(My condition is a little better today and I barely coded a chapter. I’m not sure if it will happen tomorrow.)
In terms of talent, Garnett is really one of the best inside players in the NBA in recent years. Looking at the next ten or even fifteen years, only Duncan and Nowitzki can rival him. Even in terms of talent in a single round, Duncan
Even worse than Nowitzki.
Height, wingspan, explosiveness, and jumping, these are the top qualities of Garnett.
When Wang Feng passed the alley-oop just now, Garnett jumped up to catch the ball and his head was almost over the basket, so he dunked it very easily.
Gatlin, who was facing off against Garnett, had his mouth wide open in astonishment. He jumped with Garnett, but the height only reached the opponent's chest.
"boom--!"
Looking at Garnett landing after dunking, Adelman's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Now I kind of understand why the Warriors chose Garnett instead of No. 1 pick Joe Smith. This young man has a future worth looking forward to."
"hateful……"
Being passed by Wang Feng as easily as a telegraph pole, Sprewell felt his face was lost.
Therefore, the white team had the ball, and when he got the basketball, he immediately went to Wang Feng.
He wanted to use his own offense to get back at Wang Feng.
But when he stood in front of Wang Feng, Sprewell felt the strong pressure from Wang Feng.
A nearly perfect defensive position, a body that is taller and stronger than him, and a pair of eyes that are calm but seem to be able to see through his thoughts at any time.
Sprewell paused at the top of the three-point line for about 5 seconds, and then he knew that if he didn't take action, he might not have the courage to attack!
Gritting his teeth, Sprewell quickly dribbled the ball on the spot, took two swinging steps, and then jumped out with lightning speed.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a pull-up when in doubt. Even if the shot fails, it will not cause a serious loss of position on the defensive end due to the input on the offensive end.
But Sprewell's action seemed too simple and direct to Wang Feng. The moment the opponent took off, he immediately took a step forward and raised his hand to block Sprewell's shot.
Wang Feng, who is 2.01 meters tall, not only has a height advantage when facing Sprewell who is 1.96 meters tall. After strengthening in the summer, his jumping has been strengthened to 99, and Wang Feng's shot blocking ability is as high as 87.
Quite powerful.
"What?!!"
Sprewell was shocked. He didn't expect Wang Feng's block to come so quickly!
The basketball was directly dodged toward the backcourt by Wang Feng. At the same time, Wang Feng rushed over and picked up the basketball faster than Sprewell, and then ran towards the white team's basket.
Wang Feng was indeed extremely fast, faster than all the Warriors players on the field. Sprewell gritted his teeth and fought for his life but could only barely follow Wang Feng.
Wang Feng rushed to the free throw line, took two big steps, jumped into the air, and finished the offense with a one-arm tomahawk dunk.
"boom--!"
In the second dunk, Wang Feng's jumping ability in this attack was not inferior to Garnett's before, and he couldn't help but arouse the low-pitched admiration of several assistant coaches around him.
"Is that all?"
After Wang Feng dunked the ball, he turned to look at Sprewell and sneered disdainfully.
TM bullies people too much, even if my uncle can tolerate it, my aunt can't!
Sprewell's eyes were a little red. In the next few rounds, he tried his best to challenge Wang Feng one-on-one, hoping to score under Wang Feng's defense.
However, it turns out that Wang Feng's defensive ability may be difficult to defend against top players like Jordan, but it is more than enough to defend against third-rate stars in the league like Sprewell.
Even Wang Feng didn't need to use other moves. He just used a Death Coil Badge to press closely, and he was able to force Sprewell to struggle and stagger, and he couldn't even maintain normal dribbling.
Adelman watched the entire series between the Knicks and Bulls in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Wang Feng's defense would give even Jordan a headache, and his offense would mostly use back-up techniques after receiving the ball inside, trying to avoid attacking with the ball from the outside.
It's just that this scene of players being guarded so hard that they can barely dribble is still too shocking.
Sprewell's offense was blocked in various ways, while Wang Feng's offense was able to score steadily almost every time.
