When he heard that there was no name in the starting lineup of the new season, little Thomas was bloodless.
Being kicked out of the starting line-up means nothing.
Either it means that he is out of favor with the manager, or the team doesn't need to be himself, at least not to play so much time.
Little Thomas can't figure out what's wrong with him. His performance last season was outstanding. As a rookie in the 60th place, he played the data of 12.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 1.3 steals per game
No one can find fault with such a data.
But even so, such outstanding performance still can't let oneself sit in the starting position
Richard looked at little Thomas's expression and sighed in his heart. He felt that he was not right with little Thomas.
Last season, according to the squad at hand, Richard is going to use Stevens's offensive system, and now he is also going to do so, but because of the joining of green, considering the interests of the team, little Thomas can't be put into the starting lineup.
In this situation, Richard is considering whether he should trade little Thomas.
Of course, if you stay in the team, it's not bad. If you stay in the team, little Thomas can lead the substitute team to open up the situation.
Thinking about it, Richard still didn't want to sell Thomas and decided to wait until the end of the season.
Last season Richard didn't expect much from the team, and this season will not.
This is the third year he took over the clipper. He can't swim another round.
Although there is still a gap between the Clippers team and winning the championship, Richard is sure to lead the team as far as possible in the playoffs.
In September, the whole month of training, the effect is quite good, mainly is the starting players are quite familiar with the tactical system, plus Leonard, Thompson after a season of training, the strength has increased.
Generally speaking, the shooting rate of rookie players will be embarrassed. For example, kenbawalker, who was sold by warriors before, has been embarrassed in his rookie season. However, since the second season, the shooting rate has been greatly improved.
Many players are like this, such as Durant, the shooting rate of rookie season is also relatively low
Thompson is definitely a stranger. He has hit the top hit rate in the league. Last season, he scored an average of 15.1 points, with an average of 44.1% and a three-point hit rate of 41.7%.
Such a hit rate level, many professional shooters may not be able to play the whole career.
With such a high hit rate, the reason why the score is only 15 points is actually related to Thompson's inexperience.
As a rookie, the ability to find out the mobile phone club is certainly not as good as the veteran. After this season's training, I think Thompson will definitely make great progress in this area.
Richard is still optimistic about Thompson. Next season, Thompson is sure to have a wave of breakout.
Under normal circumstances, Thompson joined the warriors in the first few seasons, the hit rate is quite abnormal
The three-point shooting rate of this product's career has never been lower than 40% in any season!
In the first year, he averaged 12.5 points, and in the second year, he increased to 16.6 points
Now Thompson is in the clippers, it is estimated that the improvement will not be small. Thompson is likely to score more than 20 points per game in the new season.
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On October 3, the pre-season kicks off.
There's nothing to see in the preseason. Six preseasons have been played, and the clippers have scored 3-3. Richard doesn't care much.
What matters is the schedule of the regular season.
Whether the Clippers are mules or horses this season should be pulled out.
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Stern has retired completely. Xiao Hua gave Richard a big gift as soon as he took over Stern's position.
The official unveiling game for the league is the Clippers' home game to meet the challenge of defending champion Los Angeles Lakers!
The Lakers are definitely the hottest team in the league. Last season, they won the championship. This season, they brought in Howard and NASH. Almost all fans of the league are watching them closely and looking forward to the start of the game.
In this way, the ticket sales of clippers at home can be imagined.
It's definitely a gift from Xiao Hua to Richard. To be honest, this game is more suitable for the Lakers and the Spurs.
But Xiao Hua's arrangement, no one will find fault. After all, the Lakers and clippers have played in the first round of the Western playoffs, and there are many fans of Richard. They also want to see the third season when Richard took over the Clippers. What is the level of clippers at present.
The fans are very familiar with Richard's career.Coach the trailblazers, win the title in the third season, and win three titles.
Coach pistons, the second season began to win, a win is two champions.
Coach the pirate team, and win the championship in the third season. One win is four championships.
All in all, Richard's team will be able to show its ability to win the championship in the third season, presumably the Clippers are no exception at present.
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Before the match, both sides warmed up.
Kobe Bryant's mood is quite good. The team has brought him two big players, which gives him enough confidence to defend the title.
"Boy, you have to work hard tonight. If you don't work hard, it's estimated that the game will enter the garbage time in three quarters." Bryant walked past Leonard, patted Leonard on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Leonard giggles
Throughout the off-season, Leonard stayed at Richard's house and went to training every day.
