On December 3, the Clippers ushered in their 23rd game of the regular season.

In this game, they played away to the Washington Wizards.

The Wizards have had a hard time these years since Jordan left, and their record has always been quite good.

Of course, before Jordan joined the Wizards, the Wizards were actually a fish belly......

However, this year's Wizards' lineup is still quite good, with the team having the top wall brother Wall, Yang Shaoxia, Waiwai-Hilario, McGee and others.

They started the tournament with a good start to the tournament with a win rate of more than half of them, but only God knows how long this win rate will last.

"Coach, let's talk about it first, after my contract ends this year, I'll go to the Clippers next year......" Rashad Lewis whispered as he leaned over to Richard before the game began.

Richard smiled bitterly, good fellow, his clipper is about to become a nursing home.

However, if these veterans join, they are all base salaries, and they will not have much impact on the team.

And many of these veterans are very popular players, which can also boost ticket sales for the Clippers.

Anyway, if you sign it, you will definitely not lose money.

"McGee is on your team, what's the situation like right now? Did Philip plan to reuse him? Richard asked Lewis curiously.

The current head coach of the Wizards is Philip Saunders, an acquaintance of Richard......

Sanders has been able to stand in the league for so many years, and he really has the real thing on hand, and this is a manager with real talent and real learning.

Lewis shook his head, "Coach Philip doesn't seem to like Javier very much, this kid doesn't pay much attention on the court. ”

"Coach, do you like McGee?"

"There's really nothing to say about this kid's physical talent, it's just that the concentration aspect is a big problem, and if the coach can solve this problem, I think he should be able to play an unparalleled role under you." Lewis said with a smile.

In Lewis's opinion, with Richard's magical ability, training McGee's inattention deficit was a piece of cake.

McGee's kid, Lewis still likes it a lot, he's stupid all day long, and it's very likable.

So Lewis directly told Richard about McGee's situation in the team, and he also hoped that McGee's kid could really show his talent.

In the history of the NBA, there are too many talented players, and basically every few years there is a player like McGee who has unnatural physical qualities.

For example, Stromeyer-Swift in previous years......

But these players with unnatural physical fitness, there are really not many players who can play, which makes people sigh.

Now Lewis feels like Big McGee has a chance to change his life, and if he can play for Richard, there is a chance that he can play out.

After listening to Lewis's words, Richard smiled and waved his hand, "Don't rush for the time being, dig the corner of the wizard now, I guess Philip's old guy will be angry......"

"Take your time, sooner or later there will be a chance, I do think this kid is not bad, a little like Clark."

Lewis nodded, and when Richard said this, he felt that McGee and Clark really had a lot in common.

For example, the blocking ability of these two people is historically strong.

……

The game began, and Richard sat on the sidelines and watched the game quietly.

Although the Wizards have a good momentum since the start of the season, Richard feels that they will not be a match for the Clippers nine times out of ten.

At present, Wall has not grown up, and the gap between his strength and his peak is still quite large.

And the other players, in Richard's opinion, are certainly not a threat.

"Toot toot!" On the court, the referee blew the whistle and gave Thomas Jr. a defensive foul.

In this defensive round of the Clippers, there was a problem again, Leonard was not in time to assist in the defense, and Thomas Jr. desperately defended Wall, who was about to break through, but was blown a foul by the referee.

Although there are no free throws, the momentum is also quite bad, and Thomas Jr. is afraid of a point guard player like Wall who is full of physical qualities.

And if you run into a point guard like Nash or Dragic, Thomas Jr. still has a disadvantage, but it's not too big to accept.

Not long after the game began, Richard naturally did not call a timeout, quietly watching how the players on the field would solve the current situation.

……

In the Clippers' offensive round, Leonard walked past Thomas Jr.

"Isaiah, give me the other party's Wall." Leonard said slowly.

"Huh? You can even talk? Little Thomas had a look of shock on his face......

Of course, this is a joke made by Thomas Jr.

Leonard is definitely a player who can't beat a fart with three sticks on the team, and the four of them entered the Clippers at the same time, so it stands to reason that they should have a pretty good relationship, but Thomas Jr. has not said more than three words to Leonard so far.

Every time little Thomas spoke to Leonard, Leonard either nodded or let out that kind of silly laugh that made people speechless......

"Huh...... Knowing that his teammate Thomas Jr. was joking, Leonard laughed rarely.

His laughter was indescribably weird, as if he was a child who had done something wrong, and was being taught by an adult, but when he encountered something funny, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and he held back the laughter he made.

"Okay, then he'll leave it to you, but what about the other party's Nick Young? I can't guard against it......" little Thomas said in pain.

Nick Young is 201 cm tall, and it is no exaggeration to say that Nick Young shot in front of Thomas Jr., and Thomas Jr. had no way to take others.

If you can't imagine this kind of counterpoint scene, you can think about how painful it is to suddenly meet a 2-meter-tall opponent on the field.

