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Chapter 468 Minnesota Wolong Phoenix Team(1/2)

On October 1st, it happened to be the National Day in China. Yi Dun, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue appeared at the Timberwolves training venue.

Love already lined up with many players to wait for Yi Dun to arrive. After seeing Yi Dun coming, he came up one by one to say hello to Yi Dun.

There are 15 players on a team's roster, of which there are only 12 players on the field, and the remaining three are on the injury list.

Of course, being on the injury list does not mean that they are really injured. It may be because they are not strong enough to be able to squeeze into the twelve-man list.

Now Yi Dun and the other two occupy three places on the 15-man roster. There are twelve players in the training ground. Love introduced them to Yi Dun one by one. He knew very well that Yi Dun did not know much about these players.

Originally, in Yi Dun's impression, the proportion of blacks in the NBA was extremely high, and it would have to reach 80%, but the Timberwolves team seemed to have a ratio of 50 to 50.

Love, Rubio, Baria, Pekovic, these original main players were all white.

Even Dako Milicic, who replaced him after Pekovic was injured, was also a white man.

This is quite strange. There are very few teams in NBA that have this situation. From the inside to the outside, all white main players are. Yi Dun Xun thinks that either Adelman has a tendency to be racist or his boss Glenn Taylor has a racial discrimination...

It seems that discrimination against black people like some older white rich people, especially those like Taylor who have struggled from the bottom of society, is not unimaginable.

Yi Dun is too lazy to care about so many things, no matter whether his teammates are black or white, anyway, this team will be his Yi Dun's world from now on.

"Yidun, this is Nikla Pekovic, our starting center last season." Love first pointed to a white man beside him and introduced it.

Pekovic is very rough and has a big beard and a majestic body. It looks quite difficult to mess with. No wonder he can make a fortune in the inside.

Yi Dun smiled and nodded at the other party, "Hello, Nikla, I'm glad to know you."

Pekovic also greeted him friendly. He may not know that he will be the team's substitute now. If he knew, he would not know if he would be so friendly.

Some fans who prefer to read gossip news probably have some impression of Pekovic, the Montenegro center. This big white bear from the Montenegro Republic has a big business at home and is said to be the largest gang organization in the Montenegro Republic...

Of course, this largest gang organization is definitely not as exaggerated as fans think. After all, the Montenegro Republic has a total population of 500,000 and 600,000, which is roughly similar to the population size of some small counties in China. So no matter how big the organization is, it can be as large as the streets in the small county...

Love began to introduce it again, "This is Derek Williams, a very talented new player in our team. I hope he can realize his talent under your leadership."

Yi Dun looked at Williams and looked at him with a rare Zhou Zheng, but his strength was really hard to describe.

Speaking of which, the Timberwolves have won very good draft picks in the past three years. They won Rubio in the fifth pick in 2009, and the fourth pick in 2010. In 2011, they won Derek Williams in the second pick in the draft.

As a result, Rubio waited for two years before landing in NBA. The two brothers behind him have now used their performance to prove that they are a parallel person.

The draft pick with a high pick in three years was a very serious pick. This luck and ability to select people is really admirable.

If we include the second-place Dako Milicic in 2003 and Beasley in 2008, it is no wonder that Love every day says that all the players in the Timberwolves are talented players.

No team can make up such a high-ranking lineup. If the NBA finals only look at the draft pick, the Timberwolves can win 100 championships in a row.

By the way, now I have to add the sixth pick Yi Jianlian...

But these people have high rankings, but they are more or less the worst ones among the rookies in the same grade.

Yi Dun couldn't understand what these Timberwolves scouts or executives think. It's rare for an ordinary team to get a parallel product. They can actually get so many lieutenants...

A small timberwolves had only a total of more than ten players, but in the end, six or seven dragon and phoenix chicks, who could bear this?

Love also said that he hoped Yi Dun could bring these phoenixes to fulfill their talents, and Yi Dun felt under great pressure.

"This is Dako, from Serbia, he is a versatile player and can play many positions." Love introduced Milicic to Yidun again. Maybe he was afraid that Yidun had never heard of Milicic, so he introduced it very carefully.

