Yi Dun was training for free throws alone there, while Adelman looked patiently, and he took a full half hour to watch.

In half an hour, Adelman also discovered some problems with Yi Dun's free throws, but he was not a professional shooting trainer.

"Sam, do you think we should find a free throw trainer for Yidun?" Adelman said to a tall black man beside him.

The black man is named Sam Mitchell, and he is currently an assistant coach in Adelman's coaching staff.

Sam Mitchell spent most of his career with the Timberwolves, who was the player with the most appearances in the Timberwolves history before.

Later, after retiring, he entered the coaching industry. In 2003, he became the head coach of the Toronto Raptors, and he also won the honor of the NBA's best head coach of the year in the 2006-07 season.

Unfortunately, he failed to lead the Raptors to go further and was directly fired by the team. Later, he returned to the Timberwolves and became an assistant coach under Adelman.

"Let's find someone. Yi Dun's free throw should be said to be his only shortcoming. In some key events, the opponent may use the shark-cutting tactics against Yi Dun, which has been confirmed in the Olympics." Sam Mitchell replied seriously.

When Adelman heard this, he was determined to help Yi Dun find a trainer. At this moment, he searched carefully in his mind, wanting to see if he knew any reliable trainer.

Because if you want to find a professional trainer for free throws, you will naturally find the kind of players who have excellent free throws and have retired at the moment. Such players have rich experience and experience in free throws. Not to mention that Yi Dun's free throws have been improved to the top level of the league, as long as Yi Dun's free throws reach 70%, it is completely enough.

It doesn’t even take 70%. As long as it can be guaranteed to be around 65%, that’s actually enough.

After thinking for a long time, Adelman suddenly remembered a player in his mind. Although he and this player had only had a season of incense, and even less than a season, the player had only played 32 games under Adelman, Adelman felt that this player was undoubtedly the best trainer.

Walter Davis, nicknamed Greyhound, is the best person Adelman thought of.

Today's fans must be extremely unfamiliar with the Greyhounds, and it is estimated that five of the 100 fans will know about this player.

But in the 1970s and 1980s, the Greyhounds were recognized as the second striker in the league, an All-Star regular, and the leading star of the Phoenix Suns.

As for who was the first striker in the league at that time? It was naturally Dr. J Julius Irving.

In the first eleven years of his career, the Greyhounds played for the Suns. Later, after leaving the Suns, they played in the Nuggets for four years.

Interestingly, during the four years of playing in the Nuggets, the Greyhounds went to Adelman's Trail Blazers for half a season in the third season, and after the season ended, they returned to the Nuggets.

Why did this happen at that time? According to the speculation of later fans, it was undoubtedly that the Trail Blazers wanted to compete for the championship and needed to strengthen their lineup as much as possible, so they made some py transactions with the Nuggets and seconded the Greyhounds from the Nuggets.

As a result, the Greyhounds failed to help the Trail Blazers. That season, he averaged only 3.3 points per game in the playoffs and his shooting percentage was less than 40%. This is obviously not possible to help the Trail Blazers defeat the Bulls. Even the Trail Blazers failed to break out of the West and lost to "Magic" Johnson and the Lakers led by "James" James Worthy in the Western Conference Finals.

Of course, the Lakers failed to win the championship in the end, and they still lost to the Bulls who were in full swing.

After playing for half a season, the Trail Blazers returned the Greyhounds to the Nuggets. After the Nuggets played another season, the Greyhounds announced their retirement.

The Greyhounds gave Adelman the impression that the free throws were extremely stable, especially at the end of his career, when all strengths in all aspects declined significantly, the Greyhounds' free throws were getting better and better.

This is undoubtedly an excellent candidate to train Yidun’s free throws. At least in Adelman’s impression, no player is more suitable than the Greyhound.

"Sam, do you have Walter's contact information?" Adelman turned his head and asked Mitchell beside him.

Mitchell was stunned by this question, Walter? Which Walter, a player named Walter in the history of the league, must have dozens of them.

Even the legendary player named Walter has at least three.

Walter Bellamy, Walter Fraser and Walter Davis as Adelman said.

