The King of the NBA

Adelman's goal this season is not just to enter the playoffs, nor to enter the second round, because they have done it last season.

This season, they need to go further. Adelman also believes that they can go further. Love's state is steadily improving, and Ning Yi's progress is even more jaw-dropping. Although Pekovic is missing, the But there are more Turner, Jack, Jokic, Whiteside, Clarkson and others.

Perhaps the outside world will think that these people are useless. After all, except for Turner, no one else has any outstanding results, or they are rookies.

But Adelman knew that was not the case.

Ning Yi and Love, these two people have far exceeded the expectations of the outside world. Their strength is stronger than last season, and their tacit understanding has become higher. People like Dion, Rubio, and Shabatz are also improving . Jokic, Whiteside, Clarkson, and Jack all have their own characteristics, and if used properly, they will play a big role.

The only thing that is a bit troublesome is Turner. How to make him adapt to the Timberwolves as soon as possible and find his place in this system is a problem.

All in all, if Adelman coaches well, their strength will grow at a visible rate and will be much stronger than last season.

Adelman also has such self-confidence, leading the players to achieve better results, go further this season, enter the Western Conference Finals, and even the Finals.

"If we are given enough time, it is not impossible to win the championship. But they are still very young and there is not enough time. But even so, we must try hard." Adelman thought to himself, looking at the field superior.

The timeout is over and the game continues.

The Pacers didn't let the main players play for long, and almost all of them were replaced at this time.

In fact, the Pacers have encountered trouble this season. The head star Paul George was seriously injured in July and will miss all games this season. Paul George, their competitiveness will inevitably drop a notch.

Even from this preseason game, one can see a thing or two.

When the two sides returned to the field, the Timberwolves still firmly held the upper hand. In this lineup, although Clarkson is playing the No. 1 position, he is not actually executing the accusation of a point guard. He is more like a No. 2 position, and Jokic, the insider, is the real organizer.

Ning Yi told Adelman a long time ago, and talked with Adelman not long ago, and suggested to Adelman to train Jokic well, not as a traditional insider, but to give full play to his comprehensiveness.

Through the summer league, Adelman also got some understanding of Jokic, and agreed with Ning Yi's suggestion, but it was the first time that Jokic was allowed to take on the organizational task like today.

This time, it can be regarded as a test for Jokic and a test.

"Whoosh!"

Clarkson gave the ball to Jokic, and moved to the left, beyond the three-point line in the left corner.

Whiteside is stuck in the low post on the left, Shabatz intersperses back and forth, and Turner is outside the three-point line on the right.

Jokic lifted the basketball. He is tall and long with a long arm and has a good vision. He saw the position of his teammates at a glance and made a fake pass to the right. In fact, he shook his left hand and passed the ball to Whiteside. .

Whiteside took the ball and played back singles. The defenders who originally defended Clarkson subconsciously shrunk their defenses to help the inside players form a double-team against Whiteside. Whiteside gave the ball to Clarkson. The Pacers also quickly adjusted their defense. Clark Sen hesitated, but passed the ball back to Jokic.

When the ball was in hand, Jokic didn't delay at all. Taking advantage of the opponent's attention being drawn to the left side of the court, he grabbed the ball with one hand and threw it inside.

"not good."

"Be careful with empty cuts."

The Pacers were shocked, but it was too late.

Shabatz, who has been wandering outside, made an air cut, received a pass from Jokic, and took advantage of the opportunity to dunk with both hands hanging on the frame.

Adelman nodded secretly. Jokic has fully demonstrated his passing intelligence, his mind is very clear, and his passing is very good. If he is not so tall, you will never think he is an insider.

In the next few minutes, Adelman carried out a personnel rotation, replacing Shabatz and Turner successively, replacing Brewer and Maurice Williams.

Although the personnel has changed, Jokic can still control the overall situation well, guide the team's offense, and make the Timberwolves' offense as reasonable as possible.

In this situation, Rubio couldn't help sighing: "Jokic's sense of smell is very keen, he can clearly grasp the timing, he has a strong view of the overall situation, he has a wide vision of passing the ball, and his passing skills are also very good. This guy is not Inside? It’s really weird how he looks like a point guard.”

Ning Yi smiled and said: "Excuse me, who stipulated that inside players must get 10 rebounds in a game, instead of ten assists? Who stipulated that outside players cannot average 10 rebounds per game? Rubio, times have changed. You look at Love, he is also inside, but how good his three-pointers are! There is also Russell Westbrook of the Thunder, he is only 191 centimeters, but he can get 10 rebounds in a game. Now, Do you still think Jokic is weird?"

"Uh" Rubio was dumbfounded, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Yes, Ning Yi is right, the times have changed, look at Stephen Curry, look at Russell Westbrook, and look at Kevin Love, nba is not the same as before.

This is an era of change.

So will traditional point guards like myself be eliminated by this era?

Rubio had to think about it. The traditional point guard’s accusation is to organize the offense. It doesn’t require you to score or rebound. As long as you organize well and get eight or nine assists per game, you can say Not bad.

But look at Westbrook, look at Curry, is this still the same?

Traditional point guards like Rubio and Rondo are facing challenges. Rubio's shooting is a flaw. Like Rondo, Ning Yi's words gave him a sense of crisis.

"If I don't make changes and improve my shooting, although I may not be eliminated on this stage in the future, it is really possible to be eliminated by the Timberwolves." Rubio thought to himself.

He knew that this was not unfounded worry, but a fact.

Ning Yi not only has excellent scoring ability, but also has excellent organizational ability, which has been verified in the last season. Last season, Rubio was placed in the second team many times because of this.

Now there is another Jokic.

If Rubio doesn't improve his shooting, he will not only be unable to get along in the starting lineup, but also in the second team.