After a few rounds, the blue team has established a double-digit score advantage.
And in these rounds, Adelman also fully understood why the Warriors dared to use the league's third-highest salary, and even the league's first-highest salary when they signed Wang Feng, to acquire him.
It’s money well spent!
"What are you looking at?"
Adelman frowned and looked at an assistant coach on the side. This assistant coach was not the coach of the Warriors, but was brought by him. Because he was used to coaching the Trail Blazers for many years, he kept him with him.
This kind of thing is very common in the league.
At this time, the assistant coach immediately understood what Adelman meant, stopped the game directly, called the players of the white team together, and rearranged the tactics.
In any case, the white team is also the entire main lineup of the Warriors. It is easy for the blue team to beat them one-sidedly, and it will be difficult for everyone.
"Boss, you are so strong."
As soon as there was a timeout, Garnett ran to Wang Feng excitedly, "For a player who is so good at offense and defense, I only knew Michael Jordan before. It turns out you are too... No, you are better than Michael!"
The future famous Wolf King has now completely become Wang Feng’s little fanboy.
On the other side of the white team, the assistant coach is arranging the next play style and the tactics to be executed.
But Sprewell's eyes were dull and he didn't listen at all.
After several rounds of offense and defense, Wang Feng had completely defeated this madman's confidence. He knew that Wang Feng was very powerful, but he did not expect that he would be so powerful that he had no power to fight back.
"how so……"
The assistant coach looked at Sprewell, who was distracted and didn't listen to his words at all, and didn't say anything to remind him.
After the timeout, the players from the two teams restarted the game. The white team directly changed their tactics. The main attack point also changed from Sprewell to Mullin and Caselli. The offensive choice tried to avoid Wang Feng and Garnett.
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The effect of this move is outstanding. After all, except for those two people, the blue team is only a group of bench players. Their strength is limited and they cannot guard the main players at all.
In this way, before the end of the training match, the white team successfully closed the point difference to less than 10 points. Although they still lost the game, at least the loss was not that ugly.
In fact, if Wang Feng is serious, let alone 10 points, even a 20-point point difference is not inescapable.
After all, his defense ability is also at the top level in the league, and he can step forward to help his teammates when they are overpowered by the opponent.
But he also knows that a large part of the players on the field will be his teammates and need to fight side by side in the future. Even in the team's training matches, he still has to leave some face to the opponent.
Of course, he did not save this face for Sprewell.
Until the end of the 30-minute match, Sprewell failed to score a single point. The statistics were pitiful: 0 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 5 turnovers.
It's not like the White Team didn't think about helping Sprewell, after all, they are teammates. They also tried to use pick-and-roll screens and other methods to separate Wang Feng and Sprewell to help them score.
But Wang Feng simply can't get in. You pick and roll, I have the pick and roll dodger badge. Even if the double screen can isolate a slight chance of a shot, Wang Feng can use the defensive shock badge to interfere with Sprewell's already cold touch.
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"Very good, let's stop here today. Let's all disperse and reflect on the details of today's competition. We will complement and learn from each other. Training will continue tomorrow."
Adelman did not mention the matter of Wang Feng and Sprewell at all. Everyone knew this kind of thing tacitly, and there was no need to say anything more.
All the players have already made up their minds about who will be the boss of the Warriors in the future.
Sprewell walked to the locker room with a sullen face and said nothing.
On that day, the Warriors' general manager received a trade application submitted by Sprewell's agent.
Bob looked confused and had no idea what was going on. He later found out what was going on by asking the coaching staff, and immediately became speechless.
What the hell is this?
How could such a serious conflict arise on the first day of players' return to the team? Isn't Wang Feng too prickly?
At this time, Bob couldn't help but feel that his bet was wrong.
Then he also called head coach Adelman.
But what he didn't expect was that he didn't get any opinions or comments about this incident from Adelman. He just said a simple sentence.
"With Wang Feng, we really have a chance to compete for the championship."
