"Mr. Yidun, this is Coach Adelman's office. He is waiting for you now, so I won't go in." Barnes said goodbye and left.

Yi Dun knocked on the door, and soon a smiling white old man opened the door and asked Yi Dun to go in.

Yi Dun actually had no deep impression of Adelman. He just heard from Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue that Adelman once coached Yao Ming and led the Rockets to achieve quite good results.

"Yidun, I finally hope you join the Timberwolves."

"To be honest, when Kevin called me to tell me the news, I once doubted whether I was dreaming." Adelman might be worried that Yi Dun could not understand his words, so he spoke very slowly.

Yi Dun nodded, feeling that this was a bit troublesome. He could barely understand Adelman's words, but now Adelman speaks some commonly used English. What should he do if he doesn't understand if he arranges any tactics on the side of the court in the back?

I can't always rely on Yi Jianlian to translate. They are here to play basketball, but they are not here to be Yi Dun's translator.

Adelman saw Yi Dun frowned and couldn't help but shout at the door. After a while, an Asian man who looked only thirty years old walked in.

"Yidun, this is the translator we specially hired for you, named Bruce Richard, and he will be responsible for your translation work in the future." Adelman said slowly again.

Richard translated Adelman's words to Yi Dun. Yi Dun nodded and asked, "Chinese?"

Unexpectedly, the man shook his head, "Sorry, Mr. Yi Dun, I am not Chinese, I am Thai, but you can definitely rest assured about my Chinese skills. I have studied in China for four years and spoken Chinese is still OK."

Yi Dun knew it in his heart. No wonder Richard spoke Chinese with a strange mouth. It turned out to be a Thai.

"Okay, Yidun, we can have a good chat without any obstacles. I have been thinking about how our lineup should be built during this period. I wonder if you have any ideas?" Adelman said happily.

He looked forward to this day for a long time. Yi Dun's arrival marked the opportunity to win the championship again in the late stage of his coaching career. If he could really win the championship, Adelman's coaching career would be without regrets.

As an old coach who has coached in the NBA for more than 20 years, Adelman can now be said to have everything besides the championship.

In his coaching career, he led the Trail Blazers to achieve an impressive record of 63 wins in the season, and once led the Rockets to achieve a team record of 22 consecutive victories. He also found the floor of the division finals and the floor of the finals. Now he is one championship away to put a perfect end to his coaching career.

Richard, who was standing aside, translated Adelman's words to Yi Dun intact, causing Yi Dun to scratch his head.

What do you think about lineup construction? There are indeed some ideas, but now Yidun doesn’t even know which players in the Timberwolves are very clear about, so where can you come up with decent ideas?

"I do have some ideas, but it has nothing to do with the construction of the lineup. I want Kevin not to lose weight. We don't need an inside player who can play on the outside at any time." Yi Dun said with a frown.

Love once told himself before that if he joined the Timberwolves, he would be willing to lose weight and change his style of play to cooperate with him.

But Yi Dun didn't want Love to make such sacrifices. He still wanted Love to continue playing the Big White Bear style. This style is definitely a good thing for Love. First of all, it is not easy to get hurt. There is nothing more important for players than health.

Secondly, Love's data will also be better. If he plays the space-type four position, if not, the rebounding data will definitely decline quite seriously.

As an inside player, if the rebounding data is not good, it will not work in the eyes of fans.

You who play inside and can't even grab rebounds, can you be considered a good inside?

Yi Dun doesn't want to let Love sacrifice too much of his data for his own reasons.

If Love's personality is not likable, that's fine. Yi Dun must not care about his life or death. Now Yi Dun likes Love's personality very much, so he naturally thinks that he can make Love's career brighter.

Of course, Yi Dun didn't want Love to play the space-type fourth position, and there was another more important reason, that is, Yi Jianlian.

If Love is playing outside, Yi Jianlian's position will be very awkward. His style is also playing outside, which completely overlaps with Love. At that time, he will only serve as Love's substitute and will definitely not get the chance to start.

If Love is in the inside, Yi Jianlian will still have the chance to play the starting lineup, but this requires Yi Dun to play the third position.

Yi Dun felt that there was nothing different about where he played. He was originally a defensive player who mainly defended the opponent's outside sharp-cut players. As for the offensive end, no position Yi Dun played would affect his score at the basket.

