At the beginning of October 2015, the pre-season of the NBA2015-16 season began one after another.

The Nets' first preseason game was an overseas exhibition game against Fenerbahce in the Turkish league on Oct. 6.

There is nothing worth mentioning about this kind of exhibition game, Wang Chao and other main players of the Nets appeared symbolically for a few minutes, and then let the bench players play against the opponent's main force, the game was exciting, until the last moment The score was extremely close, and finally relied on the key three-point shot, Fenerbahce narrowly defeated the Nets 101:99.

No one took this game seriously, and the NBA team lost to the Turkish league team, and the water was almost put into the sea.

But the fans in Turkey are happy, the NBA team is also happy, everyone is happy, what's so bad?

It's hard to make money.

After playing overseas, the Nets returned to the United States, and three days later, on October 9, they hosted the Detroit Pistons.

As in previous years, the preseason is an occasion for Wang Chao's team to hone their rookie skills, so in this game, the player who played the most minutes was the No. 11 rookie in the first round obtained by the Nets through a trade. Booker.

Booker did show impressive scoring ability, scoring a game-high 24 points.

With Booker's performance, the Nets defeated the Pistons 93-83 to win their first preseason victory.

The Nets had a total of 8 games in the preseason, in addition to the games with Fenerbahce and the Detroit Pistons, they also played against the 76ers, Celtics, Spurs, Rockets and other teams in turn, and finally achieved a 3-5 record in 8 games, with a mediocre performance.

It is worth mentioning that the game with the Rockets was played at the Toyota Center Arena in Houston, the home court of the Rockets.

For Wang Chao, Houston fans have nothing but gratitude.

Wang Chao said when he first came that he came to the Rockets for only one purpose, which was to help Da Yao win the championship, and in four years, he kept his promise and won three NBA championships for the Rockets, which can be regarded as a successful retirement.

Although Wang Chao announced that he would leave the Rockets in the summer, fans felt deeply reluctant, after all, with Wang Chao's strength and the existing lineup of the Rockets, they can continue to compete for the championship, and it is not completely impossible to follow the example of the Bulls to impact the second triple championship, but since this is Wang Chao's choice, they can only show respect.

Of course, there are irrational brain-dead troll fans everywhere, but today these trolls must behave properly, because whenever someone yells at Wang Chao in the stands with words such as "traitor", or verbs starting with F, the other fans around them will glare at them, and the feeling of hostility from all over the world, even the most senior trolls can only obediently shut up to avoid being beaten to death when they leave the stadium.

As a result, the atmosphere at the Rockets' home court was very warm and friendly, almost like welcoming a victorious general.

Before the start of the game, Wang Chao hugged several old teammates of the Rockets one by one, and the picture of waving to the spectator stands was also filmed, which became a classic picture.

Before the start of the game, the general manager of the Rockets took the stage to deliver a speech, solemnly thanking Wang Chao for his contributions to the team in the past four years on behalf of the Rockets, and said that he would retire Wang Chao's No. 1 jersey in the future.

Retiring jerseys is the highest way for a team to show respect for a player, and then to build a statue of the player.

The Rockets have only built a jersey statue for one player so far, and that is Olajuwon.

The team owner has promised to build a jersey statue for Da Yao, but it is not certain whether he will build one for Wang Chao, after all, Wang Chao has played in the Rockets for too short a year, and he has only played for 4 years in total.

However, Wang Chao is not interested in building a statue for himself.

After some pleasantries, the pre-season between the two teams began.

The Rockets' roster for the new season has changed dramatically from last season.

In terms of starting lineup, the Rockets only kept Leonard and Whiteside, and after the opening of free agency in the summer offseason, the general manager of the Rockets was very active, signing Jeremy Lin, who was swept away by the Lakers, and robbing several players from other teams.

The result was a patchwork by the Rockets with Jeremy Lin, Belinelli, Leonard, Al Brown. Jefferson, Whiteside's starting line-up.

How to say it, if Wang Chao is allowed to evaluate, with this lineup, it should not be a problem for the Rockets to enter the playoffs in the new season, but it will be difficult to go further.

