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Text Chapter 52 A pack of wolves want to dance [first update]

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    Whenever fans talk about the Minnesota Timberwolves, most of their faces will show ridicule and sighs.

    This team, which has been extremely unsuccessful in the operation of the league in recent years, seems to have adapted to the role of the Western Conference, and has spent several years in the contempt and ridicule of fans.

    Whether it was the season before Kevin Garnett left the 'Wolf King' or the following three years, the brilliance of young stars such as Al Jefferson or Kevin Love that the Timberwolves blossomed finally disappeared.  offset by their injuries and the team's poor record.

    In the past three years, the Timberwolves have always had high draft picks, but they have not received a star player who can lead them out of trouble.

    Last season, the Timberwolves' record in the Western Conference surrounded by powerful powers fell to the bottom. With 15 wins and 67 losses, they ranked second from last in the league and first in the Western Conference. This performance was enough to make it impossible for them to have any chance of turning around in a short time.  .

    The chief assistant coach Kurt Rambis, who was hired from the Los Angeles Lakers, is far from satisfactory with the team's off-court construction and on-the-spot command.

    As a weak team within a weak team, the Timberwolves have never been able to cohere as a whole, and their successive losses have also dealt a huge blow to the confidence of young players.

    Therefore, this summer, the Timberwolves participated in many transactions and became the most frequently traded team in the free agent market in the league. It can even be said that there is no other team.

    But even so, the Timberwolves' book strength still looks quite confusing. It is difficult to make people feel their ambition to make a difference in the Western Conference. On the contrary, it makes people feel that the management of this team lacks wise trading ideas.  , despite frequent operations, it only damages the team's already poor team chemistry and locker room atmosphere.

    When the management treats it like this, many fans really can't have any real expectations for the Timberwolves.

    Of course, the Timberwolves are not without their merits. Although young stars with great potential such as Kevin Love, Michael Beasley, Jonny Flynn and Wesley Johnson do not have All-Star player level skills, they  His performance and future development trends are still worthy of people's attention, especially Kevin Love, who is gradually growing into the new alpha wolf.

    Kevin Love was a rookie in the 2008 class. He was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the fifth overall pick in the first round. He was later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, wearing jersey No. 42 and serving as a power forward.

    Since the first season of his career, Kevin Love has shown everyone his huge potential.

    With an average of 25.3 minutes per game, Kevin Love scored 11.1 points and 9.1 rebounds. Although he failed to win the Rookie of the Year, he was no worse than Derrick Rose.

    In Kevin Love¡¯s second season, all his statistics have improved.  In 28.6 minutes per game, Kevin Love's scoring average increased to 14 points and 11.1 rebounds per game.

    Such obvious progress has amazed many fans and experts.

    However, this is not Kevin Love¡¯s limit.

    This season, with fellow rookie Derrick Rose showing MVP strength, Russell Westbrook playing as a top point guard of the new generation, and Kevin Love also having a big breakout.

    On November 12, 2010, in the Timberwolves' home game against the New York Knicks, Kevin Love scored an astonishing 31 points and 31 rebounds.

    Kevin Love¡¯s 31 rebounds is the Timberwolves¡¯ franchise record for rebounds, and he has become the player with the most rebounds in a single game since Charles Barkley grabbed 33 rebounds in 1996.

    Not only that, the last player to score more than 30 points and grab more than 30 rebounds in a single game dates back to 1982. Moses Malone scored 32 points and 38 points in the Houston Rockets' game against the Seattle SuperSonics.  A rebound.

    In mid-November 2010, Kevin Love hit a total of 4 double-20s. The last time someone in the league hit 4 double-20s in a single month dates back to 1991, when Kevin Willis was in that year.  In November, he had 4 Double 20 performances.

    As of today, Kevin Love is averaging 20.1 points and 15.6 rebounds per game, and 15.6 rebounds is the first this season, 1.8 more than second-placed 'Warcraft' Dwight Howard.  A rebound.

    This shows how strong Kevin Love is and how much potential he has.

    Although the Timberwolves have many potential new stars, there is no doubt that with Al Jefferson being traded to the Utah Jazz, Kevin Love has become the undisputed boss of this team.

    And if the Cavaliers want to defeat the Timberwolves, their first task is naturally to guard Kevin Love.

    Therefore, the defensive key?-Fang Chen handed over the heavy responsibility of Love to Anderson Varejao.

    Varejao has height and strength, and dares to fight and grab. Although his flexibility is less than that of Kevin Love, Fang Chen also arranged for ** Hickson to help defend Kevin Love.

    Currently, what Fang Chen is most worried about is not Kevin Love, but the team's No. 1 position.

    Ramon Sessions was injured in the last game and will be sidelined for at least two weeks.  Without his organization, Fang Chen seemed very worried.

    Although he has decided to let Mo Williams start, Fang Chen knows that it is almost impossible to expect him to play a beautiful organization.  He is even a little worried that whether Mo Williams can play an offense that he is more optimistic about is a problem.

    Mo Williams¡¯ opponent tonight is Luke Ridnour. Speaking of which, the two are somewhat destined.

    In the 2008-09 season, in the three-way trade between the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder, the Bucks sent away Mo Williams and Desmond Mason and acquired from the Cavaliers.  Damon Jones was acquired, and Luke Ridnour and forward Adrian Griffin were acquired from the Thunder. The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Mo Williams, and the Thunder acquired the Cavaliers' Joe.  Smith and Bucks' Desmond Mason.

    After ¡®Mobu Chuan¡¯ was traded to the Cavaliers by the Bucks, Luke Ridnour became an important member of the Bucks.

    Furthermore, Luke Ridnour made great progress in the following year, especially in shooting.

    In the two seasons before the 2008-09 season, his shooting percentages were 39.9% and 40.3% respectively. In the 2009-10 season, he sharply increased his shooting percentage to 49.9%, and he also had a high three-pointer of 40.0%.  Hit rate.

    With such progress, Luke Ridnour played a more important role for the Bucks in the 2009-10 season, averaging more than 1 point every two minutes.  At the same time, Ridnour also maintained a good assist efficiency, sending out 7 assists every 40 minutes, and controlled his turnover rate well.

    That¡¯s why Fang Chen is worried, worried that the Timberwolves will let Luke Ridnour open the gap from the one position, which will in turn give his team a huge blow.

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