The King of the NBA

A day later, Ning Yi met Hassan Whiteside, who came to try out, and his agent Mark at the Target Center Arena.

If it was before time travel, Ning Yi would definitely be very excited to see Whiteside. Da Baibian's popularity in China is not low, and he is a phenomenal player like Jeremy Lin.

But seeing Whiteside this time, it was not Ning Yi who was excited, but Whiteside.

"Ning, hello." Whiteside smiled and shook hands with Ning Yi, then hesitated, opened his arms again, hugged Ning Yi, and said, "Thank you."

Whiteside knew that if it wasn't for Ning Yi, he wouldn't be here today.

"Hehe, you're welcome, you're capable of playing in the NBA." Ning Yi smiled and said, "Besides, I just recommended you to the manager, which doesn't mean the Timberwolves will definitely sign you."

"I understand that I am very satisfied to get this opportunity for trial training, and I will definitely cherish it." Whiteside said with a firm tone.

Then there is the trial training.

Ning Yi was also watching this process. It has to be said that Whiteside's physical fitness is good, but his basketball talent is not that outstanding. It gives Ning Yi the feeling that he lacks a little aura.

"This kind of player depends on how the coach uses it. If you use it well, you can definitely start. If you don't use it well, I'm afraid it's not as good as a role player." Ning Yi sighed, Whiteside signed his resignation from the Grizzlies, This is probably the reason for the signing, but if he can stay in the Timberwolves, there is no need to worry about this issue.

Ning Yi has confidence in Adelman, and he will also help Whiteside.

The trial training ended soon, and Sanders was quite satisfied with the results of the trial training, but instead of signing Whiteside immediately, he asked Whiteside to participate in the summer training camp run by the Timberwolves and planned to observe for a while.

Since Sanders didn't immediately refuse, it means that there is something going on, and Ning Yi is also relieved. As long as Whiteside can stay, at least it is a basic salary, which is much better than being a "temporary worker" in the Grizzlies.

After that, Whiteside thanked Ning Yi again, and invited Ning Yi to dinner, but Ning Yi refused, not because he didn't give face, but because he still had something to attend and needed to attend a business event.

In a blink of an eye, it's mid-June.

The nba playoffs came to an end. In the end, the Spurs defeated the Heat 4:1 and won the 2013-2014 NBA championship. Kawhi Leonard won the finals mvp.

It was at this time that something that surprised Ning Yi happened.

It was mid-June at this time, and the NBA draft was about ten days away. All teams were preparing for the draft. Some transactions were happening quietly. The turbulent NBA summer was about to begin.

The Timberwolves are no exception, but what Ning Yi didn't expect was that Pekovic would be traded!

In fact, it's not just Pekovic. This transaction also involves Budinger, Williams, and Sheved, and they will also be traded.

It happened very suddenly. Ning Yi did not receive any news at all beforehand. It was Le Fu who told Ning Yi that Ning Yi knew that Pekovic, Budinger, Williams, and Sheved were going to be traded.

This transaction is a three-party transaction, the Timberwolves, 76ers, and Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers won this year's No. 1 pick and have already defaulted on Andrew Wiggins, a talented Canadian player from the University of Kansas. However, they do not intend to keep Wiggins, but use him as a bargaining chip in the deal.

In fact, there have been rumors before that the Cavaliers will make a big move this summer and will rediscover LeBron James, plus Kyrie Irving to form a competitive team.

Of course, this is not enough. If James is willing to come back, then the Cavaliers must have a championship lineup. Besides Irving and James, they need another person to form the Big Three with them, so that their championship puzzle can be justified. It is complete and has the strength to win the championship

Ning Yi actually knows all of this, and he also knows that the Cavaliers will use Wiggins as a bargaining chip to trade Love from the Timberwolves to form the Big Three with James and Irving.

But that was before he came.

Now that Ning Yi is here, the Timberwolves have reached the playoffs. They have enough strength in themselves. Love is very optimistic about the future, so he is naturally unwilling to leave. The Timberwolves will not send Le away for a Wiggins who overlaps with Ning Yi. Fu, because the Timberwolves don't need Wiggins at all, they already have Ning Yi.

Ning Yi originally thought that no matter whether James returned to the Cavaliers or not, it should have nothing to do with the Timberwolves, but he didn't expect it to be involved in the end.

The Cavaliers couldn't poach Love, but they poached Pekovic!

"I heard that James has verbally promised to return to the Cavaliers. In order to form a championship lineup, the Cavaliers originally wanted to win Carmelo Anthony, but it seems that they are in trouble and it is unlikely to be realized." Love is relatively indifferent. He said calmly: "So the Cavaliers can only settle for the next best thing. If they can't recruit a superstar, then they can add two to three first-rate players, or close to the first-rate players. That's why this deal came about."

This transaction is specifically that the Cavaliers sent Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett, Jarrett Jack, got Thaddeus Young from the 76ers, and got Pekovic from the Timberwolves; the Timberwolves sent Pekovic , Budinger, Williams, Sheved, get Evan Turner from the 76ers, get Jarrett Jack from the Cavaliers; the 76ers send Thaddeus Young, Evan Turner, get from the Cavaliers Bennett, Wiggins, Budinger, Williams, Sheved from the Timberwolves.

"Ning." Seeing that Ning Yi was a little sad, Le Fu patted him on the shoulder, "This is business."

"I know, it's just a bit of a surprise." Ning Yi shook his head. He was really surprised. It's not surprising that Budinger, Williams, and Sheved were traded. Yi overlaps, the Timberwolves don't need so many small forwards at all now, not to mention the strength of the three is average.

However, Pekovic only signed a big contract with the Timberwolves last year. In the past season, Pekovic averaged 15.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, playing quite well.

In the second round of the playoffs, on the night the Timberwolves were eliminated, a total of nine people returned to the arena in the early morning, and Pekovic was one of them.

But such a person was suddenly traded.

"Love, I want to talk to Pekovic." Ning Yi said.

"Ning is a person who values ​​feelings. It is a kind of luck to be friends with such a person." Le Fu shook his head and sighed, knowing that Ning Yi was still a little bit unrelieved. He nodded, contacted Pekovic, and made an appointment with him a coffee shop.