The older superstars of the NBA

After the big score was 2 to 1, the Minnesota Timberwolves took advantage of the victory and pursued. When the Portland Trail Blazers did have a certain gap in strength, they then won the fourth game again at their home court.

So, this time the two sides tied 3-1.

The Trail Blazers, which seemed to have a little hope at first, undoubtedly came to the brink of life and death this time.

Not only the outside world has lost confidence in the Trail Blazers, but even their own fans no longer have any hope for the team's prospects.

At this point in the game, it seemed like only a matter of time before the Blazers were defeated.

training day.

The players of the Timberwolves gathered together for practice. They seemed to be working hard after winning the match point. They were very focused on both offense and defense. This team atmosphere also made the general manager of the team Sam Mi Cher was quite surprised.

"Oh! No! What a beautiful picture...I have been in the Timberwolves for so many years, this is the first time I feel this kind of atmosphere..."

"Frankly, even when Kevin Garnett was around, the team didn't have that kind of cohesion..."

Manager Mitchell said with emotion.

The head coach of the team, Norman Thomas, also came to him, "Sam, what are you doing here?"

"Aren't you worried about our training? Do you feel the team's training atmosphere now?"

Coach Norman laughed out loud.

After he chatted with Manager Mitchell for a while, Manager Mitchell also hurriedly waved to Adrian Ennis on the field.

"Norman, give me 10 minutes, I want to talk to this young man about the contract!"

"Ok?"

Coach Norman was stunned for a moment, then realized something, and immediately became happy, "Thank God! You must have made a very correct decision this time!"

After all, Coach Norman waved at Adrian who was running on the field.

"Adrian, come here...Damiyan, you go up and replace him..."

Although Adrian didn't know what was going on, he saw the head coach's movements and hurried towards him.

Soon, Manager Mitchell pulled him aside, and the two stood together and chatted briefly for a while. Adrian's expression changed from doubt to excitement, and finally turned into ecstasy. After Manager Mitchell left, Adrian I couldn't hold back my agitation at all.

He excitedly rushed to the side of the field and shouted at Zhao Feiyang on the field, "Zhao, the team wants to renew my contract! The team wants to renew my contract..."

Adrian's words caused the players on the scene to pause, and many teammates congratulated.

The first to speak out was Kevin Martin.

"Adrian, congratulations! Does that mean you can buy me a drink later?"

Zach LaVine also echoed with a smile, "That's right! You must have a drink to celebrate, Adrian, my brother, don't forget about me..."

The other teammates also expressed their congratulations.

Zhao Feiyang looked relieved, and took the initiative to go to Adrian's side to give him a high-five hug, and patted his shoulder, "Dude, congratulations! All your hard work is worth it!"

Adrian was so moved that he couldn't hold back his tears.

He hugged Zhao Feiyang and almost cried, "Zhao, thank you for everything... My brother, if it weren't for you, maybe now I have nothing to do with the basketball I love. …”

At this moment, all kinds of thoughts in Adrian's mind popped up at once.

He is so tired!

From being undrafted at the beginning of the season to now growing into the team's main lineup player, it seems that he has only experienced some changes, but only he himself knows best how to survive those difficult days.

At that time, he had no money, and no one looked after him, but his family needed him to earn money, and his children also needed him to support him.

In that desperate situation, Adrian even thought about giving up basketball completely to do other things.

Fortunately, he met Zhao Feiyang in those dark days, and Zhao Feiyang lent him money to help him find a place to live, gave him help so that he had a trial training opportunity, and even personally paid millions of dollars to find someone special for him. Training.

All of these finally allowed him to grow up, let him play his own worth, and finally be able to stay in the highly competitive nba club.

Although Adrian's contract has been converted to a fully guaranteed contract when he entered the playoffs, his next season is still unknown.

Now he has proved his worth through two rounds of the series, and the team finally gave him a chance to renew his contract. Although he does not know how much the final contract will be, at least this means that he no longer has to worry about it.

After the training that day, Adrian also immediately approached his agent to discuss the renewal of the contract with the team.

Because of Zhao Feiyang's help before, he also signed with Zhao Feiyang's manager, David Stoke.

The two sides also entered the interview the next day.

The negotiation process was also surprisingly smooth, and the two parties successfully reached a contract by the afternoon of the same day.The Timberwolves also issued an official announcement as soon as possible, announcing their news of the renewal of Adrian.