Even when Wang Chao crosses in the future, Leonard's ability to lead the team has not been fully confirmed.

Some people may mention that when Leonard won the championship with the Raptors, the Raptors were second in the East and second in the league, and they beat the 76ers and the Bucks in the playoffs, and finally met the Warriors in the finals and defeated the Warriors to win the championship, which can be regarded as Leonard's merits.

It must indeed be admitted that Leonard's play played a crucial role in the reason why the Raptors won the championship in the playoffs, but more importantly, the Warriors were full of injuries, and Durant and Thompson were all injured, resulting in Curry no longer having a reliable helper around him.

As for the Raptors' regular season record, does it really have anything to do with Leonard?

In the 19-20 season, Leonard left the Raptors to join the Clippers, without Leonard, but retained the other championship-winning lineup, the Raptors are still the second-best team in the East, with a 53-19 record in the regular season, and are still the second-best team in the East and the league.

It can be seen that the Raptors have always been a strong team, and Leonard's presence ensures the team's ceiling, but even without Leonard, the team's ceiling is also very high.

Leonard, who joined the Clippers, started the pension mode, was injured and stopped, and never played a full season seriously, and the Clippers' entry into the playoffs year after year was also the result of the efforts of other role players.

In just a few years, Leonard's reputation for the Raptors' championship and ascent to the top has been wiped out, and he has gone from being expected to replace James and Durant as the league's new kings.

However, Leonard at this stage is still very promising, and the Rockets management is also very optimistic about Leonard's future, so they will choose to keep Leonard as the cornerstone of the team.

Wang Chao is also very curious about how Leonard, who has different career experiences, will grow in the future.

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The preseason between the Rockets and the Nets ended in a victory for the Rockets.

Wang Chao and other main players of the Nets only appeared on the court as usual, and after playing for a few minutes, they handed over the game to the bench players.

Wang Chao doesn't care that the preseason record is already well-known in the league, and it doesn't matter if the preseason ends in a complete loss, anyway, it doesn't count in the regular season record.

However, the team's record has made Nets fans worried.

After all, the team's current lineup is too cheap for Nets fans who are used to paying a high luxury tax. Johnson, and the Nets didn't let these two veterans play the starters, and instead reused rookie players, so can they really play well in the new season?

Both fans and the outside media are not optimistic about the prospects of the Nets in the new season.

After all the preseason schedules, ESPN has released the team power rankings for the new season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are at the top of the power rankings.

The 31-year-old James is at the peak of his career, and two young players, Irving and Embiid, are bound to grow further after the playoffs and Finals in the past. Thompson and the knife-wielding guard Iman. Champat, the Cavaliers' strength is the best in the league.

The only one that can be compared to the Cavaliers' lineup is the Golden State Warriors in the West, who are second in the power rankings.

There is no need to go into too much detail about the power of the combination of Curry + Thompson + Green + Cousins + Iguodala.

Under the Cavaliers and Warriors, it was the Rockets who successfully poached Jimmy. Butler's San Antonio Spurs.

The old and strong GDP combination, plus Howard and Butler, also has a strong ability to win the championship.

Wang Chao and the Nets are only seventh in the power rankings, not only below the Cavaliers, Warriors and Spurs, but also below the Thunder and Clippers.

The reason given by ESPN is that the new Nets basically belong to the single-core leader of Wang Chao. Lopez's quality is not a helper to rely on in the playoffs, and if Wang Chao wants to help the Nets win the championship, at least the team needs to sign another All-Star caliber player in his playing year to have that possibility.

In contrast, the Thunder's Durant and Westbrook are shining stars, and the Clippers also have the Big Three combination of Paul + Griffin + Jordan Jr., and they are obviously more competitive than the Nets.

The whole league is looking down on Wang Chao and the Nets, just like when Wang Chao first joined the Rockets, no, even worse than then, after all, Lopez and Da Yao are not stars at the same level at all.

But it doesn't matter, when the regular season begins, Wang Chao can use his performance on the field to slap these people's bear faces.

The Nets are already very satisfied with the current lineup, and even show chemistry that greatly surprised him.

