There is also a summer league to participate in before the preseason kicks off. Of course, not every team needs to participate in the summer league, and there are many summer leagues recognized by the league, so even if you want to participate, you can choose any one. Although the Bobcats are a new team, Jackson also wants the team to meet the world in the summer league, and as the head coach, he can't lead the team himself, so the task of leading the team to the summer league falls to Chang Wei.

"Damon, you know I'm afraid of trouble, can't you find another assistant coach to lead the team to the summer league?" Sitting across from Jackson, Chang Wei said angrily that he didn't want to lead the team to the summer league. Although many teams will send a head assistant coach to be the coach of the summer league, Chang Wei believes that any person can come in.

There is still a slight difference between summer league and preseason, and teams generally use summer league to see the quality of rookies, as well as to look at role players who have only been on training camp contracts in order to find some missing pearls in them. If preseason results are anyone's concern, summer league performance may only be of interest to the team.

Chang Wei's resistance was completely expected by Jackson, and he said with a smile: "Chang, I think it's only you who are the most suitable, and they are all selected by you from the list of the other 29 teams, who is responsible if you are not responsible?" ”

Chang Wei was stunned for a moment, as if he was okay with what he said, maybe except for himself, the rest of the coaching staff would not be able to use these players, and when the time comes, won't they be a mess in the summer league? Where can we achieve the goal of training and discovering talents?

After thinking for a while, Chang Wei said helplessly: "This is the only time, not an example." ”

However, Chang Wei did not intend to bring the entire team with him, and he still brought some players with training camp contracts that the management valued. In his opinion, it is enough to bring the substitutes to see the world, Roy he doesn't plan to take it, the senior has shown enough maturity in the training camp to make his past tantamount to killing chickens with a knife.

Jackson has no objection to this, since Chang Wei is allowed to lead the team to participate in the summer league, then let him choose the players himself. In this way, a Bobcats with bench players plus several undrafted and free agents left for Las Vegas under the leadership of Chang Wei, although this summer league has not yet been included in the NBA, but there are many participating teams and more games.

In Chang Wei's view, there is no big problem with the Bobcats' starters, they just need to continue to accumulate experience, but the substitutes need to polish more. In intra-team matches, the substitutes often have all kinds of problems, resulting in the main players winning very easily every time, forcing Jackson to disrupt the two teams to barely achieve the effect.

Speaking of Bobcats, the benches all have their own characteristics, Ellis is very strong in breaking ability, and Capono's three-point shooting and Allen's defense are their ability to survive. Although the interior combination is very average in height, one offense and one defense can be regarded as complementing each other, it can be said that the foundation of this substitute lineup is good, but it is still unknown whether it can give full play to its power.

Chang Wei's idea is very simple and rude, everyone can play the simplest blocking and dismantling tactics on the offensive end, anyway, one move is eaten all over the world. The defensive end is even simpler, although Ellis likes gambling steals, and Capono is a big colander, but Allen's presence can make the team's outside defense solid, Marc Hill blocks inside, Lee fights for rebounds, they may not protect the basket as well as those tall interior lines, but it is more than enough to play against the opponent's bench in rotation time.

The summer league win or defeat was not taken into account by Chang Wei at all, he just hoped to use this opportunity to determine the style of play of the bench lineup, and the core of the bench he handpicked was Ellis. The current Ellis is not the sharp knife that once suppressed Curry in later generations, but he has a considerable level of breakthrough or something, but he still doesn't like passing the ball very much.

When Chang Wei told Ellis to let him control the ball, the 2005 No. 40 pick couldn't believe his ears, you must know that he was also playing soy sauce on the Warriors' bench, but he didn't expect the Bobcats to make himself the main point guard of the bench! But Chang Wei then said: "But one thing you have to remember is that you have to create opportunities for your teammates on the field. Considering the intensity of the Summer League, my requirement is to average more than 8 assists per game, which is no problem, right? ”

That's a big problem! Ellis wants to cry, it's true that he's a guard, but like a shooting guard is better than a point guard, attacking the basket is his biggest passion. But Chang Wei's words couldn't help but listen, so he could only accept this errand with a bitter face.

Chang Wei doesn't care if you want it or not, anyway, it's good for the team. In fact, among the few people who were picked out by Chang Wei as bench bandits, except for Ellis who can hold the ball, Li is half at most, and everyone else needs to pass the ball to drive, if Ellis doesn't pass the ball, then how many of them still play with wool? Let's go straight to the field and do a switchback run!

In the first two games, Ellis was still a little uncomfortable, and he knew that he was holding the ball to the basket all day long, hitting the south wall without looking back, and the ball that came out was more like a dump, not to mention turning into an assist, it was very good to be able to make no mistakes. His willfulness also caused the Bobcats to lose the first two games, although Chang Wei did not blame him, but the sighs of his teammates still made Ellis blush, in fact, his passing is still very level, but the hurdle in his heart can't be overcome.

With a lot of energy in his heart, Ellis began to read the opponent's defense, and fortunately it was summer league, and the opponents were playing in a disorganized manner, which gave him almost unlimited opportunities and space to experiment. Over the next few games, Ellis's scoring dropped significantly, but others did even more dramatically, and even dished out a staggering 17 assists in one of those games, leaving him in disbelief by the end of the game.

Although the Bobcats only finished third in the Summer League, Chang Wei didn't care about the results at all, and he was only pleased with Ellis's rapid turnaround. Although this kid is only a second-round pick, Chang Wei knows that he used to be a very strong scorer in his previous life, and with him on the bench, Bobcat has the ability to compete with opponents in rotation time.