Chapter 53: The Coach's First Battle

Early on the morning of December 4, the Timberwolves' official website posted a message that head coach McHale stepped down as head coach and returned to the position of general manager of the team, and the team officially hired Pacers assistant coach Frank Vogel as the team's head coach, with a one-year contract probationary period from now until the end of the season.

Countless people in the NBA who are watching the Timberwolves' record were shocked by this news, and the Timberwolves have changed coaches? Frank Vogel, do you know who he is?

The media reporters who are extremely well-informed in listening to the news found the resume of the new head coach of the Timberwolves for the first time.

Frank Vogel, 35-year-old head coach?

Are you kidding such a young hairy boy to be the head coach of an NBA team?

This kid's major is actually a medical major, and it has nothing to do with basketball, so let's see what this kid did before, video clips? Are you kidding us? Cut some basketball videos to be able to mix in the position of head coach, when will God arrange such an inspirational plot?

Countless media reporters who are closely related to the NBA league feel crazy, especially the local media in Minnesota, who almost fainted, the future of the Timberwolves has finally improved, and they actually handed over the team to an unreliable young man, is the Timberwolves really going to take the road of youth?

The Dallas media are smiling heartily, they are happy to see the Timberwolves eat deflated, this young team has been in the limelight lately, compared to the Dallas Mavericks' dismal results, the Dallas people are particularly looking for some fun, and the Timberwolves are an excellent choice.

When Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks, heard the news, he laughed even more, almost without nostrils to the sky, and in the face of media interviews, the owner of the company who likes to sell said: "The new head coach of the Timberwolves? No, no, no, I haven't heard of it, I don't pay attention to this team at all, what the Mavericks are doing right now is to figure out how to do well in the regular season and then think about the future playoff opponents! ”

This passage is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and stabbing the Timberwolves who have just experienced the change of coach, everyone knows that the young Timberwolves are in a weak period at the moment, and they are about to face the Western powerhouse New Orleans Hornets, the fierce Hornets led by the queen bee Paul.

The New Orleans Hornets, who went all the way in the '07 season, played a stunning league record, with a 56-26 regular season record to set their team record, and the second place in the West also made more people have expectations for this young Western powerhouse.

Team leader Chris Paul was named to the regular season All-Team team in the first half of last year and surpassed Steve Nash and Jason Kidd to become the league's assist and steal leader, although they were eventually overturned by the Spurs 4-3 in the playoffs and unfortunately stopped in the semifinals, but all understand that there is still a lot of time left for this Hornets team, and they still have enough time to grow.

Paul injured his left knee at the beginning of the new season against the Trail Blazers, and now he is about to return in the game against the Timberwolves.

“Move！ Move！ Move！ ”

“Run！ Run！ Run！ ”

At this moment, a young and energetic voice is echoing in the target center of the Timberwolves, this is the voice of the team's new head coach Frank Vogel, the overly young head coach is holding a thick book at the moment, while directing the players to run, block and dismantle, while bowing his head from time to time to record something with a pen, looking focused and serious.

"Bruce, are you saying this new head coach is reliable?" Kevin Love, who had just easily picked up a defensive rebound, passed the basketball to Li Shihao, and whispered into Li Shihao's ear to whisper this.

Li Shihao glanced up at him, with a serious expression, without a hint of joke: "How do I know?" All I know is that his name is Frank Vogel! ”

Kevin Love touched his head, he was puzzled when he heard this, what does it mean to just know that his name is Frank Vogel, is this name famous?

Damn it! He's not the Ferguson of football, so what can this young manager do?

"Kevin! You are distracted, run 20 sets round trip, please speed execution! Frank Vogel on the sidelines shouted such a sentence without raising his head, which made the distracted Kevin Love break out in a cold sweat.

Kevin Love secretly said that given the authority of the head coach, he had to accept the punishment honestly.

When Li Shihao saw this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but no one noticed.

When Frank Vogel took a pen and wrote and drew in his notebook, it was his first time as the head coach of a team, and he needed to work harder than ever.

The greater the responsibility, the more he has to work hard to take it on, which has always been one of the principles of life that he has always enshrined.

The Timberwolves are still very young, and there are still many gaps in this brand new team that need to be filled, and as a rookie head coach, it is undoubtedly a lucky thing to execute such a team, but it also puts him under double pressure.

He needs to lead the Timberwolves back to glory and even win a championship, which is not only the goal of every player, but also his goal as a head coach.

"The center Marc Gasol can dig more and he needs more ball control to develop his ability......"

"Well, Darko has a good quality and if he uses it well, he can be a huge help to the team on the bench......"

"Kevin's rebounding needs to be improved, and his three-point shooting ability seems to be good, so you can develop his three-point ability, and if necessary, it will have unexpected effects when used as a high battery......"

"Brewer has a good defence, speed, good reach, but a little bit of thinness, and if you add a little weight, maybe you can help the team more on the wings!"

"As for Bruce......"

Frank Vogel pinched his somewhat sore brow, a waste of time, but there was a lot of light for him!

December 5th. The whole Timberwolves team went to New Orleans to prepare for an away game against the Hornets led by Queen Bee Paul.

Before the game, when asked by a local New Orleans media reporter about Frank Vogel's opinion on the game, Frank Vogel smiled and replied, "We're going to take a win here tonight!" ”

The New Orleans reporter was unhappy with the answer, and he moved the microphone to Timberwolves rookie Bruce Lee, hoping to get a different answer and hype it up.

But he didn't want Li Shihao to bow his head and tie his shoelaces, and said lightly: "I believe he can lead us to victory!" ”

Reporters in New Orleans were mad when they heard this, are Minnesotans so unreasonable?

Chris Paul got the answer to this interview that night, and he smiled faintly: "I'll tell them this is New Orleans!" ”

The words were sharp, Paul's eyes were full of war, the bee sting was already in sight, and the battle was about to break out.

(Will the Spurs' trifags be too lonely, let's create a new CP combination|~)