On October 12th, the preseason began as scheduled.
The first game was the home game against the Warriors.
This season, the Warriors were still in a terrible state. Their overall strength was average. Chen Hao said he didn't know any of the players sent out in the preseason.
He had thought that as a newcomer on the team, he would be arranged to play as a substitute since he had no NBA experience at all. Who knew that Hoffman would directly arrange him to be in the starting lineup as the starting point guard of the team?
The other four positions were…Center ~ Andrew Bynum, Power Forward ~ Ronny Turiaf, Small Forward ~ Devin Green, Shooting Guard ~ Vaughan Weaver!
In the preseason, as long as there were no superstars or some star players who shamelessly came over to bully the noobs, this lineup was almost invincible.
After the game began, Bynum easily suppressed his opponent's jump ball and succeeded. The Los Angeles team took the lead in attacking. Chen Hao controlled the ball steadily. Looking at his opponent's loose defense, he was a little excited. This kind of opponent was rare to him.
After all, this was his first time playing in the Staples Center. Although the audience was not particularly large, there were still tens of thousands of people. It was also the first time Chen Hao played in front of so many people. Whether it was to earn money or to give the fans a good first impression, he hoped that he could give a satisfactory answer.
Feeling the warm atmosphere in the stadium, he felt his whole body burning up.
The basketball spun quickly in his hand. With a few changes of direction and a gorgeous turn, he directly passed the short guard named Will Bynum who was defending him. Just as he was about to break into the paint, Chen Hao suddenly raised his hand and threw the basketball directly to the top of the basket.
Bynum, who had been waiting for a long time, flew into the air. After he had control of the ball, he pressed the ball into the basket along with the force of the forward charge.
The alley-oop slam dunk was followed by applause in the Staples Center!
"Beautiful pass!"
As he returned to defense, Bynum clapped his hands with Chen Hao. He had already understood Hoffman's meaning. Chen Hao would be the starting point guard for the entire preseason. If he wanted to get more passes and perform better, it would depend on whether Chen Hao would pass the ball to him.
Thinking of this, Bynum felt that he had to build a good relationship with Chen Hao.
Chen Hao, who didn't know what Bynum was thinking, was very focused on defense. He stared at Will Bynum's eyes and kept a half-step distance from him, not giving him a chance to break through.
"Kid, you can't stop me ~" Will Bynum said arrogantly.
In response, Chen Hao simply replied,""A rookie that no team wants. I really don't know where your confidence comes from ~"
"You have successfully angered me. Brat, you will definitely regret saying these words!”
"Do you have the ability?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Hao did not wait there anymore. He suddenly stepped forward and stretched out his right hand, causing Will Bynum to subconsciously prepare to transfer the ball to his other hand. However, Chen Hao's left hand secretly grabbed the ball and directly intercepted it.
With an 81-point steal ability, coupled with an 87-point defense ability, if he wanted to deal with this rookie, it could be said that he would be able to steal accurately.
Ignoring the opponent's angry expression, Chen Hao controlled the ball and went straight past the half court to score at Changbai Mountain.
As he returned to his defense, he summoned the message board to take a look. Chen Hao's eyes immediately lit up. He had thought that this was just a preseason match and that there wouldn't be too much bonus, but the harvest was beyond Chen Hao's expectations.
He could get 90 dollars for moving a meter, 80 dollars for a ball control, 150 dollars for a pass, 300 dollars for a steal, 200 dollars for an assist, 500 dollars for a score, and even 200 dollars for trash talking. At this moment, Chen Hao felt full of energy.
Will Bynum's expression tensed up when he noticed Chen Hao's burning gaze on him. He immediately prepared to pass the ball out, but he was immediately marked by Chen Hao. He even predicted the direction of the pass and intercepted it again.
Watching Chen Hao's back as he took the ball and quickly left, Will Bynum suddenly felt a little depressed.
Why didn't he have any impression of such a powerful guy?
Against such a strong opponent in his first game as a member of the team, Bynum suddenly felt a little tired and wanted to get off the field.
After being forcefully intercepted twice in a row, not only did his mentality change, but his teammates on the field also looked at him differently.
As a rookie who had failed to make the cut, his position on the team was already very awkward. Now, the others were looking at him as if he was a colored pen, and they did not hide their disdain.
"I'm not a f * cking noob. That bastard is too strong!”Will shouted in his heart.
His teammates didn't know what he was thinking.
In one round, Chen Hao had earned 1,300 dollars. He was in a good mood.
Little did they know that Hoffman, the manager of the match, was also in a good mood.
Chen Hao was the player he had strongly advocated for to be recruited into the team. Now that he had performed so well, he naturally felt proud.
The key was that the team's point guards should not have any flaws in the new season.
Each of them had top-notch ball control, excellent passing skills, and strong defensive abilities. They were perfect for the starting point guards of the Los Angeles Clippers.
As for scoring, that was Kobe's job.
The game continued. The fans and audience who had come to watch the preseason just to pass the time or because they were diehard fans of the Los Angeles Clippers also paid attention and began to focus on Chen Hao, the only yellow-skinned player on the field.
It couldn't be helped. Compared to the others, Chen Hao's performance was too outstanding. He was not a player of the same level at all.
The short guard, Will Bynum, who was in the opposing position, missed his shots time and time again, or his passes were intercepted. Most of the time, he made mistakes and lost the ball. It didn't take long for him to collapse and explode.
The Warriors had no choice but to bring him off the field, but the player was defeated by Chen Hao again after a few rounds.
With Chen Hao's current defensive ability, he was like a bug in front of these rookies and fringe players.
