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"Haha, coach, your recent form has been very good, even though we have won five in a row now, we can only be in third place"

Zhuang Fei smiled and looked at the former Wake Forest University disciple in front of him and shook his head, now the NBA has been open for more than a week, most teams have played five games, such as the current Grizzlies, the current Grizzlies have won all five games, continuing their invincible situation in the second half of last season, and some teams have a tight schedule, such as the Timberwolves, now the Timberwolves have played six games and won six games, ranking second in the West, At present, the first place in the West is the Los Angeles Lakers, who have won seven in a row, this team has a denser schedule than the Timberwolves, but the Lakers' opponents are not as strong as the Timberwolves, and the six opponents in front of the Timberwolves are basically all the league's first-class powerhouses.

"Although we won the game, but the state is really not very good, I am prepared to lose this game" Zhuang Fei finally said with a wry smile, now the Timberwolves do have some problems, the players continue to play away from home and the team's second team is not in a stable state, which must make the lineup take more responsibility, plus the recent opponent is really strong and basically entangled with the Timberwolves in every game to the end, which makes the Timberwolves very helpless, and the outside world is not very optimistic about the Timberwolves for this game. Compared to the Timberwolves' struggles, the Grizzlies are much stronger, and the team has won by an average of 15 points per game in the first five games. In his first game, he slaughtered another Canadian team, the Raptors, by 30 points, and Zhuang Fei could easily see a very happy look on his disciple's face. Losing to the Lakers last season made the league's No. 1 balloon star hold his breath and want to make a difference this season, coupled with Duncan and Zhuang Fei both won the NBA championship, which also made the former Wake Forest No. 3 also want to follow in the footsteps of Duncan and Zhuang Fei as soon as possible, with such a hungry leader to lead the Grizzlies this season does have the momentum to sweep the league, and they were the strongest team in the league in the second half of the schedule last season.

"Coach, the new point guard signed by our team this season is very good" Carter looked at Zhuang Fei and didn't care, he didn't think that the coach in front of him would really be restrained. This is not his style, no matter what he thinks, Carter thinks that the team has enough strength to beat the Timberwolves in this game, especially this season because of the signing of that guy, Carter can clearly feel that his team's strength this season is definitely a notch stronger than last season. If he plays a series with the Lakers last season, he is confident that he can beat the Lakers, and he can even challenge the Timberwolves last season.

"Yes, I was going to sign him before, this is indeed a very good point guard" Zhuang Fei looked at the Grizzlies player who was warming up on the court and sighed, Billups is actually a Grizzlies player now, which also made Zhuang Fei startled, he really didn't notice the news about Billups this season. It can be said that the whole NBA did not pay attention to this former 1997 Tanhua, which is also a matter of no way, this season, the focus of the whole United States is the dream four team that blew a world-class whirlwind in the Olympics, even in China, the two big deals of Grant Hill and Ewing have also attracted all the attention, and even Mutombo to the 76ers has been covered up, so who will pay attention to the Nuggets' backup point guard? …,

Speaking of Billups, it can be considered unlucky, this No. 3 pick has not been the core of the team since the Boston Celtics, and the Celtics' target back then was Duncan, the first man in the NCAA. For Duncan, the league's No. 1 giant, even shamelessly deliberately messed up in the 1996-1997 season, but in the end what hurt them was that the Spurs took shit and robbed them of their top pick, and finally the giants reluctantly chose Billups who they didn't want, from which we can also know the fate of Billups in the Celtics, who was swept away in less than half a season, and finally moved to the Nuggets, but after the Nuggets, a number of bad teams in the league, they still did not establish their position. Then the team has been pressed by the former Lakers All-Star point guard Fan Maniac because of the low shooting percentage, and finally survived until his rookie contract expired in 2000 Billups found that no team in the league was willing to give him a commitment, this point guard really didn't want to wander around and then play as a substitute, he wanted to find a stable job, in fact, his performance in the Nuggets is still very good, although he has always been a substitute, but he can also contribute an average of 8 points and 3 assists per game, so there are still teams willing to sign him, But they were reluctant to give him a spot, and in the end, it wasn't until the appearance of the Grizzlies that the point guard, who had been eager to play the main team, was comforted.

