Chapter 59: Preparing for the New Season
Coach Stevens' understanding of the players in advance and the training in advance is very useful.
At least, in September, the newly formed 76ers were already familiar with each other.
Especially Han Miao, this guy has managed to get acquainted with everyone in the team in more than a month.
Moreover, because Han Miao is good-looking, secondly, he can be a man, and thirdly, he can make it easier for everyone to play on the court, and he will never put on the boss stand, so everyone basically acquiesces to Han Miao's status as the boss from next season.
Especially Iguodala, after this guy trained together a few times, he was thoroughly attacked by Han Miao.
Iguodala's style of play is still based on breakthroughs, and he belongs to the kind of outside players who fly away, and he can dunk and never go to the basket.
People with this style of play need to have the ball in their hands when they have the opportunity.
In the past, Iguodala didn't have a good teammate, so he had to break through with the ball and attack with the ball.
However, Iguodala himself is not good at attacking with the ball, so after the AI left in previous seasons, although Iguodala was the boss of the 76ers, his offensive efficiency was really not high, and he often lost the ball under the opponent's bag, or after breaking through with the defenders, he shot and hit the iron under the bag (last season, as the boss of the team, the shooting rate of the first brother was only a little more than four layers)
However, the arrival of Han Miao liberated Iguodala, and he no longer needed to do the ball-holding breakthrough that he was not good at, he only needed to use his muscles to force a way when he was without the ball, and then prepare to receive the ball.
This kind of easy basketball almost made Iguodala feel like he had played fake basketball before.
Of course, Iguodala is not the only one who needs Han Miao's assist, Hayward, Whiteside, Korver and others also rely on Han Miao, especially Korver, his three are inseparable, largely depends on Han Miao's passing is not in place.
As for Hayward, he is the biggest opponent with Iguodala to steal Han Miao's assist, because they are both finishing wings, and before Hayward's long-range projection has been practiced, he and Iguodala have slightly overlapped on the offensive end.
However, Hayward, as the head coach's beloved apprentice, knows that he can't lack the ball, how could Han Miao let his good brother suffer!
And Whiteside, under Stevens' daily nagging, finally began to correct his defensive habits little by little.
Stevens told him that as long as he didn't jump too early and didn't slip through easily, he wouldn't care about the rest.
As for the rest of the team, they are also recovering their competitive state in an orderly manner, the only thing that has a little problem is Brand, Stevens doesn't know if this guy's injury is healed or not, and Brand's usual coping behavior in training, Stevens can see it.
This guy, just don't mess with things in the new season.
And then, as newcomers, Han Miao and others are going to participate in the Las Vegas Summer League, which is a good training opportunity, because the 76ers have more young people this year, so there are many people who go to play.
However, this summer league also happened to make Han Miao officially get rid of the possible title of "parallel trade list" from him.
In the summer league, Han Miao made a total of 5 appearances, and the team won all 5 games. In these five games, Han Miao played an average of 26 minutes per game and averaged 13.6 assists per game, ranking first among all players participating in the Summer League!
This number is really not too terrible, the distance of throwing the second place, plus Han Miao's average of 12.4 points and 3 rebounds per game, the performance is simply not too comprehensive!
scored 12.4+13.6 in 26 minutes, if this kind of data is won in the NBA main game, then this point guard is at least three (assist king!). If the score can be a little more, to 20+13.6, then Han Miao is the best point guard, and he doesn't even have to run for the second team, and he is likely to compete for MVP.
Just like Nash back then, MVP has two consecutive villages, which is not something that anyone can do!
Therefore, Han Miao's performance at this time makes people dare not say that he is a parallel import.
Of course, Han Miao played well, Wall was not bad, Zhuangyuanlang played an average of 29 minutes per game in the summer league, and he could score 23+6, and his strong offensive ability made him already known as the best rookie by some people in advance.
Looking at it this way, this year's champion list seems to be going to break the spell of "there must be water in the champion list" together.
Of course, there is another person involved in this year's rookie of the year, and this person is last year's champion, Blake Griffin, who has been relegated for a year due to injury!
This guy didn't play last year because of an injury, so this season is Griffin's rookie season.
And after this guy recovered from injury, he performed very well in the summer league, playing for about 28 minutes, averaging 20+11 per game, and his violent dunk made him particularly fierce in the summer league.
If it weren't for Griffin's arms being a little shorter, he might have more rebounds and maybe a better dunk.
This guy seems to be planning to grab this year's best rookie.
Hayward's performance in the summer league is also good, because he is Han Miao's good buddy, there will definitely be no fewer assists, he plays an average of 27 minutes in the summer league, and he can win an average of 18+5+3 per game, and his performance is very comprehensive.
Oh, and a mention to Whiteside, this guy made a name for himself in the Summer League, averaging 4.2 blocks per game! Let a lot of people shout that the 76ers picked up a little Mutombo!
Of course, there are a lot of blocks, but consider that at least half of these blocks are the kind that Whiteside deliberately lost his place for the sake of blocking...... So Whiteside's defensive ability is still problematic in the eyes of the bigwigs.
After the summer league played, the 76ers, who had taken a little rest, ushered in the preseason.
Unlike the summer league, which is mainly for newcomers to perform, the preseason is really used for training, and the major teams will take the opportunity to run in the lineup, and generally speaking, those who can play at this time are those who can play in the new season.
Because the 76ers are a big change this year, there will be more run-ins, Stevens is basically experimenting with various combinations, in addition to defending fast break counterattacks, in ordinary offensive rounds, Stevens constantly emphasizes multiple blocking, running, and striving to complete every shot in a state close to vacancy.
Of course, it's not that he rejects singles, but I don't know how efficient Hayward and Han Miao are in NBA singles, as for the former team's singles king Iguodala, he will try to minimize singles in the new season, anyway, it's not allowed to attack him with the ball. (The hit rate is a little over 40%, which is indeed a bit stumbling)
In the preseason, Han Miao withstood the pressure from all sides, under the higher intensity of defense, Han Miao played an average of 30 minutes per game, with a data of 16+11, this guy really likes assists more than scoring, but in the future, under the increasingly high-intensity defense, he needs to maintain double-digit assists, and his teammates need to be able to give strength.
Because the new season is about to start, and the opponent of the 76ers' new army is the East giants who are bigger than the horses - the Boston Celtics!
In other words, Han Miao, in the first game of his career, is one of the best point guards in the league today - Rajon Rondo!
This long-armed monster is not so easy to deal with......