One Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-Three. The Strongest Man in the Sewer

"I heard that you were only given 14 million a year, and I helped you get 15 million a year... You took the initiative to ask for 13 million a year? Are you stupid? That's money!

Well, even if you want 13 million a year, you see, if it's 15 million, if you control your weight within 290 pounds, you can still get more than 13 million. If you weigh less than 280 pounds at the end of the summer, you can get more than 14 million... You can't come back in the summer weighing 300 pounds..."

Sun Ce is trying his best to fool... No, to convince Randolph. When he said the last sentence, he saw that Randolph's eyes were more resentful.

Suddenly, Sun Ce remembered that Randolph's physical test during the training camp weighed exactly 300 pounds! 136 kilograms!

The physical test before the opening game was only 290 pounds, which is close to 132 kilograms...

Good guy, this method must be implemented!

The more honors he gets, the more unbridled this guy becomes. 136 kg, which is heavier than Yao Ming last season!

And...

"Zach, didn't you agree to renew your contract in this way?"

"Bill is annoying me to death, so I agreed. It's all your weird idea!"

"..."

After struggling for a while, Randolph still went to lose weight. He was careless. Now that things have come to this, let it go.

Thinking that he might get 15 million a year at the age of 33, Randolph is still quite motivated.

He heard that a team wanted to give him a 4-year, 50 million contract this summer, so he decided that 13 million a year would be enough. He also felt that he had gained so much weight every year, and it was not appropriate to lose weight in the middle of the season and get 14 million a year. He was reluctant to cut his salary significantly, so he took the initiative to ask for 1 million less a year.

Now he can get 30 million in two years. With the salary cap increase in 2016, he may be able to get a retirement contract with a team that is aiming to rise and needs veteran experience. He now has two championships and a good reputation as a prodigal son. The retirement contract will not be cheap. It will definitely be more than 50 million in the next four years. So let it be.

Randolph is gone, and Sun Ce doesn't care. He just hopes that Randolph will not start at 136 kilograms next year.

I have tried hard, and the next step is up to fate.

Sun Ce began to practice mid-range shots on the left side of the three-second zone with the help of old Hardaway.

Recalling the possible defensive situations of the opponent, he adjusted his shooting action, followed by a hook shot from the left baseline and a hook shot from the right corner...

...

After a morning of training, at noon, Sun Ce was ready to go home and practice three-pointers from 45 degrees to 30 degrees on the right side at home, but saw Beverly and the team doctor returning to the gym together.

Seeing Beverly's excitement, Sun Ce also asked in surprise: "Mad Dog Bay, can you play?"

"Yes, I can play in the game on the 2nd!"

"That's great..."

Sun Ce chatted with Beverly. Beverly's ankle sprain has recovered. He has started recovery training after returning from Los Angeles on the 25th. He went for a detailed examination this morning and his ankle has recovered!

Sun Ce remembered that Beverly was the kind of player who was injured year after year. It was not that his physical fitness was bad. He was actually very strong, but he was so small and his defense was so hard that he had to be injured several times a year.

He was the type that opponents hated, teammates loved, but often worried about.

Beverly and Randolph both returned, at least the activation list was full.

Prince's groin strain was a little troublesome, but Stoudemire had been doing recovery training and resting, and he was already on the comeback schedule.

The news of Beverly's comeback made Sun Ce very excited. The team has begun to gradually move in a good direction!

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Two days of rest time passed in a flash, and a new month came.

On December 1, after the Grizzlies rested for two days, they began to prepare for the back-to-back games with the Nets and the Suns.

Just as Sun Ce expected, Westbrook had back-to-back triple-doubles on the 29th and 30th!

Although Sun Ce did not watch the entire live broadcast of these two games, he watched the fourth quarter.

On the 29th, the Thunder went to Houston and won 105-100. Westbrook played for 41 minutes with a very high ball possession rate, which was amazing enough; on the 30th, the Thunder played back-to-back against the Pelicans and went into overtime. Although the Thunder lost 108-113 in the end, Westbrook played 44 minutes in regular time and was able to force a dunk over Lopez in overtime...

In the two games, Westbrook scored 27 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists in the first game, and 33 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in the second game.

In these two games, the Thunder team had 1 win and 1 loss, and the record became 10 wins and 8 losses, ranking down to ninth in the West, but Westbrook became even more popular!

The Thunder team went to Houston to play games and got all the live broadcasts in the United States. Back-to-back live broadcasts in the United States would be fine if they were arranged from the beginning, but back-to-back live broadcasts in the United States and extra broadcasts are very rare.

Westbrook had triple-doubles in 7 consecutive games, tying the longest consecutive triple-doubles of active players held by Sun Ce, and both Westbrook and Sun Ce maintained consecutive triple-doubles. This morning, Sun Ce received the news when he arrived at the stadium that the next back-to-back games of the Grizzlies on the 2nd and 3rd against the Nets and the Suns were broadcast nationwide!

The game on the 5th against the players from Houston, the third from the bottom in the West, was also included in the list of pending extra broadcasts!

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It’s not just the fans and the media that are discussing Westbrook’s triple-doubles. The players are also in a heated discussion. In the Grizzlies, Sun Ce heard his teammates discussing Westbrook’s triple-doubles.

If Westbrook played 18 games alone and got 11 triple-doubles, it might be okay. It’s just him who is being discussed. Although the heat will explode, there is at least a "ceiling".

But Westbrook is not alone. Sun Ce got 8 triple-doubles in 15 games. It is not impossible to tie Westbrook’s 11 triple-doubles in the same game.

In addition, in addition to the duel between the two, there is another highlight-who can break Chamberlain’s 9 consecutive triple-doubles between Sun Ce and Westbrook?

Before this season, in 30 years, only Jordan had approached Chamberlain’s record. Since 1979, only Jordan had more than 5 consecutive triple-doubles. In the end, he had 7 consecutive triple-doubles, tying Oscar Robertson’s second longest record of consecutive triple-doubles.

No one else can get close to Chamberlain’s 9 consecutive triple-doubles.

In the past two seasons, Sun Ce got 18 triple-doubles each, but he didn't get close to this record. Kidd didn't either.

This season, two of them popped up!

The Thunder's 19th game starts on the 2nd, and the Grizzlies also start on the 2nd. Coincidentally, the Grizzlies and Thunder's games on the 2nd are staggered. Then the Grizzlies have a game on the 3rd, the Thunder have a game on the 4th, and then the Grizzlies have another game on the 5th...