In the lively program performances and the testimonials of the award-winning movie stars, the 81st Academy Awards ended, and many awards were announced later, but the acceptance speech was no longer as sensational and energetic as Winslet, Chamberlain noticed that Leonardo, who was very active before, fell into silence after Winslet spoke, he lowered his head and fiddled with his phone, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

This awards ceremony was an episode for Chamberlain, and after the episode, he had to return to the main theme, and the regular season continued.

There is nothing to say in the next few games, the opponent is decent, the Warriors' performance is also decent, and now that the free market has been closed, the Warriors will rely on this lineup to compete in the playoffs and even the Finals, so the old Nelson now attaches importance to stability, and stability is overwhelming.

The reason for signing so many outside players is that Nelson Sr. is worried that someone will drop the chain at a critical time, if Iverson doesn't come, then whether West or Billups is injured in the playoffs, it will be a devastating blow to the Warriors, and now it's okay, with Iverson, at least there is an insurance, plus the combination of Curry and Morrow, that is, double insurance.

February has passed, and into March, the first game of March is more interesting, for this game Chamberlain has been preparing for a month, they are going to Minnesota against the Timberwolves.

Timberwolves coach McHale seems to have a problem with racial discrimination, Chamberlain belittled him when he first entered the league, of course, that was relatively normal, there were not many people who were optimistic about Chamberlain at that time - an 18-year-old young man, no fame only a big man, or a yellow race, such a player can survive at the top of the basketball world?

Later facts gave these doubters a slap in the face, Chamberlain was not ordinarily powerful, but quite powerful, and everyone else was a wall-to-wall grass, and immediately changed their attitude and praised Chamberlain's ability, McHale belonged to the hardliners, and still did not recognize Chamberlain's strength. Chamberlain didn't care about this, he was not a cautious man, he used to admire him a little, and there are not many people who can stick to their opinions these days.

It's good to leave a little doubt in the sound of praise, so that you can clearly find your own shortcomings and move forward, which is Chamberlain's idea.

But something happened in the All-Star voting that angered Chamberlain, McHale, a dead duck, claimed that Chamberlain was absolutely overrated, and he said that if it wasn't for the Chinese fans to vote, Chamberlain would not have been able to enter the All-Star at all, at least as a head coach, he would not vote for him in the substitute All-Star lineup. In addition, McHale told the New York Voice that the NBA should remove the voting rights of Chinese people in Asia because "they don't understand basketball and they don't come to the court to watch games."

Chamberlain was really angry, he finally found out that McHale is not the kind of person who has a bottom line and guidelines, he is specifically targeting himself, others such as Howard and James, this guy almost has to kneel and lick as long as he mentions it, and he has a 'Warcraft' in his mouth.

On March 2, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Warriors players walked into the Timberwolves' home arena to prepare for today's game.

Founded in 1987 and entered the NBA in 1989, the current city of Minneapolis was once home to the Los Angeles Lakers, so fans have been expecting the Timberwolves from the beginning, and the initial support has been very strong, hoping that this team can lead them back to basketball glory and turn Minneapolis into a basketball mecca.

However, the Timberwolves are not the Lakers, and Minneapolis is not a cosmopolitan city like Los Angeles, and Glenn Taylor, the owner of the Timberwolves, is not here to build a team for the sake of glory or anything like that, his purpose is to make money.

For many seasons in a row since the founding of the team, the Timberwolves have failed to make it to the NBA playoffs. Although the team has changed managers and recruited rookie players several times, it is still difficult to change the fate of the team to the bottom. What changed their fate was in 1995, when they selected Kevin Garnett, a super high school student of the year, a young boy who turned from a wolf cub to a wolf king, leading the Timberwolves on their way to the north and south.

However, the team's record has always been terrible, as evidenced by their draft picks over the years: 10th pick in the first round in 1989, 6th pick in the first round in 1990, 7th pick in the first round in 1991, 3rd pick in 1992, 5th pick in the first round in 1993, 4th pick in the first round in 1994, 5th pick in the first round in 1995, 5th pick in the first round in 1996, and 6th pick in the first round in 1999......

With so many high picks, the Timberwolves didn't seize the opportunity to get a group of powerful rookies to train them to become the main force of the team, I really don't know what their uniform group is for, these idiots only know that they are trading layoffs, layoffs, and trades, and the most important draft is regarded as shit by them, and now fans are laughing at the Rockets uniform group and the Wizards uniform group, in fact, within the league, players and managers are laughing at the Timberwolves' uniform group.

It was a bunch of brain-dead people coming together, and that's what Nelson Sr. said about his opponent.

If the Timberwolves' uniform group is a group of brain-dead, then their current head coach and former general manager McHale is the brain-dead king of the brain-dead and the fighter in the ****, in fact, the Timberwolves have had a chance to rise in history, but this qiē has been ruined by this goods.

Joe Smith, the 1995 champion, became a free agent in the summer of 1998, and in order to evade the luxury tax, McHale was clever enough to play a "yin-yang contract" with Joe Smith, the original of which was a written copy for the league office, and was signed three times, with an annual salary of $1.75 million in the 1998-99 season, $2.17 million in the 1999-2000 season, and $2.25 million in the 2000-01 season.

