One Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-Two. A Rose that Is Calm and Sharp

After playing the Bucks, the Grizzlies overtook the Spurs and ranked third in the West with a record of 17 wins and 5 losses, beating the Spurs with 19 wins and 7 losses.

The next opponent is the Bulls. Sun Ce has focused on his own team and the opponent in the game for some time, and only paid attention to the record of the Heat in the East.

After the game with the Bucks, the Grizzlies got two days of rest.

On the morning of the 20th, Sun Ce trained layups and left-handed mid-range shots. There was no training in the afternoon. At 8 o'clock in the evening, AJ and Nike will jointly hold a new product launch conference at the FedEx Arena. The team did not arrange training today and rented the arena to Nike.

Sun Ce waited for Bill Duffy to pick him up. This kind of activity is different from driving to the arena by himself. The media will start filming outside the arena, and there will be live broadcasts on the Internet.

While waiting, Sun Ce looked at the latest situation in the league.

The East and West are two extremes. In the West, the Spurs, who are expected to hit 60 wins with 19 wins and 7 losses, can only rank fifth, but in the East, there are only two teams that have the chance to win 50+ games, the Heat and the Bulls.

The Heat currently has 21 wins and 4 losses, ranking first in the league.

The Bulls do not have the same high winning rate as in the past two years, with 17 wins and 8 losses, and are left behind by the Heat.

However, the Bulls are not weaker than in the past two years, but they have intentionally reduced the playing time of their core players. Under Sloan's coaching, only Noah played more than 35 minutes, Boozer only 27 minutes, Rose 33 minutes, and Luol Deng 34 minutes.

On the contrary, Hinrich's playing time increased to 24 minutes, and the new pitcher Belinelli also played more than Korver last season.

It is definitely impossible to catch up with the Heat. The third Pacers only have 14 wins and 10 losses. The Bulls are not under much pressure. Sloan chose to keep them alive and just keep their ranking stable.

Sun Ce searched the news. The Bulls are keeping a low profile this season. The news is basically focused on the two popular stars, Rose and Noah.

Rose averaged 21.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game this season, and his assists per game ranked fourth in the league.

Noah averaged 11.7 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2 blocks and 1.2 steals per game.

It's hard to see what's going on. The record is tepid, and the players are playing low-key. Sun Ce doesn't know why, but he feels that the Bulls seem to be very dangerous this season.

It's not obvious on the surface.

The average score is 102.4 points, and the average loss is 98.6 points. It's not very outstanding in all aspects, but it makes Sun Ce feel very dangerous.

It seems to be too stable!

It feels like the Jazz team in the late 1980s and the early and mid-1990s, which had 50+ wins 9 times in 10 years!

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After working for a few hours, Sun Ce ended the new product launch conference. In fact, he just went to show off his dunks and shots. He didn't need him for the introduction.

Sun Ce had already got the sneakers and had already started wearing them in private training, so he didn't find them new.

But for sneaker enthusiasts, this is a big deal! For NBA stars who have signature shoes or are looking forward to having signature shoes, it is also a big deal that Nike and AJ jointly launched three sneakers for him at once.

The sneakers' confidentiality work was done well, and Sun Ce was not allowed to show his sneakers publicly, otherwise he would be fined.

But AJ had already revealed that Sun Ce's signature shoes were the most special signature shoes, but fans did not expect that three sneakers would be released at once, and they would be released once every two years. Judging from the reputation of the sneakers, three sneakers may always be released at the same time in the future.

So for sneaker collectors, the first version of the first sneaker is very collectible.

It's okay for stars with signature shoes, but those stars who don't have signature shoes yet see Sun Ce release three sneakers at once, even if he updates a generation every two years, it's also exaggerated. Other stars with signature shoes basically release a new sneaker every year. Although James also has three series of sneakers, he doesn't release three at once.

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Sun Ce was very happy to see that the pre-sale sales of three sneakers exceeded 100,000 pairs in 12 hours. It is definitely worth being happy that there are fans who like to wear the same sneakers as him.

Due to the price positioning, Sun Ce's sneaker sales in this pre-sale are higher than James's sneaker sales in November. Looking at the whole year, James' sneaker sales are still the highest among all basketball players. In the first 11 months, James' sneaker global sales have exceeded 400 million US dollars, which is half more than last year.

However, some industry experts said that starting next year, James will be under great pressure, and Sun Ce's sneaker pre-sale sales are much higher than expected.

However, how much it sells has nothing to do with Sun Ce for the time being. He will have to wait until 2020 to end this endorsement.

After laughing for a while, Sun Ce felt sad when he thought about paying for 52 pairs of sneakers for his teammates last night! 100,000 US dollars! It was a zeroed price.

Sun Ce did not break his promise and had to spend the money.

Tomorrow we will play against the Bulls. After the morning training, Sun Ce heard that the Bulls have come to Memphis.

This is also half of Rose's home court. This summer, Rose successfully graduated from the University of Memphis. Although he had to postpone his graduation for a year to get enough credits, he became one of the few NBA players who completed his college studies after entering the NBA.

Rose once helped the University of Memphis basketball team reach the NCAA finals and has a certain fan base here.

In contrast, Sun Ce himself didn't know how he was going to graduate... Anyway, the University of Phoenix waived tuition, and Sun Ce was broke.

During the lunch break in the afternoon, AJ sent someone to measure the feet of Sun Ce’s teammates on time at 1pm. Some of the teammates wanted sneakers for themselves, while others wanted sneakers for their girlfriends, wives, or children.

Seeing the happy faces of his teammates and their families, and hearing those proud thank yous, Sun Ce's heart bleeds: "A foot costs 1,000 US dollars, a pair of shoes costs 2,000 US dollars..."

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I don't know when Rose came to Memphis but felt like there was a shadow hanging over his head.

Ross knew where this shadow came from—Sun Ce!

He knew that it wasn't just him, Sun Ce's ever-expanding light was about to envelope all the players of his generation.

There are fewer and fewer people who are still "remitting stubbornly".

A person's personality will affect his behavior at work; similarly, a person's behavior at work will also affect a person's personality.

As a basketball player, the head coach is the person who can most easily influence a player's playing style. Gradually Rose became more calm, no longer charging like an angry bull, but calmed down and waited for opportunities.

But that didn't kill Rose's edge.

Looking at Sun Ce, who has been making headlines every three days since the start of the new season, making countless news and shining brightly, Rose wants to stand above everyone! Including Sun Ce!