The Celtics and Lakers Finals are reminiscent of two old giants that were rampant in the East and West two years ago.

The grievances and grievances between them, love and hatred, really can't be finished in a day. Because of such a matchup, the NBA has earned enough eyeballs and created enough gimmicks. When the World Cup in South Africa is hotly held, when all men in the world are crazy, the NBA can still attract the attention of those who want to be, and it is worthy of being the broadest sport in the North American overseas market.

When Zheng Ke and the others left South Africa, the last game of the finals was over.

"The Lakers really opened my eyes, and after losing Tianwang Mountain, I was able to win two games in a row." Zheng Ke said to Schwartz.

"In the last few games, Atai played very well and scored a lot of points." Schowertz smiled, he also followed this year's NBA Finals, and in his impression Artest's last two performances were eye-catching.

"However, there were times when he only took single digits in front of him, and his performance was average."

"Ha Luha, that's right." Zheng Ke feels that Schwertz represents the thoughts of the vast majority of fans, those who get high scores make great contributions, and those who get low scores are not in good shape.

"Is this time back in Minnesota for the sake of a new coach?" Schwartz asked suddenly.

"Hmm." Zheng Ke nodded, with a smile on his face, "Kevin (McHale) hopes that I can go back during this time, because the 2010 draft is about to start, and he has basically decided on the head coach, and he has already run to meet with the head coach." ”

"Oh?" Schowertz was a little surprised and said, "Kevin, this guy is very fast." Which manager is it? ”

Zheng Ke lowered his voice and said, "It's the Celtics' defensive assistant coach, Tom Thibodeau!" ”

"What? It turned out to be him. Schwertz was a little surprised. Of course, he knows the name of Thibodeau, who served as an assistant coach during the Rockets period, cultivated a number of excellent players, and even refused the king's invitation to head coach at that time, and he has trained the Celtics defense in recent years, making the Green Army a well-known defensive powerhouse in the league, and almost helped the Celtics win the championship again this year. Counting this year, Thibodeau will have been teaching assistants for 18 years.

But Schwertz also has doubts and puzzles: "Although Tom Thibodeau has first-class defensive ability, our Timberwolves are strong defensively. The difference is just an excellent conductor on the spot, and he has never practiced it at all, so how do you know if Lu Dao is suitable? ”

"That's why I'm going to the interview!" Zheng Ke laughed.

Zheng Ke paused and continued: "Thibodeau's contract with the Celtics is just expiring. He also has the idea of becoming a manager. Among the teams currently in contact with him. The Bulls and our Timberwolves are the teams that make him the most undecided. He admitted that he likes the Timberwolves very much, but he does not rule out the possibility of going to the Bulls, so this interview is a mutual process, we are testing him, and he is also testing us. ”

"This fat old man is also in his fifties this year, and if he comes, you should get along with him. This year's playoffs. It hurts the team too much. Schwertz said in a sincere tone.

"Hmm." Zheng Ke was very touched by Schwertz's concern, as an agent in the league. Schwertz is one of the few gentle "vampires" who cares about the state of the players and all aspects of the family, and he chose Schwertz because of his sincerity. When Schwartz said this, Zheng Ke listened to it in his heart, and he also felt that there was indeed something wrong with him in the playoffs.

"I always thought we Timberwolves were very defensive."

Zheng Ke leaned back on the seat, his eyes became ethereal and deep, as if he recalled something, "I didn't expect to play the Spurs in this year's playoffs, and various defensive problems were exposed." The lack of the system, the height of the inner line is not enough, the leakage of people, the misalignment of the run, etc. The Spurs couldn't play us easily, and the offensive end was completely demanding. ”

"Hey~" Speaking of the playoffs, Schwertz also sighed and said: "If Thibodeau can come this time, I hope he can adjust the Timberwolves defense." The Timberwolves don't lack talent, but what they lack is a perfect system to bring that talent to life. ”

"Correct solution!"

Zheng Ke laughed and said, "You must know that our defense has always been one-on-one, and joint defense is rarely used. Whitman really has nothing to say about adjusting his individual defensive ability, but when it comes to the real formation on the court, the ability is really a little worse."

"When you say that, I feel like you can be a coach." Schwartz also smiled, Zheng Ke has a strong understanding of the game, and some ideas are afraid that they have already existed.

"Maybe you can think about it after retirement." Zheng Ke smiled, as a coach? I am not short of money, and it is better to be a coach than to be a basketball commentator, host or something.

