The Timberwolves applied for the preseason in China last season, and after the NBA executives' research and decision, the Timberwolves successfully qualified for the preseason China region.

On October 8, the NBA officially announced all the schedules for the '09 NBA preseason.

The Timberwolves need to play a total of seven preseason games, including three preseason games overseas, in Chinese Taipei, Shanghai and Beijing, China, while the Timberwolves are partnered with the Indiana Pacers led by Granger.

The Pacers signed Dundee Jones, the Nuggets' starting outside guard from last season, signed free agent McRoberts to a contract extension, signed Earl Watson, who was cut by the Thunder, signed Rockets pitcher Luthor Hyde, and signed power forward Solomon Jones.

In addition to that, the Pacers also signed white power forward Tyler Hansbrough, who was drafted in the draft. In the summer operation evaluation, the Pacers rated it as A, while the Timberwolves only rated B.

Many of the players in the Timberwolves team have never been to China, and as the motherland of the team's boss, they have long been familiar with China's name, and everyone is excited to go to China for the preseason this time. Players like Tylawson and Thorton, while enjoying the "rookie treatment", put together a bunch and fantasize about everything on the trip to China.

In this pre-season, the players in the team will be rotated, and everyone will have a chance to play.

The starters were told by Whitman. Playing no more than 20 minutes, pre-season is mainly about scouting newcomers and grinding new tactics. In the first game, Whitman chose to rest veterans Brad Miller and Mike Miller.

This is the first time Zheng Ke has led the Timberwolves to compete on the soil of his homeland. In the Wukesong Gymnasium, in the loud cheers of his parents and fellow villagers, Zheng Ke played extremely hard in the first quarter.

He even cut off one of Granger's passes and dribbled the ball up front.

Unguarded, Zheng Ke completed a powerful straight-arm tomahawk split, which directly detonated the Wukesong Gymnasium and turned the arena into a sea of joy.

It's a pity. After the end of the first quarter, Zheng Ke sat on the cold bench and had no intention of playing.

Zheng Ke did not play until half-time. The audience and fans immediately stopped buying it, and at the beginning of the second half, they were restless when they saw Zheng Ke still sitting on the bench, and no one took the lead. The audience spontaneously shouted Zheng Ke's name. "Zheng Ke. Zheng Ke"

The enthusiasm of the audience touched Zheng Ke's heart, and he looked at head coach Whitman and found that Whitman was still sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai with an unwavering expression.

Zheng Ke shook his head, and could only say sorry in his heart, after all, it was impossible for him to ruin the team's entire preseason inspection and run-in plan because of himself.

In the fourth quarter, Zheng Ke finally reappeared.

In the cheers of the audience. Zheng Ke hit a three-pointer when he came up, which was a direct pull at the top of the arc. Brandon Rush didn't have a solution.

In the next few minutes, Zheng Ke performed his eighteen martial arts, and in a preseason game similar to an exhibition match, Zheng Ke also gave up his usual way of using a variety of flashy ways to make the audience fascinated.

Thorton and Lawson are at home in the Timberwolves' tactical system, especially since both are masters of chaotic battles, although the rhythm is chaotic, but they have brushed high scores.

The Timberwolves eventually beat the Pacers by 112-107 points, boding well for the new season.

All the expert media can see the progress of the Timberwolves, although Zheng Ke and other main players are not on it, but several rookies selected in the draft are really energetic, Thorton's one-stop breakthrough, and the board after turning and breaking through into the frame was even selected as the top ten goals of the day, which attracted the attention of many Timberwolves fans.

The preseason lasted less than a month, and although it was an appetizer before the regular season, it still made fans addicted after a summer.

Although the 09-10 regular season has not yet begun, the league has begun to vigorously promote it, and all kinds of promotional videos have begun to bombard the world.

