Chapter 350: The Dust Has Settled, Wang Chao Enters the Clipper!
Media reporters with a keen sense of smell immediately sensed that something was wrong.
It stands to reason that Wang Chao is more likely to return to his mansion in Manhattan, New York, after the holiday, because his other confidante, Miranda. Kerr and his daughter are in New York.
Coming to Los Angeles at this point in time is not normal in itself.
Lakers management was nervous as soon as they heard the news, as they realized a rather scary possibility.
But often what you are afraid of comes.
Just two days after the news of Wang Chao's appearance in Los Angeles was announced, the Clippers officially issued a statement, officially announcing that Wang Chao would join the Los Angeles Clippers and sign a two-year 75 million contract with the team, with a player option for the second year.
In the new season, Wang Chao will wear the No. 1 jersey of the Clippers and compete for the NBA championship for the Clippers.
At the same time, the Nuggets officially issued a statement to thank Wang Chao for his contribution to the Nuggets in the past year, and the team owner personally promised in front of the media that he would retire Wang Chao's No. 1 jersey in the Nuggets, hoping that Wang Chao's career will continue to be smooth.
As the player who brought the first championship in team history to the Nuggets, even if Wang Chao only played for one year with the Nuggets, he is definitely worthy of this card.
As soon as this news was announced, the whole alliance and even the whole world were shaken.
Wang Chao, he really dares!
It was risky enough to go to the Nuggets last season, and although the Nuggets had a very average lineup at the time, they still had the Devil's home court to protect them.
Now that he has turned his face and run to the Clippers, the current situation of the Clippers is not much better than last year's Nuggets, is he not afraid of running to the Clippers and encountering Waterloo?
Wang Chao, who was born in 1983, will be 36 years old next season.
Normally, professional athletes reach the end of their careers at this stage.
Jordan's last championship was won at the age of 36, and after winning the championship, he felt a decline in his form and the overall strength of the team, and the league went on strike due to the suspension of collective bargaining agreements, so he chose to retire.
Therefore, there is every reason to believe that even if Wang Chao can show super personal dominance next season, such strength will not last long.
Therefore, Wang Chao joined the Clippers and once again chose a team below the league average, which is a mixed news for many players in the league.
After all, this is at least better than Wang Chao joining a strong team, and they can have more opportunities.
If Wang Chao did not choose the Clippers, but playoff-level powerhouses like the Hornets and Raptors, which are extremely effective in their own right, the situation would only be worse.
As for whether these strong teams have enough salary space to sign Wang Chao, it is not a problem at all.
Because as long as Wang Chao nods and is willing to join, any team will do everything in its power to free up salary space for Wang Chao to provide the maximum salary, which does not need to be considered at all.
The Hornets and Raptors are both championshipless teams in team history, and they fully meet the requirements of Wang Chao's previous requirements.
If you look at it this way, Wang Chao joining the Clippers is already the best choice, and you can't expect Wang Chao to join the Timberwolves, Jazz, Pelicans, and other leagues that are at the bottom of the league, and the ball market is not particularly large.
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"We have Wang Chao! We're going to win the championship! โ
Clippers fans were directly stunned by this huge surprise that fell from the sky, and there is still such a good thing?
Happiness came so suddenly that they wondered if they were dreaming at one point.
When he pinched his face hard to confirm that it was not a dream, the Clippers fans immediately climaxed en masse and jumped into crazy cheers.
The Lakers, who are in the same city as the Clippers, felt a little sour at this time, and they couldn't help but be angry.
"Even if there is Wang Chao, so what? You don't really think that Wang Chao alone can lead you to win the championship, do you? โ
"Compared to the overall lineup of the team, our Lakers can throw you Clippers a few streets!"
"Don't forget that LeBron also won the super league twice in the playoffs! We also have Cousins and Downs, what else do you have besides Wang Chao? โ
But this kind of thing can only be said by Lakers fans.
When James learned that Wang Chao was going to join the Clippers, the little hair he had left was about to go bald.
The reason why he left the Cavaliers was because after the game with the Nets in the playoffs last year, he realized that with the Cavaliers' roster structure and strength, he could not be the opponent of the Nets, and he would not be able to break through from the East if he continued to stay with the Cavaliers, so he made this decision.
didn't expect Wang Chao to turn his face and run to Los Angeles like him!