The Grizzlies' point guard has always been a problem, they have been looking for a point guard who can take responsibility in recent seasons, the team's point guard in the last two seasons has been Carter concurrently, although Carter's organizational skills are excellent, but too much responsibility for the team's organization will obviously affect his aggressiveness, so after looking for a long time and not finding a suitable point guard, the Grizzlies management finally gave Billups a contract and a commitment, in fact, Billups is not their first choice, This point guard has a low shooting percentage and likes to attack the basket, and is an out-and-out nerve knife.

But to the surprise of many people, the 1997 Tanhua show, which has been overlooked, seems to be reborn after coming to the Grizzlies, this season the Grizzlies are obviously both offensive and defensive strength have been strengthened, and many people who are looking at the Grizzlies have also begun to sing the praises of the Grizzlies management, this 4-year 20 million contract is really worth it.

"Coach, do you think we have the ability to go further this season" Carter looked at Zhuang Fei with burning eyes and said, hearing Carter ask Zhuang Fei to take his eyes back from Billups.

Further? Zhuang Fei looked at his disciple, Zhuang Fei obviously saw from Carter's gaze that his disciple was definitely not as simple as wanting to go further, but then thinking about the current Grizzlies lineup really made Zhuang Fei a little terrifying, Billups, Carter, and Artest on the outside are all extremely strong generals, even if the inside line is slightly inferior, but there is also Raheem, an A-level player, who is in charge, it can be said that the strength of this team is probably not worse than that of the Lakers and Timberwolves. However, although the Grizzlies are strong now, it is very difficult to go further, and there are still Timberwolves and Lakers pressing on them, if the Grizzlies really break through from the West, then they will really be able to win the championship.

Zhuang Fei just glanced at Carter deeply and did not answer the question, it was obvious that Carter also thought of something and finally sighed. Soon, though, the swingman was back to normal.

"Coach, I don't know about the games after this season, but I will definitely be able to win this game" Carter finally said with a slight smile, Zhuang Fei was also a little stunned and nodded with a smile and said: "This is not necessarily"

The Grizzlies do have the capital to win in this game, and their strength is also very strong, so the Timberwolves' lineup in this game is also back to the usual time, Reed was taken down in the last game, and even thrown directly into the injury list by Zhuang Fei, which is also seen by many people as a prelude to Zhuang Fei's preparation to block this incompetent guard. …,

Zhuang Fei has always believed that Billups is the league's most rhythm-controlling player, and Zhuang Fei saw it when Billups played off the bench in the Nuggets before, and the reason why this point guard has been ignored by the league is because he is a ' Non-mainstream' point guard, he is not a player like Kidd who can pass a lot of beautiful assists, his style of play is not as gorgeous as Kidd, and he is not a point guard like Nash who can have a very accurate shooting rate, he is most praised for his ability to master the rhythm of the game, he can grasp the context of the game very keenly, but his ability is false, except for Zhuang Fei, no one can see it, Zhuang Fei is still because of the previous life, it can be said that in this game Zhuang Fei really felt the control of Billups, Carter really dared to give the ball completely to this newcomer, you must know that the Grizzlies' previous ball was in Carter's hands。

"Coach, how did our team play so awkwardly" Green said in Zhuang Fei's ear a little helplessly, this is the first time he has seen such a situation, the Spurs have not given him this feeling before, the Spurs can only make the Timberwolves not fast, but this Grizzly makes the Timberwolves not only not fast, but also slow, which makes the entire rhythm of this game not fast and slow, it is obvious that Nash lost in terms of rhythm control.

And what makes it even more difficult for the Timberwolves is that Carter, who handed over the responsibility of team organization, is greatly more aggressive on the offensive end, and it is difficult for Jackson to block the current swingman who is a little high, and Pierce is also forced to have one-on-one hand-to-hand combat with Artest because he can't get the support of Nash, who was held back by Billups, which completely paralyzed the Timberwolves' outside offense.

In the end, Zhuang Fei had no choice but to adopt the method of playing against the Pacers in the playoffs last season, letting Garnett organize the team's offense and letting Nash go to the empty cut and run, which made the Timberwolves stabilize their position. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )