Chapter 461: The Sad Adelman
Without waiting for Yi Dun to make a second move, Lefu immediately hurried to catch up.
"UAE, you tell him that let their owner or team manager talk to the Dongshan men's basketball team, if they can negotiate, and are willing to agree to some of my conditions, I will choose to join their Minnesota Timberwolves." Yi Dun said softly.
Yi Jianlian nodded and translated Yi Dun's original words to Lefu.
Lefu couldn't wait to jump on the spot, which is probably the best news he's heard since he entered the NBA.
Although Yi Dun can only be a second-in-command after coming to the Timberwolves, the second-in-command of those super teams in history is also quite high in terms of ranking.
The best example is of course Jordan's second-in-command Pippen, as the second-in-command of a team, Pippen can be ranked in the all-time top 25 in any media's all-time player rankings, and some can even enter the top 20.
Think about how many players have played in the NBA since its inception? It has to be at least five figures!
Being able to rank in the top 20 is already an incomparably remarkable achievement, and it is definitely an honor that most players dream of, like Yao Ming, who is currently the highest achievement in China, and the ranking is definitely far inferior to Pippen.
Lefu is not the kind of person who is very ambitious, and he doesn't need to be in the top 20, as long as he can enter the top 50 superstars in history at the end of his career, then his career can be called perfect.
He has a hunch that as long as Eden joins the Timberwolves, they will immediately become a team with a chance to compete for a championship, and at least make it to the Western Conference Finals next year.
If he upgrades the roster, in the next two or three years, he feels that he really has a good chance of tasting the championship.
Now Yi Dun with a lineup like the Chinese men's basketball team has forced the all-star dream team to such a situation, and the Timberwolves lineup is not an exaggeration to say that it is definitely much better than the lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team. Lefu was excited to think about it.
"Yi, can you help me ask Yi Dun what kind of conditions he will propose? I also want the team to prepare early. ”
"As for the negotiation with the Chinese team, there is no need to worry about this, I am sure that the owner of our team will definitely solve this matter perfectly." Lefu said to Yi Jianlian with a smile.
Yi Jianlian looked at Yi Dun and continued to act as a translator.
"Yi Dun said that he hasn't thought about the conditions yet, and he will talk about it when the time comes, and he will talk about it after you have negotiated with the Dongshan men's basketball team." Yi Jianlian said slowly.
He knew what kind of conditions Yi Dun would propose, which was nothing more than to let the Timberwolves sign him and Sun Yue.
He and Sun Yue both passed the NBA draft, and now although they have not played in the NBA, they are also free agents, and the Timberwolves can easily sign them.
As for the salary, Yi Jianlian will definitely get an annual salary of tens of millions on the CBA side, but in the NBA, even if he only gets an annual salary of $2 million, it is actually not a loss, considering the attention and commercial value, even if he only gets an annual salary of $2 million, it is actually a lot more than what he earns in the CBA.
What's more, it is impossible for Yi Dun to let Yi Jianlian only sign a contract with an annual salary of 2 million, how to say that Yi Jianlian is also the second leader of the Chinese men's basketball team today, and Yi Dun is not happy to take such a salary.
"Okay, then I'll ask them to contact the Dongshan men's basketball team as soon as possible, and strive to settle this matter as soon as possible."
Lefu is now afraid of long nights and dreams, you must know that at least half of the teams in the league are now staring at Yi Dun, the Timberwolves are now completely pie in the sky, in case Yi Dun changes his mind later, the Timberwolves have no place to cry, so this matter must be settled as soon as possible to prevent Yi Dun from changing his mind.
In fact, until now, Love didn't understand why Yi Dun chose them Timberwolves, you must know that the Timberwolves have no advantage over other teams.
If you want a ball market or not, if you want a supergiant or not, even because of the stupid yin-yang contract that the boss made ten years ago, this team's reputation is not very good.
Lefu really couldn't figure out why Yi Dun chose them, and if he were Yi Dun, he probably wouldn't have made this choice.
But now Lefou's don't want to think about it so much, he just knows that they will pick up the pace and Eden will be his team-mate and will help him achieve his dream of winning the championship.
The Dream Team players on the field who had not yet left the field looked at each other as if they had seen a ghost.
In front of them, even if their IQ is not high, they can definitely see that Eden intends to join the Timberwolves!
