A Ton of Superman

Yi Dun was doing free throw training over there, and Adelman watched patiently. This was a full half-hour.

In half an hour, with Adelman's eyes, he also found some problems with Yi Dun's free throws, but he is not a professional shooting trainer.

"Sam, do you think we should find a free throw trainer for Yi Dun?" Adelman said toward a tall black man beside him.

The black man's name is Sam Mitchell, and he is currently an assistant in Adelman's coaching staff.

Sam Mitchell spent most of his career in the Timberwolves. Before Garnett, he was the player with the most appearances in the Timberwolves' history.

Later, after retiring, he entered the coaching profession. In 2003, he will become the head coach of the Toronto Raptors and won the honor of NBA Coach of the Year in the 06-07 season.

It is a pity that he failed to lead the Raptors to go further and was fired directly by the team. Later, he returned to the Timberwolves and became an assistant under Adelman.

"Let's find one. Yi Dun's free throw should be the only short board in his body. By then, in some key events, perhaps the opponent will use Yi Dun shark hacking tactics, which has been confirmed at the Olympics." Sam Mitchell answered seriously.

When Adelman heard this, he was also determined to help Yi Dun find a trainer. At this moment, he searched carefully in his mind to see if he knew any reliable trainer.

Because looking for a free-throwing professional trainer, it is of course the best to find a player who has a good career in free throws and has now retired. Such players have rich experience and experience in free throws, not to mention Yi Dun’s free throws are improved to The league's top level, as long as Yi Dun can reach 70% of his free throws, it will be enough.

Not even 70% is needed, as long as it can be safely guaranteed to be around 65%, that is actually enough.

After thinking for a long time, Adelman suddenly remembered a player in his mind. Although he and this player only had only one season of incense, even one season, this player only played three times under Adelman. Twelve games, but Adelman feels that this player is undoubtedly the best trainer.

Walter Davis, nicknamed the Greyhound, was the best person Adelman had in mind.

Today's fans must be extremely strange to the Greyhound player, and it is estimated that five out of a hundred fans may not know the player.

But in the 1970s and 1980s, the Greyhound was recognized as the second forward swingman in the league, an All-Star regular, and the star of the Phoenix Suns.

As for who was the league's first forward swingman at the time? It was naturally Dr. J Julius Owen.

For the first eleven years of his career, the Greyhounds played for the Suns. After leaving the Suns, he played for the Nuggets for four years.

Interestingly, during the four years the Nuggets played, the Greyhounds went to Adelman for the third season to play for half a season. After the season ended, they returned to the Nuggets.

Why did this happen at that time, according to the guesses of future generations fans, it was undoubtedly that the Trail Blazers wanted to compete for the championship and needed to strengthen the lineup as much as possible, so what PY deal with the Nuggets, from the Nuggets to the Greyhound Seconded over.

As a result, the Greyhound failed to help the Trail Blazers. He only scored 3.3 points per game in the playoffs that season, and his shooting percentage was less than 40%. This is obviously unable to help the Blazers beat the Bulls. Even the Blazers failed to rush out of the West and lost to the Lakers led by "Magic" Johnson and "Great Game James" James Worthy in the Western Conference.

Of course, the Lakers failed to win the championship and lost to the bulls.

After playing this small half of the season, the Trail Blazers returned the Greyhounds to the Nuggets. After another season, the Greyhounds announced their retirement.

The gray hound gave Adelman the impression that the free throw is extremely stable, especially in the end of his career, when all aspects of the strength have declined significantly, the gray hound's free throw is getting better and better.

This is undoubtedly an excellent candidate to train Yi Dun's free throw. At least in Adelman's impression, no player is more suitable than the Greyhound.

"Sam, do you have Walter's contact information there?" Adelman turned and asked Mitchell around him.

Mitchell, who asked directly, was dumbfounded, Walter? There are dozens of Walter players named Walter in the history of the league.

There are at least three players of the kind named Walter.

Walter Bellamy, Walter Fraser and Adelman said Walter Davis.

"Big Walter? Walter Grand Theft or Walter Greyhound?" Mitchell asked silently.

Adelman looked at Mitchell strangely, "Of course it is Greyhound. Do you think Bellamy's free throw can teach Yi Dun? Moreover, Bellamy is now how old, I feel he may go earlier than me. See God."

"I remember Fraser's free throws averaged less than 80% of his career. His free throws are not good in guards, so it must be the Greyhound Walter Davis."

"I can find Walter's contact information, but I don't know if he wants to be a trainer."

"Go try it, even if he is not happy, he will definitely agree after watching Yi Dun's first show. If I were him, I would definitely not miss this opportunity to be the first person in training history." Adelman Said with confidence.

