Eden was alone in penalty practice over there, while Adelman watched patiently, and this time it was a full half an hour.

In the space of half an hour, Adelman's eyes also identified some problems with Eden's free throws, but he is not a professional shooting trainer.

"Sam, do you think we should get a free throw trainer for Eden?" Adelman said to a tall black man beside him.

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

Sam Mitchell has spent most of his career with the Timberwolves, who before Garnett was the most played player in Timberwolves history.

Later, after retiring from the army, he entered the coaching profession, becoming the head coach of the Toronto Raptors in '03, and won the NBA Head Coach of the Year honor in the '06-07 season.

Unfortunately, he failed to lead the Raptors to the next level, and was fired by the team, and later returned to the Timberwolves to become an assistant coach under Adelman.

"Let's find one, Yi Dun's free throws should be said to be his only shortcoming, and when the time comes, in some key events, maybe the opponent will use Yi Dun to use shark slashing tactics, which has been confirmed in the Olympics." Sam Mitchell replied earnestly.

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

Because if you want to find a professional free throw trainer, it is naturally best to find the kind of player who has made good free throws in his career and has retired now, such players have rich experience and experience in free throws, not to mention that Yi Dun's free throws have been promoted to the top level of the league, but as long as Yi Dun's free throws can reach seventy percent, it will be completely enough.

It doesn't even need to be seventy percent, as long as it can be safely guaranteed to be about sixty percent or five, it is actually enough.

After thinking about it for a long time, Adelman suddenly remembered a player in his mind, although he and this player only had a season of affection, not even a season, this player only played 32 games under Adelman, but Adelman felt that this player was undoubtedly the best trainer.

Walter Davis, nicknamed the Greyhound, was the best person Adelman could have come up with.

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

But in the seventies and eighties of the last century, the Greyhound was recognized in the league as the second guard swingman, an All-Star regular, and the star of the Phoenix Suns.

As for who was the league's first forward swingman at the time? That's Dr. J. Julius Owen, of course.

For the first eleven years of his career, the Greyhounds played for the Suns, and then left the Suns and played for four years with the Nuggets.

Interestingly, during the four years that the Nuggets played, the Greyhounds went to Adelman's Trail Blazers for half a season in the third season, and when the season was over, they returned to the Nuggets.

Why did this happen at that time, according to the speculation of later fans, it was undoubtedly that the Trail Blazers wanted to compete for the championship at that time and needed to strengthen the lineup as much as possible, so they made a PY deal with the Nuggets and seconded the gray hounds from the Nuggets.

As a result, the Greyhound failed to help the Trail Blazers, who only averaged 3.3 points per game in the playoffs that season, and shot less than 40%, which obviously could not help the Trail Blazers defeat the Bulls, and even the Trail Blazers failed to break out of the West, losing to the Lakers led by "Magic" Johnson and "Major James" James Worthy in the Western Conference finals.

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

After playing this small half season, the Trail Blazers returned the Greyhound to the Nuggets, and after another season with the Nuggets, the Greyhound announced his retirement.

The impression that the Greyhounds gave Adelman was that the free throws were extremely stable, especially at the end of his career, when all aspects of his strength had declined significantly, the Greyhounds' free throws were getting better and better.

This is undoubtedly an excellent candidate to train Eden on free throws, at least in Adelman's impression, there is no player more suitable than the greyhound.

"Sam, do you have Walter's contact information?" Adelman turned to Mitchell beside him.

Mitchell was dumbfounded by the direct question, Walter? Which Walter, the player named Walter in league history, has to be dozens.

Even at that level of celebrity, there are at least three players named Walter.

Walter Bellamy, Walter Fraser, and Walter Davis as Adelman says.

"Big Clock Walter? Rogue Walter or Greyhound Walter? Mitchell asked speechlessly.

Adelman looked at Mitchell strangely, "Of course it's the greyhound, do you think Bellamy's free throws can teach Eden?" Besides, how old Bellamy is now, I have a feeling that he may have gone to God sooner than I did. ”

"I remember Fraser's free throws were less than 80 percent average in his career, and his free throws weren't very good for a defender, so it had to be Walter Davis, the grey hound."

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

"Go give it a try, even if he doesn't like it, when he sees Yi Dun's debut, he will definitely agree, and if I were him, I would definitely not miss this opportunity to train the first person in history." Adelman said confidently.