After hearing Yi Dun's words, Adelman looked strange because according to his plan, he was indeed to let Love lose weight and play the space-type projection number four position to cooperate with Yi Dun, and Yi Dun was in charge of the basket to lead the overall situation.

Love also agreed and has started to lose weight recently.

"Yidun, are you sure you don't want Kevin to lose weight? You should know that a team cannot put two centers on the court." Adelman asked curiously.

Yi Dun shook his head, "I don't have to play in the center position when I come to the Timberwolves. Mr. Adelman, you should know my style more. I'm not a real center."

"Especially in the current era of the in-house decline, there are no players in the league that I have to take action to defend themselves. On the contrary, those outside stars need my defense to suppress them, so I think the most suitable position for me is the number three position, the number three position on the defensive end, and the offensive end is adaptable."

"If Kevin loses weight, you should be very clear that he will lose the capital to compete with those inside players." Yi Dun told Adelman in a very organized manner.

Adelman's eyes lit up. He knew very well that what Yi Dun said was really wrong.

How many inside players in the league can be seen now? It seems that there are really not many left.

Howard, Warcraft, is definitely one of the best inside players in the league. Unfortunately, he really can't get a little advantage when he is against Love.

Currently, the two have played 7 games in total, and Love averaged 17.2 points and 12 rebounds per game, while Howard has 15.5 points and 12 rebounds.

The fans may not believe it. Love, who has always seemed to have no great presence, is so powerful. No matter which inside player he is against, he has never suffered any loss.

Especially with rebounding data, Howard in the minds of fans is definitely a typical rebounding monster, but Love's rebounding rate is not at all at a loss in the fight with Howard, and even the frontcourt rebounding rate is higher than Howard, which is really incredible.

In addition to Howard, the reliable inside players in the league are old, small, and weak, and there is really no other player who can compete with Love.

Last season, Love's average of 13.3 rebounds per game is enough to prove Love's strength in the inside.

Of course, the premise is that Love can continue to maintain his current weight. If he loses weight, it is certain that the data will definitely decline. If he encounters Howard again, it will probably be difficult to fight Howard alone.

If Love does not lose weight, maintains her current strength in the inside line. Adelman feels that Love's strength still has room to improve. You should know that Love is still so young now and has just ended his rookie contract!

In fact, Adelman chose to join the Timberwolves, and there were many reasons why he wanted to coach Love. He saw great potential in Love.

What Adelman didn't expect was that after the Timberwolves came, he actually had an unexpected surprise and got Yi Dun.

Now Love is fully capable of fighting against all the inside players in the league, and at least it can ensure that it will not fall behind. In this case, is it necessary to let Yi Dun play center? It would be better to let Yi Dun use his defensive strength to those outside stars in the league.

There are so many outside stars in this league now, and each of them has the ability to influence the game. This can be clearly seen from the lineup of Dream Ten teams.

Love himself is the top three inside players in the league. With Yi Dun as a bug, how strong will the Timberwolves' inside lineup in the new season? Adelman shivered excitedly when he thought about it.

"Okay, Yi Dun, I was negligent. You are right."

"Kevin shouldn't lose weight. You are indeed the best fit to play in the third position. To be honest, I'm going to watch the outside players in the league now." Adelman said with a wry smile.

He could already imagine the appearance of those outside stars under Yi Dun's defense.

Yi Dun's plays the third position means that the Timberwolves will be completely and completely powerful in all directions without blind spots on the defensive end. Of course, it would be even better if Love's defense can become stronger.

The offensive end is never something Adelman is worried about. At least after getting Yi Dun, he never thought about the offensive end.

With Yi Dun on the offensive end, what else should I consider?

"By the way, Coach Adelman, I want to have a good chat with you."

"You may not want to say anything, but I hope you can think solemnly." Yi Dun suddenly spoke.

Adelman's face also became solemn, and he could roughly guess what Yi Dun was going to mention next.

"Let's talk, Yi Dun, if it doesn't have much impact on our team, I think I'll agree."

Yi Dun was not polite and said directly: "I want Yi Jianlian to play the starting lineup. Kevin will play the fifth position in the future. I will play the third position. We are still missing a fourth position player. Although Yi Jianlian has not been able to match his draft pick in the NBA in the past few years, please give him a chance. I believe he will definitely play."

