One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine. The Manhole Cover Was Opened

September 17th is the Grizzlies media day. The league stipulates that the 10-day training camp will start on September 21st. However, any team with its own arena or a team that can use the arena in advance is eligible. Start training camp three or four days in advance to create two weeks of training camp.

The Grizzlies' training camp has started in an orderly manner. Since the core lineup has not changed much, the Grizzlies' basic tactics are still the same framework built around Princeton, pick-and-roll tactics, triangle offense, and bombardment tactics.

Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Aldridge are the core lineup.

There have been quite a few changes in terms of players, but Coach Hollins still insists on not making much changes, mainly because he has suffered losses before. In the 13-14 season, due to changes in player strength and lineup changes, he tried to make changes, although later Two years have proved that his changes are very good, but at that time, the players played more than 100 games for two consecutive years. One summer was not enough rest, and there were also changes in the style of play, which caused the players to be in training camp, I was even more tired in the preseason, and then there were a lot of injuries in the middle of the season. Then because of the shortage of manpower, I tried to replace the inside manpower with Gasol for two. In the end, I found that the role of both of them was no match for Gasol. Paired with a qualified blue-collar power forward...

There are no big changes on the offensive end. David Fizdale, Brian Shaw, and the new Kidd are just responsible for finding ways to make the new players better integrate into the team. Details are adjusted according to changes in players' playing styles, improvement or decline in strength.

The same goes for the defensive end. Mike Brown's first year after joining, this season, is to ensure that the team can continue its previous defense.

Relatively speaking, Mike Brown's task is more difficult than that of an assistant coach in charge of the offensive end, but giving an assistant a sky-high salary of $5 million a year is just for this. As a defensive assistant, Mike Brown has such abilities. .

Because the system has not changed much, eight players including Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Tony Allen, Carter, Aldridge, Yi Jianlian, and Gobert have been training on the team’s tactical recovery during this two-consecutive championship. The progress is very smooth.

Nance Jr., David West, and JaMychal Green have more important roles to play this season. They have more to do. David West is okay, he has rich experience and knows what he should do. The progress of Nance Jr. and Jermichael Green seems to be relatively slow.

Among the new Brogdon, Jaylen Brown and Luol Deng, among the three, Luol Deng is actually the fastest to adapt and has rich experience, but his ability is the worst. Brogdon needs to reverse the situation that is too sticky. When it comes to the ball, Jaylen Brown seems to be really useless at everything right now. He shoots hard and can easily be exploited if he is too excited on defense...

In the second year after winning the championship, the strength will decline. Sun Ce not only knows NBA history, but also experienced it many times himself. At the very least, their situation is much better this year than in the 13-14 season, mainly because he is stronger. , so he has the patience and confidence to wait for the team to slowly adjust. He is already ready because of the decline of Tony Allen, the many problems of the two rookies, Nance Jr. and JaMychal Green playing longer... and other factors. Impact.

Don't be in a hurry, don't think about how to change quickly. The lessons learned from the 13-14 season are there. The Lakers in the 01-02 season and the Bulls in the 97-98 season are the teams worth learning from. Although the Western Conference Finals in the 01-02 season The sixth game was controversial, but the Lakers actually won the other three games. They swept the Trail Blazers in the first round, defeated the Spurs 4-1 in the second round, and swept the Nets 4-0 in the finals. They were also very dominant. .

Sun Ce didn't touch basketball for the first month and a half during the offseason, but he didn't pay attention. He went to understand the regular season process of the first two teams that completed three consecutive championships. On the Lakers' side, the 2001-02 season was the Lakers. During the three consecutive championships, O'Neal played the fewest games in a season.

He only played 67 games, and O'Neal's playing time also hit a career low. The offensive and defensive efficiency of the Lakers team also declined seriously in the regular season. Most of the time, Kobe was solely responsible for it;

The Bulls were even worse in the 1997-98 season. Pippen only played 44 games, Cole only played 50 games, and Luke Longley only played 58 games...all relying on Jordan to support them.

But in the playoffs, the performance of the two teams improved significantly, and it can be seen that Jackson proactively reduced the number of appearances and playing time when players were injured during the regular season, and did not pursue how good the record must be.

