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Chapter 59 Preseason

On October 10th, the NBA preseason game started, and Wu Di finally met the long-famous McGrady, but the appearance of McGrady disappointed Wu Di.

Although McGrady still has a lot of skills, but now he is unable to play too intense training due to injuries.Therefore, McGrady's training attitude is very poor. If it is still like this, it can be imagined that McGrady can only live on his laurels.After the boss is finished, it will be difficult for McGrady to gain a foothold in the NBA.

But now McGrady is still the Rockets' number one superstar. He is far more famous than Yao in the United States, and his status in the team is still higher than that of Yao.Just look at Tracy McGrady's annual salary, which is US$1901 million, more than 500 million more than Dayao.Moreover, McGrady's contract still has two years left, and Wu Di doubts whether McGrady can maintain his current level in the next two years.

In the Rockets' first preseason game against the Hornets, Wu Di met the famous Paul for the first time.Since Wu Di is now more than two meters tall, the Rockets did not let Wu Di play point guard again, but switched to shooting guard.However, after playing point guard for a year, Wu Di is very familiar with the point guards of NBA teams, and admires Paul's passing ability. He has always wanted to practice, but he couldn't develop this ability.

Wu Di sat off the court, constantly watching Paul's handling of the ball.It has to be said that Paul's overall view is really good. Although Wu Di understands it, he can be sure that he can't do it at all. Maybe the situation will be better after upgrading Chen Gong's trick of horns.

The Rockets' starters are Dayao, Hayes, Battier, Tracy McGrady and Alstom.Uncle Mu is Yao Ming's substitute, and Stella has just signed with the Rockets this year, so coach Adelman put veteran Hayes in the starting lineup.

This year's new signings Brooks, Landry and Wu Di are now sitting on the bench.Brooks was selected by the Rockets with the 26th overall pick, while Landry was the No. 30th overall pick. The Rockets traded the pick from the Sonics and selected Landry.

On the bench, there are still some powerful players, such as Novak, Wells, Luther Head, Mike James and others.

The preseason was mainly about training and scouting rookies, so Adelman started to make substitutions in the second quarter, and Scola, Landry, and Brooks all got a chance.Wu Di was still placed on the bench, but he was not in a hurry, he was sure he could play.

Indeed, when Wu Di was training in the team, he had left a deep impression on Adelman.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Wu Di was sent up, and Dayao, Scola, Battier and Brooks played at the same time.Wu Di played shooting guard, he started to run, and quickly ran out of space.But it is a pity that Brooks did not pass the ball to him, but chose to shoot himself.

Wu Di shook his head lightly. To be honest, these point guards of the Rockets are really not very good. Whether it is Alston or Brooks, they are all scoring point guards. Whenever there is a chance, they will shoot by themselves, and they don't want to pass the ball at all.Such a point guard seriously restricts the development of other players. Fortunately, the Rockets' players are basically in the hands of McGrady.But now that McGrady is not there, the other players are crying.

Brooks missed the shot and the rebound was grabbed by Dayao.But Dayao had no chance to attack. Chandler blocked Dayao in the past, and Dayao could only pass the ball.It happened that Wu Di was open, so Dayao threw the ball directly to Wu Di.

The ball was a bit high, but Wu Di jumped up and caught the ball.After Wu Di landed, Rasoul Butler, who was defending Wu Di, had already posted it.Wu Di tried a bit, and found that Butler was not as strong as himself, so he immediately squeezed past him, and then re-entered the inside of the Hornets.

The Hornets immediately defended from the inside, and Wu Di immediately jumped up and wanted to shoot.Chandler immediately gave up on Yao and came to defend. Wu Di received the ball and returned the ball to Yao. Yao turned around and pushed the ball into the basket.

Wu Di and Dayao exchanged punches, and immediately ran back to defend.

Adelman nodded immediately after watching the cooperation between the two.According to his understanding, this is the first time that Wu Di and Dayao have played a regular game together. Looking at the cooperation between the two, it is not an ordinary tacit understanding. This is the benefit of coming from one place, and they have similar habits.

Back in the backcourt, the Hornets had already attacked, guard Bobby Jackson missed a shot, basketball thought of Wu Di and Butler flew over.Wu Di held Butler firmly, grabbed the basketball in his hand, then turned around and squeezed Butler behind him, and then rushed to the frontcourt like flying.

Jackson quickly came to defend, but just hit Wu Di, he was bounced aside, and then Wu Di rushed past him.It was too late for Jackson to keep up, and he could only watch Wu Di dunk and score.

Adelman's eyes lit up immediately, and he had already seen the figure of LeBron James from Wu Di.It seems that the physical test data of the official training camp is true, and Wu Di really has the physical fitness comparable to that of the little emperor in his rookie season.It seems that the Rockets have found a treasure this year, as did Landry before.

The same is true for Landry before. He was originally a lottery pick, but he didn't have a team selection until the second round.Rockets manager Morey decisively bought the Supersonics' pick and signed Landry.And Wu Di was also Morey's gamble. Originally, Morey wanted to think about the Australian player Newley, but because of Yao's relationship, Morey changed his mind and decided to give Wu Di a chance.

Because Dayao told him that Wu Di not only has good physical fitness, but also shoots very accurately. He only has rough skills because he has only studied basketball for a short time.

As soon as he played, Wu Di gave the Rockets a surprise.Wu Di is very good at cooperating with his teammates, and more importantly, he knows how to share the ball.The cooperation between him and Dayao has a good chemical reaction. The pick-and-roll that Dayao and McGrady didn't play well before was actually played by Wu Di.The pick-and-roll between Wu Di and Dayao turned out to be unstoppable by the Hornets. Whether Wu Di hits the inside or Dayao shoots from the outside, the two will take care of each other.

After Dayao misses a shot, Wu Di will immediately go up to grab the rebound.After Wu Di was unable to attack, Dayao would also follow behind.

In the third quarter, it turned into an offensive frenzy for the Rockets. Although their offensive rhythm was very slow, it didn't take long.Wu Di and Dayao's pick-and-roll can complete the offense within three to five seconds.Adelman is also very happy to see the results, he deliberately transferred Wu Di to the point guard position, trying this new coordination.As long as the new formation is completed, Adelman can have more choices, and Dayao and Tracy McGrady don't necessarily need to cooperate.

(End of this chapter)