Even though Yi Dun is not very familiar with NBA, he has heard of the name of the humanoid Victory Cigar, but he didn't know that Milicic was actually a Serbian before.

Yidun is full of affection for the country of Serbia. Although there are not many Serbians on the stage of the World Competition, as long as you meet, you can make friends.

Speaking of which, Milicic and Pekovic are actually compatriots. After Yugoslavia collapsed in 1992, Serbia and Montenegro formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 2003, it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro, which is Serbia.

Until 2006, Montenegro held another independence referendum and became a separate country. Needless to say, there is undoubtedly a dark means of the United States.

So before 2006, Milicic and Pekovic were serious compatriots, but now they are not. They belong to two countries.

Yi Dun gave Milicic a hug directly, "I'm glad to meet you. I hope we can fight side by side in the future and win the highest honor in this league."

Milicic looked stunned. He didn't expect Yi Dun to be so enthusiastic about him, as if he had never had any contact with Yi Dun before.

Of course, I had heard of Yi Dun's name and even admired Yi Dun's dominance in the sports world, but he knew very well that Yi Dun was most likely not even knowing who he was.

Unexpectedly, after meeting, Yi Dun was so enthusiastic about him, far more enthusiastic than Williams and Pekovic before.

Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue smiled behind Yi Dun. They had been in contact with Yi Dun for so long, and they could definitely guess what Yi Dun was thinking, and at this time they both smiled kindly at Milicic.

This made Milicic feel flattered. Although he has played many years in the NBA, he has never received such courtesy. Even when he joined the Pistons as the second-place winner, he has never enjoyed the treatment he deserves in that team.

He originally thought that after Yi Dun brought Yi Jianlian, he might have to continue wandering again, but seeing Yi Dun's attitude towards him seemed to be able to stay.

Milicic has wandered many teams over the years, from the Pistons, Magic, Grizzlies, Knicks to the Timberwolves today, he naturally doesn't want to continue wandering.

Seeing that Yi Dun seemed to like Milicic, a teammate, Love smiled. What he was most worried about was that Yi Dun was too arrogant and ignored these "edge" players at all, which would definitely lead to the Timberwolves' locker room atmosphere being very weird.

Yidun's attitude is now very gentle, which indicates that the Timberwolves' future locker room atmosphere will definitely be very harmonious.

The atmosphere in the locker room is harmonious, which can be said to be the basic condition for a team to become a powerful man. In history, many arrogant super teams have disintegrated due to conflicts in the locker room. Now the Timberwolves have ushered in Yi Dun, which is just in time for the basic condition to become a super team. Love does not want a fire in the backyard.

"This is Beasley, our Bulldog. He is the sharp knife on the court. He will definitely give the opponent the heaviest blow at critical moments." Love introduced Beasley again.

In fact, if you say that Beasley is a parallel product, this is not very accurate. Beasley has strength, but he is not self-disciplined in life and has no team consciousness.

At the beginning, Beasley's draft report clearly stated that this player had no team sense and was not the kind of player who could integrate into the team. As a result, it seems that this is correct at all.

Beasley has also been wandering around over the years, and finally wandering to the Timberwolves, the Shelter of the Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix.

Then Love introduced the main players of Rubio, Baria and other teams. As for those substitutes, Love just recited the names one by one. After all, Love also knew very well that these marginal players might not see them tomorrow, so there was no need to pay too much attention to them.

Yi Dun nodded one by one. If nothing unexpected happens, these Wizards will be his teammates who will fight side by side in the next few years.

Thinking of this, Yi Dun suddenly had an idea that the name of the Timberwolves was really wrong. If it weren't for the Washington Wizards, they should have called the Minnesota Wizards. There was no way to find a team in the league that had so many Wizards.

"Are you here?" Coach Adelman walked over quickly. Judging from his steps, it was hard to believe that this was an old man who was about to be in his seventies. It was probably because he was also very excited when he was happy, and his steps were much lighter.

"It seems that everyone has already known each other, so let's skip the introduction and go straight to the topic."

"You know, I have been waiting for this day, but I have been waiting for it for a long time, and finally I have been looking forward to today's training camp!"

"I won't say much nonsense, divide it into two teams and play in the team training game to see if you keep your form this offseason." Adelman urged impatiently like a frigid boy.