In Adelman's view, the position of the first person in NBA history is destined to be Yi Dun's pocket.

...

The training days are extremely boring, but the three Yi Dun are happy, especially Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, cherish this opportunity to return to the NBA, training enthusiasm is higher than anyone else.

Adelman sees it in his mind. It can be said that no coach doesn't like training hard players. If he doesn't like it, then the coach designation is a bit wrong.

Not to mention the strength of Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, Adelman is very satisfied with this training attitude alone.

However, just training hard, it certainly does not allow Adelman to re-use Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. Whether they can be reused in the new season depends on their performance on the field.

The next day, Mitchell found Adelman and said that he had contacted the Greyhound. There was something busy at hand, so it took a month to give a reply.

Adelman nodded his head, and it was not in a hurry. If the Greyhound did not come a month later, then he would find a way to find a retired player with a good free throw anyway. This is certainly not difficult.

...

On October 14, the Timberwolves, who had been training for about half a month, were about to usher in the first preseason game of their new season. What kind of strength their new season lineup will have will be verified in actual combat. .

However, it is a new lineup. In fact, the Timberwolves’ lineup has not changed much from the previous season. If I really want to say that the change is that there is one more Yi Dun in the main lineup, it is not easy to say whether Yi Jianlian can play the main line now. Not to mention, he still has a long way to go.

...

On the afternoon of the same day, there were a few hours before the evening game. The Timberwolves executives and players all gathered together for a pre-match mobilization meeting. Even the boss Glen Taylor came.

This season is extremely important for the Timberwolves. They have not entered the playoffs for several years. Since Garnett went away in 2004, they have always been the Western Conference team and have never entered the playoffs. If this continues, the loss of fans will definitely increase.

Fortunately, they got Yi Dun now, and if nothing unexpected, the Timberwolves will usher in a bright period in the future.

"Tonight's game, although it is only a preseason game, but I hope everyone can get together, after all, this is the first game after our reconstruction, we must play enough to show off!" Adel Man shouted in excitement, where could he be seen that he was almost seventy years old.

The rebuilding of the team he said in fact is actually in the eyes of outsiders. That is definitely not a rebuilding, because the Timberwolves' lineup has barely changed from last season.

"We must win this game, and not only to win, but also to win beautifully!"

"The opponent is the Salamento Kings. We have no reason to lose this game!"

As Adelman said, because the opponent is the Kings, this Timberwolves really has no reason to lose, mainly because the King is too weak.

In general, as is the case with the Timberwolves, the Kings did not make the playoffs for some years. Their last playoffs have to go back to 2006.

Coincidentally, the head coach of the Kings last entered the playoffs was Adelman.

Speaking of Adelman, the king is definitely a godfather. The king's most glorious period was created by Adelman.

Before Adelman coached the Kings, the Kings history had only entered the playoffs twice, once in the first year of team building, and was shaved in the first round of the playoffs.

The other time was when the star Rock Ridge-Med led the team. He led the team into the playoffs in the 95-96 season. Although the result did not shave his head, it was also a big 1:3 in the first round. The score was eliminated.

It is equivalent to saying that the Kings' history has gone to Adelman, they have only won a playoff game, what a sad team.

The arrival of Adelman definitely made the King change the world. In 1998, he went to the King's first year to coach the team directly into the playoffs. Although it was still the first round, they won two games this time.

Then until Adelman was fired by the King, for eight years, Adelman could lead the King to the playoffs every year, and in the 02 playoffs, they even killed the Western Conference and faced the OK combination. The Lakers, they lost 3:4, only one step away from the championship.

Why is it one step away? Because after the Lakers reached the finals, they directly defeated the opponent's Nets with a big score of 4:0. At this point in time when the West is strong and the East is weak, if the Kings play against the Nets, they also have a great chance of winning the championship.

This proves once again how unlucky Adelman's career is...

It can be said that all the highlights of the king were created by Adelman. As a result, Adelman failed to fall down in the king, and finally left the whole...

Right now, the new Timberwolves' first show is playing the King. Adelman naturally wants to win a beautiful victory, and give the King a little color and a sense of old boss.

"Now, I will announce the starting lineup for the preseason."

"Starting center Le Fu, starting power forward Yi Jianlian, starting small forward Yi Dun, starting combination of Rubio and Barria."

Then Adelman announced the twelve-man roster for the new season, and Sun Yue was also among them.

Yi Dun was relieved, Adelman didn't lie to himself, really put Yi Jianlian into the starting lineup.

As long as Yi Jianlian has a lot of time to appear with himself at the same time, Yi Dun will be able to raise Yi Jianlian with confidence.

It is also good news that Sun Yue has entered the 12-man roster. At least Sun Yue has the opportunity to play in the main game in the future. If even the twelve-man roster is not entered, then it is certainly impossible to play in the game.

