Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 127 127. The Two-Faced Bynum

The joining of Andrew Bynum did not make other teams feel threatened. On the contrary, it also brought many doubts to the Timberwolves.

Bynum is a rookie in high school, and both his golf quotient and his body need time to develop.

No one believes that the Timberwolves can transform Bynum in a short period of time. At least the defending champion Timberwolves will not go all out to cultivate Bynum.

Because the Timberwolves have only one goal, which is to hit the championship with all their strength.

On December 12, Bynum ushered in his personal debut after joining the Timberwolves.

In this game, the Timberwolves beat the Sonics by 18 points, and it was not difficult to win. Since the game was not suspenseful, Bynum, who joined the Timberwolves, got 21 minutes of playing time.

In these 21 minutes of playing time, Bynum showed everyone his amazing physical talent, but also exposed his shortcomings of low golf quotient and poor skills.

Facing Nick Collison, who has excellent lower body strength, Bynum struggled on the court, and it was difficult to use his body to take advantage of the basket.

However, the advantages of Bynum's height, weight and wingspan are also enviable. Even if his golf quotient is not developed enough and his skills are rough, Bynum still contributed 9 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block in his debut.

As a big center with a height of 280 meters and a weight of [-] pounds, Bynum has amazing bullet speed. As long as Bynum finds space under the basket, Bynum can immediately offer a dunk.

Luke's eyes were on Andrew Bynum throughout the game, and Bynum's performance was not that outstanding, at least far below Luke's requirements.

But Bynum's talent on the court reassured Luke a lot. Now Bynum's style of play is not stable enough, and his skills are a bit rough, and these can be made up for through acquired efforts.

The Timberwolves are very dominant this season, and they can play games without any suspense in many cases.

Luke has a lot of time to observe Bynum in actual combat, let Bynum complete the transformation as much as possible by playing games, and strive to improve Bynum's strength by several levels before the regular season is over.

Although Magloire's personal strength is outstanding, Magloire is a mobile center forward and does not have an advantage in personal tonnage.

Don't talk about encountering bugs like "Shark" O'Neal and Yao Ming, even if you encounter Howard and Eddie Curry, it is enough for Magloire to drink a pot, so Bynum's existence will be very important , especially after entering the playoffs.

With the Minnesota home victory over the Supersonics, the Timberwolves have finished all the games before the Christmas war, and then the Timberwolves will have four days of rest in order to adjust their state and prepare for the upcoming Christmas war.

As the defending champion of the league, the Timberwolves will naturally not miss the Christmas game that the whole United States is paying attention to.

This season, the league has arranged a total of four games in the Christmas War, in which the Timberwolves will compete with their old rivals, the Spurs.

The personal grievances between the Timberwolves and the Spurs are well known throughout the league, but the Timberwolves are in full swing, and the Spurs dare not touch the Timberwolves' eyebrows at this time.

Regardless of whether Popovich can really swallow this bad breath, the Spurs dare not provoke the Timberwolves in public.

The scene of last year's playoffs is still flashing in everyone's minds. Bruce Bowen's ankle injury has affected his next career. Until now, Bruce Bowen is still in a state of recuperation.

According to the Spurs team doctor, Bowen will not be able to return until March at the earliest, and no one can guarantee his personal status after his return.

Bowen's injury was so serious this time that just thinking about it makes people feel scalp numb.

However, not many people in the outside world sympathize with Bowen. Bowen is like a mouse in the NBA league. Although he has not yet reached the point where everyone shouts and beats him, he is absolutely disgusting.

Many times in his career, he has maliciously stepped on his feet, causing innocent players to be injured. Bruce Bowen's injury is more like a retribution, and it also ensures the safety of other players when playing against the Spurs.

The Christmas game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs has attracted the attention of many fans, and many fans are looking forward to the arrival of this game.

This is the first match between the Timberwolves and the Spurs this season. Popovich's dislike of Luke has reached its peak. However, Popovich has nothing to do with Luke, whether it is on or off the court. Vicki could only swallow his anger.

And Luke will not let go of Popovich, an old enemy, whether it is the playoffs instructing Bowen to step on Nehbar maliciously, or the grievances accumulated before, the two will definitely not end well.

Fans speculate that this nationally broadcast Christmas battle will definitely not be peaceful, because Luke has never been a guy who knows how to restrain himself.

Retribution and cruelty have always been the labels fans have attached to Luke.

Now the Timberwolves coaching staff has another "demon" Lambiel. When these two get together, it is hard to believe that the Timberwolves will be willing to suffer!

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"Lu, Andrew's talent is really enviable, but this guy is a bit naive. Even if I teach him a lesson for a while, he will often make some low-level mistakes on the court."

"If he can become more stable, even if his skills are still so bad, he will be enough to beat most centers in the league."

In the training hall, looking at Andrew Bynum who was training with the help of the trainer, Lambiel touched his chin thoughtfully.

"Andrew's talent is absolutely unquestionable. This guy is still very young. That's the downside of skipping college and going straight to the draft."

"Not everyone is LeBron, and not everyone is Kevin. This is a process that must be experienced." Speaking of this, when Luke glanced at Monta Ellis from the corner of his eyes, the style of painting suddenly changed , "But Andrew is really a waste of talent. Monta also participated in the draft as a high school student, but his progress is much better than Andrew's."

Lambiel didn't know how to answer Luke's words. Luke said all the good and bad things, and Lambiel could only sit aside and laugh.

Monta Ellis also participated in the draft as a high school student, and was picked by the Timberwolves with the No.30 pick in the first round this year.

Lack of field experience is a common problem for all high school rookies, and Monta Ellis' performance is naturally not comparable to that of LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and others.

But with the help of head coach Luke, Monta Ellis' starting point has been much higher than in his previous life.

截止到目前，埃利斯场均可以贡献12.4分3.1篮板2.7助攻以及1.9次抢断，投篮命中率为45.6%，三分球命中率为32.7%。

In addition to the offensive efficiency needs to be improved, Monta Ellis' performance is already worthy of praise.

(End of this chapter)