Richard also contacted Kobe Bryant to train at 4 a.m. with Leonard
According to Leonard, Bryant was a liar. He arrived at the training ground at 3:50 and didn't see his shadow until 6:00.
After this off-season training, Leonard looks strong and strong. With his long arm, he looks more intimidating on the defensive end.
Seeing Kobe and Leonard joking, Richard couldn't help laughing at Kobe and saying, "so confident? If you lose in a while, it will be ugly. "
"Lose? It's impossible, coach. I can't imagine what you Clippers will win over our big five! " Bryant laughed.
Richard smiled bitterly and waved his hand. Now Kobe is in a good mood, so he will not stimulate him. It is estimated that he will cry when he finishes the first two months of the game.
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"Doodle doodle!" The referee whistled the start of the game.
Both sides began to play, Kobe Bryant saw the Clippers let Sun Yue on the court, can not help but say hello to Sun Yue.
He has a good relationship with Sun Yue. They have played opposite each other in the international arena. Now they are playing in the same city. In addition to Richard's relationship, the two will come out from time to time to get together.
Nash saw that the clipper put Sun Yue in position one, and his face hurt
If little Thomas is in charge, he doesn't worry much, but now Sun Yue is very difficult to deal with.
Sun Yue is 15 centimeters taller than NASH in terms of height, and in terms of speed and strength, 38 year old Nash is totally in the bottom
He felt that even with the help of his teammates, it was difficult to find a comfortable exit meeting. It was not impossible for him to be accidentally blocked by the No. 1 player with the height of No. 4 position in front of him.
The highlight of Nash's career is not in the sun, but in the two years under Richard.
In those two years, Nash won only two championship rings in his career.
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The referee whistled and the center players of both sides jumped the ball. Howard's physical fitness is still the top one in the center. Hofford failed to win the jump, which gave the Lakers the right to play in the first attack round.
Nash's slow control of the ball is moving towards the front court. He's so old that he can't get up quickly. If he really wants to get up and play quickly, he can't stand playing for 25 minutes.
Sun Yue opens his arms and keeps in front of NASH.
At such a distance, if Nash shot, he could take off at any time to interfere, or even cover.
If Nash uses his teammates to pick up and remove, the distance is enough for Sun Yue to bypass the pick-up.
Nash ball to the front court after the big Gasol pulled out to the top, to help Nash do a pick and roll.
But before Nash could make a move, Sun Yue had bypassed Pau Gasol without losing his position.
Richard stood on the sidelines and nodded his head with satisfaction. Let alone, in the past few years, Sun Yue has improved a lot in defense.
Sun Yue has accumulated a lot of defense experience in the clipper's abundant debut time, as well as participating in various international seasons. At present, he defends Nash cleverly.
It's impossible for Nash to make a move. How to make a move in this situation?
The bounce itself is not very good, and it's 38 years old. It's against a player who is at the peak of 206 cm. Isn't that the data of giving someone a shot?
A straight pass, Nash passed the ball to Artest, who was running without the ball.
At the moment Artest is also starting to play more without the ball.
After receiving the ball, his counterpart, clay Thompson, immediately stood up to Artest and gave him no space to shoot.
In normal circumstances, Artest is not so irascible, so he doesn't directly hit people's heads with big elbows because of such a defense
(harden: MMP? Are you sure?)
Seeing that he doesn't have space to shoot, Artest is ready to pass to Kobe.But what he didn't expect was that his rough pass was cut off by a long arm.
After Leonard cut the ball, he immediately passed it to Sun Yue, who immediately turned to fight back.
Leonard and Thompson followed, heading for the front court.
Kobe Bryant and Artest are also fighting back immediately. As for Howard, Pau Gasol and Nash, their fast counter attack ability is almost negligible.
The front court directly formed the situation of 3-2, Sun Yue didn't dare to ask big, the ball to the front court into the three-point line, immediately points the ball to Leonard.
Leonard watched Kobe Bryant and Artest pounce on him, and without saying a word, the ball went to Thompson, who was standing outside the three-point line.
"Shua!" Thompson took the knife and hit three straight points.
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"Awesome! It's amazing! The clipper's three little defense and counter attack abilities are absolutely unique! " Buckley couldn't help praising the attack and defense round.