The older superstars of the NBA

training day.

Generally speaking, any player who may be traded will not choose to continue to come to the arena for training.But Maurice Williams, who was placed on the trading shelf, was different. Even though he knew he was leaving, he still came to the training hall on time to maintain his condition.

The training hall at noon is usually empty, and Maurice Williams enjoys the carefree feeling of training alone.

bang bang.

In the empty stadium, Maurice Williams practiced various moves while running.

Swish.

When a precise three-pointer was thrown into the basket, Maurice Williams finally showed a smile on his tense face.

"Alas! I am old!"

"If I was in the Cavaliers... I could shoot a lot of three-pointers like this..."

Thinking of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Maurice Williams felt a little dazed.The pinnacle of his career was there, next to that man.

At that time, a group of them surrounded the young LeBron James to form a championship team.

The team atmosphere is great, everyone is eager to win the game.

They won the first place in the Eastern Conference and also rushed to the Eastern Conference Finals to fight their opponents in six games.It is a pity that the Cavaliers, who were so powerful that year, failed to kill all their opponents. In the Eastern Conference finals, they faced the Orlando Magic with Dwight Howard, and finally lost to their opponents 2-4.

Maurice Williams averaged 17.8 points per game that year, and 16.3 points per game in the playoffs.

He is the second-leading scorer of the entire Cavaliers outside of LeBron James.

"It's a pity that everything can't go back..."

Maurice Williams sighed, even though several years had passed, his heart was still full of regrets at this time.

"If that guy LeBron doesn't leave, our lineup will definitely not collapse... The Cavaliers management will definitely not choose to rebuild..."

"It's just... If LeBron doesn't leave, he probably won't win the championship at all... Minneapolis is a city that no one wants to come to, and Cleveland Why not? Even with LeBron, who wants to go to a place like that?"

Maurice Williams was extremely melancholy, and suddenly sat down on a chair by the court and sighed.

People are always like this, the more bad they are, the more they like to miss the past, especially the previous highlight moments.Reminiscing about his extremely confused future, Maurice Williams suddenly became depressed.

"Who knows how many more years I can play in my career?"

Just when Maurice Williams was full of desolation, a staff member suddenly appeared at the door of the training hall, and he waved to Maurice Williams and shouted, "Hey, buddy, the locker room was stolen just now. ...I'm afraid all your things are lost..."

"what?"

Maurice Williams couldn't believe it when he heard this, "This is the team's training facility? How could it be stolen? Damn it, my phone is still in the cabinet..."

After cursing a few words, Maurice Williams ran towards the locker room without even having time to pick up the basketball.

However, a few minutes later, when he opened the locker room door, he was stunned by the scene inside!

"what's going on?"

I saw that the locker room was densely packed with people, most of them were his teammates, and the rest were team assistants and some staff members.

In the middle is a small trolley with a super-large cream cake on it, with my own face printed on the cake and the words about my 33rd birthday happy birthday.

The candles were all lit and everyone sang the birthday song at the same time.

"Happy birthday to you...Morris...."

Everyone shouted in unison.

Maurice Williams was a little moved.

He laughed while crying, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his right hand, "Damn it, you guys...I thought my cabinet was really stolen..."

"Thanks to you 'nasty' guys......."

Maurice Williams blew out the candles under the gaze of everyone, and even closed his eyes to make a wish.After cutting the cake, the entire dressing room was in complete chaos.

The players picked up the cake and smeared it wildly among each other, and even lifted today's "birthday star" Maurice Williams to make a spoof. Even the assistants couldn't avoid it. The atmosphere in the entire locker room has never been so relaxed .

Finally, after everyone was tired from tossing and tossing, Kevin Martin called Morris Williams, who was covered in cakes, outside.

"Morris, did you know that today's 'surprise' was made by Zhao alone....He knew it was your birthday, so he called the rest of us together and wanted to help you celebrate your birthday …”

"Man, he's not a nasty guy, I've spoken to him privately and he understands what we're doing..."

"He wants us all to come back! I have already promised him, and I think you can do the same, as long as you want, he will go and talk to Mr. Philip... Let's put aside the previous grievances together Let's fight for the championship..."

As soon as these words came out, Maurice Williams, who was still very happy, immediately calmed down.

He hesitated for a long time, and when he was about to respond, Zhao Feiyang appeared in front of the two of them.

"Morris, I admire your focus on the game. I don't think we should be enemies. Man, we can be teammates fighting side by side..."

When Morris Williams saw Zhao Feiyang appear, he thanked him for what he had done.

"Zhao, I'm so grateful for everything you did today...Man, I really appreciate you, no teammate helped me celebrate like this before..."

"Actually, I don't hate you either. As Kevin said, there is no grievance between us that cannot be resolved... I want to leave just because I am tired of life here, and I don't want to stay in this ice and snow world. The place......."

"Frankly, I don't like the climate in Minneapolis, and I don't like the culture of the team. ... More importantly, the team has too many guards ... this Everything I wish to escape from...."

"So I'm sorry, I can't continue to stay, now I have this opportunity to leave, I wish for it..."

When Morris Williams said this, Zhao Feiyang stopped persuading him.

Everyone knows that if you hate a city, it is indeed difficult to stick to it.

Maurice Williams changed from his usual indifference, this time he took the initiative to walk to Zhao Feiyang and give him a high five and hug.

"Man, your talent is very good, I think you have every chance to lead the Timberwolves to rise..."

"I hope to have the opportunity to continue to play against each other on the court in the future..."

"Me too, anyway, Maurice, I wish you all the best for the future..."

It was through this opportunity that Zhao Feiyang and Maurice Williams reconciled smoothly.

In the next few days, the Timberwolves management decided to trade Maurice Williams, and they quickly found a suitable next home for each other, which was the Charlotte Hornets in the Eastern Region.

After the deal was concluded, Maurice Williams left Minneapolis on the same day.

His departure did not affect the morale of the Timberwolves. On the contrary, it also made the already crowded back line slightly more spacious.

Kevin. Martin's timely return can be regarded as completing the last piece of the Timberwolves puzzle.

Head coach Philip Saunders also put him on the second team, giving him more possessions and allowing him to successfully support the bench.

After the team lineup stabilized, the Timberwolves with a good record continued to exert their strength. In the next ten games, the Timberwolves played a rare 8 wins and 2 losses. Except for the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers, the two super teams did not In addition to being able to play, other teams, even if they ranked higher than them, eventually lost to them.

As soon as these ten games were played, the Timberwolves' record also climbed to eighth in the Western Conference.

They touched the threshold of the playoffs, which also made the former Buddhist Timberwolves fans excited. Many people are looking forward to the team can set another record and strive to win more games.

Consistent with them, the Golden State Warriors, who had been losing continuously before, finally recovered. After Stephen Curry's injury was completely recovered, the team finally started to win, and stopped the decline with a wave of three consecutive victories. The trend has also gradually stabilized the ranking that had fallen to fourth in the West.

Meanwhile, the annual All-Star Game has finally arrived.

The location of the All-Star game this time is New York City, which is the home city of the Knicks and one of the most prosperous metropolises in the United States.

Before the official arrival of the All-Star Weekend, the NBA's official voting session has also started long ago.

Fans are naturally enthusiastic about this kind of annual event, and they tend to vote for their favorite stars in the voting session.

At the top of the list are naturally stars like LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Apart from them, Kobe Bryant, Anthony Davis, James Harden and Bregg Griffin are all Those who rank particularly high.

In this series of names, there are two names that are particularly concerned by Asian fans.

One is Jeremy Lin. At this time, he has gone to the Los Angeles Lakers, but his performance is far from before. This season, he averaged 11.2 points per game, which is not bad, but it is not as good as the fans expected.

He didn't have many votes, and he was in an awkward position, that is, he was just about to fall out of the All-Star position but was a little bit short.

Compared to Jeremy Lin, Zhao Feiyang's ranking is slightly higher. Originally, the Huaxia fans voted extremely wildly. He got him the third place in the Western Conference in the first round, but his ranking continued to decline.

Although many Huaxia fans supported him, they didn't like his Timberwolves team, so they didn't vote for him, resulting in Zhao Feiyang being ranked seventh in the Western Conference.

If the number of votes has been unable to improve, then in the end he may only be a substitute for the All-Star Game.