Wang Xiao's remarks about the Heat triumvirate are indeed a little too shocking, so much so that a few days later, many media are still reporting on the matter.

The people who eat melons are very curious about what kind of response the Heat will have, and whether there will be sparks flying and saber-rattling.

However, the Heat didn't respond, as if they didn't know about it.

The media outlets that tried to dig up the news in this area were disappointed, but they quickly found a new gimmick.

There are 37 days left until the Wizards meet the Heat in the regular season!

Because of Wang Xiao's remarks, many people want to see what kind of sparks will be triggered after the Wizards and Heat meet in the regular season, so some media simply listed such a countdown.

It's a bit disappointing that the Wizards and Heat won't meet until the end of November for the first time in the new season, despite being in the same Southeast Division in the East.

The new NBA season will start on October 25, which is still a long time apart.

However, the more time passes, the easier it is for people to accumulate anticipation, and using methods such as countdowns can whet the appetite of fans all the time.

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"What the coach said is so good!"

On the Wizards' training ground, Butler looked excited.

"To be honest, I've long seen that those guys are unhappy, and if they can't beat others, they will huddle together, and the Big Three, I'm sorry! The regular season met and beat them to death! ”

"That being said, it's a bit irrational for the coach to do this."

Jamison, who was older, sighed.

"Such remarks will obviously put the coach in the limelight, just look at the comments of many people on the Internet."

Hearing this, Butler laughed even more.

"Antoine, it seems that you still don't know enough about the coach, he has never been a person who lacks topics, have you forgotten what the coach did in '07? At that time, it was much more sensational than it is now! ”

Indeed, in 07, Wang Xiao's operation of giving up Oden and choosing Durant shocked the entire league.

Now, time has proven that Wang Xiao is right.

Durant has grown into one of the league's top scorers, and Oden, in his fourth year in the NBA, still can't make it to the game.

In the preseason of the new season, Oden still failed to play, and his injury was like a curse, and it never got better.

Nowadays, not many people in the league can still remember this emperor who has not really played in the NBA.

Interestingly, it may be because of Oden's previous car sign, the Clippers who traded with Wang Xiao last season in exchange for the top pick to sign Griffin are already frightened birds.

Griffin and Oden's experiences are similar, they are also not favored by Wang Xiao (although Griffin was not admitted by Wang Xiao himself), and they are also injured before the start of their rookie season.

So when Griffin returned in the preseason this season, the whole Clippers team looked cautious, for fear that Griffin would be injured again if he was not careful.

Throughout the preseason, Griffin played an average of only about 20 minutes per game, and all of them came off the bench.

Fortunately, in a few games, Griffin didn't seem to be in any serious trouble and seemed to be very comfortable with the pace of the game.

The relieved general manager of the Clippers also quickly announced that Griffin will start the regular season and play more minutes.

In this regard, the Thunder team can only express envy and jealousy.

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"Actually, it's very simple to turn public opinion on the Internet."

That's when Curry spoke.

He stood in the center circle and pushed the basketball towards the basket.

The basketball crossed the distance of half court, then smashed the rebound, and actually bounced into the basket.

"Wow! Permit! ”

Butler and the others couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Curry smiled, then continued: "As long as we are in the regular season, we keep winning!" As long as you keep winning, you win until you face off against the Heat, and then you can beat the other team? ”

Butler and Jamison looked at each other, then laughed.

"You have a point!"

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In the head coach's office, Wang Xiao sat face-to-face with several coaches.

"The team's performance in pre-season should be seen by everyone." Wang Xiao looked at several assistant coaches and said: "In terms of offense, the players are doing very well, they can ensure an efficient and fast offensive rhythm at all times, but in terms of defense, they still lack enough concentration and awareness of helping defense, what do you think about this?" ”

The first to speak was the head assistant coach Walter.

"I think it's inevitable, if you want to ensure the offense, you have to sacrifice part of the defense, the team is mainly based on fast running and bombing tactics, and it is naturally difficult for the team to take into account the defense under such a tactical system." Walter shook his head and said, "It's like the Suns, in order to ensure offense, have to give up defense, it's a necessary trade-off." ”

"Really?" Wang Xiao was noncommittal. "Steve, what do you think?"

Cole, who was named, pondered for a moment, then said: "I think the team's defensive problems have to find a way to solve, if this continues, it will seriously affect the development of the team." ”

Cole's words made Walter can't help but raise his eyebrows and look at the other party.

"The team's current tactics are run and bomb, and strengthening the defense will undoubtedly slow down the pace of the attack, but it will not be worth the loss."

Kerr shook his head, "But the necessary defense also makes the team more competitive, and a team without defense will never go far in the playoffs!" ”

Walter was speechless.

That's true.

Although the Wizards' current run-and-gun tactics are impressive, the process is both wonderful and beautiful, and last season can be described as fame and fortune, but in the playoffs, especially after Curry, the Wizards' first scoring point in the second round, was injured, the reason why the Wizards were able to defeat the Magic team was not offense, but defense.

Wang Xiao kept changing lineups in several games, and the subsequent Beverley starters in the Twin Towers were all to strengthen the Wizards' defensive capabilities.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, facing the Celtics, the Wizards can prevent the Magic's outside defensive lineup from completely limiting players like Pierce and Allen, so there is no suspense about losing.

The reason why Walter said that was actually not thinking about the playoffs at all.

After being on the team for so long, these assistant coaches are thinking more about how to ensure a regular season record and make it to the playoffs, which makes them not change their minds anytime soon.

In fact, the current Wizards team has to think about how to compete for a playoff spot in the regular season, but how to win against a strong opponent in the playoffs!

"Steve, you're going to be in charge of the team's defense in the future."

Wang Xiao said.