Chapter 343: There Is Still Hope
For Sacramento Kings fans who experienced the summer of 2020, they were in a very tangled mood during that time, when the Kings, which were originally led by local players and controlled by local capital, suddenly changed hands, and then the head coach of the East, "Stone? After a series of trades, the Kings, which had poor results but were very supportive of the fans, looked like they were going to sink completely, which once made the fans of Saata angry.
The Kings' performance in the first two games of the restarted Southern California Summer League also seemed to signal the team's imminent demise, but by the end of the summer league, there were no similar thoughts among Sa City fans, who were torn between whether to continue to boycott the Oriental-controlled team or choose to support the team because of the team's new style of play in the Summer League.
After the heavy defeat in the first two games of the Southern California Summer League, the young Kings seem to have learned a lot from those two defeats, and while their opponents are not particularly strong, the Kings who are back on the road have really shown their change and positive form.
The 50-point win over the Pelicans may not mean much, but the Kings have been in better shape in the next four Summer League games.
Turgun and Salich have gradually come into the eye of many people after these five victories, Turgun's accurate projection ability and Salich's off-ball running have been praised by many Saucasa media outlets, although their opponents are not the best of the teams, but they are an inconspicuous young man who has just finished his rookie season, and the other is a former European talent who has experienced a lot of ups and downs, and it is enough to be able to play very well in such a game has exceeded the expectations of many Saucasa locals. Of course, there are still many foreign media who are still not optimistic about the future of the Kings, believing that the low-level summer league does not mean anything.
Turgun played an average of 32.6 minutes per game in these seven summer league games, averaging 21.4 points and 12.6 assists per game, which is indeed impressive, and some professionals have also discovered the power of this Oriental who was inconspicuous in his rookie season through data analysis, and these professionals found that Turgon's three-point ability is extremely strong, and his three-point shooting rate of more than 70% per game is enough to be called a miracle, but because the level of summer league is really limited, more commentators are not impressedHowever, there are still some people who think that if this young man who looks like a movie star can still maintain this shooting percentage in the regular season, no, even if he can achieve such a shooting percentage of seven achievements is enough to make a name for himself in the league.
Even more eye-catching than Turgun is another big man, Salehi, who didn't show his European talent in the previous four years of his NBA career, seems to have found the right path for the Kings, averaging 29.1 minutes per game in seven games, but can average 25.5 points per game, 4.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists in an extremely efficient manner.
Salehi showed a very comprehensive ability in the last five summer league games of the Kings, he not only ran extremely well without the ball, but also had a very good ability to play, although his confrontation ability is still insufficient, but pulling to the high post to do the strategy shows his European genius ability, all kinds of weird passes make people feel eye-catching, such skills remind many NBA commentators of the legendary superstar Harris who dominated the league twenty years ago? Neil.
Harris back then? Neal dominated the league's assists list for four seasons as a power forward, ranking third in league history in total assists in career total, and more importantly, Harris? Neil is also only two meters and three meters tall.
Twenty-five-year-old Salish is still unable to talk to Harris? Neil is on par, but his passing style does have the flavor of Harris's past.
Many experts are not optimistic about the outside style of play adopted by the Kings throughout the summer league, especially since this seemingly very extreme tactic was brought by an Oriental, which makes the professionals even more unoptimistic.
In the eyes of these experts and commentators, the Kings do seem to be showing a good side, but their problems cannot be ignored, the first point is the problem of defense, and now the core of the Kings team is actually the rookie Ervin who is two meters and eight meters tall? Butler, the Kings may not have conceded a lot of points in seven Summer League games, but Elvin Brown? Butler is obviously not in the eyes of many people, and looking at his stats, it pretty much says it all, and this seemingly conscientious rookie is probably only worth mentioning in his game attitude.
In addition to defensive problems, too many mistakes have also become the focus of criticism of this Kings team, after all, the average of more than a dozen mistakes per game in seven games is indeed a lot, which is estimated to have been scolded to death in the regular season, let alone the playoffs, every team that enters the playoffs is careful every game, for fear of being seized by the opponent to make mistakes, and the current Kings team does not seem to consider this at all.
However, all the disturbances from the outside world have no way to hinder the current Kings team from moving towards their goals, after seven preseason games, the Kings have initially accepted Wang Lei's new tactics and new concepts, because there are enough young people in the team, and basically every player can play a few positions, so these young players have the opportunity to play in seven games, and they also like this kind of running game.
After the end of the summer league, the Kings continued their physical training, still a beach field, still a variety of speed running, but now the Kings players basically understand the head coach's intentions, like the tactics they are using now, it is really not good to play without a good physical reserve, and after this period of training, many players have also felt the benefits of this kind of training, at least one thing is very recognized by the players, that is, the players' injury resistance has been improved a lot, and it is very obvious.
The most common injury in basketball is undoubtedly the broken foot, many players have had the experience of broken foot, although this is not a play injury, but it greatly affects the state and daily training of the players, after Wang Lei's sand training, many players find that even if they have a broken foot on the court, they will not let their ankle injury.
This increase in injury tolerance is definitely something that all players really like, because not getting injured means extending their careers.