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Chapter 181 Rookie Progress
Back at home, the Timberwolves can finally start training well.

The experience and lessons gained through the game can also be smoothly absorbed by the players through systematic training.

"Now the Lakers, Spurs and Mavericks are outstanding in the Western Conference. Other teams have also encountered their own problems. During the period of honing new players, it is a good result to maintain the current results." Zhang Sixin said.

"As long as the rookies can grow up in time, it's fine, but... Zhang, I really admire your confidence." Ron Adams said.

If given a few seasons, rookie players can definitely be tempered, but the Timberwolves can only give half a season. Even if Zhang Sixin has a good vision, why does he think that players can grow to the level of a championship puzzle in a short time.

It's not that there are no such rookies, it's just that a rookie at that level must have a great reputation, and it is impossible to fall behind the top three picks.

However, Zhang Sixin was able to train up to the playoffs without losing to others last season. It can only be said that coaches and coaches are different. Zhang Sixin has a level and is also lucky.

In fact, the strength of the rookies of the Timberwolves is improving visible to the naked eye.

As long as the team doesn't have to sacrifice too much performance, it's really not a big problem to train new players.

The Timberwolves coaching staff also respect Zhang Sixin, a young head coach, because he can do things that others cannot. If the league coaches are like him, then the team will not need a rebuilding period.

The next day after the Timberwolves returned home, they ushered in a challenge from the Clippers.

The Clippers didn't do much in the summer, but Griffin, their No. [-] pick last year, can finally play.

Griffin's explosive style of play, all kinds of dunks on the court, directly attracted a large number of fans, and he was nicknamed Griffin.

However, compared to Griffin's personal popularity, the Clippers' record is hard to describe, not good at all.

Therefore, the Clippers also have the attitude of practicing rookies. What about Jordan, Aminu, and Gordon, all the starters on the field are young people.

Everyone is a young man in charge, but the combat effectiveness is completely different.

That being said, in a certain game, the Clippers are still a threat.

The young Clippers also have good talents, especially Griffin.

Griffin performed well from the very beginning of the game.

He is faster and more explosive than Love, and Love really can't handle him.

The other is Gordon on the outside, who feels unreasonable.

In fact, the Clippers are often unable to grasp critical moments. It is not the case to say that their combat effectiveness is much worse than other teams.

The young people in the team are talented, and they are actually better than many teams.

Griffin and Gordon, it feels really good now, especially Griffin.

You know, the best time for Griffin to rebound in his career was his rookie season.

Le Fu has met an opponent this time, and the two of them can hardly guard against each other.

However, even if Griffin is very explosive, he will always attack the inside will cause problems.

Stoudemire will be limited, as will he.

It is normal to be covered a few times, and Milicic will not spoil anyone.

But even if he was covered a few times, the young and energetic Griffin was still as fierce.

I held back for a season last season, and I thought it would be broken long ago.

When a rookie player encounters this situation, he is likely to be hit by injuries, and then disappears from everyone.

It is also possible that after waiting, the macho returns, Griffin is the latter, and there will be Embiid in the future.

They are considered to be lucky, and of course it has something to do with their own spirit.

"The young people in the Clippers are also good, but they are still worse than us." Zhang Sixin said proudly.

There are a lot of outstanding young players in the league, and a few teams with young players have emerged, but there is no team that can match the Timberwolves. The only team that comes close is the Thunder, and the Clippers are still far behind.

The Clippers also know the situation, so they are playing the idea of ​​​​becoming an All-Star.

Since they are in Los Angeles like the Lakers, they have to learn from the Lakers. It is too uncertain to gradually cultivate rookies, so they can directly recruit people from other teams.

Zhang Sixin found that, in fact, the Timberwolves' bench lineup has stabilized a bit now, but their performance cannot be particularly outstanding.

Green and George are the most stable two, originally there was Pekovic, but this buddy suffered a minor injury and is recuperating.

Athletes still need to be healthy. Pekovic is strong and heavy. He plays hard and is prone to injuries. Zhang Sixin also asked the team medical team to give a rehabilitation plan to minimize the risk of injury.

If you need to lose some weight, the team will also urge the players.

Compared with Pekovic, Love's style of play is smarter. Although his body is a bit fragile, the risk is still slightly smaller, so if there is a change, Pekovic's progress needs to be faster.

Pekovic's rest also gave Whiteside more time to exercise. Now Zhang Sixin has repeatedly told Whiteside that the team doesn't need him to spend so much time and let him learn more from his seniors and focus on rebounding and assisting defense.

Whiteside can still feel progress, but sometimes he is a little anxious and fouls more.

He has some bad habits and is easy to be pointed out.

But under the targeted training required by the team, Zhang Sixin believes that he will gradually improve.

If the brain is not bright, train over and over again until the body has a good enough muscle response.

And Zhang Sixin believes that Whiteside still has some brains, otherwise it would have been impossible to get a big contract in history.

The Clippers' rotation performed averagely, and the Timberwolves did not suffer.

In the second quarter, Griffin and Gordon still performed well.

The Timberwolves only had a slight advantage in the first half, and Zhang Sixin had no choice. Now it is difficult for the Timberwolves to solve the problem at halftime against weak teams.

It seems that we have to wait until the team is more mature before we can show more of a strong team.

"There were too many fouls in the defense. The key is that it didn't have a good effect. When it was halftime, I had to talk to the young people." Zhang Sixin sighed.

The Timberwolves' defense is not without effort, but the players on the field obviously don't know much about Griffin and Gordon. Griffin is okay, but Gordon has to get too many free throws, so this won't work.

So after returning to the locker room, Zhang Sixin talked to the players about limiting the Clippers' two scoring points.

"Before Griffin catches the ball, give him enough physical confrontation. After he catches the ball, you have to block his path; on Gordon's side, you have to interfere with his shooting, especially three-pointers, but don't do it when he breaks through. Let the inside help to help defend..."

"They don't have a good organizer now, so we only need to focus on a few key points, and we must learn to think when we defend. In the second half, let's show our true strength."

(End of this chapter)