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162. Ball practice

Although Wu Dawei trained alone in Los Angeles, Wu Dawei's good friend Michael Beasley soon increased from Wu Dawei's solitary person to two people...

After talking to Wu Dawei, Beasley decided to stay in Los Angeles and train with Wu Dawei. He decided not to go back to Minnesota, but instead asked his agent to return to Minnesota to negotiate with the Timberwolves' senior management.

It's naturally about Michael Beasley's contract issue, because it's a real thing that Beasley told Wu Dawei that the Timberwolves tried to sack him, and the Timberwolves official also plans to do so.

Because Beasley's relationship with the team's head coach Adelman is already very unsatisfactory, and the team does not want to replace the head coach for a team like Beasley's No. 2 or even No. 3 scorer, then it will naturally be Beasley who leaves...

This is undoubtedly something that makes people feel extremely upset, but Michael Beasley is obviously in a good mood after staying away from Minnesota, a place of right and wrong.

At least when Wu Dawei suggested that since you didn't want to return to Minnesota and stay in Los Angeles to train with him, Beasley agreed without hesitation.

Then in the next time in September, the two of them trained together. Naturally, Wright Tibbett's extra money came again, because he was an assistant coach who specialized in defense in the team, and Michael Beasley's offense was never something he needed to worry about, so he took the initiative to come to Wright Tibbett, hoping that he could train his defense.

Because in the eyes of most people, Wu Dawei was the defense he practiced under Wright Tibbets. In the summer when Wu Dawei came to Cleveland, wasn’t Wu Dawei personally led by Wright Tibbets?

This is also the proudest thing in the past two years. Because he was able to teach such a player who won the NBA Best Defensive Player Award for two consecutive years, it is obvious that as an assistant coach who specializes in defense, Wright Tibbett was extremely successful.

Sometimes, if you want to become famous, you don’t have to have a glorious career. Maybe you only need a small shining point to prove your abilities to everyone.

When Michael Beasley made a request to Wright Tibbett, Wright Tibbett did not reject his request but agreed.

After all, this is a job of making money, who would say-no easily?!

In this way, after only a few days of training in Los Angeles, Wu Dawei welcomed his friend Michael Beasley, who was training with Wu Dawei for a while every day, would train defensively with the help of Wright Tibbets.

Although he always looks cynical because of his talent, Michael Beasley, who loves to cause trouble, also understands very well that if he cannot stay in the NBA league, his income will definitely decrease significantly. After the income decreases, he will not be able to spend money as much as he is now. This is not the ending that Michael Beasley is willing to see.

Because this is a bit miserable... This is not the life Michael Beasley likes and hopes to live, and such examples are everywhere in this league. Not to mention the distance, the nearest one is Anthony Walker, who once formed the Celtics and Paul Pierce's two-star star Anthony Walker, earned more than 100 million US dollars in his career, but in the end he fell into the need to play in extremely low-level leagues, living with a monthly salary of several thousand US dollars a month...

Michael Beasley doesn't think he can adapt to such a very different living environment...

So knowing that the Minnesota Timberwolves are most likely to sack themselves this summer, Michael Beasley will of course hope to find a good way out for himself.

Hard training is the best way to ensure that you can find the next company to take over as quickly as possible. Although there are some temporary cramming factors, it is better to do it now than to still play.

At least one attitude is there, so you won’t be abandoned by this alliance. After all, even if you get the lowest salary, you will still have an annual salary of hundreds of thousands!

Michael Beasley doesn't want to worry about money in the future... That's not the life he wants to live, after all, he is only 22 or 23 years old.

When Michael Beasley was training hard in Los Angeles and Wu Dawei, the Timberwolves' executives far away in Minnesota also learned about this news, but they were not interested in it...

Because when Michael Beasley caused trouble frequently in the last season and his relationship with the team's head coach Rick Adelman began to deteriorate, the Timberwolves executives decided to remove him.

And they have decided that although Michael Beasley and the Timberwolves still have a one-year contract, the contract is the team's option. This means that the Timberwolves have absolute initiative at this time.

So in the eyes of the Timberwolves senior executives, Michael Beasley's active performance at this time is just a superficial phenomenon, just to be able to continue to stay in the team in the new season.

If Michael Beasley knew what the Timberwolves executives were thinking at this time, then he would definitely be so angry that he would blow his beard and stare at him. With his personality, how could he stand it? People say that he was doing a show.

But no matter what, when Michael Beasley trained hard in Los Angeles, his agent was not in a good situation in Minnesota because the negotiations were not very smooth from the beginning, and the top leaders of the Minnesota Timberwolves were not inclined to leave Michael Beasley...

However, it is not just Michael Beasley who is worried now. In fact, Wu Dawei also listens to the troubles, but what he is worried about is not his own problem, but the team problem.

The Cleveland Cavaliers did not perform well in the summer signing market, and the proposals for two consecutive transactions failed, which put them in a difficult situation for a while.

