$1,480. I Dare Not Think About It.

"Little Overlord, what do you think about this summer?"

"I don't dare to think about it. I never thought that there would be such a situation."

"Yes, I regret retiring so much. Kobe and James are on the same team. It's exciting to think about playing against such a team."

"Brother Yao, why do I feel like you are gloating?"

"Is it obvious?"

"..."

Yao Ming's old club and Sun Ce's team are playing in the Chinese game. Yao Ming will definitely come to watch.

Moreover, Yao Ming has quickly settled in the capital after returning to China. Before the start of the new CBA season, he sold the Shanghai Sharks for 390 million yuan.

According to Sun Ce, Yao Ming spent 20 million yuan to buy the Sharks, and invested almost 100 million yuan during the period. Now he sold it for 390 million yuan, and made 270 million yuan after returning to China... But after Yao Ming took over, the Shanghai team has been making money in the past two years, except for the investment in the first two years, and the market value has also increased. It is definitely a loss to sell it.

But Yao Ming is ready to enter politics. At the National Basketball Association meeting in August this year, he was unanimously elected as a member of the Executive Committee, and he must sell the team.

According to Sun Ce, Yao Ming's career is smoother than Sun Ce's impression, because Yao Ming has helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the World Championship and the Olympic bronze medal, both of which were things that Yao Ming in the original time and space could not do. Sun Ce's impression is that Yao Ming became a member of the Basketball Association in 2017.

Becoming a member of the Basketball Association will qualify him to participate in the election of the chairman of the Basketball Association in 2015. Sun Ce hopes that Yao Ming can be elected in advance.

A sport that has been rooted in a country for decades and has a fixed system cannot be reversed in three to five years. It will take at least ten to eight years. Naturally, the sooner this kind of thing starts, the better.

In this regard, Sun Ce naturally supports Yao Ming.

As his career progresses, Sun Ce's ideas on many things are constantly changing, some of which are small and some are big. Under the condition that it will not affect his fundamental interests, Sun Ce is willing to contribute to the development of basketball in his country.

After having a private dinner with the newly promoted member Yao from Beijing Sports University, Sun Ce returned to the hotel and practiced the Nash training method. He will play against the Mavericks tomorrow.

…

Nothing happened overnight. On October 12, the day of the first preseason game of the Grizzlies arrived.

At 8 o'clock in the evening,

the Grizzlies' "home" game against the Mavericks started.

On the Mavericks side, the inside combination of Nowitzki and Bosh was really a crowd favorite.

When Nowitzki had Chandler, he looked very stable as a center on the defensive end, with good positioning and good blocking at the basket.

But without Chandler, it was clear that Nowitzki's defense was no longer up to the average level, and Gasol played happily while sitting.

The two teams had a good understanding. On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Gasol only started and played for a few minutes, and then were replaced.

On the Mavericks side, Conley, Ellis, and Nowitzki were also replaced at the same time.

The Grizzlies sent out a combination of Livingston, Hardaway Jr., Paul George, Randolph, and Larry Sanders.

Since last year, Coach Hollins learned from Carlisle and successfully used Randolph as center and Larry Sanders as power forward on the defensive end. This has now become one of the Grizzlies' fixed rotation methods.

Since Larry Sanders will be suspended for 5 games in the regular season, let Larry Sanders play more in the preseason to get a feel for it.

On the Mavericks side, Harris, Carter, Marion, Bosh, and Dalembert are in the lineup.

Livingston is really not Harris's opponent. There is no way to change the injury. Harris was much stronger than Livingston in his peak period. The age difference between the two is not much, and Harris is in better shape than Livingston now.

In the summer, Harris took the initiative to join the Grizzlies, but the Grizzlies refused. The reason is simple: too sticky.

Harris has stronger personal ability. Although he is still full of energy, fast and athletic at the age of 30, when Livingston actively cooperated with Paul George and Hardaway, the Mavericks had Bosh, but the Grizzlies still had the upper hand.

Sun Ce felt that Harris was more suitable to be a substitute leader in a chaotic battle, holding the ball and working hard, counterattacking and breaking through, rather than playing with the main lineup.

This also explains why Harris was selected as an All-Star at the age of 26, but wandered around in the following years.

No team is willing to give such a player a salary of tens of millions, and no strong team dares to give him a contract in his peak period.

He is very good. Sun Ce saw Harris' A-level ability evaluation. Maybe if he is given 30 minutes of playing time, he can have 15+7 data, but last season the Hawks only gave him about 20 minutes of playing time per game, and would rather give a mediocre rookie like John Jenkins more than 15 minutes of playing time, which explains everything.

In the next rotation phase, Calderon, who has poor athletic ability and relies on his touch to score, but is willing to cooperate with his teammates, came on the court, and the situation was very different.

Calderon also came to the Grizzlies for a tryout in the summer, but the Grizzlies could only give him a 3 million contract, preparing to save money to sign Boozer or Stoudemire. For the Grizzlies, if it weren't for Nash, it would be too extravagant to sign a second or third point guard with a salary of more than 5 million.

Calderon didn't agree, he wanted a long-term contract with a mid-level salary.

Later, the Mavericks used space to sign Calderon for 20 million in 3 years.

Sun Ce has heard the team talk about this situation like Harris or Calderon countless times this summer.

The salary is suitable, but the playing style is not suitable; the playing style is suitable, but the price is too expensive.

And if they come to Memphis to play, it may be okay to reduce their salary by two or three million, but it is difficult for others to accept it except for Lopez who came for Nash last year.

Facing Calderon's team, Paul George of the Grizzlies went down to rest and Sun Ce did not play, and the Grizzlies fell into a disadvantage.

So the Grizzlies sent out a lineup of Beverley, Tony Allen, Prince, Larry Sanders, and Gobert, and they would go on defense at the slightest disagreement.

This year, the Grizzlies did not sign training camp contract players in the training camp because their goal is clear, that is, Stoudemire or Boozer. This year, there are so many new players joining, and Beverley and Prince will also get more playing time this year, and they need to run in well in the preseason.

Carlisle was speechless when he saw the rotation of the Grizzlies. It seemed that everyone on the Grizzlies was arrogant, but when it came to the game, they were still the same! Do you cheat when you can't win?

Which two-time defending champion would do this? Where is the pride of being a defending champion?