NBA: Started as Sakuragi Hanamichi

Chapter 55
At eight o'clock in the evening, all members of the Lakers took a flight and arrived in Minnesota in the northwest.

The Target Center is the home of the Timberwolves.

This arena can accommodate more than 2 spectators. Lin Feng saw an interesting video on Douyin in his previous life.

In 2003, a white man showed love to Garnett in public, took off his clothes and danced vigorously, but was kicked out by the arena security.

Later, in 2015, after Garnett achieved his first career championship in Boston, the old Wolves king returned to the Timberwolves again.

It was the same white man, he was no longer the hot guy he used to be.

In 2015, like Wolf King Garnett, he became a middle-aged uncle with two children by his side.

When the camera showed the white man again, the audience booed and motioned him to continue dancing to show love to Garnett. He, who had become an uncle, declined with a smile.

But unable to hold back the enthusiasm of the crowd, the uncle took the two children up and danced.

Garnett, who played on the court, naturally still remembered this white man.

The wolf king was moved, and he beat his chest vigorously to pay tribute to the white man dancing with his two children.

At that moment, Lin Feng seemed to be able to understand Garnett's mood.

Once young and frivolous, he was selected by the Timberwolves, and he is bound to bring the first championship trophy to this arena.

But the reality is extremely cruel!
In 1995, he was selected by the Timberwolves as a high school student. Until 2007, when he transferred to the Boston Celtics, Garnett failed to fulfill his promise.

He was alone, and in that era, the league was strong in the west and weak in the east. It was not easy to break out of the siege in the west and win the championship.

The passage of time has worn away the patience of the wolf king.

He finally chose to leave the Timberwolves, and formed the first Big Three in the league with Pierce and Ray Allen at that time, successfully won a championship, and drew a successful end to his 20-year career.

In the final analysis, Wolf King Garnett and the little emperor James are the same type of players.

When he first entered the league, he was young and frivolous, thinking that he was the chosen one, and he was bound to bring the championship to his mother team.

After playing for a few years, I found that this is not the case. To win a championship, the overall strength of the team, management, coaching staff, etc. are all indispensable.

If there is a problem in one link, the road to championship may be wiped out.

It is now 2006, no accident, this is Garnett's last season in the Timberwolves.

Entering the free agent market next year, he will join Ray Allen and Pierce to go to the Boston Celtics to form a luxurious Big Three lineup!
Today's Timberwolves, the overall strength has been pulled down, and they are not ranked in the west where the powerful teams are everywhere.

Last season, they only scored 33 wins and 49 losses, with a winning percentage of 40.24%, ranking second to last in the Western Conference and the bottom Trail Blazers.

The Lakers won three consecutive victories in the new season, and Lin Feng, who joined the Lakers with a basic salary, became a dark horse in the NBA!

What's more, there is Kobe Bryant, the top scorer!

In tonight's game, people have long expected that the Timberwolves can't beat the Lakers.

Garnett, the wolf king, also heard about Lin Feng's story. He joined the Lakers with a basic salary, but became the biggest dark horse in the NBA!
He is so envious of Kobe now, he doesn't understand how Kobe can dig out such amazing teammates?

If possible, he would like to pay for it himself, sponsor Lin Feng's game, and make Lin Feng his teammate.

Because he had a premonition that if he joined forces with Lin Feng, he wouldn't dare to win the championship that season, at least it would be no problem to reach the Western Conference Finals.

at the same time.

Players from both sides entered the Target Center arena one by one. Garnett, wearing a tracksuit with the Timberwolves logo, walked in front of Lin Feng and Kobe.

He saw Lin Feng and Kobe talking, so he said hello: "Hi! My dear Kobe, I heard that the dark horse beside you was discovered by you in the Development League?"

Kobe heard the words, turned his head to look at Garnett, and said with a smile: "Yeah KG, I found Lin in the NBA in the defense of my subordinate team. What's wrong?"

"Kobe, I have to say, you guys are so lucky. You had O'Neal by your side in the early years, and now there is Lin. I've watched the video of this guy's game. He is a qualified All-Star player. I like him very much!"

Garnett made no secret of his love for Lin Feng.

May I ask every super giant who wants to win the championship, who doesn't want to have a decent helper by his side?

Lin Feng has already proved his strength in the three games.

Teaming up with Lin Feng will make it easy to play the game. Garnett values ​​​​Lin Feng's ability to grab rebounds the most.

In the league of this era, there is a saying that goes like this: The rebounder wins the world!

The importance of rebounding is self-evident, it represents a second chance to attack.

If a team can have unlimited firepower, it will be difficult not to win.

As an insider, Garnett really wanted to find an opportunity to ask Lin Feng about his rebounding experience.

The Lakers played against the Seattle SuperSonics in the last game. After one game, Lin Feng grabbed more than 20 rebounds.

It stands to reason that more than 20 rebounds are not considered a burst. Rodman, the big bug back then, often scored such statistics.

But the crux of the problem is that among Lin Feng's more than 20 rebounds, more than half are more difficult offensive rebounds.

Some young fans don't understand football and only look at post-match statistics. They ignore that grabbing offensive rebounds and backcourt rebounds are two completely different concepts!

Anyone who has played basketball knows that the difficulty of offensive rebounds is significantly higher than that of backcourt rebounds.

However, Lin Feng, a player who plays point guard, can grab more than a dozen offensive rebounds in one game.

What does this mean?

Wolf King Garnett, who has played all his life, is naturally very clear.

That's why he envied Kobe, having a teammate like Lin Feng.

"Hi! Lin, can I ask you for advice on rebounding?"

Garnett looked at Lin Feng, his resolute face was full of desire to grab rebounds.

Lin Feng raised his head, looked at Garnett's sincere eyes, and smiled lightly: "I don't dare to ask for advice. In front of you and Kobe, I am a junior, and the game is about to start. During the game, I will tell you my experience in rebounding."

Lin Feng made a pun, not like teaching Garnett how to rebound, but more like challenging Garnett.

If you want to learn how to grab rebounds, it's very simple, you will know if we have played against each other.

Garnett was not stupid, he heard Lin Feng's implication, and immediately laughed angrily.

"Fuck! You brat provoked me to fight, in the game, I will make you regret it!"

"Hahaha!" Kobe laughed beside him, "Lin! I can understand that you took the initiative to talk trash to KG just now? He won't give in. This guy is tough. Be careful of his black elbow!"

"Kobe, thank you for your reminder, but I believe that KG is not that kind of person. I can accept trash talking. If I use black elbows, I will report it to the league!"

"You guys are interesting."

Garnett grinned lightly, and suddenly realized that Lin Feng was an interesting Chinese.

Not as dull as the Chinese people in my impression!

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(End of this chapter)