Chapter 407: The 2015-16 season begins!

Although they wanted to avoid it as much as possible, the Wizards finally experienced a major loss of personnel in the summer.
This is something that cannot be done. The Wizards have too many excellent players. When the cheap rookie contract for these rookies expires, it is inevitable that they will cause interception by those teams who have long been eyeing the luxury lineup of the Wizards. Hu.
In addition to Wang Xiao's Bucks stealing Klay Thompson in 4 years and 70 million, the Los Angeles Lakers also punched hard, winning Jimmy Butler in 3 years and 52 million dollars.
In fact, the main goal of the Lakers is Leonard. They want to get Leonard as the heir of Kobe. However, the Wizards don’t give the opportunity at all. German did not hesitate to choose to stay.
The Lakers who failed to get Leonard wanted to shoot Thompson, but unfortunately Thompson announced the news of joining the Bucks.
The Lakers had no choice but to retreat for the most time and signed Butler.
Kobe made it clear in a subsequent interview that he feels Butler is the player most like him in the league. In the next season, he will teach Butler how to play as the leader of the Lakers and how to help the team win. How to become a top star in the league.
It's hard to say whether Kobe's promise can be achieved, but Butler is clearly moved. If he can really become the boss in a big city like Los Angeles, it is also very good.
In addition to Thompson and Butler, Drummond Green also left.
Compared to Butler, Green, who is also a substitute, is not so popular because of his style of play.
The league's current positioning of Green is more inclined to defensive power forwards like Rodman. Although the Wizards Green also showed a certain organizational ability, but survived in the gap between Curry, George and Leonard. , So the opportunities are not many, and they are not impressive.
The Wizards pulled out a three-year contract of 28 million from the teeth, Green did not want to directly refuse.
Even Butler won a three-year 52-million-dollar contract. Was it worth only 28 million for three years?
So, Green announced to enter the free market. In the bidding of several teams, Green finally chose the New Orleans Pelicans for a three-year offer of $44 million.
In fact, according to Green's performance on the Wizards, this contract is not worth it, but it can't stand the odd goods.
There are very few high-quality players in the league at present, and the statement that Wang Xiao's production must be fine has long been circulating in the NBA and is regarded as the truth.
Harden, Jordan Jr., Whiteside, Thompson, Butler...these players who are out of the Wizards have big contracts with ten million annual salary.
And staying with the Wizards players is even more fame and fortune to reach the pinnacle of life.
Drummond Green is also a player that Wang Xiao personally praised. The discerning people can see that he does not have the full potential and strength in the Wizards without the ball. This should be the same as Butler. A player with certain potential.
The Pelicans paid a lot of money to sign Green, the purpose is to let Green and Anthony Davis partner, use Green's defense and coping ability to further liberate Davis' offensive ability.
It is hard to say whether these two partners are feasible, but in Wang Xiao's view, the three-year $44 million contract is definitely profitable.
You know, in another time and space, even blue-collar workers like Tristan Thompson can get a five-year contract of $82 million, let alone Green?
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auzw.com All in all, the Wizards have been bleeding this summer, and the departure of Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler and Drummond Green made the Wizards’ lineup drop from the league’s only gear. To the same level as other teams.
Although Curry, George, and Leonard are the top three in the league, even if they include the center Rudy Gobert, they have not reached the level they were unprecedented.
Seeing the Wizards like this, I'm afraid the Cavaliers are most happy.
Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the championship with Curry's injury. This season, they can finally call out the slogan of consecutive championships.
In their view, without Thompson, Butler, Green and others, the Wizards' lineup has little advantage over the Cavaliers. Under James's leadership, it is not impossible to beat the Wizards again to win the cup!
In addition to the Cavaliers, the second happiest is Wang Xiao's Bucks.
In Wang Xiao's view, Thompson's value is even higher than the sum of Butler and Green! This is an all-round player who can theoretically adapt to all tactical systems!
The style of the game is selfless, the defense is excellent, the three-pointer does not lose Curry, and the mid-range shot is more stable and efficient. If you have to pick the shortcomings, then you have to look for problems with Thompson's ball attack, such as face attack In terms of ball breakthrough, Thompson's efficiency is not particularly high.
But is this a problem with the Bucks?
With two breakthrough madmen, Adetokounmpo and Oladipo, where did Thompson go to the rim?
On the Bucks, Thompson only needs to stay on the outside to shoot a 3-pointer!
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Thompson's joining allowed Wang Xiao to make some adjustments to the Bucks' main lineup. Korver, who debuted last season, gloriously retired to the second-line bench, and Thompson served as the starting shooting guard.
As a result, the Bucks' starting lineup became: point guard Victor Oladipo, shooting guard Klay Thompson, small forward Chris Middleton, power forward Janis Adetokounmpo , Center Nikola Jokic.
This is already a reasonably completed lineup in Wang Xiao's mind.
When Embiid comes back from injury next season, he will trade Middleton out, or arrange on the bench to let Adetokunbo play as a small forward, and Embiid as a power forward. In this way, a set of five deaths Born by application.
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In the preseason, Wang Xiao made a small adjustment to the lineup. The result was very good. The arrival of Thompson did not cause any trouble for the Bucks. The lineup has been running for more than a year. He easily integrated into the system. among.
In fact, Thompson actually did the job of shooting guard in the position of Korver last season, but he is more stable than Korver, the offense is better, and the defense is better.
When Wang Xiao tried to place Thompson and Korver on the field at the same time, the effect was surprisingly good.
When the two three-point turrets stand on the left corner and one on the right, the opponent's players dare not relax at all and must send two players to guard against them.
In this way, Adetokounmpo's breakthrough space is even greater!
This was originally the most common routine for the Wizards in the past few seasons. Curry Thompson's outside gave pressure to attract defensive pull space. George Thompson was responsible for impacting the rim to create damage. Now, this tactic belongs to the Bucks!
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