One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight. New Season, New Atmosphere

Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, Li Muhao, Zhou Peng, Ding Yanyuhang, Li Gen, Zhao Tailong, Zhai Xiaochuan, Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei...Looking at these 11 teammates, Sun Ce has a headache!

How to play?

If it weren't for him, Sun, the national team would probably lose all the games!

With him...there is no chance of winning against those top teams.

Sun Ce felt the helplessness of Nowitzki back then. When the old generation of players were still there, Nowitzki had not yet reached his peak and was still relatively immature, and he could help the German team get the third place in the World Championships, but later Nowitzki reached his peak and did not do it in the group stage because the old generation of German players retired.

Now Sun Ce is in a similar situation, with the old and the new replacing each other...the new players are also weak enough.

Look at the American team next door, Irving, Lowry, James, Jimmy Butler, Kobe, Leonard, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Draymond Green, DeAndre Jordan, Cousins, Harrison Barnes.

On the other side, the Spanish team next door, Calderon, Rodriguez, Rubio, Navarro, Sergio Llull, Fernandez, Alex Abrien, Victor Clavel, Mirotic, Ibaka, Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol.

And Argentina, Lithuania, Croatia, Serbia... who live in the Olympic Village.

Sun Ce thinks that playing basketball is mainly for fun! It is mainly to promote the spirit of competitive sports! Don't care too much about winning or losing. As a basketball player, what you should do is to show the charm of basketball to sports fans all over the world! There is no sportsmanship in fussing about winning or losing.

In terms of grouping, the United States, Australia, France, Serbia, Venezuela, and Croatia are divided into Group A, and the Chinese team, Spain, Lithuania, Brazil, Argentina, and Nigeria are divided into Group B.

Sun Ce no longer cares which group they are in. With the current strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, they will die in any group.

Changing domestic basketball is not a one-day job. Sun Ce is very clear that it is not like finding a few talented kids right away and they can play well in two or three years. It would be good if they can have initial results in five years, and it would be great if they can have clear progress in ten years. Fortunately, Boss Yao is good at handling things. He submitted three five-year plans for the Chinese men's basketball team at the CPPCC meeting. This operation is quite cool. Because he followed the government's footsteps, he was praised by the top leaders, and Yao Ming also began to make drastic changes to domestic basketball.

But now... Sun Ce thinks he should try his best to have another son next year!

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After Sun Ce returned to the team, the Chinese men's basketball team began to train formally. During the filming, Sun Ce did not practice much in basketball, but he did not fall behind in sports. He practiced Nash training every day and kept his body in good shape.

Training is still very fun. After training, Yi Muhualian often wears sexy clothes and a sexy hairstyle to go out, and he always brings a few bodyguards.

Regarding salary cuts and contract renewals, Yi Jianlian disdains to talk about it, and he is more arrogant.

In this regard, Sun Ce expressed his understanding. Deng's party withdrew from the alliance, and Yi's party dominated. After the Grizzlies won the championship this year, Yi's party has a tendency to unify the alliance in the fashion industry outside the mainstream.

The nobles can't afford to offend, they have high traffic! Just established their own fashion brand, you have to go out and show up to compete for the front page.

Time passed day by day, and soon the two-week preparation time was over. On August 5, the Rio Olympics opened. On the 6th, the men's basketball game started. On the 7th, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the first game, against the host Brazil team.

82 to 66, with Sun Ce's 26 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists, and Yi Jianlian's 24 points and 11 rebounds, the Chinese men's basketball team won its first victory.

On the 10th, the Chinese men's basketball team played against the Nigerian men's basketball team, 99 to 64. This game was easily won. Ding Yanyuhang and Yi Jianlian both scored 25+, and Sun Ce scored 8 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 blocks and 6 steals, and pressed the opponent.

On the 12th,

Sun Ce's good days were over, and so were the good days of the Chinese men's basketball team. They lost to Argentina 83-91, suffering their first defeat in this Olympics. Sun Ce made 33 shots and scored 42 points, but still lost to the opponent's overall strength.

