The opening three-pointer in basketball

Things haven't been great for the Timberwolves in recent years.

In fact, since Garnett left, the Timberwolves are no longer a strong team in the Western Conference. They were last in the Western Conference last season.

Last season, they were also at the bottom of the Western Conference. They were at the bottom for two consecutive seasons. Such strength is also frightening.

What makes fans even more speechless is that the Timberwolves only won 32 games in two seasons.

What is this concept?

Last season, the Clippers, the third-worst team in the Western Conference, won 32 games in one season.

This shows how bad the Timberwolves are.

In a small city, the boss is not very rich.

What's more important is that they can't even choose people.

There have been high draft picks for several consecutive years, but a cornerstone has not been found.

Just like the SuperSonics selected Durant, the Thunder selected Westbrook, and the Rockets traded for Harden, and the Warriors selected Curry.

Players like this are the obvious cornerstone.

They can take the team to the playoffs.

The Timberwolves have been drafting for several years, but they didn't select anyone.

In this year's draft, they took a fancy to Derrick Williams. This big shot averaged 25 points per game in high school. In college, he averaged 19.5 points per game in UCAA.

You know, UCAA can only score 70 or 80 points in a game.

Williams is definitely a star player with this data.

However, in the past few years, I was not very optimistic before the draft. The data was very good, but the results did not work out.

Connelly lost confidence.

When he saw Bai Yi's video, he couldn't help but feel a little moved. Should he call Bai Yi over and take a look?

…

At the Cavaliers training arena, Bai Yi and Irving scored 6-2.

He had just shaved his head 10-0, so Bai Yi had already won.

Owen didn't yell to stop, so he continued playing with Owen.

"Come again."

Irving took the basketball and then dribbled, "Bang! Bang..."

After two dribbles, just when he was about to dribble for the third time, Bai Yi moved and he pounced out.

Then he used his eighty-five steal value to directly reach out.

"Crack!"

Bai Yi cut up the basketball and then passed Irving with the basketball in his arms.

Compared to the big hat just now, the big guy was even more shocked this time.

Everyone looked like they had seen a ghost.

This is Owen the Butterfly.

His dribbling is definitely the best in the league.

And because Irving is short, he has a low center of gravity.

It is absolutely difficult to grab his ball.

Needless to say, now is not the time to be exhausted.

Now that Irving is in good physical and mental condition, he was also cut.

It's incredible.

Could it be that the sun rises from the west today?

Owen was completely stunned.

Although he is not tall, he has blocked shots for others.

His physical fitness is average. When his physical strength is not good enough, he can't be guarded.

But when he was full of energy, no one could steal the ball from him.

But now it was broken by Bai Yi.

He really felt like a fucked up dog.

He just came over to say hello and met a tough guy.

He is recognized as the number one pick by many teams. Is he going to lose to an unknown Chinese kid today?

He glanced at Bai Yi, then turned around and left.

Owen said hello and left without saying a word.

Everyone didn't expect such a plot.

This Baiyi was so fierce that he knocked away the scheduled number one pick.

This guy is not even ranked on the rookie list.

The Cavaliers assistant coach responded quickly.

"Owen is not feeling well today. Don't mind. He actually wants to have a good communication with Bai."

Everyone nodded blankly. Some people thought this was reasonable, while others thought it was an excuse. Bai Yi's strength was not inferior to Owen's.

The Cavaliers assistant coach then enthusiastically took Bai Yi aside, and then had an intimate conversation with Bai Yi.

This time he was much more enthusiastic than before.

I asked a lot about Bai Yi carefully.

When he said his final farewell, he solemnly stated that he would tell Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown about Bai Yi's situation.

They will try to get Baiyi in the draft.

Got the commitment from the Cavaliers assistant coach.

Zhou Yuan seemed very happy. Although Bai Yi was not too excited, he was finally relieved.

At the same time, the system voice also sounded, "Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the temporary mission and defeating Owen. Ten achievement points will be awarded."

Easily earn ten achievement points, and you can also draw prizes.

Bai Yi couldn't help but smile slightly. He felt that Owen was really a good person.

He then thought of several other high-draft picks on the rookie board.

Such as Kanter, such as Williams, such as Thompson.

He was not sure if there would be any system tasks if he challenged these people to a duel.

He couldn't help but look forward to it.

…

After the American duel between Bai Yi and Irving ended, the video of their duel was immediately uploaded to YouTube.

"China just beat Irving violently."

"Who is the real number one pick?"

"Chinese basketball is developing rapidly, they will not be worse than the beautiful country."

Under the exaggeration of various headlines, many netizens clicked on the video again.

Then they saw the video of Bai Yi and Irving dueling.

This time Bai Yi didn't do too many three-pointers, but showed more of his dribbling and frame-rushing abilities.

Although Irving is not very good at defense, he is a famous young player from a beautiful elementary school.

Therefore, these videos still shocked many people's jaws.

In the video, Bai Yi is the stronger one, he is more like the top pick.

Irving, on the other hand, seems like an ordinary player who relies on luck to play.

Especially when Bai Yi stole Irving's ball, the video couldn't keep up with Bai Yi's hand speed, which really made most fans stupid.

What Irving is most famous for is not his Mamba mentality, but his really good sense of dribbling, which is visibly smooth to the naked eye.

His dribbling is top-notch even in the NBA.

But such dribbling ability was actually intercepted by Bai Yi.

So amazing.

Connelly soon saw the video and immediately called the scouts at the scene.

Got a definite answer.

"Sir, this young Chinese guy is really outstanding. Although he is young, he is very calm and mature. I think he is the cornerstone of the team."

The so-called cornerstone of team building is not only to have an offensive ability yourself, but also to be able to improve your teammates.

Only in this way can we lead the team into the playoffs and even compete for the championship.

But there are too few such players.

When Duncan entered the draft, half of the teams in the league were in trouble.

You can imagine how valuable this kind of player is.

Connelly isn't sure Derrick Williams is the cornerstone of the team.

But if we look at their previous experience, Williams is also in doubt.

So what about this Chinese boy who suddenly appeared?

Connelly paused for a moment, then told the scout, "Bring him to Minnesota immediately. I want to see him in person. I will ask Adelman to come with me. Do you understand?"

Adelman is the new coach of the Timberwolves. The previous coach who won 32 games in two seasons has been fired.

Connelly also called Adelman, and he was really tempted.