168. Look forward to
On October 10, Wu Dawei and his group rushed back to Cleveland from Los Angeles. The team's training camp will officially kick off in a day later, and by that time they will definitely be surrounded by reporters.
So before the reporters made trouble, Cleveland Cavaliers' head coach Byron Scott summoned all the team members in advance and came to a meeting before the training camp began in the training hall.
It was at this time that Michael Beasley met his new teammates in the new team for the first time. He was still very excited about this, and his carefree personality also made him easily integrate into the team.
Although the outside world has been saying that he is constantly in trouble outside the court and that he is a big problematic person, Beasley's personality is obviously quite pleasing. At least when people see him for the first time, his enthusiastic attitude is still easier to like.
However, for Michael Beasley, the most important thing for this meeting was to leave a good impression on the team's head coach Byron Scott. Because if he could not leave a good impression on the team's head coach, then based on Beasley's experience of fighting with Rick Adelman last season, he knew that he would find it difficult to get good results.
After all, the team's head coach is the one who controls your playing time, and he holds the power of life and death. As for his teammates, Wu Dawei is Michael Beasley's best buddy, which is enough to ensure that Michael Beasley can not encounter too much trouble in the Cavaliers' locker room.
Of course, the premise is that he should not provoke others.
This meeting was also a disguised collective training, with the purpose of Byron Scott wanting to see how the players are now in their current state after a summer. Michael Beasley has been playing in this league for three years, so he naturally understands the purpose of this seemingly temporary Italian training.
So he also performed very positively in training, which also made many people feel extremely relieved. Because Michael Beasley, the former representative of laziness, was almost a representative figure of laziness!
And now, he is becoming more active. This is undoubtedly sending a signal to people. He has changed and is making changes in the positive direction. Although most people think of Michael Beasley, it is impossible to change their nature. But since he is now traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, of course the Cleveland people will be more willing to believe that his change this time is pious from the heart!
If things really do this, then for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the deal will make a lot of money. Although Michael Beasley's best performance so far is averaging 20 points per game and a shooting percentage of only 44%, this can somewhat support some teams' offense.
Without Wu Dawei, Dwight Howard or even Chauncey Billups in the opening stage of the new season, Michael Beasley's strength can still bring great help to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
At least the Cavaliers feel this way, and Michael Beasley's performance in the first training class of the new season also made the team's head coach Byron Scott more satisfied.
He did not passively slacking off. On the contrary, Beasley was very positive. This would be a huge bonus for Beasley's good impression in Byron Scott's heart. At least now Byron Scott seems quite satisfied with him.
Moreover, Michael Beasley not only performed very positively in the team's first training class. At the same time, his performance in the sub-confrontation match was also very outstanding. Without Wu Dawei, Dwight Howard, or even Chauncey Billups, Byron Scott divided the existing players into two groups. He did not directly allocate Michael Beasley, who joined the new team, to the starting team, but instead allowed him to be on the bench.
However, Michael Beasley did not show any dissatisfaction with this. Without saying a word, he put on a yellow vest representing the substitute team and started the confrontation. In the confrontation, his performance against Moon Man Moon Beasley was particularly exciting.
His offensive end is almost unstoppable, and his performance in the inside and outside shots is still fresh in memory, although his performance on the defensive end is not as good as the offensive end. He even seems a little unpositive in defending Moon.
However, Byron Scott also knew that this was Michael Beasley's usual attitude, so he was still prepared for it. Although he didn't like players who didn't work hard to defend, Michael Beasley played like this before, and some things needed to be changed little by little.
So in this regard, Byron Scott did not plan to teach Beasley a lesson for such a small matter. In general, Beasley's performance still made Byron Scott very satisfied.
Although his defense is still as criticized as ever, the question is whether every young talented forward guard is Wu Dawei. So you can't ask others for Wu Dawei. Moreover, for the current Cleveland Cavaliers, if Wu Dawei, Dwight, Howard, and even Chauncey Billups, the most important thing the team needs to solve is the offensive end problem.
After all, the team's defensive system is still there. Although Andre Valejo's defense is not as deterrent as Dwight Howard, he has enough hard work and talent and experience, which can be guaranteed; and if you only have defense but no offense in a game, then no matter how good the defense is, it cannot withstand the dilemma of you being unable to score on the offensive end.
Therefore, the team still needs Michael Beasley's offensive energy. Although Byron Scott will definitely take advantage of this period to focus on cultivating the team's No. 1 pick Kyrie Irving, who was selected by the No. 1 pick last season, but Scott is worried that Irving can't shoulder such a heavy responsibility alone, so Michael Beasley is particularly important at this time!
At least, Byron Scott, the team's head coach, thinks so, and he also heard that Wu Dawei and Michael Beasley have a good personal relationship. So during the matchup, Scott asked Tibbets to be the referee, while he and Wu Dawei stood on the sidelines and chatted.
"How was your injury? I heard from the doctor that he recovered well?"
Byron Scott asked about Wu Dawei's injury, which of course was his concern. Wu Dawei is his number one favorite player. He doesn't want Wu Dawei to be injured for too long, because the team really needs him very much.
"It's okay, I can't wait to return to the basketball court!" Wu Dawei shrugged his shoulders, then laughed at the head coach and said, "You must miss me very much, Byron."
"Ha, who said no?" Byron Scott also laughed, but his eyebrows seemed to be bleak.
"The new season is about to begin, and I haven't even figured out how to spend this time without you and Dwight..."
"I thought you already had the answer!" Wu Dawei was a little surprised at this. Although he and Michael Beasley were competitors in the same team, at this time, Wu Dawei still had to talk to his good friends, especially in front of the team's head coach.
"You mean Beasley?"
Byron Scott saw Wu Dawei pointing at Michael Beasley running on the court. He asked back. Wu Dawei nodded, and then Byron Scott continued: "He is indeed an excellent player, but... I still have to observe and observe again."
Wu Dawei didn't say anything because it was true. Moreover, he was just a player after all, and he didn't want to interfere too much in Byron Scott's coaching. First of all, it was because Wu Dawei respected Scott, because it was Byron Scott's trust in him that he could get on the position so quickly. You know, if there was no Byron Scott's trust at that time, it would be so difficult for Wu Dawei to quickly get on the position in a team with an All-Star defender.
In the United States, although racial discrimination is not allowed, it surrounds yellow and black people every moment. Sometimes, if you want to be respected in the locker room, you don’t just need to prove your strength, but also need the help of senior staff.
Fortunately, Byron Scott is not a team coach who can discriminate against yellow people, and it is precisely because Scott gave Wu Dawei enough trust that Wu Dawei, who has risen so rapidly today.
However, at this time, watching Michael Beasley, who was struggling on the offensive end on the court, Wu Dawei felt that he could get the reuse of Byron Scott at the beginning of the season. Of course, the premise is that this guy will no longer fall out of the chain halfway, and don’t suddenly make another big change and become cynical again.
And if that time really comes, even if Wu Dawei wants to save him, he will be powerless. But looking at Michael Beasley's performance of excitement and diligence now, Wu Dawei feels that such a thing shouldn't have happened.
People always grow, especially when they encounter contempt and disdain from others, their growth rate will often be stimulated by more potential and become more rapid. Now, Michael Beasley has motivation.
Similarly, not only Beasley, but Wu Dawei is also full of motivation. Although he cannot finish a full season, he is also full of expectations for the new season! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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