A project of 100 million?

Nash was stunned by Sun Hao's words.

Of course, Sun Hao was joking.

He just wanted Nash to listen to him.

"I mean for the sake of our friendship, for the sake of the team, for the sake of our respective careers, and even for the 100 million that we might earn in the future, we need a conversation."

Sun Hao continued.

Nash thought for a moment and nodded.

In fact, when Nowitzki looked for him, he realized that he and Sun Hao needed a conversation.

Just like Sun Hao said.

It's just that he didn't know how to speak before.

……

After training, Sun Hao and Nash went to a nearby café.

Don't ask why you keep talking in a café, there is no better place in the United States than a café!

'I think we should suggest to the coach that when we're on the pitch at the same time, you have more ball-bearing and I play more off the ball.

As soon as Sun Hao came up, he went straight to the point.

This is also a decision he made after thinking about it for a long time.

There are a number of reasons for this decision, it will solve the current tactical position between him and Nash, it will help the team get back on track, etc.

But the more important reason than these is that he is also being targeted now, and he also needs to make his style of play more varied.

People always think about themselves first.

Of course, there is another point that he learned from the previous game against the Lakers.

O'Neal can give in to a weirdo like Kobe, so why can't he?

He learned the lesson of "Emotional Intelligence".

What's more, he only gave up the ball, and the right to shoot will not necessarily be less.

After listening to what Sun Hao said, Nash was stunned for a while before reacting.

Sun Hao actually offered to give up the ball!

This is not something that the average person can do.

When he reacted, he was first moved, then ashamed.

He was reluctant to communicate with Sun Hao in private before.

And two days ago, because Cuban only helped Nowitzki and Sun Hao in the show, and didn't help him speak, he felt that he was not taken seriously, so he didn't even go to Sun Hao to invite him to eat barbecue!

Compared with Sun Hao's current attitude, he really ...... There was an idea of finding a hole to get into.

And now that Sun Hao said this, he was so ashamed that he didn't know how to speak.

Sun Hao didn't know what Nash was thinking, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he opened his mouth to add.

"I think the previous coach had a very good plan, I started more without the ball, got off the court early, and then came back in the second quarter with the bench."

He is, has thought through all the details!

"I'm sorry, Sun, I had that attitude ...... before"

Nash was the last to speak, but halfway through.

"Don't talk about it before, I know, I'll be like that if I were replaced."

Sun Hao answered, he felt that in addition to being jealous, Nash was also a little arrogant.

Nash nodded, Sun Hao had talked about this, and there was no point in dwelling on the previous things.

And after the conversation began, he was no longer as restrained as before.

"Sun, how about we stay and practice after training?"

And while chatting, he also took the initiative to propose to Sun Hao.

"It's no problem at all, you pass the ball, I shoot, training is the foundation."

Sun Hao won't say that I want to improve my friendship with you, so that you can be my caddy.

Of course, Nash didn't know what Sun Hao was thinking, he smiled and nodded.

It was like finally finding a way to make up for my previous attitude.

The two hit it off, and the rest fell into place.

And after chatting, Sun Hao found that the favorability in the system, Nash jumped from 58 to 69!

Not only is it back, but it's also going up!

That's Nash!

The next day, Sun Hao and Nash went to find Nelson Sr. together.

For the proposal of the two, the old Nelson gladly accepted.

The team has had its ups and downs and he needs to change as well.

Sun Hao was willing to give in, reflecting the "pattern", and he was impressed.

That night, the Mavericks hosted the Phoenix Suns.

The Suns reached the Western Conference semifinals last season and were very strong.

While "Penny" Hardaway was reimbursed after playing just four games of the season due to injury, sophomore Shawn Marion filled his void well.

Plus Cleverd Robinson, Tony Deck, Rodney Rodgers and a number of other strong players.

Of course, the most important thing is to have Nash's lifelong enemy Jason Kidd, and the Suns are still a powerhouse in the Western Conference.

In fact, the West has been a real division of the West this season in history.

The first-place Spurs have 58 wins, and the eighth-place Timberwolves have 47 wins, just 11 wins away.

This shows that the difference in strength between the teams, especially the strong teams, is very small.

