"Timberwolves...... Timberwolves ......"

On the night of the draw, the Lakers players all chanted the names of the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves are not weak, but compared to the SuperSonics and the Trail Blazers, Lakers players feel that the Timberwolves are the weakest of the teams that have won all of them.

They were lucky, and the final draw turned out to be the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' strength is not strong, and Lefu is not the kind of rookie with explosive body and super combat power.

But these bastards actually let third-year Randy Foye, and fourth-year Ryan Gomez also play in summer league, plus Kevin Love and Corey Brewer, the Timberwolves relied on such a lineup to play a three-game winning streak to qualify.

Zhao Dashao thinks this is a bit of a joke, it is normal for second-year starters to participate in the summer league, and third-year starters can barely find some reasons to participate, but it is a bit unsophisticated for the fourth-year starters to come to participate in the summer league.

The Timberwolves are so unsophisticated, they can achieve a group record of three wins and zero losses, relying on the backcourt led by Foye and Gomez to blow up the opponent.

Now the Lakers not only have to face a formidable opponent, but also have to go through back-to-back physical tests.

Young Master Zhao is glad that he has a card that can speed up the recovery of physical fitness, and the bronze-level "Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce Card" can increase his physical recovery speed by about 20%.

Don't underestimate this bonus, his recovery ability is already good, and with the bonus of this card, he will look less tired back-to-back.

But the Lakers didn't have time to prepare for the game in detail, and the next day the players woke up at noon.

At 8 p.m., the game will begin.

I didn't have time to warm up in the afternoon, and I was at the McBall Arena in a blink of an eye.

But this time, there's finally a pre-match press conference.

Young Master Zhao not only attended the pre-game press conference, but the big gold chain around his neck was replaced today, which is also a master-level work with exquisite workmanship.

His watch was also swapped from the $800,000 Jaeger-LeCoultre High Jewellery collection in the group stage to the more expensive Piaget collection of exceptional rarities, set with 400 round and 80 square diamonds, which sold for $1.2 million at auction two years ago.

The eyelids of the reporters in the audience jumped, Zhao Dashao's outfit was worth at least two million US dollars, and it was impossible not to be jealous.

"Hello, my name is Luther, a columnist for the New York Times, and of course a journalist, and I heard in New York that you're going to lead the Lakers to a championship, do you mean the summer league, or the playoffs?"

As soon as this question came out, the scene immediately resounded with a burst of ill-intentioned laughter.

"I heard that Tesla's first sports cars are about to roll off the assembly line and be delivered?"

Zhao Dashao's words made everyone present scratch their heads, people asked you whether the summer league or the playoffs, why did you suddenly mention the car?

"Tesla cars are named in honor of physicist Nikola Tesla, and I remember saying that 'how many people mock me for being a dreamer, but they are the stupidest, shortest-sighted fools, let time do the talking.'" Zhao Dashao said here and made a look of indifference, spread his hands and said, "I happened to order a Tesla car last year, and I will borrow this sentence to answer your question today, because I don't want to answer this kind of question at all." ”

Luther's face was ugly, especially when he saw his colleagues who were gloating nearby, and then looked at Young Master Zhao's immature but underbeaten face, how could he accept the fact that he was being ridiculed by a child? Still a lowly Chinese!

He immediately raised his hand to ask another question, but the Lakers' beautiful press officer was not ready to let him speak again, and quickly selected another reporter to ask questions.

Zhao Dashao didn't bother to talk to reporters, this kind of thing has no benefit at all except making him more angry, so his sassy words are rarely said at the press conference before and after the game, and the next thing is all formula answers.

After the pregame press conference, the Lakers returned to the locker room, and the game was about to begin.

"There's nothing to say, play our offense, pay attention to Foye and Gomez on the defensive end, they rely on these two seniors, as long as they are guarded, those two rookies will not be able to make much of a storm."

Bernie's words were the same as the villain, and Zhao Dashao said that he did not agree.

He knew that Lefu was not an easy master to deal with, including Brewer, who was as thin as himself, and this thing would have a 51-point masterpiece in the future, and it would be equally difficult to start a surge.

After the Lakers players came out, third-year Foye looked at Young Master Zhao with obvious contempt in his eyes.

"Rookie, do you have 170 pounds?"

Foye spoke first, very direct trash talk.

"Has anyone ever told you that when you mock others, you are actually mocking yourself."

Zhao Dashao was too lazy to force him more, this was purely a meaningless nonsense.

Foye was stunned, and hurriedly thought about what this sentence meant, this Harvard top student wouldn't scold him in a different way, right?

Zhao Dashao was also stunned, this thing was actually thinking?

He wouldn't think a piece of nonsense meant anything, would he?

So uneducated?

No, it's not a matter of culture.

