Now the league has officially confirmed that the NBA regular season will start on December 25.

Because of the NBA's previous shutdown, this year's NBA is losing not only the summer league, but also the preseason and training camp that starts in October, and the regular season schedule that starts at the end of October.

Because of the problem of time, this season's schedule will be very dense, and the schedule will be reduced to a certain extent, so that rookies like Bai Xiaonian basically don't have any buffered opportunities, so they have to rush donkeys to the shelves and face NBA-level confrontation.

While the rookies of other NBA teams were struggling with the team, our little white shoes were living a leisurely life at the Timberwolves training gym in Minneapolis.

Let's turn the clock back to a week ago.

After Bai Xiaonian got acquainted with Kevin Love, he met another big man of the team, that is, Ricky Rubio, who overslept with his head covered on the first day of the new season.

In the final of the 2006 U16 European Championship, the handsome Spanish man who delivered 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists and 7 steals in the face of the Russian team's key defense received mixed reviews after entering the NBA league.

His outstanding big-picture vision, keen insight and graceful passing have been sought after by many fans, but at the same time, he has also been widely criticized for his shooting skills that are off the skyline.

Originally, the team's head coach Rick Adelman's biggest concern for the team's new season was the conflict between the Spanish golden boy and the white elves, knowing that both of them were the best PGs in the world before that, and the overlap of the two positions means a sacrifice in statistics.

However, it was obvious that Adelman's worries were unnecessary, and soon Bai Xiaonian became friends with Lu Yuanwai under the introduction of Lefu. Although Rubio is still a little worried about the overlap between himself and Bai Xiaonian's positions, since the coach is arranged in this way, he naturally has his reasons and solutions.

What surprised Bai Xiaonian even more was that he also met his teammate Malcolm Lee at UCLA at the target center, you must know that before that, he had always thought that his old captain had gone to play for the Chicago Bulls.

What Bai Xiaonian didn't know at all was that the Minnesota Timberwolves didn't make any moves in the trade market during the two months of his disappearance, and one of those transactions was to bring Malcolm Lee to Minnesota with some cash.

In addition, during this time, our little white boys also found that the atmosphere in the NBA locker room was not as bad as the outside world said, at least in Minnesota his teammates were still very nice to his little guy.

Except, of course, Michael Beasley, the '08 NBA star show.

His time with the Timberwolves isn't having a good time right now, and although he was still the team's most important offensive firepower on the front line last season, anyone can see that the team's building foundation has begun to tilt towards Love and Rubio, not to mention that the team has another talented white boy in the draft this year.

"Rick, do you think we can do it?"

Ryan Sanders, the team's assistant coach and son of Timberwolves small owner Philip Sanders, said.

Rick Adelman stared at the ongoing intra-squad match on the court, frowning and not firing. He understands Sanders Jr.'s feelings, after all, anyone who meets the Thunder in the league in the first game of the new season can't be happy.

That's right, our first NBA game will be at home to the Target Center Arena to face the Thunder, the favourites of this season's O'Brien Cup.

However, Bai Xiaonian did not panic after hearing the news, no matter who his opponent was, as long as he showed his best self to the audience, it was enough.

"Maybe you don't believe Ryan, but I have a hunch that we're going to win." After a moment of silence, Rick Adelman said with a slight smile.

"Have you forgotten the tactics we made specifically for Wood?"

"Can that really work? You know, Wood has been playing point guard since he was a child! Sanchez Jr. retorted.

"Oh? No, no, no, Ryan, you're thinking of him too simply. Wood has nominally always been a point guard, but his style of play is no longer what a pure point guard should be, just look at his explosive scoring skills. If I just want a normal traditional point guard, don't you already have one on the team? ”

With that, Rick Adelman smacked Rubio on the field.

Soon after the intra-team match, Adelman called Bai Xiaonian alone, which caused Michael Beasley to scoff again...

"Wood, I hope you can be the team's shooting guard in the new season! I know it might make it tough for you, but the team needs you to do it. ”

As a seasoned veteran, Adelman naturally knows that changing his playing position is not so easy to get used to.

"Okay! Instructor! Bai Xiaonian agreed without hesitation.

Obviously, Adelman didn't expect Bai Xiaonian to agree to his request so easily, first stunned for a moment, and then patted the shoulder of the little white boy's shoes with satisfaction, revealing a teachable expression.

In fact, the reason why Bai Xiaonian agreed so quickly was because he had long expected that the coach would let him change his style of play, and from the first day of the team's joint practice, Adelman intentionally or unintentionally introduced his way of playing to the point guard, so now it is just a showdown.

And it doesn't mean that letting him change to a point guard means that his status in the team has declined, nor does it mean that he needs to completely determine his way of playing, if you put it simply, it is impossible for two point guards to appear in a team at the same time, so let Bai Xiaonian change his name, and there is no difference in actual combat.

After re-establishing his position in the team, Bai Xiaonian quickly threw himself into his new job and had a surprisingly good chemistry with the team. If Rubio doesn't look at his poor shooting, then his ability to organize the team is definitely the top in the league, and although Bai Xiaonian also has a hand in organizing the team, his ball-handling offense makes the opponent even more fearful.

Under Rick Adelman's system, in addition to his most important scoring task, Bai Xiaonian is also responsible for assisting Rickilu Biot in organizing the team and leading the team's second team offense.

The other members of the Minnesota Timberwolves team affirmed Bai Xiaonian's excellent ball skills and high ball quotient in the team practice and confrontation again and again, after all, who in this world doesn't like a super guard who can score and pass the ball?

Just when everyone in the Timberwolves was full of confidence in their new season, the team's general manager, Milt Newton, suddenly realized that they had forgotten one of the most important things, which was that the team had not signed a contract with Bai Xiaonian...