Ensure that he can gradually recover in the second half of the regular season and have stability in the playoffs... However, Jordan was also miserable in the playoffs in the 1997-98 season. The teammate who helped Jordan the most in the playoffs that year was Tony Curry. Koch, especially in the finals, Pippen couldn't guard Hornacek at all, and was guarded by Hornacek, a 191 cm player. If Jordan hadn't won the championship directly in G6, the Bulls would have been defeated. The Jazz came back from chasing 1-3 to 2-3.

No matter what happens when the two teams finally win the championship, the key is that these two teams can complete three consecutive championships, maintain the stability of the core lineup, and maintain the stability of the style of play. After all, there are no other teams to use as a reference.

The main reason is that the Grizzlies can't make drastic changes in the lineup at this time. Even if they are willing to bring out double 3D or Gobert, which team will be willing to give outstanding players to help the Grizzlies win three consecutive championships? Unless these three brothers take the initiative to leave, there is no need to trade them.

Since it has been decided to maintain stability and the team's goals are clear, even if there are bumps and bruises, at least the direction is clear. With a clear goal and a clear direction, we can go all the way.

Moreover, their starting lineups all stayed, the combination of Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert. Klay Thompson and Paul George are in the golden period of their careers. Aldridge is over 30 but his skills are getting better and better. He has not been idle this summer. Klay Thompson and Paul George only went out for a while after the Olympics. They were not idle when preparing for the Olympics. Gobert has made great progress, which can be seen when they played against each other in the Olympics. His rebounding protection, positioning, close-range help defense, frame protection... and his ability to eat cakes have also improved a lot. During the chat, Sun Ce learned that Parker and Dio coached Gobert for a long time during the preparations for this Olympics. The two brothers are not far from retirement. They are very active in helping the national team to improve, and in disguise, they have also helped their Grizzlies.

As the training camp passed day by day, Sun Ce felt that the training was quite effective. The two important lineups of last season were very smooth. In fact, it was just to find the feeling of cooperation. The starting lineup and the running lineup, these two lineups easily found the feeling of cooperation.

The problem that needs to be solved is the increase in playing time for JaMychal Green, Nance Jr., and David West, and the new rotation needs to be practiced after the regular season begins.

As the training camp draws to a close, Brogdon showed why he was the first to "stand out" among the 2016 rookies. He quickly adapted to the NBA's three-point line. Of course, it also has something to do with summer training. However, when he first started practicing catching the ball and shooting in cooperation, Brogdon would still habitually shoot with the force of shooting NCAA three-pointers. This is the reason why many top NCAA three-pointers are not accurate in three-pointers when they first enter the league, because NCAA three-pointers are not only shorter than NBA three-pointers, but even shorter than the three-point distance in international competitions. Moreover, top NCAA three-pointers may not be able to develop three-pointers in the NBA. Long two-pointers are very close to three-pointers, but the former basketball god is extremely accurate in long two-pointers, but he just can't develop three-pointers.

Although his strength is only at a good level, Brogdon's ability to adapt to the NBA is indeed strong, much stronger than Jaylen Brown. Although Brogdon will fall into a sticky state if he does not have a shooting opportunity or a good passing opportunity after receiving the ball, at least his advantages are obvious.

Jaylen Brown was thrown to Tony for training. Tony has taught Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler, Beverley, Paul George... Tony has a high reputation in this regard. Jaylen Brown was selected by the Grizzlies and was most happy to have the opportunity to receive guidance from Tony.

Even Luol Deng played a better role than Sun Ce expected. Although Sun Ce had low expectations for Luol Deng, this low-key second-generation rich veteran, in addition to being very good at dealing with people, also has a hand in guiding teammates. He quickly integrated the new players into the team, not in terms of team cooperation, but in terms of the new players themselves getting familiar with the old players of the team faster, which is very important.

In general, the team is moving in a good direction.

However, Sun Ce found that the four teammates like the double 3D, Yi Jianlian, and Tony who had played together since the first championship were fine, and their attitude towards him, Sun, did not change much.

Aldridge was strong in himself, and there was no change in his attitude towards Sun Ce.

Carter was one of the oldest players in the league, and he was still getting along with Sun Ce normally.

David West and Luol Deng, both of them were straightforward, and they had played for more than ten years. These two were fine, but they became particularly polite to him, Sun.

