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Since the Timberwolves players arrived, the team's training has officially begun, NBA players in the summer self-training is mainly to improve their own strength, and from October 1 will be based on tactical drills, but because the general framework of Timberwolves players this season has not changed, and the main players have not changed, so Zhuang Fei is not as anxious as last season at the beginning of this season, but even so, Zhuang Fei still spent 900 Dynasty points to buy an advanced tactical training scroll, and now the Timberwolves' run-in is 75, It's not very low, and at the end of last season's playoffs, the Timberwolves' run-in was 80, because the addition of some new players led to a slight decline in the run-in, but after this month of training, Zhuang Fei is confident that the team's run-in will increase to more than 80, at least back to the level at the end of last season, this season's NBA regular season began on November 2, and the opening game was last season's champion Spurs at home against the 76ers, and the Timberwolves' first game was the away challenge to the Kings on November 5, It can be said that the Timberwolves' first game is the latest among all teams in the NBA, which also gives Zhuang Fei more time to prepare.

In the Timberwolves' team training hall, there is now a team practice game, and Zhuang Fei and D'Antoni have been standing on the sidelines with frowns and watching, it is obvious that Zhuang Fei and D'Antoni are not very satisfied with the performance of the players on the court.

This is the first more formal group confrontation of the Timberwolves this season, Zhuang Fei attaches great importance to it, and he also has the heart to see the performance of several newcomers in this game, so his grouping is very interesting, Garnett, Lewis, Pierce, Jackson, Nash, the five main players of last season are in one group, and the other group is O'Neal Jr., Wang Zhizhi, Bowen, Sam Mitchell and Ginobili. The score on the court is now 60-35, and last season's main group is far ahead, and the rookie group basically has no ability to resist.

"Mike, didn't you teach O'Neal what a run-and-gun is? Why is he so sticky on the pitch and so slow to get out of the ball? Zhuang Fei looked at O'Neal a little angry, and asked D'Antoni any time back, the Timberwolves' run-and-gun tactics last season were to require a fast word, fast advancement, fast ball transmission speed, fast movement speed, and of course, fast defense speed, but now O'Neal Jr. has nothing to do with a fast word on the court. It even slowed down the team.

"I can't help it with Green, he has always insisted on what he thinks is the right way to play, he wants to attack more by himself, and he does have this ability in summer training, so the problem is not serious, but his opponent is too weak in summer training, so there is no problem in how to play, and now his opponent is replaced by Kevin and them, his offensive options are problematic, left and right are not hesitating, and there is no one in the bench who can distribute the ball, Ginobili does not dare to ask for the ball now." D'Antoni sighed, he and Green must have been taught in the summer, but O'Neal was too proud of himself and didn't pay too much attention, and the opponent in summer training was too weak, so it didn't matter what tactics were, but now it can't work.

Zhuang Fei didn't speak, just quietly looked at the field, the new players were embarrassed in this game, they lost Zhuang Fei was able to predict, after all, the opponent was last year's runner-up in the west, and the strength gap was obvious, but after this half, the new player group was not without highlights, Bowen was the biggest highlight on the field, he pasted the sharp knife of the main group Pierce to death, originally Pierce still had some contempt for Bowen, but after this half, he found that he became the worst player in the team, The sticky kung fu of the other party's Bowen was much better than that of his opponent Jackson, which made him very uncomfortable, even though he thought that he had a variety of offensive methods and was physically strong, but he just couldn't play smoothly. Of course, in addition to Bowen, another highlight is Wang Zhizhi, today he feels good and his opponent Lewis can't compare to him in terms of height or confrontation, so he has a lot of points, but it is difficult to say whether these points can appear in the NBA's regular season, after all, Lewis is a recognized loophole for the Timberwolves, and other teams in the NBA are not Lewis's No. 4 colander, so Wang Zhizhi's shining point is actually not reassuring.

