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"Ding Yanyuhang, 21 years old, 200 cm tall, 197 cm wingspan, 254 cm standing reach..."
Sun Ce looked at Ding Yanyuhang's physical test data, and he almost choked after reading two of them.
This wingspan is comparable to that of the Blue Association's chairman!
However, when Sun Ce saw his running and jumping ability, he was a little surprised.
"Weight 95 kg, vertical jump 87 cm, running jump 96 cm, maximum reach 350 cm."
"Advantages: excellent lateral movement, strong enthusiasm, good at confrontation.
Disadvantages: explosive power, average jump in confrontation."
Free throws and three-pointers in the basic test were not tested, mainly because the opponent was not used to the NBA's three-point line and free throw line.
Moreover, just looking at the very pertinent comments given by Tim Hardaway at the end, you can know that Ding Yanyuhang will hardly have a chance to enter the development player list if he changes teams.
Indeed, Sun Ce knew that Ding Yanyuhang was far from NBA level, but in this summer's Basketball World Cup, in 8 games, except for him, Sun, Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu, the only one in the national team who scored in double digits in a single game was Ding Yanyuhang.
From September 19 to October 8, the national team also participated in the Asian Games. Yi Jianlian did not participate this time and only won fifth place. Ding Yanyuhang scored in double digits the most times in the national team, scoring in double digits 5 times in 7 games. Remember the website address m.luoqｉｕｚｗ． ｃｏｍ
Originally, Sun Ce thought that if he let Ding Yanyuhang try to play in the Development League,
and he made it clear that he would play in the Development League, Ding Yanyuhang might not agree. After all, Ding Yanyuhang is the core of the Shandong team in China, and his annual salary is nearly 1 million US dollars.
But on the evening of the 2nd, which is the morning of the 3rd in China, Yao Ming notified Ding Yanyuhang, and he arrived in Memphis on the morning of the 4th!
Now domestic basketball is very different from what it was more than 10 years ago. If a player has the opportunity to go to the NBA, the club will let him go. Of course, the premise is that he returns to play in China, or plays in the original club, and the contract will be extended according to the time of going.
After yesterday's training, Sun Ce went to the hotel to see this national team teammate and chatted with him. Today, the Grizzlies ended the training camp and held a team tryout to select two "development players" as team reserves. Ding Yanyuhang got a separate tryout opportunity.
However, not having NBA ability does not mean that there is no ability of a development league player. It's true that Ding Yanyuhang performed very well among the tryout players, but most of those who came to tryout can't play in the NBA. The Grizzlies' 15-man roster is full, and those veterans with certain strength will not come to them for tryouts. The Lakers, Bulls, and Spurs are also in a similar situation.
Since the Grizzlies have been putting rookies in the Development League for training in recent years, it is not too embarrassing to always borrow the quota of the neighboring Falcons and Luo Fengqun's team. At the end of the NBDL league last season, when the NBA officially held an expansion registration for the Development League team, the Grizzlies owner Robert Pera invested 4 million US dollars to establish a new team, the Memphis Struggle, and the team name was determined by local fans voting.
NBDL games are usually in the afternoon, because local TV stations have live broadcasts. Occasionally, the NBA and NBDL will definitely have overlapping schedules. Not to mention the live broadcast conflicts, there are so many local TV stations that they can't even compete for ratings.
The person in charge of the Grizzlies NBDL team is Isaiah Kyle, the younger brother of the team's press officer Chris Kyle. Sun Ce asked Isaiah Kyle that among the undrafted players, abandoned second-round picks, overseas players, and past free agents signed by the Struggle team this year, there is really no player stronger than Ding Yanyuhang on the outside.
In this case, Sun Ce first consulted Chris Wallace and received a positive response.
Development players can be replaced. If the team really has injuries and needs at least two players to fill in, then just sign other people.
And the 21-year-old Ding Yanyuhang still has room for improvement.
After receiving a positive response, Sun Ce did not immediately help Ding Yanyuhang to agree. He had to agree to it himself.
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After the morning tryout, Sun Ce asked Ding Yanyuhang to have lunch at the restaurant in the square outside the stadium and told Ding Yanyuhang the actual situation.