They feel the need to quickly report back the news to the team, so that the team can plan ahead, either quickly find a way to cut off the Timberwolves, or think about how to deal with the Timberwolves in the new season.
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After returning to the locker room, Love couldn't wait to call Adelman, who was the head coach of the Timberwolves at the time.
Speaking of Adelman, Chinese fans will certainly be no stranger, he has coached the Yao Mai combination in the Mosaic team, especially in the 08-09 season, that is, the season when Anthony reached the Western Conference finals for the only time in his career, Adelman led the Rockets to lose to the Lakers with a score of 4:3 in the Western Conference semifinals.
The Lakers were the defending champions of the year, and the Rockets were short of major generals, Yao Ming only played three games due to injury, and Maddie didn't play one.
It can be said that this season is actually the closest season to the championship in Yao Ming's career, if it weren't for the injury, if it wasn't for the lack of helper Maddie, Yao Ming this season is really likely to win the championship.
can fight the champion Lakers for seven games, as long as the Lakers are passed, it is not a big problem to kill Anthony's Nuggets with the strength of the Rockets at that time.
When it came time to enter the finals, Yao Ming's opponent was Howard the Warcraft of the Magic team, as the saying goes, Yao Ming ate and slept to fight Warcraft, which was a dozen and one accurate.
It's a pity that the sky is not beautiful, and until Yao Ming retired, he failed to usher in the first championship trophy of his career.
I'm afraid Adelman is also extremely regretful in his heart, you must know that he has been coaching in the NBA for 20 years, and he has never led the team to win a championship.
Last season was Adelman's first season in charge of the Timberwolves, and if nothing else, when he stepped down from the Timberwolves position, his coaching career would almost be over, after all, Adelman is now 67 years old.
"Coach, he agreed!" After Lefu made the call, he shouted excitedly at Adelman.
"What promised? Kevin, what are you talking about? Adelman's tone was puzzled, and for a moment he didn't understand what Lefu meant.
"Yi Dun, it's Yi Dun, he promised to join our Timberwolves." Lefu continued to shout.
Adelman was silent, maybe now Adelman is also thinking, why did Eden choose the Timberwolves?
At that time, it was Adelman who called Love and asked him to go and recruit Eden, but he didn't have much hope for this matter, after all, no matter how you look at the Timberwolves, they are not competitive.
If Eden comes, he is confident that the interior combination of Eden and Love will become the strongest interior lineup in NBA history, but this is just Adelman's fantasy, and he feels that the probability of Lefu recruiting Eden is probably only a little higher than the probability of Mars hitting the Earth.
As a result, now that the game has just ended, Lefu called directly to inform him that Yi Dun actually agreed to come to the Timberwolves?
Adelman was more than a surprise, and now he was so shocked that he was speechless.
"Kevin, you're not kidding, are you? I'm too old to stand this kind of stimulation. Adelman asked in a low voice after a moment of silence.
He felt that Lefu was not making fun of himself, but thinking about Lefu has always been the kind of good boy, and it doesn't seem that he is the kind of person who can play pranks.
"Absolutely no joke, after the game just now, Yi Dun said it to me personally!"
"I don't know if the cameras caught it, but after the game, Yi Dun waved at me and said it to me personally." Lefu hurriedly explained.
Adelman stopped speaking again, this time not in shock, but in joy, so happy that he didn't know what to say.
Could it be that you have to transfer it yourself? Seeing that his coaching career is almost over, God has sent a gift package to himself?
Adelman's luck is really not good, and the few seasons in his coaching career that have had a chance to win championships have fallen short due to injuries to key players or other irresistible reasons.
The Yao Mai combination in the 08-09 season counts as one.
The '89-90 season was the first time in Adelman's coaching career that he led the team to the Finals, only to run into the Pistons Bad Boys Army that year......
By the time the '91-92 season reached the Finals again, this time it was even more fucked up, and they ran into the Bulls dynasty, the strongest NBA team in history.
Therefore, Adelman is quite a bit of an untimely feeling, and two super teams with names and surnames in history have allowed him to meet in the finals.
finally survived until there was no such super team in the league, and there was also a very competitive star combination such as Yao Mai in the team, but it ran into injuries again.
What a tragedy.
