Minneapolis.
Target Center Arena.
This is Isaiah Thomas' first game after coming to the Timberwolves. Before the team officially started, he entered the locker room to join everyone.
Although he was traded away, he still came to a strong playoff team, which made Thomas feel quite comfortable.
It’s true that being around LeBron James brings traffic, but his huge superstar influence will also overshadow his own light. In Cleveland, no matter what, he can only lag behind LeBron, but in Minneapolis , Thomas thinks he is the super core!
After all, the Timberwolves traded top stars like Zhao Feiyang for him. To a certain extent, Thomas believes that he and Zhao Feiyang have the same value.
Therefore, after entering the locker room, Thomas' attitude was relatively arrogant. Not only did he not take the initiative to say hello to anyone when he first arrived, he was also not at all restrained. As soon as he arrived, he rushed to the empty closet with the best position in the room.
"There's already someone here!"
Thomas was just about to put his belongings over when Zach LaVine stood up and stopped him. The latter stared at him with a cold face, and a sense of distance appeared in his tone.
Little Thomas didn't get angry immediately, but spoke to LaVine in a senior manner, "Hey, man, I know this should be Zhao's position! I don't mean to offend... but now he has left. , then I should take this seat!"
Raven didn't speak, just stared at him coldly, with no intention of retracting his outstretched hand.
Thomas looked at the "no face" guy in front of him, and the smile on his face gradually cooled down, "Man, I don't like your attitude very much... I'm here to lead the team. Although you young people don’t need to respect me more, you should still have the minimum attitude..."
"And the locker room is so big. As the core of the team, if I don't sit here, why should I sit at the door?"
Thomas Jr. said.
This time, before Raven could speak, Adrian Ennis, who was two closets away, also stood up and walked towards Thomas. As he walked, he shouted to Thomas, "We don't care where you sit! But! This position is not allowed!”
"This is Zhao's position! Even if he leaves the team now, no one else can get involved... No one can sit here except him!"
Adrian's attitude is tougher than LaVine's.
Now it's Thomas' turn to wonder!
He originally thought that he would be more comfortable in the Timberwolves than in the Cavaliers, but when he first arrived, he felt the hostility of the two main players in the team, which gave him a strange feeling.
"Man, what the hell are you thinking?"
"It's just a seat!"
"I respect Zhao very much, but he is now a player for the Cavaliers...Does the team management know that you are doing this? To make things difficult for a player from another team and the core of your own team? This is what you are doing The first lesson you taught me?”
Hearing this, before Raven could speak, Adrian was the first to get excited.
"Go to the special code bullshit management! You don't even think about using these things to suppress us... I don't care who you are, even if LeBron and Kobe come, I will never let them sit in this position. of......"
The menacing Adrian frightened Thomas a little. He didn't want to fight with his teammates on the main lineup on the first day he came to the team, not to mention that he might not be able to defeat the opponent.
Seeing that the two men were unwilling to give in, Thomas had an idea and planned to ask other teammates for help.
"These two guys must have a good relationship with Zhao, but what about the others? I don't believe that everyone has a good relationship with him, right?"
Soon, Thomas noticed Serge Ibaka beside him.
He remembered that the other party was traded to the Timberwolves last season, so Thomas thought he could win the other party's support.
"Hey, Serge, I remember you... You are a core member of the team... What do you think about this matter? You will never be like them... ..”
In the middle of Thomas' words, Ibaka, who had been silent all the time, interrupted him directly, "Isaiah, welcome to the Timberwolves!"
"However, I still advise you to change positions!"
As soon as these words came out, little Thomas was stunned.
Then he turned his attention to other people, trying to get some support from them.
He looked at Dwight Howard, then at Gorgui Dieng, Derrick Rose and Ricky Rubio...these people all had the same reaction, even though they had the same reaction. No words were said, but little Thomas could already see the answer from their expressions!
"Damn it!"
Just when he was about to give up, he saw Andrew Wiggins drinking wolfberry water from a thermos cup in the corner. Seeing his very Buddhist appearance, Thomas walked over with the last hope.
However, before he could speak, Wiggins immediately waved at him.
"No."
"Dude, don't come over here."
Little Thomas is really alone now!
When he was almost in despair, the team's head coach Eric Stotts entered the locker room. After learning the whole story, Coach Eric negotiated with a substitute player and then arranged Thomas' position.
This move also made Thomas Jr. dissatisfied.
"Coach, is this how you treat your core players?"
Thomas' words also made Coach Eric frown slightly, "Isaiah, you have earned your position on the team by yourself... If you really want to sit in that position, then take out your strength......."
"When Zhao came to the Timberwolves, no one made things difficult for him, but he just conquered everyone with his own strength..."
After saying these words, Coach Eric was too lazy to continue chatting with Thomas on this topic.
"Guys, our opponent today is the Los Angeles Clippers! They are currently ranked ninth in the Western Conference... In terms of strength, they are not our opponents, but we cannot underestimate them because of this... ..."
"Derek, you still play the No. 1 position today!"
"Zach, you go to the second position...Dwight, you and Serge have to protect our rebounds...Especially Dwight, it's up to you to guard DeAndre. ....."
Coach Eric was arranging the starting lineup, but before he could finish speaking, his words were interrupted.
The person who interrupted him was Thomas.
When all the Timberwolves players looked at Thomas in surprise, Thomas couldn't wait to ask the team coach, "Coach Eric, I am the core of the team, why don't you let me be the starter?"