But others were different. Brogdon and Jaylen Brown, the two rookies, didn't even dare to talk to him. Of course, he, Sun, didn't have the interest to take the initiative to talk to these two people.

But even Gobert, JaMychal Green, and Nance Jr., three teammates who had been partners for one to three years, respected him even more! They became cautious when speaking, for fear of saying something wrong.

Sun Ce was not crazy. It was a good thing for others to respect him. However, if he respected too much, he would still feel awkward because he had exceeded the limit of treating a teammate!

After training one day, Sun Ce and Carter were doing physical therapy together. They talked about this confusing thing.

Carter felt even more strange about Sun Ce's feeling that this situation was strange, and responded: "Oh my god, isn't this normal? You are the god of the basketball world. Isn't it normal for young players to be afraid to speak when they see you? Have you heard about the news about Jordan and the little character? His stories are all about other stars.

You will encounter this situation not only among basketball players, but also among athletes in other sports. You are the one standing at the top of an industry. You will find that you will get the highest respect when you communicate with people in any industry, even if you go to the White House..."

Hearing this, Sun Ce couldn't help but think: "Have you been chatting and laughing with Trump... It seems that when you visited the White House last year, you and Holy Gun were also chatting and laughing..."

Sun Ce felt that what Carter said was quite right, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. However, he did not feel very good about this situation. Of course, he would not insist on breaking anything, but he did not want to deliberately be like Jordan or like Jordan. The top figures in other industries deliberately push themselves.

Just do what you like. No matter what other people do, Sun Ce feels that it is fine to communicate with them normally and live a normal life. Do you have to wrap yourself up and pretend that no strangers are allowed to enter? Even if others really think that he is a stranger to strangers, he can just be himself normally and not deliberately cater to others, nor will he deliberately alienate others.

He cannot decide other people's thoughts and actions, and it does not prevent him from being himself.

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Time passed day by day, and on September 30, the training camp came to an end.

"Let me see,

Clay is A+, offense is A, defense is A+; Pickled Pepper is S, offense is S-, defense is S... These two brothers played in the Olympics in the summer and maintained their condition very well. They are both at their peak. Clay is outrageous. He can only shoot and have A-level offense.

Coach Bead, A+, S in offense, B+ in defense,

Ge Guanfeng is B+, offensively C+, defensively S-... that's almost the limit of a defensive center. He doesn't seem to be as good as Chandler back then, but in this small ball era, his role shouldn't be much different.

Teacher Tony is C, offense is F, defense is A-... It is almost time for Teacher Tony to retire. The consumption over the years has been too great.

Yi Muhua United, A-, offense A, defense B... the condition is maintained well, the stability of COSCO's shooting is getting better and better, and the cutting is also very good...

Carter B, offense A-, defense C... Not bad, not bad.

Brogdon is B, offense is A-, defense is B... I really didn't expect that the best rookie's defense would not hold him back. Will it be better after he adapts to the NBA? It seems that he has been underestimated. Not only is he averaging 10+3 offensive performance per game, he will make a lot of money in the first round in the future. It will be cheap for 4 years!

Jaylen C+...has made great progress, and the rest emmmmm...

The son of the dunk king, B... This improvement is simply incredible. At the end of last season, he was still on the fringes, but this year he has reached a good level? Given more opportunities this season, will he become a high-quality role player? By the way, this guy seems to have earned tens of millions of dollars in annual salary after his rookie contract ended. This athletic ability is very useful in this small ball era. His cooperation with Ah Lian is getting better and better, and his defense is also a bit interesting...

Contractor B... It's a bit difficult for him to hold up the inside position after Hei Panda left and support the opponent's center on his own. Let's just use it. It looks quite bluffing.

Little Green B, in his peak period... not every player can keep improving. As a 3D forward whose shooting is not particularly accurate, it is good to have B-level strength. Other teams give 8 million, but we can keep 600. made money.

Deng Yingqiao... can still be the glue of the team. I guess the team signed him for this. For such a player who has experienced countless setbacks, it is good to use his rich experience of being beaten to help the team. of……"

On the last day of training, Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluations of 13 teammates. His teammates are still very strong. Compared with last season, the role players... In addition to the departure of Randolph, it will inevitably have an impact on the strength of the substitutes inside. The position of the substitutes. The offensive and defensive capabilities have been greatly weakened, but the overall substitute strength has become stronger!

