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Chapter 334

On May 5th, the Timberwolves officially held a press conference today, announcing that team coach Rick Adelman will officially retire.

Shou Ye was invited to attend A Shuai's retirement ceremony, together with Love and other key players of the team.

Coach Adelman is 67 years old. He has coached the Trail Blazers, Warriors, Kings, Rockets and Timberwolves in his coaching career. Among them, he led the Trail Blazers to the Finals twice in 1990 and 1992. In 2002, he led the Kings to the Western Conference Finals. Lost the Lakers 3-4.

He has coached the Timberwolves since the 2011-12 season. In these three seasons, he has led the team to the playoffs in the last two seasons.But it is a pity that both seasons stopped in the first round.

"There is no doubt that I miss my family," Adelman said in explaining his reasons for retirement.

"Compared to the coach, we prefer to call Adelman a mentor." Timberwolves president Saunders said at the conference.

It is reported that Adelman will continue to stay in the Minnesota Timberwolves as a team consultant in the future, mainly responsible for the collection of player information.

Adelman resigned as the coach of the team. Shou Ye didn't know whether he really didn't want to do it or the team management put pressure on him to retire.But no matter which one, it is certain that this team will not be coached by Adelman next season.

For the coach Adelman, Shou Ye didn't think it was particularly good, and of course he didn't think it was particularly bad.It can only be said that it is quite satisfactory. It is not his fault that the team was eliminated in the past two seasons. It is really a problem with the overall strength of the team.He didn't find Kevin Martin and others with poor defense, it was the management's fault.

I don't know who the team's new coach will be. The team has not been announced yet, and there is no definite news.

But Shou Ye feels that the coach is not the most important factor affecting a team.There is only one Popovich, but even if Popovich went to coach the Timberwolves last season, he still couldn't win the championship.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. With the current offensive and defensive lineup of the Timberwolves, it is difficult to go far in the playoffs without enough defense as a support.

After attending Adelman's retirement ceremony, Kotobuki simply stayed in Minneapolis for personal training.He has not practiced for a while. In order to maintain his state and prepare for the upcoming Men's Basketball World Cup, he needs to get his body back to the feeling of the game.

It's September.

On June 6, the NBA officially announced the list of the best teams of the season.

The list for the first round is: Shou Ye, Durant, James, Harden, Paul

The list of the second team is: Noah, Griffin, Paul George, Curry, Parker

The list of the three teams is: Howard, Love, Aldridge, Dragic, Lillard

Shou Ye was selected for a while!This is the first time in his NBA career that he has been selected to the first team, and he has been selected to the best team of the year for two consecutive seasons!

You must know that in the NBA, the weight of the first team is much heavier than that of the All-Stars, because there are only 5 places in the first team, while the All-Stars have more than 10 places.

Moreover, the All-Star starters are selected by the fans, and in many cases it represents the popularity of the players.The best NBA team is voted by sports reporters and TV commentators in the United States and Canada, which is more authoritative.

Shou Ye was selected for the first team, which almost proves that he is already a superstar in the league.But there are still many people who question it, because the current league center is declining, and even a blue-collar center like Noah can enter the second team, so his first team is hydrated.

But in any case, a period is a period after all, he will not lose his gold content because of your doubts.

The decline of the center?Na Shouye is also the center with the best overall performance this season, which is fine.

When this list comes out, the Timberwolves are naturally the happiest, because they have two players who have entered the best team.

But it's also quite ironic, that is, you have two players in the league's best team, but you are easily killed by the Spurs with only one player in the best team.

And Love's performance in the playoffs has already lost his worth in the regular season.An All-Star player plays like a role player. On a stage like the playoffs, if he can't show his ability, it will eventually affect his worth.

After all, the goal of NBA teams is basically the championship, and to win the championship, the playoffs must be played, but your star players will not only play in the regular season, right?

The playoffs are considered to be the stage for superstars. A star who can't make it in the playoffs will definitely be of low quality. There is no doubt about it.

On June 6, after interviewing multiple candidates, Timberwolves president and small owner Philip Saunders decided to take charge of the Minnesota team by himself.

The next day, Sanders met at a golf course in Minneapolis with the core of the team, Shou Ye.

"Tom sees you gesturing that you've played golf!" Saunders said with a smile.

"I've played it once or twice, and I'm not good at it." Shou Ye has indeed only played twice, and he has no interest in golf.

Next, Sanders began to talk to Shou Ye about some of his family's short stories. Shou Ye knew that the important things he wanted to say were definitely not these.

"We like that you can renew your contract, and we will fight for the championship together!" Sanders said to Shou Ye.

"It's okay to renew the contract, but I want to see the team change. If it's still the same, I might consider the free agent market." Shou Ye didn't hide it, he needed to make his attitude clear, otherwise the team management Will blame him for their incompetence or inaction.

Saunders is quite satisfied with Shou Ye's answer, at least Shou Ye is willing to stay on the team, provided that the team needs to strengthen to hit the championship.

The biggest bargaining chips in the Timberwolves' current hands are Love and draft picks.They have all the draft picks in their hands, and the rookies selected last season are also there, so theoretically they have the opportunity to play a big ticket in this year's free market.

Of course, the Timberwolves are not very willing to trade Love, because judging from the current transaction value of Love, it is difficult for him to trade a star of the same level.

If Shou Ye and Love's contract renewal promises can be obtained, and then reinforcements are made, this is something the Timberwolves are more willing to do, because that is the least difficult operation.

Shou Ye also thinks this meeting is a positive signal, at least the team has positive thoughts and did not say anything about rebuilding.Unlike the 76ers, who have made it to the Eastern Conference finals, they still want to rebuild.

The Timberwolves are also very satisfied with this meeting. Shou Ye did not block the way to renew the contract. The team's operation this summer is very open.As long as Shou Ye renews his contract, this team will have certain competitiveness in the next five years.