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Chapter 173 Starting Center

In the training camp, Shou Ye gave the Timberwolves coaches and teammates a thumbs up with his actual performance.His state is very good, and the hard training during the offseason was not in vain. From the perspective of physical condition and competitive level, he does not look like a person who has experienced a long offseason.

Shou Ye's state has given coach Adelman confidence. You must know that the team will face the long-term absence of main point guard Rubio at the beginning of the new season.And the record is poor, and the person most likely to be blamed is the head coach.

During the confrontation in the training camp, last season's main players such as Shou Ye and Love were assigned to the first team. Obviously, he will play as the main player in the new season.

Of course, Shou Ye believes that after playing for three seasons, he will play as a starter in the regular season without any accidents this season. After all, the second highest salary in the team, it is indeed a bit violent to let him play as a substitute.

On October 10, the Timberwolves will usher in the first game of the preseason at home.

This season will resume 82 regular season games, so the number of preseason games has also been restored, which allows this team with many new players to have more opportunities to run in.

On the 11th, Shou Ye appeared at the Target Center Arena to prepare for the preseason game against the Pacers.

A season ago, he was still wearing the 76ers jersey, and two seasons ago, he was wearing the Mavericks jersey.

This is his fourth season in the NBA, and the Timberwolves are also his third team.He doesn't really like changing teams, but he knows very well that in his situation, it is almost impossible to play for one team until he retires.

Trees die, people live, sometimes for better development, for survival, don't let yourself be tied by the so-called loyalty.

In the preseason game against the Pacers, Timberwolves coach Adelman sent the starting lineup as follows: Center - Shou Ye, Power Forward - Kevin Love, Small Forward - AK47, Shooting Guard - Bran Den Roy, point guard -- JJ Barea.

If Rubio is not seriously injured, if AK47 and Roy are still at their peak, then the starting lineup of Shouba, Love, AK47, Roy and Rubio is also an extremely strong starter among the 30 teams in the NBA. up.

But if there is no if, the reality is that it is unknown whether Roy can finish the whole season, and it is also unknown when Rubio will return this season.

After the game started, the Timberwolves played very well.After all, Shou Ye and Barea are former teammates, and there is no sense of unfamiliarity in working together.Barea also refused to pass the ball to Shouba as he did back then.

Barea was surprised to find that Shou Ye's speed of increasing the ball was really amazing. At that time, he was just a slow meat shield type insider, but now he is strong and not slow at all.

Although it was a preseason game, Ke Shouye also discovered the problem of the team's current starting lineup.Whether it is him or Love, the frame protection is weak.If it weren't for AK47's excellent defensive ability, otherwise the pressure on the penalty area of ​​this team would be even greater.

When Shou Ye entered the league, he played at the 4th position, but from the Mavericks to the 76ers, he has been playing center.Well now, I came to the Timberwolves and played the starting center directly.I don't know whether to be happy or helpless, but it is true that he has been playing center forward.

The victory or defeat of the preseason is irrelevant, and the purpose of each team is to train troops.So Shou Ye only played less than 25 minutes before leaving.

But in less than 25 minutes of playing time, he gave Timberwolves fans and the team's coaching staff infinite reverie.This infinite reverie is mainly on the offensive end. When he and Love are both standing outside the 3-point line, the team's offensive space is really as vast as the sea.

This is almost posing a new problem for the other 29 NBA teams. Faced with such a position, how are you going to defend?

Shou Ye has always felt that if all members of the Timberwolves lineup can play, offense must not be a problem.The east is not bright and the west is bright. There are too many tactics that this lineup can play. Whether it is switching or positional warfare, there are many routines that can be played.Even "Princeton", which has extremely high demands on players, is not completely without opportunities to play.

But the main problem is still on the defensive end.It can't be "offensive kaleidoscope, defense tens of thousands of stabs", a team without defense will not go far in the playoffs.But it is even more unrealistic for him and Love to become defensive champions next season.

This is indeed a very nerve-wracking thing, but this is a blemish on the lineup, which can only be made up for with attitude or something, and it really cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

After the Timberwolves played the Pacers at home and away on the 11th and 13th, on the 14th of this month, they played the Bulls at home.

Because Rose was reimbursed for the Eastern Conference semifinals last season, it will be difficult to play this season, and there is a high probability that he will be reimbursed for the season.

The Bulls lack the core of the team, and it is indeed miserable.Originally, it was time for this team to produce results, but because of this kind of injury, it was really unacceptable.

On October 10, the Timberwolves finished their game against the Bucks, and their preseason games for this season were all over.

This is Shouba's 4th NBA season, so he won't be so excited for the preseason game that he can't sleep at night.He knew very well that he had entered the real battlefield when the regular season started.Who fought you hard in the preseason?It doesn't exist, everyone is running in, and many stars don't even play games.

The time has entered April...

The Timberwolves' season opener will be at home on November 11 against the Sacramento Kings, also in the West.

Not surprisingly, Shou Ye will start this game as a Timberwolves player.In order to be able to become a starter in the NBA, for this moment, he has been waiting for 3 years.

Compared with those first-round picks who have no ball to play, he is lucky enough, but his goal is not just to become a starter.

On November 11, the Timberwolves finished the last team training before the opening game. Team coach Adelman announced the starting lineup for tomorrow's game.

As Shou Ye envisioned, he will debut as the starting center in tomorrow's game.Due to the injury of the team's core Love, the starting power forward was played by last season's No. 47 pick Derek Williams.The starting small forward is AK[-], and the two guards are Roy and Ridnour.

In the absence of Love and Rubio, this team can still have enough talented lineups, so if all members can play, this team is not really hopeless for the playoffs as the outside world says.

This is Shou Ye's first game in the Timberwolves, and he is looking forward to showing his abilities in front of the home fans.