With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 16 Opportunity Comes!Serve as starter!
Everyone has their own ideas and plans, but Wang Chao's conditions make him unable to wait.

For the remaining two games, each game needs to score 25.5 points, which is a bit difficult for Wang Chao, who averages only about 15 minutes per game.

If this continues, the task of the system may not be completed.

Although there would be no punishment for failing a system mission, the loss of the quick shooter talent that was rewarded by the mission was more painful than punishment for Wang Chao.

However, Wang Chao never expected that the turning point would come soon.

On February 2, the Suns played against the Saramento Kings at home.

But before the game, the team's main shooting guard Raja Bell contracted the flu and was unable to play.

The unexpected situation made D'Antoni unexpected.

Although Bell is not a star, he is an extremely important part of the starting lineup of the Suns. Especially when Stoudemire was reimbursed for the season this season, Bell also took on a lot of offensive tasks, averaging 37.5 minutes per game. minutes, the team is second only to Marion, who averaged 40 minutes per game, and played longer than Nash.

And Bell's 14.7 points per game can also rank third in the team.

Now that he is unable to play because of the flu, D'Antoni must readjust the starting roster.

This news immediately made all the players on the Suns bench ready to move.

Barbosa did not respond to this. As the team's sixth man, he has a stable playing time. The difference between starting and substituting is not particularly big for him. At the same time, they can get more ball rights when they are on the court.

Instead, the eyes of Eddie House and James Jones lit up.

Both of them are the main rotation players in the Suns, and the average points per game are also maintained at around 9 points. Although one is a point guard and the other is a small forward, there is no problem in replacing Bell as the team's shooting guard if necessary. .

And the one who was most pleasantly surprised when he heard the news was undoubtedly Wang Chao!
Isn't the opportunity here?

If he can become the starter in this game without Bell, then the task of the system has a chance to be completed!
But will head coach D'Antoni let him start the team?
Although Wang Chao's performance on the field during this period was remarkable, just as D'Antoni worried, except for the three-pointer, Wang Chao's performance on the field was too inferior after all.

With anxiety, Wang Chao waited for the head coach to announce the starting list for the evening game.

"Bell can't play because of the flu, everyone should already know." D'Antoni held the tactical board and looked around the players. "Simply, the king is our old opponent, and in terms of playing style, we have some advantages, so as long as everyone goes all out, it is not difficult to win this game."

"As for Bell's starting position..." D'Antoni paused, whetted everyone's appetite, "Wang Chao, you will start tonight."

For a moment, all eyes were on Wang Chao.

Dion, who was standing beside Wang Chao, hammered his chest excitedly.

The other starting players, including Nash, didn't have any complaints. He even stepped forward and patted Wang Chao on the shoulder to encourage him. "Come on, don't be nervous, just play normally in the game."

All of them have seen Wang Chao's performance during this period. On the field, Wang Chao is the most efficient one in the team. He can contribute double-digit points and three-pointers in less than 15 minutes per game. The shooting percentage is as high as 60%.

On the training ground, Wang Chao is also the one who works the hardest.

In the NBA, no one will disrespect players who train hard, especially for a team with the best record in the league, everyone understands the importance of hard training.

Of course, there are many people who are dissatisfied.

Both Eddie House and James Jones had ugly expressions.

After all, both of them are eager to become the starters.

Eddie House is a little better. He is 1 meters tall and understands that he, who is the main point guard, is unlikely to appear on the court with Nash.

But Jones was different.

As a forward swingman with a height of 2 meters, James Jones' buying point is his precise three-point shooting ability.

The reason why the Suns chose to sign him this season is because of his three-pointers.

Wang Chao's current position is in serious conflict with him, and the two are direct competitors.

"Damn..."

Looking at Wang Chao angrily, James Jones was very unconvinced.

At the beginning of this season, he performed quite well for the Suns. He can contribute 24 points for the team in 9.3 minutes, and his three-point shooting rate is 38.6%. He is one of the main scoring points on the bench.

At that time, he didn't pay attention to Wang Chao, a potential competitor at all.

Because at that time, Wang Chao was almost useless except for his height and wingspan, and he could not threaten his status at all.

But James Jones couldn't even dream of it. In less than half a month, Wang Chao seemed to have suddenly erupted in a small universe and awakened his ability to shoot three-pointers. horrible.

His only advantage in the Suns was replaced by Wang Chao in an instant.

This directly led to the reduction of James Jones' playing time from 24 minutes to about 18 minutes in the past half month of games, and his less playing time was added to Wang Chao.

Because of this, James Jones' dissatisfaction with Wang Chao is no longer a matter of a day or two.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chao snatched away the rare opportunity to start the game this time.

It's just that Wang Chao didn't notice Jones' displeased eyes, or in other words, even if he noticed, he wouldn't take it seriously.

James Jones will be considered a celebrity in the future, but he is famous not because of how well he plays.

Although the three-pointer is quite accurate, Jones has only been a role player throughout his career. He is famous mainly because this guy later became LeBron James' guard with a knife, guarding around King James at all times. And by hugging James' thigh tightly, he spent a few more years in the NBA.

Not to mention that Wang Chao is now stronger than Jones in the field of three-pointers, and the opponent is not very good in other aspects except for three-pointers.

Even if Jones is stronger than the current Wang Chao, Wang Chao, who has a system, has the confidence to quickly surpass the opponent.

In fact, the reason why the current head coach D'Antoni will let Wang Chao replace Bell as the starting position is that he has already acquiesced that Wang Chao is stronger than Jones, both in terms of immediate combat power and potential.

(End of this chapter)