On the 14th, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Spain 75-101. This time, Sun Ce's desperate efforts were useless. The gap in overall strength was too big, and the score could not be close...Finally, on the 16th, the Chinese men's basketball team ended its losing streak and narrowly defeated Lithuania 87-80, ending the group stage with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses.

In the group stage, the record of Group B where the Chinese men's basketball team is located is very average! The four qualifying teams, Spain, China, Argentina, and Lithuania, all have 3 wins and 2 losses.

The host Brazil team had 2 wins and 3 losses and unfortunately failed to enter the finals. Nigeria only beat Lithuania once, with a record of 1 win and 4 losses.

The results were similar, so the ranking was based on the net score. Although the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Argentina, the net score after 5 games was higher than that of Argentina and Lithuania, and they advanced to the quarterfinals as the second in the group.

In Group A, the United States had 5 wins and 0 losses, Croatia had 4 wins and 1 loss, Serbia had 3 wins and 2 losses, and France had 2 wins and 3 losses. These four countries advanced to the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals were cross-matched, with the first team against the fourth team in the other group, and the second team against the third team in the other group. The Chinese men's basketball team and the Serbian team were grouped together, and the game was scheduled for the second day of the quarterfinals, August 18.

On the 17th, the Croatian team narrowly defeated Argentina 88-85 to advance to the semi-finals, and the Spanish team massacred the French team 92-67 to advance to the semi-finals.

On the 18th, the U.S. team narrowly defeated Lithuania 92-85 to advance to the top four. In the second game, the Chinese men’s basketball team struggled against the Serbian team and fell behind by 21 points after three quarters. Although they scored 25-11 in the final quarter, they were chasing after each other in a single quarter. The score difference was 14 points, but they were too far behind. In the end, the Chinese team lost to the runner-up Serbian team 81-88 and stopped in the quarterfinals.

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On August 22, Sun Ce and several teammates went to watch the final match between the United States and Serbia. Although the Serbian team was only third in the group, it made it all the way to the final, sending the Spanish team to compete for the bronze medal.

However, the dominance of the American team has indeed declined seriously! Although the U.S. team was undefeated in this Olympics, it only won by 6 points against Croatia and 7 points against Lithuania. In the final, the U.S. team defeated Serbia 96-82. Not difficult, but not easy either!

Sun Ce has the impression that in the next Basketball World Cup, the US team will only finish 7th...

This is not important. What is important is that after the finals, when asked whether they would play for the national team, both Kobe and James said they would not participate in the next World Series.

The two men revealed during the previous training camp that they participated in the Olympics because they wanted to compete with Sun Ce in the international arena.

Kobe Bryant participated in the World Series for the last time. There is no doubt that he is the most watched player in the men's basketball event of this Olympic Games, receiving more attention than Sun Ce, James and others.

But in the end, it is a pity that Sun Ce and Kobe, Sun Ce and James never met in the World Series.

Sun Ce regretted this.

After Kobe won the championship, he felt very sorry to see Sun Ce, who averaged 31.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game and won the men's basketball scoring and rebounding titles in this Olympics.

Double 3D was even more angry. It was a rare opportunity to beat up the third brother, but in the end, that guy couldn't even make it to the semi-finals! Not giving him any chance is simply abominable.

But life is like this. If everything is perfect, then nothing can be considered perfect. Only imperfect things can reflect perfect things.

When something happens, if you don't think about it, not many people will mention it. It is precisely because it didn't happen that people will regret it from time to time.

In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team ended this Olympic trip in sixth place...

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In this Olympics, the Chinese Olympic team had its worst performance since the 2004 Athens Olympics. It only won 26 gold medals and ranked third in the world. It lost to the second-place British team by one gold medal.

Among them, the gymnastics team suffered the worst. The Chinese gymnastics team, known as the dream team in the gymnastics world, only won two bronze medals. This is the worst result in history since China participated in the Olympic gymnastics event. Over 30 years and 8 Olympic Games, Chinese gymnastics The team failed to win the gold medal for the first time.

After the Olympics, Sun Ce returned to China and attended the summary meeting of the General Administration of Sports with the Chinese Men's Basketball Team. The focus of the discussion was the failure of the gymnastics team.

