On the 24th, the Wasp held a media open day at the Spectrum Center.

With the addition of Wang Shuo, the Hornets have become the most eye-catching team in the new season.

The hundreds of basketball journalists from all over the world on Open Day were the testament to this.

Under Wang Shuo's arrangement, the core makeup photos of this year's Hornets are Curry and Paul.

In an interview with reporters, in order to further express his loyalty to Wang Shuo, Paul said as soon as he came up: "I have been a fan of Stephen for several years, and I believe that with my assistance, he will definitely be able to go to the next level in the new season." ”

Although at present, as long as everyone on the earth knows that the big boss of the Hornets in the new season must be Curry.

But Paul's statement has reduced a lot of unnecessary troubles in the future.

Paul was a smart man, and he knew that finding a way to turn the tide was his main task right now, so he knew better than anyone whose thighs he had to hold on to at such times.

In the face of the chair that Paul took the initiative to hand over, Curry, who has been trained by Wang Shuo for many years, said in an interview: "This is a dynamic team.

I'm confident that I'll lead the Hornets to great results in the new season. ”

In this life, compared to the "primary school student" in Wang Shuo's memory who was only domineering after returning from a major injury......

At this point, Curry is clearly starting to look like a team leader.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, Curry in the early and middle stages of his career certainly won the love of many people because of his modesty and low-key.

But as the big leader of a team, Wang Shuo still prefers the Curry who was nicknamed "Mamba" by the world before he crossed over.

Immediately after the core makeup photo shoot, reporters asked Wang Shuo about how he would use Paul and Curry.

In this regard, Wang Shuo smiled: "Chris is good at passing, Stephen is good at shooting, in my opinion, they are a perfect backcourt combination." ”

Hearing this, a reporter asked: "Stephen has never been good at defense in the game, will the backcourt combination of him and Chris become the main point of attack on the opponent's outside on the court?" ”

Wang Shuo spread his hands and said, "I never think about how to defend the opponent in the game.

In my opinion, it should be my opponents who need to think about how they can hold on to Stephen and Chris. ”

"The Hornets haven't brought in any of the traditional centers for the new season......

A lot of people think that the Hornets' interior line will be a shortcoming for this team, what do you think about this? ”

After a long sigh, Wang Shuo replied, "As you all know, I used to coach Yao Ming.

In the NBA, there is absolutely no one who knows him better than I do.

Therefore...... No one can guard him anyway, so why should I bring in players who can't guard him? ”

"Some people say that Kobe Bryant restricted Stephen's performance last season, how do you think Stephen will perform after leaving Kobe this season?"

Wang Shuo said with a look of surprise: "What? Don't you know that during Stephen's time with the Lakers, the player who passed him the most times was Kobe Bryant?

Why do you think that Kobe Bryant restricts Stephen's play, and does it really hurt the conscience of people who say this? ”

"In your opinion, does Stephen Curry have a chance to make a regular season MVP in the new season?"

Wang Shuo shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think he is fully capable of this, and in my opinion, he is the best outside attacker in the NBA at the moment." ”

Unlike last season, Wang Shuo knows very well that as long as Curry can lead the Hornets to the top half of the Eastern Conference this season, then Stern is very likely to arrange the regular season MVP for him.

Therefore, Wang Shuo does not mind continuing to put pressure on Curry.

Because if Curry really wants to be the Jordan of this era, then he must always maintain a hunger for personal glory.

In this regard, Wang Shuo does not admire James, but in his opinion, many NBA stars are precisely because they are less obsessed with Excel, so they have been discredited.

And after the media open day, Jordan also found Wang Shuo excitedly and said, "Do you know how well our season packages are selling this year? ”

Wang Shuo smiled: "With me here, you are still worried about the attendance?" ”

Jordan sighed, "Because since we entered the league...... We're basically the worst team in the NBA every year. ”

At this moment, Wang Shuo knew that Jordan was telling the truth.

Because even with the Jordan platform......

Danko's fame can't change the fact that Hornet's past is lacking in anticipation.

But the new season ......

This wasp is destined to change.