And what is really executed is the unannounced copy of the contract: Smith joined the Timberwolves with a base salary for the first three seasons, but in fact he got a 7-year contract with a contract amount of no less than $40 million and a maximum of $86 million!

In other words, McHale made false accounts!

Later in October 2000, McHale's black-box operation scandal was exposed, and the Timberwolves were severely sanctioned by the NBA, directly deprived of first-round draft picks for the next five years plus a fine of $3.5 million, and Joe Smith was forced to become a free agent, and signed with the Pistons for one year one month later.

In this way, the dream of the rise of the Timberwolves was shattered, and Garnett was entering his golden career in two thousand years, with an MVP-level power forward like him as the core, as long as a few potential rookies were selected and cultivated, they could form a championship-winning team, but they did not have first-round picks for five consecutive years, so when it came to the draft, the teams were in full swing discussing who to choose to revitalize the team, and the Timberwolves management could chat with coffee and nonsense.

Garnett still had a good temper when he was young, otherwise with his current temper, he would have chosen to jump out of his contract and go to another team after this incident, so that he wouldn't have to wander around the league for a championship at the end of his career.

After Garnett left Boston in 2007, the Timberwolves returned to their true colors, but they finally had a bright head in last year's draft to pick a power forward like Kevin Love, who played okay this season, although he didn't even make it to the All-Star Rookie Challenge, but at least he showed his strength, he was very good at scoring and grabbing rebounds.

The media in Minnesota is very optimistic about Lefou, and even calls him the next Chamberlain, because the two are very strong in scoring and rebounding. It's a joke, though, because Chamberlain's greatest strength is actually his defense, and Love is a notoriously defensive colander.

Chamberlain and McHale had a very strong verbal fight before, and he thought that he would be boycotted by the fans after coming to the target center court, but when he entered, he received louder cheers and cheers than when the home players entered later!

The attendance rate of the target center arena is okay, Chamberlain turned his head to observe, and found that the arena that can accommodate 20,000 fans has about 20,000 fans, it seems that there are not many empty seats, but the fans basically have no enthusiasm, if there are 20,000 fans in the Oracle Arena, it will be absolutely lively.

After looking around, Chamberlain couldn't help but be happy, is this the home of the Timberwolves or the Warriors? There were actually the most fans wearing his jersey on the spot, in addition to the jerseys of Iverson, West and Billups, and there were not many people wearing the jerseys of Timberwolves players.

Iverson said firmly: "It's normal, Z, whose jersey are you asking them to wear?" Al Jefferson? Ha, that guy looks so ugly and ugly, it's a shame to wear his jersey, and that guy is already the most capable star of the Timberwolves. ”

West sighed, "This team needs our salvation." ”

"Redemption?" Chamberlain smiled coldly, "I will redeem them well today." ”

After a brief warm-up, Chamberlain walked to the Timberwolves' practice court, and he grinned, "Hey, who's the boss here?" ”

The Timberwolves are now constantly rebuilding, so they accumulate a large number of newcomers every year, and the rookies are timid, and they dare not pay attention to him when they see Chamberlain, a thorn in the head, and they are trying to warm up and shoot or fight each other.

Al Jefferson has a very reserved personality, he is very similar to Duncan in this regard, Chamberlain came to the door, he took a faint look and ignored it, and continued to practice his mid-range shot.

The Timberwolves players' expressions made Chamberlain feel insulted, and he reached out and nodded a little viciously on a few people and said, "Very good, you ignore me? No one has dared to despise me so much, and I will make you pay for the game later! ”

Chamberlain was not interested in these players, they were all small shrimps, and his real target was McHale, who had a gloomy face on the sidelines, and after walking over, he raised his eyebrows and asked lazily: "Hey, old fellow, are you the leader of this group of sick cats?" ”

McHale looked at him coldly and didn't speak, Chamberlain didn't feel embarrassed, he asked the assistant coach next to him, "Go and check, what are the score, rebounding and block records held by this arena?" ”

"What do you want to do?" McHale finally couldn't help but speak, he felt that Chamberlain was a parallel import, just a hyped player, with no real material at all, and there was no comparison with the inside line of his era, but he had to admit that even if Chamberlain's ability was worse, he was still much better than those guys under him.

This time it was Chamberlain's turn not to speak, and he sneered and gestured his middle finger at McHale and turned away.

McHale's face was ugly, he really wished he could be thirty years younger and go out to teach Chamberlain a lesson, he thought that there was no problem in teaching this kid with his own ability.

Some people are like that, without self-knowledge.

The starting lineup was drawn up, and the Warriors lineup remained unchanged, with five players playing, including Chamberlain, Serge Ibaka, Jackson, Billups and Iverson.

The starting lineup for the Timberwolves is center Al Jefferson, power forward Clegg Smith, small forward Gomez, playmaking guard Leddy Foye, and scoring guard Mike Miller.