However, the new players are okay, and Sun Ce does have some regrets regarding the progress of his former teammates. Some teammates have reached their peak, such as Klay Thompson and Paul George.

It's not that Sun Ce thinks they are not good enough. Klay Thompson's pure 3D, A+ level ability evaluation is simply exaggerated. Paul George has developed towards a super giant level in the direction of organizational forward, maybe on the edge of S level, just right to S level. , but it is appropriate to give the football team an average of 15+5+10+2 per game. It’s not that they are not good enough, it’s just that Sun Ce is used to their rapid progress over the past many years. When they reach their peak, Sun Ce is more or less uncomfortable.

Aldridge is in his thirties and his athletic ability has declined. He has been able to maintain his condition very well by relying on his increasingly sophisticated and comprehensive skills.

However, since the team has not had a high-ranking rookie for a long time, except for Gobert, the progress of everyone else this year is not as good as the progress of Klay Thompson, Paul George, Jimmy Butler, etc. in the previous years. gratifying.

Of course, Sun Ce is not dissatisfied. He has an A+ level pure 3D, a point forward who can be selected for the first team, can average 8+ assists per game, has a wide shooting range, and has strong counterattack ability, and there is also a high and low back like Aldridge. He is very content playing as one of the top three power forwards in the league.

It's just that he is used to seeing teammates improving every year in a row, and now only Gobert is left, which is more or less a pity.

Mainly for comparison...

"Ability evaluation S+,

Physical fitness S-: speed S-, strength A+, core strength S+, endurance S-, jumping B+, static resistance A+, leg explosive power A+ (burst acceleration, bullet speed), explosive resistance ability A+...

Shooting evaluation S: three-pointer S (top arc area S+, right sideline S, left sideline S-), mid-range shot S (mid-range on the right side of the three-second zone S+, mid-range on the right baseline S, free throw line area S, left side of the three-second zone S, left baseline S-), layup S...

Technical evaluation S: ball control S, passing A, jump shot after pick-and-roll S-, dribble after shooting S, emergency stop jump shot A+, low post back technique S-, high post back technique S, three-threat stance B, jump step A, behind-the-back dribble A, turn technique A+, crossover step change of direction A..."

After a month and a half of rest from the end of filming to now, Sun Ce re-entered training and competition. After more than two months of training, plus the 2-on-5 training in the Olympics, his progress is much more obvious than expected!

During the rest period before, he planned how to train after returning to the national team and how to do it before the training camp. How to train, how to strengthen your skills after the training camp... The key is to consolidate what you have learned from those big guys before, and adjust in the direction that suits you, without learning new things... Facts have proved that his goals during the rest period are correct. Three-pointers, mid-range shots, high-post back-to-back techniques, dribbling shots and pick-and-roll shots, jump steps... These aspects have made obvious progress!

Even the three-threat stance, relying on the experience of the quasi-top-level three-threat using Jordan cards twice in the finals, and the impression left by the experience cards of other three-threat masters in the past, after careful consideration, there is obvious improvement. Although it seems that he, Sun, does not have much talent in this area, at least he feels stupid when he can't do three-threat, and he can use it occasionally.

Compared to him, Sun, except for Gobert who made rapid progress this summer after his junior year , and Nance Jr., who made rapid progress from grade 1 to grade 2, but no one else on the team made any significant progress...

In this regard, Sun Ce felt a little sad. The players who entered the NBA at the same time as him are no longer young players. They have almost reached their peak, and will pass their peak as time goes by. Soon, there will be new stars of the new era to challenge them!

Stars of the new era... Sun Ce is very excited about the upcoming challenges, but after 7 years, he really wants to sing a song - where has the time gone? It has become a trophy...

Occasionally, he feels a little sad about the years, mainly because the new season that is about to begin will no longer have the sadness brought by Duncan, Pierce, Andre Miller... and other stars who entered the NBA in the 1990s.

Even Kobe, after the Lakers finished recruiting players, was only because This summer, no big fish was caught. The salary cap was not filled. He signed a one-year contract of 9.6 million US dollars to help the Lakers raise the total salary to 102 million US dollars. Kobe is no longer one of the most important links of the Lakers. The Lakers clearly take Dedi as the core, and the lineup is also built around the two. Sun Ce can see the role of Kobe just by looking at the lineup. He is a veteran pure shooter + key ball player.