In terms of the three major sports, the issue of declining performance of women's football and women's basketball was focused on, and the women's volleyball team was praised for its heroic victory.

Men's three major sports...except for the men's basketball team's occasional heroics, the leaders of the General Administration of Sports have nothing to say and can only encourage. At least the men's basketball team has made it to the top 8.

Anyway, the men's basketball team, men's football team, and men's volleyball team all sit in the last two rows, and the seats are not arranged according to performance rankings. The formalism is still very good. The men's basketball team and men's volleyball team have to sit in the back because they are too tall. In the conference room, even if the seats of the men's volleyball and men's basketball teams in the front row are twenty or thirty centimeters shorter, the gymnastics team in the back cannot see the front.

As for the men's football team, I was really embarrassed to sit in the front, even though it was a U23 team.

Finally, on August 27, the Chinese Olympic team was disbanded, the men's basketball team was also disbanded, and everyone went home.

Unlike the previous three times he participated in international competitions, this time Sun Ce did not invite his teammates to dinner, etc. After the disbandment, he ran away with Yi Jianlian who did not plan to have social activities with his teammates.

Yi Jianlian's agent Dan Fagan came to the Imperial Capital to pick up Yi Jianlian.

"Brother A Lian, are you going to special training? What to train for?"

“Dan made me do yoga and boxing.”

“Yoga and boxing?”

At this time, Dan Fagan responded: "If Otters Pace wants to last longer, he needs to regularly exercise flexibility and explosive strength. Yoga and boxing are good ways, and practicing yoga can relieve the tension in Otters Pace's current body. To prepare for the new season, Lord, you can also try it.”

Thinking that Randolph had changed teams, Sun Ce found this suggestion very attractive and immediately nodded: "This is a good idea."

"Lord, I really didn't expect that you would publicly announce your intention to win three consecutive championships on the night of your second consecutive championship. It's really respectable. Otters Pesce also rejected the contract from the Lakers because of this. You know his favorite team. It’s the Lakers... Ah, here we are, I still have things to deal with. I won’t go to Los Angeles with you this time. Otspeth, your yoga instructor and boxing instructor have already arrived in Los Angeles. Someone will pick you up at the airport. You, I’m leaving first.”

Sun Ce responded and looked at Dan Fagan's leaving figure, wondering why this guy said this... was he emphasizing Yi Jianlian's salary cut?

Sun Ce raised questions. Yi Jianlian was very sure that Dan Feigen just wanted to mention his salary cut. He curled his lips and said coldly: "It's redundant for him to say these things."

The aloof noble Yi Muhualian looked even colder when he was about to dominate the fashion industry outside the mainstream. However, after Yi Jianlian said this, Sun Ce was more sure that Dan Feigen just wanted to emphasize the fact that Yi Jianlian cut his salary.

As for why, it is obvious that he wanted to help Yi Jianlian gain more benefits, because he represented more things. This season, the Grizzlies could not offer Yi Jianlian too big a contract. Not only could they give up Jamichael Green, a development player they had cultivated, but Yi Jianlian could renew his contract in advance! Next season, the Grizzlies will be able to break through the luxury tax threshold again. Whether he is willing to stay or leave, as long as Sun Ce gives Yi Jianlian more passing bias in the game, Yi Jianlian can get a contract extension.

Yi Jianlian's identity as a Chinese player, the Grizzlies' Chinese fans' home team, and the relationship between Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian are all places that Dan Feigen can use.

So Yi Jianlian said that Dan Feigen's words just now were redundant.

Agents always want to gain more benefits, especially Dan Feigen, who is greedy.

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Having won the world championship and Olympic bronze medal, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian are both uncomfortable with the feeling of powerlessness in the world competition. This Olympics, just like Sun Ce comforted himself when he saw the lineups of the United States, Spain, Argentina and other teams, "Friendship first, competition second",

So after the summary meeting of the General Administration of Sports ended at 7:50 that night, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian left China directly and flew to Los Angeles.

It was night when they boarded the plane, and it was still night when they arrived in Los Angeles...