"Leave it to me, too." Leonard said with a sigh of anger and a word like gold.

Thomas Jr. rolled his eyes......

……

The Clippers' offensive round was eventually scored by Horford assisting Monroe.

It was the Wizards' turn to attack the round.

Seeing that the Clippers lineup has the obvious shortcoming of Thomas Jr., it is strange that Wall does not go to single Thomas Jr......

Seeing that Wall was attacking himself again, Thomas Jr. immediately dodged away, giving up the defensive position to Leonard, who flew over.

Wall had just burst to the free-throw line, only to feel a shadow attack, he might have been attacked by the tentacle monster, and the basketball in his hand was gone.

When I turned my head again, I saw Leonard grabbing the ball with one hand and throwing it to Thomas Jr., who was already rushing towards the frontcourt.

"Boom......" Thomas Jr. quickly controlled the ball to the front court, and when no one was defending, he made a successful basket.

This kind of empty basket, Thomas Jr. didn't dare to try to dunk, if he didn't dunk, it would be embarrassing.

Curry of the Pirates has this embarrassing situation from time to time, and Thomas Jr. does not dare to follow suit.

……

It's the Wizards' offensive round again, and this time it's Wall who singles Thomas Jr. with the ball.

Thomas Jr. naturally repeated his old tricks and deliberately ceded his defensive position......

Wall held the ball and rushed to the basket, but this time he was a little more cautious, and started a three-step layup without reaching the free throw line.

Afterglow saw Leonard pounce again, and Wall hurriedly threw it......

What is shocking is that Leonard jumped in a rather unscientific position, and his long arms were outstretched to throw him directly to the cap.

Horford picked up the ball and made another big long pass to Thomas Jr.

Thomas Jr. hit a counter-attack again and scored the goal before the opponent was in position.

In terms of speed, Thomas Jr. naturally belongs to the top level of the league.

In addition to speed, Thomas Jr.'s strength is also quite good, at least among point guards.

With his height, if he didn't have speed and strength, how could he mix it up, and what was the difference between him and that kind of ordinary person with skills.

In two consecutive offensive rounds, the Clippers used defense to make mistakes against the opponent, and then quickly counterattacked to complete the empty basket.

Among them, Leonard is naturally the most credited, and his restrictions on Wall can be called perfect.

Under normal circumstances, Leonard is actually the core of the defense whether he is in the Spurs or the Raptors, and he will defend whoever is strong on the other side......

Now the strongest player in the Wizards team is Wall, and if Leonard comes to defend, there is nothing wrong with it.

……

It's the Wizards' offensive round again, and Wall may have been a little bit upset by Leonard.

After being disrupted by Leonard for two offensive rounds, Wall was determined to play alone.

This time, he was naturally very careful and did not give Leonard a chance to block or steal himself, but because of the hasty shot, the ball was very biased, and the rebound was snatched by Monroe.

The Clippers pushed back and Thomas Jr. assisted Thompson, who ran out of the open position, to hit a three-pointer.

was scored three goals in a row and was beaten to a small climax of 7:0, and Wizards head coach Sanders naturally couldn't sit still.

"Doot toot!" The Wizards called a timeout.

This timeout is not called, Sanders has already seen that Wall is on fire, if he doesn't call a timeout, let the stunned young Wal continue to do it, and they basically don't have to play this game.

……

"Well done! That's the kind of defensive effect I want. ”

"That's why I signed you with the lotto pick, and your defense deserves that pick." Richard patted Leonard on the shoulder and said with a fluttering eyebrow.

Although Richard knew that Leonard defended well, this kind of death-winding level defense was really presented in front of Richard's eyes, which still made him a little excited.

In Richard's view, in terms of outside defense, Leonard may be in the top three levels of history, and even cheeky to say that he is the first in history, this is not impossible to say.

After all, anyone can call themselves the GOAT, and there's nothing wrong with saying that Leonard is the No. 1 outside defender in history.

Leonard's defense is good, not that the fans feel good, nor that the media is good, and that the data is good, but that the players who have played with him admit that they are good.

Irving is recognized as the best ball player in the player base, which is the result of an anonymous NBA survey, while Leonard is recognized as the toughest defensive player in the player base......

The current Leonard's defensive strength is definitely not at its peak, but it is already showing its edge, and Richard can't help but be overjoyed when he sees it.

In addition to Richard's preference for big men, he also likes this kind of ruthlessness on the perimeter defense.

It's not just Richard, some fans who prefer retro basketball, this is generally the case, big men who like traditional interior hand-to-hand combat, and who like to defend the outside.

The roles of these two courts are roughly the essence of retro basketball.

……

Sanders took advantage of the timeout to appease Wall and rearrange his offensive tactics.

Defensively, they actually don't have much of a problem, the main thing is that the offensive problem is not small.

Wall has been working alone, and Yang Shaoxia is starting to be a little unhappy.