Nowitzki signed a one-year contract of 25 million US dollars, Chandler joined the Suns for 30 million in two years, and the Mavericks simply signed and traded Conley to help Conley get the maximum contract. After sending Conley away, the Mavericks are basically determined to start playing badly.

Sun Ce will inevitably miss the era of the gods, Buddhas, snakes, and horns competing for hegemony in the past 7 years since he entered the NBA. Buddha retired, snakes and silver horns faded out of the front line. The opponent of this era in the past is only James.

Fortunately, there are the wave combination and the Bulls double evil... I just don’t know who the new opponent will be.

Jimmy Butler and Conley should not be underestimated, the Nets have made a qualitative improvement in the interior by replacing Lopez with Love, and the Suns have explosive talent...

The Grizzlies have not found a suitable point guard in this training camp. No team is willing to let go of high-quality role players and point guards, because the prices of new contracts are not cheap. In this era of skyrocketing salaries, unless they are veteran point guards who are dedicated to the championship, high-quality role players and point guards in their prime will not come if you don't give them too much playing time or a big contract.

But the Grizzlies did not make a hasty decision. At present, the team believes that Brogdon is a qualified second point guard and a good treasure they have found in this small draft year. The third point guard is to prevent injuries and increase the depth of the team's point guard position.

As for developing players, Sun Ce has provided candidates and has signed them. They are the undrafted players Fred VanVleet from Wichita State University and Alex Caruso from Texas A&M University. Their strength is average at present, and they are considered top-level players in the Development League. They are both point guards, but there is a big gap between them and the NBA. They can't be counted on this season. It depends on whether they can make progress as expected in the Development League. Their current goal is to become marginal players in the NBA, but the two of them don't even have the strength to become marginal players in the NBA.

Any guaranteed contract in the NBA can only be obtained by the top people in this industry worldwide.

Another development player signed was a player that the Celtics gave up directly after selecting him in the second round, Deyontay Davis, a tough power forward with good strength and strong ability to catch dribbles, but he only knows how to catch dribbles and has no defensive awareness at all. He played two games in the summer league and committed a total of 11 fouls. He was directly abandoned by the Celtics. The Grizzlies signed him as a backup to see if he could improve in the Development League. Sun Ce is probably not good. They have signed such players in the past two years, but they gave up in the end.

In recent years, the Celtics have had several draft picks every year, but they just can't trade them. All teams know that the Celtics want to sell draft picks, but because the ranking is not high, it is not attractive. They will give up one or two rookies every year, and other teams can just wait to pick up the leaks.

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On October 2, after a day of rest after the end of training camp, the Grizzlies began to prepare for the preseason.

On October 3, the preseason arrived as scheduled. This year, the Grizzlies were still not scheduled to play in the China game. Sun Ce was quite grateful. The preseason was indeed tiring...

The Mavericks and the Lakers played in the preseason. This was voted on by the official Weibo of NBA China. Duncan's retirement greatly stimulated the nostalgia of the fans. The fans didn't know how many more years Nowitzki and Kobe could play. At this stage, they might not play immediately. Most Chinese fans have not seen the two play live, so the Mavericks and the Lakers received the most votes. Yao Ming directly invited the two teams to Shanghai to prepare for the new season. Through Yao Ming's relationship, the Mavericks agreed to let some of the top players of the CBA go to learn what the level of the NBA training camp is.

This is not a difficult task for the Mavericks. In the training camp, it is always good to have more sparring partners. Even the Grizzlies, whose 15-man roster and 3 development player rosters were full in the past two years, invited seven or eight players to participate in the training camp, and they were willing to come.

Ding Yanyuhang, after Ellis failed to get a contract extension and joined the Pacers for 10 million US dollars for 1 year, got a 1.14 million US dollar base salary contract. After two years, he finally became an official NBA player. It is uncertain how much playing time he can get, but if the Mavericks want to play badly, Sun Ce thinks Ding Yanyuhang has a chance to hone his skills in the Mavericks.

On the evening of the 3rd, the Grizzlies played their first preseason game against the Magic at home.

Embiid finally made his debut in the NBA!

