one-handed ball

Chapter 319

The conversation with Thibodeau made Zheng Ke very satisfied. Similarly, Thibodeau also admired Zheng Ke, who is faintly known as the number one small forward in the legend. Although the two met for the first time, it seemed like they had been together for many years They chatted like old friends whom they hadn't seen for most of the day, until McHale reminded that it was time for dinner, and the two stopped the unfinished exchange.

"I'm the host, so we must invite our new coach well!" Zheng Ke was very happy, with a tyrant's air, "Tom, the restaurants here are very good, you can choose whichever you want!"

"Come on, let's slaughter this guy who is worth tens of millions." McHale is very keen on beating local tyrants.

Zheng Ke touched his nose, sure?I don't know how many assets I have now, but the market valuation of Empty City Entertainment is probably more than ten million. The wealth created by Taylor and himself is an astonishing figure.

In the restaurant, McHale and Thibodeau exchanged opinions on the future development of the Timberwolves. They also had preliminary ideas on signings and transactions in the summer. The Timberwolves currently have a 12-man lineup, but there is still some room for the hard salary space. After all, the Timberwolves basically There are all players on rookie contracts, and only Zheng Ke and Billups have salaries exceeding tens of millions.The boss of the Timberwolves is afraid that Zheng Ke will be dissatisfied with the Timberwolves. He has always claimed that he is willing to pay a certain luxury tax for the signings of the Timberwolves. This gives McHale a lot of room and flexibility to operate.

As for Pekovic, Zheng Ke himself thinks that this guy still has great potential. At least the tonnage and strength are there. Ke does not support the deal with Pekovic. He hopes that McHale and Thibodeau will think about it carefully, give him a little time to grow, and give the Timberwolves a little time to grow.

The next day, according to ESPN sources, the Timberwolves have finalized the next season's coach candidate and have initially reached a contract and other matters.

As soon as this news came out, it couldn't help but aroused the attention of a large number of Timberwolves fans.

"Tom Thibodeau?"

"Who is this? Have you never heard of it?"

For this name, most fans are unfamiliar. It was not until the Timberwolves officially announced the news and people checked online information that they knew who it was.

"It turned out to be an assistant coach who has been there for 18 years? Can this work?"

"Whitman can't control Zheng Ke, can this unknown Tom Thibodeau cooperate well with Zheng Ke?"

"No matter what the ability is, as long as we can handle the relationship between the Timberwolves' locker room well, I think our Timberwolves can do a lot next season."

Unknowingly, Zheng Ke turned into an image of a football jerk. Although this did not prevent his fans from liking him as always, it also made Zheng Ke dumbfounded when he saw these doubts.

No, when Thibodeau appeared at the press conference, Zheng Ke and McHale attended in person.

This is a great compliment. Few NBA stars will appear at the new coach's press conference, let alone Zheng Ke is here to support Thibodeau.

As soon as Zheng Ke came, the reporters at the press conference immediately focused on him.

"Mr. Zheng, I heard that you have already shared dinner with the team's new coach. Can you tell me what you think?"

Zheng Ke sneered when he heard the words, and said: "It's true. I went to the restaurant with Kevin and Tom to have dinner. I admire Tom very much. He is a man with dreams, ideas and ideas. A capable guy, and I'm looking forward to working with him in the new season."

"Can you tell me what kind of changes the new coach will bring? How many wins is the prospect for the new season?"

Most of the people who came to the press conference today were local reporters from Minnesota, because most of the media hadn’t heard that Zheng Ke would also attend, so when Zheng Ke appeared, the questions of these local reporters were not too sharp. Zheng Ke After thinking for a while, he blurted out his answer.

"Coach Tom has great accomplishments in training defense. I think the Timberwolves in the new season will change from a defensive counterattack team that is good at fast break and bombardment into a team with a more balanced offense and defense. Regarding the number of wins in the new season, said To be honest, I really don't have much prospect, because I haven't thought about it at all. But I think it should be a little higher than last season!"

"Wow~"

The audience was in an uproar. Although Zheng Ke said this sentence very plainly, it was like a thunderbolt in the ears of the reporter.How many games did the Timberwolves win last season? 57 games!This is already the third most wins in the league. If the Timberwolves improve by one or two this season, it will be nearly 60 games, or more than 60 games. This winning rate is too exaggerated. If the Timberwolves can reach the absolute The league's first record.

All the reporters wrote down in their notebooks—Zheng Kefang's bold words, aiming for 60 victories in the new season!
Zheng Ke joined Thibodeau's inauguration press conference, supported the new coach and at the same time pointed to 60 wins. Sweeping the basketball world and even the sports world.

