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Chapter 189 Su Wen has made progress again!

On October 10, the new NBA season is about to begin, with preseason games first.

Before the preseason, all teams in the league have been conducting recovery training in an orderly manner.

As the defending champion, all members of the Seattle SuperSonics have entered the formal training stage.

The entire team was divided into groups and began to compete.

The main players and substitutes were mixed and divided into two groups. Su Wen volunteered to join the side with the most substitutes.

On this side, there are Bill Walton, Karl Malone, Joe Dumars, Su Wen, and Brad Davis;

On the other side, McCormick, Chambers, Reggie King, Al Wood, Gerald Henderson.

In a mixed group confrontation between substitutes and main players, the strength of both sides' lineups was relatively even. Except for Su Wen, who was more prominent, the others were very similar.

But as soon as the bench lineup started, it gave the coaching staff a huge surprise.

Not because of Su Wen who switched to point forward, but because of Karl Malone.

Before Malone was selected by the team, Lanny Wilkens and the coaching staff actually knew very little about this guy. Most of what they knew about Malone was some college games.

"Don't you think it's because of the tacit understanding between you and Su?" Lanny Wilkens replied with a smile.

"This Karl is pretty good, he's very mobile." Rollin Miller, the newly appointed assistant coach for team training, also exclaimed in surprise.

Dumas saw Walton happily accept the ball and finish the ball happily, and immediately looked at Su Wen in confusion.

Are you fucking kidding me?

After receiving the ball, Walton turned around, rushed to the frame, and hit a layup.

The substitute team made a comeback again. This time, Su Wen passed the ball to Dumas.

Su Wen smiled, spread his hands and said, "Sorry, Bill is in a better position, so I couldn't help but pass it on."

Malone is as eager to dunk as Chambers, and he always seems to want to show off his talents and abilities through dunks.

He received the pass from Su Wen, stepped into the penalty area, soared into the sky, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.

He felt that after his old friend Wilkens led the team to win the championship, he had soared and exuded endless charm, so he paid his respects when he came back.

"that's all!"

He succeeded.

"???"

When the opponent followed his will and cut into the corner, Dumas, who was in the neutral position, received Su Wen's breakthrough point and took the ball.

The basketball hits the hoop easily.

Although his dunk action and strength are not as explosive as Chambers's visual impact, they still have a thunderous and unpretentious momentum.

"Karl, run to the left."

If you study his resume, you will find that this guy was once a substitute player for a certain NCAA team and has only one experience in the championship.

As soon as he reached the penalty area, Su Wen sent the ball to his hands with a ground-breaking pass, allowing him to get rid of Chambers and directly attack the frame.

"Joe, run with all your strength and get to that position as quickly as possible."

Another Dick Helm, left the team to continue his studies with the Cleveland Cavaliers and will coach the team after the next two seasons.

Karl Malone was quick on his feet. After receiving Su Wen's instruction, he immediately shuttled into the paint and hit the basket.

After the two assistant coaches left, it was natural to add new players. Therefore, Bob Kloppenburg, who had worked with Wilkens for one year and then worked as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers for two years, took two or three breaks. After the season, came back.

But the coaching staff didn't mind, and Davis was happy to paddle, letting Su Wen organize the offense the whole time, as if they wanted to see how comprehensive this kid was.

After winning the championship, his coaching team replaced the old with the new in the summer and conducted some iterative updates.

While the three were sighing, the pass from the main lineup was intercepted by Joe Dumas, and the ball was handed over to Su Wen.

"Bang!"

When engaging in a pick-and-roll with Malone, he signaled the opponent to block his opponent, then quickly moved down and penetrated toward the basket.

Su Wen continued to direct his teammates to move. After Dumas arrived in the frontcourt, he followed the instructions and crossed the inside line. However, after Su Wen ran into position, the basketball passed straight to Walton under the basket.

"Hey, the black version of Tom?"

"Shh!"

Chief assistant coach Bob Kloppenburg's eyes lit up the moment Malone hit the rim.

Su Wen pushed forward with the ball, ignoring Reggie King's marking and directing his teammates to move.

In the summer of the SuperSonics, not only the player lineup has changed a lot, but the coaching staff has also formed a new lineup, showing new signs for the new season.

Dave Harshman, the original chief assistant coach, retired and entered the management team.

Dumas didn't complain about anything, but secretly spat in his face and walked away.

Rollin Miller has no coaching resume and no experience as an assistant. He is purely a newcomer in the industry and is quite young.

Filling the void created by the departure of Dave Harshman.

After seeing his hit, Su Wen waved his arms excitedly and celebrated instead of Dumas.

Su Wen was on the bench and was the organizer of ball control from the beginning. Davis was simply a tool dribbling through the frontcourt and became a decoration.

When the group confrontation was going on, Malone's ability to attack the frame, mobility, and athletic ability, which was not inferior to Chambers, all stood out.

