On September 9, according to Yahoo Sports, NBA veteran Iverson will join last year's champion Timberwolves.

"God decided that the Timberwolves would be where I would continue my career, and I've met Timberwolves superstar Zheng Ke, general manager McHale, owner Glenn Taylor, and the next head coach, Randy Whitman." The text appeared on Iverson's Weibo post, shattering rumors that he was about to play in Europe.

According to Yahoo Sports, the Timberwolves will offer Iverson an annual salary of $3.5 million a year, with a contract signing in the next 24 hours to 48 hours.

This is undoubtedly a big earthquake, although Iverson did not have a good time with the Pistons last season, but it is undeniable that he is still one of the most influential stars in the NBA, and his every move is still imitated by young people, and he is worshiped as a god by the younger generation of street teenagers in the United States.

The combination of Iverson and Zheng Ke is both exhilarating and confusing at the same time.

Is Iverson, who averages 17.4 points per game and needs a lot of ball-handling, really a good fit for the Timberwolves? Are Zheng Ke and Iverson really compatible? Will Iverson settle down as a substitute?

Experts have questioned this, with most people not optimistic about Iverson's partnership with the Timberwolves, and believe that Iverson will disrupt the Timberwolves' good chemistry.

This made Iverson, who read the newspaper, very angry, you know, when he met Zheng Ke two days ago, he swore that he would definitely obey the coach's arrangement.

"These stupid birds know a fart." Iverson angrily crumpled the newspaper and threw it in the trash.

He really wanted to get a championship ring. Therefore, in the conversation with Whitman, even if he was told that he might play as a substitute, he admitted it. After all, before coming. He had already expected that the Timberwolves' starting lineup was close to perfect, Billups and Afflaro were impossible to play on the bench, and he was ready to play on the bench when he came to the Timberwolves.

For Whitman, how to use Iverson will be an important topic of study for his new season.

The Timberwolves' roster for the new season has basically been decided. At the end of September, McHale gathered all the Timberwolves players and began to take makeup photos of the players.

Point Guard: Billups. Kyle Lowry, Ty Lawson

Quartiles: Afflalo, Aaron Iverson, Marcus Thorton

Small forward: Zheng Ke. Mike Miller. Corey Brewer

Power forwards: Kevin Love, Ty Gibson

Centres: Brad Miller, Chris Anderson, Nikola Pekovic

As the so-called strong soldiers, no matter which position they are, they have good reserves, and none of the Timberwolves' roster for the new season is a useless water cooler player. Whitman also said at the first group meeting that there is no such thing as an old or new player. There is only a difference between good and bad state, good state can increase playing time, poor state can only be a cold bench, the new season of the Timberwolves, everything is centered on the record.

Whitman's words revealed a message that the Timberwolves in the new season will no longer focus on developing young players as the first priority in previous seasons. If young players want to play, they can only add points to their form through regular training and on-field performances, so as to gain his favor with Whitman.

As soon as this move came out, all the soldiers instantly felt Whitman's powerful aura. Whitman, who has also experienced ups and downs, has also changed a lot, and these domineering words really made the Timberwolves awe-inspired.

Within days, the Timberwolves began their first open-ended intra-team practice game.

Lowry, Billups, Zheng Ke, Mike Miller, Gibson, Chris Anderson, Pekovic are one group of players, leaving Iverson to lead the team in the other group.

Pekovic's performance is eye-catching, he is like a super meat shield on the inside, even if he competes with Lefu for rebounds and positional positions, he is not at all behind. The understanding of space and the sense of position on the field are top-notch, and they are simply natural barriers.

Zheng Ke intended to behave in front of the newcomers, but the two little brothers didn't buy it, and Afflaro and Brewer came up to implement the bag.

"You also cover training matches?" Zheng Ke was forced to pass back to Billups.