But it didn't take long for Zheng Ke's limelight to be overshadowed by one person.

LeBron James!
On July 7, James announced on ESPN TV that he would join the Heat and form the Miami Big Three with "Dragon King" Bosh and "Flash" Wade!
This is big news.If Bosh's joining the Heat on July 7 is considered a bomb explosion, James' joining the Heat is definitely a nuclear bomb explosion in the basketball world.The influence is so great, the scope is light, and the depth is astonishing. Countless reporters flocked to Cleveland and Miami.

The Cavaliers fans are the saddest. Their proud emperor personally announced on TV that he is leaving them, as if the child he grew up watching suddenly said that he would go to someone else's house to be adopted by someone else.But they have been unable to keep the emperor, even if they poured out the gasoline, even if they burned the No. 23 jersey.

The aftermath of winning the championship after the formation of the Celtics' Big Three has been fully exposed. The league has set off this trend of giants. Everyone wants to use the three powerful superstars to join forces to build a super battleship.

Zheng Ke was not surprised by James' departure, but he just sneered at James' giving up the No. 23 jersey and calling on the entire league to retire the No. 23 jersey.

How can this be?

Like the Trail Blazers, like the Jazz, they lost the championship because of Jordan. There is no reason to retire the enemy's jersey.

And he himself has never thought about changing his jersey. What he thinks is to carry forward his No. 17 jersey, and it is best to become a symbol of the NBA. No. 23 is the first to think of Kobe, and he also wants future generations to always remember him as the representative of No. 24.

Anyway, Zheng Ke made up his mind to use No. 17 for the rest of his life, so why bother changing it back and forth.

"The Celtics re-signed Pierce, the Celtics re-signed Ray Allen, Gay re-signed the Grizzlies with a maximum salary, Durant re-signed the Thunder with a maximum salary, and the Suns re-signed Channing Frye for 5 years. Zell signed with the Bulls, and the Eagles signed Joe Johnson. Tsk tsk, what day is July 7th, so many people signed big contracts?"

Zheng Ke took yesterday's newspaper and read it with relish. He found that there were a lot of people signed by the NBA yesterday.

"Oh!" Zheng Ke slapped his head, suddenly remembered, and said with a smile: "The official signing of this NBA free agent was yesterday, no wonder everyone crowded to sign on this day, probably it was all negotiated before, just waiting Where's the signature?"

The past few days are the hottest time in the free market, and all kinds of fat contracts are flying all over the sky.Some people make money, some people lose money, some people just find another job, and some people can cause an earthquake.

"Still reading the newspaper, hurry up, be careful not to get to the airport in time." Taylor spun down from the stairs, wearing a pair of huge sunglasses on his little head, dragging a small suitcase, wearing simple white A short-sleeved T-shirt; a pair of denim shorts on the lower body, revealing two white and slender beautiful legs; sporty Adidas casual shoes on the feet, looking youthful and beautiful, not like a woman who has given birth.

Zheng Ke turned his head and looked, his eyes lit up. He threw away the newspaper and ran over to take Taylor's suitcase.

"We just put little Taylor with your parents again? God, I think I'm too irresponsible, and I feel so guilty." Zheng Kelu said with some concern.

"That can't be helped. He's still young, and flying for a long time hurts his body too much. I can't bear to let him stay with my parents." Taylor said with a pouted mouth, a little unhappy.

"It's okay, it's good to put it there. Your parents' farm is very good, quiet and environmentally friendly, much better than staying in the city." Seeing that Taylor was unhappy, Zheng Ke comforted her in turn.

"Oh, trouble, this time it's two months again, one month of training and one month of competition." Zheng Ke counted the days with his fingers up, "It's mid-September after the World Championships, and it's time for the Timberwolves to train again. , It’s really connected together wave after wave, not even giving time to breathe.”

"Haha, when you also frown, I thought you were iron-clad!" Taylor clapped his hands and smiled coquettishly. Seeing Zheng Ke depressed was also a very happy thing.

"Okay, I started to be playful again after I got out of the gate! I know that my husband can't punish you with family law, right!" Zheng Ke said with a smile.

"Bah! Nasty!" Taylor blushed, his eyes wandered, obviously "hating" Zheng Ke's family law, and he pursed his lips and stopped talking.

On July 7, Zheng Ke and Taylor took a flight from Minneapolis and went straight to BJ.

(End of this chapter)