"Bruce's defense is really good, I thought the opponent was too weak in the summer league, and now it seems that even against Paul, he will not suffer, the restrictions on Paul are quite in place, Wang's performance is also good, the outside feel is very good, but the defensive position is really terrible" D'Antoni sighed on the side.

Zhuang Fei also nodded, Bowen is a big gain, Wang Zhizhi's defensive position is a problem, in the NBA said that defense is nothing more than individual defense and collective defense, collective defense attention is to stand in formation, now the NBA does not allow joint defense, all teams are one-on-one marking, so the NBA's collective defense requirements for the team are not too high, the main thing is to pay attention to each other's mutual defense and complement the position, but even so, Wang Zhizhi often loses his position when defending collectively, Let the opponent attack on the field has the illusion of five to four, in fact, this is not only Wang Zhizhi's problem, Yao Ming or Yi Jianlian will have this problem in the future, and the defensive position of Chinese players does have great shortcomings.

"Manu went in and got a cap again, and now he also needs to get used to the speed of movement of NBA interior players, Kevin's movement is the best in the league, Manu can't tear Kevin's defense right now, although his European step and left-handed layup are not bad"

"Now these newcomers in our team still need to grind, they can't grind now, they can't form combat effectiveness now, Mike, Wang Zhizhi's problem is very troublesome, after all, it has formed a habit, but it still needs to be corrected, this is left to you and Green to be responsible, come up with a specific plan, as for Ginobili's problem is mainly to adapt, just adapt slowly" Zhuang Fei remembered that Yao Ming's problem was not solved until the Van Gundy era, but that was because Van Gundy's assistant coach was Tin Foil Du, Now Zhuang Fei doesn't have a defensive coach like Tin Foil Du, Green is an all-rounder, but he is also offensive, and D'Antoni is simply completely offensive.

"Now the team doesn't have a good defensive coach" Zhuang Fei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the average NBA coach has three assistant coaches, such as Phil Jackson of the Lakers, one of the three assistant coaches focuses on tactics, one on offense, and one on defense, and now the Timberwolves do not have an assistant coach to grasp defense.

The final result of this intra-team training game will naturally not be a surprise, the main team finally won the rookie team by 40 points, 115-75, the main team except for Pierce's data is a little embarrassing, everyone else's performance is very good, even Lewis can easily score 18 points when facing Wang Zhizhi, of course, he also let Wang Zhizhi score 18 points, as for the worst performance in the main team, Pierce is very depressed to play 15 shots and scored 13 points, it can be said that Bowen is quite embarrassed, In terms of newcomers, the worst performance in the hearts of Zhuang Fei and D'Antoni is naturally Jermaine O'Neal, who scored 18 points on 7-of-22 shooting, and his poor performance does not mean that his data is the worst, and the data Ginobili is worse than him, he disrupted the entire rhythm of the team.

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"Jermaine, are you happy with today's performance?"

In the Timberwolves head coach's office, Zhuang Fei said to O'Neal Jr. with a smile, after the team's training today, O'Neal Jr. practiced alone in the training hall as usual until the latest, and was called to the office by Zhuang Fei after the end of the practice.

"Not very satisfied" Little O'Neal frowned, and then said to Zhuang Fei: "My teammates are too bad, if I am asked to switch positions with Kevin, I don't think I will do worse than Kevin"

"Oh? Is it? Zhuang Fei looked at Little O'Neill with interest and said.

Seeing Zhuang Fei's questioning appearance, Xiao Ao was a little annoyed, and then said confidently again: "I know that Kevin's personal strength is stronger than me, but I don't think Kevin will do better than me if he takes my place."

"I can meet your request, and tomorrow I will let you enter the main team and change with Kevin," Zhuang Fei finally stared at this young genius with high self-esteem and said.

"I'll prove that today's poor performance wasn't my problem"

Leaving these words, little O'Neill left Zhuang Fei's office, and Zhuang Fei looked at little O'Neal's back and smiled.