"Big Bell Walter? Rogue Walter or Greyhound Walter?" Mitchell asked speechlessly.

Adelman looked at Mitchell strangely, "Of course it's the Greyhound. Do you think Bellamy's free throw can teach Yidun? Besides, how old is Bellamy now? I feel that he may have gone to see God earlier than me."

"I remember Fraser's free throws on average in his career, and his free throws are not good at defenders, so it must be Walter Davis, the Greyhound."

"I can find Walter's contact information, but I don't know if he wants to be a trainer."

"Go and try it. Even if he is not happy, he will definitely agree after watching Yi Dun's debut. If I were him, I would definitely not miss this opportunity to be the best in training history." Adelman said confidently.

In Adelman's opinion, the position of the No. 1 player in NBA history is destined to be Yi Dun's possession.

...

The training days are extremely boring, but Yi Dun and the other two enjoy it, especially Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, who cherish this opportunity to return to the NBA and are more enthusiastic about training than anyone else.

Adelman saw it and remembered it in his heart. It can be said that no coach does not like players who train hard. If he really doesn't like it, then the coach's designation is a bit of a problem.

Not to mention the strength of Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, this training attitude alone satisfies Adelman.

However, just by training hard, it will definitely not make Adelman think of reusing Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. Whether they can be reused in the new season depends on their performance on the field.

The next day, Mitchell found Adelman and said he had contacted the Greyhound. He had something to do now, so it would take a month to give a reply.

Adelman nodded, and there was no rush to do this. If the Greyhounds don't come in a month, then he will find a way. Anyway, it will definitely not be difficult to find a retired player with free throws.

...

On October 14, the Timberwolves, which had been training for about half a month, will soon usher in their first preseason game of the new season. What kind of strength their lineup in the new season will be verified in actual combat.

However, it is said that it is a new lineup. In fact, the Timberwolves' lineup has not changed much compared to last season. If you really want to change, it means that there is one more Yi Dun in the main lineup. It is hard to say whether Yi Jianlian can play as the main team now, let alone Sun Yue, he still has a long way to go.

...

In the afternoon of the same day, there were still a few hours before the evening game. Timberwolves executives and players all gathered together for a pre-match mobilization meeting, and even boss Glenn Taylor came.

This season is extremely important for the Timberwolves. They have not entered the playoffs for many years. Since Garnett left in 2004, they have been the bottom team in the West and have never entered the playoffs. If this continues, the fans will definitely lose more and more fans.

Fortunately, they have obtained Yi Dun. If nothing unexpected happens, the Timberwolves will usher in a highlight period in the future.

"Although tonight's game is just a preseason game, I hope everyone can cheer up. After all, this is the first game we have since reconstruction, and we must perform well enough!" Adelman shouted excitedly. How could he tell that he is almost seventy years old.

The team reconstruction he mentioned is actually not considered a reconstruction in the eyes of outsiders, because the Timberwolves' lineup has almost no change compared to last season.

"We have to win this game, not only win, but also win beautifully!"

"The opponent is the Saramento Kings, and we have no reason to lose this game!"

As Adelman said, because the opponent is the Kings, there is really no reason to lose the Timberwolves now, mainly because the Kings are too weak.

Generally speaking, the Kings have not made the playoffs for some years, and their last entry into the playoffs has to be traced back to 2006.

Coincidentally, the Kings' head coach who entered the playoffs last time was Adelman.

Speaking of which, Adelman was definitely a godfather figure in the king's level. The king's most glorious period was created by Adelman.

Before Adelman coached the Kings, the Kings only entered the playoffs twice in their history. Once in the first year of the team building, and they were shaved in the first round of the playoffs.

Another time was when the star of the Rock Ricci Mond led the team. He led the team into the playoffs in the 1995-96 season. Although he did not shaved his head, he was eliminated with a 1:3 score in the first round.

It means that the Kings history is apart from the Adelman period, they have only won one playoff game, what a tragic team.

Adelman's arrival definitely made the Kings change the world. In 1998, he went to the Kings to coach and directly led the team into the playoffs. Although it was still the first round, they won two games this time.