In addition, the Orlando people's revenge also made them feel extremely embarrassed. Now the whole United States is mocking the senior executives of the Cleveland Cavaliers for being squeezed by the door, so they will feel uncomfortable when they go to the Orlando people...

However, even though things seemed very unsuccessful or even bad from the beginning, Dan Ferry, general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, flew from Cleveland to Los Angeles to visit Wu Dawei.

As the core player in the team, it is obvious that Wu Dawei's position in Dan Ferry's mind is very important. As I said before, all the efforts the Cleveland Cavaliers have made now are to be able to retain Wu Dawei next summer.

However, when Dan Ferry came to Los Angeles, the first person he met was not Wu Dawei, but Wright Tibbets, an assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers who helped Wu Dawei train in Los Angeles.

Apart from Wright Tibbets, Dan Ferry's second person to see was Michael Beasley, who trained with Wu Dawei.

"Why is he here?"

Dan Ferry pointed to Michael Beasley who was practicing on the basketball court and asked in surprise. Obviously, he did not expect that this young player who should have been in trouble recently would appear in Los Angeles and would train with Wu Dawei.

"You said Michael? He heard that great was recuperating in Los Angeles and came to see great, and then trained with great. I don't know much about it, but obviously they have a good relationship. It's like an intimate old friend."

Wright Tibbets spread his hands and said to Dan Ferry.

"oh?"

This situation surprised Ferry a little. He did not know Wu Dawei's private life very well, so naturally he was not very clear about who Wu Dawei had a better relationship with in private.

He knew that Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard had a good relationship. When he introduced Howard to the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Orlando Magic, he also relied on some of the friendship between Wu Dawei and Howard.

As a general manager of the team in the league, Dan Ferry stood on the sidelines and looked at Michael Beasley who was practicing hard on the basketball court. In addition to feeling very surprised by this, the rest was that Michael Beasley's personal information appeared in his mind.

As a team general manager, Dan Ferry is basically familiar with the players in this league. Except for some players with short contracts, Dan Ferry has read the information about most players, especially for star players who have become famous as soon as Michael Beasley debuted.

So he immediately recalled some of Michael Beasley's past information and his technical characteristics. After all, Michael Beasley was a popular candidate for the No. 1 pick when he participated in the draft, and there was news about him all over the place, so Dan Ferry couldn't help but not understand him.

Although he has declined in the past two years, his playing style is still easy to remember. And Dan Ferry is also very clear that Michael Beasley is a player in the third position.

His position is a small forward, and if it weren't for his attitude, with his outstanding skills and strong physical fitness, it wouldn't be very difficult for Michael Beasley to play in the current league.

He can become efficient and can become very outstanding, but the premise is that he must put away his previous cynical attitude.

If he could do this, then Michael Beasley won't even get Dan Ferry to get a contract of tens of millions of yuan in annual salary. But there is a saying that goes, that is, it's easy to change the country and nature are hard to change.

Michael Beasley is indeed a very talented player, but if he wants to play, he must restrain his attitude that makes many people uncomfortable. However, for a 23-year-old young man, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Unless someone can suppress him, it is like Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls, was able to suppress Rodman, who had a perverted personality. Without this person, Michael Beasley would have difficulty bringing too much positive energy to the team.

Looking at him pretending to be Zhang Daner, people will not think that this guy will be a good person. So you can't expect him to bring positive energy to the team without any constraints.

Although the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup still needs a lot of filling in, not only the pitcher candidates outside the three-point line are still to be determined, but a good Wu Dawei's stand-in is also very important.

Not only because Wu Dawei is bound to be absent in the opening season, even if Wu Dawei comes back later, the Cleveland Cavaliers must arrange a reliable substitute for Wu Dawei.

In Dan Ferry's opinion, if it weren't for Michael Beasley's personality, coupled with the unpleasant situation he has had with the Minnesota Timberwolves' senior executives, the Cleveland Cavaliers could have introduced him as Wu Dawei's substitute.

At least Dan Ferry felt this way. But looking at Michael Beasley's cynical look, Dan Ferry didn't have the courage to introduce him.

Just when Dan Ferry and Wright Tibbets stood on the sidelines to reminisce about the past, Wu Dawei also appeared on the basketball court. He did not pay attention to the people on the sidelines, but after seeing Michael Beasley starting to look lazy without training for a long time, Wu Dawei walked over and said to him, "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Man, don't you think it's too boring? We're in Los Angeles, hey, buddy, this is Los Angeles! Angel City, fight the city of *!"

Beasley had an hour to come to the stadium. With his usual patience, he had already escaped at this time, but the reason why he is still here is that he wants to call Wu Dawei to go with him to have fun...

"We should go and have fun!"

"When you lose your job, you have a lot of time." Wu Dawei curled his lips and rejected the proposal in an instant. He picked up the basketball, then slowly started shooting by the practicer, and said to Beasley: "If you don't want to practice anymore, please go out. I'm going to start practicing, sir!"

"Okay! Madman, I'll practice!" rs
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