With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 82 Wang Chao takes the initiative to play as a substitute?

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 82 Wang Chao takes the initiative to play as a substitute?

Some people have excellent data, and some people will be affected by it.

There are three players in the Suns who have been seriously affected: Nash, Bell, and Diaw.

Nash's regular season averages this season should have been 18.6 points and 11.6 assists, which is quite gorgeous.

However, due to the emergence of Wang Chao, as the top passing master in history, Nash decisively reduced the number of his shots and chose to pass more passes to assist his teammates. This has resulted in his average number of shots per game so far being only 10.6.

This is the lowest score since he came to the Suns and became the core of the team's perimeter. His scoring average also dropped to 14.9 points per game.

But in contrast, Nash's assists per game also reached 13.8 per game for the first time!

This is a quite exaggerated statistic. In recent years, the best point guards, whether Nash or Kidd, averaged only 11.5 and 10.8 assists per game in the seasons, while the previous one could average 13 assists per game.

The above is John Stockton at his peak.

As a well-known assist master in the league, Stockton ranks first in the league's assist list. In the best season of his career, he averaged an exaggerated 14.5 assists per game, while also stably controlling turnovers within 3.5 times.

This is something that even Nash, who mainly plays run-and-gun tactics in the Suns, can hardly match.

But with the emergence of Wang Chao, Nash's efficiency in passing and assisting has become significantly higher.

Wang Chao's style determines that he will catch the ball and shoot in most cases. As long as the ball goes in, the passer will definitely receive an assist.

This also makes Nash like to pass the ball to Wang Chao on the court. Who doesn't like his data to get better?

Therefore, Nash doesn't care even if his scoring average drops. He is not a player who cares about scoring data. Otherwise, with his shooting ability, it is not impossible to average 25+ points per game with all his strength.

As for the decline in Bell and Diaw's statistics, it's okay not to mention it. After all, even team boss Nash doesn't care. Not to mention Bell and Diaw, who are role players on the team and follow the instructions of the head coach.

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If any second-round pick could stably average 19+ points per game in the second season of his career, he would probably be ecstatic.

After all, Arenas's inspirational story is only a minority. The vast majority of second-round picks can basically only serve as marginal bench figures for the team. They can't play a few minutes in a game. If they are lucky, they can get a few more years of contract extension.

After the contract ends, the unlucky rookie can only leave the NBA and play overseas or become a coach or assistant in a university.

But Wang Chao is obviously different.

If there are no system tasks, his current performance is satisfactory enough. He averages 19 points and 3 rebounds per game, which is definitely enough for him to secure his position as the main force in the team. When the contract is renewed next summer, not to mention more, he will be worth seven or eight hundred dollars.

An annual salary of 10,000 yuan is easily available.

But Wang Chao’s goal is to average more than 20 points per game by the end of the regular season, but now his score can only hover around 19 points, as if he is just short of breath, and he has not been able to score in the previous games.

Points are brought up.

If he follows the current pace, it will be difficult for him to average 20+ points per game by the end of the season.

Before traveling back in time, Wang Chao, a senior fan and troll, often gave advice on certain situations. At that time, in his opinion, players who did not average 25 points per game were not worthy of being called stars.

The gold content of scoring champions with scores below 30+ must be discounted.

Now in this alliance, Wang Chao finally realized how naive and childish his thoughts were.

This is similar to the fact that among the thousands of netizens on the Internet, those who earn more than RMB 10,000 per month are considered to be living in a difficult situation and their families cannot take the blame, while those who earn one million per year are considered to be at the low-to-medium level.

Those who can average 20 points per game in the NBA, especially in the era of 2006 when the offensive pace was still slow, can average more than 20 points per game. To put it bluntly, they are all the top players in the world of basketball!

Wang Chao is now open, with a full three-point shooting ability value of 99 plus three shooting talent skills. When the three-point shooting is comparable to Curry, it is so difficult to average 20+ points per game.

Of course, Wang Chao's difficulty in scoring is not only due to his single scoring method. The team's lineup is too good and his scoring ability in all five positions is also one of the important reasons.

If the head coach is willing to give Wang Chao more ball rights, he can easily increase his scoring average to over 20 points per game.

But D'Antoni obviously doesn't want to change the status quo.

The Suns have won 15 consecutive victories and are at the top of the record list, which shows that the team's current tactics are very reasonable.

Even if you are a master of running and gunning, you don't want to rely too much on unstable three-pointers to win. You need to develop comprehensively in multiple aspects so that you won't be targeted so easily in the playoffs.

Without support from the head coach and the team, Wang Chao had no choice but to find a way on his own.

…

On December 15, the Suns defeated the Warriors 105:101 at home, achieving their 16th consecutive victory.

On December 16, the Suns defeated the Kings 105:98 in an away game, winning 17 consecutive games!

On December 19, the Suns defeated the Raptors 115:98 at home, achieving their 18th consecutive victory!

The entire Phoenix cheered for joy. The 18-game winning streak is a new winning streak in the history of the Suns. It can be ranked high even in the history of the league. More importantly, the winning streak has the opportunity to continue to be extended!

And at this time, the Suns team is full of momentum and united, trying to leave a mark on the league's winning streak history.

Wang Chao stood in front of the head coach's office, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Please come in."

Hearing D'Antoni's voice, Wang Chao pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing that it was Wang Chao who entered the room, D'Antoni raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"King, please sit down. What can I do for you?"

Wang Chao sat opposite D'Antoni with a calm expression and said what he had already thought about and had predicted many times in his mind.

"Coach, I want to talk to you about my position in the team."

Hearing Wang Chao's words, D'Antoni frowned.

Isn't he still dissatisfied with his current position?

He is the first starter in the team and the team's second scoring point. He has his own running tactics and averages at least 30 minutes per game.

D'Antoni really didn't expect that Wang Chao came to him because of his positioning in the team.

What's going on? Do you still want to surpass Steve and Amare and become the first core of the Suns?

However, what Wang Chao said next stunned D'Antoni.

"Coach, I have been thinking about it while the team has been winning. I feel that I am more suitable for the substitute position than the starter. If possible, I hope to try again in the next game.

Return to the substitute position and contribute better to the team."

(End of chapter)