. The early Raptors, Celtics and other teams are much inferior.

It's just that the three heroes of Charlotte are still a little immature, especially in the opening game against the Rockets. It can be said that kindergarten children were hanged and beaten, and all three players were completely suppressed by the Rockets.

At the beginning of the game, Dayao couldn't jump the ball better than Davis, who has outstanding jumping ability and has a longer wingspan than him.

The Hornets had the ball, and Kemba Walker held the ball for half the court. Looking at Wang Chao standing in front of him, covering almost all his sights, he was speechless for a while.

Kemba Walker is 1 meters tall and is also a relatively short type of point guard. Standing in front of Wang Chao who is 83 meters tall, he can't see the basket at all.

The short Walker's survival skill on the court is speed. He has the top speed in the league, which can support him to break through any defensive player with the ball.

But this obviously does not include Wang Chao.

Wang Chao, with both agility and speed of 96, is not inferior to most defenders in the league in terms of speed. Especially after activating his talent skills, his defensive steps are more flexible. With long legs and long arms, The defensive radius is terrifying.

Of course Walker didn't have that self-defeating idea, and decisively passed the ball to teammate Oladipo, who has the ability to attack with the ball.

身高1米93的奥拉迪波司职得分后卫，上个赛季在黄蜂队场均可以贡献15.6分4篮板4助攻，是全队仅次于浓眉哥戴维斯和肯巴.沃克的第三得分点。

But at this moment, he also felt uncomfortable, because standing in front of him was Jimmy Butler.

Butler's static talent is very poor among players, but after all, he is also a swingman with a height of 2 meters. He has a size advantage against Oladipo, who is 01 meters high.

Oladipo, who received a pass from Kemba Walker, glanced at Kemba Walker with a dark face.

"You fucking did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Taking a three-threat pose, he shook it tentatively, but Butler remained motionless. Oladipo only felt that Butler in front of him was like a hedgehog, completely unable to speak.

After a little hesitation, he made a decisive ground pass and passed the ball to Anthony Davis inside.

"Brother, come here!"

Anthony Davis: "..."

You all play me alone, right?

Walker doesn't play, Oladipo doesn't play, and he insists on passing the ball to me. Do you feel good when you think of me?

Holding the ball with his back to the basket, Brother Nongmei glanced at the behemoth behind him, speechless.

Anthony Davis is 2 meters tall and weighs 08 kilograms. Dayao is 100 meters and weighs 2 kilograms (after weight loss). The tonnage difference between the two is a full 26 kilograms, and there is also a huge gap in height. How does this make him fight?
He tried to squeeze his back against Dayao, good guy, he didn't move at all.

Davis thought for a while, then suddenly half-turned and cut to the basket, and dunked with one hand from the other side of the basket.

The advantage of only 100 kilograms of weight is brought into play at this time. Davis's footsteps are very flexible, much faster than Dayao, but he himself is not far from the basket. Although he is fast, he can't stand up to Yao Yao's height advantage is too obvious.

When Davis was about to dunk the basketball into the basket, Dayao rushed to him, and a hot pot directly slammed Davis' dunk.

The rebound just fell into Wang Chao's hands, and his fast-break talent was instantly activated. Wang Chao picked up the basketball and rushed towards the Hornets' frontcourt.

The Hornets immediately returned to defense, but no one could keep up with Wang Chao's footsteps. Only Kemba Walker was chasing behind Wang Chao in vain.

In terms of instantaneous speed, Kemba Walker is still slightly faster than Wang Chao. After all, his shorter height, lower center of gravity and weight give him a great advantage in short-distance sprinting.

But if it is this kind of half-court sprint, Wang Chao, who is at full speed, will obviously beat Walker by a few blocks. After all, the length of his legs is different. Wang Chao often needs Walker to take two steps to catch up with him.

Seeing that Wang Chaoyue ran farther and farther, Walker, who couldn't catch up, was heartbroken, and he reached out to grab Wang Chao for a tactical foul.

He hugged Wang Chao's arm and was about to pull it back forcefully, but the next moment there was a terrifying force from his hand, and Walker was caught off guard and was directly dragged out, and fell hard on the floor with a crisp "pop" sound. There was a sound, and then due to inertia, it continued to slide forward in a large font.

What kind of power is Wang Chao?With the blessing of the fighting madman talent, he can even confront James head-on. He also weighs 105 kilograms, which is heavier than the thick-browed brother Davis. Can Kemba Walker hold it?
The referee knows the ball. Although Walker's foul action is very obvious, his pulling behavior did not interfere with Wang Chao, and did not cause foul consequences that are beneficial to the defense. Therefore, in line with the rules of making the game more exciting , The referee did not blow the whistle.

Wang Chao rushed into the three-point line in two steps, took off at the free throw line, jumped up, gliding in the air for an extremely long distance, and dunked the basketball into the basket.

"boom--!"

Following Wang Chao's dunk, the audience burst into warm applause and cheers.

In actual combat, it is not common to take off from the free throw line for a dunk. Wang Chao's powerful jumping and airborne abilities are fully demonstrated in this dunk, and the scene where Kemba Walker, who was pulling him, was directly brought to the ground before was even more exciting.

In the Hornets' next round of offense, Anthony Davis learned how to behave, and instead of running inside, he stayed outside.

Davis can shoot. Although he has not yet developed a three-pointer at the beginning of his career, his mid-range and long-range shots, especially those at a distance of about 20 feet, can hit more than 45%.

Dayao's defense at the basket is very strong, but once Davis pulls out of the penalty area to shoot, he is a little helpless. After all, the gap in mobility between the two is not 01:30.

Davis, who received a pass from his teammate at the free throw line, made a direct shot and made a steady shot, scoring the first point for the Hornets.

"it is good!"

After scoring a goal, Davis shook his fist and looked at Dayao provocatively.

As one of the most successful centers in the league at present, Dayao, who has two championships in hand, can be regarded as the goal to be challenged and surpassed by many inside players in the league.

Davies, the thick-browed guy who is also the number one pick in the NBA like Yao, is naturally not immune. Even though Yao is now 34 years old, his physical condition is not as good as before, and his state has declined sharply. It is still a very good record to beat the opponent.

It's just that Davis wasn't happy for long.

It's not rude to come and go, Yao has nothing to do with Davis who pulls down the outside shot, but Davis also has nothing to do with Yao.

After the Rockets had the ball, Wang Chao dribbled the ball for halftime, and without too much hesitation, he lobbed the ball to Dayao, who was stuck inside and asked for the ball.

Now the Rockets' tactical play is very clear. When the game starts, the ball must be handed over to Yao to handle it. At this time, Yao, who has just appeared on the court, is in the stage where he has just warmed up, feels hot, and has plenty of energy.

Taking advantage of Dayao's limited physical ability before being exhausted in frequent back and forth runs, maximizing his offensive ability around the basket was the Rockets' main strategy at the beginning of the first quarter.

Dayao, who received the ball from the inside position, just squeezed his buttocks back slightly, and Davis behind him was squeezed back and forth.

After two dribbles of the basketball, Dayao had already come to the basket, raised his hand and jumped slightly, and dunked the basketball into the basket very easily and freely.

After only defending for one round, Anthony Davis couldn't help looking at his own bench, looking for who on the team's bench could be competent to defend Dayao.

"Whoever I love, anyway, I'm sure I won't guard against this guy!"

(End of this chapter)