The Spurs stunned everyone against the dark sky, and the next day's media reports were all about this news.

Some people can't accept that the Timberwolves were killed by the aging Spurs, and some people think that winning and losing is normal; Some people feel that the Timberwolves actually lost to themselves, and some people feel that Zheng Ke failed to play the role of a leader. Heated discussions immediately swept the basketball world, and at the moment when the NBA playoffs were in full swing, it added a topic of discussion.

Zheng Ke in the West and Wade in the East became the two most lamented superstars in the first round of this year's playoffs. Compared to Anthony, who didn't make the playoffs at all, Paul and other superstars, the two of them would rather not make the playoffs. When Zheng Kezhi said that the Bucks and Hawks were inseparable, and the Rockets and Suns won three games each, the depression in his heart can be imagined.

laughs at others all day long and goes home to pick up their children, but I didn't expect that there were times when I was beaten and went home to fish.

What made Zheng Ke laugh even more was that after the day's game, the league awarded the best defensive player of the NBA regular season in the 09-10 season.

Zheng Ke lost to Howard in this honor selection last year, and this year Zheng Ke was re-selected for the shortlist. No matter from the perspective of stadium performance, statistics and intuitive judgment, Zheng Ke is the first winner of this honor. The final selection was not surprising, and Zheng Ke voted to surpass Howard to become the best NBA defensive player in the 09-10 season.

It's like a signal that the black-bellied expert asserts that this year's regular season MVP is definitely out of the question. This award was presented just to comfort Zheng Ke. Timberwolves and fans.

Zheng Ke no longer cares about this, he is now at home, depressed and does not want to go out.

Durant comforted Zheng the night before. Persuade him not to be too sad, after all, competitive sports are like this, there are losses and wins, especially with the development of basketball to such a specialization, it is almost impossible to win 8 consecutive championships like the Celtics, and he comforted Zheng Ke with a very enlightened tone.

Unexpectedly, in the next day's game with the Lakers, the Thunder suffered Gasol's 0.5-second rebound. Luckily, it's not much worse than the Timberwolves.

This time, Zheng Ke's heart was balanced, and the depression of being knocked out by the Spurs was much less.

Within two days, the Bucks lost to the Hawks in a seven-game tiebreaker. The Rockets were eliminated by the Suns, and the teams of China's three major players were all in the first round.

"This is a conspiracy, the Chinese team is preserving its strength and preparing to win the gold medal at the World Championships!" The American media shouted conspiracy theories. Calling on the American Dream Nine team not to be negligent. A team like the Chinese team, which has both internal and external cultivation and burst out of strong energy in 08, must be paid attention to, and it is best to send the strongest lineup to meet it.

With the end of the first round, the East gave birth to four teams that made the cut, including the Cavaliers and Celtics, the Magic and the Hawks, while the West saw the Lakers and Trail Blazers, Spurs and Suns.

Leave the stage of the playoffs. The entire Timberwolves team has a lot of responsibility, watching the former sufferers continue to gallop on the court. Timberwolves fans, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

According to a Yahoo Sports reporter, the Timberwolves are about to cut head coach Randy Whitman, who just got the best coach.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately occupied the headlines of major sports. The NBA has a head coach who was cut just after winning the Coach of the Month award, but a head coach who was cut just after winning the Coach of the Season award, if Whitman was really swept away by the Timberwolves, this is definitely a precedent.

After a few days of vacation, Zheng Ke stayed in Minneapolis City a little bored, the transfer market had not yet opened, and he only heard the rumors about the change of coach, and he calculated the time in his heart, thinking that as long as he came back before the draft conference at the end of June, there were still two months to spare.

Taylor took the map and smiled at Zheng Ke: "Where to go?" Africa, Europe, Oceania? ”

"Whatever you want," Zheng Ke's season has just ended, and he definitely needs to go on vacation to relax his muscles that have been tense for a year, he is not a machine after all, not to mention that the machine still needs to be repaired and maintained.

"Can you really go casually, won't your national team recruit you to participate in the training camp this year?" Taylor rubbed Jung's shoulder.

"It's okay, the training camp has already started, I just need to participate in the last wave of the training camp. What's more, it's not me bragging, my current ability level and physical fitness, and their training camp has not improved much and the effect is not much, at most they can run in with each other and let them adapt to me, but these players are all old faces, so it's okay not to go. At home, Zheng Ke seems to be a little ashamed, and he never says these words in the media.

Taylor thought for a moment, and then said, "Then how about we go to Asia first, and then go to Africa to watch the World Cup?" ”

"Yes."