Since you don't have a brain, then don't take the initiative to find a Harvard top student, or a sharp-tongued guy who spews trash talk, this is simply looking for pumping attributes!

Zhao Dashao shook his head, too lazy to take care of this guy whose heart grew on the right side, but his brain didn't know where it grew.

Foye doesn't have confidence in trash talk, but he believes he can easily beat Zhao Dashao in the matchup.

But this is pure delusion, the NBA is not without an example of a thin man becoming a defensive giant, Garnett needless to say, Prince is basically a skinny figure, but who dares to say that his defense is not good?

Foye is indeed very strong, but Zhao Dashao didn't even use blocking and dismantling when he attacked, and he cleaned up the goods in one step, and gave Lefu a foul by the way.

"I heard you're the next Wade?"

Of course, Zhao Dashao will not be stingy with trash talk after scoring a goal, and the template for this draft is Wade, who played in the No. 2 position a lot last season.

But Foye's embarrassment is that Wade has a height advantage when he plays the No. 1 position and a speed advantage when he plays the No. 2 position; But he has no speed advantage in the No. 1 position, and his height is embarrassing in the No. 2 position.

How can Wade be so good at doing, Mayo is more like Wade than him, isn't it that he can't play?

In recent years, the NBA has produced a lot of two-way guards, and there are almost no real ones.

Zhao Dashao is also a dual-purpose defender, but his starting speed and ability to change direction are not inferior to small men, especially in the sense of the ball, space and reaction, which allows him to burst in first, and then find opportunities to score or pass, always one beat faster than others.

These talents can also be useful on the defensive end, even when he has his back to his teammates, he can sense the position of his teammates and lure them into the trap.

Foye's style of play happens to be a bit sticky, which makes it easier for him to fall into defensive traps, and he has been surrounded by Lakers players since the opening game, playing two or three by himself at a time.

Of course, this kind of defense also has weaknesses, once you encounter guards with passing ability like Kobe, Wade, Maddy, and Roy, the weak side will inevitably leak.

But Foye's flaws in his passing vision were exposed, and once he fell into the Lakers' encirclement, he struggled to pass the ball threateningly.

In addition, Foye was not good at shooting options, and Zhao Dashao deliberately missed a lot of shooting opportunities in the non-shooting hot zone, and this guy laughed at them all.

Gomez's side didn't get a good deal with Ariza, who also made a bad outside line, and today it was like competing with Foye to see who could strike more iron.

The Timberwolves' two offensive strengths completely let themselves go, and Love and Brewer showed a lot of opportunities, but one was in foul danger and the other couldn't get the basketball at all.

Zhao Dashao was snickering in his heart, Lefu obviously doesn't have any team status, and often takes the initiative to ask for the ball, but Foye and Gomez would rather throw themselves than pass it to him, and Brewer over there is also the same treatment.

Throughout the first half, the Timberwolves were basically singled by two veteran players, and Love and Brook could only stay on the sidelines and watch the show.

This situation has to do with the instability of the Timberwolves' management and coaching staff, who have not been able to think about whether to develop Love until next year, and now an assistant coach does not know how to use these players, so he can only let two veteran players go it alone.

"So that's what Coach Bernie meant!"

Only then did Zhao Dashao understand what Bernie meant by what he said before, and he really underestimated the scheming of his assistant coach.

The biggest weakness of the Timberwolves is not the inability of the players, but the confusion of the management and coaching staff, which directly leads to the confusion of the team's ball possession.

The reason is very simple, the Timberwolves have changed coaches frequently in recent years, and every time they change a head coach, they naturally have to change their style of play - at this time, some players may be reused, but there are also some players who were originally reused will be put in the cold.

A lot of bad teams are in such a mess, some talented players are buried because of this, and there are too few players like Rose who are used as cornerstones as soon as they enter the league.

When Wei Shao, Beasley, Mayo, Love and others entered the league, everyone had one or two big brothers on their heads, and they had to fight slowly if they wanted to get ahead.

"In this case, I don't have more than one big brother on my head, but fortunately, we are in the right mood!"

Zhao Dashao laughed at himself, and kept attacking Foye in the first half, but this thing really dared to shoot, and he shot 15 times in the first half, but only hit 5 goals.

Gomez, defended by Ariza, was also only 4-of-12 in the first half.

Love, the fifth pick this year, had only 4 points and 5 rebounds in the first half, and he was fouled three times.

This made many people who looked at Zhao Dashao unpleasant began to hurt again, today another high-ranking rookie is not as good as this younger brother, who can teach this megalomaniac a hard lesson?

Zhao Dashao's performance is in stark contrast to Lefu, 11 shots in the first half, he cut 18 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, this efficiency can't find any fault, is the bastard Foye releasing water?