Wang Chao spent almost the entire offseason in Los Angeles.

In addition to accompanying Candace to the hospital for prenatal checkups, she is playing naughtily with little Kerr in various amusement parks in Los Angeles.

In addition, the long-lost Wang Chao personal training camp also restarted in Los Angeles.

As always, only a handful of Clippers players are eligible for training camp, including young players Alexander and Keldon. Johnson, Kevin Jr. Porter et al.

Wang Chao spends two to three hours a day training with the Clippers players, with the aim of using the bonus effect of the sparring potion to make these young players grow and improve quickly.

Wang Chao himself actually has very little effect on training and improvement, after all, most of his ability values have reached the full value of 99, and even many of them have completed the promotion conditions of the system, breaking through 99 and upgrading to 100.

Continuing to practice hard didn't have much effect on him, it was just a regular means to maintain his competitive state.

Moreover, although Wang Chao has an upgraded version of the steel and iron talent, which can extend the peak of his career, he is also a 37-year-old veteran after all, and he has to play in the finals every season, and the physical consumption is still relatively large.

In this way, Wang Chao took his wife and children out to play in the mountains and rivers every day, and trained properly with his teammates, and the days passed day by day.

Before you know it, the time is approaching September.

The 2019-20 season is just around the corner.

The trading of the teams has also been largely completed.

ESPN is as usual rating the trade signings of the league's teams in the offseason.

The three teams that received the highest ratings were the Raptors, Spurs and Rockets, who made no small moves in the offseason. George, Chris. Paul and Vucevic and other strong players, the overall strength of the team has reached a higher level.

Next up is the Milwaukee Bucks.

They also paid off in the offseason, spending a lot of money to sign Chris. Middleton.

After leaving the Rockets, Middleton opted to join the Detroit Pistons on a four-year, $58 million contract.

In the past few years in the Pistons, although the team's record has not improved, Middleton, as the only main scoring point on the outside of the team, has a remarkable personal performance, and can steadily contribute 20+5 data per game, so he naturally has a little value.

So when his contract expired, the Bucks, who were optimistic that Middleton's outside projection ability could open up space for Brother Alphabet, decisively chose to make a move, signed Middleton with a maximum salary of 134 million for 4 years, and formed a big three with Brother Alphabet and Wiggins, although Middleton has not been selected as an All-Star in this world and is slightly inferior, but the strength is undoubted.

It is also said that there is a providence in the dark, Middleton was supposed to be a rookie selected by the Pistons, and then played for the Pistons for one season before being traded to the Bucks, and gradually gained a foothold in the Bucks and became the right-hand man of Brother Alphabet.

Because of Wang Chao, Middleton was intercepted halfway, but he didn't expect to go around in circles, but he still played for the Pistons and the Bucks successively, and began to partner with Brother Alphabet.

The strength of the Bucks, who have gathered the Big Three, is definitely a qualitative improvement compared to last season, and they are tied with the Raptors as the team most likely to enter the playoffs in the new season.

Wang Chao's Los Angeles Clippers have also received high praise for their offseason work.

In fact, the Clippers didn't do anything in the offseason at all, just re-signed a Brooker. Lopez drafted two rookies at the end of the first round and then signed two veterans who were already without the ball, Anthony and Howard.

But they left Wang Chao behind this summer, and this is the most valuable operation.

To put it mildly, if it weren't for Wang Chao being on the Clippers last season, and the offseason was just an exercise of player options, not a contract extension, otherwise just by signing Wang Chao, the Clippers would have become the league's most successful team this summer.

Wang Chao alone can be worth thousands of troops!

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In mid-September, players from teams across the league returned to work to prepare for the preseason of the new season.

The Clippers also reported to the team and took photos of the team's makeup for the new season.

After last season, the Clippers roster for the new season has changed slightly.

The squad is as follows.

Defenders: Wang Chao, Luis. Williams, Shay. Gilgeos. Alexander, Kevin Jr. Porter.