The three Yi Dun were happy, and the players felt very uncomfortable.

Pekovic is extremely uncomfortable now. Originally, he thought he was still the starting center in the new season. He didn't expect his starting position to be taken away.

Last season, when he started, he averaged rebounds per game. This is a very bright performance in the NBA where high-quality insiders are scarce. Continue to work hard. He is likely to get a top salary and an All-Star in the future. Qualified.

But now the starting qualifications have been deprived, it is foreseeable that his average data for the new season will definitely show a visible decline. In this case, where can I talk about the top salary and the All-Star...

The only thought in Pekovic’s mind now is that Adelman announced the preseason starting list, not the starting list. If the starting game starts and he is not the starting list, he may have to think of a way Moved a nest.

I am not one of those young people who are young. Now I am looking at 27 years old, and the rookie contract is still one year old, which means that I must sign a big contract at 28 years old. , How can a fool team give themselves a big contract.

Yi Dun also noticed Pekovic, who is very worried, but the old saying is good, dead friends do not die poor, Yi Jianlian is definitely his own, Yi Dun definitely wants his own people to have a better development, if Yi Jianlian can To replace Pekovic, Yi Dun will definitely not have any psychological burden.

Adelman then announced some arrangements for the lineup, and then boss Glen Taylor also said a few words.

Glenn Taylor doesn't understand the ball very much, and Yi Dun feels that this boss can completely say nothing about basketball.

Taylor didn't mention anything about the team's lineup, it was just a compliment to Yi Dun, looking forward to Yi Dun's ability to lead the Timberwolves in the new season.

When the meeting was over, it was time for dinner.

"Alian, are you nervous?" Yi Dun asked Yi Jianlian with a smile at the dinner table.

Looking at Yi Jianlian's tight expression now, he must be very nervous. This time he returns to the NBA debut, he may be more nervous than playing his rookie season.

The reason is very simple, even if the rookie season's first show is not good, there is still a chance to adjust later. After all, it is a rookie. It is impossible for the team to choose itself with a high draft pick because of the poor performance of several games. Of newcomers give up.

And now Yi Jianlian can no longer be considered a newcomer. If he hasn't played well in several games, what is waiting for him is likely to be the cold palace.

"A little nervous, Yi Dun, what do you say I should fight tonight?" Yi Jianlian may be a little flustered now, wanting Yi Dun to give his advice.

"Just play normally. You are playing the No. 4 position tonight. Keep your offensive end as close to me as possible. I can help you with a pick-and-roll. When you miss the shot, I can take advantage of the rebound."

"There is nothing to say on the defensive end. Try your best. I will help you as much as possible on the court."

"If there is a rebounding opportunity, don't think about Qiangang, if you can pick it off, if there is an offensive opportunity, as long as the opponent does not wrap you up, then you can do it. You have to think so, others don't throw the ball It must be higher than your hit rate, and it is better to score by yourself than others."

Yi Dun is like a renju gun. He keeps talking and telling Yi Jianlian what he thinks. There are some sloppy ideas, but in general, it is still very useful for Yi Jianlian, as long as Yi Jianlian can listen.

"What about me? Brother Dun, I have a hunch that I might get a short playing time tonight." Sun Yue urged aside.

"You are even simpler. Although the offensive end has opened the cast, you should not be offensively worse than Rubio and Barria? Both men have a shooting percentage below 40%. If you are not as good as them, then I There is nothing to say."

"As for the defensive end, although you don't use your height, use your height advantage to interfere with the opponent's projection. If the opponent wants to break through, it may be difficult to defend if you want to, but it doesn't matter, I will be your second line of defense. "Yidun gave Sun Yue some advice again."

In fact, Sun Yue followed Yi Dun, and that was really the right person. Yi Dun could help him much more than Yi Jianlian.

Sun Yue's height and arm length, such a height to defend the opponent's backcourt player's projection, in fact, still have an advantage, but height will inevitably bring the disadvantage of changing speed, Sun Yue defends the breakthrough of those flexible small guys, that must be It's not easy.

However, Yi Dun can help Sun Yue completely solve this problem. Sun Yue's unstoppable breakthrough, Yi Dun can completely make up for the defense.

On the offensive end, because the offensive efficiency of Rubio and Barria is too bad, Sun Yue does not need to say how good, as long as the big difference is enough.

It was even easier to organize. Sun Yue threw the ball into the frontcourt with his eyes closed.

After listening to Yi Dun's suggestion, Sun Yue suddenly relaxed, he found his own direction in the future, and played according to Yi Dun's suggestion. He seemed to be able to come forward.

