After the time entered September, Wang Xiao ended the special training for Curry and the other four people and gave them a short vacation.

At the end of September, the team will officially gather players to prepare for the preseason and regular season.

Taking advantage of this holiday, Wang Xiao also went back to China to visit his parents.

Wang Xiao's return to China was very low-key this time and did not alert any media.

Now he is not the unknown little coach two years ago. Although he has never appeared in an NBA game, Wang Xiao's popularity is already quite high in China, especially not long ago when Dayao was crowned king in front of the media.

After Xiao spoke out, his popularity in China began to skyrocket.

Wang Xiao didn't want to be disturbed by the media when he returned to China to visit his parents, so many domestic media even thought that Wang Xiao was still in the United States.

After spending two weeks peacefully at home, Wang Xiao returned to Washington again.

The players will return to the team to resume training on September 25, and the coaches will have to return to the team some time earlier.

Unlike the summer league, whose main purpose is to examine the status and level of players, preseason games are very important for any team as preparations before the regular season.

For the Wizards, who have changed nearly half of their team this summer, they need to adjust the lineup in just 7 games, become familiar with their respective teams' playing styles, and determine each team's lineup for the new season.

Time is a little tight.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao had already designed a rough tactical system before, and also developed several sets of tactics suitable for the Wizards based on the tactics of the two representative teams in the future, the Warriors and Rockets.

Next, you only need to hand over these tactics to the offensive coach and let the players practice and become familiar with them in daily training.

Wang Xiao cares more about defense than offense.

Curry and Harden, these two players are definitely not good defensive players.

Many times, Curry is regarded as the breakthrough point for the Warriors on the court, and Harden is not much better.

Although small ball tactics are derived from run and gun tactics, unlike run and gun tactics, small ball tactics are also quite good in defense.

The Warriors are mostly remembered for their mercury-like offense, but this team's defense is also quite outstanding.

The current lineup of the Wizards, especially Wang Xiao's tentative starting lineup, has a lot of deficiencies in defense.

Among the guards, Curry and Harden are not players who are good at defense. Butler on the front is also typically strong in offense and weak in defense. In contrast, Jamison, who looks thin and weak, also gives people a sense of strong attack and defense.

It feels like he is weak defensively, but his defense is surprisingly good.

Jamison is not good at blocking shots, but his rebound protection, steal ability and awareness of assisting defense are very good, and his attitude on the defensive end can be considered attentive.

Compared with the other four positions, the Wizards' center position is the only position that can be described as strong defensively.

Brandon Haywood is a typical defensive center, tall and strong, with the ability to eat pie. His low post skills are about zero, his free throw shooting is terrible, but his ability to rebound and block shots is excellent.

Last season, Haywood missed almost a season due to injury, but Wang Xiao still placed him in the starting center position without hesitation.

Although McGee and DeAndre Jordan are very talented and are tall and long centers who are good at blocking shots and grabbing rebounds, they are only second-year rookies after all, and there is a big gap between them and Haywood in terms of experience.

The Wizards' current defensive ability is probably at the bottom of the entire league, and whether they can move from the bottom to the bottom or even a dozen depends on the role of the center.

In Wang Xiao's tactical system, the center's main job is defense, rebounding and pick-and-roll.

As long as the opponent can help defend in time after the opponent's players break through the outside line and rush into the inside line, effectively limiting the opponent's ability to easily score, in Wang Xiao's opinion, it is considered qualified.

For this reason, Wang Xiao did not hesitate to bring in DeAndre Jordan, just to give the Wizards a height advantage inside.

Among the three big men of Haywood, McGee, and DeAndre Jordan, whoever gets off the court due to too many defensive fouls will be immediately replaced by the other one. Even if it is based on quantity, the defensive quality and rebounding must be stacked!

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As time approaches the end of September, players have also returned to the team to report.

In the training hall, the assistant coaches and players are conducting recovery training.

Wang Xiao stood on the sidelines and watched silently.

Except for the two trades in the draft, no action has been taken, including players whose contracts have expired, and no contract renewal matters have been discussed. Therefore, at present, excluding the players whose contracts have expired and left, the Wizards

There are a total of 14 people on the roster.

Point guard: Stephen Curry, Patrick Beverley.

Shooting guards: James Harden, Nick Young, Mike James.

Small forward: Caron Butler, Mike Miller, Danny Green.

Power forward: Antoine Jamison, Andre Blatch, Dominic McGuire.

Center: Brandon Haywood, DeAndre Jordan, JaVale McGee.

"...Well, it's not bad, as long as you get used to it well."

Touching his chin, Wang Xiao thought in his heart.

This lineup, as long as the rookies selected this year can grow up, will undoubtedly become quite strong.

Even if there is a big flaw on the defensive end, it can be covered up with strong offensive firepower, just like the Suns who use run-and-gun tactics...

"Head coach..."

At this time, the chief assistant coach Walter came over, holding a piece of information in his hand and frowning slightly.

"What's the matter?" Wang Xiao looked at Walter.

"Head coach, there are some problems with the training plan you gave me yesterday. There is too much training related to three-pointers. I would like to ask if I made a mistake." Walter said.

"There is no mistake. The team will train according to this training plan starting today."

Wang Xiao's answer left Walter speechless.

He really couldn't understand what the head coach was thinking.

Almost half of the entire training plan is related to three-pointers. What is this intended to do? Shoot a large number of three-pointers in the game?

Walter never expected that he actually guessed what Wang Xiao was thinking.

Soon, the players in training also noticed something was wrong.

"Why are today's training all about three-pointers?"

Butler asked with some confusion.

Caron Butler is a traditional offensive small forward. Although he has the ability to shoot three-pointers, his shooting rate is not particularly high. Rather than shooting three-pointers from the outside, he is more accustomed to holding the ball and hitting the basket.

Last season, he took fewer three-pointers from the outside than power forward Jamison.

There are many people who have the same doubts as him. Players such as Jamison, Mike Miller, and Nick Young also find this kind of training strange.
Chapter completed!