Because at the moment, all Charlotte fans are curious......

What will the Hornets led by Wang Shuo and led by Curry achieve in the new season.

In October, after another two weeks of joint practice, the Hornets made their preseason debut for the new season.

On the evening of the 10th, facing the Cavaliers, who had already shown their strength to compete for the championship last season, although the Hornets finally lost 133-137 at home, the game was so fast that even the live cameras could not keep up with it, but it successfully rushed to the Internet hot search in China and the United States shortly after the end.

In the first game of the preseason, the Hornets made a total of 41 three-pointers from the outside.

Among them, Curry alone threw 14 snipes and hit 8 of them.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, although many people complained, because the NBA teams shot too many three-pointers, the enjoyment of the game declined......

But in fact, it is never the three-point shot that really affects the enjoyment of the game, but the mysterious penalty scale of the referee on the court.

Before Wang Shuo crossed, more and more body hair whistles not only made a normal game often cut to pieces, but also affected by the referee's penalty scale, the defender would also avoid some physical confrontation as much as possible when defending.

It can be used as a sport that is bound to involve physical contact......

Once both sides choose to dodge and play in the game, the main thing is to throw three points at each other......

So what's the point of a game like this?

In fact, under the premise that the penalty scale is normal and the referee is willing to encourage defense, the future NBA is not without good games, but the proportion of such games has decreased a lot compared to the past.

On the 12th, the Hornets continued to sit at home against the Pacers.

In this preseason game, the Hornets continued their high-speed and fluid transition offense against the Cavaliers.

Paul had 14 assists in the first half alone.

In this high-speed transition attack, Paul's passing ability, which has always been underestimated, has finally been perfectly demonstrated.

In Wang Shuo's memory, don't look at many of Paul's former teammates, they have complained about Paul's long ball holding time on the court.

But in fact, I am also a core defender who can organize the game well.

For example, the "ship in the sky" in history.

Under Paul's combing, the Clippers were definitely one of the best-looking teams in the NBA at the time.

As a gunner, Wang Shuo is well aware that Paul's habit of holding the ball on the court for long periods of time is mainly because as a traditional point guard, he doesn't like to try too many risky passes in the game.

As of Wang Shuo's crossing, Paul's career average of only 2.4 turnovers per game is the best proof of this.

Although in a short period of time, even Wang Shuo couldn't change my playing habits.

However, through tactical adjustments, Wang Shuo can find a way to let Paul complete the ball in the first time as much as possible, so as to effectively avoid the basketball being concentrated in his hands for a long time.

And after adapting to the first two preseason games, Paul himself found out......

Because this Hornets team has a lot of off-ball players, with more points on the court, his assist stats are easier than eating and drinking.

Moreover, compared to the obsession with the score......

Paul's obsession with assists as a traditional point guard has also been determined, as long as his teammates can always give him positive feedback on the court......

Even if he doesn't score a point in a game, he is more than happy to feed his teammates all the time.

It can be said that Wang Shuo's understanding of Paul not only made Paul successfully feel the joy of playing under him in the shortest possible time, but also invisibly changed Paul's style of play on the court.

Online, after the Hornets' first two preseason games, Paul's comments still need to be reversed in the regular season of the new season, but compared to the past, people's evaluation of Paul has changed significantly.

Was Paul that powerful? Why did I always feel that his presence was not strong? ”

"Paul's assists on the court are so pleasing to the eye, he's literally Steve Nash at 183 centimeters."

"Is this the tuning ability of the god of coaching? It's only been a few months, and Paul has changed so much. ”

Actually, Paul has always been that Paul.

It's just that in this life, he has not met a coach who will use him properly in the early and middle stages of his career.

Of course, on the Internet, there are also many people who think that it is necessary to wait for the start of the regular season of the new season to make a fair and just evaluation of Paul.

After all......

In the NBA, there are many players who have performed well in the preseason and have not played well in the regular season.

On the 24th, after beating the Hawks 131-121 on the road, the Hornets finally ended all seven games of the year in the preseason stage with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses.

According to the schedule, the next Hornets will officially usher in their regular season opener on the 28th, and the opponent is the Miami Heat.