Entering the championship ranks does not mean that you will definitely win the championship. Just like the Utah Jazz, they are the favorites to win the championship every year, but they have not won a championship in so many years.
But just the words of entering the championship ranks were enough to shock Bob.
What kind of magic power does Wang Feng have that he managed to conquer even Adelman in just one day?
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One day later, the Warriors officially announced that they would send All-Star guard Sprewell and a future second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for point guard Mookie Blaylock.
This transaction, which took place before the start of the preseason, has caused quite a bit of heated discussion.
In the eyes of many people, this is not a reciprocal transaction.
Madman Sprewell's trade value is very high. He is very young and can average 20 points per game in his second season as a rookie. He has also been selected to the All-Star, All-NBA First Team, and All-Defensive Second Team.
On the other hand, Mookie Blaylock is considered a good player and has been selected to the All-Star Game once. Last season, he was selected to the All-Defensive Team over Gary Payton.
But on the one hand, being 3 years older than Sprewell makes him seem to have less potential to tap. On the other hand, as a point guard with a height of only 1.83 meters, Blaylock's limitations are really too much.
Big.
The Hawks once regarded Blaylock as the core of the team. At that time, his average data once reached the level of 13.8 points and 9.7 assists. However, it turns out that not everyone with this height can be like Iverson.
Achieve sufficient achievements in the league.
Therefore, in the middle of the 1993-94 season, Dominique Wilkins chose to leave the Hawks for the Clippers, and the Hawks also changed from the top power in the East to a second-rate team that barely entered the playoffs with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses.
Being able to get Sprewell is naturally a dream for the Hawks who want to rebuild the team. Moreover, the Warriors also have a second-round pick for this purpose. Although the second round is not valuable, mosquito meat is also meat. Buy one.
Wouldn’t it be nice to give one as a gift?
As soon as this deal came out, Warriors fans were angry again.
They have absolutely no idea what the Warriors' front office is doing?
Local sports media in San Francisco also published newspapers questioning this.
"What on earth is Bob, the general manager of the Warriors, thinking? Sprewell is the future of the Warriors. All Warriors fans are expecting him to form a top perimeter combination with Wang Feng that is not inferior to Jordan Pippen. Sprewell will
If Weir is traded out, besides Wang Feng, who else can you expect to score stably for the team?"
Wang Feng is quite satisfied with this transaction.
Although Mookie Blaylock is not flashy and looks unsuitable for the NBA at 1.83 meters tall, this guy has been selected to the All-Defensive Team six times throughout his career and has won two steals.
His perimeter defensive ability can be considered second only to Gary Payton and Stockton in this era.
More importantly, Blaylock, who is good at defense, also has a good three-point shot. Although his overall shooting percentage in his career is only about 33%, in the past few seasons when the league has shortened the three-point line, he has averaged close to three shots per game.
7 three-pointers and maintained a shooting percentage of around 36%.
In this era that does not pay attention to three-pointers, this number of shots and shooting percentage are already quite good.
In addition, Blaylock's assist ability is also good. In his peak season, he averaged 9.7 assists per game, which can be said to be quite outstanding.
Although Wang Feng doesn't think this is of much use, because his own organizational and linking abilities are stronger than Blaylock's.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Feng was originally prepared to serve as the starting point guard for the Warriors.
With the arrival of Blaylock, the plan has changed. Wang Feng estimates that he will appear at the small forward or shooting guard position in the new season.
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No matter how you question it, this deal is a done deal. Wang Feng also took this opportunity to completely control the Warriors' voice and become a veritable boss of the team.
A few days later, the NBA preseason finally arrived.
A new Warriors team that has been almost completely reborn has finally made its debut under the spotlight.
On October 9, the Warriors' first preseason game was at home to face the challenge from the Sacramento Kings.
The Warriors also showed fans in this game a lineup that may become a stable starting lineup in the regular season.
Point guard Mookie Blaylock, shooting guard Chris Mullin, small forward Wang Feng, power forward Kevin Garnett, center Ronnie Seikaly.