Zheng Ke, James, Kobe Bryant is the most appearing player in the official promotional video of the new season, from this aspect, the league revealed a message, in addition to praising "Peter Pan" and "Little Emperor", this season is obviously also to praise "nuclear weapons", which is an operational strategy and a thing that everyone has long foreseen.

The Timberwolves scouted rookies heavily in the preseason.

Judging from the process and results of the game, the four rookies selected have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Ty Lawson is fast, quick to change direction, and accurate in shooting, but he is prone to hot-headedness, and his short stature is prone to mistakes once he is surrounded by the enemy; Marcus Thorton is also sharp in breakthrough and accurate in shooting, but there are a lot of problems in defense, passing, ball control, etc., and his physical talent is slightly mediocre; Gibson is the most scrappy of the four, often completing passionate dunks on the court and having a good nose for frontcourt rebounds, but his offensive skills so far seem to be only dunks; Pekovic has a great shot under the basket and likes to move around the three-second zone, so he does a very good job of protecting the rebound, but the problem is his poor help defense and almost zero high post play.

Even if these rookies don't make qualified starters, they can be a great addition to the team.

After the preseason, under the call of Love, the whole Timberwolves held a carnival party, which was also regarded as a welcome party for the new players. The party was held at Lefou's home, and a herd of animals wailed until midnight.

The players showed up with their female companions, and surprisingly, Love finally found a girlfriend. Sure enough, it was his NCAA girls' school flower, and the two looked sweet and affectionate, and they were really envious of others.

The next two days were the team's day off, and the players were at home recuperating in preparation for the opening game.

Perhaps the performance of the Timberwolves last season was really appalling, and the NBA's official schedule for the new season to the Timberwolves is the schedule of the previous strong teams.

In addition to the second game between the Timberwolves and the Wizards, there was also the first game of the Cavaliers vs. Celtics, the third game of the Rockets vs. the Trail Blazers, and the fourth game of the Clippers vs. Lakers.

The Timberwolves' official trailer hasn't aired yet, but many fans have already bought up their packages for the season, and ticket sales for the opener are even comparable to those of the playoffs.

Zheng Ke learned the skills of passing people directly from Iverson in his usual training.

On the physical level, Zheng Ke now belongs to the top level, and when he attacks, he mostly takes the first step of the lightning step, supplemented by the power of metamorphosis, which is a bit similar to a James-style breakthrough. And when Zheng Ke can't break through his opponent, he will choose to turn his back and use his back to push forward and attack.

Iverson's passing skills are among the top three in NBA history, and he has truly achieved the integration of man and ball, simplifying the complex, even ordinary feints will become a big killer in his hands.

Zheng Ke wants to learn Iverson's set of skills, which can not be completed overnight, but the last thing Zheng Ke lacks now is time, he hopes to expand his arsenal and make himself stronger.

Therefore, in the Timberwolves' intra-team training camp, Zheng Ke and Iverson can often be seen hiding in the half of the basketball court, practicing passing and decomposing moves, and from time to time, the two also play heads-up.

As one of the strongest swingmen in the NBA today, Zheng Ke's heads-up ability is unparalleled in the world. The Timberwolves are the most important young and energetic rookie players, who want to compete with Zheng Ke in their spare time in training and want to feel the strength of the boss. So in addition to going head-to-head with Iverson, Zheng Ke will also go head-to-head with Ty Lawson, Lowry, Marcus Thorton and others.

Lefu is usually the first to jump out at this time and open the handicap: "Come on, come on, 5-ball heads-up competition handicap!" Don't miss it when you walk by! 2 to 1 if the score is 5 to 0, 1 to 3 if the score is 5 to 1, 1 to 2 if the score is 5 to 2"

Three black lines suddenly appeared on Whitman's head, and he coughed: "Ahem, Kevin"

Lefu suddenly drooped his head, looking like a bitter melon, and his brows and face were tangled together.

"I'll buy a bet 5 to 3." Whitman pulled out ten dollars from his pocket.

"Boom" Lefu fell with his head up. (To be continued......)