Chapter 234: Wang Xiao who turned stones into gold
In the following games, Wang Xiao can be said to have resolutely implemented the rotation arrangement without hesitation, except for the new rookies who joined this season, such as Caron. Butler, Antoine. Jamieson and other veterans have arranged rotational rest.
But in the face of the Wizards, whose main team is frequently rested, the vast majority of teams in the league are still difficult to beat, this team is too strong, and the strength shown on both offensive and defensive ends makes the entire league seem helpless.
With the tight schedule, the Wizards sang all the way and sat firmly on the top of the league, and before they knew it, the whole month of January passed like this.
As of the end of January, the Wizards had played a total of 21 games, winning 17 of them, a winning rate of 80%.
The high winning percentage completely shattered the media's predictions about the Wizards' performance in the new season.
originally thought that without Harden and Jordan Jr., the Wizards' record would inevitably be greatly affected, but I didn't expect the result to be like this.
Rookies such as Thompson and Leonard had an impeccable debut in their debut, and while their contributions to the team were more on the defensive side than any individual performances, that didn't stop the media from praising the duo.
"Facts have proved that Wang Xiao's vision is not a problem, the magic is still the same, Thompson and Leonard may be far inferior to Harden in terms of personal ability, but their style is obviously more suitable for the Wizards team, the arrival of Thompson and Leonard has made the Wizards' defense solid, I believe that in the next few years, these two will become hot star players in the league!"
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With an explosive performance of 31 points and 7 assists per game, Curry was successfully elected as the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in January, and his counterpart to the Western Conference Player of the Month in January is Kobe Bryant, who has averaged 31 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game so far.
It is worth mentioning that there are quite a lot of contenders for the best player in the West in January, in addition to Kobe, Durant, who averages 29 points and 8 rebounds per game, is also the favorite, and there is also a player who has joined the fierce competition, he is the new core player of the Saramento Kings, James. Harden.
After becoming the king, Harden's statistics have improved instantly, and so far, Harden has averaged 38 minutes per game, averaging 27 points, 5 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game.
Under his leadership, the Kings, who finished second to last season in the West, have improved a lot and are currently in sixth place in the West.
It is completely conceivable that if the Wizards' record this season is slightly worse, the outside world will spray Wang Xiao into something, and Harden's superstar-like performance has once again confirmed, but all the players that Wang Xiao fancies, there seems to be no one who is bad, this ghost coach really has the magic of turning stones into gold!
In this trend, gradually, many scouts and media have turned their attention to Harvard University.
During the shutdown, it was no secret that Wang Xiao returned to China to hold a training camp, and the expansion of the scale to a nationwide selection was even a shock to the United States.
As for the two young Chinese players that Wang Xiao finally selected and brought back, it is false to say that he is not curious.
For Chinese players, the league is generally not optimistic, after all, for so many years, except for a big Yao, no Chinese player can play in the NBA.
But Wang's favored players are clearly a special case, and his last Chinese disciple, Jeremy Lin, has now become the savior of the Nets.
Jeremy Lin, who just entered the league last season, relied on his personal ability to bring the Nets at the bottom of the league into the playoffs, and this season, Jeremy Lin played MVP-level data, averaging 20 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists per game, and the Nets also rely on Jeremy Lin to currently rank fourth in the East, and the record is even better than the Celtics and Knicks with the Big Three.
Although Jeremy Lin is a Chinese-American, he has pure Chinese blood flowing in his body, and there is no essential difference between him and Chinese.
Since Wang Xiao can teach one Jeremy Lin, what's so strange about continuing to teach two or three?
However, when they went to Harvard University to watch the training and competition of Wang Meng and Cheng Jie in person, they were all disappointed.
Bad, terrible.
Wang Meng and Cheng Jie can still be ranked within the top 100 among Chinese teenagers, but in the United States, they are completely failing.
Basic skills, physical fitness, tactical awareness...... The focus of these scouts on the two of them has no reference value at all, at least from their point of view, the two are just the level of the most ordinary basketball fans, and they may even be abused if they play on the street court in the United States.
Can you play basketball at such a level? Can you join the Harvard University basketball team as a special recruit?
Wang Xiao has used the growth template card for Wang Meng and Cheng Jie, but the so-called growth template card only improves the development potential of the target player to the level of the star, rather than directly obtaining the ability of the star, Wang Meng and Cheng Jie themselves have a huge gap with American players on the basis, and now they have only been training with Harvard University for less than two months, if they can really improve by leaps and bounds, it would be strange.
Jeremy Lin's original situation was completely different from these two, after all, he grew up in the United States, receiving training and practice in advanced basketball in the United States, and when Wang Xiao found him, he had already entered the Harvard varsity team through his own efforts, even without Wang Xiao's support and help, Jeremy Lin would be the main force of the team in a year.
The Kidd Growth Template Card gave Jeremy Lin greater potential for improvement, and coupled with Wang Xiao's training module assistance, he has grown by leaps and bounds in just two years, and has an NBA-level level of strength.
As long as Wang Meng and Cheng Jie are willing to work hard in training, they will definitely grow up in the future, but it is definitely not now.
In Wang Xiao's calculations, these two should be able to grow into the main players of the NCAA in the next year, grow into top NCAA players within two years, and should have the ability to play in the NBA within three years. Miller and Ron. Artest, I'm afraid it will take more than five years to say the least.
At present, Wang Meng is 17 years old, Cheng Jie is 16 years old, and after 5 years, both of them are only 22 and 21 years old respectively, which is completely in line with Wang Xiao's expectations, and if there is a training bonus effect of the training module, they may grow up faster.
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did not find out what the two Chinese players selected by Wang Xiao had any ability, and the disappointed media reporters and scouts did not have the patience to continue the in-depth investigation, and gradually forgot about this matter.