Adelman sighed in his heart. It was indeed this. He had expected that Yi Dun would bring Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue to Timberwolves and would definitely put forward similar conditions. Otherwise, Adelman would not be able to figure out why Yi Dun would be willing to come to Minnesota.

Few teams in the league can meet Yi Dun's conditions like the Timberwolves. They have sufficient salary space and can move a starting fourth position.

"This..." Adelman hesitated.

He knew very well that he should agree to Yi Dun, but if this matter really happened, what if Yi Jianlian played badly? What if he was bad enough to affect the team's record?

The five players on the field are fully applicable to the barrel theory, and the shortest short board is likely to determine the height the team can reach.

Seeing Adelman being extremely embarrassed, Yi Dun made a concession with his lips.

"Why not do this? Isn't there a preseason? The six preseason games give Yi Jianlian the starting position and give him plenty of time to play. If you are not satisfied with his performance, just pretend that I have never said this today, what about it?"

Adelman finally breathed a sigh of relief. He could accept what Yi Dun said. The preseason was not an important game. Not to mention starting for Yi Jianlian, it was not a big deal to give Sun Yue a starting position.

"Okay, that's it. I will let Yi Jianlian start all six games in the preseason, and give him no less than 35 minutes of playing time in each game. I hope he can play enough to match the starting position." Adelman made a decision directly.

There was no way, Yi Dun had made a regression. If he didn't agree, he would really not give Yi Dun face.

Yi Dun is different from other players. He is a successful player and plays an important role in the sports world. He can kill people by taking out the gold medal. Even Adelman is a coach with quite a seniority, but he cannot completely wipe out Yi Dun's face.

Yi Dun was delighted that what he had been planning was finally half successful. As long as Yi Jianlian performed well in the preseason, he would be able to start the game forever.

There is no need to even perform particularly well, because there are no four-position players in the Timberwolves who can show off now.

The Timberwolves played last season as the fourth starting position of Love, with Anthony Randolph and second-place winner Derek Williams as Love's substitute.

Williams is a double-energy striker, and he can play both small forwards and power forwards, but the embarrassing thing is that if he plays small forwards, his skills are not up to standard. If he plays power forwards, his height of 203 cm is not enough, so he is a double-energy striker, but in fact, he is a double-energy striker.

As for Anthony Randolph, he was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the first round in 2008. His career trajectory is similar to that of Yi Jianlian. He has been wandering in recent years. If you have the strength, it may be worse than Yi Jianlian.

Last season, he averaged about 7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game with the Timberwolves. It seems pretty good, but Yi Jianlian has an unparalleled advantage, which is three-pointers.

Randolph didn't have a slight three-pointer, and this alone determined that Yi Jianlian would have much more effect on the field than him.

Yi Dun likes to partner with shooter players, which is well known. At that time, I will definitely not be happy to put a player who missed a three-pointer in this season on the court.

Even if Randolph's ability to attack under the basket is stronger than that of Yi Jianlian, Yi Dun definitely doesn't want it. If you can attack under the basket, do you need others?!

Now that Love plays the No. 5 position, as long as Yi Jianlian's performance is not very bad, the starting No. 4 position is Yi Jianlian's possession, unless the Timberwolves sign a new powerful No. 4 player before the start of the game.

However, this possibility is quite small. There are really few reliable No. 4 players in the league now. Even if there are, the Timberwolves will not pay a big price, they will definitely not be happy to take action.

What is the Timberwolves' foundation now? That is, the original starting center Nickla Pekovic has trading value, but Pekovic is an older rookie. He was 22 years old when he was selected in the draft in 2008. Later, it was delayed for two years, and it was not until 10 years that he really played in the NBA.

As a result, the older rookie suffered a serious injury last season and played half of the game in one season. How could there be any great deal value here?

If you really sell it, you can naturally get something. After all, Pekovic's instant combat power is quite good, but rather than selling it, it is better to keep it for your own use. After all, Love also needs a reliable substitute.

"Since Mr. Adelman agreed, there is nothing else to do. I hope we can achieve dazzling results in the new season." Yi Dun was extremely satisfied with the current situation.
To be continued...