One Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy-Four. Force Someone to Do Something

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Since joining the Grizzlies, Randolph has been regarded as the team leader.

Gay and Conley had no objection at the time, and even if Sun Ce played well later, he never competed for the position of leader in the team or in public.

When the news of Randolph's injury was exposed, the whole team was cursing.

Look at the Grizzlies' lineup structure, the three young stars on the outside are now the main force, with clear division of labor, better and better cooperation, and they are also improving together. Moreover, because of the clear division of labor, their respective progress directions complement each other and do not affect their respective progress.

These three brothers can still stay together, just for the championship.

The other major outside players, Livingston, Richard Jefferson, Beverly, Prince, Tony Allen, are not people who are greedy for data or ball rights or team status, and they can even give up a lot of things for victory.

Little Hardaway, a rookie, was a substitute player when there were no injuries on the outside. When Beverley and Prince recovered from their injuries, they were no longer on the active list. His father, Old Hardaway, was the team trainer, and he always urged him not to rush and slowly polish his shooting ability to survive better in the NBA.

In terms of the inside, Stoudemire certainly doesn't care about playing time. His goal is the championship. Larry Sanders and Yi Jianlian are two screws in the inside. They are very useful when needed. If they are given playing time, they will play well. If they are not given, they will think about hairstyles and painting.

Little Gasol is currently the third inside player and is also the top scorer in the inside. He does not conflict with Randolph.

Gobert is still polishing his defensive basics, and he has nothing to do in regular time.

In this case, the goal of the Grizzlies team is very clear-the championship.

And Randolph is one of the key players for the team to win the championship.

When Randolph was injured and reimbursed for the season, it was a huge blow to the entire Grizzlies team.

As the Grizzlies took the initiative to announce this, the media and fans began to discuss it, and some promoters fanned the flames behind the scenes, trying to psychologically undermine the Grizzlies players' belief in winning the championship... and it did work.

In just one afternoon, all kinds of rumors came, such as the Grizzlies would ease the dilemma through trades.

When a person is in a bad situation, he will find that the whole world is not so friendly, even if he felt that the whole world was a good person yesterday.

It is difficult for most Grizzlies players to accept the trade... It should be said that no one in the Grizzlies wants to be traded at present.

Even if Randolph is reimbursed and Paul George may leave next season, no one in the Grizzlies wants to leave.

Even if the veterans don't win the championship this season, they want to stay next season, because once Randolph recovers from injury, plus Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, this trio will already be a strong contender for the championship.

After the Grizzlies have been off for a season, they will immediately become one of the top favorites to win the championship, and Sun Ce and Klay Thompson can be foreseen to make progress again.

In addition to Gasol, Beverley, Tony Allen, and Yi Jianlian, if they hadn't won the championship in the past two years and reached the Western Conference Finals in the past three years, many players would be very tired. This year, the Grizzlies' chances of winning the championship would not be inferior to the Spurs and the Lakers.

As for the rookie, Hardaway's father is on the team, and the Grizzlies have made great efforts to train him. Klay Thompson and Paul George are very concerned about guiding Hardaway's running, receiving and shooting.

Gobert doesn't want to leave either. The Grizzlies have already had successful experience in training talented men with no skills-Jimmy Butler and Larry Sanders.

For the endless trade rumors and predictions, the Grizzlies feel that everyone is in danger.

Except for Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, the core combination of the back line, who are definitely not for sale, everyone else is very uneasy.

As the saying goes, an old man in the family is like a treasure, which seems particularly true in the NBA.

Why did Chris Wallace spend so much time and effort to choose and finally choose to trade with the Jazz who traded for Richard Jefferson? It was to get Richard Jefferson's rich experience in the NBA for many years, ups and downs, being a top player, falling into a trough, getting a maximum salary, being pardoned, and playing in the finals many times.

On December 7, Memphis Lord's Day, at 5 pm, Richard Jefferson, as the locker room leader, rented a conference room in a hotel near the FedEx Center and held an internal meeting of players.

Richard Jefferson did not want to hide anything. He told his teammates all the difficulties he knew the team encountered this season, the major setbacks he encountered now, and the more difficult situations he might encounter.

Similarly, Richard Jefferson also told what he saw about the efforts of the coaching staff and teammates, and the team's improvement day by day.

Tell the current basic situation of the team to most teammates who only know how to play and can't calmly judge the situation except panic when encountering problems.

Since the NBA is dominated by black players, and most black people hate troubles in their bones, they are lucky to play hard and don’t have so many tricks. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many black players being cheated by agents, because they hate troubles too much and want to let agents take care of everything. It’s okay if they meet an agent with good character, like the two No. 21 players...

