The Timberwolves defeated the Suns at home has attracted heated discussions from many fans.

Even if this result is within the expectations of many fans, the Timberwolves can limit the Suns' score to 89 points, which still makes many people unbelievable.

In addition, the team's new player Salmons, who had just obtained through a trade not long ago, performed well in the game, which was more eye-catching than the Timberwolves' winning.

As early as the Timberwolves officially announced that they had completed the deal with the 76ers, there were immediately overwhelming doubts from the outside world.

The Timberwolves got a loneliness in this deal, letting the league's three-pointer Hoyberg be in vain, and only got a waste of money who averaged only four points per game for three years in the league.

However, with the end of the game between the Timberwolves and the Suns, the doubts about Salmons from the outside world were significantly reduced.

Starting 26 minutes, with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. Even though this data doesn't look so good, this is just Salmons' first game since joining the Timberwolves.

And he was also the data he scored when he was ordered to start at the top and faced the Suns, the second in the league.

It is hard to imagine whether Salmons still has potential, and people will sneer at it before this game.

But after this game, many people fell into silence, and Salmons' performance has far exceeded fans' expectations.

As for whether Salmons can complete a counterattack in the Timberwolves, this matter will be left to time to verify.

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The next day, the league announced the best player of the East and West last week.

In the Eastern Conference, the best player was accepted by Jason Kidd of the Nets.

The Nets scored three wins and zero losses throughout last week. While falling to the bottom of the Eastern Conference after the start of the game, the Nets have finally faced a counterattack in terms of record, competing with the 76ers, Pacers and Cavaliers teams for the last bus of the playoffs.

Kidd averaged 14.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 10.7 assists per game in these three games, using a quasi-triple double-double to push the Nets forward.

As for what height the Nets can reach in the end, it depends on the running-in and sacrifice between the Nets' Big Three.

After all, the biggest disadvantage of star grouping is often not the tactics that require running-in, but the sacrifices and concessions that everyone is willing to make after running-in.

Although this seems extremely simple, it is difficult to do.

In the West, the best player in the West was won by the Timberwolves' Nehbar.

With the Madman being suspended and Hudson and Garnett absent due to injury, the Timberwolves should be glad that the team and Nehbar were able to stand up and take responsibility.

Hebar averaged 25.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game throughout last week.

If you only look at the data, fans may think this is the data obtained by a certain star. It is hard to imagine that this is actually a newcomer who has just entered the NBA.

Even though this set of data can be regarded as a phased performance and is much higher than Nehbar's average season, Nehbar, who is only 24 years old, has a maturity that his peers cannot match.

For the Timberwolves, this is the most precious asset.

Luke is very glad that he used a cross-age perspective to cultivate Nehbar in Europe, which made Nehbar a great helper to win the championship now.

In addition to Nehbar, Luke is currently a little missed by another disciple who coached Tawu team, Victor Sanikitic.

Judging from time, this guy Victor should have been selected by the Eagles and returned to Europe.

It seems that if you have the chance, you still need to contact me to see if you can fool Sanikitic to play for him.

Even though his strength is indeed not as good as Nehbar, Luke misses his passion on the field and his style of playing like "Elvis" Gerald.

Of course, what I miss most is Sanikitic's hard-working training attitude, and this guy's desire to fight when things happen.

After all, Victor, who was called the "Fourteen Madams" at that time, was definitely not a false reputation.

As for why it is the Fourteenth Madam Insurance, because Victor alone protects fourteen teammates, this is the famous Fourteenth Madam Insurance in Europe!

Unfortunately, Luke originally thought that Victor, who had been tampered with his career trajectory, should be able to enter the NBA smoothly, but in the end Victor was still turned away by the NBA.

The reason is naturally that the technology is rough. Apart from the long flowing hair, there is no trait of this guy that belongs to European players.

The skills are rough, the shooting is inaccurate, the dribble is unstable, and the passing is not good. It is hard to imagine that this is actually a European player.

On the contrary, Victor is very wild in his playing style and is very passionate in playing on the court. To be honest, he is more like those guys who came out of the slums in the United States.

Luke still remembers that in the most glorious years of Tawu team, European fans always described Victor as: "The fourteenth wife of Tawu team is the best in playing basketball and fighting the most fiercely. But there is a vicious heart hidden in his thin body!"

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For a period of time, the Timberwolves, who were in excellent form, made great progress. In the whole month, except for the two consecutive losses he encountered at the beginning, the Timberwolves showed resilience and excitement on the court.

As of January 21, the Timberwolves had a record of 34 wins and 7 losses, once again widening the gap with the Suns and other teams behind him, and continued to firmly hold the throne of the top in the league.

And as the All-Star Weekend approaches, according to the current trend, Luke is likely to serve as the head coach of the Western Conference this year.

Even though coaching the All-Star is useless, it is an honor for the coach.

Taking this opportunity, the coach can also bring closer relationships with these stars in the league to facilitate future opportunities to recruit them.

After all, there are only 30 teams in the league, and no one knows whether there will be a chance to join forces in the future. Except for some cases, few coaches will have a very severity with the players.

Similarly, there are few players who are willing to have trouble with their coaches. After all, no matter how strong the stars are, they will go downhill on the day they will stay at the front line of their work and will be able to meet in the future.

Of course, Luke's personality will definitely not be too enthusiastic on the All-Star Weekend, and it is already very rare to be able to ensure that it does not offend people.

In addition, the second round of voting is about to end. What is certain is that Garnett and the Madman will definitely be selected into the final All-Star lineup.

As for Nehbar, the votes with Ginobili and Ray Allen are very similar. I am afraid that fans will find it difficult to know whether Nehbar can enter the All-Star and set a precedent for European basketball before the end of the four rounds of voting.

Finally, before the All-Star Weekend arrives, Luke has one more thing to prepare for, which is to play the Pistons in the second game of the season in early February.

In the last fight between the two sides, the Timberwolves not only broke out in a stadium conflict with the Pistons, but head coach Luke even cursed Larry Brown after the game, just pointed at Larry Brown and scolded him for being trash.

So the last fight between the two sides this season will definitely not be peaceful. Even if Larry Brown learns to swallow his anger, the Pistons are destined to not be honest.

Coincidentally, after entering the league, Luke had spoken friction with three head coaches, two of whom were Larry Brown and Popovich.

Popovich is Larry Brown's disciple, strictly speaking, it is the Larry Brown faction.

The Timberwolves had conflicts with both the Pistons and the Spurs, and Luke would definitely not let the Spurs go. To be precise, Robert Horry, who would not let the Spurs go.

In this way, whether it is Larry, Brown, or Popovich, Luke finds that no matter how he looks at it, he seems to be eliminating the harm of the people.
Chapter completed!