Forwards: Gallinari, Harrell, Cameron. Anthony, Keldon. Johnson.

Center: Brooke. López, Howard.

The above ten people are the main rotation players in the squad in Wang Chao's plan, and in addition, in order to make up the 15-man squad, there are five role players, all of whom are finalized by the team's management, and they don't matter, Wang Chao can't even remember the names of some of the players.

But it doesn't matter if you can't remember, after all, several of them are even non-guaranteed short-term contracts, and more than half of them will be covered and left in the pre-season stage, and then a new batch of new teams will be added.

The Clippers' lineup and starting list Wang Chao already have a preliminary idea.

The position of starting point guard is really needed by him.

Louis. Williams' most suitable position will always be the sixth man off the bench, after all, as a point guard, he is too short, his defensive ability is insufficient, and the offensive end is actually not very stable.

Therefore, Wang Chao can only continue to appear in the point guard position, he can now be qualified for any of the five positions on the court, and he has the advantage of being out of position in the point guard position, which is more convenient to play.

In the position of shooting guard, Wang Chao plans to let Alexander give it a try.

Brogdon's departure left the team's starting quarterback position vacant.

In terms of personal ability, Alexander is definitely stronger than Brogdon, after all, the future Alexander is a superstar who can contribute an average of 30+5+5 per game and be selected for the best team, and his personal ability is extremely outstanding.

Even in his second rookie season in the 19-20 season, Alexander averaged 19 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in the Thunder's quasi-All-Star stats.

Alexander's disadvantage is that he needs a certain amount of ball control to play his strength, and his ability to shoot from mid-to-long range, especially three-point shots, is not very strong, and his three-point shooting rate is only 34.7% in his entire career.

Wang Chao's ball-holding core play is more inclined to his teammates are fixed-point three-point shooters who can catch the ball and shoot, which is the same as James.

But that doesn't mean that Wang Chao can't partner with ball-handling players, after all, he started his career with a no-ball style of play, and he can switch to off-ball offensive play at any time if needed.

Not long ago, Alexander practiced hard for a month under the blessing of Wang Chao's sparring potion, although the playing time last season was seriously insufficient, but the level was not too different from himself at the same time, and it can definitely come in handy.

Starting small forward, Wang Chao decided to let Cameron. Anthony served.

Although the Clippers joined this season with a base salary, Anthony's personal strength can still be trusted. After Harris left, it was a good choice to put Anthony as the starting small forward and take on some of the offense.

Wang Chao remembers very well that in the 19-20 season, Anthony started 50 games in the Trail Blazers, averaging 15 points and 6 rebounds per game, shooting 42.6% from the field and 37% from three-point range.

Moreover, the Clippers' magic ball play itself has a changeable lineup, Lu Wei plays an average of more than 30 minutes per game, and when Lu Wei comes on the court, Wang Chao will swing from the point guard position to the front, and Anthony Although he is a starter, his playing time should be controlled at most less than 30 minutes.

The starting power forward, as always, is still Daniro. Gallinari.

Gallinari's strength has never been very strong, but it is not weak, and it is not difficult to average 20 points per game when he is given enough balls, especially in the following seasons, Gallinari's three-point shooting rate can be maintained at more than 40%, which is Wang Chao's favorite type of player.

Although Gallinari, who is 2.08 meters tall, has a thin physique and is difficult to withstand opponents in the position of power forward, this is not a problem at all, the Clippers have Lopez to protect the basket on the inside, and Wang Chao on the outside to check and fill the gaps, as long as he is not a defensive black hole, everything is easy to say.

As for the center, it was the center Brooke who the Clippers spent a lot of money to keep. Lopez.

As a functional center, Lopez doesn't need to charge, he just needs to use his basket protection and open three-pointers from the outside.

This is also the reason why Lopez averaged only 14+5 per game last season, but won a 4-year contract extension of 80 million.

Below the starting five, there are the main substitutes.

