Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 1 1. European fans send each other with tears, log into the abyss of the NBA!
In the 03-04 season, under the leadership of head coach Sanders Sr., the Timberwolves had the first record in the Western Conference and the second record in the league.

For a while, the scenery was unparalleled, and was considered by the media as one of the biggest favorites to win the season.

As a result, the Timberwolves, led by Garnett, Cassel and the "madman" three-headed monster, struggled in the playoffs.

In addition to easily eliminating the Nuggets 4:1 in the first round of the playoffs, entering the second round of the playoffs, the Timberwolves and the Kings fought seven consecutive bloody games, and finally barely entered the Western Conference Finals.

It is worth mentioning that the matchup between Garnett and Webber, the two legendary power forwards, is the biggest highlight of this round of the series.

而加内特则凭借场均23.9分15.4篮板4.3助攻1.7抢断以及3.4次封盖的恐怖数据全面吊打韦伯，将韦伯直接推向了舆论顶点，与国王管理层闹得不欢而散。

But the Timberwolves, who entered the Western Conference Finals, were eliminated in six games by the Lakers, who had the Big Four, and had no choice but to go home to fish.

Even though the Western Conference Finals is already the highest position in the history of the Timberwolves, owner Glen Taylor is still dissatisfied with this result, because this year is the closest the Timberwolves are to the championship.

In addition, there is another agreement between Glen Taylor, Garnett and head coach Saunders, that is, to win the championship this season, otherwise Garnett will cut his salary and Saunders will resign.

You know, Garnett's salary in the 03-04 season can be as high as 2800 million US dollars, ranking first in the league without any suspense.

O'Neal, who ranks second in the league, only has $2475 million, and Rasheed Wallace, who ranks third in the league, only has $1700 million.

So it is not difficult to see from here how expensive Garnett's salary is, which also locks the Timberwolves' reinforcement space to the greatest extent, which is also the reason why boss Glenn Taylor is dissatisfied with this.

Even though Garnett was the most valuable player in the regular season that season, this salary is still a bit exaggerated, and even ten years later it can be called a sky-high contract.

In this way, there is a gap between the owner Glenn Taylor and Garnett and the head coach Saunders Sr.

Garnett is okay. After all, Garnett is a player. Even if the Timberwolves don't renew his contract, there are still a lot of teams in the league who want to compete for the Wolves.

However, the old Sanders, the meritorious coach, gradually began to feel embarrassed.

Especially when the boss Glenn Taylor insisted that the Timberwolves failed to win the championship because the old Sanders didn't know how to be flexible, which basically paved the way for future management turmoil.

In addition, the current general manager of the Timberwolves, McHale, also has serious tactical conflicts with the old Sanders. The two often quarrel in high-level meetings, which also makes Sanders' departure from the team officially entered the countdown stage.

According to the normal historical trajectory, the old Sanders should have continued to coach 04 games in the 05-51 season before he broke up with the management.

But in this life, the Timberwolves announced in the offseason that they would officially lay off the team's head coach Philip Saunders, and instead hired Luke, the famous "bishop of the abyss" from the European League, as the coach.

The name Luke is a bit unfamiliar to NBA fans, but if it is placed in the European League, it will definitely be called a famous name.

As the champion coach of the old European team Tau, Luke has led Tau to the finals for five consecutive years, and won four championship trophies, including a three-peat.

It is precisely because of this that Luke's name spread throughout the European basketball circle in a short period of time.

It is worth mentioning that due to Luke's hot temper in coaching, there are often news of fights with the management, and Luke leads the league with 17 technical fouls in a single season, so Luke also won the "Abyss" award. "This appellation.

Of course, Luke not only often fights with those guys in the management, but even specially trained a group of thugs under him to provide services for those players with strong defensive moves.

This also led to the defensive actions of all teams that met Luke in the last few years.

Even Puldeoch, who was called the "No. [-] beast in Europe" at the time, seemed cautious, for fear of annoying Luke in the game, and then causing disaster for his career.