He did not deliberately say nice words or give extra hope, but told the truth and told the other party the team's real expectations for Ding Yanyuhang.
How to choose is up to Ding Yanyuhang himself.
Sun Ce knows that Ding Yanyuhang, who is 25 or 26 years old in the future, will choose to play in the Development League, but Sun Ce does not know about Ding Yanyuhang now.
After all, people will change. Now Ding Yanyuhang has just started to make a lot of money. Is he willing to give up the high salary in China and go to the NBDL to get a maximum salary of 75,000 US dollars a year?
This salary was raised from 35,000 US dollars last season only after the NBA increased its investment in the NBDL.
Unexpectedly for Sun Ce, Ding Yanyuhang agreed without thinking: "I choose to stay. If I can get a two-way contract, I still have a chance. I want to play in the NBA like you and Yi Jianlian. I will work hard."
I didn't get discouraged because I didn't get the opportunity to play in the NBA, nor did I want to rely too much on others.
Ding Yanyuhang's reaction made Sun Ce feel that this young player was very good.
However, Sun Ce was not very optimistic that Ding Yanyuhang would eventually enter the NBA, but he had the ability to create opportunities for this national team teammate, so he helped.
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Ding Yanyuhang joined the Memphis Struggle and signed a development player contract with the Grizzlies for the 2014-2015 season, which caused a stir in China.
Some people, Sun Ce feels that he really has no family. No matter what he does, there are people who criticize him. Someone even posted on the Internet asking why he couldn't help Ding Yanyuhang enter the NBA directly... Sun Ce opened a small account and replied-you pay the salary?
There are always rational people, and they are the majority. Sun Ce's answer lit up a lot of people.
For Sun Ce, this is just a small episode. After Ding Yanyuhang signed a standard contract and reported to the Struggle Team, Sun Ce no longer paid attention to this matter and continued to prepare for the new season.
During the training camp, the Grizzlies picked up several sets of tactics that were commonly used in the past few years, and the most important thing was the division of roles.
Two defensive lineups with Randolph and Larry Sanders, Aldridge and Gobert as the main players, and a running and gunning lineup with Paul George, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian as the main players.
There is also a new tactic that may be used this season.
This year, the team's assistant coach Chris Irving went to the NCAA to be the head coach, and the Grizzlies recruited a new assistant coach - former Nuggets head coach Brian Shaw.
An alternative triangle offense with Sun Ce, Klay Thompson and Paul George as the core.
Unlike the Lakers and the Bulls, a tactic should be built around the three-pointers of three people, Sun Ce's low post and Klay Thompson's three-pointers... and other position allocations.
Sun Ce heard that Brian Shaw had a few hairs, but half of them fell off when he was the head coach of the Nuggets last year. After being fired, he tried to find a new job, but no team was interested in the triangle offense. He was very frustrated in the summer. At this time, the Grizzlies extended an olive branch to him and recruited him as an assistant coach, saying that they wanted to build a triangle offense tactic for Sun Ce.
In Brian Shaw's view, the No. 1 player in the league should play the triangle offense, and he also accepted the assistant coach. It's not that other teams want him to be an assistant coach, but they just want to use his rich tactical library instead of the triangle offense, but he chose to accept the invitation from the Grizzlies.
As a result, Brian Shaw, who came to the Grizzlies with great enthusiasm, found that this team was a group of evil capitalists who wanted to squeeze out his last few hairs!
But there was no way. Although he had too many requirements, he had already entered a den of thieves. Brian Shaw could only watch the game videos of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Paul George every day, observe the characteristics of other players on the Grizzlies, think and study, and then consult with the team's offensive assistant David Fizdale.
After the regular training, the team deliberately took time to give Brian Shaw a try...
Finally, just after the training camp ended, Brian Shaw was completely bald!
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"Don't worry, sister, I will definitely keep an eye on my brother, um... OK, I know... Right..."
Sun Ce watched Zu Goose and Lily Collins on the video call, and felt that this talkative sister was raised in vain!
