After the time entered September, Wang Xiao ended the special training for Curry and the other four and gave them a small long vacation.

At the end of September, the team will officially assemble its players to prepare for the preseason and regular season.

Taking advantage of this holiday, Wang Xiao also went back to China to visit his parents.

This time, Wang Xiao's return to China was very low-key and did not alarm any media.

Now he is not an unknown little coach two years ago, although he has never appeared in the NBA, but in China, Wang Xiao's popularity has been quite high, especially not long ago after Da Yao spoke for Wang Xiao in front of the media, his popularity in China began to skyrocket.

Wang Xiao didn't want to be disturbed by the media when he returned to China to visit his parents, so many domestic media even thought that Wang Xiao was still in the United States.

After spending two weeks at home, Wang Xiao returned to Washington.

The players will return to training on September 25, and the coaches will have to return to the squad some time earlier.

Unlike summer leagues, which are primarily aimed at examining the form and level of players, preseason is a very important preparation for any team before the regular season.

For the Wizards, who have changed nearly half of their teams this summer, they need to run in the lineup in just seven games, familiarize themselves with the playing style of their respective teams, and determine the lineup of each team for the new season.

Time is a little tight.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao has designed a general tactical system before, and has also formulated several sets of tactics suitable for the Wizards team based on the tactics in the future Warriors and Rockets, two representative teams.

The next step is to hand over these tactics to the attacking coach and let the players practice and familiarize themselves with them in their daily training.

Compared with offense, Wang Xiao cares more about defense.

Curry, Harden, these two players are definitely not good defensive players.

A lot of the time, Curry is seen as a breakthrough point for the Warriors on the court, and Harden isn't much better.

Although the small-ball tactic was born out of the run-and-gun tactic, it is also quite good in defense unlike the run-and-gun tactic.

The Warriors are mostly remembered for their mercury-like offense, but this team's defense is also quite good.

The current Wizards' lineup, especially Wang Xiao's tentative starting lineup, has a big lack in defense.

Among the guards, Curry and Harden are not players who are good at defense, and Butler on the front line is also a typical offensive and defensive weakness.

Jamison is not good at blocking, but his rebounding protection, stealing ability, and awareness of helping to defend are very good, and his attitude on the defensive end is also good.

Compared to the other four positions, the Wizards' center position is the only position that can be described as strong defensively.

Brandon. Haywood, a typical defensive center, is tall and strong, has the ability to eat cakes, has about zero low-post skills, and makes terrible free throws, but has excellent ability to grab rebounds and blocks.

Last season, Haywood missed almost a season due to injury, but Wang Xiao did not hesitate to put him in the starting center position.

Although McGee and Jordan Jr. are both very talented and tall and long, they are also tall and long centers who are good at blocking and grabbing rebounds, but after all, they are only sophomore rookies, and there is a big gap with Haywood in terms of experience.

The Wizards' current defensive ability is probably at the bottom of the league, and whether they can raise the bottom to the bottom or even a dozen depends on the role of the center.

In Wang Xiao's tactical system, the main job of the center is to defend, grab rebounds and block and dismantle.

As long as the opposing player can help defend in time after breaking through the outside line and rushing into the inside line, effectively limiting the opponent's inability to score easily, in Wang Xiao's opinion, it is qualified.

For this reason, Wang Xiao did not hesitate to bring in Little Jordan, just to let the Wizards have a height advantage inside.

Haywood, McGee, and Jordan Jr., the three big men on the inside, whoever gets off the court because of more defensive fouls will immediately top the other, even if it is by the number of piles, the defensive quality and rebounds must be piled up!

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As we move towards the end of September, the players are also returning to the team.

In the training hall, the assistant coaches and players are doing recovery training.

And Wang Xiao stood on the sidelines, watching silently.

Except for the two trades in the draft, no action has been taken, including players whose contracts have expired, and no contract extensions have been negotiated, so at present, excluding players who have left at the end of their contracts, the Wizards have a total of 14 players on the roster.

Point Guard: Stephen. Curry, Patrick. Beverley.

Shooting Guard: James. Harden, Nick. Young, Mike. James.

Small forward: Caron. Butler, Mike. Miller, Danny. Green.

Power forward: Antoine. Jamison, Andrea. Blatch. Dominica. Mcguire.

Center: Brandon. Heywood, DeAndrew. Jordan, Javier. Mcgee.

“…… Well, it's not bad, as long as the run-in is good. ”

Touching his chin, Wang Xiao thought in his heart.

This lineup, as long as the rookies selected this year can grow, will undoubtedly become quite strong.

Even if there is a big flaw on the defensive end, it can be covered up with strong offensive firepower, just like the Suns who play the run-and-gun tactics......

"Head Coach ......"

At this time, Walter, the chief assistant coach, walked over, holding a document in his hand, and his brow was slightly furrowed.

"What's the matter?" Wang Xiao looked at Walt.

"Coach, there are some problems with the training plan you gave me yesterday, and there is too much training related to three-point shooting, I want to ask if there is a mistake." Walter said.

"Make no mistake, the team has been training according to this training plan since today."

Wang Xiao's answer made Walter a little speechless.

He really couldn't understand the manager's mind.

Almost half of the entire training program is related to three-point shooting, what is this trying to do? Shooting a lot of three-pointers in a game?

Walter would never have imagined that he really guessed Wang Xiao's idea.

Soon, the players in training also noticed that something was wrong.

"Why is today's practice all three-pointers?"

Butler asked, confused.

Caron. As a traditional offensive small forward, Butler has the ability to shoot three-pointers, but his shooting percentage is not particularly high, and he is more accustomed to hitting the basket with the ball than shooting three-pointers from the outside.

Last season, he shot fewer three-pointers from beyond the arc than power forward Jamison.

There are many people who have the same doubts as him, Jamison, Mike. Miller, Nick. Young and other players also felt strange about this kind of training.

Only Curry and the other four people who participated in Wang Xiao's training during the holidays were not so surprised, and throughout August, they spent almost every day shooting three-point days, and now this is not at all interesting compared to the beginning.