As Wang Chao's old rival for many years, he knows very well who Wang Chao is, and if he is not completely sure, Wang Chao will definitely not join the Clippers.
With Wang Chao's vision, the players left in the Clippers' current team must be players who can enter his eyes.
Just like Brooke, who joined the Clippers with an annual salary of 8 million not long ago. Lopez took the initiative to speak out after Wang Chao publicly joined the Clippers, admitting that he would choose the Clippers because Wang Chao took the initiative to call him to recruit.
"Wang told me that he didn't win a championship with the Nets, and he has always been obsessed with it, so this time he must take me to achieve this goal, and I am very much looking forward to it."
Brooke. Of course, Lรณpez has nothing to fear, after all, he is only a role player averaging 12+5 per game.
But Wang Chao took the initiative to call to recruit, and the situation was a little different.
Wang Chao...... What exactly are you thinking? โ
Once again, James felt the crisis.
And the whole network is also discussing Wang Chao's joining the Clippers.
"Why did Wang Chao choose the Clippers? Could it be that the current roster of the Clippers really has potential that we can't see? โ
"It's like, like Tobias. Harris and Gallinari are all at a very good level, and Wang Chao can indeed play a good combat effectiveness after a little run-in after parachuting, but even so, compared with the Lakers' Big Three, the Nets and the Warriors, these super teams with luxurious lineups, are still slightly insufficient. โ
"The Clippers should be trading for reinforcements next, right? At the very least, an All-Star-caliber player should be traded to give Wang Chao a hand. โ
Everyone has different opinions, and all kinds of speculation and imagination are flying all over the sky.
But no one knew that Wang Chao would choose the Clippers for a simple, direct and very rough reason, just to be able to live with Candace and prepare for pregnancy with peace of mind.
Even if an NBA player spends half of the season traveling on the road, as long as he lives in Los Angeles, he can spend at least the other half of his time with Candace.
At night, in the midst of a Beverly Hills mansion.
Wang Chao, who fought until late at night, covered the sweaty Candace with a blanket and covered her delicate body and long legs that were enough to make countless men crazy.
Then his mind moved slightly, and he entered the space of consciousness.
Winning the championship with the Nuggets gave him the highest level of season-qualifying rewards again, which is a large number of points rewards and two innate skill choices.
In fact, in recent years, with the improvement of Wang Chao's personal ability, his dependence on natural skills has become less and less.
But this kind of thing is naturally more than ever, the more skills are not pressing, Wang Chao wishes that he has so many natural skills that he can't use them at all.
At present, Wang Chao has 25 talents, covering offensive, defensive, organizational and physical fitness.
And this time the two systems reward natural skills, and he is ready to continue to strengthen in defense.
The reason why Wang Chao has such considerations is because the current roster structure of the Clippers is completely different from the previous Nuggets, but very similar to the Nets.
In the entire Clippers team, the only player who can play well in defense is Brooke. Lรณpez is alone, and although he is quite good on the offensive end, he is seriously lacking on the defensive end.
Therefore, Wang Chao knows very well that if he wants to win the championship in the next season, he needs to put a lot of energy on the defensive end more than on offense.
After all, it has Louis. With Williams, Harris, Gallinari and Harrell and other scorers, the Clippers' offense doesn't need to be bothered by Wang Chao at all.
Wang Chao's defense is very strong, so strong that he has won the best defensive player four times.
But what he is best at is to help defend and supplement, and when he defends the opponent's core arrow player one-on-one, the talent that can really be relied on is still not enough, and only the two geniuses of Ronin and Lion's Roar come in handy.
Including the finals, although Wang Chao's defense against Durant is very good, the latter can actually contribute an average of 30+ points per game in 6 games, with a shooting rate of more than 48%.
Wang Chao also knows that players like Durant, James and the future league's top superstars such as Brother Alphabet and Jokic, no matter how strong the defensive players are, it is impossible to completely limit them.
But that's just applied to the usual situation, for Wang Chao, who has a system and has the assistance of natural skills, it is not completely impossible, as long as he has more natural skills, even Jordan can prevent single-digit points in the field!
With such an idea, Wang Chao came directly to the talent tree and started the lottery every season.
For the first talent draw, the three defensive talents are the Bag Master, the Basket Guardian and the Murderous Heart.
Wang Chao spotted the last talent with an exaggerated name at a glance.
