Volume 4: Golden State Prosperity

During halftime, the Warriors' locker room was filled with laughter and chatter. Dinwiddie's eyes took on a nostalgic look as he said softly, "No, Giannis, you're being too modest..." Dinwiddie, Bogdan, Wiggins, Covington, Looney, and the other rotation players were the ones who needed substantial playing time. For some reason, although Wiggins had no real connection to the Cavaliers—the only link being that the first-overall pick used to select him had come from the Cavaliers—whenever he saw the Cavaliers, especially James, an endless desire to attack welled up inside him. "Who defends like that? How can they possibly win?" "Coach Stevens told me about it—he's the Bulls' head coach now, you should know him. When Boss coached the Bulldogs, he was Boss's assistant coach. Later, he succeeded Boss and became my coach... He told us that back in 2008, when the Bulldogs faced Loyola University Maryland, whether Stephen had the ball or not, two defenders stayed glued to him the entire time. In the end, Stephen simply stopped participating in the offense. He stood in the corner and directed the attack while the others played four-on-three. The Bulldogs ended up beating them by thirty..." Leonard shot 49.8% from three in the two corners during the playoffs, the two spots outside the arc where he was most reliable. Leaving him open was no different from giving away points. Wiggins received the treatment of a first overall pick, with the freedom to isolate from mid-range whenever he wanted. "It somehow sounds completely reasonable!" In Zhang Yu's previous life, the Cavaliers' defensive strategy in the 2016 Finals had been to trap Curry, rotate on help defense afterward, and completely leave Barnes open—just as they had left Iguodala open in 2015. Antetokounmpo muttered under his breath at that. On the other end, however, the