This is mainly due to the fact that almost all the main players came to participate in the private training camp, the players of the Nets team have been training together for nearly two months in the training camp, and they are already very familiar with each other, and with the blessing of Wang Chao's sparring potion, the training effect is excellent and the state is very good.

In the preseason period, Wang Chao tried a few sets of tactics that the Nets were preparing to use in the new season, and the results were excellent, especially the cooperation between Jokic and Lopez, the two interior twin towers, was very tacit.

This is also normal, unlike blue-collar centers who do not have long-range shooting ability at all and can only eat cakes under the basket, Jokic and Lopez are both spatial centers with mid- and long-range projection capabilities, and Jokic also has the ability to organize and respond to the ball with one hand, and the two can form a good cooperation.

And Booker and Bogdanovic can also adapt well to the identity of off-ball fixed-point shooters, can open up space for Wang Chao, ready to shoot at any time when they receive the ball, and the shooting rate in the open space is also quite good.

Plus Delon and Joe on the bench. Johnson, the strength of this lineup is really not to be underestimated, and maybe he really has the capital to wrestle with the Cavaliers and the Warriors.

Before the start of the regular season, Wang Chao also drew out two random talent skills that were awarded in the season after winning the championship last season.

This time, Wang Chao chose a quality class and an organization talent.

Today's Wang Chao has 7 offensive talents, 6 defensive talents, 5 organizational talents, and the least is the quality class, so far there are only 2 talents, a long-distance runner, and a steel backbone.

Nowadays, Wang Chao's dependence on talent is not as strong as it used to be, and from the perspective of cost performance, it must be better to develop comprehensively and comprehensively, so he chose this way.

Then the organizational talent Wang Chao drew a talent called "Outnumbered", and in the quality talent, Wang Chao drew a talent called "Ruthless Iron Elbow".

Outnumbered: When encountering two or more opponents to defend the trap, improve the ability to break through the trap alone, and there is a certain probability of causing the defender to foul.

Relentless Iron Elbow: Increases the strength of elbow strikes, reducing the probability of elbows being whistled for fouls by 25% on the field.

Wang Chao: "......"

The names of the talents of the system are really getting more and more bizarre, but the effects of these two talents are indeed exaggerated enough.

With the talent of being outnumbered, it can be said that it has largely solved the problem that Wang Chao has been facing before, that is, the ability to break the bag.

In fact, Wang Chao's ability to break the bag is not weak, and his strong confrontation ability is matched with agile movements and superb dribbling skills, so that he can quickly deal with it even when facing the bag.

But the problem is that Wang Chao's usual bag is not an ordinary bag, usually he is the top defensive player, not only has rich defensive experience but also knows how to cooperate with each other, even if it is as strong as Wang Chao, in the face of this kind of bag, he can only choose to pass the ball out, once his teammates are not strong enough to attack and score, it will indeed be very passive.

But now that he has the talent of being outnumbered, Wang Chao has the means to be tough and strong, even if it is only a certain probability of success, he will finally have one more choice than the original.

As for the ruthless Iron Elbow...... Wang Chao is really powerless to complain, what kind of talent is this?

It's normal to hit someone with a ball, right?

This talent is simply designed to give people a ruthless design on the field, and I am afraid that Wang Chao's strength is not enough, so I added an elbow blow power enhancement buff, I'm afraid it's not an elbow down to kill people, right?

In fact, elbow hitting has long formed a culture in the league, using elbows to occupy an advantage on the court, protecting the basketball and even defending will work wonders, but this action itself is a dangerous foul action, and it will inevitably bear the consequences after using it.

Jazz legend, known as the postman's Karl. Malone knows this well, and was nicknamed "Iron Elbow", just looking at that guy's thick biceps, ordinary people have to lose half their lives if they don't die with an elbow.

Wang Chao used to play without similar foul moves, but it is not a bad thing to have such a skill, and in the next few seasons, the strongest opponent on his way to winning the championship is not a good man and a woman.

The name of the Golden State Wushu team is by no means in vain, and Wang Chao was deeply taught when he was in the Rockets last season.