The first two talents, the Bag Grip Master and the Basket Guardian, can be seen from the name alone, one is to enhance the bag ability, and the other is to enhance the effect of the basket, both of which are practical talents that can be used on the defensive end.
But compared with murder, it is obvious that the latter is more suitable for Wang Chao's needs.
"Killing and Killing Talent Effect: Under one-on-one defense, after the opponent's attack is successful, it will subtly affect the opponent's mentality, making him irritable and irritable, making it easier for the opponent to make impulsive attacks on the field, and if it directly forms a steal or block, it will accelerate the triggering of the talent effect."
This talent is similar to the Lion's Roar, which is a skill that directly acts on the opponent's body, and is different from the Lion's Roar Gong, which is used more times and has a worse effect, the longer this talent lasts, the stronger the effect, and it is a super talent that can really give people a mental breakdown in the game.
The most typical example is that in this year's finals, Wang Chao once beat Durant in the G2 game, but in the subsequent game, Durant still adjusted his state, so the Nets were able to win the next two home games.
But with this murderous trick, it is difficult to say whether Durant can quickly adjust his mentality and no longer be limited to blindly fighting Wang Chao 1v1.
It's so scary, killing people is still punishing!
This talent works better with a steal or block, after all, what could be more humiliating than a steal and block in a 1v1 matchup?
I don't know if it's a coincidence, Wang Chao's second talent immediately drew a perfectly adapted talent.
"Clever empty-handed: When facing the ball holder, there is a greater probability of judging the basketball landing point in advance, and when pressing the basketball head-on, it will reduce the probability of being blown for a foul, and slightly increase the probability of the opponent cutting the ball when he lays up and turns."
This talent is somewhat similar to the Ball Steal Specialist in 2K games, which is a talent skill that can be used completely in one-on-one defense, and can be used to kill and kill hearts.
Even if it's not just the talent of killing people, Wang Chao's previously activated defensive skill Defensive Vanguard can also rely on this skill to trigger and activate well.
This skill was so good that Wang Chao completely ignored the other two talents in the three choices and made a choice directly.
In this way, Wang Chao's talent skills have increased from 25 to 27, and the dominance of the defensive end has reached a higher level.
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After Wang Chao announced that he would join the Clippers, the players of the Clippers were looking forward to the convening of Wang Chao's signature individual basketball training camp.
In the past, all the league players who trained in Wang Chao's personal training camp have grown explosively without exception, but only Wang Chao's teammates are eligible to participate in this training camp, so everyone else can only look at it dryly.
Now that Wang Chao is in the Clippers, it means that they have the opportunity to experience for themselves what makes Wang Chao's training camp special.
However, the anticipated Clippers players are clearly going to be disappointed, because Wang Chao is not planning to hold a training camp this year.
Now is different from the past, Wang Chao has a little princess, and he didn't accompany the little princess to grow up in the past year in the Denver Nuggets, and the next year will be the same with the Clippers.
Therefore, the holidays in these months of the offseason are especially important.
After coming to Los Angeles and lingering with Candace for a few days, and officially signing a contract with the Clippers, Wang Chao rushed to New York by plane non-stop to meet with Cole and start the vacation mode.
The paparazzi of the local media in New York can see Wang Chao leading Xiao Keer around almost every day, and he is so happy that he seems to have completely forgotten that there is such a thing as training.
Such a lack of professional attitude seems to have made many media finally find an opportunity to attack Wang Chao.
"It seems that Wang Chao, who is 35 years old, has forgotten his original intention, and when most of the stars in the league are using the offseason to sweat and rain to strengthen training, he only knows to play around with his daughter and get carried away."
"Professional athletes who are over 35 years old, physical function will decline rapidly, as we all know, Wang Chao has a super physical fitness comparable to James, and his career has maintained a super high attendance rate and health for so many years, and he has almost never been injured, but no matter how strong his body is, there is not enough exercise and polishing will eventually be wasted."
"Maybe Wang Chao, who has won the ninth championship in his career, joined the Clippers just because the Clippers are located in Los Angeles, he is not to bring championships to this team, but to live out his old age here, after all, what better place than Los Angeles, the capital of entertainment and culture, the city of angels?"
"If this is really the case, then the fans who have been supporting Wang Chao will probably be quite disappointed." (End of chapter)