Chris Kyle's slightly slappy words made everyone in the Timberwolves break room laugh.

The words of martial arts did not arouse the disgust of others.

Garnett broke out in the locker room about what happened at the press conference before, mainly hoping to get the support of some teammates, so that Martial Arts can pay attention to the way he speaks when facing reporters and media.

It is true that Garnett recognizes the ability of martial arts, and he hopes that when the outside world calls the Timberwolves, he can put martial arts behind him, even if it is put with him, Garnett can reluctantly accept it.

But Garnett won't accept fans putting martial arts in front of him Garnett.

Since Ryder left the Timberwolves, Garnett has been the leader of the team.

But in the face of martial arts alone, Garnett is more or less weak-hearted, and the reason is very simple, because the game at the beginning of the season has been played so far, and the statistics of martial arts are too gorgeous.

It was difficult for him to say that martial arts were inferior to him from this point of view.

He only wants to be able to use the strength of the team to put pressure on Martial Dao, as long as Martial Arts doesn't say anything in advance, Garnett believes that this wind will soon pass.

But what Garnett didn't expect was that even in the locker room, in front of so many teammates, Wu Dao did not shy away from speaking at all.

This was somewhat unexpected for Garnett.

Garnett overestimated his status in the minds of his teammates, and underestimated the status of martial arts in the minds of his teammates.

Everyone is a professional footballer, who doesn't know who?

Garnett, like Martial Arts, landed in the NBA as a high school player and contributed excellent numbers of 10+6.3 and 17+8 in the previous two seasons respectively.

But judging from the data alone, Garnett has no way to compare with martial arts at all.

Garnett's first year with the Timberwolves was just a bench, and above him, Ryddle, Leitner, Tom, and even Sam Mitchell were flashier than him in terms of stats.

Last year, the team saw Garnett's talent and sent away Ryder and Lettner and brought in Marbury just to make Garnett more comfortable.

But even so, Tom still overwhelmed Garnett in terms of statistics.

From the perspective of the rest of the Timberwolves, Garnett is a rising star with potential and a chance to become one of the league's top interior players in time.

But such Garnett still has no way to compare with martial arts.

Wu Dao entered the team as a high school player, and his debut was at his peak, and he had 40+ consecutive games in the previous games, not to mention his potential, that is, he had far surpassed Garnett in terms of combat power.

Anyone with eyes can see the future of martial arts.

Even though Garnett has been playing for the Timberwolves for two years, smart people know how to choose between martial arts and Garnett.

In today's league, interior players tend to be more valuable than scorers of the same calibre.

But if the ability of the scorer reaches the level of martial arts, then it is another matter.

Coach Philip stood aside and silently observed the atmosphere in the team, and was silently relieved to see that the atmosphere of the team quickly eased up.

Taking a deep look at Takemichi, Philip walked out of the lounge and, after making a phone call, went to find Garnett.

He can also see that although the martial arts team has not been in the team for a long time, and the games have not been played too much, the vast majority of the Timberwolves players have been impressed by the ability of the martial arts.

Even Tom and Marbury's outstanding "old men" were quite convinced by the rookie of Wudao, and after hearing Wudao claim the title of "Wolf King", they did not show much emotional turmoil.

For now, he only needs to reassure Garnett, and this small earthquake caused by Los Angeles reporters to fight for the team's boss can be smoothly passed.

The more important role of NBA coaches, compared with arranging so-called skills and tactics on the court, is to deal with the intra-team conflicts of NBA players.

In high school and college, everyone is a high-profile super genius, but after entering the NBA, there are many people who need to adjust their mentality, adjust well, go to the next level, and leave the NBA early.

And these people are all energetic "sports students", and no one obeys anyone, which is the norm in the NBA. In the history of the NBA, there have been countless powerful teams that have fallen apart because of intra-team conflicts.

Every team that wins a championship will not be the kind of team with sharp team conflicts, and even at the end of the OK combination, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant knew to work together on the court.

