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Chapter 76 Thunder's Acceleration, Two Consecutive Double-Doubles!

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Schwartz watched Zeng Zhen's regular season debut and nodded in satisfaction. Zeng Zhen proved in his first game that he could be a reliable asset for the Thunder, just like Durant. In fact, his performance tonight was even better than Durant's.

Zeng Zhen's playing style seems more suited to being a core player.

Moreover, Zeng Zhen came on as a substitute tonight, and his performance in those minutes of playing time is enough to make those who follow his games newsworthy.

In the hour following the game, Schwartz received a new round of shoe offers from various brands. Schwartz only glanced at them and did not pursue further negotiations. The average price was $700 million, with Anta offering nearly $850 million a year.

However, the prices quoted by these brands are still some distance from Zeng Zhen's bottom line. Schwartz admires Zeng Zhen's composure. To this day, Zeng Zhen still pays for his own sneakers. Schwartz can foresee that this composure will help Zeng Zhen reap more wealth.

Zeng Zhen's team's rejection of those sneaker brands left these brands somewhat bewildered.

Normally, a rookie signs a sneaker brand contract when he announces his candidacy, or at the latest after the draft, depending on his draft position and popularity. A typical lottery pick's sneaker contract is generally between $80 and $150 million, but the sneaker endorsement contract they've given Zeng Zhen is far more than what a typical lottery pick would earn.

Although Zeng Zhen is a Chinese player, NCAA champion, MOP, and 08 Olympic scoring champion, brands generally believe that their prices are already quite reasonable. Do they really want to go all the way with LeBron James' 7-year, $9000 million contract?

Some brands gave up on raising their bids, but new brands joined in. Schwartz knew very well that what he needed to do next was wait for Zeng Zhen to stabilize, or even wait until the All-Star voting. Zeng Zhen would then enter the All-Star game thanks to the number of Chinese fans, and at that time, some brands would go even crazier.

.......

"Clang, mission complete, reward: 2 B-grade attribute points."

On the bus, Zeng Zhen closed his eyes and entered the system. He then heard a notification and raised his defensive attribute from 78 points to 80 points.

Zeng Zhen does not want to become a player like Doncic who excels in both offense and playmaking but is terrible on defense.

After playing an overtime game, everyone was tired and went to sleep.

For head coach Carlesimo, it was a bit of a headache. The Thunder exposed a lot of problems tonight, especially in terms of interior depth. When they faced top-tier interior players, they had almost no chance to put up a fight. His tactics relied heavily on the interior, and he didn't like to speed up the pace too much, believing that it was a sign of disobedience.

Compared to the Suns' D'Antoni-style freedom, the Pistons' Brown's rigor and meticulousness are what Carlesimo should learn from.

Carlesimo doesn't know how to solve this problem for the time being, so he can only take it one step at a time.

Fortunately, the Thunder's goal this season is not to make the playoffs, but to give their rookies experience.

......

"Bang!"

Zeng Zhen delivered a bounce pass to Wilcox, who had just finished a pick-and-roll and was cutting to the basket. Wilcox received the ball, took off, and slammed it home with two hands!

"box!!"

"pretty!!"

Scott Brooks' voice rang out on the training field.

"Whoa whoa!!"

"That pick and roll was of very high quality."

"Take a break first."

As an assistant coach, Brooks is a positive influence on the sidelines. His style is completely different from Carlesimo's, and young players like Zeng Zhen, Westbrook, and Durant prefer to be around Brooks.

Wilcox walked over and gave Zeng Zhen a high five: "Great job, Zeng, your pass made me feel really comfortable."

As a rim-running center, Wilcox has never been this comfortable in recent seasons; he feels that Zeng Zhen understands his rhythm very well.

Zeng Zhen shrugged: "We'll practice pick-and-roll more in the future."

The coach often has him play positions 1, 2, and 3, but when he's on the court, his teammates usually treat him as position 1, and it's very comfortable to have a center like that.

.....

On November 3, the Thunder visited Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves.

"Zeng Zhen, keep it up!"

"Zeng Zhen, keep it up!"

The Chinese fans in Minnesota chanted Zeng Zhen's name to cheer him on, which made Zeng Zhen feel flattered.

.....

"What does Randy Foyer want from Zeng Zhen?"

"Hehehe, does he think he can get past Zeng Zhen?"

"Don't be polite, Zeng Zhen has already broken his promise."

"Good job, it broke."

"Snapped!"

"Zeng Zhen stole the ball from Randy Foye and assisted Kevin Durant on a fast break layup."

Zhang Weiping watched Zeng Zhen's matches with a biased perspective, and Zeng Zhen did not disappoint him, performing better and better.

5 minutes and 11 seconds into the second quarter.

The Timberwolves' offense failed; Love's strong attack under the basket was disrupted by Wilcox, and Westbrook controlled the rebound.

Westbrook passed the ball to Zeng Zhen, who dribbled once and then passed it to Durant, who was sprinting.

The pass was very precise, setting Durant off.

Durant drove into the three-point line with the ball, only to be met by Brewer and Gomez who came back to help defend.

Durant then passed the ball back to Zeng Zhen, who was following behind him.

Zeng Zhen received the ball outside the three-point line at the top of the arc and decisively transitioned to a stop-and-shoot jump shot.

"Whoosh!!"

The Thunder players' fast counter-attack speed was extremely fast, which caught the Timberwolves off guard.

38 to 30.

The Timberwolves players couldn't figure out whether the Thunder were playing a fast or slow pace, but they were still able to get the ball into the basket.

Thunder's speed left them breathless.

However, this was not the end. In the second half, the Thunder's speed continued to increase.

7 minutes and 12 seconds into the third quarter.

"Give it to me, give it to me!!"

After Jefferson overpowered Collison under the basket, Zeng Zhen waved for the ball to his teammates before even crossing half-court.

Collison, who was inbounding the ball from the baseline, passed it to Zeng Zhen. Zeng Zhen sprinted with the ball, while Westbrook on the other side also made a quick run. Zeng Zhen made a long pass to Westbrook, who was cutting to the side. Brewer couldn't keep up with his speed, and Westbrook caught the ball with one hand, stretched his waist, and completed a tomahawk dunk.

Zeng Zhen easily delivered an assist.

"You two are playing like this so I'll get yelled at by the media after the game?" Love only arrived at Zeng Zhen's side after Westbrook dunked.

"Since you're so bad, then practice harder, Kevin," Zeng Zhen said to Love.

In the next round, Zeng Zhen once again easily made a steal against Randy Foye.

"Fuck, how could we have picked such a trash point guard like Randy??" Timberwolves fans on the sidelines were cursing.

Compared to the two guards the Thunder drafted this year, Randy Foye seems to be several levels below.

On the court, Zeng Zhen dribbled the ball with his left hand and directed Durant with his right, saying, "KD, go stand up at the free throw line."

"A stick?" Durant roughly understood that Zeng Zhen wanted him to be a fulcrum, so Durant quickly ran to the free-throw line and leaned against Brewer.

Zeng Zhen saw Durant getting into position and passed the ball to him.

Randy Foye was marking Zeng Zhen, and he relaxed a little when he saw Zeng Zhen pass the ball.

"Give me!!"

Zeng Zhen suddenly started his drive and cut inside, and Durant passed the ball to Zeng Zhen.

Zeng Zhen was about 4 meters away from the basket. At that moment, instead of controlling the ball, he slapped the ball that Durant had passed to him into the air.

Love watched the basketball fly over his head, and then a dark shadow fell from the sky!

"box!!"

"An alley-oop from Zeng Zhen and Wilcox!!"

"A brilliant team effort, Zeng Zhen has once again provided an assist."

Under the basket, Wilcox yanked on the rim and roared, his emotions running high. Receiving that alley-oop pass was simply wonderful.

Ultimately, the Timberwolves, another struggling team, lost to the Thunder 95-107 at home, giving the Thunder their second consecutive win.

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