In addition to Cousins, the Kings also have a standout rookie player, Tyrek Evans.

This Tyrek Evans is amazing, entered the league in 09, and his rookie season was perfect, averaging 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, and he is the fourth player in history to score 20+5+5 in his rookie season, the first three are Oscar Robertson, Jordan and James.

It can be said that looking at Evans' performance in this rookie season, he will definitely be a supergiant player in the future, after all, the three people in front of him are already superstars of their respective eras.

But what is embarrassing is that this Evans doesn't know what the hell, maybe there are too many drugs, and the fight is not as good as a year, and the data has been declining year after year.

From 20.1 points in his rookie season to 17.8 points in the second year, until only 16.5 points left last season, not only the scoring declined, but his other statistics also showed a downward trend.

This new season is the final year of Evans' rookie contract, and if he wants to sign a max contract, he will have to prove himself this season.

However, tonight is clearly not the right opportunity to prove himself, as Evans is destined to face Eden tonight.

If Evans can cut thirty or forty points on Eden's head, then he is developed, and it is estimated that the king will definitely offer a contract with a maximum salary with both hands, but it is obviously unlikely that such a thing will happen.

……

"Come on, guys, it's time to tell the whole league about our true strength of the Timberwolves." Adelman shouted excitedly.

Most of the other Timberwolves players are also looking forward to it, and if the Timberwolves are really strong enough to win championships, it will be a good thing for some of them on the fringe.

The fringe players of the garbage team and the fringe players of the super big teams are completely different in the free agent market.

"Are you ready?" Yi Dun whispered in Mandarin to ask Yi Jianlian beside him, and he will make his debut with Yi Jianlian in a while.

Yi Jianlian nodded with a solemn expression, "Ready!" ”

"Okay, man, let's get high." Hearing the referee's whistle, Yi Dun stood up and walked towards the court.

The four starting line-up teammates behind him followed the footsteps of Eden and began to appear.

Just looking at the Timberwolves' lineup, it's actually quite weird, mainly because the height of the lineup is a bit eye-catching, except for Lefu and Yi Jianlian, the size of the outside trio is not high.

……

Love and Cousins stepped onto the halfcourt line to execute the jump ball, and Cousins' dynamic athleticism must have been much better than Love, directly helping the Kings win the offensive ball.

Yi Dun didn't say a word, and directly targeted the opponent's outside core Evans.

This game Cousins was handed over to Love, and the only thing he had to do on the defensive end was to lock up Evans.

Evans' expression was quite calm, I don't know if he didn't watch Eden's performance in the Olympics, presumably if he did, the Jedi would not be so calm.

In the first offensive round, the Kings' super-small point guard Isaiah Thomas controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Before the start of the game just now, Yi Dun also asked his teammates around him, is the little man on the Kings bench really a professional player?

It's really that Thomas's height is a little surprising, only 175 cm, such a height is really not very harmonious compared to his teammates.

However, the more so, the more it can reflect the strength of Thomas.

is only 175 tall, but he can play as a starter in an NBA team, how can he not have two brushes.

Once the ball is in the front court, according to Adelman's arrangement, Barria will be responsible for defending Thomas.

At the moment, Cousins mentioned the high position, which seemed to help Thomas Jr. with a pick-and-roll, but Yi Dun was unmoved, still staring at Evans tightly.

Sure enough, Thomas Jr. took advantage of Cousins' block, and then directly passed Barria's defense, and rushed all the way to the basket.

Rubio made a well-timed defense, but Thomas Jr. turned his head and passed the ball to Cousins, who shot in the middle and hit it directly.

Yi Dun shrank his eyebrows, this little man's ability to break through is a little amazing, it seems that he thinks about the NBA a little simply, he has heard the words of the NBA no weak team before, and now it seems that this is completely true.

It was the Timberwolves' turn to attack the round, Yi Dun used his eyes at Yi Jianlian, not to mention the next main game, at least in these six preseason games, Yi Dun must let Yi Jianlian play.