When attacking the basket, because his steps were too fast and his actions were too sudden, Chambers was completely thrown away before he could react.

F@#￥!

Not only did you trick me, but you also stole the celebration from me?

Dumas secretly spat in Su Wen's face again, feeling extremely speechless.

"did you see it?"

The coaching staff on the sidelines had something to say again.

Especially coach Lenny Wilkens. After all, this guy worked with Su Wen to lead the team to win the championship last season. They have worked together for a whole season and understand Su Wen's playing characteristics very well.

"He's willing to take on more responsibility this season."

"Yes." Bob Kloppenburg nodded in agreement: "I watched all his games last season, and for the first time I saw him taking the initiative to do the commander's job." "Well, he has improved." Wilkens added with a look of comfort.

"With him doing organizational work like this, wouldn't our two point guards become decorations?" Rollin Miller had a different view.

Wilkens responded to his doubts, beeping softly: "Our two point guards are not star-level point guards anyway."

If you feel the need, just speak loudly, don't be afraid of being heard by them.

Seeing that he was so frank and did not give any face-saving explanation to his players, Miller was dumbfounded for a while.

The group confrontation training continued. Su Wen took control of the substitutes' ball. He even led a group of substitutes and led the main team by 15 points at halftime.

In 20 minutes in the first half, he sent out 12 assists and scored only 10 points.

As if obsessed with the feeling of passing, he has been passing the ball and directing his teammates to run tactics. He completely liberated Davis, allowing the latter to only exist on the court in the form of a scoring point guard.

In the second half, the lineups of both teams mixed up again and regrouped.

Suvin returned to the main team, Wood and Chambers went to the bench, and Malone and Dumas continued to be Suvin's teammates.

At the beginning, Su Wen blocked Chambers, grabbed the rebound himself, and pushed for a counterattack.

During the transition between offense and defense, he just advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball the next second.

The basketball flew over the head of the substitute and was sent into the penalty area. Dumas rushed over and caught the ball with a dunk.

"The ball leader?"

Wilkens raised his eyebrows and said with appreciation: "He passed the ball ahead of time."

"Almost using the placement of the ball to guide the movement of my teammates."

"You mean he wasn't that bold before?" Bob Kloppenburg asked with a smile.

"Yes."

Wilkens nodded and replied: "He used to pass the ball accurately. He rarely used the ball to lead his teammates to move, and passed the ball with such a large amount of advance."

"He seems to be enjoying passing the ball?"

"Does he think he's Earvin Johnson?"

"K!"

Wilkens nodded and was about to say something when the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Chambers attacked the basket, but Malone forced him down and gave him a gorgeous block.

This aura of a newborn calf showing no fear of tigers immediately shocked Wilkens.

He discovered that Malone was not only physically strong, but also not afraid of confrontation.

Even if the person opposite him was the champion No. 4, an All-Star power forward, he still charged forward.

Wilkens likes young people with such impulsiveness best.

After guarding this ball, when the two sides switched offense and defense, Malone was also very active, jumping up and down in the frontcourt penalty area.

Su Wen's pass arrived quickly and was directly lobbed high to the top of the basket.

Malone jumped up, caught the basketball in mid-air, and slammed it into the basket.

Su Wen had done this kind of alley-oop with Chambers many times last season, but this time the partner was the rookie Malone.

After the goal, Malone seemed very excited and even spat trash talk to Chambers, "Tom, where are you?"

"Where's your defense?"

"You're not afraid of confronting me, are you?"

"Ok?"

Chambers was a little annoyed.

How dare a rookie talk to me like this?

He immediately widened his eyes and looked directly at Ma Long, "Zi Zhong, can you say it again?"

"Don't I dare to fight you?"

"Come on then? Let's meet for a while!" Malone was completely excited and wildly provoking Chambers.

Chambers didn't say anything anymore. He returned to the offensive end and was about to fuck Malone.

Ma Long was holding on behind him, refusing to retreat.

Chambers didn't respond for a long time and was surprised.

He didn't expect that this guy Ma Long had such top-notch power.

Is this guy really a rookie?

Malone didn't know what he was thinking, so he kept resisting and refused to give him a chance to attack the basket.

Chambers fought hard for a long time, but in the end he could only pass the ball out with only a few seconds left in the attack time.

Then, the ball was taken away.

Dumas broke out from the side, intercepted the ball he passed back to El Wood, and completed the counterattack in one go.

"These two rookies are good, they play very tough and are very proactive."

Bob Kloppenburg sighed and asked in shock, "I heard that the management chose them both because of Su's suggestion?"

"Yes!"

Wilkens nodded lightly, "I heard Les say that they paid special attention to these two rookies because they were Su's suggested candidates."

"Su still has such vision?"

(End of this chapter)