In Los Angeles, Lily Collins' due date is approaching. It's already 37 weeks. She moved into the advanced ward early and was ready for delivery at any time.
Originally, Lily Collins wanted to stay at home for two more weeks to play games, saying that it was not her first time to give birth, but was strongly rejected by Sun Ce's mother, who moved directly to live near the hospital and watched her every day.
Even when she wanted to wear a wedding dress to hold a wedding in the summer, her mother rejected it, worried that the weather would be too hot and the fetus would have problems, so she insisted on waiting until next year.
Fortunately, it is normal for Europeans and Americans to get married when their children are several years old.
Although staying in the hospital early is not in line with British habits, Lily Collins did not complain after having experienced it once before giving birth.
In general, Sun Ce felt that it was okay that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law usually wanted to accommodate each other and worried that the other party would not adapt to their own customs and habits, so at some important time points, the side that made sense always prevailed.
The first preseason game day has arrived. There are only 5 preseason games this year, and the Grizzlies only brought 3 unofficial players to participate in the preseason this year.
Terrence Thomas, the No. 4 pick in 2006, Russ Smith, who was selected by the 76ers with the 22nd pick in the second round this year, and Ding Yanyuhang.
Terrence Thomas hasn't played in the NBA for two years, and Russ Smith was abandoned by the 76ers. If it were in previous years, these two players would probably have no chance to enter the NBA. It's not that they can't, but that they have no chance.
But the new development player exception introduced by the NBA gives these players who should have stayed away from the NBA the opportunity to show their abilities in the NBA. In case of injuries in a team, they may play and get a contract with their team or a trade offer from other teams.
I haven't watched the game live for half a year. Zugo is very excited today. Although Sun Ce, Yi Jianlian and Klay Thompson will not play tonight, they will mainly observe the play of Paul George and Aldridge as the tactical core, but Zugo likes the team where Sun Ce is, so for Paul George, who has improved again this summer, the new aid Aldridge, and the performance of two Hall of Fame veterans Carter and Pierce.
On the evening of the 5th, the Grizzlies ushered in the preseason opener with the Magic.
As for the Magic, last year's slump was in vain. Embiid, the third overall pick, has no other news except tweeting and colliding with Rihanna. It is said that his recovery is not very good and there is a risk of a second surgery. He is still in the observation period.
There is no suspense that the Magic will continue to slump this season.
But Vucevic is really good. In tonight's game, facing the rotation defense of Aldridge, Randolph, Larry Sanders, and Gobert, he scored 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 assists with 8 of 19 shots.
But Vucevic's defense... is about the same as Whiteside with increased weight and no blocks. He can protect the three-second zone well, but limited by his explosive power and speed, Yi Jianlian rushed in and dunked him, and he couldn't expand, and was hung by Aldridge and Yi Jianlian.
Although he has enough tonnage, he is not particularly strong. He is 118 kilograms like Aldridge, and Randolph played him while sitting...
Today, the Grizzlies' outside players did not perform much. When Paul George, Blake, and Livingston came on the court, they all passed the ball to the inside. The first match was the cooperation between Paul George and Aldridge, and then the focus was on the status of several inside players.
A-level Vucevic is quite strong. Although his shooting percentage is not very good, he was restricted by the new rules and was given 12 free throws in a single game by Vucevic.
In addition to Vucevic, Oladipo has made obvious progress and scored 15 points under Klay Thompson's defense.
The Magic team really has a surprising player this season. Evan Fournier, who was almost given to the Magic for free by the Nuggets to save money and make room this summer, is extremely accurate in three-pointers from the outside. He made 3 of 4 three-pointers in the first three quarters.
But except for these three people, the Magic team has no one who can play, and these three people do not have the ability to serve as the core of a winning team.
At the end of the three quarters, the Grizzlies led by 26 points, 91 to 65.
In the middle of the last quarter, Ding Yanyuhang got a 4-minute chance to play, mainly to feel the NBA-level confrontation, and then was taught a lesson by veteran Ben Gordon.
In the end, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Magic 112 to 97 and won their first preseason victory.
