The acquisition of the Wizards was made by a man named Ted. Lyonsis is a capitalist, a former director of AOL and the owner of the Washington Capitals of the American Hockey League.

Wang Xiao didn't know anything about this new boss.

However, for the first sense of the new boss, Wang Xiao felt that it was not bad.

Because after taking office, the new owner did not dictate any part of the team, and everything in the team remained the same.

After taking over the team, at the meeting of the team's top management, he also made it clear that he is very satisfied with the current situation of the Wizards and will not make any changes to the team's framework in the short term.

It can be seen that the new owner of the team has a lot of experience.

When the new boss takes over the team, what he is most afraid of is what new officials will take office and what achievements he wants to make.

That will undoubtedly cause panic in the team, players and coaches are not interested in playing, and the team's record will plummet.

Leave everything as it is, and then figure it out, it's the best option.

A few days later, the players began to return to training in preparation for the upcoming pre-season.

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"Coach, long time no see!"

When Wang Xiao saw Curry in the training court, he was shooting drill.

"How's your ankle recovering?"

Walking up to Curry, Wang Xiao asked.

Curry jumped like a show, and then smiled at Wang Xiao. "It's totally good!"

Due to Wang Xiao's attention, Curry did not choose to play with an injury, and also suggested that Curry go to the hospital for a careful examination.

So Curry's ankle is recovering very well, and if nothing else, it shouldn't be as frequent as it was on another plane.

"It's better to be careful, your small body is too easy to get injured on the field, and you have to learn to protect yourself on the field in the future." Wang Xiao was still a little uneasy.

In fact, Wang Xiao is mentally prepared that once Curry frequently twists his foot this season, he will immediately ask him for surgery, even if such surgery will reimburse Curry for the entire season.

The current Wizards' roster, even without Curry, can still be guaranteed to be competitive enough, and Curry's presence will raise the team's ceiling to a fairly high level.

"I know, Coach."

Although I don't quite understand why the coach would attach so much importance to his sprain, out of trust in Wang Xiao, Curry still remembers it.

At present, the Wizards have a total of 11 people on the roster, including Curry and Beverley at point guards, and Harden and Danny at scoring guards. Green, small forward has Butler, Paul. George and Robinson, who was signed in the second round at the end of the round, have Jamison and newly drafted Whiteside at the small forward position and Jordan Jr. and McGee at the center position.

11 players does not meet the requirement for a team to have at least 12 players in rotation.

But this is not a problem, the current team's lineup is already Wang Xiao is more satisfied, even if there is a shortage of people, as long as you sign a bench player from the free market, there is no shortage of such players in the league.

As soon as the players were assembled, recovery training began.

In the NBA, every offseason is a time to widen the gap, and hard-working players will use the time off to train themselves, maintain a high level of competition, and further improve themselves.

Players with a lack of self-discipline will take advantage of the rare time off to have crazy fun, party, drink and have fun, and these players often start a disastrous season.

The Wizards' players, after a season, have gone from half of the players to more than eighty percent of the players.

Haywood, Miller, Brache and others have left the team, and only two veterans are Jamieson and Butler.

Like the above problems, young people actually don't make many mistakes, because they have just joined the league, although they suddenly became rich, but they have not completely changed their mentality, and most of them have not yet succeeded in the NBA, and they want to make a career, so they are also very diligent and hard during the holidays.

As for the veteran, Butler is a notoriously hard-working athlete, and he is also one of the hardest training on the team, and his teammates on the Wizards team have even given him a nickname called "Bad Juice". The nickname stemmed from the fact that Butler trained too hard and demanded the same from his teammates, which caused many players to complain, to which Butler responded, "I should have made you drink some unpleasant juice." ”

Butler trains hard and is strict with himself, and Jamison is not far behind, in fact, to be selected as an All-Star, except for those who are really talented, they can basically restrain their desires very well.

Because of this, when the new season is about to begin, these players on the Wizards team can basically guarantee a high level of competition.

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Pre-season recovery training has begun, and all the assistant coaches are getting busy.

But Steve. When Kerr joined the coaching team, he wasn't assigned particularly important work at first.

As a newcomer, he needs to understand the Wizards' tactical system training first.

The coaching staff didn't show any obvious rejection of the new colleague, but it wasn't much of a welcome either.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies, and serving on the same team, although they are partners who work together, they will also be relative competitors.

The first to feel threatened was defensive coach Ellis.

After Kerr joined, the first thing Wang Xiao wanted to do was to let Kerr strengthen the Wizards' defense.

The Warriors in another time and space, because of the influence of Nelson Sr. for many years, have always been a team that is strong in offense and weak in defense, and when Kerr coached the Warriors in 14 years, the first thing he did was to strengthen the Warriors' defensive capabilities.

Because of this, the Warriors won 67 wins in the 14-15 season, setting a new record for the Warriors' highest single-season wins, and in the playoffs, they went all the way to the finals, and finally defeated the Cavaliers led by James and finally lifted the championship trophy.

If the Wizards want to go far in the playoffs, they must also embark on a path of strengthening their defense.

Wang Xiao also thought of this problem, so he chose Paul. George.

Although he is only a 1-year rookie, George's physicality makes him extremely talented in defense.

Paul George + Danny. Lin + Beverley's outside defensive combination is definitely the league's top defensive line as long as it grows, and Jordan Jr. will also usher in the third season of his career, and his growth rate will also accelerate under the cultivation of the system.

In Wang Xiao's plan, this season, the Wizards should be able to show quite good defensive ability.