Chapter 666: Hello Kevin

The Pacers trade to get the news of Garnett, like a drop of water in a frying pan, and it exploded all at once.

Although Garnett is late in his career, he is Kevin Garnett after all, and he goes to the Indiana Pacers.

Under the leadership of Li Liang, the Pacers have faintly appeared to be impacting the championship, and the biggest flaw is that the interior height is not enough.

Now it's okay, the height is enough all at once.

And after Garnett arrived, it was not certain who would start him or McGee.

At the same time, there were no other noteworthy deals other than this deal at the entire trade deadline.

It's all a small fight, it's not worth paying attention to at all, and it doesn't have any impact on the situation in the alliance.

This makes the Pacers' deal even more shocking.

The entire TV station, newspapers, and websites were overwhelmed with news about Garnett going to the Walkers.

On the front cover, Garnett is already wearing the jersey of the Pacers.

Because David West wears the number 21, Garnett is given a number 5 jersey.

In many people's impressions, Garnett, in addition to his classic No. 21, left the most memories in the Celtics' No. 5 jersey.

However, on the 21st, Garnett passed the medical examination, and after attending the Pacers' franchise press conference, the jersey he displayed on the spot was the number 34.

The Celtics chose the No. 5 because he was drafted with the No. 5 pick in 1995, and the No. 5 jersey also has a special meaning for the Celtics, because Super Sixth Man Bill Wharton came to the Celtics in 1986 and wore the No. 5.

And Wharton won the championship with the Celtics, and Garnett also realized his championship dream.

So, the number 5 is a very auspicious number for the Celtics.

After arriving at the Nets, Garnett changed to the number two, because the number two was the number of his good friend from the Timberwolves, Malik Ciri.

Siri tragically passed away in a car accident and this number is in honor of Siri.

When it came to the Pacers, Garnett changed to a very traditional number, No. 34, because he wore No. 34 in high school.

This number has given birth to several super inside players in the NBA, and it is also a very symbolic number.

At the press conference, Garnett said that he still wanted to win another championship, so he chose to come to the Pacers.

Garnett originally had two options, one was to trade back to the Timberwolves, return to his roots, and end his NBA career from where his dream began.

After all, for Garnett, his career is relatively complete.

The big contract was won, the wonderful performance was dedicated, and the championship was born.

It's certainly good to be able to return to the Timberwolves to complete their retirement.

But for any NBA player, as long as there is a chance to win the championship, they will not give up easily.

The same is true for Garnett, how can one championship be enough? Who wouldn't want to taste the O'Brien Cup again?

And he's not a mixed champion when he goes to the Pacers, the Pacers are in demand, and Garnett still has gas in his tank.

Last season, Garnett remained the centerpiece of the team's defense and helped the Nets reach the Eastern Conference finals.

It's just that the Nets collapsed rapidly this season, Deron Williams was injured, Pierce left, and the record plummeted.

The Nets' big five gambled on it failed.

Coming to the Pacers, Garnett will be aiming for the final title of his career.

When his contract expires in the summer, Garnett will also choose to return to Minnesota to play the final years of his career.

For Garnett's joining, Li Liang is of course a hundred welcomes.

In the future, there will be an extra hair dryer on the field, and it will definitely be more enjoyable to scold people.

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On the 21st, Garnett stayed in Indiana and did not travel with the team.

The Pacers traveled to Philadelphia to face the 76ers on the road.

The NBA schedule really tosses the Pacers like a neurotic.

Just before the All-Star break, a wave of home-away-home-away repeated horizontal jumps ended, and after the All-Star break, it came again.

Go to Philadelphia and play a game, then go home, then go away, then go home.

Li Liang wants to meet Matt Winnick, who is specially scheduled in the NBA, and he is really going to smash his dog's head.

After the All-Star break, the 76ers basically had little will to resist even at home.

They have begun to enter into complete rottenness.

In the face of the Pacers, who had just completed the trade but the team's morale was very strong, the 76ers had little to resist.

Unlike last year's trade, the Pacers were in the middle of infighting after sending Granger away last year, and eventually collapsed completely.

And this year's trade is not a key person, and the team is under the leadership of Li Liang and the supervision of Bird, and the centripetal force in the team is extremely strong.

The "wait and see" mentality at the start of the season is gone, and now all we want is to go all out and compete for the championship.

Garnett's arrival has undoubtedly given everyone a shot in the arm, and this is the off-field effect that a player like Garnett can bring.

The 76ers trailed by 20 points early in the first half, and the Pacers knew that after all, it was Philadelphia's home court, so don't be too ugly.

And Philadelphia sees that there is no dead hand, so I won't resist, let's go through the process.

In the end, the Pacers defeated the 76ers with a fairly easy 112-98, 14-point advantage on the road, and won their first win since the All-Star break.

On the 22nd, the Pacers left Philadelphia by plane and returned to Indiana.

On this day, the team was not going to arrange intra-team training, but for Garnett, a special arrangement was made, half an hour of shooting practice.

In the Pacers' training gym, Garnett joined the team, shaking hands and hugging all the players.

To be honest, he wears a Pacers jersey and feels a little unaccustomed.

Maybe everyone is used to wearing the Timberwolves jersey and the Celtics jersey.

But slowly, everyone will get used to it.

When Garnett walked up to Li Liang, both of them smiled, after all, they used to spray each other and knew each other's bad mouths.

"Hello, Bruce." Garnett greeted Li Liang.

"Fxxk you, Kevin." Li Liang replied.

Garnett is blinded, I greet you, and you scold me?

He couldn't help but look at Bird on the side, but Bird just shrugged his shoulders and thought to himself, Lao Tzu used to scold Ranbier like this.

Of course, this not-so-friendly greeting did not affect the relationship between the two.

Soon the two foul-mouthed kings chatted on the training ground.

Li Liang is not the kind of courtesan player, nor is he a talker.

But he has a characteristic, which is that there are too many topics in this person.

He just poked there without saying a word, and anyone who got together would feel that there were many topics to talk about and would not be bored.

Garnett was already very good at talking, and the two of them talked for half an hour.

Li Liang has already boasted to Garnett that he will definitely win another championship for him this time.

Truth be told, Garnett entered the league in 1995 and didn't get a taste of the championship until he went to the Celtics in 2008.

And Li Liang ...... It's only the third grade, and I've won two championships, really, people are more popular than people.

Of course, if it is compared to the salaries of the two, it will be Li Liang who will be angry to death.

When Garnett returned to the locker room after practice, he also asked Li Liang, "Bruce, do you want to think about going to Minnesota?" Maybe you can take a championship there too. ”

You just came here, and you want to dig into my corner?

The wolf king is the wolf king, and he can't forget his wolves.

However, Li Liang still said: "It's a bit difficult, when my motherland's men's football team enters the World Cup, I'll think about it." ”