Tonight is actually a very good opportunity, the No. 4 player on the King's side is named Patrick Patterson, which is a very powerful spatial No. 4 position, and on the defensive end, because he is too short, he is better at defending small players, and defending players of Yi Jianlian's height is not his strength.

It can be said that as long as Yi Jianlian's luck is not too bad tonight, with the help of Yi Dun, his data will definitely not be ugly.

……

Rubio took control of the ball and went straight to Eden.

This pass made Eden a little embarrassed, didn't Rubio think Eden had the ability to attack with the ball?

There's nothing wrong with Yi Dun's offense, but it's just an off-ball offense, and if he breaks through with the ball or projects with the ball, it's definitely a scum level.

After receiving the ball, Yi Dun glanced at Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian leaned directly towards Yi Dun very smartly.

After passing the ball to Yi Jianlian, Yi Dun took a step and was directly blocked by Yi Jianlian.

Generally, tall players do blocking and pick-and-roll, the effect is definitely better, and more and more big interior players in the league have been proposed by coaches to do high-level blocking and pick-and-roll in recent years.

Therefore, Yi Dun's blocking and dismantling effect can be said to be better than nothing, but Yi Dun didn't expect the blocking and dismantling effect to be good, anyway, Yi Jianlian didn't make a breakthrough, he just wanted to give Yi Jianlian a comfortable mid-range shooting space.

Yi Jianlian may have remembered Yi Dun's words at dinner at night, and after receiving the ball, he was extremely decisive, and took advantage of the moment when Patterson was temporarily blocked by Yi Dun, and shot directly.

At the moment when Yi Jianlian made a move, Yi Dun turned his head and rushed towards the basket, if the ball went in, everyone would be happy, and if he didn't score, he could still keep the offensive rebound and let the team continue to attack.

only heard the crisp sound of basketball entering the net, and the Timberwolves' first shot this season went directly into the net, and Yi Jianlian helped the team get off to a good start.

The rebounds are naturally gone, and Yi Dun applauded Yi Jianlian vigorously, trying to inject more confidence into Yi Jianlian.

Seeing that Yi Dun applauded wildly, the other Timberwolves players on the court naturally followed suit and dedicated their applause to Yi Jianlian.

"What's going on? It's just a mid-range shot, and it's still a preseason, so happy? ”

"How long has it been since the Timberwolves scored?" O'Neal, the commentator on the sidelines, teased twice.

"Shaq, I don't know if you believe it or not, I don't know if Yi Dun's data is good tonight, anyway, Yi Jianlian's data will definitely not be bad." Barkley smacked his lips and said, he came to taste it, Yi Dun was obviously helping Yi Jianlian.

It's the King's offensive round again, and this time the King still uses the same tactics, with Cousins moving to the high post to help Thomas Jr. block and dismantle.

Under normal circumstances, there is actually another part of this tactic, which is Evans running without the ball, and if Cousins is tightly defended and has no space to receive the ball, he is ready to receive a pass from Thomas Jr.

Love was beaten by Cousins in the last round, so this time he followed Cousins out of the box, and one thing a good star needs to do is not make the same mistakes.

Thomas Jr.'s breakthrough was again stopped by Rubio, and Barria made a change.

Thomas Jr. habitually looked for Evans, who was running without the ball, and habitually passed the ball over, but soon he regretted his arbitrary pass.

When passing the ball, look at Evans's position, it is sure that he will be able to receive the ball smoothly, and whether he can get a comfortable shot space in the follow-up is not to say for the time being, anyway, there is no problem with receiving the ball.

But when the ball passed, something happened immediately, and Eden suddenly burst out, and before Evans received the pass, he stretched out his arm to steal the ball directly.

The pass was destroyed, and the ball was grabbed by Yi Jianlian after it landed.

Yi Jianlian quickly passed the ball to the team's main control, and seeing that Yi Dun had begun to counterattack, he also quickly ran towards the frontcourt.

Rubio saw that Yi Dun was over half, and he had the heart to follow Sun Yue's example of throwing the ball to the front court and mixing assists, but he didn't have the guts.

It's good if Eden catches it and scores, but if it doesn't, it's a terrible pass.