For those fans who firmly believe that the Hornets can be refreshed under Wang Shuo's leadership, or those who hope that Wang Shuo can meet Waterloo in Charlotte, this game can give them the answer in a sense.

Because since Anthony arrived in his loyal Miami, the Heat have been one of the most competitive teams in the East for the past two years.

Therefore, what kind of results the Hornets can deliver in this game against the Heat has undoubtedly become the topic of most concern before the start of the new NBA season.

Before the start of the regular season, the Heat ranked second in the league in the latest team power rankings, while the Hornets ranked ninth in the league.

Obviously, Wang Shuo has become the number one plug-in in the basketball world in the eyes of the world.

Because if Wang Shuo remembers correctly, the Bobcats, the predecessor of the Hornets last year, could only rank 21st on this list before the start of the regular season.

Although the Hornets brought in a number of veterans to the free agent market this summer and traded Curry, who could finish fourth on the ESPN player rankings for the new season, they were able to lose both Hayward and Evans, two young talents, to still be ranked ninth on the team's power list......

It is enough to see that today's people recognize Wang Shuo's coaching ability.

However, whether it is the combat power ranking or the player ranking......

In Wang Shuo's view, these are just floating clouds.

Because apart from James, who is feeling unfair that he is only seventh in this year's player rankings, no one really cares about the rankings of these two lists, right?

Wang Shuo knows very well that the so-called team power rankings and player rankings are just products made by the media to attract the attention of fans.

For example, in this year's player power list, if it is really ranked according to last year's performance, then even Wang Shuo, who is Jammy, doesn't know why James can rank seventh.

Because you may not believe it when you say it, the two players behind James on this list are Yao Ming and Duncan.

In addition, Kobe Bryant only ranked 19th on this list.

In this regard, the explanation given by the judges was that Kobe Bryant only played half a season last year.

But such an explanation is destined to be unconvincing.

Because can you believe that the Trail Blazers big man LaMarcus Aldridge, who was swept by Kobe Bryant last season, is just ahead of Kobe Bryant in the player power rankings?

It turns out that ESPN has a hand at engaging in traffic.

Because soon after they launched the player power rankings, fans of various stars immediately started all kinds of scolding battles on the Internet.

On the 28th, at the Charlotte Spectrum Center, the Hornets officially ushered in the team's regular season opener of the new season.

As the highlight of the NBA's opening day, the game, which will be broadcast live across the United States, attracted a large number of reporters to the scene for interviews.

Before the game, in order to enliven the atmosphere of the game, Wang Shuo deliberately asked Paul and Curry to perform a round of dunks for the fans alone.

As a result, after Curry and Paul both dunked, the Hornets fans at the scene immediately cheered for the two guys.

In the VIP box, looking at the atmosphere full of laughter and laughter in the entire stadium, Jordan, who attended in a suit, sighed and sighed: "Wang is indeed a coach full of magic. ”

At this moment, whether it is the atmosphere in the stadium or the spirit of the Hornets players on the court during the warm-up, you can't believe that this is a team that has never made the playoffs.

On the court, after the warm-up, the starting list of the Hornets and Heat was officially revealed.

Heat: Gortat, Bosh, Anthony, Wade, Billups.

Hornets: Garnett, Millsap, Leonard, Curry, Paul.

If it weren't for Wang Shuo's existence, just looking at the starting point guards of the two teams tonight, many fans would definitely subconsciously think that this game would be a tragedy.

Because in both past and present lives, Billups is a power point guard that Paul is very bad at playing.

But in fact......

If the Heat really dare to use Billups to defend Paul tonight, then in Wang Shuo's opinion, Paul can definitely burst Billups on the court.

Because no matter how well Billups is in physical shape for the championship this life, he can't change the fact that he is 36 years old this year.

You must know that the current Brother Cannon is not the old cannon that Wang Shuo could pass as long as he was a person before he crossed over.

At this moment, he is an invincible youth cannon in the year of fighting.

In the center of the field, after the jump ball, the Hornets attacked first.