Then until Adelman was fired by the Kings, for eight years, Adelman led the Kings into the playoffs every year, and in the 2002 playoffs they even reached the Western Conference Finals. Facing the Lakers of the Ok combination, they lost with a big score of 3:4, only one step away from the championship.

Why is it a step away? Because after the Lakers arrived in the finals, they directly defeated their opponent Nets with a score of 4:0. At this time when the West is strong and the East is weak, if the Kings are against the Nets, they have a high chance of winning the championship.

This once again proves how unlucky Adelman's career was...

It can be said that all the highlights of the king were created by Adelman, but Adelman failed to end up with the king, and finally left...

The new Timberwolves' first appearance is to play against the Kings. Adelman naturally wants to win a beautiful game and give the King, the unkind old club, a little color.

"Now, I'll announce the starting lineup for the preseason."

"The starting center Love, the starting power forward Yi Jianlian, the starting small forward Yi Dun, the starting backcourt combination is Rubio and Barrea."

Later, Adelman announced the 12-man roster for the new season, and Sun Yue was also among them.

Yi Dun breathed a sigh of relief. Adelman did not lie to him, which really allowed Yi Jianlian to enter the starting lineup.

As long as Yi Jianlian has a lot of time to appear at the same time as himself, Yi Dun will be sure to raise Yi Jianlian.

Sun Yue is included in the 12-man roster, which is also good news. At least Sun Yue has the opportunity to play in the main competition in the future. If he doesn't even enter the 12-man roster, it will definitely be impossible for him to play in the main competition.

Yi Dun and the other two were happy, and they felt very uncomfortable if they had players.

Pekovic is extremely uncomfortable now. He originally thought he was still a starting center in the new season, but he didn't expect his starting position to be taken away.

When he started last season, he averaged 13.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, which is already a very impressive performance in the NBA, which is scarce in high-quality inside. If he continues to work hard, he will likely get a maximum salary plus All-Star qualification in the future.

But now his starting qualifications have been deprived. It can be foreseen that his average game data in the new season will definitely show a visible decline. In this case, how about the maximum salary and the All-Star...

Pekovic's only thought in his heart now is that what Adelman announced is the preseason starter list, not the main competition starter list. If the main competition starts and he is not the starting player, he may have to think of a way to move.

I am not those young newcomers. Now I am 27 years old and have one year left in the rookie contract. It means that I have to sign a big contract at the age of 28. If I can't sign it, by the time I pass thirty, no fool team will give me a big contract.

Yi Dun also noticed Pekovic, who was worried, but the old saying goes, if you die, I will not die, Yi Jianlian is definitely his own person, Yi Dun definitely wants his own people to have a better development. If Yi Jianlian can replace Pekovic, Yi Dun will never have any psychological burden.

Adelman next announced some lineup arrangements, and then the boss Glenn Taylor also came up and said a few words.

Glen Taylor doesn't understand football very much, Yi Dun feels that this boss is completely a layman in basketball.

Taylor didn't mention anything about the team's lineup, but just kept praising Yi Dun, hoping that Yi Dun could lead the Timberwolves to make a difference in the new season.

After the meeting was over, it was just about meal time.

"Ah Lian, are you nervous?" Yi Dun asked Yi Jianlian with a smile at the dinner table.

Seeing Yi Jianlian's tense expression now, he must be extremely nervous. This time he returned to the NBA's debut, he may be even more nervous than his debut in the rookie season.

The reason is very simple. Even if you play poorly in your debut in the rookie season, you still have a chance to adjust later. After all, you are a newcomer. It is impossible for the team to abandon the newcomers whom they have selected with high picks because of poor performance in several games.

Now Yi Jianlian is no longer a rookie. If he fails to perform well in several consecutive games, he may be thrown into the cold palace.

"I'm a little nervous, Yi Dun, what should I do tonight?" Yi Jianlian might be a little panicked now, wanting Yi Dun to give advice.

"Just play normally. You play the fourth position tonight. Try to get closer to me on the offensive end. I can help you play pick-and-roll. When you miss the shot, I can also take advantage of the situation to grab the rebound."
To be continued...