"Mr. Nelson, the Mavericks performed well in this game, especially the German" In the face of the huge cheers coming from the stands of the target center, Zhuang Fei held the hand of the Mavericks head coach Nelson Sr. with a smile.

"Yes, but we still lost in the end," said old Nelson, stunned for a moment, and then finally sighed. The Mavericks have started the season very well, and now the Mavericks have a 7-8 record in the last 15 games, which ranks 10th in the West, and is not far from the Grizzlies in ninth in the West and the Kings in eighth in the West, but it is still far from the goals he has set for himself, and most importantly, he still has not been able to complete the rebuilding of the Mavericks.

"Winning or losing a game is nothing, compared to before, the current Mavericks can make people see hope" Zhuang Fei saw that the old Nelson looked a little lost, and hurriedly comforted him, for the legendary old coach Zhuang Fei, who has always adhered to his offensive philosophy, has the highest respect, it can be said that many of Zhuang Fei's tactical concepts are directly or indirectly influenced by the old Nelson, and Zhuang Fei has always been very clear about this. And Zhuang Fei didn't lie, the glory of the future Maverick is the foundation laid by the old Nelson for this calf, it can be said that the current Maverick is still building the foundation, and sooner or later there will be high-rise buildings on this foundation.

"Yes, they can indeed make people see hope" Thinking of his young disciples, Old Nelson's expression softened a lot, but Old Nelson finally looked Zhuang Fei up and down, smiled and said, "Zhuang, are you interested in giving me Wang Zhizhi?"

"Wang Zhizhi?" Zhuang Fei was stunned, this old handsome man has not forgotten.

looked at Zhuang Fei with a stunned expression. Nelson Sr. also sighed: "One of the decisions I regret the most this year is to draft Jonathan Bender with the No. 6 pick, and now he can't provide us with any help, while Wang Zhizhi has now shown good strength." If we get Wang Zhizhi, we can move up a little bit more this season."

Jonathan Bender Zhuang Fei is also known, the 2.13-meter high school power forward is believed to have the height of a center and the skill of a guard, known as a copy of the Timberwolves Garnett, but since this Garnett entered the league to join the Mavericks for the second time, he has been plagued by injuries, and he has problems with both knees. The big problem is that for a basketball player, the knee is everything, no matter how amazing his talent and skill are. It is useless not to have a healthy pair of knees.

"Wang Zhizhi is our very important inside substitute, so I don't mean to trade him" Zhuang Fei finished speaking, and Old Nelson's expression was also gloomy. Wang Zhizhi has not played much this season. Only 14 minutes, but the performance was very good, able to contribute an average of 6 points per game, and the shooting rate also reached 50%, according to the standard of a rookie, such a performance is already very good, last month Wang Zhizhi also ranked 11th in the rookie ranking. His stats would have been even better if he had been given more playing time, which is why Nelson Sr. regretted it. In the old Nelson's view, Wang Zhizhi will definitely become the main force when he reaches the calf. The data will also be at least doubled.

But Zhuang Fei knows that for the current Wang Zhizhi's average of about 14 minutes per game is the best, he needs a full adaptation process, Wang Zhizhi's efficiency is very high in this time period, but if he rashly increases his playing time. Maybe there will be a backlash, when Zhuang Fei was interviewed by Su Skirt recently, Su Skirt has been expressing to him the ardent hope of domestic fans, hoping that Zhuang Fei can let Wang Zhizhi play a more important role, but in the end Zhuang Fei refused, not only that. Zhuang Fei also ordered Wang Zhizhi not to accept any domestic media interviews without Zhuang Fei's permission, and Zhuang Fei formulated a system for Wang Zhizhi to visit once a week, and can only accept one visit from China a week, it can be said that this is also Zhuang Fei in order to protect Wang Zhizhi, so that he is as little as possible by domestic pressure, for this Chinese compatriot, Zhuang Fei has always taken care of him, and has been protecting his growth, now it seems that Wang Zhizhi's growth is very good, and the pressure is not great, according to such a situation, In a season or two, Wang Zhizhi will become an important player for the Timberwolves, and then he can also be fully qualified for the role of Xiaoao and Garnett's first bench. …,

"Zhuang, if one day you need to trade Wang Zhizhi or Nash, please feel free to contact me, these two players I have the greatest expectation and interest at all times"

Looking at the sincerity of Old Nelson's face, Zhuang Fei didn't know how to refuse, he could see that Old Nelson was serious, and finally Zhuang Fei nodded lightly, which also made Old Nelson very excited.