Rubio, who has a relatively calm temperament, finally didn't do what Sun Yue often does, and steadily advanced towards the front court with the ball.

Eden went to the free throw line, but he didn't wait for the pass, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, it seems that he and Rubio will need a long time to run-in.

The ball goes to the frontcourt, anyway, Rubio is definitely not a last resort, and it is definitely impossible to go to the opponent alone, then it is not Rubio's style.

Glancing at Barria, Rubio had no interest in passing the ball to him at all, and then looked at Yi Jianlian, who had no choice but to pass over.

This time, Yi Jianlian didn't use Yi Jianlian to lean over, and Yi Dun took the initiative to run over.

The scene is already extremely obvious, and Yi Dun is telling everyone without taboo that he wants to protect Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian scored a three-pointer with the ball, and after Yi Dun did a good job of blocking and dismantling for himself, he made another mid-range shot.

To Yi Dun's surprise, Yi Jianlian's hand seemed to be a little bursting tonight, and this second mid-range shot actually hit again.

This is undoubtedly a good sign, if Yi Jianlian feels good tonight, then it will not be a problem to cut 30 points in a single game.

In fact, when Yi Jianlian was alone in the NBA at that time, it was not that he had not played well, but he also played 31 points in a single game and 29 points and 10 rebounds in a single game.

Now that Yi Jianlian has the help of Yi Dun, tonight's performance will definitely be eye-catching.

……

It was the Kings' offensive round again, and this time Thomas Jr. simply didn't pass the ball to Evans, he didn't want to be tackled by Eden again, and the ball was finally shot by Kings backcourt player John Salmons.

Originally, Salmons was Rubio to defend, but because of the need to change the defense, now it is Barria who is playing against Salmons.

Salmons didn't even dribble the ball, and after receiving the ball, he threw it directly in front of Barria.

The height difference between the two is too big, and the short player has a huge disadvantage in defending the tall projection, unless the short player has the bounce height and speed of Yi Dun.

Hearing only a bang, the ball missed the shot, and Eden had already aimed at the landing point of the rebound, and successfully collected the rebound before Cousins.

Waiting for the next Timberwolves offensive round, it is still Yi Jianlian who is still in charge, Rubio has no choice, Yi Dun doesn't seem to have any desire to attack, and he doesn't want to pass to Barria, Lefu has been stationed in the restricted area, so there is only one Yi Jianlian left for his passing.

If he has the ability to play alone, then it is better to say, but now the key is that he does not have ......

This time, Yi Jianlian was not so lucky, and he missed the shot, but this rebound was still accepted by Yi Dun, who was ready to go.

To everyone's surprise, they originally thought that they would dunk directly on Cousins' head after receiving the rebound, but they didn't expect Yi Dun to pass the ball.

It was not passed to Yi Jianlian, but to Lefu under the basket.

After Cousins was stuck behind him, Love had an extremely comfortable open space under the basket, and Eden decisively passed the ball over to help Love easily score two points.

Yi Dun was naturally able to attack and dunk twice by himself just now, but Yi Dun felt that there was no need for that.

Tonight's game is still very special, I want to protect Yi Jianlian, which will undoubtedly affect Lefu's data, and Lefu has not even touched the ball since the opening.

Because it's a preseason, maybe Lefu doesn't care much, but whether Lefu cares or not, Yi Dun doesn't want to do things desperately, so he has to let Lefu get a piece of the pie.

Besides, if you want to brush the data, you can brush it at any time, even if you don't deliberately brush the data, now you have mixed the data of 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 assists, and a total of three offensive and defensive rounds have been carried out since the opening.

"Okay, I basically deliberately announced that the Kings have a difficult game, only three offensive and defensive rounds, even a layman can definitely see the huge gap between these two teams."

"So far, although Eden has not scored, but his dominance on the court is clear at a glance, Cousins is called a player who can carry the banner of the interior in the future, but it can be clearly seen that he is still far from the mature Eden, just rebounding, Cousins has a long, long way to go." Barkley began to comment on the game.

As he said, the gap between the two teams can be seen in just three offensive and defensive rounds, and the two teams that originally belonged to the difficult brothers and sisters have now been completely opened up because of the addition of Yi Dun.

O'Neill didn't answer, apparently acquiescing to Barkley's statement.

……

Lefu's expression on the field was a little crying and laughing, Yi Dun's move to give himself points just now made Lefu a little uncomfortable, as if he was the kind of player who cares.

He also knows the agreement between Yi Dun and Adelman, and knows that Yi Dun wants Yi Jianlian to enter the starting lineup, so Yi Dun will definitely try to protect Yi Jianlian's data in this preseason.

Lefu feels that it doesn't matter, after all, this is only a preseason, even if he can't score a point, Yi Dun really doesn't need to give himself points so obviously.

I had the heart to communicate with Yi Dun, but when he thought about what he said, Yi Dun might not be able to understand, and it was too troublesome to find Yi Jianlian to convey it, so he simply didn't say it, and waited until the pause time to talk about it.

……

In the opening three offensive and defensive rounds, the effect played by the Timberwolves directly made Adelman on the sidelines happy.

Yi Dun is completely a needle on the court, and both offensive and defensive ends have made qualitative changes to the Timberwolves.

……

In the King's offensive round, Cousins just wanted to make a shot, but he only heard a snap, and the basketball in his hand didn't know when it had been fanned out of bounds by Eden.

When they sent the throw-in, Yi Dun ghost usually made a successful steal, this time the steal was extremely crisp and neat, and it was useless to use other people's hands, Yi Dun grabbed the ball alone.

Now that the ball is in hand, the next thing is naturally a fast counterattack.

What makes Yi Dun not very satisfied is that Rubio is like an old man, and he is still advancing so slowly, which makes Yi Dun's urgency a little unbearable.

However, Yi Dun also knows that there is nothing wrong with playing steadily, which is also Rubio's characteristic, and he is a steady type of player who is actually the coach's favorite point guard.

Yi Jianlian shot three in the opening game, Rubio did not continue to pass to Yi Jianlian this time, and a good point guard must also have a trait, that is, to distribute the ball reasonably on the court.

If you pass it to a player, then this point guard is definitely an undercover agent, an undercover agent sent by other teams to engage in infighting......

After passing the ball to Barria, Rubio also made a special block for him, but Barria's three-point shot was missed.

Yi Dun saw that Lefu had already stuck his position under the basket, and the chance of grabbing this rebound was very high, so he simply didn't go over to join in the fun.

Looking at the usual games, Lefou's athleticism doesn't seem to be outstanding, but in fact, his static strength is extremely outstanding, especially Lefou's current non-weight loss, which is completely worthy of the name of the big white bear.

If the static strength is not good, plus the athleticism is not good, then it is impossible for Lefu to grab an average of 13+ rebounds per game last season.

As Eden predicted, Love really grabbed this offensive rebound, and then carried Cousins' defense, and the second offensive shot under the basket went to the basket.

In front of Lefou, Cousins felt a little tender, after all, Lefu entered the league two years earlier than Cousins, and the dry rice in the past two years was not for nothing.

In fact, there are still a lot of commonalities between these two, all of them are inside lines produced by NCAA famous schools, Lefu graduated from UCLA, which is known as the mecca of basketball, and Cousins graduated from the University of Kentucky, and they are all young insiders who have been outstanding in recent years.

It's just that the personalities of these two people can be said to be very different, Cousins's temperament is much more irritable than Lefou's, maybe when he has been beaten by society a few times, Cousins may restrain his temperament.

At the beginning, the Timberwolves directly played their brothers and sisters to an 8:2 start, and the score was still secondary, mainly in terms of the situation, the Timberwolves were completely beating the king.

Lefu got 4 points and 1 rebound lightly, Yi Jianlian is now also in the account with four points, and Yi Dun's data is completely BUG.

2 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists and 1 block, that is, there is no score, otherwise in just two minutes, Yidun's five benign statistics will be full.

Keith Smart, who was the head coach of the Kings at the time, directly called a timeout, and he couldn't stand the situation on the court.

Since the Kings played Adelman and left, the head coach has been like a running water seat over the years, and it feels like a season for nothing without changing coaches.

