Chapter 21 The goal, squeeze out Dior as the starter
"Huh? Wang Chao, how did your shooting move change? ”
During the Suns' agreed practice, Nash watched Wang Chao's shots and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"yes." Standing at the top arc three-point line, Wang Chaochao shot briskly and successfully hit a hollow shot, and said with a smile. "I felt that the previous shooting action was too procrastinating and the shooting speed was slow, which was not suitable for the rhythm of the NBA game, so I made some adjustments."
"Well, your shooting moves are much better than before, crisp and neat, very beautiful shots." Nash said.
In fact, he can't remember what Wang Chao's previous shooting actions were like, or rather, Wang Chao before the crossing, Nash didn't have any special impression at all.
However, as a top shooter with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40% all year round, Nash's vision is very unique, and he can see the gold content of Wang Chao's shooting action, although this action is slightly different from the most standard shooting action, but it is very suitable for three-point shooters.
Although Curry had not yet graduated from high school at this time, and had not begun to change his shooting moves, it did not prevent Nash from appreciating the shooting moves of the future top shooter.
Of course, the shooting action is only a basic support, not the better and more scientific posture the higher the hit rate, what really determines a shooter, or the shooting rate.
Wang Chao has maintained a super high three-point crosshairs before and after changing his shooting action, and it is completely conceivable that in order to maintain a good three-point state, he has carried out many shooting adaptation training during the period of changing the shooting action.
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After the daily training session, head coach D'Antoni brought the players together.
"Tomorrow we have a game against the Nuggets, and the starting lineup for this game is ......"
Hearing that the head coach read out that his name was not in the starting list, Wang Chao was not surprised or disappointed.
Raja. Bell will definitely return to the starting lineup after he recovers from the flu.
Although in the future, there are many people who look down on Bale, thinking that his self-styled Kobe finisher, and Kobe's behavior of using a choke lock in anger is very low, but this does not erase the fact that Bale is one of the best outside defenders of this era.
Twice selected to the All-Defensive Team, he can contribute 14.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Suns in the two seasons of 05-06 and 06-07, shooting 45.7% from the field and 44% from three-point range.
As a player with an annual salary of $4.5 million, Bale can definitely be considered a model of good value for money.
If you want to replace Bell's position in the Suns at this stage, Wang Chao is far from enough based on the performance of the first seven games, even if he can be eye-catching in terms of three-point shooting, but the defensive ability is too much worse than Bell in other aspects.
Wang Chao didn't want to compete with Bale, in fact, Wang Chao, who is 2.06 meters tall, is not a scoring guard, but a small forward and a big forward, but because of his poor physical confrontation, he is only suitable for the position of an outside player.
Now Wang Chao actually has a competitive goal, that is, Burris, who is known as a French magician. Dior.
The league has always rated Dior very well, with excellent ball handling, three-point range, inside and outside, and good confrontation and movement speed.
Dio's value was played in the Suns, but in the four seasons of the Suns, his performance was like Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and every year was not as good as the year.
The 05-06 season, which is the season they are playing now, was Dio's most luxurious season with the Suns, averaging 13.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game in the regular season, and even further in the playoffs, his stats increased to 18.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game.
However, in the following 06-07 season, Dior's stats began to decline slightly, averaging 9.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in the regular season, and only 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the playoffs.
In the 07-08 season, Christian Dior averaged only 8.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
The main reason why Dior's personal data will continue to decline in the Suns is the problem of the Suns' ball distribution.
In the 05-06 season, the Suns' No. 1 scoring point Stoudemire was reimbursed for the season, and the lack of scorers in the eyes of the team led to the shots that belonged to Stoudemire, so the scoring data has improved.
However, with the 06-07 season, Stoudemire returned, and Dior's ball possession and shooting proportion decreased, and his performance was naturally not as good as before.
What's more, as an all-round power forward, Dior's characteristics are obviously not obvious enough.
Although he has the ability to shoot, the accuracy outside the three-point line is not enough to achieve the effect of deterrence.
He can attack with the ball on the inside, but his height of 2.03 meters is short on the inside, and his weight and confrontation are not competitive enough.
Excellent passing organization is Dio's biggest plus, and it is also the origin of his reputation as a French magician, but the last thing the Suns lack is playmakers, Nash's presence makes the Suns simply not need a second point of playmaking, and the Suns also have Barbossa on the bench.
Although the Brazilian lightning is not particularly good at playing organizational offense, after all, he is a point guard, and he still knows a little bit of traditional arts.
To sum up, although Dior will do everything, it also represents a sparse appearance, although the strength is outstanding, but for the Suns, it is indeed an embarrassing existence with a vague positioning.
Wang Chao is different, perhaps far inferior to Dior in terms of comprehensive ability, but Wang Chao has an advantage that Dior can't match, accurate three-point shots.
No one knows better than Wang Chao how important an interior player is to a fast-paced run-and-gun team like the Suns.
Anyway, the Suns have Stoudemire on the inside to charge, and Wang Chao can be used as the team's big forward, floating on the outside to pull space and shoot three points.
To sum up, among the Suns' starting five, Wang Chao's plan is to squeeze out Dio to become the team's starting power forward.
Of course, this is just Wang Chao's plan, whether it can work depends on whether his subsequent performance can impress head coach D'Antoni.
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Finally, on February 15, the Suns vs. Nuggets game arrived.
This game is the last of the system's eight-game winning streak, and it also directly determines whether Wang Chao can complete the task and get the fast gunner talent reward.