Although Wang Chao himself has a talent for steel and iron bones, and he is not afraid of the small actions of the Warriors, he is also disgusted enough by the guys of Green and Bogut.

Now that Wang Chao has learned to be ruthless, he will be able to fight back reasonably if he encounters it again in the future.

Anyway, the ruthless iron elbow talent has a 25% effect of avoiding foul whistles, and if Wang Chao's actions are more secretive, the referee may be difficult to notice.

Although the two new talents can't make Wang Chao's strength that has almost reached the peak to a higher level, they can provide him with more convenience in the arena and help him play better.

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On October 28, 2015, after nearly a month of preseason games, the NBA2015-16 regular season officially began.

The Nets' opening game was at home against the Chicago Bulls.

Today's Bulls have changed greatly from the original history, first of all, there is no Jimmy, who should have risen to become the core of the team. Butler, also did not have Paul, who had the second spring of his career after switching from the Lakers to the Bulls. Gasol, while the Bulls' original future and youngest regular season MVP, Derek. Rose not only failed to win the regular season MVP because of Wang Chao, but also suffered a serious injury with a torn ligament as in the original history.

There is no way to do this, Rose's style of play and his body that is not strong in itself are destined to make him easily injured in the NBA's high-intensity confrontation.

Without the blessing of the halo of the youngest regular season MVP in history, although Rose's fall also made many fans feel regretful, the repercussions caused by it were far less than the original history.

The Bulls managed to get on the upswing, but soon fell into a slump as Rose's form plummeted.

Last season, the Bulls finished 10th in the East and missed the playoffs.

The Bulls' recruitment work in the summer was not ideal, and as a result, the starting list for the new season was only Rose, Mike. Dunleavy, Itovine. Moore, Thai. Gibson & Joaquin. Noah's five people looked very cold.

Such a lineup, of course, has no combat effectiveness.

The opening game of the Nets directly sent Wang Chao's scheduled starting lineup, Wang Chao, Booker, Bogdanovic, Lopez, Jokic.

During the preseason, the Nets' starting lineup has been changing, although this lineup has also appeared, but because there are too many changes, no one cares, and even because the Nets have done a good job of secrecy, no media has obtained the Nets' starting main list.

Before the start of the regular season, many basketball experts and commentators judged that the starting lineup of the Nets for the new season should be DeLong, Joe. Johnson, Booker, Wang Chao and Brooke. Lopez.

This lineup is relatively reasonable, with Delon and Joe. Johnson's two veterans definitely have the quality to start, and Booker can exist as a young shooter as a set shooter, and he can also learn and grow quickly in the game.

Wang Chao is no stranger to the position of power forward, in his career of more than ten years, he has tried almost all positions on the court, and the center and point guard can be competent, let alone a power forward?

Lopez and Jokic have similar styles, and although they have also appeared as a two-tower pairing, most fans still believe that Jokic is more like a backup for Lopez, who will continue Lopez's role as an inside line at the break.

No one expected that the Nets would actually field such a lineup in the regular season opener, Wang Chao continued to act as a point guard, Booker and Bogdanovic partnered on the outside, and Lopez and Jokic appeared on the court at the same time.

Although these two big man centers have mid-to-long-range shooting ability and can play cameo roles as power forwards, they feel awkward in the end.

It's been years since the league had a two-white interior twin-tower combination, can they make a difference?

This doubt was just on the minds of most fans and basketball commentators, and it was quickly put to the back of their minds.

The Nets' opponent in this game is the Bulls, isn't it boring to think about this question?

At the beginning of the game, Wang Chao controlled the whole court with his super personal ability, scored 11 points with sudden shots, and sent 3 assists, directly leading the Nets to play a wave of 18:4 attack, and directly opened the point difference with the Bulls at the beginning of the game.

Since then, Wang Chao has no offensive nature.

Before I could exert my strength, you fell, what's the fun about that?

It just so happens that in the face of such a weak team, Wang Chao can also calmly further adjust the tacit understanding of the inner twin towers.

So in the second half of the first quarter of the game, the ball began to concentrate heavily in Jokic's hands.

The concept of an organizational center existed in the league a long time ago.