"Zhuang, you and the Lakers have been in too good shape recently, but let me remind you that it may not be a good thing to be in the regular season so early, so Zhuang, I hope you can pay attention to the state of protecting your players, so that they are always in a non-saturated state The best, don't pay too much attention to the results of the regular season" Maybe it's because of Zhuang Fei's promise, the old man who has worked hard in the NBA for decades reminded Zhuang Fei. He was well aware of the consequences of such a tense state.

Zhuang Fei doesn't know this truth, in fact, he also hopes that he will let his players slowly rise with the progress of the game like Vicky, and finally reach the highest in the playoffs, but now Zhuang Fei can't do it, he is now racing with the Lakers.

"Well, I'll pay attention"

Seeing Zhuang Fei like this, Old Nelson also sighed, obviously Zhuang Fei did not intend to accept his suggestion.

This Timberwolves' home game against the Mavericks is the last opponent of the Timberwolves' consecutive home schedule, this game Timberwolves won very easily, in the first three games, in the face of the Grizzlies who rebounded in form and strength, the Timberwolves played very hard, and in the end they only won by 5 points, which is also the most difficult for the Timberwolves in these four games, and then the performance against the Nuggets and the Magic Timberwolves was very good, especially against the Magic, the Timberwolves finally played a big score of 132-100, After the Magic took Hardaway and Anderson, it has long ceased to be the second in the East last year, and what particularly surprised Zhuang Fei was that in the face of this big Ben's inner line, Xiao Ao and Garnett and even Wang Zhizhi almost broke Big Ben, Big Ben's strength confrontation is very good, but the height is a hard injury, and the offensive range of the Timberwolves' three major interior lines is too large, and the Timberwolves' tactics will not go to the Magic to attack slowly, which also makes the young Big Ben very hurt.

Although the Timberwolves' 14-game winning streak has not caught up with the Lakers, who are now 15-1, there is no doubt that the matchup between Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson has become the most concerned topic in the league.

"Seattle on December 8th, this game will be the game that will decide who is the first in the West, the Timberwolves will take on the Seattle SuperSonics on the road and the Lakers have a bye, if the Timberwolves win, then they will be first in the West after fifteen consecutive wins."

"Maybe this season the Lakers or the Timberwolves can break the Bulls' record of 72 wins in the regular season set by the Bulls in the 1995-1996 season, although I know it's a bit too early to say this, but it's clear that it's really difficult for any team in the league to beat these two teams, maybe the Spurs can, but the Spurs are not working now, it seems that the Vicky seems to be reining in the edge, of course, the Trail Blazers can actually do it, the Lakers' only loss this season was given to them by the Trail Blazers, But now the trailblazers still need to run in."

If Zhuang Fei chooses his own, he really doesn't want to go all the way with the Lakers like this, the Lakers are like a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and they don't need to think about their endurance at all, while the Timberwolves are a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, and it is now racing with the Lakers with its own spare fuel, if there is no A+ class mission that Zhuang Fei loves and hates, Zhuang Fei doesn't need to race with the Lakers at all.

Abandon? Zhuang Fei thought about it, but in the face of the reward of the A+ level task, Zhuang Fei couldn't let it go.

On December 8, Seattle, at Key Arena, the Timberwolves faced off against the Seattle SuperSonics, who are currently seventh in the West. …,

Phil Jackson stared at the TV screen, he was very concerned about this game, if the Timberwolves win, then they will surpass the Lakers and rank first in the West.

"It looks like it's really hard for other teams to beat them," Phil Jackson sighed after seeing Kevin Garnett on TV with a 2-plus-one on his shoulder.

"However, I see how long you can hold on, the current Timberwolves are already at the end of their power, right" Thinking of this, Phil Jackson smiled with some satisfaction, the Timberwolves have now fought at full speed for 15 consecutive games, and no team can continue to fight like this.

Looking at the final team mastering the final situation, Zhuang Fei also breathed a sigh of relief, this game supersonic played very tenacious, no matter how the Timberwolves opened the score, they can always catch up in the end, it is obvious that now all teams in the league do not want to become the stepping stone for the Timberwolves to reach the top of the West, everyone is just the Timberwolves and the Lakers are soaring, and these two teams are also the target of public criticism.

"Coach, we're finally No. 1 in the West now, this is our team's first time" At the end of the game, the Timberwolves players cheered heartily in the locker room, which is also the biggest motivation that has always supported them, and when this goal is completed, these Timberwolves players are really relieved.

But for Zhuang Fei, he frowned when he saw the Timberwolves players so happy. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )