Guo Xu checked the big news that happened in the NBA alliance in this world over the past 10 years. A slight change can cause a series of butterfly effects, resulting in unrecognizable historical situations.

This parallel world has changed even more, and the cause of the incident is probably just that Duncan's mother had an extra physical examination when she was young.

In the original historical process, the day before Duncan’s birthday in 1990, his mother died of breast cancer. Duncan was only 14 years old at the time, and his mother hoped that he could complete his college studies and become a cultural person before her death. Therefore, in order to fulfill his mother’s last wish, Duncan participated in the NBA draft after graduating from college.

In this world, Duncan's mother discovered a small lump on her chest early, and successfully changed the outcome of her death through surgery, so naturally she lost her last wish to let Duncan go to college.

Duncan's family supported him to enter the NBA early, and as long as he had a guaranteed contract, the whole family could enjoy the happiness.

In 1993, Duncan entered Wake Forest University to study in psychology. In his first game against the University of Alaska, Duncan scored no points, and as a freshman, he was just an ordinary insider with outstanding health.

Duncan's initial dream was to become a swimmer because his sister was on the US National Swimming Team.

Later, Duncan was influenced by his brother-in-law and tall, and started practicing basketball at the age of 14. He had a high IQ and basketball talent, which was why he could quickly become a star. At first, no one expected that he would be strong enough to fight against the "Big Shark" on land.

With high-intensity training, Duncan's performance quickly rose. When he was in his sophomore year of college, Duncan scored 25 points in a game against Wallace University. Jerry West decided that he would become the No. 1 pick in the 1995 NBA draft, but unfortunately the Lakers did not have a high pick.

Although Duncan's team's record in the first two years of the year, his data was not particularly impressive, and he had never won personal honors, he was confident that he could adapt to the NBA intensity game and participated in the 1995 NBA draft.

Duncan, who ran for the election two years in advance, did not become the No. 1 pick, but just slightly surpassed high school player Garnett, and was selected by the Timberwolves in the fifth pick.

The unlucky Garnett was selected sixth by the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies were located in Vancouver during this period. There was no star willing to join. They ranked at the bottom of the year and were nowhere better than the Timberwolves.

Guo Xu felt that this was fate, and Garnett was destined to become the "King of the North".

After joining the Timberwolves, Duncan's rookie season was not outstanding, and the team did not even score in the playoffs. He averaged 12.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.2 blocks per game but failed to compete for the "Flying Squirrel" Stadameier to win the best rookie.

This is not because Duncan is not capable, but because he cannot get the ball. The Timberwolves' boss in the 1995-96 season was Isaiah Leder, the famous NBA cancer, and Kristen Leitner also shared playing time with Duncan in the interior.

The Timberwolves' record has changed this season, and they only ranked eighth in the draft pick.

At the 1996 draft, Garnett's Grillards didn't use the Titan Lottery to pick power forward Sharif Raheem with overlapping positions, but instead selected point guard Stephen Marbury.

Fate is wonderful...

The Bucks chose Rahim in the fourth pick, and if they chose Marbury, they would be happy to trade with the Timberwolves.

When the Timberwolves wanted to trade Marbury, who was also missing a good defender, the Grizzlies refused.

The Raptors chose Stadameier, the Celtics selected Antoine Walker, the Clippers selected Lorenzen White, and Ray Allen fell to eighth before being selected by the Timberwolves. He was so depressed.

If the deal cannot be made, the Timberwolves had to keep Ray Allen, and both sides were quite reluctant.

Unintentionally planted willows and became a shade. After the "stuttering stick" Laidel was cleaned by the team, Laidner was traded, the Timberwolves spring came.

Duncan will become a 20+10 star next season. The second-in-command Gugliota also scored a peak career data of 20+8+4. The two were selected as the All-Stars together and led the Timberwolves to the playoffs, losing to the Jazz in the second round.

The Timberwolves' offense became both smooth and beautiful. Duncan and Gugliotas formed a double tower, which can be used to take-and-roll attacks, low-post attacks, and support passes at high and low posts.

The outside focus is on cultivating Ray Allen. Ray Allen, who has just entered the league, has excellent combat power. He has a strong body, is very fast, and his bounce power is at the level of a slam dunk contest. He shoots accurately in mid- and long distances and can still break through with the ball.

The Timberwolves established a trident, and other role players were responsible for receiving and shooting and defending the ball, and their cooperation became more and more tacit.

The key to the team's success lies in chemical reactions. Gugliotta and Duncan form a double tower to complement each other. His specialty is to pull out the mid-range shot. Duncan prefers to hold the ball at low posts in the early stage of his career, which attracts double teams and passes the ball again.

Gugliotta and Garnett's partner positions overlap. Both of them are forwards, and they both like to avoid playing, making it difficult to defend the penalty area.

Garnett was too thin when he first entered the league. In order not to play inside, he falsely reported his height, which caused Gugliota to go to the main defense and restricted area. His injuries were directly related to the intensity of the confrontation.

Now that the Timberwolves have a tough Duncan, Gugliotta is healthy and can pull it out and beat it with all his heart. He is not afraid of others saying that he is a softie, because he knows his weight and his physical fitness is incomparable to Duncan, and success depends on technology.

In the 1997 draft, the Timberwolves selected double-seater Bobby Jackson to strengthen the weakest No. 1 position.

Although Jackson's organizational ability is not very good, he can break through and shoot, which strengthened the team's offensive firepower in the second quarter. The Timberwolves mainly play in the inside, while Ray Allen is responsible for holding the ball from the outside.

Ray Allen made significant progress in his second season in his career, averaging 17.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4 assists per game, a three-point shooting percentage of 40.7%, and was able to shoot 2 three-pointers.

It is worth mentioning that the Spurs, who had a poor record in 1996, selected Van Horn with the No. 1 pick, and this double tower tragedy was a tragedy.

The results of the 1997-98 season were shocking. The Timberwolves achieved fourth place in the Western Conference in the regular season, slightly inferior to the Jazz, Supersonics, and Lakers.

However, the young Timberwolves players are getting better and better. They fought fiercely after entering the playoffs, sweeping the Suns 3-0 in the first round.

The Timberwolves defeated the Jazz who won the top spot in the regular season 4-3 in the second round and won 62.

"Big White Bear" Ostag did a good job in defending O'Neal because O'Neal had no range and kept attacking the penalty area. Although Duncan's dominance in the penalty area was slightly inferior to the "Sharks", he was more comprehensive. He could not only attack at low posts, but also pull out to play pick-and-roll guards to create misaligned attack opportunities and receive mid-range shots.

The "Big White Bear" was not good at controlling the pick-and-roll and was beaten up, and Duncan and Ray Allen became key figures.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Timberwolves eliminated the Lakers 4-2. Duncan is not inferior to O'Neal's data. Kobe's performance in the second season was not as good as Ray Allen, and he only played randomly and made a fuss.

Duncan beat Bulls center Luke Longley in the finals, and Rodman could only defend Gugliota, and there was no way to deal with Duncan.

Under the leadership of Duncan, Tom Hammond, Sam Mitchell, Terry Bert, Anthony Pierre, Ray Allen and others all performed well. Only Gugliotta was in a low state and hit rate was low, but Rodman, the Bulls had no attack power, so he could only try his best to repay the students.

In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Bulls 4-3, and Duncan helped the team win the first championship in team history and was elected FMVP.
Chapter completed!