Sure enough, as Wang Shuo expected, tonight the Heat arranged for Wade to lead the defense of Paul, and Billups to defend Curry.

Wang Shuo knows that although Billups can't keep up with Curry all the time, with his defensive experience, he can effectively limit Curry's running on the court by getting stuck in advance.

And......

This would also prevent Wade from using too much energy on the court because of defending Curry.

In short, it's still the same sentence.

On the basketball court, flawless defense doesn't exist.

Therefore, under the premise that you have to choose one cup to swallow the two poisonous wines of Paul and Curry, Spoelstra's choice tonight is not a problem in Wang Shuo's eyes.

High post, after Paul dribbled past half court, Garnett quickly stepped up and gave Paul a cover first.

This ball, Wade did not lose position, but Paul, who was in charge of holding the ball, had a shrewd insight into the outside pocket of the wing Curry.

When he was an opponent with Curry before, Paul had more than once lamented Curry's elusive running and his ability to snipe in front of you if he didn't agree with him, so while observing Curry's running, Paul also gave Curry a shot with moderate strength and good position, as long as Curry receives the ball, he can complete the pass.

In a basketball game, why do some players always throw in teammates after passing the ball, but some players' passes are regarded as dumping by fans?

Because passing, it's definitely a technical job.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, the reason why 2K Company introduced the setting of "ten cents" in the game was precisely to simulate the shooting percentage bonus that those passing masters in real basketball could bring to their teammates.

In this regard, even the most brutal cannon black can't embarrass Paul.

Because fans who have watched Paul play are unlikely to question Paul's passing comfort to his teammates.

On the outside, at the moment when Curry finished his outside pocket, although Billups did not lose his defensive position, Curry, who was almost led to the shooting point by Paul, immediately completed the shot in front of Billups.

If he was playing a 2k game at the moment, Wang Shuo's upper right corner of the screen would definitely show the moment Curry shot, and he successfully ate the picture from Paul's Hall of Fame ten cents.

Hmmm——!

At the center of the spectrum, Curry hit the first three-pointer of his Hornets career.

CCTV, Director Zhang, who saw this scene, sighed: "Paul passed the ball well, and Curry shot it himself."

Of course, what's wrong with the Heat's defense? That doesn't seem to be a problem, but Curry just can get in, what can you do? ”

I have to say that it's a real pleasure to watch Curry soar on the court.

Because even if Curry is playing a lot of iron on the court, you're always looking forward to his next shot.

Coming back, it's the Heat's turn to attack.

Tonight, Wang Shuo also did not let Curry defend Wade, but Paul played against the cheeks.

However, even if Paul is very defensive at this time, his alignment with Wade is a natural misalignment.

On the outside, in the face of Paul's cannon warning, Wade stepped directly into the Hornets penalty area with a bang.

Under the basket, Garnett, with his hands held high, could only watch Wade score the ball in front of him.

It can't be helped, this kind of score is the score that the Hornets have to give to their opponents.

Because no matter how strong Garnett's ability to protect the rim is, he can't single-handedly support the team like he did when he was younger.

In addition, as the only player on the Hornets team with the ability to protect the rim frontally, Garnett is unlikely to pay for a foul on an opponent's opening offense.

In Wang Shuo's view, the main reason why the Hornets failed to prevent Wade was that Leonard's awareness of assisting in defense on the court needed to be strengthened.

Just now, Paul deliberately put Wade to protrude his left hand, precisely because Paul knew that Leonard was near him.

As long as Leonard can complete the switch with Paul at the first time, then Paul only needs to turn around and block Wade's passing line to Anthony, and the Heat's offense will fail.

On the sidelines, Wang Shuo, who noticed this detail, immediately pulled Butler and Klay and Middleton to his side, and told them how to deal with balls like this in the future.

As a coach who has always given young players more room for trial and error, Wang Shuo naturally won't dismiss Leonard because of a defensive mistake.

But in Wang Shuo's eyes, this defensive mistake is a good teaching case.

On the court, the Heat, who scored two points with Wade, successfully avoided being beaten by the Hornets by quickly retreating.