Smart took the position of head coach in the middle of last season, and he is still thinking about taking the Kings to improve his record and strive to make his position more stable.

But this opening was blind, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Well done, my boys, this is the game, this is the game we Timberwolves should play!" Adelman couldn't hide his excitement and patted the generals on the shoulders and praised them.

Now Adelman looked into Eden's gaze, even with some awe.

He's been in charge of the game for so many years, and he's never seen a player on the pitch like Eden, who doesn't even need to score and dominates the game with other performances.

There are some players who don't score much, but they can really affect the game by relying on their defensive ability or playmaking ability, but they definitely can't dominate the game as thoroughly as Edon.

"Good fight, Yi, you surprised me." The Yi that Adelman said in his mouth is not Yi Dun, but Yi Jianlian.

It is said that people are old and fine, Adelman is generally like this, he knows that his praise is completely meaningless to Yi Dun, a sports supergiant of Yi Dun's rank, what kind of praise has he not heard?

So he directly praised Yi Jianlian, this praise not only made Yi Jianlian happy, but even Yi Dun was extremely useful.

"Yi Dun, you don't need to give me points, tonight is your debut, and it's just a preseason game, am I the kind of selfish player in your heart?" Lefu finally found an opportunity, and said to Yi Dun with a "complaining" face.

The Thai translator was working the side, Yi Dun waved his hand at Lefou, "I didn't deliberately concede points, just now you were in the empty position under the basket, so it is always easier for you to score than me to score, not to mention that I also got an assist?" ”

"Don't think about all that nonsense and enjoy the game." Yi Dun said with a smile.

These words directly gave rise to a sense of heroism in the hearts of the Timberwolves, Yi Dun said to enjoy the game, under what circumstances can he enjoy the game? Naturally, he has the strength to beat all opponents.

Just like the Dream Ten team at the Olympics, they are just enjoying the game.

"Good! Well said! ”

"Then let's enjoy the game." Adelman laughed.

……

At the end of the timeout, there were no substitutions on the Kings' side, and Smart wanted to change but there was actually no one to change, and their King's high-end combat power was all on the court.

In the King's offensive round, Salmons shot this time and scored a three-pointer directly, which was considered to be a relief for the King, if this goal was not scored, the Timberwolves scored again, and then the opening game collapsed directly.

In fact, the reason why Salmons was able to score this goal was because Barria did not give enough defensive pressure.

Salmons is 201 centimeters tall, and he is a black man with strong jumping ability, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect Barria, a white guard with a height of 183, to defend his projection.

Adelman on the sidelines looked tangled, and now it seems that Barria has a big problem, and he is really not suitable for the starting lineup.

Barria's strength is not so unbearable, but he is obviously not suitable for the Timberwolves' current defensive system, he is the shortcoming of the barrel, because of his existence, the Timberwolves' defensive system has a fatal hole.

But in the face of this situation, Adelman is also helpless, and there is really no reliable defender player available.

The Timberwolves have a lot of players on the front line, but there are very few players on the guard line......

Glancing at Sun Yue, who was quiet on the bench, Adelman wondered if he should give such an unknown a chance.

In his opinion, Sun Yue is completely a bonus for the Timberwolves to sign Yi Dun, and he didn't even think about using Sun Yue at all, if it weren't for Yi Dun's face, he wouldn't even put Sun Yue in the twelve-man squad.

But now because of the preseason and the fact that there is really no one available, Adelman feels that it may not hurt to let Sun Yue play, anyway, it is impossible to lose this game.

……

Soon the first quarter has been played for five minutes, and in these five minutes, the Timberwolves can be said to have completely pressed the king, if it weren't for Salmons' abnormal outburst and the three-point shot came directly to a three-in-two, presumably the king would have collapsed by now.

Taking advantage of the dead ball time to directly replace Sun Yue on the field, Adelman wanted to see how effective Sun Yue's presence was, and if he could, he could give Sun Yue some playing time according to the situation in the future.

If the effect is not good, it is easy to do, now the Timberwolves' forward line is a little bloated, and it is completely possible to take out some players to trade, but if it is not good, Pekovic can even be sold, how to say that it can also be exchanged for a guard player whose combat strength is not so obvious.