The Kings' Princeton tactics set off a frenzy in the league at that time, and the gorgeous and wonderful style of play successfully won a large number of fans. Miller, he is the most classic playmaker in the organization.

In addition, during the Lakers' triangle period, Paul . Gasol, as the core axis of tactics, also undertakes a certain amount of organizational tandem work.

Nikolai. Jokic is the strongest playmaker in the league in the future, and during his two consecutive regular season MVPs, he can contribute an average of 27+10+8 quasi-triple-double data per game, and is the most important tactical core of the Nuggets.

Due to the existence of Wang Chao in the Nets, it is definitely impossible to hand over the ball core to Jokic, but even without the ball, Jokic's offense is just as strong and terrible after he grows up, and in this kind of game that can lay the winning game without Wang Chao's offense, Jokic can naturally be given some opportunities to hold the ball to show his ability.

Jokic holds the ball and stands at the free-throw line to face Bulls center Joaquin. Noah's defense shot directly on the spot, and the basketball went into the net.

As a substitute player last season, Noah can be said to have no impression of Jokic at all, so he subconsciously stood back when defending, leaving plenty of space for Jokic to shoot.

Jokic's shooting is no joke, and when he first entered the league, he could maintain a three-point shooting rate of 33%, which is not high for an outside player, but it is already quite good as a big man on the inside.

In the next round, Noah, who has eaten a trench and grown wise, knew that he stepped forward to defend Jokic, but Jokic suddenly passed the ball in the process of attacking with the ball, and Booker, who was empty without the ball, received Jokic's pass and jumped directly to score with both hands.

Facts have proved that even if Wang Chao doesn't play, the Bulls still can't stop the fierce offensive of the Nets.

At halftime, the score was 72:54 and the Bulls were already trailing by more than 18 points.

Then the Nets came off the bench, and the Bulls were even more dumbfounded.

The Nets' bench lineup is Deron and Joe. Johnson, Powell, Harrell and third center Plumlee.

The Bulls were desperate to find that their main lineup and the Nets' bench lineup were playing back and forth, and even faintly at a disadvantage.

Delon and Joe. Johnson is just that, Powell and Harrell, the two rookie rookies, are also very active in the game, both of them have good athleticism, as long as they are on the court, they will keep running without the ball or playing with Delong to block and dismantle and cut the frame, although limited by game experience and personal ability, the efficiency value of the two rushing the frame is not high, and even Gibson sent several hot pots, but it still made the Bulls scramble.

At 118:103, the Nets defeated the Bulls with a big win at home, ushering in the first win of the regular season.

The course of the game was a surprise to many.

It is expected that the Nets can win the game, after all, even if they are not favored to win the championship, the Nets are still the team ranked seventh in the power list by ESPN before the regular season, how can the existence of Wang Chao be weak?

It's just that the vast majority of people feel that if the Nets win this game, Wang Chao will definitely have a strong personal performance and defeat the opponent by himself.

But the result was that Wang Chao only scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game, with mediocre statistical performance, and even played just over 30 minutes, the Nets won the game, and the winning process was so easy and freehand.

At this time, people don't realize anything,

After the game, the local media in New York didn't care, and even said it.

"This victory of the Nets is just because the opponent is too weak, not every opponent is so weak, there is always a team that can beat them, such as their opponent in the next game, they will definitely use a victory to tell Wang Chao that you and your team are no longer the strongest one in the league!"

Indeed, the Nets' second game was against a formidable opponent — just added Jimmy. Butler's San Antonio Spurs.

The starting combination of GDP + Howard + Butler just looks quite luxurious, and Howard and Butler were Wang Chao's teammates when the Magic and Rockets won three consecutive championships, but now they have to play against Wang Chao on the same team, and this matchup is full of highlights.

On October 30, the Spurs faced the Nets on their home court.

Before the game, Wang Chao also went to the Spurs bench to greet Howard and Butler.

Although they are no longer teammates, Howard and Butler still have a good relationship with Wang Chao.

After being severely criticized by Kobe and the media, Howard knew that the alliance was so difficult to mix, and he knew that he would be willing to be Pippen for Wang Chao, and the two of them joined forces to win ten or eight championships.

