Chapter 152: Birdman is Coming!
Zheng didn't expect McHale to move so fast, in fact, he just recommended Chris Anderson. He knows that the team is in trouble right now, and the inside line is in a hurry. Coincidentally, the Nuggets have quite an abundance of interior lines, and in addition to Anderson, they also have Nenei, Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, Steven Hunter and a bunch of other big players.
Kenyon Martin's dissatisfaction with his playing time has long been an NBA secret, so it is necessary to reduce the time of other interior players, and Anthony Carter is already 33 years old, so the Nuggets are desperate to get a good point guard while peddling interior players everywhere.
The Timberwolves suddenly walked away from the Nuggets' sight.
McHale's negotiations with the Nuggets took only 2 hours, and the Timberwolves sent Telfair to get the Nuggets' interior lineman Chris Anderson and the Nuggets' first-round pick (lottery protection) for next year.
It was arguably a win-win deal, with the Nuggets swapping the point guard position and the Timberwolves strengthening their weak interior. Given that the Timberwolves sent an excellent point guard who averaged 9.3 points and 5.9 assists per game last year, Anderson, who was banned for two years by the Nuggets, really doesn't look like a qualified interior player who can be equal, plus Anderson signed a one-year base salary contract, so the Timberwolves also got the Nuggets' lotto-protected draft pick next year when McHale tried his best to speak.
It was just a small deal, and because it involved Zheng Ke's team, it caused a small stir in China. In the United States, there are no waves at all
In the afternoon, when Zheng Ke walked into the team's training hall to train, he saw a bunch of people gathered there, not knowing what they were doing. Zheng Ke tilted his head to look at it, and walked there while dribbling the ball under his crotch.
On the field of the training hall of the Target Center, General Manager McHale, Head Coach Randy Whitman were there, and there were many staff members, everyone with equipment, busy doing something.
"Who is this?"
Zheng Ke finally saw that the staff was doing a physical test for a big man. The big man had a broomstick head, and his dragon-like arms were covered with various tattoos, still colored. This made Zheng Ke, who is used to seeing all kinds of tattoos in the NBA, can't help but look at it twice.
Zheng Ke knew which one it was after a little thought, it was Chris Anderson, who joined the Timberwolves today.
At this time, he was opening his arms to measure his arm span, and that action made Zheng Ke, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help laughing, birdman and birdman, it was really worthy of the name.
"Nice people you recommend!"
"Huh?" Zheng Ke was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look, and reacted that it was McHale talking to him.
McHale continued: "Chris has passed the physical exam, and now he has good stats in all aspects of his body, and he doesn't act like a 30-year-old, and we looked at his jump, which is a full 33.5 inches (85 centimeters), which is quite outstanding among the many big men in the NBA. ”
"Really?" Zheng Ke himself doesn't know this, but in his impression, the Birdman seems to be okay, especially after the return of the Nuggets, it should be this year, with an average of 2.5 blocks per game, or the feat completed as a substitute player, which left a deep impression on Zheng Ke.
Whitman looked at it for a while, and was very satisfied with Anderson, and he exclaimed at this time, "Kevin, you have made another good business. This physical fitness, tsk, if it weren't for the results yet, I'm afraid it wouldn't be our turn to pick up the cheap. You even knocked on a first-round pick, which is amazing! ”
"Where," McHale looked at Whitman's thumbs up, and a smug smile appeared on his face, but he still said to Whitman: "But you know, Chris, he has had a bad experience, our Timberwolves are a good family, we can't let him fall again, otherwise no matter how good his talent will be, I'm afraid you have to pay more attention to this." ”
"No problem!" Whitman patted his chest, full of energy.
The three of them chatted there for a long time, pointing at Anderson who was doing a switchback run from time to time, and hahadaxiao from time to time, making Anderson on the side tremble, for fear that his performance would make the real "Big Three" of the Timberwolves dissatisfied.
After finishing on the side, Zheng Ke, as the boss of the team, naturally wanted to welcome the new little brother, he sandwiched the ball in his elbow, and then walked over to Anderson.
