In just a few days, Roy's influence spread almost all over the United States, carpet-bombing news reports, constant fan debates, and advertising signs everywhere made Roy force into thousands of American homes.

Now even older children who don't watch basketball know that there is a Chinese named Roy who has become a big star in the United States and has earned hundreds of times more money than those who are successful in the United States.

Who was the last NBA player to have such an impact? Is it Kobe? Is it James? Or Jordan? It's definitely the Americans anyway.

Roy is everywhere, not only in New York itself, but also in Los Angeles, in Chicago, in Boston, in San Francisco, in Philadelphia, almost everywhere.

Even Minneapolis, a small city with a population of less than 500,000, is now filled with Roy posters and giant billboards.

"My name is Roy, I'm not Mr. Ball Control, I'm not an entertainment king, I'm not a violent basket protector, I'm not a legend maker; My name is Roy, and almost no one knows my name until I'm eighteen. I thought I was going to live a mediocre life, but by chance, basketball chose me. Thank God for activating my extraordinary basketball talent, and now, I have come, I have seen, I have conquered ......"

This slogan designed by Roy himself occupies almost all the eye-catching advertising space in major cities in the United States. Adidas is really a bloody investment, and the propaganda in the United States, the home of Nike, is still so crazy, let alone in other places. It is conceivable that in faraway Asia, in faraway China, how many streets and alleys will shine with the image of Roy? The importance that Adidas attaches to Roy can be seen.

And when asked why he used such an extremely strange sentence as an advertising slogan, Roy just smiled. Perhaps, in this world, only Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar, and Rose, three insiders, can understand the connotation.

Speaking of Minneapolis, the Knicks' next opponent is none other than the Minnesota Timberwolves, an extremely sad NBA team based in Minneapolis.

When it comes to the Minnesota Timberwolves, they are the famous fish belly team in the league, since the 2003-2004 season with the tough "three-headed monster" (Kevin Garnett, Sam Cassel, Latrill Sprewell) to reach the playoffs for the last time, and magically reached the Western Conference finals, they fell to the bottom, and since then they have been slumped and began a long period of rebuilding.

The magical season of 2003-2004 seemed to drain the Timberwolves' fortune in their lives. Since that year, the Timberwolves have tragically missed the playoffs for 12 consecutive seasons. Among them, there are 3 seasons at the bottom of the West and 6 seasons at the bottom of the Northwest Division, seeing their brothers and sisters of the year, the Clippers, the Mavericks, and the Warriors get out of the pit one after another, and even win the championship, Timberwolves fans are really anxious and painful.

But the Timberwolves don't have a chance, they have a good "lotto" draft pick almost every year, but the problem is that whoever they pick doesn't work.

Not to mention Randy Foye (No. 7 rookie in 2006, brain-dead management in exchange for Brandon Roy), Corey Brewer (No. 7 rookie in 2007, a role player who has been inactive all his life) and Ricky Rubio (No. 5 rookie in 2009, the Spanish "golden boy" who has never played a highlight performance), let's talk about the past three years, the team has had two consecutive champions, Andrew Wiggins (2014 champion) and Karl-Anthony Downs (2015 champion), But the team's record is still as bad as ever, which is really unreasonable.

This year was supposed to be a good opportunity for the revival of the Minnesota Timberwolves, after a few years of hard work and waiting, those potential rookies in their team have grown to a certain level, like Towns, Wiggins, Rubio, LaVine, just looking at the strength of the Minnesota Timberwolves on paper is very exciting, if it weren't for Nikola Pekovic's unexpected reimbursement last year, this year's Timberwolves will definitely be able to achieve a career.

Of course, these are not the most important things, the most important thing is that they would have had a chance to pick Roy this year.

You know, the Minnesota Timberwolves may be one of the first teams in the league to spot Roy and look at Roy (except for the Hornets).

It was by chance that Bradley, a scout for the Timberwolves, returned to his alma mater, Chino Gang High School, for an alumni day event, where he got his first glimpse of Roy's game.

He's just incredible, where did he come from? Bradley was completely conquered by Roy after just one game, and it's hard to describe the amazing feeling in words, he hadn't seen Garnett, Howard and James dominate in high school, but now, he really felt what it means to be dominant.

Back in Minneapolis, Bradley immediately sent Roy's scouting report to the team's general manager, Scott Lydon, but the new Timberwolves general manager didn't have much of an interest in Roy at first, on the contrary, he felt a little funny.

When Lydon saw Bradley send a scouting report of a Chinese high school player, he almost didn't blast Bradley out.