In this game, the Mavericks finally lost 93-104, swallowing a three-game losing streak.

Kidd posted a triple-double of 16 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists.

But the good thing is that Nash's form is finally picking up.

Facing his lifelong enemy, he handed over a good stat of 15 points and 7 assists.

And it is worth mentioning that 3 of his 7 assists were given to Sun Hao.

Thanks to Nash's assist, Sun Hao scored another 18 points, and his form has picked up significantly.

Anyone could feel that there was some chemistry between the two, even if it would take some time.

After a day of rest, the Mavericks had their last back-to-back games of this gruelling schedule and their final two games of December.

In the face of the ageless "Utah Twins", the Mavericks played a wonderful game.

Sun Hao's form continued to climb, scoring a team-high 25 points, and Nash also had a double-double of 16 points and 11 assists.

The chemistry between the two has entered a new phase.

However, Nowitzki performed average against Ma Long, scoring only 11 points and 7 boards, and the final shot was also off the basket.

The Mavericks eventually lost 91-93 to make it four in a row.

For a while, public opinion, which had just been scolded back by Cuban, once again swarmed towards the Mavericks.

Those who gloat, those who fall into the well, you sing and we appear, so it's not lively.

This time, though, that didn't affect the Mavericks too much.

Because the team, from the management to the coaching staff, even the players, can feel the improvement of the team's form, and some kind of chemistry is happening.

This also includes Sun Hao.

Because in the past few days, the increase in favorability between Nash and him can be described as "sitting on a mosaic".

Originally, it was difficult to improve the favorability, which could be felt from Harris and Nowitzki.

But Nash, in less than a week, rose directly from 69 to 80!

[Stadium Bond] is unlocked like this, and Sun Hao can unlock the caddie Nash in the system!

It's incredible, even magical.

But knowing Nash's personality, it may not be so strange.

There is no shortage of such people in life, they usually seem to be jealous, small-minded, and even easily jealous of others.

So their circle is actually relatively small, maybe just a few people.

But if once you enter this circle, then your status in his heart will quickly climb.

In one word, tsundere.

Although Sun Hao's previous relationship with Nash was okay, it was at most a temptation on the edge, but this time he entered directly.

So he has enough reason to believe that if he wins, maybe in the next game!

On December 29, the Mavericks sat at home to face the Timberwolves back-to-back, the final game of December.

The luckiest team this past summer was the Orlando Magic, who acquired Maddie and Hill all at once, but the unluckiest team was the Timberwolves.

Because of the "yin and yang contract", they were forfeited the first round for the next five years, team owner Glenn Taylor, vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale left for one year, and the main character of the contract, 1995 champion Joe Smith and the team contract were also declared invalid.

Although McHale later claimed that such contracts were very common in the NBA at the time.

"8~10 teams have been doing this, they are very good, and we have been caught."

But a violation is a violation, and there's nothing wrong with the Timberwolves being punished like this.

The problem is that the core of the team, Kevin Garnett, is suffering, and without Smith as an inside partner, he will not even have the future of the team.

But even so, Garnett is Garnett, one of the greatest power forwards of the 20th century, and he still leads the Timberwolves to the playoffs.

The Mavericks now have a 15-10 record and are seventh in the West.

The Timberwolves have a 14-11 record and are eighth in the West.

Although the two teams are in different regions, they are now in direct competition.

And like the Mavericks, the Timberwolves have had a mediocre past week, losing to the Spurs, Lakers, and Trail Blazers in quick succession, and suffering a three-game losing streak.

This game is very important for both sides, and it can even be regarded as a game-changing game.

Both teams also attached great importance to this game, and both came to the stadium early to warm up.

Sun Hao also met the "Wolf King" Garnett for the first time.

At this time, although Garnett had a big bald head as in his impression, he had not grown a beard yet, and he looked slightly green.

But in reality, this is his fifth year in the league, one year more than Nashtu.

And in addition to Garnett, he unexpectedly saw a very familiar person.

Chauncey Billups, I didn't expect him to play for the Timberwolves at this time.

In addition to the two he saw, someone from the Timberwolves' side came over to greet him.

