Chapter 388: Clay is a little flustered

The schedule of the reduced season is very dense.
In order to catch up, the schedule of each team is very rushed.
Like the 76ers, they have a start, five games a week, two of which are back-to-back. You can imagine how the team is running.
It's no wonder that some people would say that this season's schedule is beneficial to younger teams, and older teams really can't adapt to this intensity of the schedule immediately.
Even a team with a lot of young people like the 76ers, facing the two back-to-backs in the first week, many people have weak legs.
Four wins and one loss, this is a good start.
The 76ers only lost to the Nuggets, who were all young men, in the last game.
No way, Denver Plateau, the Nuggets are all young people. When the 76ers came to Denver, they were all at the end of the fight. The Nuggets just focused on one day. When the situation changed, the 76ers lost. That is normal.
Yao Ming didn't play in the fifth game. Stevens was afraid of hurting him again. In the fifth game, he gave Yao Ming a holiday.
However, Yao Ming averaged 30 minutes per game in four games, scoring 22 points and 10.5 rebounds, which is good enough.
Also 20+10 is Han Miao, averaging 24 points and 12 assists per game. Han Miao is still strong. It can be seen that he is trying to improve cooperation with Yao Ming. After the cooperation is completed, Han Miao's data will definitely rise.
The biggest surprise of these five games came from Faried. The first game was 22+10, the second game was 16+11, the third game was 18+9, the fourth game was 12+14, and the fifth game was 10+10.
In an average of 33 minutes of playing time, Faried can score 15.6 points and 10.8 rebounds!
This is great data for a rookie!
"Is he really just the No. 22 rookie?"
"Ma Yeah, the 76ers have been Taobao in low positions!"
"That is, 15+10. This is definitely a qualified insider."
Because of Faried's outstanding performance, more and more media began to pay attention to him. A low-ranked basketball boy tried to pursue his dream and achieved enough shocking results. This script is the life of the wild protagonist!
People were proud of Faried and laughed at the teams that did not choose him.
In fact, if it weren't for Han Miao, Faried would not have gone so smoothly. In a sense, Faried was also open!
Some people are happy, of course others are unhappy.
For the 76ers, Thompson is naturally unhappy.
In 5 games, Thompson also averaged 30 minutes of playing time per game, but looking at his statistics, it would be a bit disappointing to be honest, especially when Faried Jewel is in front, Thompson's statistics are even more impressive when compared. disappointed.
9 points in the first game, 7 points in the second game, 8 points in the third game, 6 points in the fourth game, 11 points in the fifth game...
Thompson, how do we save you like this? The first outside shooter averaging 8.2 points? How can you be assured of being like this?
In fact, as a rookie, it’s not bad to score 8.2 points at the beginning of the first season. I didn’t see that Paul George had almost this stat at the beginning of last season.
However, if there is a rookie of the same grade in the same team, and this person's stats far exceed his own, then it will be very troublesome.
It is for sure to be compared.
Last year, the 76ers included Han Miao and Hayward. Both of them are high-ranking lotteries. Han Miao is a super rookie averaging 20+10 per game. Although Hayward is not as strong as Han Miao, he also has an average per game. 15+, among all rookies in the same year, except for Han Miao and Wall, it was Hayward.
So even if he is pulled out for comparison, Hayward is not afraid, because his data is not bad! Han Miao is the best rookie team, and so is Hayward!
But Thompson is different. Faried's data is very strong. If he averages 15+10 per game, it will be no problem to keep it for a while.
But what about Thompson? Averaged less than 9 points per game, so you want to make a game? Come on, it would be nice to be able to play a second battle.
And the most terrible thing is that Thompson is the No. 6 rookie, and his performance is far worse than the No. 22 rookie Faried. What do you think?
No, when the media praised Faried, they naturally pulled Thompson over to lash out:
"Tsk tsk, the No. 6 show performed so badly."
"Really, the two draft picks were reversed, right?"
"Distressed Kenneth, he was cheated during the draft."
Listen, what are these words? How can a conclusion be reached after five games?
Stevens made a strong statement in front of the media. He said that he is very satisfied with the two rookies of the team and hopes that the media will not put such pressure on the players.
Well, after working as a head coach for a year, Stevens has become more and more protective. He has confidence in Thompson and will never let external factors affect him now.
76ers training hall.
Today is a rare day off, because we have just played 5 games in 7 days, so today the team has a day off.
However, walking into the training hall, you can naturally hear the sound of "swishes" and dribbles.
Well, don't get me wrong, the 76ers did not practice collectively, there is only one person here.
Training vest #7, Klay Thompson.
He was sweating three-pointers, two bottom corners, two 45 degrees, one arc top, these five points, Thompson seemed to be tireless, shooting again and again.
In five games, the three-pointer shooting rate was only over 30%, which was far from enough for the 3D player positioning his coach gave him at the beginning of the season.
In addition, his classmate Faried played very well, and the external media kept producing all kinds of excitement, even though Thompson was still so plain as water on the surface, there were still waves in his heart.
No one wants to be a weak person who is judged by others, nor is he willing to be far behind by people who were inferior to him in the past.
Therefore, Thompson took advantage of the rest day to come to practice.
"Let's stop, you have been casting for an hour, and if you don't stop, your arm can't stand it."
Just when Thompson was about to continue to vote, suddenly, a voice came from the entrance of the training hall.
This voice Thompson is familiar, because he has been in contact with this person for the longest time.
"Senior, why are you here?"
Hayward is the person responsible for bringing Thompson, just like Han Miao is responsible for bringing Faried, but it is different from Faried calling Han Miao "Boss" ~ EbookFREE.me~ Thompson with a more restrained personality, called Hayward is a "senior."
"That said, just call my name. You are not my fellow student, so polite."
Of course, Hayward came, because Thompson is a rookie he brought, so he needs to understand Thompson's situation.
"Okay, Senior Hayward."
"Oh, it's up to you, how about it, are you feeling very uncomfortable lately?"
Hayward motioned to Thompson to sit down first, and then he was about to talk to him.
"Oh, seeing your current situation, I think of me last year."
Thompson didn't speak much, but Hayward took the lead in opening the chatterbox. He knew that it would be difficult for Thompson, the boring gourd, to speak, and it would be better to come first.
"You know, Han and I joined the league in the same year, and they are also on the same team..."