For the prediction of the best rookie in the new season, Derrick Rose, the first overall pick selected by the Bulls, and Mike Beasley, the second overall pick selected by the Heat, are the top two.

For the Kings' two rookies, Jason Thompson and Xie Kai, experts believe that it will be difficult for these two to really play and help the team in the new season. They generally believe that it is difficult for these two to average double digits per game.

The ability to score.

Xie Kai doesn't care at all about the predictions and comments from the outside world. Of course he knows his own strength. He knows that there were too many so-called "experts" who looked down on him in the NCAA and thought that he should not appear on the stage of the NCAA finals.

.But now I have successfully stood on the NBA court.

If everything goes as predicted by experts, then what else is unique about the NBA? What is the charm of competitive sports?

The NBA preseason has come to an end. Next, each team will make a wave of adjustments to prepare for the long 82-game regular season tour that is about to begin.

The NBA season is very long. From the end of October to the end of April of the following year, there are a total of 82 regular season games. Such a long period of time and so many games place very high physical demands on the players.

The Kings' first regular season game will be an away game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 30, so the team currently has 6 days to adjust.

Xie Kai is also making adjustments seriously. In the 8 preseason games that just ended, he played in 7 of them, averaging 129 points, 41 rebounds and 27 assists in 201 minutes per game.

14 steals, 07 blocks, 11 turnovers. The three shooting percentages are field goal percentage of 508, 3-point shooting percentage of 411, and free throw percentage of 848. It can be said that except for the slightly high turnover rate, his performance in the preseason is still acceptable.

Remarkable.

Of course, the offensive and defensive intensity in the preseason is low after all, and opponents will not make targeted arrangements, so higher efficiency is normal and not something to brag about.

However, Xie Kai's performance in the preseason convinced the foreign team's management, coaching staff and fans that this yellow rookie has the potential to become an important member of the team's bench in the new season.

Currently, 14 of the Kings' 15-man lineup have been confirmed, namely: Center - Brad Miller, Spencer Hawes, Jason Thompson; Power Forward - Mitch Moore, Sheldon Williams, Kenny

Thomas; small forwards - John Salmons, Francisco Garcia; shooting guards - Kevin Martin, Xie Kai, Quincy Doby, point guards - Beno Udri, Bobby Jackson, Bobby Brown.

Obviously, the team's 15th man is likely to be supplemented by a small forward, because except for this position, the player reserves in other positions are relatively sufficient.

As the No. 2 position, Xie Kai faces a lot of competitive pressure if he wants to enter the rotation. You must know that since Ron Artest was traded away, the core position of the team must belong to Kevin Martin. But the problem is

That's why he is the core, he plays the No. 2 position, and he is young, so he will naturally play more time.

Therefore, if Xie Kai also plays the No. 2 position on the court, as Kevin Martin's substitute, his playing time may be affected. If he serves as his pure substitute, assuming he averages 35 minutes per game, then he will theoretically only have 13 minutes.

It's time to play.

Of course, Kevin Martin is not the main competitor for Xie Kai to enter the rotation. His competitors should be Quincy Dolby, who also plays the 2 position, Bobby Jackson, who plays the 1 position more like the 2 position, and Bobby Jackson, who can

Veteran Francisco Garcia swings to the No. 2 position.

Quincy Dolby was selected by the Kings with the 19th pick in the first round in 2006. He is 191cm tall and mainly plays the No. 2 position. He once scored 32 points on Kobe Bryant, so in terms of scoring ability alone, he is still very good.

His problem is that he is too small to play the No. 2 position. He may be better on the offensive end, but suffers greatly on the defensive end. However, due to his lack of organizational skills on the offensive end, he cannot play the No. 1 position.

Therefore, Dolby can only play the No. 2 position on the court. But even with his pretty good offensive ability, under NBA-level defense, his field goal percentage has never exceeded 40 in his career so far, and his 3-point field goal percentage has never exceeded 40.

It didn't exceed 35, and the free throws were pretty good, but because there were so few free throws, it didn't have much reference value.

In short, Dolby is an offensive No. 2 with low efficiency and insufficient defense. If compared with Xie Kai, the advantage is that the defense should not be worse than him, at least the size and attitude are much better, and he can swing to 3

No. 1 position; on the offensive end, off-ball offense and shooting percentage should be better. As for ball-holding offense, neither of them will have so much ball rights, so the reference value is not great.

In addition to experience and skin color, in this Kings team, Xie Kai is obviously more suitable to serve as Kevin Martin's substitute than Dolby. After all, Dolby's "lottery" has already been scratched out with the word "Xie", and Xie Kai's

This "lottery" has not been drawn yet. Whether to continue to draw Dolby's lottery ticket is a question that the team management and coaching staff need to consider.

Xie Kai is certainly not afraid of competition. In order to pursue his basketball dream, he will not be afraid of any competitor. In this weak Kings team, entering the rotation is the first step.

Entering the rotation is not that easy. You must know that NBA teams generally rotate 8-10 people in the regular season. Unless it enters garbage time or the team suffers large-scale injuries, it will not exceed 10 people. Of course, it will not exceed 10 people.

It will be less than 8 people.

In the NBA, too many rotations will cause some players to have insufficient playing time and cannot guarantee their status. However, too few rotations will damage the main players and increase the probability of injuries to the main players. The NBA regular season is a marathon season of 82 games. How to improve

Properly allocating players' playing time is an issue that every team needs to seriously consider.

On October 29, with one day left before the season opener, the Kings held a press conference for the new season. At this press conference, all members of the Kings coaching staff and 14 players allowed the media to conduct interviews.

Many media came to participate in the interview. Although the Kings are not strong enough, they have a yellow guy like Xie Kai, so the news is not bad.

The famous esn reporter arc ste specially interviewed Xie Kai.

"Hello, Kane!" arc ste greeted.

"Hello!" Xie Kai responded politely.

"I have a few questions I'd like to interview, is that okay?" arc ste asked.

"Excuse me!" Xie Kai said readily. He knew that he was still a rookie, so he didn't want to appear too aloof. He should try his best to handle the relationship with the media as well as possible.
Chapter completed!