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

……

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

Adelman saw it in his eyes and took it to heart, so to speak, there is no coach who doesn't like players who train hard, and if he doesn't, then there is something wrong with the coach's designation.

Not to mention the strength of Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue for the time being, this training attitude alone is very satisfactory to Adelman.

However, just training hard, it will definitely not make Adelman have the mind to reuse Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, whether the two of them can be reused in the new season still depends on their performance on the field.

The next day, Mitchell approached Adelman and said that he had contacted the greyhound, and that he was busy with something at hand, so it would take a month to reply.

Adelman nodded, there is no rush in this matter, if the greyhound does not come in a month, then he will find a way, anyway, it will not be difficult to find a retired player with good free throws.

……

On October 14th, the Timberwolves, who have been training for about half a month, are about to usher in their first preseason game of the new season.

However, it is said that it is a new lineup, in fact, the Timberwolves' lineup has not changed much compared to last season, if you really want to talk about changes, that is, there is one more Yi Dun in the main lineup, and it is difficult to say whether Yi Jianlian can play the main force now, let alone Sun Yue, he still has a long way to go.

……

That afternoon, with a few hours to go before the evening's game, Timberwolves executives and players all gathered for a pregame kick-off meeting, and even owner Glenn Taylor came.

This season is extremely important for the Timberwolves, they haven't made the playoffs in years, and since Garnett left in '04, they have been the best team in the West, never made the playoffs, and if it continues like this, the loss of fans will definitely increase.

Thankfully, now that they've got Eden, the Timberwolves will have a bright future ahead if nothing else.

"Tonight's game is just a pre-season game, but I hope everyone can cheer up because it's our first game after rebuilding and we have to play well enough!" Adelman shouted excitedly, how could he tell that he was about to seventy.

The team rebuilding he talked about is actually not a rebuild in the eyes of outsiders, because the Timberwolves' roster has hardly changed from last season.

"We have to win this game, and not just win, but win beautifully!"

"The opponent is the Saramento Kings, and we have no reason to lose this game!"

As Adelman said, because the opponent is the Kings, now this Timberwolves really have no reason to lose, the main thing is that the Kings are too weak.

Largely like the Timberwolves, the Kings haven't made the playoffs for some years, and the last time they made the playoffs was back in '06.

Coincidentally, the head coach of the Kings who made the playoffs last time was none other than Adelman.

Speaking of which, Adelman is definitely a godfather-level figure in the king, and the king's most glorious period was created by Adelman.

Before Adelman took charge of the Kings, the Kings had only made the playoffs twice, once in their first year and having their head shaved in the first round of the playoffs.

The other was under the leadership of star Rocky Ridge Mondstadt, who led the team to the playoffs once in the 95-96 season, but although he did not shave his head, he was eliminated in the first round with a score of 1:3.

It is equivalent to saying that outside of the Adelman period in the history of the Kings, they have only won one playoff game, what a sad team.

And Adelman's arrival definitely changed the world, and in the first year of the king's coaching in 98, he directly led the team to the playoffs, although it was still a first-round tour, but this time they won two games.

Then until Adelman was fired by the king, for eight years, Adelman was able to lead the king to the playoffs every year, and in the 02 playoffs they even reached the Western Conference finals, facing the OK combination of the Lakers, they lost with a score of 3:4, only one step away from the championship.

Why is it one step away? Because after the Lakers reached the finals, they directly killed the opponent Nets with a score of 4:0, and at this point in time, if the Nets are the Kings against them, they also have a great chance of winning the championship.

This is yet another testament to how unlucky Adelman's career has been......

It can be said that all the king's highlight moments were created by Adelman, but Adelman did not end well with the king, and finally walked away......

At the moment, the new Timberwolves' debut is to play the Kings, and Adelman naturally wants to win a beautiful game and give the Kings, a little color.

"Now, I'm going to announce the starting lineup for the pre-season session."

"The starting center Lefou, the starting power forward Yi Jianlian, the starting small forward Yi Dun, and the starting backcourt combination are Rubio and Barria."

Then Adelman announced the 12-man squad for the new season, and Sun Yue was also among them.

Yi Dun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Adelman didn't lie to himself, and really let Yi Jianlian enter the starting lineup.

As long as Yi Jianlian has a lot of time and appears at the same time as himself, Yi Dun is sure to raise Yi Jianlian.

