The Warriors have a total of six preseason games that run through Oct. 23.

This kind of exhibition game that is not counted in the regular season, Curry Thompson and other starters naturally do not play too much time, basically the starters go up to play for a few minutes to find a feeling and then be replaced and handed over to some marginal role players on the team to play freely.

Wang Feng also didn't play a lot of minutes in the preseason, averaging just over 20 minutes per game, down from last season's playoff average.

However, due to the fact that Curry Thompson and others have less playing time, Wang Feng has more opportunities on the court.

Wang Feng's performance in the Asian Championships has attracted the attention of the Warriors management and coaching staff, although the Asian Championships level of events are somewhat meaningless in the eyes of these NBA coaches, but Wang Feng's rich offensive means during the game have also surprised the Warriors management, including Kerr.

"I can't imagine that you still have such a scoring ability, why didn't you use it earlier last season?"

On the first day of Wang Feng's return to the team, Kerr said to him: "I will give you some opportunities in the preseason and show me all the moves you know, especially the mid-range projection!" ”

Although the Warriors are a team that focuses on fast offensive and defensive tempo and three-point shooting tactics, traditional mid-to-long-range shooting is also needed for certain periods when necessary.

Future Kevin. When Durant came to the Warriors and turned this team into a rare super team in history, he used that stable mid-range shooting to completely make up for the last shortcoming of the Warriors.

The reason why Wang Feng chose to use the marksman badge and a lot of shooting practice as his offseason exercise after last season is also in mind!

Wang, who was approved by his head coach, reduced his shots from beyond the three-point line in the preseason and instead increased mid-to-long-range shots from inside the two-point line.

The NBA preseason is not an Asian Championship, and the vast majority of the players participating in the tournament will be in the rotation of each team during the regular season! Wang Feng's offensive pressure is much greater than that of the Asian Championships.

But Wang Feng's current average shooting value within the two-point line is close to 80, backed by high stability and anti-interference, plus the most important magic badge - the golden marksman, which is enough to deal with!

In the first playoff game against the Toronto Raptors, Wang Feng played 24 minutes, shot 7 of 13, and scored 17 points! All shots came from mid-to-long-range shots from inside the three-point line.

In the second game, against the Portland Trail Blazers, he played 27 minutes, shot 8 of 15, including three three-pointers, and scored 21 points!

In the third game, against the Nuggets, Wang Feng once again made a large number of shots in the middle and long distances, and always maintained a relatively efficient level, scoring 20+ points again.

After several preseason games, major media and teams have found that in several preseason games, Wang Feng's main scoring method is actually mid-range shooting, rather than the three-point shot that he relied on to survive last season!

That's not good news for other teams!

Wang Feng's increase in the offensive proportion of two-point shooting now does not mean that he can't shoot three-pointers, on the contrary, it indicates that Wang Feng's arsenal is loaded with new weapons! It will be even more difficult to play against in the future!

In the past, defending Wang Feng was actually very simple, as long as he stared at Wang Feng outside the three-point line and didn't give him a chance to catch the ball! Although his open three-pointers are extremely accurate, he basically has no ability to attack with the ball, and the key reason why he can mix up in the Warriors is because of his excellent outside defense, with Curry and Thompson, two top shooters, pulling space, no matter who is on the outside, he can get good shooting opportunities.

Now, Wang Feng has more and richer offensive ability, and it will be more difficult to defend, and players should also take into account the possibility of killing Wang Feng while defending Wang Feng's three-point shooting, and the defense will inevitably not be able to take into account, and it will be difficult to deal with a lot!

Of course, Wang Feng's level of progress is only limited to the extent that other teams feel a little headache.

There are more players in the NBA with rich offensive means and super scoring ability, and Wang Feng is not ranked at all.

Not to mention comparing with other teams, even in the Warriors, they may not necessarily be in the top three.

In addition to Curry and Thompson, the Warriors have several excellent scorers with good strength!

For example, Harrison, who was robbed of the starting small forward position by Wang Feng. Barnes.

Being deprived of the starting position by Wang Feng is undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow to Barnes.

In the preseason games, Barnes was the Warriors' longest-playing player, averaging nearly 30 minutes per game, and his average number of shots remained around 18, averaging nearly 25 points per game, making him the Warriors' leading scorer in the preseason!

There is no doubt that in the summer, Barnes worked hard to regain his starting position.

In the 2015-16 season, Barnes's overall ability value is about 80, which is higher than the current Wang Feng, but because the ability is evenly distributed in each ability value, when it comes to some specific abilities, such as outside defense and three-point shooting, it is worse than Wang Feng, but if it is more comprehensive ability, Barnes is stronger at this stage!

80 ability points, placed in an average team, is enough to be the main player, and it is natural to give Barnes enough possession and play well in the low-intensity preseason.

……

"Excuse me, Coach."

The calm expression on Barnes's face, who slowly walked out of the head coach's office, was finally controlled, and he became angry and twisted!

Just now, he approached head coach Kerr to talk, hoping to take on more important responsibilities in the team, in fact, hoping to return to the starting lineup.

The excellent performance in pre-season gave him a certain amount of confidence.

However, head coach Cole's answer instantly cooled half of his fiery heart.

'Harrison, the team's tactical structure for the new season is basically laid out and you have a very important responsibility within the team, so you can rest assured that you're going to get plenty of playing time and a lot of shots.

"Myers also told me that at the end of this season, the team will definitely focus on the issue of contract renewal, so ......"

Cole didn't say it completely, but the meaning was obvious enough.

Your ability is very good, and the team also attaches great importance to it, but you still don't think about the team's start in the new season for the time being, it's no fun.

"Damn it......" Barnes grimaced, recalling his agent's admonition in his mind.

"Harrison, if you haven't been able to get back into the starting lineup, I'd suggest you'd better request a trade at the start of the season as soon as possible! If this continues, your value will be lower and lower, and the renewal of next summer will be seriously affected! ”