"We are delighted to have successfully renewed our contract with Adrian!"

"The team reached a 4-year 2400 million contract with him!"

After the official news of the Timberwolves was released, many fans noticed the news.

The reaction of the fans in Minneapolis was unanimous. They all saw Adrian's performance, so the official comments were all blessings.

"Congratulations to Adrian! He is a great guy! Although he was undrafted, he has always worked hard, and he is always the most active person in the team. I always hear that he is in the team. Lian, this kind of player is exactly what we need..."

"Thanks to Zhao's discovery for us to have such a player! Although Adrian is not as strong as Dwight, he is still an important part of the team's interior, especially his performance on the court. It can be said that the team Lubricant is no problem at all...."

There are many people who praise him, and naturally there are also many people who refute him, most of them are fans from other cities, and even some people in the industry.

They have no objection to the Timberwolves' renewal of Adrian's contract, they just think that such a contract is inappropriate.

"At the beginning, Zhao spent millions to let Adrian participate in special training. Now it seems that his real value seems to have not earned the money back...Of course, he is qualified as a substitute member of the team. …”

"I think it's enough to sign him for two or three million a year! His attitude is indeed very positive, but his talent is not enough. Is such an investment worth it?"

"I suspect that Zhao hinted that the team gave the money. Otherwise, how could the Timberwolves give him 600 million? You know, Andrew Wiggins' salary next season is not more than 600 million...he When will we be able to compare with such a top pick?"

"600 million is definitely a loss! At least in the first two years, the money must be a loss. It depends on his performance in the next two years? If he can play in a better state, maybe the money is a good deal... .”

No matter what the outside world says, Adrian, who signed a new contract, is very excited.

On the night of signing the contract, he took the initiative to invite the whole team to the nightclub to have fun.With a small salary, he would not dare to spend money recklessly, but this night, he spent one hundred thousand dollars at a time.

This kind of generous behavior also made the whole team feel incredible.

Although there is a big gap compared to the tens of millions spent by superstars, the purchasing power of [-] US dollars in the United States is already quite good, especially for ordinary people, this [-] US dollars is definitely not a small sum number.

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Game [-] of the Western Conference Semifinals.

After achieving a score of 3 to 1, the venue of the match between the two sides returned to the Timberwolves' home stadium, the Target Center Arena.

Before the opening, players from both sides entered the infield to practice. In contrast to the high morale of the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers were all downcast.

The state of the players doesn't look very good, especially Lillard and McCollum. As the team leaders, the two are listless and seem to have no idea of ​​​​counterattacking in the fifth game.

The facts are as they appear.

Soon, the match between the two sides started.

After the start of the game, the Timberwolves have maintained the lead from the first quarter. Whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, the enthusiasm shown by the Timberwolves players is not comparable to that of the Trail Blazers.

Zhao Feiyang was in excellent form, and his three-pointers felt heavenly. He scored two difficult three-pointers in the beginning. In the second half of the first quarter, he broke into the Trail Blazers basket and scored two plus one. Scored a dunk over the opponent's center forward.

Howard scored a lot inside, and he was firmly in control of the rebounds, especially when Zhao Feiyang broke through to the basket, he would always go up to cover immediately, or play a pick-and-roll with Zhao Feiyang.

The kind of alley-oop dunks that only appeared in the Magic team once again appeared in the Timberwolves arena.

This also made the fans on the scene very excited.

On the other hand, on the Trail Blazers side, Lillard's offensive desire is not too strong, and he gave the ball to McCollum at the beginning.

McCollum's breakthrough performance is average, and the CIC is not very stable.

So the second half of the time can only be taken over by Lillard himself. Unlike the previous confident behavior of throwing three-pointers at random, this time he is a lot more low-key, and he chooses more throwing shots when breaking through instead of entering the basket. Confronted with Howard's block.

Seeing that the first quarter of the two sides came to an end, Zhao Feiyang was also replaced in advance to rest.The ball on the court is handed over to LaVine.

With 51 seconds left in the first quarter, LaVine dribbled the ball across half court.

It was originally just a seemingly ordinary fast break.However, no one thought that LaVine accidentally stepped on the foot of the opposing player after jumping up in the penalty area. In a split second, LaVine fell to the ground after landing.

He hugged his ankle with a painful face, and the scene also fell into tension and panic because of such a sudden situation.