Sun Yue entered the twelve-man squad, which is also good news, at least Sun Yue has the opportunity to play in the main game in the future, if he doesn't even enter the twelve-man squad, then it will definitely not be possible to play in the main game.

The three of Yi Dun were happy, and some players were very uncomfortable.

Pekovic is extremely uncomfortable now, originally he thought that he would still be the starting center in the new season, but he didn't expect his starting position to be snatched away.

Last season, when he started last season, he averaged 13.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, which is already quite an impressive performance in the NBA, where high-quality interior lines are scarce.

But now that he has been deprived of his starting qualifications, it is foreseeable that his average data per game in the new season will definitely show a visible decline to the naked eye......

The only thing on Pekovic's mind now is that Adelman announced a preseason starting lineup, not a regular starting list, and if the main game starts and he is not a starter, then he may have to find a way to move his nest.

I am not one of those young newcomers, now I am 27 years old, and there is one year left on the rookie contract, which is equivalent to saying that I must sign a big contract at the age of 28, if I can't sign it, when I am over 30, how can a fool team give me a big contract.

Yi Dun also noticed the preoccupied Pekovic, but as the old saying goes, dead friends are not dead and poor, Yi Jianlian is definitely his own person, Yi Dun must want his own people to have a better development, if Yi Jianlian can replace Pekovic, Yi Dun will definitely not have any psychological burden.

Adelman then announced some roster arrangements, and then owner Glenn Taylor also came up to say a few words.

Glenn Taylor doesn't know much about ball, and Easyon feels like the owner is a complete layman when it comes to basketball.

Taylor didn't mention anything about the team's lineup, just praised Eden vigorously, hoping that Eden could lead the Timberwolves to make a difference in the new season.

After the meeting, it was time for dinner.

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

Looking at Yi Jianlian's tense expression now, he must be extremely nervous in his heart, and he may be even more nervous about his debut in his rookie season this time when he returns to the NBA.

The reason is very simple, even if the debut of the rookie season is not good, there is still a chance to adjust later, after all, it is a newcomer, and the team cannot abandon the newcomer selected by itself with a high pick because of a few games of poor performance.

And now Yi Jianlian can no longer be regarded as a newcomer, if he does not play well in a few games in a row, what awaits him is likely to be beaten into the cold palace.

"A little nervous, Yi Dun, what the hell do you think I'm going to fight tonight?" Yi Jianlian may be a little panicked now, and wants Yi Dun to give advice.

"Just play normally, the No. 4 position you play tonight, try to be as close to me as possible on the offensive end, I can help you do the blocking, and when you miss, I can also take advantage of the situation to grab rebounds."

"There's nothing to say on the defensive end, just do your best, I'll do my best to help you on the court."

"If there is a rebounding opportunity, don't think about humility, pick it up if you can, if there is an offensive opportunity, as long as the opponent doesn't wrap you, then you can shoot hard, you have to think so, other people's shots are not necessarily higher than your shooting percentage, rather than others to score, it is better to score yourself."

Yi Dun is like a cannon, talking non-stop, telling his thoughts to Yi Jianlian, there are some crooked reasons, but in general, it is still very useful to Yi Jianlian, provided that Yi Jianlian can listen to it.

"What about me? Brother Dun, I have a hunch that I may get a lot of playing time tonight. Sun Yue urged on the side.

"It's easier for you, even if you tear up the shot on the offensive end, you shouldn't be worse than Rubio and Barria in offensive efficiency, right? Both of these guys have a hit rate of less than 40%, and if you're not as good as them, then I don't have much to say. ”

"As for the defensive end, although you don't let go of the shot, use your height advantage to interfere with the opponent's projection, if the opponent wants to break through, it is estimated that it will be a little difficult if you want to defend, but it doesn't matter, I will be your second line of defense." Yi Dun gave Sun Yue some advice again.

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

Sun Yue is tall and has long arms, and such a height to defend the projection of the opponent's backcourt players actually has an advantage, but high height will inevitably bring disadvantages in terms of speed of changing direction.

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

On the offensive end, because the offensive efficiency of Rubio and Barria is really bad, Sun Yue doesn't need to say how good he is, as long as it is the same.

It's even easier on the organization side, Sun Yue casually closed his eyes and threw the ball to the frontcourt, and it was estimated that he could get a few assists.