In the intra-team confrontation on the second day, Zhuang Fei put Garnett in the rookie lineup and Xiaoao into the main lineup according to his promise, but the result at the end of the game made everyone stunned, and the rookie team has been pressing the main team in the score.

"Kevin's role is completely irreplaceable by others, Jermaine and Nash don't have that tacit understanding, and his vision is not good, more importantly, he is not willing to learn to share the ball like Kevin, take the horn tactics as an example, he and Nash have a chance in both corners after blocking and dismantling, but he just chooses to attack by himself, if according to our tactics, he needs to share the ball, he doesn't care about the team's tactics at all now, too self-righteous, on the other hand, the rookie team, because Kevin joined the offense to live, And without Kevin's defensive point, Manu's breakthrough has become sharper, and Jermaine's defense is also very good, but it is too easy to eat feints, and it is difficult to face a cunning player like Manu" D'Antoni said with a smile, obviously he would like to see O'Neal Jr. deflated.

Zhuang Fei also smiled at his assistant's schadenfreude, and the final result of this game was 95-88, the rookie team actually won by 7 points, and Garnett's performance of 22 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists made O'Neal Jr. unable to raise his head after the game. He made a bet with Zhuang Fei.

In his opinion, a group of rabble on the other side actually let Garnett live, just because he and Garnett exchanged positions, which led to the loss of the originally powerful main team, which made this arrogant young man a little unacceptable.

"Well, are you still complaining about your teammates?"

After the game, Zhuang Fei called O'Neal Jr. out, Zhuang Fei could see that this kid was a little depressed now, in fact, this was just like the bet between Pierce and Garnett, just a change in position, you can see the gap, the best way for such a talented player is to directly let them practice by themselves, to compare, instead of preaching, even if Zhuang Fei is useless to teach him more. Seeing that little O'Neill gritted his teeth and didn't speak, Zhuang Fei continued.

"Jermaine, I'm not here to laugh at you today" Zhuang Fei said again: "In my heart, you are the last piece of the puzzle for the Timberwolves, I think you should know that I have been paying attention to you for a long time, you are a genius, but now you are lost, I think you should also see the situation today, I need you to be more disciplined, you yourself said, what Kevin can do, you can also do, then now Kevin can trust any teammate, Kevin can integrate well with the team's tactics, So can you do it now? ”

Little O'Neal clenched his fists tightly and nodded fiercely: "Coach, I will follow the team's tactics in the future, and I can do what Kevin can do."

Looking at Xiao Ao's current appearance, Zhuang Fei also nodded slightly, although Xiao Ao is arrogant, there is absolutely no problem with his IQ. Since Zhuang Fei has found out what his problem is, and since he has also found the problem himself, he will naturally seek change, which is also what Zhuang Fei wants to see the most.

Sure enough, in the next training, O'Neill Jr. began to listen carefully to D'Antoni's tactical lessons, and to Zhuang Fei's surprise, the team's run-in speed actually improved faster after Xiao Ao listened carefully to the lessons.

Zhuang Fei bought five player training advanced scrolls in the system store after finishing Xiao Ao's affairs, one for Xiao Ao, one for Wang Zhizhi and three for Lewis Mobley Jackson, Nash, Pierce, Garnett, their ability value is very high now, the impact of the scroll on them is limited, and many times whether they can improve depends on their own understanding, and now they are bought by Zhuang Fei so much, Zhuang Fei has all the dynasty points earned last season, and he has posted a lot, Now there are more than 12,000 dynasty points in the system, which is still earned because of the NCAA three consecutive championships, and after coming to the NBA, the dynasty points are not as much as NCAA, fortunately, now the store only opens equipment and scrolls, and Zhuang Fei doesn't have much to buy, but when other stores are opened in the future, it is estimated that the dynasty points may not be enough.

With the Timberwolves running in, the team still has eight preseason games to play before November 5, and the Timberwolves have also begun their official trip this season.