After Yi Dun said so, both of them were very relaxed, and they were not so worried about the game at night.

...

At eight o'clock in the evening, Minnesota's home stadium, Target Center Arena.

Target Center Arena is considered to be the more famous home stadium in the NBA, mainly because it can be converted into a super-large theater, which is only comparable to the Madison Gardens Arena in the New York Knicks.

Tonight Yi Dun will make his NBA debut in this theater arena. There are countless Timberwolves fans on the scene. Even the stadium is full of fans who have not been able to buy tickets.

Few teams have such a pre-season game, Glenn Taylor’s mouth is all smiles.

Since the wolf king Garnett left, the Timberwolves' ball market is not as good as a year. Even with the new wolf king Carrefour, it is difficult to reproduce the original glory. After all, Carrefour is still worse than Garnett at the peak. Point of meaning.

And now Yi Dun is here, giving the Timberwolves fans unlimited space for reverie.

Who is Yi Dun? There is no one of the most successful athletes in the sports world today!

Now that Yi Dun enters the NBA as a professional player, will he come up with the same dominance as other sports? !

The most important thing is that Yi Dun has proved his strength in the Olympic Games against the Dream Ten team, which has impressed the Timberwolves fans.

Now that Yi Dun's debut is coming, they will naturally come to witness the performance of the home team's new debut.

Not only the fans are hot, but media from all walks of life are also coming. This preseason game was broadcasted nationwide. A lot of top sports media in the United States came to the scene. Yi Dun even saw O'Neill after entering the venue...

O'Neal is very helpless and sad now, if possible, he doesn't want to see Yi Dun's face in his life, but it turned out to be contrary. After TNT learned that Yi Dun joined the Timberwolves, he decided to broadcast this very early. The game, and also sent a host to explain the scene.

As TNT's "Hua Dan", both O'Neill and Barkley appeared next to the arena.

In terms of popularity, Yi Dun's first show is definitely much higher than Yao Ming's first show.

At that time, Yao Ming's first show in the United States also received a lot of attention, but Yao Ming was a fledgling at that time, and Yi Dun was already famous, and naturally Yi Dun received more attention.

"Shaq, seeing Yi Dun for the second time, what do you think?" Buckley asked O'Neill around him with a smile.

O'Neill is very clear about the explanation of this game, Barkley will certainly not let go of himself, simply to fly himself for the effect of the show.

"If you are hit by Yi Dun with 40 points and 20 blocks, and you only get 20 turnovers, you can feel my current mood." O'Neill said angrily at Buckley.

"Oh? 40 points and 20 blocks? 20 turnovers? When this news came out, I thought it was fake news, but I didn't expect it to be true?"

"Shaq, what kind of stats do you think of Yi Dun's debut tonight?" Buckley continued to smirk and asked.

"Who knows? The ghost knows, anyway, you said he scored 40 points and 20 blocks in the main game tonight, I certainly believe it."

As the two chatted, the players on both sides had entered the bench and the game was about to begin.

Yi Dun looked intently at the bench opposite the court. During the afternoon meeting, Adelman spoke about the King’s lineup. Yi Dun was somewhat impressed by the king’s star, LaMarcus Cousins. Adelma had more than once. Mentioned the name.

Before Yi Dun came, the Timberwolves had a poor lineup. The King's current lineup is not much better than the previous Timberwolves. Otherwise, it would not be a brother or brother with the Timberwolves.

Although the previous lineup of the Timberwolves is poor, but at least the popularity is high, the fans of the Wolong Phoenix are pulled out, and the fans can generally recognize it. Now the King’s lineup is not only bad, not even a reputation, the fans can be called There are really few players with the name.

Cousins, the fifth pick in 10 years, should be the King's most famous player.

Cousins, who was only a sophomore in the last season, had a good rebounding average per game. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is already a rising inside giant.

It's just that there are still quite a few problems with this newcomer. First of all, his temper is too irritating.

In the rookie season, he was fined for conflicting with assistants, and then he was expelled from the coach during training. After playing the Warriors game, he was fined again by making indecent gestures and was even removed from the starting list.

Anyway, the king used all punishment methods in the past two years, trying to grind Cousins' temper, but the result was completely ineffective, Cousins ​​still doing his own thing.

It is worth mentioning that Cousins ​​and Yao Ming are actually related. Yao Ming was seriously injured before. In fact, everyone knows that Yao Ming at this time, his career is almost over, but he still has the last year of the contract.

As a result, the Mosaic team can get Yao Jing's last year's contract with Yao Ming, and go to replace King's Cousins ​​plus a high-quality blue-collar Dailem Porter with 8 points and 8 rebounds per game. The King naturally has no reason to agree. ...

Otherwise, this mosaic team is really shameless and invincible.