Because Puldeoch is very clear that when other people are ruthless, they will see blood at most, but once Luke becomes ruthless, seeing blood is just a warm-up.

After all, the "European Hyena" lung explosion incident is still flashing in everyone's minds, which also makes the name Luke a big taboo in the European League.

It is said that when other teams learned that Luke will leave the European League next season and prepare to enter the NBA, everyone cried out from the bottom of their hearts.

Some people even set off fireworks from day to night, dyeing the sky of the whole of Europe dazzling, just to celebrate that Luke finally left the European League.

At the same time, European fans also began to pray for NBA players from their hearts...

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"Lu, you are finally here. Please take a seat. I have heard too much about your deeds. I am very happy that you can become a member of the big family in the new season." Looking at Luke who just walked in, the Timberwolves Boss Glen Taylor said very enthusiastically.

"Mr. Glenn, I have stated a few conditions on the phone before. If you think there is no problem, we can sign the contract first." Facing the enthusiasm of Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor, Luke barely squeezed out smile.

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling face. What's more, if Luke wants to enter the NBA, then the current man will be his next boss.

So even though Luke hasn't greeted anyone with a smile for many years, it's not good to be too indifferent at this time.

"Yes, yes, yes, look at my memory, we signed the contract first."

"As for your conditions, of course there is no problem, as long as you can make the team better." Glen Taylor patted his forehead, and then took out the pre-printed contract from the drawer.

In fact, the wheel of history will change this offseason because of Luke.

Luke has been here for five years. During these five years, Luke has led the Tawu team to win the championship four times, with the purpose of being able to log in to the NBA for coaching one day.

Because compared to the European league, the NBA has too much history that he is familiar with, which is really attractive to Luke who has traveled here.

Luke is 34 years old this year. He is an Asian. He is not only handsome, but also has a very high IQ. So after time travel, Luke quickly accepted this fact.

Because technically, Luke thinks he's earned it!
In the last life, Luke only played a small role as an assistant coach in the Development League, but fortunately, Luke has a tactical concept that is nearly 20 years ahead of this era.

So in a short period of time, Luke built the Tawu team into a team of kings, and created a legendary glory of four championships in five years.

And Luke, who is well aware of the development trajectory of the NBA, did not act rashly, but has been waiting for an opportunity.

While sharpening himself in the European league, he is observing the development trajectory of the NBA.

Until this summer, when the Timberwolves were eliminated by the Lakers under the leadership of the old Sanders as always, Luke knew that his opportunity had come.

Since Luke had already achieved some fame in Europe at this time, when Luke introduced himself to the Timberwolves management, the wheel of history finally changed.

In fact, Luke has had many opportunities to log in to the NBA in recent years, and even the Bulls have invited Luke more than once in the past two years, wanting Luke to become the new whip in Chicago.

But Luke resolutely refused the Bulls' invitation, because Luke was screening, screening a team that was both suitable for him and had the potential to hit the championship.

So in this case, the Bulls are naturally not within the scope of Luke's consideration. After all, after Michael Jordan retired, the Bulls' record in recent years has been a mess.

Coupled with the fact that Chicago already has a very glorious history, even if Luke leads the Bulls to win the championship again, he cannot become the hero of the city of Chicago.

So in the end Luke locked his target on the Timberwolves. In addition to the climate in Minnesota that Luke likes very much, it is mainly because this Timberwolves have great potential.

"Wolf King" Garnett is an excellent core to win the championship. As long as reinforcements are made around him, it is not difficult to build the Timberwolves into a championship team.

In addition, the Timberwolves team has never won an NBA championship, which is what Luke is most satisfied with.

After all, only such a city can reflect Luke's own value, and only such a city can allow Luke to do it with confidence.

What Luke wants is not only the championship and fame, what Luke wants is to become a symbol of a city, and even a benchmark of an era!

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