O'Neill stood in front of Martial Arts and looked at the young man in front of him with a smile. Martial Arts leaned back on the seat relaxedly, raised his head, and looked at O'Neill with a smile.

O'Neal wanted to stir up the Timberwolves' intra-team relationship, but Takeshi had no intention of taking it at all. It is true that martial arts is the well-deserved boss of the Timberwolves now, and similar to such topics, conflicts have broken out more than once within the Timberwolves.

Martial Arts was able to have its current internal status, and it was not obtained by virtue of a humble attitude.

But today's situation is a little different, no matter how much the internal quarrel is, it is also internal, whether Garnett serves the wolf king of martial arts, or whether he obeys the wolf king of martial arts, this is an internal matter.

Garnett and Takedo are not the kind of people who can't afford to lose, and no matter who is above or below between Takeshi and Garnett, it will not affect the unity within the Timberwolves.

But when it comes to outside players, it's different.

As the boss of the team, if Wu Dao really follows O'Neal's words, Garnett's face must be trampled under O'Neal's feet. With so many teammates watching, Garnett, who thinks highly of himself, can't accept it if he loses face in front of O'Neal.

This incident will cause a rift between Garnett and Martial Arts, and once the rift appears, it will not be so easy to repair, when the rift appears, others only need to incite a little, and the current Timberwolves will immediately fall apart.

In the process of getting along with people, there are too many similar things.

Take these players in the NBA as an example, Barkley and Michael were good friends when they were players, and the two talked about everything in private, and this kind of thing often happened to each other, both on the court and in life.

What led to the breakdown of the relationship between the two was Barkley's public criticism of Jordan's "management ability", Jordan's kind of character lost face in front of outsiders, this kind of thing is naturally unacceptable, and the relationship between the two also broke down.

The same is true of the duo of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal.

The two of them are competing for the boss in the Lakers, which is not the root cause of the breakdown of the relationship between the two of them, the most fundamental reason is Kobe's sentence "Shaquille also did it". Young Kobe Bryant obviously doesn't understand the most taboo thing to get along with partners, which is to make his partners feel that they are "betrayed".

Later, the relationship between James and Wade broke down, also because James "backstabbed" Wade. Not to mention Wade's salary cut and contract renewal, after leaving the Heat, he kept wearing a crown for himself and emphasizing his identity as the boss to the outside world.

Which Cheng thought, the backlash came quickly.

Pat Riley, the general manager of the Heat, has publicly stated that Wade is the Jordan of the Heat, and James and Bosh have joined to assist and support Wade.

Who was the boss of the Big Three during the Heat at that time, is it really clear? In terms of the contribution of these three people to the Heat's championship, there is no "up" or "down" in the strict sense.

But in Pat Riley's position, isn't it clear whether he will support Wade, who is still with the Heat, or James, who is leaving the Heat?!

The idea of martial arts was born in the land of China, and the sophistication of human feelings is dead.

Looking at O'Neill standing in front of him, Wu Dao did not reach out to shake O'Neill's hand, but turned his head and continued towards Garnett with a smile:

"Kevin, beat this big shark to death."

Wu Dao's words made the Timberwolves players couldn't help but laugh secretly. Garnett was also stunned for a moment after hearing Wu Dao's words, and then a bright smile appeared on his face:

"I will."

Seeing this posture of the martial arts, O'Neal glanced at the Timberwolves who were secretly smiling, and his smile was slightly retracted.

This young man was many, much more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

"You can't do it."

O'Neill turned around and didn't pay any more attention to Martial Arts, and before O'Neill left, he waved his finger at Garnett and said with a smile.

O'Neill is an extremely confident person, even if his own careful thinking is understated by the martial arts, but for him, it is just a matter of doing things. He had never expected to win against the Timberwolves with such a small trick.

Of course, if such a small trick can cause huge problems for the Timberwolves, it can only mean that the Timberwolves are nothing more than that.

Throughout the history of the NBA, every team that can win a championship has either been a super team that is united, or various contradictions have been covered up, reaching a delicate balance.

Only a team with players united on the field can win the championship.

The current Lakers are such a team, and so are the Timberwolves.