There were six steals in the first quarter. The defensive performance was outstanding and dominant.
It wasn't just the steals. Chen Hao also got four points, two rebounding, and six assists in the first quarter. He didn't look like a rookie with no NBA experience at all, which made Hoffman even more satisfied and proud.
Chen Hao's technical characteristics and positive comments were continuously written in the notebook.
Originally, the coaching staff was still discussing and struggling about how to allocate the playing time between Smash Parker and Chen Hao in the new season. Now, it was no longer a problem. As long as Chen Hao's physical fitness was sufficient and his performance was stable enough, he would be allowed to play. Smash Parker and the like were no longer worthy of their attention.
Back in the game, relying on Chen Hao's dominant performance on the defensive end, the Los Angeles team almost defeated the Warriors in the first quarter, leading by more than 12 points.
In the second quarter, under Chen Hao's strong request, Hoffman continued to put him on the field. This made Bynum, who was pressed on the bench, very envious. There was also a trace of jealousy, but when he thought of Chen Hao's strength, this little thought quickly dissipated.
In just one quarter, Bynum was convinced by Chen Hao's strength.
In particular, the hand that allowed him to pass the ball in an extremely comfortable manner was really lovable.
It could be said that no center would dislike a point guard who could pass the ball, and Bynum was no exception.
In the following game, because the Warriors no longer had the will to fight, the game showed a one-sided situation, which allowed Chen Hao to increase his numbers.
In the end, after playing for 28 minutes, Chen Hao got a quasi-double of eight points, seven rebounding, 13 assists, and 12 steals, shocking everyone present.
The fans and audience who were present today remembered him and knew that the team had a yellow-skinned point guard with excellent defense and passing ability in the new season.
However, it was only a preseason match after all, so the attention it received was only average. It had not been broadcasted yet. Before this information had entered a period of great explosion, Chen Hao's performance had only attracted a small amount of attention and did not cause too much of a shock.
Even the media, which had been paying more attention to the NBA every year because of Big Yao's performance in the NBA and had begun to send a large number of reporters over, did not pay much attention to Chen Hao. The main reason was that they did not know that everyone's attention was on Houston.
Chen Hao didn't care about this situation. It was just a preseason game. When the regular season really began, there would be plenty of time for the people to know about him. He was happy to be idle in his current state.
Of course, in the future, he would definitely enter the eyes of the people.
Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like wearing embroidered clothes at night!
The ancients all knew that once they were rich, they had to go back to their hometown to show off. Otherwise, everything would be meaningless.
Although it didn't have much of an impact on the outside, the internal members of the team, especially the coaching staff, had improved their evaluation of Chen Hao after watching his preseason performance.
Phil Jackson, who originally did not want to risk letting an inexperienced non-draft player try his hand at the starting position, was a little tempted. As an old man, how could he not see that Chen Hao was the most suitable player to partner with Kobe on the current team?
"It seems like Hao and Bryant have a very good relationship. They have been training together for a while, so their chemistry shouldn't be bad.”As Phil Jackson thought about it, he was more inclined to use Chen Hao as the starting point guard for the new season.
However, Chen Hao didn't have time to care about this. The next day at 13:00 sharp, it was still at the Staples Center. The opponent was still the Warriors. The two teams once again launched an intense showdown.
Alright, Chen Hao, who had earned close to 100,000 dollars in the last match, was prepared to continue his efforts in this match and strive to break through the 100,000 mark.
On the coaching staff's side, Hoffman had received instructions to let Chen Hao play more in this game to test his overall ability and to confirm whether his last game was a flash in the pan.
The game soon began. The home team received a lot of support from the fans. Hao Chen, who performed well in the last game, became the star player on the court. Every time he played, he would arouse the expectations of the fans.
Chen Hao did not disappoint the fans. He was even more active in this game.
In the first quarter of the game, they got eight points, four steals, four rebounding, and six assists, helping the team establish a 15-point lead.
It could be seen that the Warriors had given up on healing.
In the second quarter, he even stole Will Bynum three times in a row, causing the latter to be directly replaced and not play for the entire game.
On one hand, the Warriors coach was dissatisfied with him, and on the other hand, it was to protect his self-esteem.
If this continued, Will Bynum might even have the intention to retire.
After half the game, Chen Hao, who had played two full periods, had raised his personal data to a quasi-double-double state of 12 points, 10 steals, 6 rebounding, and 10 assists. This was only half the game. Everyone thought that Chen Hao would create an extremely terrifying personal data in this game.
Unexpectedly, Hoffman did not let him play at all in the second half.
The reason was simple. The Warriors had already given up on the game. If they sent Chen Hao on again, they would probably be retaliated by the other team.
In order to protect Chen Hao, he naturally couldn't send him on stage again.
Although he was facing a group of opponents with average strength, Chen Hao displayed his superior strength in both offense and defense, especially in defense. He was always so focused, so passionate, and fought for every ball. It was hard not to love him.
There were no unexpected situations in the game. Chen Hao, who had punched out at half-time, felt helpless. It was wrong to perform too well. Why did he only play half the game?
In his heart, he secretly made a decision that he couldn't bully people like this in the preseason. He had to make the game come and go.
After all, his overall strength was no longer at the level of an NBA reserve player. As his defensive ability improved to an excellent level, the system's evaluation showed that he was already a starting player in the NBA.
Bullying these substitutes, or players who were not even substitutes, was really not a skill.
However, Chen Hao didn't wait for too long to be intoxicated. Three days later, in the Wizards 'third preseason game at home, a figure that shouldn't have appeared on the field caught his attention.
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