Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 168

"You all performed well, and I am confident that I will give you more chances to perform. But if you take the playoffs as your goal, your current strength is not enough."

"I asked the coaching staff to edit your game video, and you can see your lack of details. The coaching staff will make you a more detailed training plan. I hope you can do better."

"Gentlemen, work hard! Remember to find the right direction, you are professional players." Zhang Sixin said.

Stimulating a group of young people, Zhang Sixin has become more and more proficient.

As the head coach, because of the good performance of the team last season, he is also very dignified with new players.

The team does not rely on the old to sell the old fritters, and there are no players with fake personalities, which is also one of the reasons for the good atmosphere.

A player with a background like Pekovic actually has a good personality.

Coupled with conversational skills, Zhang Sixin's work progressed very smoothly.

From the beginning of the players training together, you can feel that everyone is quickly integrating.

The strength has also improved. This is not a joke. Although it has not been a long time, some things are mainly a matter of contact and enlightenment. Many rookie players have fully qualified physical fitness, and they are only missing a few key things.

So their young team will grow up quickly and shock everyone.

The preseason continued, and the Timberwolves played against the Pistons on the 15th.

The Pistons' staff has not changed much, and so has their strength. To be precise, it may be worse.

All the defensive foundation they had accumulated before was gone.

The Pistons may have attracted attention by signing former All-Star McGrady in the summer, and McGrady's current strength can no longer help any team become stronger.

Injuries are a nightmare for athletes, not to mention that McGrady's style of play is more physical. If you think about the difficulty of pulling, you know that he has not transformed, so it is difficult to get along.

However, McGrady will not play in the preseason, and the Pistons do not have a full lineup. They mainly train young people and give rookies, sophomores and other players most of the time.

The Timberwolves are also young people, but the strengths of young people and young people are completely different.

The young Pistons are scumbags in front of the Timberwolves.

Love is another big double-double with 20+ easily in the halftime, which is simply invincible. Curry also makes random shots and scores.

In fact, according to the strength of their opponents, the two of them don't even need to fight for halftime.

Zhang Sixin was also testing the strength of the two as a substitute, so he gave so much time.

The Timberwolves didn't think about winning or losing at all, but their opponents were too weak. They always took a lot of lead early on, and Zhang Sixin couldn't help it.

"It looks pretty good now. But...the intensity is too low to be accurate. To really test the lineup, we still have to wait until the regular season." Zhang Sixin sighed.

Some teams in the preseason are okay to say, and some teams want to rebuild themselves, playing in a mess, and the effect of the Timberwolves' training will be compromised.

With the Pistons' young lineup, the Timberwolves naturally cut them off.

The young insider Monroe they chose was directly fucked by Pekovic.

Monroe is actually not bad, he is the kind of insider with some skills.

It's a pity that he is not strong enough, and he can't do anything in front of Pekovic's strength.

In terms of strength, Pekovic is slightly better than Love. This season, any team that dares to come inside to make trouble will have to drink a pot.

Now the Timberwolves are relatively weak inside, and it may be the speed of movement.

Whiteside will be better when he grows up, and Whiteside is still a flexible insider.

Two days later, the Timberwolves met the Bucks and still wanted to fight.

The Bucks are actually working hard in the summer, and they also traded Maggette to supplement their firepower.

But the team's offensive end is still very hip. Zhang Sixin wants to play against his opponent because he likes the Bucks' defense.

Unexpectedly, the Timberwolves are too fierce, and the Bucks insider Bogut fouled too much after playing for a long time, and their defense naturally has problems.

The Bucks feel much more mediocre than last season, and they have no heart.

Curry scored 20+ casually on Jennings' head, shooting 100% of the three-pointers. If last season, Jennings would have screamed, but now he has no response.

Zhang Sixin felt that the players were in really good condition, and he was about to knock down the Bucks all at once.

In 20 or so minutes of playing time, Curry and Love scored consecutive three-pointers, one scored 20+ and the other scored 30+, which was too scary.

"We need to perform like this in the regular season..." Zhang Sixin muttered.

"I'm afraid that the state will come out too early." Ron Adams said cautiously.

"It's not about playing in the playoffs, what are you afraid of?" Zhang Sixin said disapprovingly.

In fact, the preseason defense was really not up to the level, so the two All-Stars really played casually.

Not to mention the two of them, DeRozan often plays casually, and Matthews is not much different.

But from the progress of the players, it can be seen that the potentials of the two sides are different. Compared with DeRozan's great progress, Matthews is more mature in handling the ball, and there is no qualitative change.

Matthews' strength has reached its peak, and even the next step is the accumulation of experience.

And DeRozan still has room for improvement. Zhang Sixin estimates that when the team operates well, it is estimated that there will be four or five All-Stars on the same team.

All-star lineup, how do other teams play?
The Bucks, who made Zhang Sixin feel very difficult every time last season, disappointed him in this preseason.

"I don't know whether these teams are doing it on purpose or something. They are all so careless..." Zhang Sixin complained.

"It's the same in the regular season if you have the ability. I don't mind leading the team to an exaggerated result."

In this preseason game of the Timberwolves, the main lineup played a maximum of 20 minutes, and basically scored 120+ points in each game.The attack power can be described as very exaggerated.

Zhang Sixin's only comfort now is that the team has practiced their offensive routines.

It was disappointing to play the Bucks. Two days later, when they met the Pacers, the opponent simply didn't even play Granger.

Difficult, why is it so difficult to train troops in the preseason.

In the last game of the preseason, the Timberwolves will fight the Bucks again.

This time the opponent took a lot of seriousness, and Zhang Sixin also observed the halftime excitedly.

After the Bucks got serious, the defense was indeed top-notch in the league, and an inside line with a good frame protection was an advantage.

However, in the second half, the Bucks stopped playing again.

The Timberwolves could only reluctantly take away the game in one wave.

Zhang Sixin feels that the Bucks have taken a detour this season. It is good to focus on defense, but it is only a bit behind the current trend of the league. You must know that the Spurs have started to play offensive routines now.

The Bucks, who have no offense at all, are destined to not improve.

And the Timberwolves also won all eight games in the preseason.

Zhang Sixin was not happy. He obviously wanted to find the team's shortcomings. Why is the opponent so weak?

(End of this chapter)