Yi Jianlian was picked up by the staff arranged by his agent. When chatting on the plane, Sun Ce knew that Yi Jianlian would take a few days to rest and adjust to the jet lag, and then start a two-week yoga and boxing training on September 1st.

Sun has no plans to do yoga and boxing training this year. As for the age issue, Yi Jianlian has reached the age where he should consider extending his career. He will only turn 27 in January of the new year, which is the peak of his physiological state. Improving technology is the best way.

Since the end of last season, Sun Ce has not had much time to practice technology. He practiced shooting and technology in the two weeks before the Olympics, but he did not fall behind in training to maintain his physical condition. He also practiced Nash training method frequently. After the Olympics, he has gradually entered the state before the start of the new season.

Having such a summer to relax himself is very important for Sun at this stage. This is how he felt in the playoffs last season.

After playing in the NBA for 7 years, he has reached the peak period of combining theoretical physiology and technology. This age group may make many basketball players want to rush. Many players will stretch themselves to the limit, may worry about gains and losses, may work too hard, may be at a loss... Because reaching the peak means that they will start to decline. If a player who has been improving year after year stops improving and starts to decline a little, the player may not adapt very well, mainly psychologically.

If it is an athletic player, it will be even more uncomfortable. Howard is a typical example. They are unwilling to accept this situation.

But Sun Ce is different. First of all, he has always been a model of success. He does not have the pressure of many players who have never really succeeded, such as those who have never won the championship - I must do something.

Sun Ce has been regarded as the "contemporary basketball god" on par with the "former basketball god". He does not have to do something. Even if he shouts three consecutive championships, he does not have to strive for any honors, but he wants to strive for any honors. These are two different situations, so he is much more relaxed psychologically than other stars of the same generation.

At this time, he took a summer off, reduced contact with basketball, and let his brain not be limited to basketball. He rested for more than a month, and then played in the Olympics. Now he is back and plans to restart the training mode before the start of the training camp. Instead, he has a clearer idea of ​​what to practice, what to strengthen, his own improvement as he ages, the negative situation that may occur after the team wins two consecutive championships, and the changes he has to make as a result... and so on. The idea is clearer than any previous year.

Moreover, after all, he only stayed away from basketball for a short period of one and a half months from the mid-June when he won the championship to July 20, which is shorter than the time that 90% of the players in the league stayed away from basketball. It was just a little more relaxed compared to the seven summers since he was selected by the Warriors... This can't even be considered as relaxation, it can only be said that he relaxed for less than one and a half months.

After more than a month away, Sun Ce felt excited to reunite with his two girls, parents, and three children and return to the holiday villa.

After two days of rest after the reunion, on August 31, Sun Ce resumed training. Within two days, some changes in the team were reported.

Dave Joerger, who had served as an assistant coach for the Grizzlies for 9 years, was poached, and Knicks head coach D'Antoni was fired. Dave Joerger was officially hired as the new head coach of the Knicks on September 2.

Sun Ce felt a little regretful when he saw the news. This defensive assistant coach made a great contribution to the team. Dave Joerger played an indispensable role in the team's building of a perfect defensive system. Coach Hollins was the executor of the defensive tactical selection. Dave Joerger's ability to train, plan training, and adjust according to the lineup was the foundation.

And Dave Joerger's next home... After finally becoming a wife, the choice of this next home is really not good. It turned out to be the Knicks, 28 million for 4 years. Sun Ce can only say that the Knicks boss is always so generous. He estimated that the Zen Master brought Noah back last year and gave him the maximum salary of the old salary cap. Last summer, Durant and Love did not get any, and Howard was let go. Without winning over Love and Durant, the Zen Master made another move and signed the Mamba Ryan Anderson for 4 years and 96 million US dollars... It not only caused trouble for the Pelicans, but also did not get any benefits. Sun Ce estimated that the Zen Master was not far from being fired.

When it comes to the Pelicans, Sun Ce feels that the two No. 1 picks are really miserable.

Look at the Bulls. They signed Wade first this summer. Although it is a bit expensive, it is useful! There is one more outside ball-handler. In the playoffs last year, the Bulls understood the importance of having one more outside singles player. Brooks was able to play 15 points per game in the playoffs. It is necessary to get Wade back.

