The older superstars of the NBA

Chapter 291 The first meeting

After Dwight Howard signed with the Timberwolves, Zhao Feiyang also planned to leave for the United States for vacation.

There is still more than a month before the new season officially arrives. Before that, he needs enough time to rest.

Although the Asian Cup qualifiers are not very exhausting for him, they take up most of the rest time after all. Therefore, if you want to maintain a better state in the new season, you must take advantage of this time to relax yourself completely.

Soon, the one-month rest period passed, and Zhao Feiyang returned to Minneapolis one week before the start of the season.

The team has already started preparing for the new season.

The players were also officially notified to start routine training at the beginning of the season on time.

The Timberwolves' first training day of the new season.

The team stipulated to arrive at the training hall on time at 9:10 in the morning. The Timberwolves players were relatively punctual, and most of them arrived half an hour earlier. Zhao Feiyang was a bit late this time, but still [-] minutes earlier than the stipulated time.

When he arrived at the arena, the familiar faces made him feel very cordial.

"Hey Zach, how did you guys gain so much weight this offseason? Dude, I saw your social media feeds... You dude travels too much.. ...."

"Kevin, why did you even change your hairstyle? Oh! Dude, you don't really believe that your hairstyle can change your state, do you? Try it first, and if it works, tell me where you changed your hairstyle... ..."

Seeing his teammates Zhao Feiyang say hello one by one, the teammates responded enthusiastically to him.

After getting along and fighting side by side for a season, the relationship between everyone is quite strong now, much more united than when Zhao Feiyang first came to the Timberwolves.

While everyone was talking and laughing, the new general manager of the team, Sam Mitchell, also entered the training hall.

After seeing everyone, Sam Mitchell took the initiative to greet them.

He was a part of the team's management before, and started management work in the department responsible for transactions.Now that Mr. Philip Sanders can no longer continue, he will officially replace the former as the general manager of the team.

Because they were familiar with him before, the arrival of Sam Mitchell also made everyone very happy.

"Guys, welcome to the new season!"

"Unfortunately, we will be in charge of the assistant team for today's game. I believe you have heard before that the team's new coach will come soon...I can't disclose relevant information at present, but What I can tell you is that he will be in Minneapolis in a few days. …”

"Prior to this, the training assistants were responsible for all the work. I hope all of you can come to the training on time..."

Sam Mitchell's words received applause from everyone.

And not long after he finished speaking, a tall and strong figure appeared in front of everyone.It was none other than Dwight Howard who had just signed to Minneapolis.

Dwight Howard was dressed in a hip-hop outfit, and looked somewhat rebellious. He still wore headphones and sunglasses as before, and he swayed as he walked, not to mention how leisurely he looked.

When he walked in front of everyone, Dwight Howard took off the earphones first, then looked at the famous watch on his wrist, and said in front of everyone in a joking tone, "Oh! It seems that I am late, really Terrible news...so will there be any punishment?"

"If not, then I'm very happy to be in Minneapolis. …Guys, I don't need to introduce myself here, I'm sure you all know who I am. … "

"So in the next time, we will fight side by side together. I hope we can hit the Western Conference Finals and even the championship...With me as the leader of the team, I believe everything will be better. Don't worry, I will cover looking at you..."

Dwight Howard looked confident, and his slightly playful expression made many teammates laugh, even the team's new general manager Sam Mitchell couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Dwight, welcome to Minneapolis, I believe you should have adapted to the climate here......Welcome to join......"

"Enjoy the rest of the season!"

Although some people showed a friendly side, not everyone bought it.

Individual players such as Zach LaVine and Kevin Martin were a little unhappy.

"What is this guy thinking? Think this is a playground?"

"The superstar really has a lot of airs, but I don't know if he has enough fighting spirit for the game?"

Zach Lavin whispered to Kevin Martin.

As the core of the team, Zhao Feiyang also took the initiative to walk out of the team and walked towards Dwight Howard.

"Dwight, welcome to the Timberwolves!"

"From now on, we will be guys on the same boat, I hope you can help us go further..."

Zhao Feiyang took the initiative to reach out his hand.

"Zhao, don't worry! With me on the team, the record will definitely not be bad... Our goal this season is the championship. If you can't win the championship, you can find me... "

Dwight Howard responded with a laugh, and gave Zhao Feiyang a high five and hug.

The first day of training starts quickly.

Perhaps it is because of the long rest that many players are not in good condition.

Among them was Dwight Howard, who started panting after running for a few steps, and even sat on the ground after training for a while, not wanting to get up.

The ones who are in better condition are Zhao Feiyang and Zach LaVine. Although they don't have the peak form in the playoffs, they have already reached the level of the regular season.

A day of training is over quickly.

When the training ended, the players left the arena one after another.

As a star player, Dwight Howard didn't do any extra training. Once the training was over, he went straight to the locker room.The same is true for most Timberwolves players, who chose to leave.

Only Zach LaVine and Kevin Martin did not choose to leave, they stayed in the training hall to continue training like Zhao Feiyang.

What is more surprising is that besides the three of them, there is also a strange face who stayed behind.

"Did you ask him? That guy is an undrafted pick...he was signed by the team to try out after the draft...don't worry, there are many such undrafted picks every year , they will all be laid off in a short time..."

"It sounds regrettable, but there is no way, it's not easy to stay in this league..."

During the training, Zhao Feiyang asked about the strange face, and Kevin Martin, who knew the inside story, also chatted with him.

For such a strange face, Zhao Feiyang really didn't think too much about it.

However, after Zach LaVine and Kevin Martin finished training, the rookie was still training.

Zhao Feiyang was originally a training fanatic, but now he encountered a rookie who worked so hard, he immediately became interested.

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