But there is no regret medicine in this world, and even if Howard is willing to continue to partner with Wang Chao, Wang Chao is actually unwilling to continue to stay in the Magic at that time.

After all, Howard was at his peak for a few years, and he wanted to help Da Yao win several championships before Da Yao retired, and more importantly, the general manager of the Magic team was not as obedient as the general manager of the Rockets and the Nets, and he always wanted to do things, and Wang Chao was too lazy to ink with the other party at that time.

Now, with the Rockets winning three consecutive championships, the general manager of the Magic team at the time has long been nowhere to be found, presumably swept away by the angry team owner.

As for Butler, he is purely grateful and respectful to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao can be regarded as Butler's Bole and half of his master, in his opinion, his ability to play at his current level and performance is completely due to Wang Chao.

When Wang Chao announced that he was leaving the Rockets, a puzzled Butler called to inquire and tried to keep Wang Chao.

Later, Butler was dissatisfied with the Rockets building the team with Leonard as the core of the team, and when he chose to leave the Rockets, he also called Wang Chao for advice, and the answer he got from Wang Chao was.

"If you want to be a real superstar in the league, you have to learn to be on your own."

It was Wang Chao's words that strengthened Butler's determination to leave the Rockets.

"You two, are you ready to be beaten up by me?"

Although it was a greeting, Wang Chao was not forgiving.

Butler is introverted and not good at words, but Howard laughs.

"On our turf, which round will get you arrogant? Today's contest we're going to make you laugh and start crying and end up! Come on Jimmy, let's team up to blow this guy up! ”

One thing to say, the Spurs' current lineup is indeed strong, starting with Parker, Danny. Green, Butler, Duncan and Howard, along with Ginobili and David on the bench. West, Dior, et al.

The black twin towers of Duncan and Howard have the absolute upper hand in physicality against the white twin towers of Jokic and Lopez.

Not to mention Howard, even Duncan, who is already 39 years old, has completely suppressed Lopez, who is seriously lacking in confrontation ability, with his tonnage and experience.

As for Jokic vs Howard, if the historical status is judged in the future, Jokic, who is a two-time regular season MVP, will completely blow up Howard.

However, at the end of 2015, Howard was still in a state of skinny camel and bigger than horses, and last season's 18.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks were not much different from the peak of the Magic.

Of course, if you really compare the current Howard with the previous monster with an exaggerated defensive radius, the two are completely incomparable.

Injuries and age have left Howard without the speed of a guard and the superhuman bounce that he has relied on the defensive end before.

However, Howard made the right choice this time, joining the Spurs is definitely his wisest decision, Popovich is really not covered, and he can create a defensive system around Howard's current characteristics, so that Howard can still have a good frame protection ability without speed and bounce, so he has Howard, who averaged 18+12+2 per game last season.

Now that the Spurs have one more Butler, there is no need to consider the problem of attacking on the offensive end, and without injuries, it is indeed the strongest team outside the Cavaliers and Warriors.

As soon as the game came up, the Spurs' interior twin towers suppressed the Nets' twin towers.

On the outside, Butler is responsible for defending Wang Chao, as one of the players who were singled out and abused by Wang Chao in the private training camp, Butler's understanding of Wang Chao is one of the deepest in the league, even Leonard is not as good as him, and the talented Leonard is not as good as Butler in terms of hard work and intentions.

Because of this, Butler knows that Wang Chao cannot be prevented by single defense alone, and while he is the main defense, someone must be on the side to help defend at any time.

Fortunately, the Spurs have such a player, and that is Danny. Green.

Danny. Although Green is a role player, he is currently the most sought-after 3-D player in the league, and has been selected to the best defensive second team for his defense in the next 16-17 season.

However, Butler still underestimated Wang Chao, or he overestimated himself.

Wang Chao did not let all the players pull away and follow him 1v1 as he imagined, but chose to call for a pick-and-roll cover and let one of the two Jokic or Lopez come out to block and cover for him.

A simple move to block and tear apart the Spurs' seemingly impregnable defense in no time.