Garnett, who left the lounge, originally wanted to leave the hotel where the stadium would stay, but it was winter, he was still wearing a jersey, and it was already cold on the corridor of the stadium.

But Garnett couldn't pull his face and went straight back to the lounge, because he didn't want to see martial arts at this time. Therefore, Garnett went straight to the toilet after leaving the lounge, washed his face to make himself sober, and at the same time, he also hoped that he could be alone for a while, quiet.

"Whoa—"

The faucet of the pool was turned on, the tap water was flowing in the pool, and Garnett stood on the edge of the pool, looking up at himself in the mirror, his brows tightened and loosened, looking tangled.

"Click-"

Footsteps sounded at the door of the bathroom, and Coach Philip walked into the toilet, stood beside Garnett, glanced at the pool in front of Garnett, and turned on the faucet by himself.

"There's no way I can play with someone who doesn't have teammates in his eyes!"

"My contract has not been finalized until now."

"If the team doesn't want to renew my contract, I'll go to the free market and see if there is a team that likes me!"

Garnett sensed Philip's arrival, looked at Philip in the mirror and said with his head bowed and washing his hands.

If he can't suppress the martial arts, then he can only put pressure on the management.

Garnett said angry words, but also inner thoughts.

He wants the Timberwolves to be his own Timberwolves, and he doesn't want to play a rookie as a second leader. Martial arts are indeed very strong, but young Garnett still has no way to accept such a thing.

He can play second to Lyder because Laird has the ability and qualifications.

But martial arts can't work, because martial arts are too young!

In the final analysis, Garnett is still obsessed with the "team boss" in his heart, and he can't accept that he is even better than someone younger than himself stepping on his head.

"The boss has made a concession and decided to give you a six-year, $62 million contract with no strings attached."

"There's a player option from the third year and a team option from the fourth year."

"Starting next year, give you an annual salary of $8 million, and then increase it by 10% every year."

Philip let the cold water run through his hands, and said to Garnett without looking up.

Big contract!

Absolutely big contract

In this era, for Garnett, a third-year student who has not yet achieved results, it is a big contract.

You know, Tom Gugliotta, who is in his playing year and has been selected as an All-Star bench, is only $5.5 million per year. Garnett alone occupies nearly 1/3 of today's salary cap, and the Timberwolves' sincerity to Garnett can be seen.

Of course, the original spacetime Garnett will get a super big contract for 6 years and 120 million before the deal closes in October '98.

But that was before the martial arts were born!

Now the owner of the Timberwolves, Glenn Taylor, although he recognizes Garnett's ability and talent, will never give Garnett such a high salary.

He has to think about what other players think, and he also has to think about how many dollars he will need to spend to keep a super scorer like Budo on the team when his rookie contract expires.

Glenn Taylor, who will offer Garnett a salary of 120 million at that point in '98, has a fairly long-term vision, and he has his own judgment on the salary increase after the league.

In Glenn Taylor's view, Garnett deserves a big contract, but the Timberwolves will definitely not overdraw the team's salary potential because Garnett alone, in case Martial Arts maintains such an efficient performance and plays in the league for three years.

He must have a considerable amount of chips to leave the martial arts.

"$62 million in 6 years!"

The amount is not small, but it is a long contract.

Garnett heard this amount, his heart was pounding, on average, next year's he will be tens of millions of annual salary, in this era, a player of about 5 million US dollars is already a very good player, and players with more than 10 million US dollars are basically the cornerstone of each team's "not for sale", and it is the price of a star!

Garnett originally wanted a three-year, $35 million contract, and on the one hand, he wanted enough respect, and on the other hand, he didn't want to sign a long-term contract.

After all, after Pippen's child labor contract, NBA players are more or less resistant to long-term contracts.

But in his heart, he also knew very well that the team would most likely not give him such a high salary, and if he could have an annual salary of six or seven million, Garnett was actually very satisfied. After all, Tom and these people only have an annual salary of more than five million.

The Timberwolves offered this price, which is enough to see Garnett's status in the hearts of the team's management, and this price is indeed somewhat attractive to Garnett.

