The King of the NBA

"Isn't this unfair to Le Fu?" Ning Yi hesitated. He actually understood Adelman's meaning. There can be multiple cores, but there can only be one leader. He just thinks that Le Fu's feelings should be considered .

After all, Love is his friend, not just a competitive teammate.

If you are a friend, you should consider each other, at least Ning Yi thinks so, he still can't do the almost impersonal "seeking truth from facts" like Americans.

Adelman smiled and said: "Ning, you don't need to worry. I mean, let you try to be a leader, not to directly downgrade Love, understand?" Seeing that Ning Yi still doesn't understand, Adelman Continue to explain: "In fact, in a team, as long as a player's strength reaches a certain level, he has the prerequisites to become a leader, and the team will naturally let him try to become a team leader."

"For example, Love, he also has such an opportunity. Before you came, we had already let him try to become a leader. It's just a pity that the effect is not good."

"Now that you are here and have experienced a season of training, your strength is not much inferior to Love." Adelman said: "I think that your 'leadership test' can already be started."

"'Leadership Trial'?" Ning Yi muttered.

Adelman said: "Yes, you can see this as a trial and give yourself a chance. Of course, this is also an opportunity for our team. A team can have two cores, and even Three core players, but the most important thing is to have a leader, which we don’t have. Look at the Heat, Wade, Bosh, James, they are all core players, but there is only one leader, that is LeBron James.”

"It may be nothing during the regular season, but when it comes to the playoffs, whether there is a leader is very important." Adelman patted Ning Yi's arm, "This is not for you, but for the team."

Ning Yi frowned and thought.

He thinks what Adelman said is right. The team must have a leader, such as the Heat. When James arrived at the beginning, they did not immediately establish James' leadership. playoffs.

But after entering the playoffs, problems arose.

When the team encounters a problem, when dealing with a key ball, should it be given to Wade or to James? Under such circumstances, even a moment of hesitation may delay the opportunity and lead to failure.

So later, Wade took the initiative to communicate with James and told him: "Brother, you are more suitable to be a leader than me. This team needs you to be a leader."

Of course, the Timberwolves have not reached that point yet, but it is necessary for Adelman to consider. In the long run, this problem will inevitably come, so from now on, it is not unnecessary for Ning Yi to start the "trial".

There is one thing Adelman didn't say, that is, Ning Yi grew up too fast.

Ning Yi's growth rate surprised Adelman, and this growth is still going on, and it didn't stop there. Adelman feels that in another year, at most two years, Ning Yi's strength may surpass Love. Wouldn't it be too late to let Ning Yi start the "Leadership Trial" until then?

"Ning." Adelman smiled and said the last sentence, "Which one do you think Love cares about more between personal gains and losses and the championship ring?"

"Championship." Ning Yi blurted out.

It doesn't take thinking, because he knows Love.

Love was born in an endowment family. He hesitated in life since he was a child. What he pursues in playing is not only money, but also does not take personal gains and losses so seriously. What he wants is to realize his dream and be a championship.

Moreover, in the past few years in the Timberwolves, Love has already proved himself. What he needs now is no longer to prove himself, but to win the championship.

"Huh" Ning Yi took a deep breath and looked at Adelman: "Coach, when will my 'trial' start?"

"Haha." Adelman said with a smile: "It has already started."

The Timberwolves ushered in another game, against the Mavericks.

Losing to the Pelicans in the last game, the entire Timberwolves self-reflection, which is of course not useless. In this game against the Mavericks, everyone's mental outlook is obviously different.

From the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves played very calmly. Whether they were leading or trailing, the players were not impatient and played patiently according to the tactics.

For ordinary fans, it may not feel anything.

But for those who know the game, they can feel the difference in the Timberwolves. The calmness of this game and the impatience of the previous game formed a sharp contrast, which can be felt by careful observation.

"This is the quality that a strong team should have." One person said: "The Timberwolves are still young after all, and they suffered from being young in the last game, but I was surprised to be able to change so quickly."

"Yes." Next to him, another person said: "Looking at today's situation, it is not a big problem for the Timberwolves to win the game. In fact, I think Ning seems to have some changes, which are different from others."

"Oh?" The man before was surprised.

The man continued: "Look at his game just now, apart from being calm, he also has an extra momentum."

"What momentum?"

"I can't say well, I just have a vague feeling, not sure what it is."

Compared with the last game, the Timberwolves have changed, and Ning Yi has also changed, but Ning Yi's change is because of the "leadership test".

With the beginning of the "Leadership Trial", Ning Yi's temperament has also changed, but it is not obvious now, and it is difficult for ordinary people to detect it.

In the game against the Mavericks, the Timberwolves won steadily. Ning Yi scored 27 points, plus 11 assists and 5 rebounds; Love scored 29 points and 10 assists. In addition, Jokic, Dion, Martin, Turner also scored in double figures. After losing to the Pelicans, the Timberwolves returned to the road to victory.

"Although Ning only scored 27 points, not as many as Love, his scores are very important, and almost all of them are taken when the team needs them." Adelman looked at Ning Yi and smiled, "I didn't watch Wrong, Ning is a natural leader. This season, we will definitely go further, and I am looking forward to it more and more.”

"Adelman, it's all thanks to me. If it wasn't for me, Ning would not have come to the Timberwolves." Terry Porter raised his face and said proudly.

Adelman laughed: "Yes, I have to thank you, my old friend."

This is the first game for Ning Yi to start the "Leadership Trial". He is trying to do what a leader should do, use a leader's thinking to think about problems and examine the game.

This is a novel experience.