After listening to Yi Dun's suggestion, Sun Yue suddenly relaxed, he found his future direction, and according to Yi Dun's suggestion to fight, he seemed to be able to get ahead.

After Yi Dun said this, both of them relaxed their nerves a lot, and they were not so worried about the night game.

……

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

The Target Center is one of the more famous home arenas in the NBA, mainly because it can be converted into a mega theater, which is only rivaled by the Madison Garden Arena in the New York Knicks.

Eden will make his NBA debut in the theater tonight, and countless Timberwolves fans will be present, and even outside the arena will be full of fans who have not been able to buy tickets.

Very few teams have been so hot in preseason that Glenn Taylor's mouth is crooked.

Since the wolf king Garnett left, the Timberwolves' ball market is not as good as a year, even if there is a new wolf king Lefu now, it is difficult to reproduce the original glory, after all, Lefu is still a little less interesting than Garnett at his peak.

And now Eden is here, giving Timberwolves fans unlimited room for reverie.

Who is Eden? There is no one of the most successful athletes in the world today!

Now that Eden is in the NBA and has become a professional player, will he be as dominant as any other sport?!

The most important thing is that Eden has already proved his strength in the Olympic game against the Dream Ten team, leaving an impressed impression on Timberwolves fans.

Now that Eden has made his debut, it's only natural that they will come and see the home team's new leader in action.

Not only the fans are popular, but all kinds of media are also pouring in, this preseason game was broadcast live in the United States for the first time, and many top sports media in the United States came to the scene, and Eden even saw O'Neal after entering the venue......

O'Neal is now very helpless and sad, if possible, he doesn't want to see Eden's face again in his life, but it backfired, after TNT learned that Eden joined the Timberwolves, he decided to broadcast the game live very early, and also sent the host to commentate on the spot.

As the leader of TNT, O'Neill and Barkley both appeared next to the field this time.

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

At that time, Yao Ming's debut 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, so naturally Yi Dun received more attention.

"Shaq, how did you feel when you saw Yi Dun for the second time?" Barkley asked O'Neill beside him with a dark smile.

O'Neill is very aware of the commentary of this game, and Barkley will definitely not let himself go, so he will let himself go for the sake of the show.

"If you're beaten up with 40 points and 20 blocks by Eden and you only have 20 turnovers individually, you can understand how I'm feeling right now." O'Neill said angrily at Barkley.

"Oh? 40 points and 20 blocks? 20 mistakes? When the 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 Iden can get for tonight's debut?" Barkley continued to ask with a wicked grin.

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

While the two were chatting, the players from both sides had already entered the bench and the game was about to begin.

Eden looked intently at the bench across the court, and during the afternoon meeting, Adelman spoke specifically about the Kings' lineup, and Eden had some impressions of the Kings' star LaMarcus Cousins, a name that Adelmar mentioned more than once.

Before Yi Dun came, the Timberwolves' lineup was poor, and the King's current lineup was actually not much better than the previous Timberwolves, otherwise, it would not be difficult to be brothers and sisters with the Timberwolves.

Although the Timberwolves' previous lineup was poor, at least it was well-known, and the fans could generally know those few Wolong and Phoenix chicks, and now the King's lineup is not only bad, but not even famous, and there are really few players who can be named by fans.

Cousins, the No. 5 pick in 10 years, should be the most famous player on this Kings team.

Cousins, who was only a sophomore last season, averaged 18.1 points and 11 rebounds per game, and he seems to be a rising interior supergiant.

It's just that this newcomer still has a lot of problems, first of all, he has too much temper, and he wants to blow up if he doesn't agree with anyone.

He was fined for clashing with an assistant coach in his rookie season, and then he was ejected from the head coach in practice, and he was fined again for making indecent gestures against the Warriors, and was even removed from the starting lineup.

Anyway, the king used all the means of punishment in the past two years, trying to sharpen Cousins's temper, but the result was completely ineffective, and Cousins still went his own way.

It is worth mentioning that Cousins and Yao Ming are actually related, Yao Ming suffered a serious injury before, in fact, everyone knows that Yao Ming at this time, his career is almost over, but he still has the last year of his contract.

As a result, the Mosaic team wanted to take Yao Ming's last-year contract and exchange for the Kings' Cousins and the high-quality blue-collar Dale Porter, who averaged 8 points and 8 rebounds per game, and the Kings naturally had no reason to agree......

Otherwise, this mosaic team is really shameless and invincible.

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