"By the way, Sister Qin Yue will also go with us." Taylor paused and said, then raised his finger and said, "And Christine" "What, so many people? Zheng Ke asked weakly, feeling a slight sweat behind his back. Uh-huh," Taylor smiled and said, "I have promised my friends, and there is such a rule in the reward regulations set up by our company, and you, the big boss, lead the company's employees on vacation every year." This is a benefit that we motivate our employees, so don't shirk it. "No, it's just that I think that although there are more people, there are fewer opportunities for the two of us to be alone." Zheng Ke made a bitter face and expressed his worries, but in fact, he was happy in his heart, there were so many beauties accompanying him, it was simply the treatment of ancient emperors, looking at the eyes, thinking about it, he smiled! "It's okay, we'll do ours." Taylor said, but then noticed that the language was a little ambiguous, and suddenly an intoxicating blush appeared on the white and smooth little face.

Zheng Ke didn't think of this for a while, he thought of something else. "Then let's go to my homeland first at the first stop! I don't think many of them have ever been there, so I'm the host and have a good reception. “

"You have to treat these friends and colleagues of mine well, they are full foodies, what do you want to take them to eat?"

"How is Chongqing hot pot? Beauty and beauty, nourish yin and kidneys"

Taylor glanced at Zheng Ke, then remembered Xiao Zheng Shuang, turned his head to look at the other side of the room, where Xiao Zheng Shuang was lying in his small bed sleeping soundly, "And Xiao Zheng Shuang hasn't been back!" "So this time I must bring him back to my hometown, there are still many uncles and grandfathers in the clan clamoring to see him." Zheng Ke said.

After several discussions, the two finalized a complete summer vacation, a total of a little more than two months, and after watching the World Cup final on July 11, they ended the entire vacation and resumed normal training and work.

Zheng Ke finalized the end here, and then contacted his agent Jeff Schwertz.

Old boy Schwertz, I heard that Zheng Ke was going to take a wave of people on a tour, and he clamored to join in. Zheng Ke thought that there were more than a dozen people anyway, and it didn't matter if he brought two more, so he nodded in response. So Schwertz happily went to make a complete travel plan for Zheng Ke, even down to the reservation of every hotel.

More than a dozen people lingered for a few more days, and finally left the United States on a flight in Los Angeles on May 9.

Just as Zheng Ke led the crowd away, the Timberwolves finally announced the resignation of Whitman on their official website.

On May 10, ESPN reported that Randy Whitman resigned as the Timberwolves coach, and then the Timberwolves officially confirmed the news.

Whitman has spent three seasons with the Timberwolves since May '07. In the past three years, he has created brilliance and suffered Waterloo, and overall, the merits outweigh the demerits. But someone has to bear the blame when you lose, and more importantly, the conflict between him and Zheng Ke in the playoffs put the Timberwolves on the cusp and became an important factor for the Timberwolves to go fishing. Fans supported Whitman, and many clamored for him to get out of class, but there were mixed reviews.

To put it mildly, this is a resignation, but in fact, everyone knows that Whitman was fired by the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves told the media that the team is looking for a new head coach. However, the specific candidates have not yet been disclosed, and the majority of coaches and talented people are welcome to apply.

This has made the media think about it, and they have a whole bunch of head coaches for the Timberwolves.

It is undeniable that before there was no contradiction between Zheng Ke and Whitman, the Timberwolves have always been the coaching team that many head coaches or potential head coaches tend to, like the unknown Whitman because of the growth of the Timberwolves in the past two years, which has also allowed him to steadily enter the industry of first-class coaches.

However, in the playoffs, with Popovich's remarks that Zheng Ke did not respect the coach, Zheng Ke was hung with an unruly brand on his head, at least in the eyes of many coaches, they are not Larry Brown, not everyone can submit Iverson, Zheng Ke and other figures. Because of this concern, it makes some cautious coaches a little discouraged.

Before Zheng Ke left, McHale approached him, told him about Whitman's resignation, asked Zheng Ke about his requirements and opinions about the new head coach, and handed him a pile of coaching files.

"I think he's very good."

After Zheng Ke flipped through it, he stopped on a page of the picture, and the picture in his memory began to roll.

"Him? It's really good, great defensive coaching, first-class player communication. But he doesn't seem to have much experience as a manager, so I need to look into it. ”

"Hmm." Zheng Ke nodded and said with a smile: "You have the final say on this kind of thing, you can just think it is appropriate." ”

McHale smiled and didn't say anything, but he couldn't stop complaining in his heart: "I'll see, I'll have the final say." Damn, find a coach to have a conflict with you, or am I going to wipe my ass? (To be continued......)