Yi Jianlian joins the Wizards?

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Although Yi Jianlian's performance in the Nets last season was very average, after Da Yao's retirement, he is the only Chinese player who is still playing in the NBA, and this identity will inevitably attract attention from all parties.

Previously, many people had predicted Yi Jianlian's next home, because the Nets had no idea of renewing Yi Jianlian's contract at all.

The vast majority of people believe that Yi Jianlian should not be so easy to find a job, after all, each team can only sign 15 professional basketball players, and the quota is so small, and no team will waste precious places casually.

Going back to the CBA, or going around and around in the NBA, and finally signing a base-salary contract with a team that hasn't signed a full 15-man contract before the start of the new season, is the most likely scenario.

People didn't expect that Yi Jianlian would sign a contract with the Wizards within two days of the opening of the free market.

Although 1.5 million is not much, referring to Yi Jianlian's performance last season, it can already be regarded as a premium contract.

Yi Jianlian, who entered the league in 07 and has only played four seasons so far, only needs a base salary of $830,000 to sign.

Although $1.5 million is not much different from $830,000, whether or not to join the team with a base salary is a completely different concept of a player's status in the team.

Before officially joining the Wizards, Yi Jianlian came to the Wizards for a tryout, and in his training, he did achieve the goal set by Wang Xiao for him last season.

Regardless of whether the three-point shooting is stable in the official game, at least Yi Jianlian's three-point shooting in training has reached the standard.

Thinking of Yi Jianlian's refusal of the CBA club's invitation to return to China to play during the offseason and suspension, Wang Xiao felt that no matter what, he had to give Yi Jianlian a certain amount of respect.

Wang Xiao signed Yi Jianlian, in the NBA just surprised many people, but that's all, Yi Jianlian and Wang Xiao are both Chinese compatriots, as the head coach of a team, Wang Xiao has a lot of power, and it is understandable to help his compatriots.

But in China, this matter has been brewing and fermenting, forming two completely different public opinions.

Some people think that Wang Xiao is doing very beautifully, he is also a Chinese, and it is appropriate to stay and take care of each other across the sea, Yi Jianlian's situation in the NBA is precarious, and Wang Xiao can pull Yi Jianlian in vain for their support all along.

And some people think that Wang Xiao is a complete villain.

Yi Jianlian was in the Nets last season, but he got an annual salary of 4 million yuan in 1 year, but when he got to the Wizards, he was sent away by Wang Xiao with a mere 1.5 million, don't care what Yi Jianlian's strength is, after all, he is also a Chinese, the salary space of the Wizards team is so healthy, Wang Xiao holds a lot of power, and what if he gives Yi Jianlian a big contract?

And he only signed a one-year contract with Yi Jianlian, when Yi Jianlian is a temporary worker?

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There has never been a shortage of trolls in this world, and Wang Xiao, who is far away on the other side of the ocean, can't see the strange comments of domestic netizens.

Wang Xiao from 2019 knows the power of keyboard warriors, so he doesn't log on to domestic websites to browse, and he doesn't have much kung fu.

The tight schedule of the new season has kept him busy for the past two days, and he has no time to care about what others say.

The departure of Jordan Jr. and the arrival of Yi Jianlian did not have much impact on the Wizards' lineup, but the departure of Harden, the best sixth man, and Klay. Thompson, Cowai. Leonard and Jimmy. The arrival of Butler and others has made the team almost face a major change.

Last season's starting lineup is obviously going to be overthrown, and Wang Xiao has some ideas for the team's new starting lineup.

Needless to say, Curry and Thompson, the two backcourt splash brothers, began to gradually appear as a small forward in the second half of last season. George, Wang Xiao wants him to change his style and move to the position of power forward.

In the Pacers team in another time and space, George has a history of playing power forward, although George later complained in front of the media that he doesn't like to play power forward, and he feels very uncomfortable playing in the face of those physical interior players, but obviously in the power forward position, George can occupy a place.

The Pacers and the Wizards are two teams with very different styles, with the Wizards being faster and more threatening on the counter, which will obviously share the pressure on the interior to some extent.

In addition, Wang Xiao is ready to let Leonard serve as the starting small forward in the new season.

Like George, Leonard is a well-rounded swingman who can play multiple positions.

Leonard is slightly shorter than George, but also a little heavier than George.

When George was a power forward, the burden of defending the opponent's power forward would not be on him alone, Wang Xiao planned to let George and Leonard frequently switch defenses and take turns against the opponent's strong power forward.

Of course, even if George and Leonard take turns to play, the defensive ability in the position of power forward is still a weakness, but where there are gains and losses, Wang Xiao must make a choice.

At the expense of the defensive ability of the power forward position, the overall defensive ability of the Wizards can reach almost terrifying levels.

Thompson, Leonard, George, plus a McGee or Whiteside, this defensive lineup will definitely become the most terrifying defense in the league if the run-in goes well!

On the offensive end, although there is no Curry and Harden 09 double stars who take turns bombing, Thompson and Leonard's scoring ability will not be much inferior.

Needless to say, after being drafted by the Warriors on another time and space, he was able to contribute 12.5 points while averaging just 24 minutes per game off the bench in his first season, averaging 1.7 three-pointers per game.

And after becoming the team's starting point guard the following season, Thompson's scoring rose to 16.6 points.

Since the fourth season of his career, Thompson's average points per game have never been lower than 20 points, and even when Durant joins the Warriors and the team has Curry and Durant, he can still contribute a stable output without possessing the ball.

Compared to Thompson, Leonard's scoring ability at the beginning of his career seems to be slightly worse, but referring to his 25.5 points per game in '17 and 26.6 points per game in '19, Leonard's offensive ability is not bad, but it seems to be slightly inferior to his amazing defensive talent.

With Curry, Thompson, and George, Wang Xiao was not prepared to let Leonard awaken his talent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends at the beginning, and on the offensive end, as long as he could show enough threat to make the defenders of him dare not leave him easily.

This, judging from Leonard's career average of 38.3% three-point shooting per game, does not seem to be difficult.