Although the Bulls in the East currently have various problems, the player Jordan can be trusted, and he will quickly integrate the team, suppress various contradictions within the team, and get the team back on track.

The confrontation between Wu Dao and O'Neill off the court was also watched by Philip, and during the conversation between the two, he did not interject a word. It wasn't until O'Neill left that Philip slowly stood up, clapped his hands, and cheered at the team:

"The Lakers are already your old rivals."

"We've won and we've lost."

"But I firmly believe that our Timberwolves are the strongest team in the West!"

"Come on!"

After a brief encouragement, the Timberwolves players dispersed. Martial Arts sat on the seat, adjusting his bound feet, Philip's eyes swept over Martial Arts who was sitting on the seat with a calm expression, and felt relieved in his heart.

Although he is very young, the leadership temperament exuded by Wu Dao has already made him feel very deeply.

"Beep-"

The sound of the buzzer sounded in the stadium, and the players of the two teams walked off the court one after another.

There are many, many media present today, the Los Angeles Lakers themselves are in the big ball market, and the Lakers have a glorious history, and there are top superstars like O'Neal, and the fan base is far from being comparable to ordinary teams.

What's more, today's opponent of the Lakers is the Timberwolves, who are now the No. 1 in the West.

In recent months, Budo's reputation across the United States has also spread, and he is now the league's most high-profile newcomer, and his fame has spread back to Asia, where his influence is growing by the day.

For example, at the Lakers' home court in Los Angeles today, Takeshi can also see a lot of fans holding their name tags and the Timberwolves team's name tags. The skin color and hair color of those fans are the most intimate colors of martial arts.

Amid the cheers of the surrounding spectators, the players from both sides took their positions in the center circle.

On the Timberwolves side, in addition to the regular starters of Marbury, Martial Arts, Garnett, and Tom, the team's starting No. 5 position is Wallace.

Previously, because of the fight, Wallace was banned and fined a set of "combos" BAN for a period of time.

And in today's game with the Lakers, Wallace, who returned to the court, was also entrusted with a more important task by the coach.

The teams in the league have studied and learned a lot about dealing with O'Neal. Wallace, a young man who doesn't have too strong offensive ability, but has a strong physique, is one of the important means to deal with O'Neal!

The players who appeared on the Lakers today are all old acquaintances in the eyes of Martial Arts.

Eddie Jones in 2/3, Eldon Campbell (211cm/100kg) in 4/5, Shaquille O'Neal in 5, Rick Fox in 2/3, Derek Fisher in the back line.

In today's game, the Lakers promoted Fisher, who has always been a substitute, to the starting position, and the No. 24 pick in the first round of '96 finally entered the sight of the management and planned to cultivate it.

In addition to this change, Takedo also noticed that Eldon Campbell, the center who has been playing as a substitute for O'Neal, came to the court.

The overall height of the Lakers' side is quite good, in Wu Dao's view, the Lakers' lineup is to consolidate the defense under the basket, and the presence of Elden Campbell can also share the pressure on O'Neal to a certain extent.

The strength that such a team can exert in positional warfare should not be underestimated.

In the middle of the pitch, Garnett stepped into the center circle.

Although Wallace is the No. 5 position, Wallace's height is a hard injury after all, and in the job of jumping ball, a young man like Garnett will perform better.

O'Neill's height is only a little taller than Garnett, and the two tall men stand in the middle circle and look at each other, and they can see the strong fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

The referee walked into the center circle with the ball, and after a simple gesture to the double player, the whistle was blown, and the basketball in his hand was also thrown into the air.

"Smack!!"

With a soft thud, the basketball was pushed to the backcourt by Garneh. In the battle with O'Neal, Garnett actually suppressed the opponent and won the jump ball.

"Huh?"

Marbury received the basketball in the backcourt and felt a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Garnett would be able to beat O'Neal when he was so sad about jumping ball, but Wu Dao was much calmer.

Don't look at Garnett's only one championship, and his championship is more or less suspicious of huddles, there is no way to compare with O'Neal in terms of hard honors.

But in terms of individual strength, Garnett is definitely the best of the best at the power forward position.

