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What is the most important thing for a player to succeed in the NBA, his strength? Luck? Opportunity? Or something else? Many people have different interpretations, and everyone also has different opinions, but for Zhuang Fei, he attaches more importance to the impact of opportunities on an NBA player, every player who can enter the NBA, regardless of the strength of the strength, but they more or less have their own shining points, everyone can succeed in different positions as long as they find the right opportunity, take the current Ben Wallace, as an NCAA Division II player in the 1996 draft, An interior player with an actual height of only 2.01 meters will not be interested in such a player at all. Even Ben Wallace played guard in Boston's preseason game in order to be able to get into the NBA, because it was just right to be a shooting guard according to his height, center? No one would think of him as a center forward, but of course what Ben will do in the end as a defender can figure it out on their toes.

is such a player who was determined to be impossible to succeed in the NBA, but to everyone's surprise, he is now really successful, and he is successful as a center, this is the quality of him, as long as he finds the right opportunity he can succeed, as a center who can contribute 6 points and 8 rebounds per game, he is now a huge success, although in the end he did not stay with the Wizards, not long ago he was with Tim Leegler, Terry Davis, and Jeff McGinnis were traded to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Ike Austin, but after arriving at the Magic, the Magic immediately executed the right of first refusal to renew his contract, because such a player will not make him a zìyóu player regardless of any team, which can also be seen in his current status, it can be said that now he can keep his job in the NBA, and at the same time gain a foothold in the NBA, when the Magic sent him to the Pistons for Grant Hill in the future, he also really took off. That's his success. That's his chance.

Of course, Ben Wallace is just one of those players who have found their spot, and there are still a large number of players in the league who are still confused and still working hard for their jobs, and not everyone is as lucky as Ben Wallace. Most of these players are eliminated after a short stay in the NBA, and then the NBA adds another batch of players.

Like Ben Wallace, Bruce Bowen is also an undrafted rookie, he was undrafted in the NBA draft in 1993, and he didn't play his first NBA game until 1997, and he only played that season that time, he was just a temporary worker on a 10-day contract, and he was more tragic and unfortunate than Ben Wallace, but fortunately, Boston was willing to take him in in the 1997-1998 season, It was also in that season that the veteran player who had been wandering abroad for a long time began his official NBA career, but the good times did not last long, with the change of coach Boston and the arrival of the team's new head coach Pitino, he was once again beaten into the cold palace, and he was just a mediocre player with a certain defensive ability in Pitino's heart, unable to attack, unable to pass, and even the three-point shot was becoming more and more inaccurate, so the once wandering player will face another unemployment.

Now Bowen is 28 years old, he has now missed the age of pursuing his dreams, he just needs a solid job now, for this job he can do anything, but unfortunately, no one has come to him now, maybe he can finally find a temporary job, but what he wants is stability.

For Bowen, Zhuang Fei has been known for a long time in later generations, kicking Wallis Zebiak in 2002, Ray Allen in 2006, and Xiaosi in 2007, it can be said that this is a notorious player, but according to Zhuang Fei's current understanding, Bowen is not an unscrupulous defender now, because he has not yet met ** Vicky, he is not even able to gain a foothold in the NBA now, how dare he use malicious fouls to attract hatred and make his reputation stink, if he really does this, it is estimated that he will not be able to mix, and he doesn't have the money to pay the league's fines, so Bowen is still a player with a relatively clean style of play.

The outside players of the Timberwolves are very good, Pierce, Jackson, Nash, Mobley, Ginobili, the strength of these five people is undoubted, especially the offensive strength is quite strong, but on the defensive end, except for Jackson, everyone else can only be regarded as average, Nash can even be said to be a colander, the Timberwolves are based on offense, so Zhuang Fei's requirements for defense are quite low, but although the requirements are low, they are not without requirements, his bottom line is that the team does not sacrifice offense with defense, So if the Timberwolves players can improve on defense is the thing he would like to see the most, but what makes Zhuang Fei regret that the Timberwolves do not have a defensive benchmark in the team, especially the outside players have no defensive benchmarks, Pierce and Mobley have defensive talent, but lack a good target and teacher, after Zhuang Fei was ready to take Ginobili, he thought of Bruce Bowen, Ginobili's defensive teacher when he was in the Spurs, Bowen's potential is only B, and his ability is now 78, which can be said to have reached his peak, Now the defense has reached 95, and the shooting is 70, of course, his offensive statistics are really ugly, and the physical talent is not high, so even if his ability value is very good, he has reached the level of an NBA starter, but his bias is too serious, so he can't find a job now. However, in Zhuang Fei's later impression, it is still okay for this defensive expert to become a three-point battery in the bottom corner of the run-and-gun system, and the most important thing is that this player can bring defensive experience to the Timberwolves' group of outside players.