The Bulls also dug back Anthony Morrow from the Thunder. With Rose and Griffin, the Bulls' operations have always been good, just like when they had Jordan and Pippen, they were very reasonable in matching the dual-core lineup.

But the Pelicans' double No. 1 picks were like stepmothers, and Valanciunas was also poached. Valanciunas was selected in 2011 and entered the NBA in 2012. His 4-year rookie contract just ended, and the 76ers offered him a 3-year, 52 million US dollar contract, but the Pelicans did not match it because it was too expensive...

Eric Gordon, the Nets offered him a 2-year, 25 million 1+1 team option contract, but the Pelicans did not match it because it was too expensive...

Ryan Anderson, the Knicks are disgusting, offering him 4 years and 96 million, and the Pelicans are even less likely to take it.

In 2015, Lillard's starting teammates all ran away.

Now, the starting teammates and sixth men of the Pelicans' double No. 1 picks Irving and Anthony Davis have also run away.

On September 3, the team sent a message that surprised Sun Ce!

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The Grizzlies officially announced that former Nets star and former Pelicans head coach Jason Kidd, former Cavaliers head coach, former Lakers head coach, and former Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown, have joined the Grizzlies coaching staff!

Sun Ce was shocked when he saw the news!

Mike Brown…The Warriors failed to dig into the Grizzlies’ corner, and JaMychal Green chose to reduce his salary by 2 million US dollars to stay with the team. Instead, the Grizzlies dug into the Warriors’ corner, a top defensive assistant coach who is not inferior to Dave Joerger and Thibodeau!

And Kidd…Is Bald Ho tired of being a head coach and wants to have some fun? This guy is very capable, but the last head coach who made Kidd an assistant coach, Byron Scott, has been squeezed out by Kidd and has not found a job yet…

By the beginning of September, the crazy free market of this offseason is coming to an end, and the signings and trades of all sizes are almost over.

Sun Ce consulted Bill Duffy. This summer, 30 NBA teams have offered a total of 3.8 billion US dollars in contracts... It's simply exaggerated! There are 40 contracts with a total value of more than 50 million US dollars!

Sun Ce has only one comment on this-the teams that did not give big contracts casually this summer are all winners.

This summer, except for signing All-Star or quasi-All-Star players, signing those role players is a loss. Although the salaries of high-quality role players and 3D players will not drop in the next few years, waiting for one more year can at least see which players are truly high-quality 3D. The 3Ds cultivated by Sloan of the Bulls, as long as they leave the Bulls after the end of their rookie contracts, have received an annual salary of tens of millions, which is at least 50% higher than the 6 million to 8 million expected in the middle of last season.

But all teams are scrambling for it, especially those championship contenders. Seeing that the Bulls have a lot of 3Ds to defend Sun Ce, they are all eager to grab it.

3D is very important in this era. Because of Sun Ce, many 3D players with good height and wingspan have their value increased more than in the original time and space.

However, this has made Zugo, who got the shares of Bill Duffy's agency, earn a lot of money. Over the past few years, the value of the players in this newly established agency who are still executing and have not completed the contract has exceeded 2.4 billion US dollars. In addition, some stars have endorsement fees. The agency's annual revenue share exceeds 30 million US dollars. The adult Zugo can get a dividend of about 3 million US dollars before tax every year, and she has become a rich woman in an instant.

The main reason is that this summer, the players of their agency signed a total of nearly 1 billion US dollars in contracts, and Conley alone contributed more than 150 million. The average contract is about 3 years, and the annual increase is considerable. The contracts signed this year alone can provide more than 10 million US dollars in commissions every year.

However, this situation of randomly awarding contracts will only last for this year. Once the agents really realize that they have been taken advantage of, it will not be so easy for them to make money in the future. Of course, those who deserve the big contracts will still get them, and agents will have to work harder to compete for talented players.

Time passed day by day, and on September 10, Sun Ce and his family returned to Memphis. It happened that on this day, the Grizzlies signed a contract with former Heat small forward Luol Deng for a partial middle-class salary of 4.86 million US dollars per year and 9.92 million US dollars in two years.