"Kevin, how should this team play in the training match?" Yi Dun asked Love beside him curiously. When he was at the Dongshan Men's Basketball Team, he had not played in the training match, but he didn't play much, mainly because no teammate was willing to be beaten by Yi Dun on the court.

"It's just an ordinary five-on-five, so, Yi Dun, you choose four teammates, I choose four teammates, let's try it first." Love said with a smile.

Yi Dun nodded, "Do you choose first or I choose first?"

"You can first, we are just a training match, not a final, so there is no need to play too fiercely." Seeing Yi Dun's serious appearance, Love couldn't help but feel upset in his heart, and remembered Yi Dun's dominance in the Olympics.

"Okay, then I'm not polite. Alien, Great Sage, Dako and Michael, I'll choose these four people." Yi Dun quickly made his own choice.

In addition to Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, Yi Dun also chose Milicic and Beasley. There is nothing to say about choosing Milicic. Yi Dun was actually very curious that everyone said that Milicic is a big trash, and what level is his strength.

As for choosing Beasley, there is no better choice. According to the introduction Yi Jianlian gave to himself before, Beasley's style is extremely similar to Durant.

And these two are very good friends, so they knew each other since they were young.

Yi Dun was impressed by Durant. If the opponent did not have Durant in that game against Dream Ten, Yi Dun felt that they even had a great hope of winning.

Now that it is said that Beasley's style is similar to Durant, Yi Dun naturally wants to see what kind of ability this Beasley has.

Seeing that Yi Dun had chosen four people, Love was not surprised. At least he could guess that Yi Dun would definitely choose Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. Even after seeing his attitude as he introduced just now, Yi Dun would not miss Milicic.

Seeing Yi Dun's choice, Love breathed a sigh of relief. Yi Dun did not choose any team's main player, even Beasley, who played as a substitute for most of the time in the Timberwolves.

Soon, Love chose four of his teammates, Rubio, Baria, Pekovic and Derek Williams.

"Hurry, I can't wait to start this game quickly!" Adelman clapped his hands on the sidelines and urged the game to start quickly.

The players on both sides walked onto the stadium, Yi Dun turned his head and looked at the players behind him, and couldn't help but feel happy.

The four players I chose were really amazing in height, at least they were much taller than those in the same position.

According to Yi Dun's plan, Sun Yue will develop in the point guard position in the future. After all, Chinese magicians, if they don't play point guard, then what magicians are there?

Sun Yue's official height in the NBA is 206 cm. Such a height as a point guard is definitely a prominent presence.

Beasley usually plays as a small forward, and his height in 204 is actually higher than that of most small forward players, not to mention that Beasley essentially plays as a shooting guard in this game.

As for Yi Jianlian and Milicic, both of them are seven feet tall.

Such a lineup height makes Yi Dun feel extremely at ease. It is probably because he is too short, so Yi Dun likes his teammates to be taller...

What’s embarrassing is that Yi Dun is not the shortest of the ten people on the field. There is a player on Love that is even much shorter than Yi Dun.

Jose Baria is only 183 cm tall...

"Dudududu!" Adelman blew the whistle, and he came to serve as the referee in this game.

Yi Dun thought about it and went straight to the midfield line. He decided to execute the opening jump ball by himself.

Generally speaking, the center is responsible for jumping, but there are no rigid regulations, nor are there any regulations that the team must let the center player jump.

The reason why there are no backcourt players to jump the ball at the beginning is that it is difficult for them to jump over the center players. Secondly, they play a more important role in the jump ball, for example, if their own side fails to jump the ball, do a good job in defense.

Yi Dun didn't think he had the possibility of failing to jump the ball, so he went to the midfield line.

Adelman didn't say anything. Now he and Yi Dun are in a period of running-in, so no matter what incredible actions Yi Dun does, he will only accept them silently. Only when it can prove that Yi Dun's actions are wrong will he come out to correct them.

Pekovic and Yidun stood on both sides of the midfield line. Adelman walked to the middle of the two with the basketball. With a whistle, the basketball in his hand was thrown into the air.

Just as the basketball reached its highest point, Adelman really felt a wind passing by on his left, and Yi Dun was standing on his left.
To be continued...
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