If the Timberwolves want to win the championship, there are only 2 opponents now, one is the Lakers and the other is the Spurs, and it is enough to deal with other teams even if it was the Timberwolves last season, but to deal with the Lakers and the Spurs, last season's lineup is still too weak, the Spurs are okay to say, as Robinson gets older, their dominance in the restricted area is declining, and if you don't change fresh blood, it is difficult to compare with the Lakers who have run in, so it must be required that while the inside line is wrapped around Ao Fat, there must be two good defenders on the outside to defend Kobe Bryant and the former Queen Bee one-on-one, and now the Timberwolves lineup can not find other defensive strengths except for Jackson, a defensive strong point. So the Timberwolves now have to have an extra point of defense on the perimeter.

It can be said that Zhuang Fei's current lineup combination is all based on the Lakers as an imaginary enemy, and he knows better than anyone how strong the Lakers will be, so he must now make his lineup foolproof, or definitely be able to compete with the Lakers on paper, of course, ideas are ideas, it is not easy to do, it is not easy to get Bruce Bowen, but it takes a lot of effort to get Xiaoao.

In a very ordinary apartment in Boston, Zhuang Fei found Bruce Bowen. When Zhuang Fei knocked on the door of his house, Bruce was startled when he saw Zhuang Fei.

Bruce Bowen is preparing to move, because Boston doesn't need him anymore, and he still lives in the apartment provided for him by Boston, and now that he has a contract with Boston, it is natural that he will have to move out of the apartment provided for him by Boston. Zhuang Fei saw that Bruce Bowen was a little depressed now, but in fact, there are many dream seekers like Bowen in the NBA who live such a life. He's okay, although Boston doesn't give him much money, but it does provide room and board, and some players on short-term contracts or non-guaranteed contracts not only have low salaries, but also have no place to live, so they can only sleep on their teammates' sofas. But now he still needs to get out of the free apartment, and now Bowen doesn't know where to go, and he now needs to try out with the team again and then try for a non-guaranteed base salary contract. Now that the summer league is about to start, there is not much time left for him.

This is the first time Zhuang Fei has learned about the ecological situation of the NBA's bottom players. Although the Timberwolves players also have levels, but every player has been arranged by Zhuang Fei very well, and now it seems that Zhuang Fei himself feels that he is too good to the players, such as Jackson, Mobley and others last year, Zhuang Fei can treat Bowen like Boston.

"Mr. Zhuang? Are you saying the Timberwolves are willing to sign me, and it's a fully guaranteed contract? Bruce Bowen looked at the Chinese in front of him with some surprise, the full guarantee contract? If he can really get such a contract, he can really be regarded as establishing himself in the NBA. His dream also came true, and for a while he didn't know how to describe his current mood.

"Yes, I think you're very special, a good fit for the Timberwolves, and you also have enough tests to help the team's young players," Zhuang Fei looked at Bruce Bowen with an excited face and smiled.

"Am I really a good fit for the Timberwolves? You're an attacking team, but I'm not an attacking player? Bruce Bowen regretted it when he said this, now that he was finally able to find a job, what requirements did he talk about, if Zhuang Fei didn't want him in a fit of anger, he would really cry. At this time, Bowen's mood became extremely worried, and then he said a little unpromisedly: "Mr. Zhuang, I'm not the one."

"I know, I think you can contribute to the team, that's enough, Bruce, would you like to come to the Timberwolves" Zhuang Fei interrupted Bowen's explanation with a smile, and then said gently.

Looking at Zhuang Fei with a sincere face, Bowen's heart was a little sour for a while, it was the first time he felt such a look in the NBA, and finally he nodded fiercely without hesitation, his eyes couldn't help but moisten, and his heart was mixed.

"Bruce, welcome to the Timberwolves, you'll be proud of that decision"

After getting Bowen, then the Timberwolves have only one last target left in the end this season, on the issue of starting center, the Trail Blazers are still insisting on Pierce's offer for O'Neal Jr., but when Zhuang Fei returned to the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers' offer was finally loosened.