After the All-Star break.
The tanking teams stopped even pretending.
Teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Washington Wizards.
The 2010 NBA draft class might not have been as strong as those of 2008 and 2009, but John Wall... Derrick Rose's junior from college, possessed even greater speed. If a team could land him, it could rebuild quickly.
Although the Timberwolves had Kevin Love, a rookie from the 2008 class, he was still somewhat raw and was being held back by Al Jefferson on the team. Despite putting up decent numbers, he struggled to win games.
As for the teams aiming for the playoffs, or even the championship, they had gone full throttle.
Teams like the Oklahoma Thunder.
Constantly provoked by the words, "You don't have a championship ring," Kevin Durant trained even harder. Moreover, he revealed in advance that he would be holding his wedding during the offseason.
That was right!
In this life, Durant was getting married.
"KD, you'll definitely invite your teammates, right?" a reporter asked.
"Of course. Russell Westbrook and James Harden will be my groomsmen," Durant said with a smile.
"Besides them, will you invite anyone else from the NBA?" the reporter asked again.
"Mm, Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat and P. J. Tucker of the Los Angeles Lakers. They're both childhood friends of mine, and they'll be attending as well," Durant said.
"What about... Zhou Ze?" the reporter asked again.
"Zhou Ze?"
Durant frowned slightly.
His feelings toward Zhou Ze were extremely complicated.
Did he hate him?
He truly did!
Before he entered the league, the media had already called him the "skinny-ribs version of Zhou Ze." It seemed like he had always lived under Zhou Ze's shadow.
After entering the league, nearly every time they met, Zhou Ze would not only trash-talk