One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Eight. Pickle Pepper, I Want to Sweep Them All

Compared with the NBA, which has seen a large amount of personnel turnover, Sun Ce is not sure what the players who originally had to make some decisions are thinking now, and he cannot control the flow of free agents. He can only try his best to make the draft easier.

His influence on the NCAA may be only as big as that of his Sun, who averaged 4+ three-pointers per game for two consecutive years in the past two years, because that can be learned, and his overall style of play has not affected the NCAA yet. He After all, I have only been playing for 6 years. It will take time for people like Jordan, Kobe, Iverson, and Tracy McGrady to have the impact on children playing basketball. It will take some time just to grow up.

And the promotion of the development of three-pointers was promoted by Curry even without him. At least in recent years, NBA players, playing characteristics, etc. have not had much influence.

Moreover, a genius is a genius after all, and he will not become a genius just because of his appearance. The results of NCAA games have generally not been affected. After all, NBA and NCAA are two independent leagues.

What has changed a lot is the draft picks of NBA teams.

There are two situations. One is that the teams with the highest picks will most likely choose the ones with the best talent, while the teams in the middle and bottom of the lottery may still choose scouts and general managers. The manager and head coach’s favorite rookie, but the general managers and head coaches of each team have also changed to some extent, but despite this, Sun Ce still has room for maneuver.

Because today is the day of the draft lottery, Sun Ce suddenly thought of this matter and made a simple plan.

But in the end, it still depends on what the team does before the draft. If these picks can be used to trade up or trade players, and if it is suitable, then they have to re-plan.

After all, plans can never keep up with changes, and they naturally have to be adjusted according to the situation at that time.

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“We shouldn’t just think about adjusting after returning home. Of course, we can regard this as our final bottom line, but we should strive for victory in every game!

I think we can win the second game. We already have enough experience. We only lost by 6 points in the last game, which was the point difference behind them at the beginning. The Grizzlies have a better record. They were in the starting stage. With better preparation, this is what we didn't do well in the first game, but we couldn't help it at that time. We had prepared hard, but we didn't have as much preparation time as the Grizzlies.

But now we have experience! I believe in myself and my teammates, who are you, and we can win the second game..."

The weather has cleared up, the rain has stopped, and you feel like you can do it again... These words echo the current thoughts of Stephen Curry, the most popular superstar of the Warriors.

The Spurs defeated the Lakers away from home, giving Curry a huge boost!

Players who are not strong enough and have such a mentality may cause trouble for their own team, but Curry has such strength, so having such extra confidence comes out, which is not a bad thing for the Warriors. .

On the contrary, Curry's high fighting spirit ignited his teammates!

The impact of the same thing on superstars and ordinary players, on top teams and ordinary teams, may be very different.

Curry's current mood has a positive effect on the Warriors.

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After the Warriors' pregame meeting ended, and on the way to the training ground for a basic training session, Harden deliberately delayed and called Curry.

"Stephen, are we too confident? Our initial plan was to fully understand the Grizzlies in the first two games..." At this time, Harden was relatively calm.

"I know," Curry said after saying that, he also felt that something was wrong, but he was delighted with the positive emotional feedback from his teammates: "But the Spurs defeated the Lakers, which gave us greater hope. , if we can win the game in the second game, or like the first game,

Losing only a few points will be very beneficial to us!

Moreover, we cannot lose as much at halftime as we did in the first game. We must continue to ensure that our performance is on par with the Grizzlies! This is very important for us when we return to the home game.

And, I don’t think we have to be worse than the Grizzlies! "

Harden feels Curry's strong self-confidence, but he doesn't find it strange. This aspect of Curry is what Harden admires most. He is so happy playing with the Warriors because Curry is supporting him from the front.

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On the other side, at the home team's training ground, the Grizzlies have just concluded their pre-game meeting.

Sun Ce and Paul George sat on the sidelines, watching the combination of Livingston, Klay Thompson, Pierce, Aldridge, and Gobert practicing the triangle offense of this lineup.

So far this season, their triangle offense has clearly unique characteristics of the Grizzlies, but it has not been fully integrated into their tactical foundation.

The main reason is that there is no time. Unlike during the training camp, you can practice continuously until it becomes part of the tactical framework.