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After playing against the Magic, on October 7, the Grizzlies came to Charlotte to challenge the Hornets.
The Hornets let Josh McRoberts go because they got Marvin Williams from the Jazz.
But the facts proved the importance of McRoberts to the Hornets in the past two seasons. McRoberts is not really strong, but he is the key point connecting the inside and outside lines of the Hornets, similar to Dio of the Spurs. McRoberts wanted to stay, and the Heat offered a full mid-level salary. The Hornets were unwilling to give the same contract, so McRoberts left naturally.
Then the day before yesterday, in the first preseason game between the Hornets and the Hawks on the 5th, the Hornets only scored 75 points in the whole game, and the game was a mess. The newcomer Lance Stephenson did not have the ability to become a core player as Boss Joe expected.
Bennett made a lot of progress in his sophomore year, and his excellent athletic ability in college was demonstrated.
Sun Ce thinks that position is very important. He put Bennett in the position of the top pick. Although he may have talent, he was also crushed by the pressure of the top pick. Just like in the original time and space, there was a news report that because of the pressure, he had to eat a 7-inch cream cake every night to sleep, and his weight once reached 130 kilograms.
But in the Hornets, Bennett, who only averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds per game in his rookie year, did not fall down. In his second year, he became very thin, a bit like Dio in his youth.
It is true that he does not have the talent of a top pick, but like Thabeet, it is not a big problem to develop into a special player.
Sun Ce thinks that Bennett was able to maintain confidence last season and was not crushed. In addition to the fact that he was not the top pick and the pressure was not so great, the Hornets had a good team atmosphere last season and were working hard to hit the playoffs. This year, it is hard to say. He can only hope that this relatively honest college genius will have a chance to gain a foothold in the NBA.
In this game, the Grizzlies focused on positional warfare and offense. When Sun Ce was on the court, he passed the ball, ran, and shot whenever he had the chance. He played for 9 minutes in the first quarter, scored 5 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block with 2 of 7 shots, and was replaced. He did not play later.
Sun Ce was just allowed to get familiar with the confrontation of the game. Walker, Henderson, Stephenson, and Marvin Williams of the Hornets are all very good at confrontation.
Although the offense is not good, the Hornets' defense is still good.
101 to 88, the Grizzlies won two consecutive games.
After returning to Memphis on the 12th, the Grizzlies began to lose. On the evening of the 12th, they lost to the Heat 101 to 119. On the 13th, in the league's new "preseason back-to-back experience game", the Grizzlies lost to the Hawks 121 to 129.
In the last preseason away game on the 15th, the Grizzlies defeated the Hawks 115 to 106, ending their two-game losing streak and ending this year's preseason with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses!
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More or less, there are more back-to-back games in the preseason, and two or three games are missing. Sun Ce feels a little weird, as if he was interrupted just when he was about to enter the rhythm of the game.
As for Ding Yanyuhang, he played 5 times in the preseason, and there was a lot of garbage time in the last three games. Ding Yanyuhang played 11 minutes per game in 5 games, got 4.4 points and 1.2 assists, which was just average. This performance has no chance of entering the NBA for the time being. Sun Ce thinks this season is not good enough.
After the preseason, Ding Yanyuhang returned to the Fighting Team again and prepared for the new season with his new teammates. If he can get an MVP or the best lineup in the Development League, he may be favored by some teams.
As for the team, Sun Ce feels that the running-in problem this year is still quite big.
There is good news. Aldridge withdrew from the US team this summer and has been staying in Memphis to communicate with the coaching staff and learn team tactics.
The best thing about Aldridge is his ability to learn tactics. Sun Ce feels that Aldridge knows how to execute tactics better than Randolph.
But there are other problems. The defense is not well coordinated. Randolph did not play for most of the season last year, Gobert just got a stable playing time, Carter and Pierce are old and need to be used according to the situation... Everything is fine during training, but the problems are exposed in the game.
The new season has not officially started yet. The preseason is used to find problems. Only in the early stage of the season can we make good adjustments.
The opening game against the Pelicans will be played on the 17th. Sun Ce feels that he is boiling!