The King of the NBA

Rubio was full of thoughts. Seeing him in a daze, Ning Yi guessed a little bit, but he didn't comfort or enlighten Rubio, because the team wanted to become stronger and compete for the championship. Rubio couldn't stand still, he Is a good playmaker, passer, but the shooting is really not satisfactory.

This has to change, and if he doesn't change, he's bound to be eliminated.

This is not decided by Ning Yi, but by the specific situation of the team.

Generally, it is enough for a team to have a point guard who can contribute more than 6 assists per game, but the Timberwolves have two and a half players who can contribute 8 or even 10 assists per game.

The so-called two and a half, Rubio counts as one, Ning Yi counts as one, Jokic is still a rookie season, can only count as half, but even so, the competition is great.

Now that Jokic has not grown up yet, when he really grows up, I am afraid that the Timberwolves will no longer need Rubio's pass. A person who averages 20 points per game, plus 10 assists, and maybe even 10 rebounds, and a person who averages only 10 points, or even a few points, and 10 assists per game, a fool knows who to choose .

"Sometimes, motivation comes from pressure. It's not that Rubio can't improve, it's just that he didn't have enough pressure before." Ning Yi thought to himself: "I hope he can understand."

On the court, there were only a dozen seconds left in the first quarter, and the Timberwolves led by 13 points.

There is no suspense in this game itself. Whether it is lineup or performance, the Timberwolves are better than the Pacers.

In the subsequent games, the Pacers failed to come back, and even failed to lead even once. The Pacers head coach simply didn't let the main players play.

For the Timberwolves, Adelman didn't let Ning Yi wait for the main players to play for long. Ning Yi played for three minutes in the second quarter, and then didn't play in the third and fourth quarters because it was unnecessary.

After one game, the Timberwolves easily won 107:88.

At the press conference after the game, Coach Adelman spoke highly of Jokic, Whiteside and others, saying he was very optimistic about them.

In fact, they played really well.

Jokic played 28 minutes and scored 13 points, plus 7 assists and 6 rebounds; Whiteside played 24 minutes and scored 9 points, plus 11 rebounds and 1 assist; Clarkson played 19 minutes and scored three points He made 2 of 5 shots, scored 8 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist. This performance is already good.

Adelman also decided to give Jokic and others more opportunities in the next few preseason games.

The next day, Adelman found Turner and had a good communication with Turner. As for what the two said, no one knows, but starting from the second preseason game on October 11, Turner's performance began. improved.

On October 11, in the second game of the preseason, the Timberwolves played against the 76ers and easily won 116:102.

In this game, Ning Yi played 8 minutes and scored 9 points, plus 3 assists and 2 rebounds; Love played 7 minutes and scored 6 points and 2 rebounds.

Most of the game was still given to other players. Among them, Jokic and Whiteside performed very well, and Turner also scored 12 points and 2 assists.

For the current situation of the team, Adelman is very satisfied.

Later, the Timberwolves played a few more games against the Bucks, Thunder, Pacers, Bucks, Bulls, and Bucks and Pacers. They played two games, one away and one home.

It is worth mentioning that because of Ning Yi's relationship, the NBA arranged a China game for the Timberwolves, which will be held in the capital of China, which is the game against the Thunder.

Because it is in Huaxia, in response to the call of the fans, Adelman deliberately asked Ning Yi to play some more time.

Ning Yi naturally did not disappoint the fans. He played 27 minutes, scored 29 points, plus 10 assists, 7 rebounds, and played against Durant several times, without losing the wind.

This made the fans excited and screaming.

Several preseason games ended quickly, and the Timberwolves returned to Minneapolis to start repairing. A few days later, the regular season of the new nba season will come.

After these few preseason games, the players have gradually entered the game state. Although the intensity of the preseason games is still not comparable to that of the regular season, at least in terms of mentality, everyone has adjusted.

As for the tactics and lineup, Adelman also summed up some experience, and planned to take advantage of the few days of recuperation to teach the players a good lesson.

Today, the training is over.

Adelman called everyone together, with a serious face, said: "The day after tomorrow is our first regular season game, I hope we can use a victory to give us a good start for this season."

"Coach don't worry."

"It's sure to be fine."

Everyone said one after another.

Adelman nodded and said: "Last season, we made the playoffs and entered the second round, but we were eliminated by the opponent in the second round. I don't blame everyone, because we haven't made it to the second round for many years." In the playoffs, compared with the opponent, we lack playoff experience, and our players are still very young and immature."

"But this year, after experiencing failure, I think we have experience. And being young will no longer be an excuse for failure, let alone a reason."

"You are very young, and many players are under 25 years old, but so what? Should you be underestimated if you are young, or doomed to fail if you are young?" Adelman said in a serious tone, "No, we refuse to do this. Refuse to fail. You are young, but you have something that others don't. I see in you your talent, your drive, your vitality. But I want to confirm one thing - that is the right Do you have the desire to win?"

Everyone was shocked, their blood boiled, and they shouted in unison: "Yes."

"Okay." Adelman smiled: "Very good, I saw it. Now, let us prepare well, the new season is coming, we must let others take a good look at our strength." After a pause, Adelman Mann added: "This season, our goal is not to enter the playoffs, nor is it to enter the second round. This time, our goal is to enter the Western Conference Finals, or even the Finals. Don't tell me it's impossible, I don't Believe. Nothing is impossible, and last season a lot of people thought it was impossible for us to make it to the second round, but in the end we did."

Into the Western Conference Finals.

This is the goal proposed by Adelman, and now it has become the goal of the Timberwolves team.

Le Fu turned his head and looked at Ning Yi. Ning Yi grinned, and Le Fu also laughed. They had an agreement that they would win the championship within three years, and this season was just the beginning.

There will be difficulties and ups and downs in this process, but both Ning Yi and Love believe that they can overcome difficulties and do better than last season!