Even Adelman himself has a hunch that his coaching career is likely to end without a championship, after all, now that the Timberwolves are such a mess, I am afraid that if he works until he is eighty years old, he may not be able to make the Timberwolves win the championship.
But with Eden agreeing to join the Timberwolves, Adelman immediately felt hope in his heart that perhaps God had finally remembered himself this time after locking himself out three times before.
"Good, good, good!" Adelman said yes after a long pause.
"What did he say? Are there any conditions? What do we do now? Adelman asked anxiously.
"Eden asked us to negotiate with his parent team and then meet some of his conditions."
"What the specific conditions, Yi Dun didn't tell me, but I don't think it should be too harsh conditions."
Hearing this, Adelman breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this is not a dream, Lefu really recruited Eden.
"Okay, then I'll call the boss right away and ask them to send someone to solve this matter quickly." Adelman also knows the truth that the night is long and dreams are too much, and he doesn't want to be cut off by others at the end of his coaching career.
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"Dear audience friends, thank you for watching this wonderful peak showdown, Director Zhang, now that the game is over, is there anything you want to say to the audience and friends?" The host asked Zhang Weiping beside him.
"This game can be said to be the most classic game played by the Chinese men's basketball team so far, from the game we can clearly feel the dominance of Yi Dun, if other players can be better and stronger, maybe tonight's winner will be us."
"Here, I also hope that other players can work hard, not to mention surpassing Yi Dun, how can I not be pulled too much by Yi Dun."
"Looking forward to the Olympic Games in four years, I hope that the Chinese men's basketball team will let us see the birth of a miracle by then." Zhang Weiping said with a smile.
Although he lost the game, Zhang Weiping felt that there was no need to put on a sad face, and now this ending is satisfactory enough.
As for what he said about the miracle in four years, it was undoubtedly the defeat of the American Dream Team, and before this game, to say such things would definitely be laughed at.
But now that Zhang Weiping said this, domestic fans feel quite normal, and they almost overturned the dream team tonight, four years later, the Chinese men's basketball team will train players in a targeted manner, with Yi Dun as the core cornerstone, and cultivate some players who can better match Yi Dun, and the Chinese men's basketball team will really be able to win at that time.
What kind of players are suitable for Eden? That is undoubtedly the so-called 3D player, that is, a player with three points and defense, if the Chinese men's basketball team can have several top 3D players, under the leadership of Yi Dun, the Chinese men's basketball team will be incomparably strong.
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In the locker room of the Chinese men's basketball team, the generals can't say what it feels like now.
The game was lost, but they didn't feel much unhappy, after all, they played with style in this game and almost overturned the U.S. men's basketball team.
But certainly not in a happy mood, after all, they were so close to victory, and in the end, they fell short.
"Brothers, I'm sorry tonight because of my free throws, which led to the loss." Yi Dun summoned the generals and said with a guilty face.
If his free throws can be as good as Yao Ming's, then the U.S. men's basketball team will definitely not use shameless tactics such as shark slashing tactics against themselves tonight, although the game may not be won, but there is always hope to win.
Hearing Yi Dun's words, Dazhi feigned anger and said: "Yi Dun, what are you talking about, aren't you slapping us in the face?" ”
"You should know very well that without you, it would have been difficult for us to get to where we are today, and we wouldn't even qualify for the U.S. men's basketball team tonight, and now we can play like this, which is extremely successful."
"Don't take it too seriously, we have a third-place match next, and now we all have the ability to push the dream team to that situation, we are bound to win this third-place match, and we must get this bronze medal."
Everyone was shocked, and all of them had smiles on their faces, although they missed the opportunity to win gold tonight, but there was still a bronze medal waiting for them.
Men's big ball events, especially football and basketball, have a high gold content, even if it is only a bronze medal, it will definitely have a greater repercussion in your own country than gold medals in other sports.
Thinking that it is very likely to win a bronze medal next, the mood of the generals is also difficult to calm down.
Now they are waiting for the results of the match between Argentina and Spain, and the loser will become the opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Now after playing with the U.S. men's basketball team, the confidence of the generals has actually soared, and teams like Spain or Argentina, which were originally considered extremely strong in their eyes, now seem to be the same.
Anyway, with the strength of these two teams, it is unlikely that the American men's basketball team will be forced to that point.