Reaching out and turning off the faucet, Garnett quickly calmed down, looked at himself in the mirror, and thought quickly.

To go to the free market, he is on the inside line of this level and should. Maybe you can get this salary as well, right?

Thinking so in his heart, Garnett couldn't help but shake his head.

The NBA's salary has not yet been inflated twice, and in the '97-98 season, with the current market, he may not be worth the price.

Olajuwon is only around $11 million, and he Garnett is only $3 million short of the legendary center.

The star of the Utah Jazz, "Postman" Karl Malone is only in his early 5 million!

If he goes to other teams, he may not have such a high salary, and even if he goes to other places, he may not necessarily be able to get the position of "big boss".

But in the Timberwolves, although the media and fans have recognized Takeshi as the young wolf king who leads the Timberwolves, he Garnett can at least get a good salary, right?

Garnett has dreams, but right now, the championship is still too far away, and the money is more affordable after all.

'I can feel that the team values me.

"But it's very difficult to work with a player like Martial Arts who doesn't have a team in his eyes."

"I want him to be humble and play selflessly."

"As for the contract, I'll think about it seriously!"

Garnett didn't immediately accept the contract, he thought about discussing it with his agent, and by the way, he would be able to use the management to make the martial arts soft.

Garnett wasn't stupid enough to ask the management to kick out Martial Arts, which was an impossible thing to think about with his ass, he just hoped that Martial Arts wouldn't be so "crazy"!

"Well, if only you could think about it."

"Kevin, you're the player we selected for the Timberwolves, you're very talented and strong, and neither the team nor me can treat you badly."

"Salary, tactical position, all these things are going to be there."

"But there are some things I have to explain to you."

"The ability of martial arts, you should know very well, right?"

"At a young age, you can easily cut 30+, 40+ or even 50+ in the regular season."

"Such a person, in the history of the NBA, I am afraid that only Chamberlain can beat him in his rookie season. (Chamberlain averaged 37.6 points and 27 rebounds per game in his rookie season)

"At this stage, Michael's rookie season is not as good as his!"

"We don't know what he's going to do after that, but it's foreseeable that as long as he grows up, he'll be the best scorer in the league, and there's no one!"

"You're a number four, so you should know what kind of teammate you need."

"Kevin, for the players, the team is not the boss, it doesn't make any sense, the championship is what young people like you need to chase."

"You and Wu Dao are the cornerstone of the Timberwolves' championship!"

"You think about it, is it the real honor that is important, or the so-called team boss is important."

"The team has no results, does the boss really have any meaning?"

"Who's the Grizzlies' team boss?!"

Philip talked a lot to Garnett, and at the end, he suddenly asked Garnett such a question.

Vancouver Grizzlies, the team that finished bottom of the West last year.

Hearing Philip ask, Garnett looked stunned and a little stunned.

He suddenly found that he didn't have a big impression of the Grizzlies' players, as if one of the players on the other side made the All-Rookie team last year.

But the name was swallowed in his stomach.

Not impressed.

Seeing Garnett's appearance, Philip shook his hand and continued:

"After going to the bathroom, let's go back to the lounge."

"We have a lot of games to play!"

With that, Coach Philip turned and left the bathroom, leaving Garnett alone.

In front of the pool, Garnett looked at himself in the mirror, exhaled a few deep breaths, and then left the toilet.

In the lounge, Wu Dao had just sorted out his things with his teammates, and Coach Philip and Garnett returned to the lounge one after another.

Garnett walked straight in front of Martial Arts after entering the lounge, and his movements instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"Wolf King is such a thing, if you want to be it, you can do it."

"I only have one requirement, and that is to win, and keep winning!"

"If you can't lead the Timberwolves to win, just consciously leave that position!"

Wu Dao sat in his seat, raised his head slightly and looked at Garnett with a serious expression, with a smile on his face:

"The strongest person is the boss of the team, and rightfully so!"

"If you're really stronger than me, of course this position is yours!"

"But you can't, Kevin."