Wally Szzczebiak, last year's No. 6 pick, hails from Madrid, Spain.

When Sun Hao participated in the joint trial in Europe before, he heard his name in the training camp, and now he can be regarded as seeing the real person directly.

Handsome is really handsome.

Szzczebiak is the shooter, his nickname is "Handsome Guy", plus that tall man, it's really a good match.

Towards the end of the warm-up, Garnett continued to interview reporters on the sidelines.

"What do you think of tonight's game? We know the team hasn't been doing too well this past week. ”

In Dallas, reporters naturally tried to find ways to demoralize their opponents before the game.

"No, we didn't have a bad performance, we lost every game by 3~5 points, which means that we didn't play badly."

"And what do you think of tonight's game?"

"We're going to win the game, we know it's going to be tough, maybe it's going to be the fourth quarter again, but we're very united with each other and we're going to win the game."

"What do you think of Dirk?"

'Dirk, Dirk is a very good young player but he still needs to learn and grow and it will be fun to play against him and I will enjoy that process.'

Garnett is a "trash talker" on the court, and he is not far behind off the court.

After the warm-up, the scene entered the opening ceremony, and the starters of the two teams were also released one after another.

On the Timberwolves side, Trill Brandon and Billups on the outside, Szczebiak and Garnett on the front, and Rasu Nestrovic at center.

On the Mavericks' side, it is still the starting lineup of Nash, Sun Hao, Finley, Nowitzki and Leitner.

Leitner pulled the ball back into the Mavericks half court and officially kicked off the game.

In the first round of coming up, Sun Hao began to run without the ball.

In fact, another important reason why he is willing to play without the ball is that his height has grown to 1.87 meters, which is close to 1.9 meters in shoes, which is not short in a two-way guard.

And the biggest help that height brings when playing without the ball is vision.

Coupled with his pre-existing gold-level basketball IQ, playing without the ball is completely enough.

Nash and Nowitzki made a feint of passing the ball inside after blocking the pick-and-roll, followed by a pass with an advance amount to Sun Hao.

The ball was very deceptive, and after Sun Hao received the ball, he had already shaken off Brandon and quickly pushed his shot.

Nestrovich, like the big white bears that Sun Hao had encountered in Europe, couldn't keep up.

The ball spun towards the basket.

"Huh!"

There was a crunch.

Sun Hao's first three-point shot, hit!

This is not only a bonus to a series of badges for pick-and-roll masters, catch-and-shoot scorers, and long-range marksmen, but also the results of his and Nash's training in and out of the system over the past period.

Chemical reactions, invisible but tangible!

Mavericks, go down first.

Garnett's playmaking organization with the ball high up front.

There was once such a comment to describe Garnett's style of play.

If a player averages 22 points per game, you think he's a decent scorer.

But if you add in the 11 rebounds per game, you think this guy is a strong interior lineman.

But if you add to that the average of 6 assists per game, you think it's impossible, he doesn't exist with such a player.

If you add 1.5 steals and 2 blocks, you think it's a joke.

Garnett is such a player, a player who can really play from the number one to the number five.

The word omnipotence was synonymous with him for a long time at the beginning of the 20th century.

A beautiful pass to Brandon, who scored the first two points of the night for the Timberwolves.

The Mavericks continued to run up front, and Nash passed the ball to Nowitzki after blocking and picking this time.

Nowitzki's flying layup.

However, Garnett actually strode back to the three-second zone and chased Nowitzki to a big hat.

Top defensive talent!

There was a stirring at the scene.

Garnett blocked and pounded his chest on the sidelines, letting out a trademark wolf king-style roar.

When he came back, he feintmed on the free-throw line and broke through Nowitzki's one-handed dunk to the long arm of the inside.

The ball was smashed into the basket.

4 to 3!

The Timberwolves take the lead!

Garnett gave Nowitzki a fierce glare after a dunk.

In the past, he completely suppressed Nowitzki.

As he said before the game, Nowitzki has a lot to learn!

His eyes were full of confidence.

It's just that he never expected that this would be the only time the Timberwolves took the lead tonight.

And this match will also be a game that he will never forget in his career. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens