To outsiders, it made no sense that the Raptors, the defending champions, had put up a miserable 2–4 record in the preseason.
Bales and the other haters were already writing the Raptors off.
Wang Yiren, however, was very satisfied with what the Raptors had gained in the preseason.
Preseason records didn't count for much. The main purpose of the preseason was to help everyone get a feel for the games and find their form, while also evaluating the rookies.
After watching them in several preseason games, Wang Yiren was very pleased with both rookies.
They hadn't yet been tested in the Regular Season, but based on their performances so far, both rookies had been quite good.
Little Tiger Tagore was especially impressive. After all, he'd been picked 30th in the second round—the very last of the 60 players selected.
Normally, only the first ten to fifteen picks of the draft had much potential.
Most of the players picked after sixteenth in the first round were basically throwaways. Very few ever made it.
For Little Tiger Tagore to perform this well after being picked 30th in the second round had already surpassed Wang Yiren's expectations.
After two days of rest, the Regular Season would officially begin.
Nicole also took the two children to their local elementary school.
For now, Wang Yiren was focusing mainly on basketball in their training.
Although Wang Shiyu seemed to like soccer more, he wanted to train hard at basketball over the next three years so he'd be ready to go to the streetball courts in Japan.
So there was no need for Wang Yiren to have Messi train the boy anymore.
Aside from his hard daily basketball training, Wang Shiyu only did the simplest drills for soccer.
As for the school teams, Wang Shiyu chose to