In this game, Sun Ce played only 9 minutes in the first quarter for the Grizzlies. Seeing that Sun Ce entered the state as usual from the first game, Coach Hollins did not let him play again, mainly training Brogdon, the backup point guard. Even Paul George took the initiative to let Brogdon hold the ball more, but the effect was... During the game, Coach Hollins asked Brogdon to focus on catching the ball and shooting, and let Carter and Paul George hold the ball more.

In terms of the inside line, the gap between David West and Randolph is still quite obvious. If he plays for ten minutes or so, playing as a pure role player, David West is better than Randolph.

But now Randolph is gone, David West is responsible for the strong attack in the positional battle of the substitute lineup, which is still a little bit worse. Coach Hollins is ready to adjust David West's playing style.

Of course, we should play it first and then slowly adjust it in the middle of the season. We have to find other combinations to make up for the lack of "Little Green + Black Panda", a small inside combination that played an important role last season, and then make changes. Otherwise, just like this, the pressure will be moved to the outside line. There is no way to force the change.

The decline in the strength of this inside combination is better than directly losing the role of this inside combination.

Compared with the Magic team who tried their best to win the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies mainly focused on running-in, and even all the 6 players signed with training camp contracts played.

There are still some interesting things in the game. Embiid played for 12 minutes as a substitute for Vucevic tonight. Before Embiid came on the court, Vucevic played for 18 minutes, made 6 of 9 shots, scored 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, and played really beautifully; Ibaka played for 21 minutes, made 5 of 8 shots and scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block.

However, after Embiid came on the court, Gobert, who didn't play for a few minutes tonight, was replaced... Sun Ce felt the malice from the bald man, who made the guy on the opposite side have a hairstyle like Bynum's second generation?

Whenever Embiid came on the court, Coach Hollins used Gobert to deal with Embiid. Embiid played for 12 minutes, made 1 of 6 shots, scored 2 points, 2 rebounds and 4 turnovers... and was dunked by Paul George in an empty cut.

Gobert's improvement on the defensive end this year is visible to the naked eye! Not only is his ability to eat cakes and position and grab rebounds enhanced! The improvement on the defensive end is Gobert's biggest improvement this summer!

Magic head coach Steve Clifford just wanted Embiid to adapt to the NBA, but he didn't expect the bald guy on the other side to be so ruthless and use Gobert to defend Embiid all the time. Gobert saw that this third pick who was one year later was also ruthless, and he worked as hard as he defended Cousins.

However, when Sun Ce watched Embiid play, he felt that this guy was really talented, and his basic skills were more solid than he imagined. Moreover, the Magic team is good at training centers. This guy may really become the best center in the league. After all, there are not many centers with good offensive skills in the current league.

92 to 106, the Grizzlies once again started the preseason with a loss.

The difference between strong teams and weak teams can be seen from the 8 games on the first day of the preseason. Strong teams either need to adjust their lineups like the Grizzlies, or they are trying to change and want to play different tactics from last season. Almost all of them played badly in the first game. Except for the Celtics and Raptors, who went all out, all other strong teams lost.

On the contrary, weak teams played very fiercely. They didn't need to think too much. They just went straight to the point. From the coaching staff to the players, the goal is to show their abilities and let young players use the game to turn their talents into strength.

The Grizzlies started their preseason preparation journey, with some losses and some wins. As the contracts of the players in the training camp were terminated one by one, the Grizzlies had a 1-3 record, and then they won two consecutive games against the Hawks and Hornets and became 3-3. It is obvious that the Grizzlies' adjustment has become better. Of course, the main reason is that the playing time of the main players has begun to increase.

On October 13, the day after the game against the Hornets, Sun Ce followed the team back to Memphis from Charlotte. Including today, he will rest for two days. On the 15th, the last preseason game will be against the Thunder.

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Once upon a time, I came here alone, then became two people, and finally, became one person again…

The Thunder's star Russell Westbrook opted out of the player option after the end of last season. As soon as the free market opened and the new salary cap came out, Westbrook reached a 3-year, $90 million contract extension with the Thunder. The last year of the 18-19 season, the salary was as high as $35 million. But not long after signing the contract, the best brother who had played together for 8 years ran away.

Not long after, another good brother Ibaka was sent to the Magic…

Westbrook stood at the other end of the square outside the FedEx Arena, holding the umbrella that he forgot to take when he came here last year, and his heart was lonely…After all, he took it all alone!

