Chapter 132: Friendship and Extremism
The Wizards, who succeeded last season, are essentially a team that shares the ball together, which is what many people call a team composed of 'civilians', which is also a more popular view when the media commented on why the Wizards won the championship after the Wizards won the championship.
Hamilton is a very good cooperative player, and he is also the best backcourt player to partner with Gong Feng at the moment, and the two are in contact with each other after they are separated from the two teams, and even through Hamilton's relationship, Gong Feng and some players of the Pistons have also talked a lot about topics.
Regardless of the other reasons in this friendship, the two of them have been guaranteed in the league after they have partnered, and they have been recognized by many fans and teams is already one of the most important reasons.
But Jerry is a completely different type, just like Gong Feng chooses his partner and chooses the friends he will make, Jerry will also choose, although the two have a lot of similarities in doing things, such as treating their families and treating charity, it does not mean that the two are good friends...... Especially on the basis that both sides do not approve of the other's style of play.
After Jerry was traded to the Wizards, Gong Feng and Jerry basically did not say a word in private except for talking in the training game, not having a meal, not having a drink in the bar, not to mention anything else.
Neither of them is a locker room leader, and this leader can't be anyone other than Jordan, if it were normal. It should be Jordan who organizes all the players to complete a round. Speak from your heart. Then, after a friendly conversation, at least let the situation continue.
It's just that Jordan is a little special this season, and he didn't start shouting at everyone as soon as something happened that didn't follow the tactical requirements like last season, and demanded as much as possible from everyone to the limit that they could achieve.
But since the beginning of the preseason, Jordan has completely turned into a kind old man, allowing the players to play noisily in the locker room. Even I would tell some jokes for a certain period of time, and when I was away from home, I would tell funny things that happened to me or my teammates in the city.
For example, in the away game to the Timberwolves, perhaps the last game there, Jordan even took the initiative to ask to come on the court to say goodbye to the fans here......
If the Wizards were a marginal team and a contender for the league's No. 1 pick, the mentality of many players would change, and some things might be much easier, such as allowing the current Lettenado to rest. Let the young players come on the pitch to gain experience and work hard for next season......
It's a pity that this is something that can't happen. Leitner has three years left in his salary, and every year is more than 5 million in salary, so that such a player does not play? How could Pauline be without an opinion?
Another point, now the fulcrum of the Wizards' interior line is only Leitner can take responsibility, and even some of the Wizards' tactics must have Leitner on the court to continue, once Leitner is off the court, it means that the Wizards' tactics have changed.
Of course, Leitner is communicating with Kwame most of the time off the court, and he can be regarded as an assistant coach next to Kwame now, and his playing time is indeed shortening, giving Heywood and Gerrard more playing time and opportunities.
But as long as the Wizards still need to win, Leitner's presence is a very good guarantee, especially since the Wizards are still using the same tactics that won the championship last season......
Such a mature set of tactics is impossible to change easily, and this is why Collins wants to trade a shooter who does not carry the ball in the exchange with Jordan, because this is the best type to partner with Bow Peak......
Jerry is a typical single-pick star in this era, who will use his ability and physicality to charge for the team and find open space, such a player needs a lot of ball support, needs recognition from teammates, needs teammates to cover for him, needs teammates to have the ability to pull out open spots for him, and even takes some of his wrong choices......
One of the big reasons why the Pistons were able to do well in the regular season last season was that the Pistons were known for their defense, and as long as the opponent scored less than them, they could win, while the Pistons had too few players to attack, especially from the outside......
Hamilton, Chauncey, Prince and others who were traded this season are already the main rotation players for the Pistons, and from this you can know Carlisle's ability in coaching and the Pistons' offensive dilemma......
However, Jerry is now in a completely different situation from the Pistons, and Jerry's style of play has not changed in the slightest since he came to the Wizards......
Losing to the Nets is actually a microcosm of Gong Feng's struggle with Jerry, but Gong Feng watched Kwame hold the ball alone and constantly singled out Mutombo, and he didn't say anything more about this kind of thing, so that Kwame can improve as much as possible, which is what everyone wants to see, and the Wizards can't afford to lose.
The Timberwolves are because Jerry is a better offensive player than him, and in the face of small convulsive players, they are at the level of winning the overall situation, and it is also for the sake of Collins' arrangement, Gong Feng didn't say much......
The game against other teams is a different situation, not to mention that Jerry did maintain his high efficiency in scoring, his true shooting percentage is comparable to that of an interior player, and his style of play is very desperate, and Gong Feng can't say anything about it, not to mention that the Wizards did win in the end.
But now, Gong Feng had to say something, because Jerry's performance on the court completely forgot about his own existence, completely caught up in his own rhythm, as if he didn't want to merge with Gong Feng at all......
What made Gong Feng even more shocked was that Collins didn't say much about it, and during the timeout, he just let Gong Feng temporarily take on the role of a shooter to attract the attention of the 76ers' defense, so that Jerry could break through the basket......
Just when Collins was arranging like this, Gong Feng looked in the direction of Jordan, and Jordan also saw Gong Feng's eyes at this time, perhaps guessing what Gong Feng wanted to say, Jordan made a sign language.
The index and middle fingers of his right hand pointed to his heart, and then with those two fingers, he pointed at Jerry.
The meaning of Jordan's sign language is very obvious, and what Jerry is doing now is what Jordan did at the beginning of the season last season.
Gong Feng felt cold at this time, it turned out that the Wizards had been looking for new changes for a long time, and a very important reason for trading Jerry was because the Wizards wanted to find someone to replace Jordan's role last season.
Gong Feng has long forgotten that this season is his second regular season season, and Jerry is already known in the league as the 'Jordan successor', even if Gong Feng can make the players play better on the court, but in the eyes of some people, Jerry can lead the Wizards to victory.
Especially on the premise that Gong Feng was picked up by Jordan and Collins.
However, many people on the Wizards have forgotten that Jordan is a unique presence in the league, a superstar who no longer needs to prove himself, and Jerry is only somewhat similar to Jordan in some ways.
Gong Feng thought a lot about this pause and the next game, but Snow was very responsible for defense, that is, Gong Feng was a little slippery on the court, that is, Snow couldn't see the look that led the Wizards to stand out last season, and he didn't dare to give up easily......
When Gong Feng was thinking about this, he was actually caught in the extreme, how could the Wizards give up an FMVP?
If Bow Peak wanted to go in the other direction, thinking that Collins was testing some tactic, or that he wanted to free Bow Peak...... The sooner a person succeeds, in fact, the more extreme a person is, and how can he achieve such success at the age of nineteen if he is not absolutely confident in himself? (To be continued.) )