NBA: I Really Have No Talent

Chapter 45 : Sloan’s careful thinking, the championship is expected!

In the following two weeks, the Jazz played against multiple teams. The Timberwolves were not included. For this reason, Garnett also called specifically to complain about the situation and agreed to meet in the regular season. At this time, they cannot be merciful to each other, and must go all out to defeat each other.

In this regard, Wang Pan will naturally not raise any objections.

Back to the Jazz…

During this period, the main players’ playing time has always been maintained within fifteen minutes, and the iron triangle within the team only played ten minutes per game.

It can be seen that the coaches simply want them to find the feeling of the game. They don’t really care about winning or losing in preseason games.

In fact, all the teams participating in the preseason have this idea. As a result, the intensity of the game is not high. It is not like confrontation, but a cutscene.

At least the starting players are like this.

The team’s benches are playing relatively seriously…

Wang Pan’s playing time is relatively stable, and the number of shots is also firmly ranked first in the team. Anyway, his coach does not care, and his teammates are willing to fulfill himself, so he hasn’t constrained much, and shot when he should.

Facing the opponent’s bench lineup, Wang Pan thought he might encounter some trouble. At first, he was more cautious. After a few games, he was surprised to find that he played unexpectedly and easily.

Teammates have become more aware of his technical characteristics. As the team’s backup point guard, Howard Asley, who averaged 8 assists per game in the preseason, even tasted the sweetness and passed the ball to Wang whenever he had a chance. Pan.

Other teammates are responsible for helping him remove obstacles.

In the summer league before, he cooperated with Wang Pan tacitly, and he always provided him with extremely solid and effective pick-and-roll assistance. He gradually emerged from this group of “engineering blue-collar” and his playing time gradually increased.

Happy that the corners of the big man’s mouth were always grinning, and he looked even more honest.

Greg Foster, who sees that the team is about to compete with him for the position of the first backup center, is very worried, but he has been in the league for 7 seasons and will soon be his eighth. The veteran NIAO of the season went to kneel TIAN, a first-year rookie, still a second round…

Even if Wang Pan’s current tactical position in the team’s bench lineup can be said to be the first, Jerry Sloan even acquiesced that he has the right to fire wirelessly on the bench lineup, but Foster said he still can’t hold back this old face. He didn’t want to be like Ostertag, completely acting as Wang Pan’s door god.

He has his own stubbornness.

Regarding all of this, the observers knew that Jerry Sloan naturally saw everything in his eyes. After weighing it up, he did not hesitate and clearly favored Wang Pan and began to gradually increase the Olympics in the preseason. Stagger’s playing time.

I found that the 2.18-meter power center worked very well with Wang Pan. The pick-and-roll effect was very good. It often only required his personal pick-and-roll to cooperate with Wang Pan’s NBA star-level off-the-ball running position. Ability, easy to create a good shot time.

This pair is facing the opponent’s substitute lineup, which is very threatening, and Jerry Sloan is immediately excited.

The game intensity of the Jazz’s starting lineup is undoubtedly guaranteed, and the performance is very stable. If the bench lineup can provide the team with stable output and reduce the pressure on the starting lineup, then the overall strength of the entire team can definitely be Raise a level.

The problem of the team’s internal weakness in the new season has been greatly improved with the addition of Ostertag and Foster and Spencer’s return from injury. Apart from anything else, at least the height of the interior is no longer Unfortunately, the physique of the major centers looks good, and there shouldn’t be a big problem in rebounding.

In fact, Jerry Sloan does not have high demands on the team’s center forwards. As long as he can give his opponents enough pressure on the defensive end and protect the backcourt rebounds, they don’t need to worry about the offensive end at all. Karl Malone can Solve all problems.

The team’s problems all the time have been improved. The bench lineup now looks like a big surprise like Wang Pan, and the offensive firepower is completely sufficient.

The championship is expected!

Thinking of this, the look in Jerry Sloan’s eyes became a little different.

There is only the last game left in the preseason. In the previous few games, Wang Pan averaged 24.6 minutes per game. He could score a staggering 20.5 points and shoot a terrifying 65% from the field. Really so amazing.

As long as it is running out of position, as long as the teammate can pass the ball in time, Wang Pan can basically convert it into a score.

Even if there is a preseason that everyone doesn’t defend very much, and it’s the reason why the opponent’s lineup is relatively ordinary in the bench, but this data is also extremely good.

In the regular season, even if the hit rate drops by 20%, it is 45%, which is completely acceptable.

There was already Jerry Sloan who wanted to focus on cultivating Wang Pan’s ideas. Seeing that Wang Pan played so well in the preseason, he immediately confirmed his inner thoughts and prepared to give Wang Pan more in the new season. His playing time, such a young player, is worth the effort…

Wang Pan certainly doesn’t know what his own coach thinks. The old man keeps his face straight every day. Recently, he has started to catch his lack of defensive ability and made the team’s big brother John Stocker. Dun and Jeff Hornacek helped him focus on improving his defensive response ability in his usual training.

After some exchanges, Wang Pan and Jeff Hornacek, who hadn’t talked much before in the team, also got acquainted a lot.

Regarding this player who was called the “smartest man in the league” by Karl Malone and later became the head coach of the Suns, Wang Pan was most impressed by the fact that he had a very beautiful daughter… well, now Two years old.

But after a period of communication and familiarity, I have to say that Wang Pan was deeply attracted by this man’s talents, just like Karl Malone’s evaluation of him, this man is really smart, and The game experience is very rich, and I can always point out the key to the problem sharply.

From the other side, Wang Pan has gained a lot.

The other party’s selfless sharing and help made him feel deeply guilty. Before, I was thinking of squeezing this 35-year-old guy as soon as possible so that I could play the main role. Thinking about it now, I can actually consider it. Squeeze out the black-bellied old ghost Stockton…

Hmm… Let’s go with the flow, now I’m just a first-year rookie who hasn’t played a game in the regular season, this kind of thing is too early for him to think about.

With the help of the two, coupled with the fact that his own hardware conditions are quite good among guards, Wang Pan’s defensive ability has improved rapidly. Although it has not fully reached the NBA level, it is no longer a defensive black hole. Anyway, defense If you can’t help it, let’s not talk about it, his attitude is definitely not a problem.

After all, the most important thing in defense is attitude, experience, etc. As the game progresses, it can eventually accumulate…

Attention has returned to the preseason. At the time when only the last 5 days are left before the official start of the regular season of the new season, the Jazz ushered in the 76ers’ challenge at home, which was also the team’s last time before the start of the season. Games.

In the previous preseason, the Jazz maintained a record of complete victory. When their opponents did not try their best, they played relatively easily in every game.

Just when everyone thought it would be the same in this last game, there was an anomaly in the 76ers…

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