Zheng Ke and the others returned to Minnesota around the 21st, and then after resting for two days, Zheng Ke suddenly received a notice from the domestic basketball association.

It turned out that the Basketball Association didn't know where Zheng Ke had gone, and he had never been able to contact him. When Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian both returned to the national team to report, they finally contacted Zheng Ke through Yao Ming, and immediately there was a crackle of criticism on the phone, ordering Zheng Ke to return to the national team before July 10 to participate in the team training camp in the last month.

Zheng Ke's good mood was suddenly destroyed, and he pursed his lips.

"What's wrong?" Taylor asked.

"It's okay, the national team called me back to participate in the training camp." Zheng Ke put down the phone, his face was a little depressed, and said, "It's not that I'm not going, it's a fuss." ”

"Then it's better not to go at all, you have to play in the NBA and participate in the national team, it's too tiring." Taylor said with some distress.

"That's not going to work." Zheng Ke still saw it very clearly in the matter, and said with a smile: "This World Championships is not a small competition, it is very important for the national team ranking or something, well~ It's like the World Cup." And I was supposed to be training in the summer, so I was able to train myself at this level. In this year's Dream Nine team, there are a lot of big names, all waiting to take revenge, how can I not go? ”

The Dream Nine team returned with shame, and the failure to win two consecutive Olympic Games made everyone doubt the strength of the American Dream Team. Some veteran celebrities also came out to ridicule these superstars, like Barkley, like Jordan, and other members of the Dream Team, thinking that the Dream Team can't be compared to them back then.

This is a lot of annoyed stars, powerful people have tempers, this year's 12-person dream team, even includes Durant, James, Wade, Paul, Anthony, etc., including a group of superstars, can be called the largest star lineup in the history of the World Championships, obviously to be ashamed.

And a large number of these superstars have yet to finalize new contracts. Players like James and Wade have made it clear that they want to jump out of their contracts, and teams such as the Knicks have officially launched their pursuit of James, the genius player in their minds. The "Mom-Friend" incident has greatly increased the likelihood of James leaving, and Cleveland fans are still stupid that their children will not run around.

At this year's draft meeting, Zheng Ke still went to the scene to participate.

The Timberwolves are no longer the same as before, the former Timberwolves had a top pick because of their poor record, and the current Timberwolves have the last few first-round picks in their hands.

McHale has great respect for Zheng Ke's vision, and the players Zheng Ke has selected so far are all extremely good, and there has been no waste of draft picks.

The Timberwolves may be leaving a group of people this summer, and Iverson has made it clear that he wants to leave the Timberwolves. He originally wronged himself as a substitute in the Timberwolves to win the championship, but the Timberwolves failed to fulfill his wish. Let him play as a substitute for another year, he is afraid that he will go crazy. There is also Lowry, whose contract expires this summer, and although he is happy with the Timberwolves, he wants to seek a starter opportunity, and the Timberwolves are currently in talks with him and Billups. There is also veteran Brad Miller, who was completely marginalized by the Timberwolves last season, and McHale is not ready to renew his contract.

The rest of the roster is full of players whose contracts have not expired, and overall, the Timberwolves have guaranteed a full roster from last season.

Point guard: Billups

Shooting guards: Afflaro, Marcus Thorton

Small forwards: Zheng Ke, Brewer, Mike Miller

Power forwards: Love (injury), Ty Gibson

Centers: Pekovic, Anderson, DeAndre Jordan

The team has 11 players, and if Lowry's contract is successfully renewed, it will be 12 people, and basically only a few marginal potential players are needed.

The Timberwolves picked out 23-year-old two-way guard Vasquez from Venezuela at the end of the first round. This player is 1.98 meters tall and can play both point guard and shooting guard, and for the Timberwolves, such a player with excellent passing is also very much needed.

The Thunder traded like crazy in the draft, getting Cook and Bledsoe from the Heat for a while, sending Bledsoe to the Hornets for a moment to get back tall white center Kerr Aldridge, and then a three-way trade with the Hawks and Nets to get the obscure Pelles.

Relatively speaking, the Timberwolves, who have been more active in the past few years, seem to be much more stable, although they have also received a lot of trade requests, and even the Wizards are willing to directly exchange the talented champion John Wall for Zheng Ke, but they were all rejected by McHale. I won't say yes to Jordan. All he has to do is sign Thibodeau, and then build a brand new team to get the moored Timberwolves ship back on the road (to be continued......