Sun Ce was also surprised. Luol Deng, who was 30 years old last season, had already collapsed at 30, and his performance declined significantly. Why did Buss and Kupchak in the original time and space give this guy a 4-year 72 million contract? Was it purely to make things difficult for his sister Jeanie Buss?

Sun Ce had seen that the contract signed by Mozgov and the Warriors was only a mini middle-class salary of 5.77 million US dollars a year, but in the original time and space, Mozgov got 4 years and 64 million US dollars from the Lakers, but he was directly cut and retired after playing for two years. Although this contract did not seem big in the summer of that year, it was shockingly bad and was called the worst contract in history.

If Sun Ce had any brains, he would not give these two contracts, because no team would compete with the Lakers. Sun Ce could not think of any other reason except the possibility that the unlucky brother was going to step down and make trouble for his sister.

Of course, in Sun Ce's view, although the two did not deserve such a high salary of more than 15 million, no team was willing to give them to the middle class. Last season, Luol Deng averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds per game, and there was still a certain market. It was just that he collapsed too obviously last season. Strong teams dared not shoot, and weak teams did not want to go, unless they gave Luol Deng a contract that he could not refuse like the Lakers in the original time and space.

After Sun Ce saw the news of their team signing, the media's evaluation was pretty good.

Luol Deng averaged 12+6 last season, half of the middle class, which seems to be a good deal. The team was able to get Luol Deng. Sun Ce felt that the team worked hard and might have made up their mind to get Luol Deng from the beginning, because it seemed that using part of the middle class to get a player who averaged 12+6 last season would not be a loss. The media's evaluation was that the Grizzlies got a bargain and asked for a salary cut by relying on the status of the favorite to win the championship.

However, Sun Ce felt that it would be better to give Carter a full maximum salary! It would be better to let Yi Jianlian take 15 million!

This signing is a failure!

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On September 13, a few days before the team's scheduled gathering time on September 17, Sun Ce returned to the team ahead of schedule.

These two days, Sun Ce was mainly busy helping his father clean up the yard, and helping the two girls discuss the museum with the Memphis City Hall, where to put his pile of trophies, and how to display his achievements, etc.

At first, Sun Ce and Zu Ge only planned to build a small exhibition hall on their own land for their own viewing. However, after Zu Ge revealed this in an interview, the Memphis City Hall took the initiative to contact him and wanted to build a real museum. Of course, it is impossible to just put his trophies, but a large comprehensive museum of "Memphis Greats", with an exhibition hall dedicated to him, Sun, and not only trophies, but also his life, career resume, his story... and so on.

This is a big deal. For Memphis, it is a matter of increasing visibility, increasing income, and creating job opportunities. For Sun Ce, it is a very high honor, because there is also a big man like Elvis Presley who is put together. This summer, the Memphis City Hall is planning this matter and has a preliminary plan. The two girls took the team to talk with Sun Ce. After determining the rights and interests that Sun Ce should get, they officially reached a contract.

The final location of the museum is near the Grizzlies. It is converted from an exhibition building. It is expected that all work will be completed before Sun Ce’s birthday in January next year, and it will start business on Sun Ce’s birthday.

Arriving at the stadium in the morning, Sun Ce saw the coaching staff who had already started working, including coach Hollins, assistant coach Brian Shaw, offensive assistant coach David Fizdale, shooting coaches Chris Irving and Tim Hardaway, trainer and part-time technical consultant Stockton... and the newly arrived defensive assistant coach Mike Brown, and assistant coach Jason Kidd, who squeezed out the head coach expert.

Coach Hollins introduced the two new assistant coaches to Sun Ce.

Mike Brown shook hands, introduced himself, and had nothing to say.

Mike Brown is a very reserved person, otherwise he would not have been bullied by James like that, and he would not have complained about being changed from head coach to assistant coach by the Lakers. Of course, after getting the championship ring and leaving the Lakers, his salary as an assistant coach is higher than that of his previous head coach... 15 million for 3 years, this salary is simply amazing.

