Of the Wizards' five starting positions, the only one that Wang Xiao has not decided at present is the center position.

Jordan Jr. left the team, and it stands to reason that as Jordan Jr.'s replacement, Javier. McGee should be the obvious choice.

On the surface, Jordan Jr. seems to be stronger than McGee, but in fact, McGee's body weight is about 1 kilogram taller than Jordan Jr., in terms of height, arm span, bounce and other aspects, McGee is better than Jordan Jr., which is also the same 08 rookie, McGee was selected with the 18th pick in the first round, but Jordan Jr. could only fall to the second round.

However, the world is unpredictable, and who would have thought that McGee suffers from attention deficit disorder, that he will always have a hard time concentrating in the ring, and that he will often do strange things that are very difficult for normal people to understand.

This undoubtedly seriously affected the development of McGee.

In 2019, when Jordan Jr.'s contract salary had reached $22.9 million, McGee could only get a base salary of $2.39 million with the Lakers.

This couldn't help but make Wang Xiao hesitate.

The team has another option, Hassan, who is also 7 feet tall. Whiteside.

Judging by Whiteside's performance in the future Heat, he should be a better fit for the position than McGee.

But in fact, last season, Whiteside didn't do very well.

Jordan Jr. and McGee have carved up most of the center's playing time, and although Whiteside sometimes plays with McGee at the power forward position to increase the height of the lineup, he still has a little less time to play.

In the daily training, with Wang Xiao's training system bonus, Whiteside's progress is not obvious.

This made Wang Xiao a little suspicious, is Huaishen really like many fans on the Internet said, he needs to go to the CBA to accept the baptism of socialism before the small universe will explode?

In any case, Jordan Jr.'s departure, whether for McGee or Whiteside, is obviously a good thing, they both have more opportunities to perform, and Wang Xiao decided to let them play fair.

It will take time to test whether McGee can overcome his attention deficit disorder and perform as much as he deserves, or whether Whiteside awakens and becomes a veritable god.

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Underneath the starting lineup, it's time to rotate the lineup.

The Wizards' bench lineup is also quite luxurious.

Caron. Butler and Antoine. Naturally, Jamison, the two seasoned veterans, doesn't need to say much, Jimmy. Butler and Chandler. The addition of Parsons, the two striker swingmen, undoubtedly makes the strength of the bench stronger, plus the new Yi Jianlian, the team has as many as five substitute forwards!

Of course, among the five forwards, two Butler can be qualified for the position of shooting guard, and Jamison and Parsons can also switch back and forth between the small forward and the big forward position, as for Yi Jianlian, he can be pushed to the center position when necessary, so although the front line seems crowded, it is not conflicting.

In addition to the five forwards and a predestined backup center in McGee and Whiteside, the Wizards also have two players, both point guards.

Patrick, who is 1.85 meters tall. Beverly with Isaiah, who is 1.75 meters tall. Thomas......

Today's Wizards, although they are flying the flag of a small-ball storm, are not small in height at all, in addition to these two small point guards, the players below 2 meters on the team are only 1.91 meters Curry.

It's extremely rare for a team to have only three people under 2 meters tall.

But no matter what, these 13 players are basically the main force of the Wizards in the new season.

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At this time, in front of Wang Xiao, these 13 players stood quietly.

When the new season of free agency market opens, it also means that the training camps of each team are officially opened.

On the Wizards' side, all the players, including the newly signed Yi Jianlian, have come to the team to report.

The preseason kicks off on December 18, while the NBA regular season kicks off on December 25.

There are a lot of things to do in the coming week, recovery training, new players getting used to the team, and analysing changes in other teams......

The first thing to start with is to test the current physical condition of all players, after all, only when you fully understand the state can you develop a reasonable and safe training plan accordingly.

To the surprise of assistant coaches, including Kerr, the vast majority of the Wizards' players are in very good shape, the nearly half-year vacation has not made them gain much weight, and even the team's core Curry is in better shape than last season.

This is taken for granted by Wang Xiao, and few of the current players on the Wizards are lazy, even McGee, who suffers from attention deficit disorder, is also a hard-working player.

As for the two Butlers, Cuaron and Jimmy are even more famous hard workers, one was nicknamed "Juice Spirit" for forcing his teammates to train, and the other even uttered the classic quote "I'm not the most talented, nor the one most favored by God, but I'm the hardest worker." ”

It would be strange for these guys to slack off on training because of the NBA shutdown.

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Good physical condition is obviously good news for the Wizards, as it also means that the team doesn't need to do as much recovery to help the players get back into shape, and they will have more time to devote to getting used to the roster.

And as the team's training began, Kerr also keenly noticed that something was not quite right.

At the draft, Wang Xiao traded Harden and Green one after another, and then selected a bunch of forwards, and he couldn't understand what Wang Xiao thought.

But as the training began, he began to be stunned to find that from Clay. Thompson to Kawai. Leonard, and even Jimmy. Butler & Chandler. Parsons has shown great defensive talent and awareness in training.

Thompson and Leonard, in particular, are close to Paul defensively. George.

You know, George's defense was back-to-back in the playoffs last season. Anthony, Paul. Pierce and LeBron. James's three top small forwards were baptized, and at that time, the entire Wizards team, George was an out-and-out defensive leader!

And now, with two new players, one is not inferior to Danny in defensive ability. Green, the other one can even compete with George with a little polishing, what the hell is this?

"Wang Xiao, do you want to build the Wizards into a strong defensive team?"

With such suspicions, Cole couldn't help but ask Wang Xiao.

And when he heard Cole's question, Wang Xiao smiled and said nothing.

Defensive powerhouse?

Are you kidding.

Curry, Thompson, Leonard, George, plus Butler, which of these five players has averaged less than 20 points per game when they grow up?

Children make choices, I want them all to attack and defend!