One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Two. Don't Lose Heart

"Is Radmarkus injured? Let's treat it as a rest. We will wait patiently for him to come back, and he will recover from the injury. Our three consecutive championships will depend on his inside dominance."

"No problem, with Third Brother here, we can overcome all difficulties."

"We have done a very good job in the offseason. It should be said that we have done a good job in the offseason over the years. Since I joined the team, we have always been the favorites to win the championship, and we have won 4 championships... I After only playing for 6 seasons, is there any better operation than this? I think Chris should win the best manager every year.”

"Two rookies? They are better than you think. In a few years you will find that our head coach will have two more disciples. Well, the most powerful among them is the third brother."

"The NBA will add 10 new players to be selected into the 70 Greatest Stars of the 70th Anniversary. Will I be selected? Maybe, maybe not, but I don't care if I am a historical superstar. Winning the championship is what I care about most. The championship will My name is etched in NBA history."

"Third brother? He is the best in history!"

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Paul George is getting better and better at dealing with the media. Just follow James and learn how to talk to the media. Add a little bit of the Grizzlies temperament, which is the temperament of a certain No. 3 player. Don't add too much... Learning from James was taught to him by the No. 3 player, and he figured out the rest by himself.

Paul George was being interviewed by the media. At the end of the interview, a Buddha who had finished warming up appeared next to him: "I have only played for 5 years and won 4 championships. I am a little better than this guy."

"..."

Paul George looked at this shameless person, but he couldn't refute him because he was telling the truth.

Paul George suddenly discovered that Klay Thompson was the one who learned the essence of his third brother! Tell the truth even if you are pretending, and do what you say.

Paul George thinks he can learn the former, but the latter... is so difficult!

After Paul George finished his interview, the entrance time was almost here. Paul George followed the group of teammates who had left their boss behind and walked into the player tunnel...

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Watching the members of the opposing defending champion team walking out of the tunnel, Irving felt a sense of despair. It was true that he had an outstanding teammate like Anthony Davis, and Anthony Davis was obviously better than him this year. They are stronger, but their overall strength is falling instead of rising!

This past summer, they failed to compete for Durant and Love, and the Pelicans owner was unwilling to give Howard and Horford the maximum salary. Not only that, Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson were also poached. The head coach was snatched away by the Grizzlies. Of course, it was because Kidd wanted to serve as executive president and was kicked out by the general manager. If it weren't for Valanciunas's four-year, 70 million premium contract, they would have been able to do it this summer. Consider it a crash!

In terms of the free market, apart from poaching a 3D player Ewan Moore from the Bulls with a four-year, $50 million contract, and poaching Langston Galloway from the Knicks for a four-year, $30 million contract, there was nothing much gained.

This summer, the Pelicans spent US$150 million, and their strength has dropped a lot.

Even Anthony Davis almost refused to renew his contract. In the end, he only signed a three-year, $70 million contract extension, and did not accept a four-year, $98 million maximum salary extension or a five-year, $129 million maximum salary extension.

However, Irving can understand Anthony Davis' almost collapsed mentality. He regretted renewing the contract for 5 years after 15 years. It was not because of the salary cap increase and his endorsement fee was not low. What he regretted was that he did not see through this team. The management was able to reach this situation despite Tianhu's start.

Think about it after the 2012 draft, they had the core combination of Irving, Eric Gordon, Moreau, Aminu, Ryan Anderson, and Anthony Davis.

As long as this develops steadily, we will wait for the summer of 2015.

Irving's new contract has not yet taken effect, and Anthony Davis is still on his rookie contract, so he can sign Love naked with the rookie bonus.

But they themselves got rid of Aminu, Lopez Jr., and Moreau, and turned into a team that relied solely on the two No. 1 picks. It would be weird if Love was willing to come.

Love at that time was no worse than Anthony Davis at that time. In terms of talent, the Timberwolves can be said to despise all teams in the league except the Kings. Over the years, the people on the edge of their bench are all former geniuses. Why can't they play? come out? Isn't it just that the management's operations are too magical?

Love has gone through so much, how can he not see that the Pelicans management is equally wise? After watching the Pelicans' operations over the past two years, everyone knows that their management is not good.

Irving didn't expect any superstars to come this summer, but he didn't expect that not only would the superstars not come, but the team wouldn't even be able to get back any of its fringe All-Star stars, and all its high-quality role players would be let go.

The main thing is that Irving doesn't know much about what Anthony Davis thinks, and he even less understands what the management thinks.

Irving was at a loss, and Sun Ce on the other side was also feeling sorry for Irving and Anthony Davis.

