At the end of July, details of the contract between the Timberwolves and new head coach Luke were made public by the media.

According to authoritative local media in Minnesota, Luke signed a four-year, $15 million contract with the Timberwolves.

In addition, the contract also contains some special terms, and only the Timberwolves and Luke himself knows the specific contents of the contract.

After this news broke, apart from attracting some attention locally in Minnesota, it did not cause much waves in the entire league.

After all, it is normal for NBA teams to experience coach changes every year. Not to mention European coaches, it is common for them to come from the Development League or the NCAA.

However, most European coaches are unwilling to come to the NBA to take charge of coaching, because the European League focuses on team cooperation, and coaches are more authoritative in the team than the NBA.

However, the European League has also provided many high-quality players to the NBA in recent years, so the European League has been recognized by the world as the NBA's player delivery database.

And they are all high-quality players.

In addition, although Luke missed the draft at the end of June this year, the Timberwolves scored the No. 1 record in the Western Conference last season.

There was only one pick in the second round 29th pick at this year's draft, so there was no much connection between this year's draft and the Timberwolves, especially in this position, it was basically difficult to choose outstanding young players.

According to rumors, Luke's first thing after taking office was to negotiate with McHale, intending to sign veteran Divac, who will turn 36 in the free market.

Because head coach Luke is very dissatisfied with the Timberwolves' current inside configuration, the only candidates that the Timberwolves can use in the center position are the "Sugar Man" Olovo Kandi.

That's right, before Kwame Brown entered the league, he was called the most popular pick in NBA history.

Last season, although Olovokandi averaged 21 minutes per game, he could contribute 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks, the "Sugar Man" played too weak in the inside and could not support a team's inside barrier.

So it's no wonder Luke has a headache about the team's inside configuration.

Last season, Divac averaged 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 blocked game with the Kings.

Although he was pressed to the ground by Garnett in the playoffs and rubbed wildly, Divas' outstanding court experience and his unique high-level support still made Luke jealous.

The most important thing is that the Timberwolves' salary space has basically been locked, because this summer, the Timberwolves will need to renew Garnett with a five-year and 100 million contract, so there are only a few free agents that Luke can choose.

Currently, the teams that are rumored to be interested in Divas are not only the Timberwolves, but also the Lakers, Clippers, and Knicks in the East.

Considering that Divas can only get a minimum salary at this age, from this perspective, the Timberwolves is likely to become Divac's next home.

After all, the four Lakers Big Four have fallen apart after losing to the Pistons in the finals last season.

The Knicks and the Clippers are two teams that are at the bottom for thousands of years, so the Timberwolves, who just played first in the Western Conference last season, will be the best place for Divac.

It is worth mentioning that after Luke took office, when assistant coach Raymond gave Luke the roster for the new season, even Luke, who was indifferent and ruthless, felt the pressure.

Because this Timberwolves is like a "thorn-headed retreat", there is no need to say much about the team's core lineup of the three-headed monster combination. "Wolf King" Garnett, "Alien" Kassel and "Madman" Spreville are not all good things.

Especially the "madman" Spreville, the famous "throat lock" incident occurred in the 1997-98 season.

During a training session with the team, because Spreville was dissatisfied with Karesimo's accusations, the former slammed his neck, causing Karesimo to fall into a state of suffocation and almost left the world.

Even though the league banned "Madman" Spreville for one year afterwards, the reputation of "Madman" has since spread throughout the NBA.

In addition, speeding off the court, fighting and fighting are commonplace for "mad men", which also makes "mad men" Spreville one of the players that NBA coaches dislike coaching the most.

In other people, the team also has the famous defensive evildoer Trenton Hassel in the league, and the talented insider Eddie Griffin who was accompanied by drugs all day long and died young at the age of 25.

Luke began to get excited by these names, and even thought that he was not coaching an NBA team, but a prison team!

As a coach with a reputation as Europe and full of evil spirits, Luke has a natural love for such a thorny player.

Luke enjoys the process of conquering them, and Luke enjoys the pleasure of joining them.

Even though it was full of dangers, Luke couldn't help but start to be excited when he looked at the list of lineups in his hands.

Especially when Luke's eyes were on the broken left ring finger, Luke couldn't help licking his lips, ready to enjoy his unique crazy feast!

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As time entered mid-August, various teams made a kick in the free market and began to win over the players they liked.

And a large number of transactions have been reported between each other, which has once again faced a reshuffle in the entire alliance.

At the same time, the Timberwolves, who are preparing to make a comeback in the new season, seem very quiet. In addition to signing Divac as soon as the free market opened, the Timberwolves seemed a little quarrel.

It only made some insignificant reinforcements to the edges and corners.

It’s not that Luke doesn’t want to strengthen it, but that the Timberwolves’ current salary space is no longer allowed to be squandered in the free market.

So what Luke can do is polish the Timberwolves' existing lineup, and then wait for an opportunity as an outsider to see if there is a chance to make a big profit in the middle of the season.

In addition, not long after Luke took office, a big news broke out inside the Timberwolves.

It is said that head coach Luke had a fierce verbal conflict with "madman" Spreville, and has even risen to the point of taking action.

In order to prevent the spread of news, the Timberwolves had imposed internal punishments on the "madman" Spreville.

But just when the melon-eating crowd was still trying to eat melons, the media photographed that on the third day when the two broke out in physical conflict, the "madman" came out of the bar with head coach Luke.

Moreover, the attitude of the "madman" Spreville has undergone a huge change. It is impossible to see from the surface that the two had just had a conflict not long ago.

Those who don’t know may think that the two are very close, which also makes everyone confused.

Since then, the media has often photographed head coach Luke joining and leaving the bar with players Garnett, Spreeville and others. Luke was even verbally warned by Timberwolves general manager McHale because of his image problems.

NBA fans only felt their scalp numbness in this scene because they had seen many ruthless head coaches, but this was the first time that young coaches like Luke were seen with evil spirits.
Chapter completed!