"Hey, hey." Brewer showed a natural expression, "It's also an open training match, you look at the bunch of reporters carrying cameras next to you, don't you wrap up, are you waiting to be blown up?" ”

Zheng Ke: ""

In addition to Pekovic's performance, Gibson's performance was also very good. He was very aggressive in the fight for several frontcourt rebounds, and staged a few violent dunks with Zheng Ke's assist. For the Timberwolves, who are relatively less formidable in the frontcourt rebounding, Gibson's arrival is a good addition.

The performance of the two outside rookies, Tylawson and Marcus Thornton, was unsatisfactory, perhaps because the Timberwolves' outside defense was too strong.

Although Zheng Ke didn't show much, he still made the Iverson team feel his aura, and after reading their defense, several breakthroughs completely tore through their defense, causing great lethality.

"Heavier, stronger, fiercer." Billups watched Zheng Ke go in and out, and gave a sharp evaluation.

The coaching staff and the Timberwolves staff have recorded all the data of the first match, which is valuable information, and will not be disclosed to the public, so as not to be known by the opponent, and the data of the Timberwolves will be arranged in advance.

A few days later, the Timberwolves began a closed training camp.

The first is to make a comprehensive physical fitness measurement and health measurement of all Timberwolves players. Before the start of each season in the NBA, teams do similar work, partly to see which players have completely relaxed in the offseason, and partly to understand the physical condition of the players so that they can make targeted recovery drills.

First, the basic physical condition is measured.

Zheng Ke is barefoot and 203.4 cm tall, with an arm span of 218.8 cm, a weight of 101.3 kg, and a standing touch height of 2.83 meters.

Zheng Ke's weight change was surprising, and Whitman frowned unconsciously, "Could it be that Zheng Ke, who has always been self-disciplined, has also fallen in the offseason?" He thinks that Zheng Ke has gained so much weight is likely due to the uncontrolled diet and training he left behind in the offseason. Whitman didn't speak, he looked at Zheng Ke, wanting to see Zheng Ke's next physical fitness measurement.

Zheng Ke took the lead in force measurement.

Zheng Ke, whose strength attribute has climbed to 90, directly chose the 180-kilogram barbell, and several young rookies almost didn't fall out of their eyes.

Tylawson elbowed Thorton to the side: "Marcus, I'm not mistaken, right?" Boss Ke chose a barbell in the 180kg class? ”

"Seems to be the case." Thorton couldn't help but swallow, his eyes motionless as he looked at Zheng Ke.

"Whew!"

Zheng Ke is lying on the apparatus with his legs bent at the knees, his feet on the ground, and his hands holding the barbell. He inhales and slowly lowers the bar to his chest and pushes the bar out as he exhales.

Zheng Ke pushed 15 times in one breath under the gaze of everyone, and then got up from the instrument.

He shook his arm and muttered, "It seems lighter."

The surrounding people raised their heads and fell, and Ty Gibson, who was lined up behind him, hurriedly ran over and pushed Zheng Ke away: "Boss Ke, you still don't let us insiders live, hurry up and test the others." “

Zheng Ke grinned and left the force measurement area, pacing to the bounce test area.

Here, a couple of young players are competing for bouncing power, with Brewer, Afflaro, and Chris Anderson bouncing and bounce and bounce there. McMiller, on the side, could only smile wryly and watch them show off their bounces, and in this regard, he was completely inadequate.

Zheng Ke's arrival made these guys restrain a lot, and he jumped lightly, and suddenly touched the place of 3.75 meters.

92 cm bouncing on the spot!

After the run-up jump, Zheng Ke jumped out of a height of 104, and blew up Brewer and Afflaro and others at once.

Whitman smiled with satisfaction after receiving the physical data of the Timberwolves, Zheng Ke's various statistics have increased slightly, and it seems that his weight gain should not be like this. "These rookies that Kevin [McHale] drafted are really good." Whitman looked at the body stats and found that the rookies were all very good, and Tylawson's physicality surprised him the most, with his three-quarters sprint of 3.12 seconds, which is the top speed in the NBA. "If it weren't for his short height, he would be another Iverson entirely" (to be continued......