Chapter 156: The Players Meet
The danger brought by the shutdown to the league is quite huge, not to mention the dispute between labor and management over wages, the problems caused by the suspension of more than 100 days to the league's schedule alone are quite severe.
With time running out for the league, the preseason was cut back and the regular season was reduced to more than 60 games.
Even so, the schedule has become quite tight, and gone are the days of two or three days off a day last season.
Just signed a contract with the Clippers, Wang Cannon had just been settled, and he didn't have time to arrange the house, and he already felt that the Clippers' training hall was gathering for training.
Clippers head coach Nigro is still quite satisfied with the current Clippers lineup, at least compared to last season, this season's Clippers lineup can be called luxurious.
Not to mention the other substitutes, the starting lineup alone is luxurious enough.
Point guard Paul, small forward Wang Cannon, power forward Griffin, center Jordan, although the current Clippers still lack a strong second-position point guard, but compared to most teams in the league, it is already very good.
Originally, the Clippers operated according to the original plan, which was to sign an all-round small forward in the free market, such as All-Star small forward Butler, and then trade Guò to a stronger scoring guard, so that the Clippers' offense and defense will be very good.
However, the plan could not catch up with the change, and the Clippers finally signed Wang Dacang for a larger price in the free market, which led to the lack of funds, but Wang Dacang is a very strong player, which is enough to make up for the lack of previous plans.
However, in this way, it becomes even more urgent to find a scoring guard with a strong score.
Negro is well aware that Wang Cannon is not the kind of all-around small forward, actually. Wang's position is more inclined to the interior, and when he played with the Heat last season, he was basically a power forward and a center. Although there is a certain three-point ability on the offensive end, the word all-round cannot be pressed on him.
The small forward position lacks firepower, and what is needed is a shooting guard to come up and share the pressure.
"When you don't get a good choice, use Mo first. Williams, let's make it up," Negro thought to himself.
Mo. Williams would have been the de facto starting point guard. After James' move to the Heat last season, the Cavaliers tried to use Mo. Williams came to replace James in the Cavaliers' place, but unfortunately, Mo. Williams didn't have the strength to do that, so in the middle of the season, the Cavaliers put Mo on the side. Williams was traded.
At the time, the Clippers thought that Mo. Williams was a big bargain, and they were very happy to change it, but soon they found out that Mo. Williams isn't as good as it seems. At least it is a little incompatible with the Clippers' tactical system, and more importantly, the contract she gets is not small, and eight million a year is not something that any team can easily pay.
Nevertheless, Mo. Williams' offensive ability is still worth mentioning, when he was a knight, this girl had a nickname, called Mo Buchuan. Sometimes even James doesn't pass the ball, which shows how lonely he is. Of course, Du is also based on his good offensive ability, and Mo Williams is also a famous nerve knife in the league, and JR Smith, who ran to the CBA to play some time ago, has a fight.
Although he has not yet seen all the players, Negro has already sketched out a satisfactory starting line-up in his mind.
Point guard Paul and shooting guard Mo Williams make cameo appearances. Small forward Wang Cannon, power forward Griffin, center Andrew. Jordan. On the bench, the main force is rising star point guard Bledsoe.
"I don't know if this lineup will work"
Wang Dacang didn't know that he hadn't seen the head coach yet. He has already been positioned as a defensive player.
Of course, he will soon find out.
In the Clippers' training gym, Wang met his teammates for the first time.
To be honest, a large part of the players in the league, Wang Cannon doesn't know him, and although some of them have been seen in the game, they can't be named. So he knew a few people on the Clippers, including Paul who invited him to dinner last night, Griffin, the top pick selected by the Clippers, Jordan Jr., who was okay with his interior defense, and Williams Mollamis.
Seeing Paul greet many players very enthusiastically, Wang Cannon felt like a second fool, standing there dumbfounded.
But if you think about it, I didn't come here to be the boss of any team, so I don't have to be close to others.
Thinking like this, Wang Cannon calmly changed his clothes in the locker room.
After the deal was finalized two days ago, the Clippers' locker room had prepared Wang Cannon's wardrobe, and Wang Cannon's jersey began to be produced in a hurry.
At the Clippers, Wang Cannon chose a brand new number instead of the previous comic No. 38.
This time, Wang Cannon chose No. 1, because he had already decided that he would win the first place in many aspects this season! For example, the scoring champion! Or something else.
In the Clippers, there is no player who uses the No. 1 jersey, so Wang Cannon changed his number just like that.
While Wang Cannon was changing clothes, the Clippers players were also watching the strong fat man.
To be honest, there is no hostility towards Wang Cannon, no matter which player on the Clippers team, on the contrary, they are quite happy about the arrival of Wang Cannon.
Wang Cannon is a defensive player, this has been demonstrated countless times last season, defensive players have always been the most popular group in the league, they are willing to do dirty work, never take the right hand, they are responsible for the strongest offensive point of other teams, the most tiring thing is they to do, if such a player is still excluded by others, it is simply impossible to play basketball.
Like Griffin, he was on the verge of being knocked out by the sudden happiness.
Suddenly, Paul, a super point guard, came to the Clippers and became his partner, and with Paul, Griffin had no doubt about how comfortable he would be with the passing season ahead!
Paul just came to the Clippers, and then Wang Cannon also came, all of a sudden, the Clippers' offense and defense don't need Griffin to worry about, he just needs to concentrate on dunking and it's over, what a wonderful thing?
"Hey! Buddy! I'm Griffin! How about we met at both the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game? Los Angeles is very good, isn't it? After greeting Paul, Griffin went over to talk to King Cannon. Listen to me, I know several good nightclubs, are you interested in where to go tonight? I'm in for a treat! ”
"Really?" Wang Dacang's heart was pounding when he heard this, to be honest, Wang Dacang's several funny nightclub experiences really made him a little unwilling, but now he is also a local tyrant with an annual income of 10 million! How is it possible to go to a nightclub and put the girl repeatedly frustrated? It's a shame!
But after thinking about it carefully, Wang Dacang remembered that he still had a lot of things to do, such as decorating his home, and another example of the phone call he received this morning.
The former is only secondary, the key lies in the latter.
This call is from Cheng Qian.
When Wang Dacang saw the caller ID on his mobile phone, his heart suddenly jumped, and after answering the phone excitedly, Wang Dacang knew that the reason why Cheng Qian called him was because his little fan, that is, the little boy Mike that Cheng Qian took care of, wanted to see him.
It turned out that she was either in Miami, or returned to China, too far, Cheng Qian felt that Wang Cannon must be very busy to take care of, so she didn't bother, and recently she also heard that Wang Cannon signed a contract with the team in Los Angeles, so she found an opportunity to call.
"Okay, no problem! My fans want to see me, how could I not have time for such an important matter? Faced with this situation, Wang Dacang did not hesitate and agreed directly, and the time was the evening of today's training.
"Eh" looked at Griffin, Wang Cannon said with some embarrassment: "I still have something to do today, you know, I just moved to Los Angeles, and the family needs to be busy for a long time, not next time!" ”
"Really?" Griffin was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't care, "Then next time!" Brothers, which of you wants to go? Today I have a treat! (To be continued......)