Lopez comes out to block and dismantle, and Duncan must come out with Jokic, because this guy has the ability to shoot from medium and long distances, and if no one helps defend Wang Chao after the block, the opponent can directly pull up and shoot three points.

Looking at the entire league, no team dares to let Wang Chao let go of shooting three-pointers, which can really shoot people to death!

At 39 years old, the elderly Duncan's footsteps are already quite slow, and Lopez, who is also not very fast in defense, is barely enough, so let him switch to Wang Chao, who wants to pass him is not much different from a stump.

Wang Chao, who used Lopez to block and dismantle, directly stepped past Duncan, who stepped forward to help defense, and went straight to the inside, and Howard, who was guarding the basket, immediately met and wanted to stop Wang Chao.

After Wang Chao got close to Howard, he made a ground-hitting pass and passed the basketball to Jokic in the middle distance of the right baseline.

Jokic, who was 18 feet from the basket, shot directly with no defender at all, and the basketball hit it safely.

This is the advantage of having two spacious interior lines, their range advantage can maximize the space, and the offensive end can be called inexplicable.

The only fly in the ointment for the Nets is that Lopez hasn't developed a three-point shot yet, and his range is limited to within the two-point line, 20 feet to be exact.

In the original history, Lopez developed the ability to shoot three-pointers in the 16-17 season, that is, next year, when he shot 34.6% from three-point range, averaging 5.2 shots per game and hitting 1.8 shots per game.

At the request of Wang Chao, Lopez has begun to practice three-point shooting, but it will take a while, no way, Lopez is one of the few players in the Nets who has not reached more than 60 in the relationship with Wang Chao, and he can't enjoy the bonus effect of the sparring potion, and the training is completely on his own.

Wang Chao also doesn't know when the relationship with Lopez will reach the standard of using the sparring potion, so he can only be prepared for Lopez to develop a three-point shot next season.

However, when Lopez really develops the three-point shot, the Nets will usher in a real strong period, with all five players on the court able to shoot three-pointers, Wang Chao's extreme individual ability on the outside, Booker and Bogdanovic's off-ball running, and the twin towers that will not fall into the disadvantage in the face of most of the league's interior lines.

The only fly in the ointment of the Nets' roster is that it is slightly worse on the defensive end.

Whether it is Jokic, Lopez or Booker, they are not players who are good at defense, and can even be described as strong on offense and weak on defense.

Jokic's two seasons as MVP and the '22-23 season that followed, saw a slight improvement in his defensive prowess, but his slower pace as an interior player made it difficult for him to make a difference on the defensive end.

Brooke. Not to mention Lopez, as a 2.13-meter big man inside, he only averaged 6.3 rebounds per game in his career, which shows what level of Lopez's rim protection ability is.

The defensive ability of the Nets' interior twin towers can only be said to be of a medium level, and at most it can only be regarded as a defensive black hole.

And the situation on the outside of the team is also not very good.

German. Booker is similar to Jokic, his defense at the beginning of his career is a minus, although the back defense has improved slightly, and he is often evaluated by the media as an underrated defender, but compared to Leonard, Butler and other top outside defenders, his defense is really poor.

Bojan. Bogdanovic is an off-ball player whose defensive ability is limited by physical limitations, and he is also in the lower middle of the league.

The entire Nets team, which can be called a defensive giant, is only Wang Chao himself, which is far from when he had Leonard, Butler, Whiteside, Gobert and others when he was with the Rockets.

Of course, the weak defensive ability is only compared to Wang Chao in the Magic and Rockets periods, although the Nets' lineup is not strong enough defensively, but the offensive ability is only strong and not weak.

At the end of the day, the core of the game of basketball is to score more points than your opponent.

The purpose of defending is to limit the opponent's scores, and if your opponent consistently scores more points than your opponent, then it is perfectly acceptable to play a little worse defensively.

Besides, if you take 10,000 steps back, the Nets still have Wang Chao here, and when you really encounter a game that must be won with defense, Wang Chao can completely guard the basket and act as a peak Garnett or a peak Howard.

With his current strength, it is completely possible to devote all his energy to defense.

(End of chapter)