"Hello, Anderson." Zheng Ke stretched out his palm in a proper manner, revealing a bright smile. If it weren't for the training uniform, I am afraid that it would be no different from a diplomat.
"Hello, Zheng Ke!" Anderson smiled as well and solemnly stretched out his palm.
The two shook it vigorously, then let go.
"I didn't expect us to meet so soon!" Zheng Ke couldn't think of any topic, so he had to talk nonsense, he was referring to the battle in Denver the other day, and it sounded as if he had followed Anderson the other day. But in fact, he was busy with Anthony that day, busy with Jefferson, where to see Anderson.
Anderson didn't think so, after getting off the plane, the Timberwolves all the way to pick up, the general manager, the head coach's attention in his eyes, he is 30 years old, but rarely have this feeling of being valued, and now the team boss ran over and said "meet again so soon", which further proves how much the Timberwolves attach importance to him, for a while, he was really moved. He remembered the Chinese he learned in Nangang - "Death for a confidant."
When he saw Zheng Ke, he suddenly felt very kind.
"You're a good guy, Zheng." Anderson said, pointing to the tattoo on his left arm.
Zheng Ke took a closer look, and then saw that Anderson had a "good" word tattooed on his left arm, and then looked at Anderson's right arm, and the word "evil" stood prominently. Zheng Ke suddenly had a strong interest in this cute big man, and he couldn't tell that this was still a player with roots in China.
The two met late and chatted very speculatively.
McHale and Whitman saw Zheng Ke chatting so happily with this legendary "thorn", and immediately gave Zheng Ke a thumbs up in their hearts, the leader is different
Although Anderson passed the medical examination, the league has not yet been determined, and the jersey is not ready, so he was unable to play in the evening game against the Celtics.
Garnett returned to the Target Center, and he discovered that the Timberwolves were really human. The brothers who fought the world with him back then have now gone their separate ways, and only some of his die-hard fans have not forgotten his glory back then, and they shouted his nickname "KG" with emotion, but drowned in the cheers of "ZK" like a tide.
This arena is now Zheng Ke's territory.
Garnett smiled bitterly, there was always a little loneliness on his face, but when he thought that he finally won the championship in the summer, his heart was a little more relaxed.
When the two teams meet again, there is no atmosphere of the Jefferson era, Zheng Ke is not a trade addition to Garnett, and he and the Kyle Big Three are just friends, and there is no atmosphere of "either you die, or I die".
So the scene of the game is not particularly hot, Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen The three guys have an extraordinary tacit understanding, plus a series of giants such as Rondo, Perkins, Tony Allen, etc., the strength of the Celtics is still the top in the league.
The two teams were evenly matched in the first half, and even the Timberwolves, who were sitting on the home court, took a three-point lead and led the Celtics 39-36.
But in the third quarter, the Celtics inexplicably erupted. came up and played a 10-0 climax, and after Zheng Ke turned on his skills and barely scored a two-pointer, Rondo was still able to bukkake Billups, and Rondo threw a difficult three-pointer in front of Billups, which made Zheng Ke, who was watching from the sidelines, angry.
In the third quarter, the Celtics' defensive intensity was very high, and Garnett thoroughly showed his demeanor as a top defender, teaching Anderson a good lesson off the court.
The key is that these old guys are experienced, and when they saw that the Timberwolves couldn't feel good, they immediately contracted the defense and forced the Timberwolves to shoot on the outside.
The Celtics beat the Timberwolves 30-10 in the third quarter to give the Timberwolves a 17-point lead at 66-49.
In the end, the Timberwolves lost 78-90 to the Celtics, and the Celtics' top scorer was Garnett, who scored 17 points in the game. In addition, Rondo scored 13 points, Pierce 12 and Ray Allen 11. On the Timberwolves' side, Zheng Ke made 7 of 17 shots and 8 of 8 free throws, scoring a game-high 22 points and 0 of 3 three-pointers.
Although Zheng Ke is a little unhappy, it can only be like this, the Celtics do have a set of defense for several old guys, even if he is, it is difficult to say that he must beat Pierce, the Timberwolves are still a long way from the top team
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