Chapter 329: Investigation

November 9th.

NBA official.

Yesterday's top 10 goals.

Yao Ming turned his back and danced dreamily, shook the Timberwolves Beasley, one-armed Optimus, and the frame dunk was third, Caron Butler received a pass from his teammates, and the one-stop frontcourt dunk Celtics Garnett ranked second.

DeMar DeRozan.

The 21-year-old shook off Grizzlies defender Xavier Henry from the three-point line and beat the Grizzlies by two points to rank first among the top 10 shots of the day.

By the way, the commentary also talked about DeRozan's performance in this game, with 19 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block.

When Wang watched the news at home the next day, he saw DeRozan on camera, and he was quite relieved.

DeRozan is indeed a good boy, no matter how high or low his state is on the court, he has no reservations about the team's emotional dedication, this young man, very simple, especially in the Kings at this time, he has grown and performed, DeRozan is even more desperate for the team, deeply engraved with the mark of Sacramento, and will not dislike that this is a small ball market or not enough exposure.

Last year, DeRozan participated in the slam dunk contest and won the championship, and this year, Wang set a goal for DeRozan tomorrow, which is to strive to be selected as an All-Star and break into the league's best team at the end of the season.

After lunch, Wang will drive out tomorrow.

At the arena, Wang Mingming, along with two assistant coaches, Michael Curry and Dwayne Casey, traveled to Reno, Nevada.

Located in northern Nevada, Reno is the second largest city in Nevada and is known as the "largest small city in the world." Renault's skies are clearer and bluer than anywhere else, and there are almost 320 days of sunny weather a year, so Renault has been named one of the top 10 best cities to live in the United States.

The Kings' development league team, the Bighorn Sheep, is located in Reno.

Many fans have the misconception that the NBA home team and the development league team will hold games in the big arena, but in fact, many development league teams are relocated all year round, such as the bighorn sheep team also moved to Renault City in 08.

Today, the Bighorn Sheep will be at home to the challenge of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

In the stands of the game, the sudden appearance of Wang Mingming and the two assistant coaches caused a small commotion.

There is no way out for playing in the development league, you can't get much money in the development league, many of them are not guaranteed contracts, play today, you may leave tomorrow, relatively speaking, the base salary in the NBA, in the eyes of the players in the development league, is a "big contract" that you can hope for.

If you want to enter the NBA from the development league, one is to look good at the data, and the other is to be appreciated by the coach.

Usually no matter how good you play and how good your condition is, the coach may not be able to see it, only when the coach is on the court, you can really find the wisdom in his eyes.

The king is coming tomorrow.

In such an ordinary game, Wang Tomorrow brought his two assistant coaches.

Although they are just watching from the sidelines, after all, they are the head coach of a top team in the league, the current champion coach in the league, and the existence of the "big man" in the entire basketball coaching industry, and the players on both sides feel shocked.

Not only the players of the Bighorn Sheep, but also the players of the Vipers will inevitably have a trace of extravagance, maybe the head coach of Wang tomorrow can see my excellence?

The players in the development league are generally younger, and there are some veterans looking for form, but almost a minority.

As soon as the players were enthusiastic, the game was played very fast.

Wang Mingming and two assistant coaches were pointing on the sidelines.

"Lance still has the strength of this kid, but his personality is ....... In short, he needs to practice well, otherwise I'm afraid he won't be able to achieve anything. ”

Michael Curry said, pointing to the black lad who was in possession on the court.

"Patrick is also good, very positive." Casey admires the mad dog-like Beverley very much, Beverley is full of aggression in games like the Development League, halfway through the first quarter, he has broken the opponent's pass twice, and the opponent's offense is innumerable, and the defensive end is full of power.

Michael Curry frowned, a little less fond of Beverley.

"Beverley, this kid, is too deliberate, I always feel that he seems to be acting like this on purpose today, after all, we are all on the scene today, and when we really get to the NBA, can he still maintain such a fighting spirit? Can he have the physicality and defensive skills to match his aggression? ”

"Also, his offense is so bad that he can't shoot any three-pointers in the open position."

Casey was scolded by Michael Curry, and he was inevitably a little unhappy, and responded: "Lance's offense seems to be very good, but he has a particularly high turnover, he has a lot of fancy moves on the court, and I don't know where to learn the street habits, not only does it not help the whole game, but it may also affect the overall atmosphere of the team." ”

The two argued endlessly, Wang Mingming actually knew that these players were not perfect, in the eyes of NBA-level coaches, they had a lot to improve, if they were really perfect, they would have been the team's starters a long time ago.

He took a closer look at the court, and as the three of them arrived, Lance got better and better, shooting inside and out, and scoring seven points in a row at the end of the first quarter.

During this time, Lance Stephenson's outstanding performance suddenly made Michael Curry feel very happy, and there was a faint feeling of overpowering Casey.

Casey wasn't convinced, but Lance did play well.

But the good times didn't last long, after coming off the bench in the second quarter, Lance sent the opponent 2 mistakes in a row, and the opponent seized the mistake and counterattacked, and the Vipers immediately overtook the score.

Wang will also observe Whiteside's performance, which has the No. 1 rookie reach of the tournament, but is not good at physical confrontation, slow lateral movement, and has all kinds of small problems that look terrible inside.

In the Development League, hesitant and lacking independent offense, and the guards not passing, Whiteside has been doing switchback running, contributing nothing other than grabbing two rebounds.

"When Hassan was in college, he was able to give away blocks a lot, but when he got to the professional arena, he was more experienced on the other side, and his talent was not easy to block, and many people would not challenge him head-on."

Curry commented.

Wang Ming nodded, and commented on Whiteside for the first time: "Hassan still needs to be tempered, he can't stand on the inside now, if he can't gain weight, then he must increase muscle strength, increase the confrontation of his upper limbs, so that he can give full play to the advantages of his long arms." ”

"He's still in good consciousness." Casey felt Whiteside had potential: "After a few times when the opponent asked for the ball inside, he was just right. ”

"This kind of assistance defense is useless, he only assists in defense and does not think about what to do after assisting in defense, whether it is to help block or block passes, between this lightning and flint, you have to make your own judgment, and he seems to be more struggling and hesitating." Michael Curry shook his head, with Hassan Whiteside's status, playing in the NBA is no fun, and it is difficult to contribute in the NBA game.

"Uh-huh."

Wang Ming nodded.

On the field, the Vipers led the Bighorn Sheep at halftime.

The players retreated into the players' tunnel, and before leaving, they all looked at Wang Mingming and the three people on the stage, and the reporters who arrived at the scene also clicked to take pictures of Wang Mingming and the three of them, leaving some news materials.

Wang Mingming's every move of the three of them is news, and whether they leave early or late, it will cause people to speculate.

In the second half of the game, probably because of Wang Mingming's three-man viewing, it played a role in supervising the formation, the Bighorn Sheep set off a big counterattack, Lance Stephenson, Hassan Whiteside stirred the entire Vipers team upside down, and in the end, the Bighorn Sheep reversed the Vipers 105-91 and won three consecutive victories.

As soon as Stephenson looked up at the stands as soon as the game was over, the stands were empty, and he was a little disappointed.

"Let's go, Lance." Hassan Whiteside is a relatively optimistic young man, although he is looking forward to the attention of the coach deep down, but at this moment, for them who have just entered the league, the first thing to do is to improve their ability, and after improving in all aspects, they can get the attention of the coach.

At this time, Wang has returned to Sacramento with two assistant coaches tomorrow.

Omi Cosby finished a joint practice session and appeared in the Kings' game against the Timberwolves on Nov. 10.

The Kings scored 125 points as a team, shooting 17-of-35 from beyond the three-point line, shooting nearly 50 percent.

Among them, Cosby shot 6 of 11 from beyond the three-point line, and scored 24 points just after his comeback, showing a strong working state.

With the departure of a group of shooters such as Garcia, Nocioni, and Udri, the Kings' outside firepower has declined this season, and without the outside support of Cosby at the beginning of the game, they struggled to play, and this game regained the ability of the defending champions.

But fans haven't been happy for two days, with veteran Kidd and substitute J Hickson injured one after another.

King made an emergency move tomorrow to move Lance Stephenson and Patrick Beverley to the 12-man squad, while Whiteside remained on standby.

With Kidd injured, who plays the starting point guard is a question.

Among several candidates, Wang Tomorrow finally finalized Aaron Afflaro.

Afflalo is the old man who followed Wang Mingming, who was the third point in the team last season, but he is tough defensively, shoots accurately, has first-class ball-handling ability, and is actually a very good scoring guard.

Wang spoke with Afflaro tomorrow and understood Afflalo's desperate desire to put in good numbers in his contract year.

Kidd is out due to injury, and the Kings have suffered a lot of damage, especially on the court, where the consistency of the players has decreased a lot, and there is a lack of an absolute rhythm control point.

The Kings' good momentum came to an abrupt halt because of this, and then they lost to the Knicks, Nuggets and other teams.

On Nov. 19, the Kings defeated the Nets 96-90 at home.

This was followed by defeats over the Hornets, back-to-back defeats over the Jazz, and away victories over the Los Angeles Clippers to snap the first four-game winning streak of the season and the longest winning streak.

On Nov. 28, the Kings returned to their home court to play the Hornets again.

Chris Paul went on a rampage, scoring 31 points and dimming out 16 assists to help the Hornets win, and the two teams went head-to-head.

On the last day of November, the Kings defeated the Pacers at home.

At the end of November, the Kings finished fourth in the West with a 12-5 record, the San Antonio Spurs at 14-2, the Lakers at 13-4 and the Utah Jazz at 14-5 in third.

In the East, the best performers were the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics.

Both teams have a 13-4 record.

The Heat, who formed the Big Three in the summer, have a poor record and are currently 9-8 in sixth place in the East, even inferior to many teams such as the Hawks, 76ers and Pacers.

The Kings have been consistent and the fans are relieved.

As soon as November ends, the NBA opens applications for the All-Star Game, and each team has a limited number of players who are eligible to be All-Star candidates.

Like the Kings, who became an All-Star candidate this year, in addition to the eye-catching DeRozan, there is also Al Jefferson, who averages 20+10 per game, in addition to Jason Kidd and Tyson Chandler.

There are not many candidates for 4, the most candidates in the league are the Celtics, the Celtics have a total of 7 candidates, in addition to the Big Three + Rondo, Glen Davis, Nate Robinson and Shaquille O'Neal are selected.

The big baby is still good-looking, and the latter two were selected purely by virtue of their popularity and topicality.

With the release of the shortlist, the voting channel is also opened.

In November, the league awarded the best player in the East to the Magic's Dwight Howard, who averaged 21.8 points, 12.1 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 59.4 percent from the field.

Howard, who has been baptized by the Finals, is more mature, and the Magic team is closely surrounding Howard and will still be the top team in the league.

The Western Conference Player of the Month went to Deron Williams of the Jazz.

Delon averaged 21.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 9.9 assists per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field, 36.6 percent from three-point range and 85.6 percent from the free throw line.

DeRozan lost to Delon in the race for Player of the Month, the main reason is the change in the Jazz's record, the Jazz lost Boozer, last season at the end of the West, but this season is so ferocious, so good results, amazing, this is called a contrast advantage.

The time has crossed into December.

In December, it was cold all over North America, and the lowest temperatures in Sacramento were already below freezing, and pedestrians had to wear down jackets when they went out.

On December 1, the Lakers challenged the Rockets away and became the focus of the league.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Lakers 109-99 at home, and Bryant recorded a quasi-triple-double of 27 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists.

Yao Ming and Millsap combined for 48 points and 27 rebounds, and the two dominated the restricted area, breaking up the interior combination of Lakers Horford + Andrew Bynum.

It was also in this game that Bynum was injured again, left the field halfway through, and never returned to play.

On December 3, the Kings flew to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers on the road.

The Lakers just lost to a strong opponent and a sworn enemy in the same state, and the Lakers fans wailed, if the team lost to the Kings again, it would be a three-game losing streak.