After Richard Jefferson described the current situation of the team in detail, the teammates who were in a tense state had a clearer understanding of the current situation of the team.

But this is just to understand the team's current real situation. Richard Jefferson continued: "It is a very difficult thing for us now. I know that many people have shaken their confidence in winning the championship and feel very insecure about their position.

I understand, and I have experienced it many times.

As a professional player in the NBA, we must be mentally prepared from the beginning. In the commercial sports league, we are just a commodity after all.

On this basis, no matter what happens, we should not panic.

What do we play basketball for...honor? That's right, championship? That's right.

But more importantly, it's to make money!

How can you make money? Then you have to play well!

I think you are all excellent and have almost confirmed your ability to survive in the NBA. Look at the young players who left our team, Jimmy, DeAndre, Mike, Rudy, Jay... They are just like you, they work hard and are talented. They find their own position in any team and play better and better.

Whether they stay or leave, it may be difficult for us to accept. I was also very uncomfortable when I was traded for the first time. That year, I averaged 22.6 points per game, which was my most brilliant year, but I was traded in the end.

But I never gave up. Staying or going anywhere, I have to play hard for my current dream and for a rich life in the future!

For honor and money, no matter what kind of setbacks we encounter, we must not be depressed or give up. Our career is just a short ten years! "

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Richard Jefferson's speech calmed many teammates.

Unlike Sun Ce, who is full of incitement, and unlike Nash, who is full of inspiration...Richard Jefferson has never been an ordinary player. He is a genius who played in the finals with Kidd in his rookie season and reached the finals as a main small forward in his sophomore year.

His early career was smooth sailing. He was teammates with Kidd, Kenyon Martin, Van Horn, Mutombo, Mourning, Carter and other big guys. In the past few years, he has partnered with the troika and the Warriors' new dream backcourt.

But this also means that he has been traded many times in his career, earned more than 110 million US dollars in his career, and now he is already on a minimum salary before he is 34 years old. He has experienced too many ups and downs, ups and downs... He has become accustomed to it and can already speak these words in a very calm tone.

Therefore, the feeling given to teammates is also very different.

Now the teammates who are in anxiety do not want to listen to the kind of passionate and generous speeches full of incitement; they are not interested in inspiration. Isn't it possible to be traded even if they are inspirational?

Richard Jefferson said things directly and calmly, without deliberately soothing remarks, just to prepare everyone, which makes it easier for teammates to accept.

"Things are already like this, we need to accept any changes calmly"

The same meaning, said in different ways, the listener feels very different.

Without wasting too much time, the internal meeting of the players ended in just over ten minutes. Each player needed to think alone, or go home to talk with his family, or have a good chat about life with his best teammates...

The teammates left one after another, and Sun Ce was also ready to go home. He was very touched by what Richard Jefferson said. The honors they achieved were not quite the same, but relatively speaking, Richard Jefferson was very similar to him in terms of career trajectory in the early stage. Both of them quickly entered the highlight stage of their careers after entering the NBA.

When Sun Ce was about to leave, Paul George stopped him...

...

The two came to the cafe on the second floor of the hotel. Sun Ce asked for a glass of milk and Paul George asked for a glass of alcoholic beverage.

"What's wrong, Paul? You're not worried about being traded, are you?"

Hearing Sun Ce's question, Paul George nodded: "I think I'm the best choice for trading."

Sun Ce was a little speechless and said: "What can you get with your annual salary of 4.07 million? Top three draft picks next year? What's the use of that for us?"

Even if he listened to Richard Jefferson's words and understood that as a player, he can only choose to accept many things, and accepted such a situation, he had a deeper understanding of the helplessness of professional basketball.

But that was just an acceptance mentality and a deeper understanding. He was still uneasy, but it was relatively easier to accept.

Paul George still had a lot to share.

But Sun Ce didn't tell Paul George how uneasy he was and felt that he was going to be traded, and directly blocked Paul George's words.

Paul George only reacted after hearing this...it seemed so! In the case that Sun Ce and Klay Thompson could not be traded and there was no reason to be traded, he was indeed the player with the highest trading value in the team.

But his contract is too small, and there is no other choice except trading for a high draft pick, and a high draft pick is really not of much value to the Grizzlies. Choose a new version of Milicic as a mascot? Last summer, the Grizzlies had only two options for trading, either Paul George or Jimmy Butler. Since the Grizzlies' salary has long exceeded the cap, they can only trade back three options: rookies, draft picks, and players of the same salary. There is nothing else.

Now that the team needs to send strong players to supplement the inside line, it is even more impossible to trade him unless they get back a strong rookie player like Anthony Davis.

But no matter how confident Paul George is in himself, he doesn't think he can trade for Anthony Davis. Strength is one aspect. The key opponent is an insider. Players of the same level. The transaction value of insiders is inherently higher than that of outsiders. Height cannot be gained through training, and the opponent already has a good core lineup.