"This guy named Roy can't be your relative, right? Tens of millions of children in China, how did you find him? Would you like to find me a panda next time? "That's right, Lydon was so unkind at the time.

Although he touched the nose, Bradley did not give up, he firmly believed in his vision.

Since then, Bradley has been tirelessly recommending Roy, he goes to Roy's games almost every week, and he will record Roy's game stats almost completely, even if it is Lydon's ridicule and disdain, he is still persevering.

The real change came in the playoffs of the California Championship, where Roy's popularity reached a small peak thanks to Bradley's stalking recommendations and growing media coverage. At the time, quite a few other NBA teams had already sent scouts to scout the high school talent.

It's not easy to get NBA scouts to watch high school games, and Scott Layden, who has watched Roy's game footage carefully, just woke up from a dream, Roy is really good, and he does have the ability to play NBA-level games. Of course, at that time, Roy's draft prediction ranking was not in the top 60, and the general feeling was that Roy still had to go to the NCAA for another year and a half.

But Roy couldn't wait, and after he won the California Championship and MVP, he unexpectedly announced that he would be participating in the NBA draft that year.

So, everything changed, and everyone was caught off guard. Roy is going to participate in the draft, and as soon as the news spreads, more and more teams are sending scouts to scout Roy.

After that, like the general manager of the Charlotte Hornets, Rick Qiu, Lydon could only watch Roy play supernatural performances one after another, making a big splash at the McDonald's All-American High School All-Star Game, the Four Nations Invitational Tournament and rookie training camp. Roy's mock draft rankings continued to climb, and in the end, his draft prediction ranked even better than the Timberwolves' No. 5 pick.

It was only then that Lydon regretted it, and in order to get the super-rookie in the draft, Lydon began to go crazy, and he even put Rubio, LaVine, and even Wiggins on the trading table one after another, but alas, the efforts at this time have become futile......

Five months have passed since the draft, and in the past few months, Roy has proved his endless potential and value with his performances and stats on the court, which has undoubtedly made Lydon even more heartbroken, which undoubtedly made Minneapolis fans even more heartbroken.

If this year's Timberwolves lineup is Rubio, Roy, Wiggins, LaVine, and Towns, let alone the playoffs, it may not be a luxury to hit the Finals.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs, no ifs in the world, no ifs on the field.

If there was an if, it would probably be the first of the 76ers and the Lakers to jump out and clap their hands.

Because of love and hate, this is the truest feeling of Minnesota Timberwolves fans, especially after Roy signed that staggering super sponsorship contract, and the Timberwolves fans in small cities complained even more.

"Oh my God, why can a rookie who has only played 16 NBA games make so much money? Adidas is so stupid, I will never buy anything from their house again. (Poisonous Tongue Comment: Love to Buy or Not to Buy)

"1.5 billion? Just kidding, I'm sure to assert that a year later, Roy's stats won't even be a fraction of that of Downs and Wiggins, and if I wasn't allowed to live stream eating XX. (Poisonous Tongue Comment: Don't worry, it will definitely let you eat)

"The CEO of Adidas must have been caught in the door by the door, just because Roy is Chinese so much money? Then I'll change my North Korean nationality tomorrow. (Poisonous Tongue Comment: It's obvious that your head has been caught in the door)

Fans are impetuous, the media is cynical, and the Timberwolves players are inevitably joining the team to denounce Roy.

Downs, Wiggins, and LaVine tweeted on the day Roy's sky-high endorsement contract broke, questioning Adidas' crazy move and complaining about whether Roy deserves this contract. Among them, Wiggins's attitude is the most intense.

Speaking of which, he is indeed the most injured of the Timberwolves.

First of all, because he wanted to get Roy, he was almost traded away by general manager Lydon, which made him the team boss and the top pick in the 2014 draft.

Secondly, if Roy can sign this sky-high sponsorship contract, agent Bill Duffy must make a lot of money, which means that Wiggins's status with Duffy must be far inferior to that of the newcomer Roy.

In the end, Roy has received so much attention and praise that his posters have even been posted on his own turf, which is unacceptable to Wiggins, the self-proclaimed boss of the Timberwolves, Roy's rise is more uncomfortable than Towns' rise last year, and he hurts Wiggins' proud self-esteem.

So, either way, Wiggins has to take advantage of this head-to-head confrontation with Roy to save face.

"I can't wait to play Roy, we've played against him before and I know Roy's technical characteristics quite well. I would say that I would use my real material to defeat his fist and legs, and it was a no-brainer for me to beat Roy. ”

What a Wiggins, what a big flag......