Kidd's salary is also very high, 12 million for 3 years. The Grizzlies coaching staff + trainer group, the salary added up to more than 30 million US dollars, of which coach Hollins alone accounted for a quarter, the two new assistants accounted for a quarter, and the others accounted for almost half.

Robert Pera made money and was very generous. The players could not be paid high salaries this year. To avoid paying super luxury taxes, they had to give money to the league for free, or two or three times. Of course, they could not spend money like that, and it was a vicious cycle, the more they gave, the more they gave. However, the salary of the coaching staff was not included in the salary cap, so they could be as luxurious as possible.

Compared with Mike Brown, Kidd is much more eloquent.

"Our basketball god is back!"

"Jason, when I first started playing basketball, I knew you would become a coach, but I didn't expect you to become my coach. What should I do? I suddenly felt that you were so good at playing basketball."

"Oh, did you think I was not good at playing basketball before?"

"No, no, no, I used to think you were great at playing basketball, but I think I'm better. But after knowing that you became our coach, I watched your previous playing videos and felt that I still have a lot to learn from you."

"Of course you're better. You're the best player in NBA history. If you want to learn something from me, just come to me. It's my honor..."

The chat between Sun Ce and Kidd was quite strong. This was specially instructed by Coach Hollins. They all knew that Kidd was capable and hoped to use him, but they didn't want Kidd to show too strong a desire for control, so they had to suppress him. They didn't need an assistant coach who wanted to control the team. Coach Hollins + Sun Ce, both of them were strong enough to suppress Kidd, who was famous for his strong desire for control.

After getting to know each other and chatting for a while, Sun Ce went to take a physical test.

This time, the physical test was conducted by old friends Stockton and Kidd. Stockton was fine, but Kidd felt a little depressed when he saw the comparison between Sun Ce's physical test data and last year's data...

In other aspects, such as speed, flexibility, strength, etc., Sun Ce had almost reached his peak last year. Excellent static physical fitness, coupled with a weight of 109 kg, and top-level speed and flexibility for the point guard position... These were enough to make Kidd depressed when he saw Sun Ce's physical test for the first time.

In terms of jumping, since it was a physical test, there was definitely no defense. Sun Ce triggered the S-level jumping of "Performance Level 4". After fully warming up, he jumped up with all his strength and his head was almost flat... It was almost close to the jumping of Aaron Gordon, who was a little shorter than Sun Ce!

Don't say that Kidd was depressed because he had difficulty dunking during his peak period. Stockton looked at Sun Ce's "improved" jumping and felt it was incredible!

At the end of the season before last, Sun Ce got the "performance type". When Sun Ce's jumping ability increased in the physical test before the training camp last season, Stockton thought he had seen it wrong. Unexpectedly, after a year, Sun Ce's jumping ability could still be improved!

In the past, Sun Ce was the "king of forced dunks" and "non-violent dunks". Although no one thought he had bad jumping ability, his physical test jumping ability was indeed average.

"So this kid used to jump around and didn't care about the physical test?" Stockton could only think so.

Kidd didn't know Sun Ce's physical test data before last season, but he could only sigh when he saw Sun Ce's improved jumping ability - there are indeed many unusual things to become the god of basketball.

At nearly 10 o'clock in the morning, several teammates came to the gym.

Some teammates returned to the team earlier than Sun Ce. Gobert flew back to Memphis directly after the Olympics. Luol Deng had just signed and had also returned to the team. Brogdon and Jaylen Brown were also there. Others had not yet returned to the team. The stamp collecting brothers went to the African savannah to gallop on horseback after the Olympics. Their tastes were getting more and more picky.

After Sun Ce finished his own physical test, he had already read the physical test reports of the teammates who returned to the team.

Gobert was still 111 kilograms and did not continue to gain weight. Indeed, in terms of physical conditions, Gobert was not as good as players like Whiteside, Cousins, and Thabeet. He had great defensive potential and had developed it, but he did not dare to gain weight and could only become a tall and thin center.

Of course, in this era, a center like Gobert is already one of the strongest defensive centers. If he continues to improve, he can definitely squeeze out the first-defense centers in recent years such as Thabeet and Jordan. The only one who can compete with Gobert for the first-defense is probably Whiteside who does not brush his data.