Loewe, Harrell, plus two new rookies drafted this year, Kevin Jr. Porter & Keldon. Johnson, and then Dwight in the center position. Howard.

In fact, with Lopez, Howard basically won't have much playing time and opportunities, but it's not absolute.

Despite his age, Howard still has some ability to rebound and protect the basket.

Especially in the 19-20 season, Howard, who should have been on the Lakers, could contribute 7.5 points and 7.3 rebounds when playing less than 20 minutes per game, and he made many miraculous achievements in the playoffs, especially in the matchup with the Denver Nuggets, Howard and McGee teamed up to limit Jokic, making the Lakers easily defeat the Nuggets to enter the Finals.

It's proof enough that a blue-collar center like Howard can be valuable in certain situations.

This is also the reason why Wang Chao will let the team sign Howard.

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In October '19, the pre-season began.

The preseason of Wang Chao's team has always been a stage for the main paddling and vigorously cultivating new players.

This time was no exception.

Including Wang Chao, Gallinari, López, Lu Wei and other main players, the playing time is less than 20 minutes, if you have to give back to the fans who spend money to buy tickets to support the scene, they don't even bother to play.

The Clippers' main players in the game are first- and second-year rookie players such as Alexander, Johnson and Porter.

Then, the circle turned into Alexander's solo show.

Alexander didn't really get a lot of playing time last season.

All of his 66 games were off the bench, averaging less than 10 minutes per game and only 4 points and 1 rebound.

Even Alexander himself thought that his career was about to come to an abrupt end, and when his four-year rookie contract ended, he could only move to various teams in the league with a base salary, and when he couldn't get a contract at all, he would quietly disappear from the league.

He never dreamed that Wang Chao would put him in the starting position without warning in the new season, and invited him to participate in the league's famous Wang Chao private training camp.

Obviously, Wang Chao is optimistic about him and thinks he can play.

You must know that it is Wang Chao who turned stones into gold! In the past ten years, countless players have played well under Wang Chao's guidance, been selected as an All-Star, and got big contracts.

There are almost countless examples of this, and there have never been exceptions.

Since Wang Chao is optimistic about himself, doesn't it prove that he also has the possibility of becoming an All-Star star?

Alexander, who felt greatly encouraged, performed very positively in the preseason, scoring 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the first game of the preseason, leading the team to win the first win of the new season.

In the next few preseason games, although the Clippers lost a lot of games due to the lack of playing time of their main players, Alexander was the best performance of the team regardless of whether they won or lost.

Alexander is good at breaking through with the ball, and his height of 1.98 meters and good physical fitness make him quite lethal when he breaks through with the ball, especially in the face of preseason opponents who are mostly substitute players.

"Unexpectedly, the unknown bench player last season actually has such a level? In this case, the Clippers don't need to worry about who to start the shooting guard in the new season. ”

"However, Alexander is obviously a ball-handling breakthrough type player, not good at mid-to-long-range shooting, compared to last season's team's starting quarterback Brogdon, it is obviously not suitable for Wang Chao's ball-handling core play."

"Can the Clippers still play the super-dominant three-point shooting last season without Harris and Brogdon, two outside players who shoot more than 40 percent from three-point range?"

The Clippers' final preseason record is 6-4, and the record performance is ordinary, but everyone knows that Wang Chao's team really needs to look at the performance of the regular season.

On October 22, the NBA regular season officially arrived.

The Clippers' first opener game of the regular season was against the city's rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers.

I have to admit that the alliance understands traffic passwords.

The Clippers vs Lakers is definitely the hottest matchup with the most attention in the league, and it is obviously the best choice to start the regular season with the matchup between these two teams.

Lakers fans will also be hoping to play the Clippers sooner rather than later.

In their opinion, this season's Clippers are missing two big generals, and their strength will inevitably shrink, and in the face of the Lakers, who have become more and more tacit after a season, they really don't know who wins and who loses, and their opportunity for revenge may come! (End of chapter)