After Sun Yue was named, he was shocked, he never thought that he was about to appear on the stage so soon.

Originally, he thought that he would appear in garbage time, and when he could appear depends on when Yi Dun can lead the team to play the game in garbage time.

As a result, I never expected that I would be able to appear on the stage before I was halfway through the first quarter of the game!

Yi Jianlian has scored 7 points in the past five minutes, and his performance is quite good, which makes Sun Yue envious.

Seeing Adelman replace Sun Yue on the court, Yi Dun's face bloomed, the three brothers were able to play together so quickly.

The domestic CCTV sports channel also broadcast the game live, and the fans were overjoyed when they saw Sun Yue's three domestic players appear at the same time, which is the first time in history that three domestic players appeared in an NBA game at the same time.

Now they are all looking forward to Sun Yue playing like Yi Jianlian, and strive to enter the team's regular rotation lineup in the future.

"Relax, it's the same way you played before." Yi Dun motioned for Sun Yue to relax, because he saw that Sun Yue's calves were trembling.

"Huh? How did you play before? Is it appropriate? Sun Yue was taken aback, he knew very well that Yi Dun's previous way of playing was to let himself throw the ball indiscriminately in the front court......

"If there is anything suitable or inappropriate, you can just throw it away, and I will leave the rest!" Yi Dun said angrily.

When Sun Yue can be like his nickname Dasheng and have no scruples on the field, then Yi Dun feels that Sun Yue will be able to be self-reliant.

……

It happened to be the Timberwolves' offensive round, and Rubio still controlled the ball, although Yi Dun wanted to develop Sun Yue in the direction of point guard, but the main control of this Timberwolves team must still be Rubio.

Nowadays, in fact, various positions on the court have become more and more blurred, and there may be some small forward players who do the work of point guards, and the center and power forward are becoming more and more indistinguishable, so Sun Yue doesn't care what position he plays, as long as he can stay on the court.

As the saying goes, it's not that a family doesn't enter the door, in fact, Rubio's temperament is still very similar to Lefou, and they both belong to the rare good people in the league.

After seeing Sun Yue on the court, Rubio directly transferred the ball to Sun Yue.

After Sun Yue received the ball, he was stunned for a moment, but after seeing Yi Dun staring at him, he quickly knew what he was going to do.

Throw it away......

Standing outside the three-point line, he pushed the ball directly towards the basket with both hands, and he knew very well that Yi Dun would definitely be able to complete this aerial relay.

Itun is ready to complete this empty dunk, Cousins is still entangled with the Lefou, and he can't affect himself.

But when Eden jumped under the basket and was about to catch the ball, he suddenly realized that something was wrong......

How does Sun Yue feel that he wants to enter?!

Yi Dun didn't dare to touch the ball, ready to see the situation again, and sure enough, the ball was really going to go in......

Simply hollow into the net, Yi Dun didn't land, and the Timberwolves directly added three points to their books.

The audience was directly dumbfounded, what is this? Scored?!

"Entered? What kind of shooting stance is this? Kenny Smith said dumbfounded, it was a bit too unbelievable for this goal.

Barkley exclaimed, "Quick, I want to know all the information about this player in thirty seconds!" ”

"It's Tai Chi, I know, it's definitely Tai Chi!" O'Neill flaunted his "knowledge......

The players on the King's court all looked at Sun Yue with a ghostly expression, and this time he came directly to the court with such a ruthless goal? Where did the Timberwolves get their ruthless people from?

"This ......" Yi Dun didn't know what to say to Sun Yue, he wondered if Sun Yue had too much bad luck in the past few years, which led to the fact that he was extremely lucky now?

This goal can be scored, which is really beyond Yi Dun's expectations.

"Hey, what a loss! If only we could score this goal in the regular season! Sun Yue patted his thigh and said in pain.

Sun Yue has played 10 games in his current career, played a total of 28 minutes, and scored a total of six points, and if the three points just now were hit in the regular season, they could directly increase his career points by 50%.

It's a loss to grandma's house......