Spoelstra is well aware of how strong the Hornets are in attack, so he made it clear before the game that the players must be more active in defending than usual.

Seeing this, Paul did not hurry to suppress the pace of the game, and motioned to his teammates to pull Leonard away, creating a single opportunity for him to play Anthony on the flank.

This one-on-one tactic, the Hornets executed it very successfully.

Because in the face of Leonard at this moment......

How could the Heat give him the same treatment as Curry and Paul?

CCTV, Director Zhang was also taken aback by the Hornets' singles tactics, and said: "Hey, the Hornets want Leonard to single out Anthony?" ”

On the field, although Leonard, who received Paul's pass, was still expressionless, his heart was already turbulent.

Generally speaking, this kind of singles tactic is only possible if your teammates and coaches have absolute trust in you.

After winning the ball, Leonard's triumvirate tried not fool Anthony.

Even in the eyes of Anthony, a tri-threat master, Leonard's singles action at the moment is somewhat simple.

However, just as Anthony was still judging Leonard's tri-threat tentative step in his heart, Leonard suddenly closed the ball with a hint of obvious stuttering and completed a mid-range dry pull in front of him.

Hmmm——!

On the sidelines, Wang Shuo was very satisfied with Leonard's singles.

In Wang Shuo's opinion, whether this goal can be scored or not is secondary, but as long as Leonard dares to play, the Hornets' tactics have achieved their goal.

And TNT TV, watching Leonard's shooting movements, Barkley always felt that Leonard just now was very similar to one of his old friends.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, the reason why Leonard was nicknamed "the card frame version of Jordan" by fans is precisely because if you can make up for those frames for him by blinking an eye, then his dry pull on the court is indeed very similar to Jordan back then.

Come back, Heat ball possession.

Anthony, who had previously been hit by Leonard, a nobody, was angry.

Because not to mention that Anthony has always been jealous of those forward players who can play under Wang Shuo......

With his Anthony's cards at the moment, how can he tolerate a nobody in the opposing team to score such a giant in front of him?

On the side, Wade saw what Anthony was thinking, so he teamed up with Billups to create a chance for Anthony to single Leonard on the wing.

This goal, the other players on the Hornets court did not have the slightest intention of helping Leonard defend and help him pinch Anthony.

Because this season, as long as the opponent wants to find this group of young forwards in the Hornets team to go head-to-head, Wang Shuo will not stop it.

After all......

No matter how hard you practice, how can this kind of confrontation with top stars make Leonard and Butler and others grow up fast?

On the court, Anthony, who was determined to let Leonard see what a silky offensive combo was, quickly turned around after a leaning and bumping and pulled a shot in the opposite direction.

I have to say that Anthony's offensive combo is really refreshing to watch.

But the moment Anthony made his shot, an incredibly large hand pressed firmly on his ball in the next second.

This is Leonard's perverted talent that will make countless players who are opposite him sigh in the future!

On the court, Leonard, who is truly 201 cm tall, has an astonishing arm span of 221 cm, and his shoulder width ratio is also up to the level of a top-tier model.

In addition, his palm, which is even slightly larger than Jordan's, will make Kobe Bryant close immediately after watching it.

The defensive range blessing brought by static talent determines that as long as Leonard has a good defensive attitude, then he is the top outside wing defender in the NBA.

Anthony was a bit careless with this goal.

Because if he could have done it at a faster pace when he made a shot, there would have been no way Leonard could have completed the block on him.

But why, in order to return the color in front of Leonard, Anthony just chose to be handsome for the sake of face?

Admittedly, Anthony's shot just now was very standard and standardized.

But while he chose to be handsome, Leonard also made him pay the price.

On the court, after capping Anthony's shot and controlling the second drop point, Leonard, who grabbed the basketball with one hand, immediately found Paul, who came to pick up.

Seeing this, Paul quickly picked up the speed and assisted Curry to complete a chase three-pointer.

At the scene, the Hornets fans were stunned at this moment.

Because can you believe that after the start of this high-profile opener, it was the Hornets who pressed the Heat?

And after two rounds of one defense and one attack, Anthony was also ruthless in this ball.