This takes time. The Grizzlies' current tactical framework has been enriched bit by bit over the past six seasons.

There is a summer for the coaching staff to fully think and study how to integrate it into the existing style of play. There is a complete training camp for training, a complete pre-season practice drill, and a large number of regular season games to deepen it. ...This process is the basis for enriching tactics.

Now it can only be used as a surprise move!

But it is better to have it than not. Now the coaching staff is trying to explore more diverse tactical changes for the team during the rotation phase.

This rotation combination with Livingston and Aldridge as the tactical core seems to be the most talented combination to play more tactics.

Looking at the running training of his teammates, Sun Ce said to Paul George next to him: "Paul, I have a bold idea, do you want to know?"

"I don't want to."

"..."

"..."

"Are you not curious about what I want to say?"

"Brother San, your tone is definitely not a good thing."

"Then do you want to know?"

"...No...I want to! I want to!"

Reasoning didn't make sense, and Sun Ce was about to resort to force, but Paul George immediately changed his words.

"Since you asked sincerely, I will tell you mercifully...Paul, can we sweep the Warriors?"

"Watt?"

This scared Paul George! He looked around quickly, fortunately no one noticed them, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother San! Don't say that now. We need stability in this game tonight! Stability is the most important!

The Warriors are not easy to deal with. We played so well in the first game, but the opponent almost turned the tables. Now our motivation and pressure are in a balanced state, and we need to maintain it.

We can't lose this game!"

"Yeah..."

Sun Ce just wanted to express his idea of ​​​​making trouble. He also knew that he couldn't waste the second game. It was not about the playing style, but about the psychological aspect. They must be stable. If they were impatient or proud in the second game because they wanted to sweep the opponent, it would be really bad for them.

Due to the influence of some other factors, Sun Ce always felt that the second round might be the most difficult series for their Grizzlies in the entire Western Conference playoffs, because he had the powerful buff of "King of the Western Conference Finals"!

With the buff of "King of the Western Conference Finals", as long as they entered the Western Conference Finals, they would have a great advantage, especially since their Grizzlies had defeated the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, the effect of this buff would be enhanced!

To play in the Western Conference Finals, they must definitely get past the second round. Since they are ready to get past the second round, Sun Ce naturally wants to expand his advantage in the Western Conference Finals in the second round.

The effect of the buff "King of the Western Conference Finals" is more of a psychological advantage. As long as they enter the Western Conference Finals, they will expand the psychological positive emotions of his teammates and the psychological negative emotions of their opponents.

What Sun Ce wants to improve is the hard advantage in strength!

The most direct way is to improve the cooperation effect between him and Klay Thompson, and the only way to do this is to upgrade the Splash Power to the full level! That is, advance early!

If you can beat the Warriors in 5 games, you can complete the final upgrade of the "Splash Power" and get the full version of the "Splash Power" effect when using Curry's peak card, which can further expand their Grizzlies' advantage in the West!

After this idea came up, Sun Ce even set his sights on Curry and Harden's designated star experience cards.

Since they have an inherent psychological advantage as long as they make it to the Western Conference Finals, Sun Ce can have more room to operate in the second round, that is, he can put the cheating thing aside in the second round and strive to upgrade the Splash Power to the maximum level this season!

Considering from a long-term perspective... maybe it won't take that long. From the perspective of this year's playoffs, upgrading the Splash Power to the maximum level is more important than three or five star experience cards!

However, Paul George is right. If he is too active in the second game and wants to sweep the opponent, something may go wrong... Sun Ce can only suppress such impulse.

Although Paul George is a little annoyed by Sun Ce's idea of ​​doing something every other day, it must be said that Sun Ce's strong self-confidence has indeed affected him.

The main reason is that Sun Ce has always been very strong, and Paul George can't even think of surpassing Sun Ce, so he just wants to assist Sun Ce well.

After hesitating for a while, Paul George whispered to Sun Ce: "Brother San, let's put this matter aside for now. After tonight's game is over, if we win the game tonight, I support your idea of ​​sweeping the away game!"

"Huh?"

Sun Ce didn't expect Paul George to say this! And it's really a good idea!