As we all know, the "recognized" number one forward is Duncan, but Duncan's style of play and tactical positioning is more like the traditional No. 5 position. And in the eyes of many people, Duncan and Garnett can be compared, in terms of strength, it is difficult to say which of these two is stronger or weaker.

The characteristics of the two players are different, and the team type they are suitable for is also different.

But now Garnett, in the Timberwolves, is definitely able to give full play to his talents.

The game has just begun, and the players of both teams of the Lakers and Timberwolves are unlikely to get into the groove quickly, so the offensive and defensive tempo of both teams is not very fast.

Marbury slowly approached the front court with the ball, and the player standing opposite him was Fisher. The Lakers' two interior players are on either side of the basket.

O'Neal and Campbell are both big insiders who belong to the "squat type".

Marbury saw the Lakers' defensive formation and knew they had to open up the game from the outside. With those two big centers guarding the basket, it is difficult for the players on the guard line to attack the basket.

It was Wallace who was opposite Garnett, and it was Campbell who was opposite Garnett, Campbell's weight was slightly lighter, and his mobility was not bad.

Garnett saw that Marbury was slow to play the ball, so he could vaguely estimate his thoughts, and after "leading" Campbell out to make a block, Marbury quickly rushed in the direction of the block.

And after giving a pick-and-roll, Garnett didn't directly insert the inside line, but ran towards the total distance on the diagonal side.

Campbell and Fisher had already switched defenses when the Timberwolves played the pick-and-roll, and Campbell at this time chased Marbury for a short distance, drove Marbury to O'Neal's direction and immediately turned to Garnett.

And at the moment when Campbell turned, Marbury also quickly played the ball and passed the ball to Garnett, who was close to the baseline at this time.

"Smack!" The basketball front foot went to Garnett's hand, and Campbell's figure was in front of Garnett a second later.

Garnett, who started the basketball, quickly lifted the ball a little, and then immediately collected the ball, rushed down the ball with his left hand, and his body hit Campbell's body fiercely, and after pressing a few steps along the left side towards the basket, Garnett suddenly held the ball and turned around with Campbell along the baseline direction, and then jumped to the basket on the right side of the paint area.

The basketball flew out at a small angle, and then fell steadily into the net, making a crisp sound.

The delicate Garnett easily bypassed Campbell's defense and gave the Timberwolves the first shot to score two points.

"Pretty play, Kevin~"

In the Timberwolves' rest area, the bench players cheered loudly, and when Wu Dao retreated, he also high-fived Garnett, who was walking quickly, in celebration:

"Kick Eldon out first, and the sharks will soon smell blood and find you."

"Do a good job, I'll help you well in this game today."

"If you can kick the shark in the ass, you're worth a lot."

Takemichi joked with Garnett with a smile as he turned around to defend.

"Haha, I will."

"When you get the ball, I'll come out and do a pick-and-roll for you and mobilize the Lakers' interior line."

Hearing Wu Dao's words, Garnett also smiled, gave a thumbs up, and said happily.

When Wu Dao heard this, he also nodded slightly, and then suddenly thought of something, and suggested:

"Kevin, I think you can expand your three-point shooting when you have time."

"You've got a talent for shooting, and it shouldn't be a hard thing to develop a three-point shot."

"You don't need to be accurate, it's enough to have a hit rate of about 40 in the vacant position."

"There's a lot of crouching inside in the league, and if you shoot from mid-range, they might be able to keep up."

"But if you can catch and shoot from the three-point line, you're going to blow up those slow interior shots."

Seeing Garnett's happiness, Wu Dao couldn't help but say a few more words.

And Garnett heard Martial Dao's words, and after a short period of stunned, he also thought about it with a solemn expression, although he didn't say anything more, but he also secretly took Martial Dao's suggestion to heart in his heart.

"Three-pointers."

Seeing Garnett's contemplative expression, Wu Dao also smiled secretly in his heart, he knew that there was hope.

If Garnett develops three-point ability, then the No. 4 position opposite him may be miserable, and the slow runner will either be mobilized by Garnett to ignore the interior defense, or can only watch Garnett empty three-pointers.

Even if you play O'Neal, with the help of the team, and explode with each other, Garnett can do it!

(End of chapter)