After receiving Wade's pass, Anthony immediately gave Leonard a hard wave intensity.

But Leonard's defensive hardness is once again beyond Anthony's imagination.

Maybe the current Leonard is still a piece of the jade in attack.

But if Anthony still treats Leonard as a nobody, then Leonard will definitely make him doubt his life in the next games.

And this night, where does Anthony know......

In addition to Leonard, Wang Shuo also prepared a group of young players such as Butler and Middleton who need to rely on one-on-one defense to hone their defensive skills?

To tell the truth, in this game, Wang Shuo was not afraid of Anthony playing alone on the court at all.

He was only afraid that Anthony would not want to fight.

Because even if the Hornets' young forward group will be bullied by Anthony in certain rounds......

As long as he can earn enough experience from Anthony's offensive textbook, then in the future, it will be Anthony who watches the Hornets' group of swingmen shut up.

On the court, Anthony taught Leonard a lesson this time.

After successfully fooling Leonard, Anthony turned and cut to the basket to score two points for the Heat.

But on the court, the Heat just retreated from the front foot, and on the back foot, Paul completed the connection with Garnett, who cut to the basket, and assisted the latter to score two more points for the Hornets.

For this ball, the attention of the Heat players was obviously attracted by Curry, who borrowed Garnett to cover the outside pocket, so Garnett, who has always been good at fighting and retreating, chose to cut into the Heat's basket without hesitation.

It is also worth mentioning that this assist is also Paul's fourth personal assist of the game.

Since Leonard didn't drag his feet when he singled Anthony before, Leonard's single was also counted as a goal completed through Paul's assist according to the NBA's assist algorithm.

On the sidelines, on the bench of the Hornets, at this moment, Director Lu suddenly regretted that he retired too early.

Because in his opinion......

Even he can be the assist king in this Hornets.

This season, in the eyes of Coach Lu, as long as Paul can always follow Wang Shuo's arrangement, then he will definitely create an unprecedented and unprecedented average assists per game.

At the center of the spectrum, at the end of the half-quarter, the Heat, who were playing on the road, were down 14-21 when they entered the official timeout.

At this time, quietly, Paul's assist statistics in this game have come to 6.

After the official timeout, Wang Shuo replaced Millsap and Leonard with Klay and Butler, respectively.

On the court, the Heat ball possession.

Ginobili, who was replaced by Spoelstra after the official timeout, hit a difficult three-pointer for the Heat from the outside.

However, before the Heat fans could carefully recall the three-pointer hit by Ginobili in their minds, on the court, Klay used Curry's cover to receive Paul's pass on the outside and returned the Heat's answer.ball.

In this game, maybe God wants to help Paul correct his name.

After Wade burst into the basket and scored two more points for the Heat, I saw that Klay, who usually needs to find a touch at the beginning of the regular season, made another three-point shot for the Hornets that made no sense!

At the same time, Paul's personal assist stats in this game also quickly rose to 8!

Both of Klay's three-pointers were decisive when they made the shot.

Because Curry, who chose to be a wall for Klay in both offenses, is not as solid as Garnett in terms of blocking quality, but at the moment when Curry played outside, it was difficult for the Heat's defensive players not to be attracted to Curry.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, he was willing to cover his teammates on the court and give his own interior card position when defending, which is the main reason why Curry was complained by fans as "Ku Center".

No doubt.

It was definitely a wonderful start that Paul had never seen in his life.

Because when the big boss of the team is willing to do the dirty work and exhaustion for the young shooters in the team, as the dealer of this Hornets......

He doesn't even need to move his head, he just needs to make sure the quality of his passing, and he can get a wonderful assist experience.

And, can you believe that during the official timeout, in order to allow Paul to seize the opportunity to vindicate himself, the great coaching god also asked the Hornets on the court to shoot as immediately as possible after receiving Paul's pass?

On the court, although the first quarter of the game has not yet been played, Paul has already burst into tears!

Don't ask, even if you use Wang Shuo as a cow and a horse for the rest of your life, in the eyes of his Paul, it is not enough to repay Wang Shuo's kindness to him!

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