Brogdon, with average physical fitness, is good at running, jumping, catching the ball and shooting. He has a wide shooting range and high passing accuracy. His disadvantage is that he is limited by his physical fitness when holding the ball, so his shooting efficiency is low and he tends to stick to the ball, but his advantage is that his turnover rate is low.

Jaylen Brown, with explosive athletic ability, excellent height and wingspan at the 3rd position, solid defensive foundation, has the potential to become a comprehensive defensive player at positions 1-4 in the small ball era, but his shooting is extremely bad at present. If he can still be considered good on the offensive end, it is only because of his excellent running ability and good offensive awareness, but he can't make shots despite his good awareness... He can only be used as a defensive substitute for Tony. He is definitely far behind Tony in defense, and can only be a substitute compared to Tony, who is now in a serious decline. However, Sun Ce thinks that his cutting awareness and finishing ability at the basket are better than Tony, and his athletic ability is also better than Tony.

In general, Sun Ce is very satisfied with these two rookies. Brogdon is a draft gem that he prepared to grab in advance, and Jaylen Brown is a big bargain.

But Luol Deng... Where is he from the physical fitness guy back then? Slow speed, declining explosive power, weak jumping ability... His shooting has also declined! A typical collapse at 30!

After the meeting, Sun Ce looked at Brogdon's B-level ability evaluation, Jaylen Brown's C+ level ability evaluation, and Luol Deng's C+ level ability evaluation...

First, Sun Ce felt annoyed about the 2016 rookies. Sun Ce remembered that Brogdon was the best rookie of this year in the original time and space, averaging 10 points and 3 assists per game. This is the best rookie, it's amazing.

The most annoying thing is Luol Deng... The same C+ level ability evaluation, Luol Deng plays like a star, Jaylen Brown has good physical fitness, the difference can be imagined.

But after the meeting, Luol Deng was very enthusiastic, arranged training for the two rookies, made an appointment for guidance, and got to know Gobert... It's only been two days!

Sun Ce and Luol Deng only met for the first time after they became teammates, and they felt the specialness of Luol Deng, his very strong locker room leadership!

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After spending half a month wandering in the African savannah, Klay Thompson and Paul George also returned to Memphis the day after Sun Ce returned to the team.

A few days later, on July 16, the day before the team gathering day, all the teammates were already here.

Without the living treasure of Randolph... Sun Ce felt that the team was a little deserted, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Sun Ce has had a lot of contact with Luol Deng in the past few days. This 12-year veteran came to their Grizzlies team and must have come to win the championship. Luol Deng is very active in understanding all aspects of the team. As the player who has played the longest time on the team and is the best player on the team, Sun Ce is definitely the one Luol Deng needs to know the most about. He can definitely learn more from Sun Ce than his other teammates.

After his teammates returned to the team one after another, Luol Deng also easily established relationships with others. This second-generation super-rich whose father is Sudan’s Minister of Transportation and whose mother is the heir to Sudan’s largest landowner consortium has extremely strong social skills. , and he plays very hard and trains very hard. He takes good care of his teammates off the court. On the court... he seems to have a similar chemistry with David West!

"The team spent 4.86 million to find a thug back?"

Sun Ce did not believe that after the trial training, the team did not see Luol Deng's playing state deteriorated more seriously than last season. Luol Deng's performance during training was very low, but the coaching staff improved in all aspects. They all respect this veteran and will also respect his advice when arranging training.

It is true that Luol Deng is very good in training and tactical literacy, and he has a good relationship with his teammates. He quickly became one with his teammates. In comparison, the two rookies Brogdon and Jaylen Brown are too far apart. , the two people's eyes gleamed when they saw their grandson, as if they would take out posters and ask for autographs if they disagreed, and often secretly used their mobile phones to take photos with their grandson a few meters away.

"It's a bit of a loss for the salary to be so high, but no contract is worth it. Maybe you need such a contract occasionally..."

Sun Ce's views on this signing gradually changed, and he thought it was pretty good!

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