Wang Xiao couldn't figure it out, other players' three-point shots are getting older and more accurate, why Drummond. Green is playing more and more, and the three-point shot is not allowed?

In the 15-16 season, Green averaged 3.2 three-pointers per game, and could hit 1.2, with a shooting percentage of 38.8.

However, by the 18-19 season, Green's three-point shooting rate dropped to 28.5%, and he could only hit 0.7 three-pointers in 2.5 shots per game.

Such a hit rate is naturally ignored and empty.

For small-ball tactics, an interior that lacks mid-to-long-range projection is a troublesome thing, but Green's defense, rebounding and ball-handling ability are indispensable to the Warriors, so even if Green's three-point shot is not as good as Wang Xiaoer's New Year, the Warriors still need to spend a lot of money to keep him.

The topic is a bit far away.

When the opponent's interior line had to be pulled out to the outside because of Yi Jianlian's long-range shot, it also gave other players of the Wizards, or Curry, a lot of room to play.

Compared with the Wizards, who are not inferior to last season's offense, what makes Mavericks head coach Carlisle frown even more is the Wizards' defense.

Although most of the players on the court were bench players, he was keenly aware that the Wizards' defense seemed to have made a qualitative leap.

And the reason for this is the two newcomers to this lineup, Klay. Thompson, Cowai. Leonard.

"Are these two rookies defensive players?"

Carlisle recalls a little bit that it seems that when he looked at the scouting report before the draft, there was information about Thompson and Leonard, and the scouts seemed to praise both players for their defense.

"Sending Harden away in the draft and selecting several rookies with excellent defensive ability one after another, it seems that Wang Xiao has also understood the importance of defense after the lesson of failure in the Finals......" Carlisle thought silently in his heart, but suddenly thought about it and felt that something was wrong.

"That's not right! If he really cares about defense, why would he defend DeAndrew, who has grown into an interior defensive gate? Jordan? ”

While Carlisle was still puzzled, the first quarter of the game was over.

The Wizards relied on the play of Curry and others, and it was logical to take a big lead.

Immediately after, Wang Xiao did not hesitate to replace all this lineup.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, people were stunned to see that Wang Xiao had changed to a lineup again.

Point guard Isaiah. Thomas, scoring guard Beverley, small forward Jimmy. Butler, power forward Chandler. Parsons, center Whiteside......

"This guy, here ...... again"

Messing around in the preseason has almost become Wang Xiao's signature behavior.

In the preseason of the first two seasons, Wang Xiao also changed the rotation lineup on a large scale.

The preseason is a warm-up game for the team to run in the lineup, but there is no team like Wang Xiao, everyone is taking it seriously, carefully running in the regular season with the cooperation of the main force and the main rotation players, but Wang Xiao's Wizards team looks like a joke.

However, on this point, many people have criticized Wang Xiao, but people still go their own way, and the messing around in the preseason has not affected their regular season results at all.

2nd in the East with 58 wins in the 09-10 season and 68 wins in the 10-11 season.

This kind of record is something that no one can hack.

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In the first preseason game, almost all thirteen players of the Wizards played, from Curry, the absolute main core, to Isaiah, who is almost expected to be a substitute. Thomas, both got almost the same amount of playing time.

And because of this, the Wizards, who took the lead in the first quarter, were finally caught up by the Mavericks and overtook the score, losing the game.

In the following preseason games, Wang Xiao was the same, with frequent rotations and a large number of substitute role players, so that from expert coaches to reporters and fans, they couldn't guess what kind of starting lineup the Wizards would use in the new season.

But there is a striking consensus on the idea that the Wizards will lose the terrifying offensive efficiency of the previous two seasons.

In the 10-11 season, the Wizards averaged 118 points per game in the regular season, a full 11 points higher than the 107 points of the second-ranked Denver Nuggets, which can be described as the league's best.

In the new season, almost the vast majority of basketball commentators evaluate the Wizards' average points per game below 110 points, and some commentators believe that the Wizards' average points per game should be around 110 points, but it will definitely not be as scary as last season's 118 points.

Harden's departure is a serious blow to the Wizards after all.

As his replacement, Clay. Although Thompson has shown good shooting ability and running awareness without the ball in several preseason games, his offensive ability with the ball has disappointed many fans who expect him to be like Harden.

The same as Kawai. Although Leonard has some offensive ability with the ball, his skills are very rough, just using his physical fitness, relying on speed to break through, facing players who are not inferior to him or experienced in defense, it is difficult to make a difference with Leonard's personal ability.

After evaluating the Wizards' offense, the same basketball commentators also commented on the Wizards' defense, and they were equally unfavorable about the Wizards' defense.

"Let go of Jordan Jr., it can be said that it is the failure of the Wizards or Wang Xiao, last season, the reason why the Wizards conceded points per game could rank among the top ten in the league, Jordan Jr. played a crucial role in the effect of fixing the sea god needle on the inside, without Jordan Jr.'s help to make up for the defense, relying on McGee and Whiteside alone, the Wizards' interior line in the new season will undoubtedly be like a sieve, and players from any team can come and go freely."

In the end, after comprehensively evaluating the Wizards' offensive and defensive ends, commentators gave this prediction for the Wizards' performance in the new season.

"In the new season, the Wizards will inevitably be one of the strong teams in the league, but I am afraid it will be difficult to replicate the success of the previous two seasons, Wang Xiao's operation in the summer has made the Wizards' roster fragmented, from a team with a reasonable allocation of various positions to a strange team with congestion and accumulation of forwards, which makes them uncompetitive."

A 42-45 win, that's the Wizards' regular season record prediction given by commentators.

For a season with only 66 games shortened, a 42-45 win is equivalent to a win rate of more than 60%, and according to the regular season ranking of the East in previous years, a win rate of more than 60% can easily rank in the top four in the East, with home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

But that win percentage is clearly not enough to be at the top of the league, and it's a waterloo decline for the Wizards, who had an 82 percent win rate last season.

In this case, what kind of performance the Wizards will have in the new season has also become the focus of curiosity and attention of many fans.