Just like women think they are right no matter what they do, paranoid players also think that no matter what they do, they are working hard for the team, and any unpleasant thoughts from others will be regarded as "adding insult to injury".

I took out my phone and looked at the star rankings 6-10 announced by ESPN, T.N.T, and Sports Illustrated yesterday. In T.N.T, Anthony Davis ranked sixth, Rose ranked seventh, James Harden ranked eighth, Westbrook ranked ninth, and Paul George ranked tenth.

In Sports Illustrated, Westbrook ranked sixth, Rose ranked seventh, Harden ranked eighth, Anthony Davis ranked ninth, and Paul George ranked tenth.

ESPN is the most ruthless! Rose ranked sixth, Harden ranked seventh, Anthony Davis ranked eighth, Paul George ranked ninth, and Leonard ranked tenth!

ESPN was the first media to rank Leonard, who had just been promoted by the Lakers, in the top ten, and directly ranked Westbrook eleventh! When Westbrook saw himself appearing in the eleventh place the day before yesterday, he was furious!

The top five of the three major media are quite consistent. Curry, Sun Ce, James, Griffin, Durant, all media have not announced the ranking of these five players.

Westbrook waited, standing here with his mobile phone for half an hour, like a ninja shadow hiding in the corner, and waited until 12 noon, when the top five star rankings and the top three team strength rankings of the three media were announced at the same time.

In terms of the team strength rankings, the defending champion is ranked first, ESPN ranks the Bulls second, and the other two media rank the Warriors second.

This is not surprising to Westbrook, because only these three teams have not been announced, the Grizzlies are ranked first, and the other two teams have their own opinions on who ranks second. Harden, Draymond Green, and Harrison Barnes on the Warriors side may continue to improve, Curry and Thabeet are at their peak, Iguodala is the sixth man, and the role player lineup is also very good.

On the Bulls side, two consecutive runner-ups, and without Durant, a one-year short contract allowed Wade to return to his hometown to play for the championship, and the strength is bound to improve.

Westbrook opened the headline of the ESPN official website that read "Lord dominates the star list".

Sun Ce is first... ESPN is also measured in making trouble. They love to make trouble, but at least they will make fans accept it. If Sun Ce is not ranked first now, their "authority" will collapse directly. They have been making trouble all the time, but they will not destroy their own rice bowl.

However, after locking the first place of the contemporary basketball god, ESPN started to make trouble for the second place!

Durant was ranked second!

The reason made Westbrook want to smash the ESPN headquarters!

"Durant will have more ball rights and shooting rights after leaving Westbrook. In a young team, he will be the absolute boss. The Clippers will not make Durant sad like the Thunder. In the new season, if the Lord continues to compete for the scoring title, Durant will be the strongest opponent on the road to the Lord's five consecutive scoring titles. We can finally see Durant, who has liberated all his scoring abilities, reappear."

Westbrook looked at this comment and felt that ESPN was just here to blackmail him! Because in the past few years, ESPN has either ranked James first or second. After Sun Ce became the first player in the league, ESPN could not avoid Sun Ce and always ranked James second, even if James played unqualified in the 14-15 season. Hi Riffin, at the beginning of the 15-16 season, James was also ranked second by ESPN, and ESPN didn't like Durant, but this time, ESPN actually ranked Durant second, who was going to a weak team. ! And he, Westbrook, was ranked 11th!

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There are people outside the arena who are paying attention to the list, and there are also a group of people inside the arena who are paying attention.

Sun Ce looked at the final star rankings. Yi Jianlian ranked 47th overall, with a maximum of 46th; Aldridge ranked 22nd overall, with a maximum of 19th; Klay Thompson ranked 19th overall, with a maximum of 16th.

Paul George and Sun Ce were all ranked in the top ten by three media outlets.

Six players from their Grizzlies team are in the top 50... Sun Ce looked at this ranking and made them feel guilty if they didn't win the championship in the new season and complete three consecutive championships.

However, Sun Ce felt that if they did not complete three consecutive championships, they would indeed be guilty. Who asked him to brag about his awesomeness...

But so what? Indeed, for them, if they do not win the championship this year, in the eyes of someone like him, he will be the biggest loser in the past three years.

However, after seeing ESPN's comments about Durant... Sun Ce was curious, will Turtle return to the sewer after a year?

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