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Chapter 171 New Team, New Atmosphere

Time to enter October.

After Kotobuki signed with Nike, he stayed in Minneapolis for the final training before the season.Before that, he had already used up the more than 14 points he saved in the training camp.He increased his Bounce from 27 to 30, his Airborne from 20 to 23, and his Stamina from 65 to 66.

Since the values ​​of bouncing and staying in the air are low, the points required to add points are not too many.But it is foreseeable that as the value increases, more and more points will be required.In the final analysis, his own jumping talent is too poor. If it is not for the addition system, even if he trains hard, it is really difficult to fundamentally improve.

Life in Minneapolis is still very comfortable.The city is indeed not prosperous, but Shou Ye himself is not too yearning for a life of feasting and feasting. At least for now, he doesn't feel that he has reached the time to enjoy life.He still has a lot of goals to achieve, and there are still a lot of things to prove, so he can't stop working hard.

Under the leadership of coach Rick Adelman last season, the Timberwolves only ranked 12th in the Western Conference during the regular season, and there is still a long distance from the playoffs.This team is not as bad as the outside world talks about, at least the team atmosphere has always been good, and there are no cancer-like characters.It's not all about their strength that they missed the playoffs. The extensive injuries of players are also one of the main reasons.

Shou Ye's deepest impression on Coach Adelman was when he coached the Kings and Mosaic respectively.This is an offensive coach who is good at using "Princeton tactics". Such a coach will have a lot of room for offensive big men.

In fact, Shou Ye has not revealed to the public that Coach Adelman is also an important reason why he finally chose the Timberwolves.But he can't say that, otherwise it will arouse the hatred of other coaches.Thinking back to the Kings, Divac and Webber's magical conduction of the ball under the Princeton system, and the team's mercury-like offense, it is really fascinating to watch.

Even Dayao, who is not good at passing the ball, often sent wonderful assists under A Shuai. Although Mosaic's overall offense at the time was not as good as the Kings' peak, he still had his own position in the league.

Coach Adelman contacted Shou Ye after he signed with the Timberwolves and expressed his welcome to join the Timberwolves.The two agreed to work hard to make this team stronger in the new season.

Judging from the list of players in the team, the Timberwolves are still extremely talented.This is a young team, and the average age of the team ranks among the bottom among the 30 teams in the league.The team has no shortage of high-ranking young people, starting from Love, who was the 08th overall pick in 5, to Rubio, who was the 09th overall pick in 5, and then to Derek Williams, the second pick last year.

In addition to young talented men, the team also got powerful players such as Mavericks champion guard Barea, "Yellow Mamba" Brandon Roy, "Russian Double Gun" Kirilenko and Sheved.

The biggest signing of the Timberwolves this summer is that they used a 4-year contract of 4400 million US dollars to get the powerful Chinese insider Shou Ye who made it to the Eastern Conference Finals with the 76ers last season.

You must know that the Timberwolves cleared Milicic, the second pick in 03, in order to get Shou Ye, which is enough to see how much they value him.

For the Timberwolves, the current core of the team's team building is Kevin Love, the No. 08 pick in 5.

Love graduated from UCLA and was teammates with Westbrook in college.This is an insider with inside and outside ability, rich offensive methods, and a strong rebounding ability.

Shou Ye knew that Love was traded to the Cavaliers in his previous life, and since he was traded to the Cavaliers, he has never been able to play the kind of terrifying statistics in the Timberwolves.

Love is not an All-Star power forward with both offense and defense in the traditional sense. Compared with Garnett Duncan, his defense is really not enough.Even the Silver Horn King, who is also not very good at defense, his defense is much better than him.Poor defense for an insider is actually quite terrible, and this person is still the core of your team.

There are many reasons for Love's poor defense.First of all, his static physical fitness is quite average.As the No. 4 position, his net height is less than 206cm, his wingspan is better than Griffin, and he is a white man, so he has no static advantage except his weight; his dynamic physical fitness is also poor, and his running and jumping ability is worse than Griffin Shou Ye before the system is better.

Poor physical fitness makes it difficult for him to have a chance to become a defensive champion, and his defensive awareness and basic skills are not good. In addition, he has to spend his energy on the offensive end, which makes his investment in the defensive end insufficient.All things considered, he's pretty much one of the worst defensive power forwards in the league.

It's not that the Timberwolves don't know Love's defense is poor, but do they have a choice?Don't they want to find a super giant team with both offense and defense?But the problem is that I can't find it!Although the hard specials back then had problems on the offensive end, they had historical-level defensive capabilities and excellent organization, but they also left.

So after the Timberwolves announced that they got Shou Ye, many media began to analyze the prospects of this team.Many experts agree that they have invested too much in the interior, and they can't achieve the effect of "1+1>2" if they get Shouba, who is not good at defense, when they already have Love.

Moreover, the functions of Love and Shou Ye have a high degree of overlap, and the team still lacks the inner line to protect the frame, making the prospect of this team still unclear.

Shou Ye actually thinks that he and Le Fu are not a perfect match, but the problem is that he has no choice!If he wants to start, he can only partner with Love.Love is the current core of the team, and it is impossible to play as a substitute.And he was signed by the team with a big contract, is he used to play as a substitute?Obviously not!So whether it is a perfect match or not, let's fight first.

As for some experts saying that Shou Ye's big contract is likely to become the league's future junk contract, Shou Ye scoffed.You haven't even played a game yet, and you start singing about the old man, what kind of heart do you guys have?

On October 2012, 10, the annual NBA media day.

All the generals of the Timberwolves finally made their debut... Both old and newcomers of the team will appear in front of the media on this day, and take photos with makeup to show off the style of the new season.

As the team's heavy signing, Shou Ye is also a very popular existence of the team, so he is naturally the focus of media day reporters.

This is the first time in his career to wear the Timberwolves jersey. Before that, he never thought that he would have the opportunity to wear the jersey of this team in the future.

Shou Ye still chooses No. 14 as his jersey number. For him, although the debt has been paid off, the original intention of coming to the NBA is the debt, so continuing to use No. 14 is another degree of "not forgetting the original intention". .