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Chapter 222 Slogan: The new season depends on the strength of the team

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There was the sound of a basketball hitting the floor.

McGee smashed the ball to the backboard from a distance, then jumped into the air, caught the ball and slammed it in one go, crunching the poor basket.

After the training camp was over, McGee and James led their friends to form two distinct teams to play for half a month. After this period of time, McGee and James worked hard.The two sides are basically at odds. The youth army led by McGee and the middle force led by James are sparks, and everyone will wait for the new season to beat each other.

At this time, the training camp for the new season is about to begin. The new season is a new start. After the summer league, the major teams have basically prepared the list for the new season. However, the list at this time generally ranges from 18 to 22. people make up.

It belongs to the primary list, and the preseason will definitely have to clear some contracts to maintain the regular season quota at about 15 people.

The Timberwolves' current roster for the new season is as follows:

Point guards: Steven, Livingston, Green Brown

Shooting guards: James Harden, McGrady (injury), Wayne Ellington
Small Forwards: McGee, Hickson, Karl Rocca

Power forwards: Zach Randolph, Cardinal, Nathan Jawai
Centers: Darkomirisic, Ryan Hollins, Pecherov

There are still 5 people on the unactivated list, but for the Timberwolves, most of them may not even have the chance to play, because first of all, McGee's position is the swing position from No. [-] to No. [-], plus he can easily play the whole game. Physical strength, most of the small forward positions are filled with power forward meat shields.

And Randolph is also a type with very good physical strength, and counting the main defenders, the Timberwolves are not strong, but they also look like a serious strong team, but compared to the offensive end, their defensive end is still so nonsense. .

Full of loopholes is a very appropriate adjective to describe the Timberwolves.

Personal training, and then the coaching staff arranged some health care activities for McGee, um, the serious one, composed of some masseuses and evaluators, the main task is to ensure McGee's new season status, of course there is no problem, McGee It's unbelievably healthy.

All the players get to know each other, and then they are naturally separated into two teams for basic practice. Randolph and McGee, as the two apexes of the team, are of course separated into two sides, and McGee was the first when selecting a guard Take Harden away and leave Steven in the wind.

Steven didn't rest during the off season. He participated in the training camp and asked James how to become stronger. He asked for recipes and fitness guides along the way. The horizon is gone.

Now, if he goes back to high school, he would dare the latter to borrow money from the coach to go to college. Hey, young, thin-skinned, let Steven pay the price, or he thinks that McGee's position should be his now. .

Steven is actively strengthening his physique, and Livingston further reduces the psychological shadow of a broken leg. The inside rush has improved a lot compared to last season, and then Milicic, when Randolph was blocked by the big man with an arm When he fell down with his neck down, he was skeptical of life, and was lifted up in a frenzy, and there were professionals to separate him from Milicic.

But Randolph just rushed to Milicic's side and patted him on the shoulder vigorously: "Good defense! Just play like this!"

McGee: ...

In the offseason, Milicic went to Randolph for advice on how to play, because in the Western Conference finals, Mickey felt that the effect of learning from Randolph was very good, at least he could beat Bynum.

They spent the off season together.

McGee felt that Mickey had misplaced something?Are you sure you are learning basketball skills?
Or the team should get another center forward.

This is something that doesn’t need to be hidden. The center is the top priority for a championship team. Milicic’s style of play is too tough now. He is completely going from one extreme to the other. McGee still dare not let it go If he changes it again, it's easy to change it, but a qualified substitute is very necessary, and the team's current two substitutes are obviously far from qualified.

This is what McGee secretly told Coach Whitman when discussing tactics. The players do not interfere in decision-making, but the coach does not have this problem.

In the preseason, the main running-in point of the team was the rotation and cooperation among the three backcourts of Steven, Livingston, and Harden. During this period, Harden's three-point ability and ball-handling ability were still average, but he scored But very fierce, with dexterous footsteps and a one-handed back at critical moments, Harden averaged 16 points per game in the preseason.

This is more than Steven. In the preseason, Steven reduced the outside scoring, but took advantage of the feeling that there were no masters on the inside looking for a breakthrough. Without inside scoring means, he can’t be considered a scorer in the NBA. It’s too easy to defend. , so Steven must seize the opportunity to become stronger if he wants to survive.

The closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score. This is the truth tested by the predecessors. Of course, Steven was soon beaten by reality, because he didn’t grow much even after consulting James. Muscle, as soon as he ran to the inside, he was immediately taught that he couldn't find North.

Facts have proved that he is still more promising to throw 3 points.

Everything is in order for the Timberwolves, and then the time comes to the beginning of the season.

On October 10th, the opening game of the new season, Timberwolves VS Cavaliers, and I don’t know if someone targeted the poor Timberwolves.

This opportunity, this experience, is quite rare.

McGee is still suspended for three games. Coincidentally, Randolph also has two. The reason is that he got into the police station during the offseason. , But don't care what it is, anyway, he was suspended, and the Timberwolves lacked two main players and were beaten by James and O'Neal.

The Cavaliers 117 to 92 easily beat out the Timberwolves' brains, and the start was not good.

Then the Nets and the Nuggets kneeled again, and the media exploded at this time. Last year, the Timberwolves were rotten. You still knelt three times without McGee at the beginning, and you can't use a McGrady after buying one, so what the hell are you doing with a lot of money! ?

This time not only the media exploded, but the Minnesota fans were also very dissatisfied.

Fortunately, McGee was able to rematch at this time, and sat in front of the camera and said that they were just getting used to the new system. The Timberwolves will make a clear cut from last year. The most basic thing is to change from relying on McGee alone to an all A team where everyone can rely on each other.

That said, it's pretty pretty.

Then the next day against the Raptors, McGee scored 50 points on the Raptors very politely. The team scored 97 points, and McGee scored 50 points alone. The degree is quite high.

The fans shouted: "I dare not believe it."

(End of this chapter)