Suddenly Paul George suddenly realized that he was unlikely to be traded. On the contrary, the team might want to keep him for a long time. After this season, he might gain the initiative! And there is a high probability that you will get the initiative!

Because he is a restricted free agent, he does not have no right to choose at all. If a team he does not want to go to trades for him, he can not renew his contract, sign a qualifying contract, and become a complete free agent after playing for one year.

This was a very important clause for the players in the labor agreement that year, ensuring that rookies had more autonomy. This clause was obtained by Boss Joe for the players when he was about to retire as a player.

It's just that Boss Joe, who was a player representative and fought against hard work and capital, has now become an evil capitalist who takes flesh from players.

Suddenly enlightened, suddenly enlightened, but Paul George felt blocked - can I finish what I said?

Paul George felt the mood of the reporters who interviewed Sun Ce. It felt too uncomfortable to have something to say!

Taking a deep breath, Paul George thought about the current situation.

Three consecutive championships...it's not easy!

But the team suffered this bad news and things had become like this. Paul George could only accept it. After thinking for a while, he asked Sun Ce: "Third brother, we are missing a leader on the court now. I think we need a player." Stand up and lead us forward!”

Paul George has expectations in his eyes.

In his opinion, Gasol is not suitable to be a leader, he is too loose and has a standard Spanish romantic character.

Tony Allen and Beverley are both leaders on the defensive end, but the team leaders are not qualified enough, and they are not even as strong as veteran Richard Jefferson.

Klay Thompson... just knows how to chant.

Others are not qualified to be the leader of a championship team. Therefore, in this situation, Paul George feels that it is time for Sun Ce to assume the responsibility of the boss.

Paul George feels that every player wants to be the boss. He has had the same idea, but in front of Sun Ce, he always feels that he still needs to improve. No matter how he improves, he still feels that he has a big gap with Sun Ce. gap.

A player like him is ambitious but also willing to play second fiddle.

Since he is the deputy, he is now ready to help Sun Ce become the team boss.

After hearing Paul George's words, Sun Ce stood up, came to the opposite side of the table, and patted Paul George on the shoulder: "Paul, you are right."

Seeing this, Paul George nodded. He was waiting for the moment when Sun Ce would become the boss.

Sun Ce patted Paul George on the shoulder again and continued: "Zach is injured now and can't play this year. It seems that no one else can rely on him. I can only rely on you. You must lead the team forward." ah!"

Paul George blurted out: "I will help you, third brother...what did you say?"

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On January 8, 2014, the Memphis Grizzlies officially applied to the league for an injury exception due to Zach Randolph being reimbursed for the season.

This was interpreted by the media as the Grizzlies wanting to get a greater return in the process of trading young players.

Calculated from Randolph’s salary, the Grizzlies can get an injury exception of US$5.73 million, equivalent to mid-level space, at most, which can be regarded as a virtual salary space of US$5.73 million, but they can only sign one player. Or use it in a one-time, player-only trade.

This is something that the media and fans expected. According to the news, Randolph will have surgery on No. 10 and will be reimbursed for the season. Even if he can recover from the injury in 4 months at the earliest, he will not have the chance to participate in the playoffs. There will be a long period of rehabilitation training afterwards, and I will definitely not be able to play this season.

When a player is theoretically going to be out for the season and is recognized by the league's medical team, the player's team can get an injury exception as long as he applies for it.

Therefore, since last night, many media have begun to list trade targets for the Grizzlies.

For example, Paul George is exchanged for Ilyasova of the Bucks + a first-round pick with a high probability of being picked in the top five in 2014, and Paul George is exchanged for the Morris brothers of the Suns + a top three pick in the first round with a high probability of 2014. draft pick, sending Paul George to the Clippers...

Just as Paul George expected, he has indeed become the recognized first choice for trade.

This is not surprising, he has thought so before.

But in his exchange with Sun Ce last night, Paul George knew that the team is unlikely to exceed the salary cap this season, and will not give up its existing strength for draft picks, so these transactions are obviously not reliable, even if they are exchanged When it comes to Ilyasova, it's just a version of Yi Jianlian with enhanced shooting ability and weakened athletic ability.

His salary of 4.07 million US dollars plus an injury exception of US$5.73 million does not return a player of his ability.

Paul George is still very confident in his own ability. He feels that the ability he has shown is worthy of the maximum salary!

However, thinking about what San Ge said last night... thinking about the communication with the coach this morning... Paul George feels bad.

What kind of people are these!

The two-time MVP does not act as the boss, and the head coach actually agrees!

Paul George feels like he is being forced to do something!