"Irving is S-, Davis is S-...Davis is a little better than Irving. This seems to be almost S-level, right? The rookie contract has just ended! Apart from Griffin, who else is better than David in the current post?" How awesome are they? I really didn’t expect that the teams of these two would always get out of the first round or even miss the playoffs... Wait, I didn’t expect that Yao Ming and McGrady would always get out of the first round or even miss the playoffs.

Yao Ming needs world peace, and Davis also needs guidance from Long to develop the correct method of use, but guidance from Long and James are good friends..."

Sun Ce really feels that the stronger Anthony Davis is, the less compatible he will be with Irving. Just like Yao Ming, who averaged 25 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks per game in his peak season, he has no match with McGrady. McGrady is suitable for a two-point guard. A swingman style of play, and Yao Ming is suitable for a positional and center-based style of play; for the Pelicans, Irving is suitable for a positional and singles play with a playmaker, while Anthony Davis is suitable for a brisk style of play. The more people progress and become stronger, the less they can cooperate together and rely on their individual abilities to win. However, the personal abilities of the two are far behind Westbrook. There is only one ball, and the combined effect of the two is equal to that of Westbrook. Brook is about the same, leading the team to the bottom half of the playoffs, and his teammates are not as good as Westbrook.

"The one who can save this team... is James? These two plus James, James and Davis play the core style, and Irving is responsible for scoring in singles and helping James share the ball... Or is it me, Sun? Or Peak Basketball Tumu? Even Kirilenko at his peak can fight."

Apart from this idea, Sun Ce couldn't think of any other way for the two of them to make the pair of No. 1 picks work together.

After a brief analysis of the opponent, except for the personal abilities of the two No. 1 picks, the Pelicans have nothing to be afraid of. Whether the opponent will make it into the playoffs in the Wild West is not certain. Even if they meet in the first round, Sun Ce has enough confidence. Easily defeat the opponent.

The difference in strength is too big.

After coming to the opposite bench and greeting several familiar players, Sun Ce hugged and chatted with the opponent's head coach Gentry. Originally, Kidd was not the first target of their Grizzlies tactical coach this summer. It was the Warriors' offensive and defensive assistant coach combination, Gentry and Mike Brown, who had a good conversation. Mike Brown came and Gentry was ready to come, but the Pelicans extended a head coaching invitation to Gentry.

The Grizzlies management must let go and not hinder others' futures. Not everyone is like Pat Riley, who would make his disciple Van Gundy a video editor and not let Van Gundy leave.

Anthony Davis looked at Sun Ce and Gentry, who still had a very good relationship, with glints in his eyes... This was his last chance for the team.

Since he is given a chance, Anthony Davis must also work hard to show his abilities! He gave the team a chance, and his own chance must be earned with strength!

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After the players and coaches on both sides greeted each other, the championship ring awarding ceremony began.

After the staff made the arrangements, the lights dimmed.

The technology of the Grizzlies Arena has been updated this year. The 360-degree surrounding large screen hanging down the soft screen lit up and began to play the highlights and classic moments of the Grizzlies last season. As the video played, the fans at the scene There were bursts of cheers.

At the end, it was the scene where Sun Ce announced in advance that his goal for the new season was to create a dynasty after winning the away game last season.

"Let's do it again!"

With Sun Ce's dynasty declaration, the cheers of the fans at the scene reached a boiling point!

Next, Chris Wallace thanked the fans and looked forward to the new season on behalf of the team's usually unreliable owner.

Then came the awarding of championship rings. At this time, owner Robert Pera appeared, handed out rings and won the championship trophy in the home opener. He would not miss this scene...

A series of pre-season activities ended, and at 7:58 pm, the starting lineup of the two teams walked onto the court at the referee's signal.

The Grizzlies sent a combination of Sun Ce, Brogdon, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Gobert.

The Pelicans sent a combination of Irving, E'Twaan Moore, Solomon Hill, Anthony Davis, and Valanciunas.

Valanciunas, who was envious of the opponent's team that had been there for half a season and won another championship, was stunned for a moment when he saw Sun Ce put on his wristbands and armbands and applied magnesium powder before walking to the center circle...take a closer look. Looking at the opposing lineup, will Sun Ce face off against Anthony Davis tonight?

Anthony Davis regrets so much, he should have known he would jump the ball!

But it was too late to regret it. Running to ask Valanciunas to get out of the way at this time would be too disrespectful to the players on both sides of the ball.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Sun Ce defeated Valanciunas to win the jump ball amid the cheers of the fans on site, and the Grizzlies attacked first!

Finally, he can win the jump ball happily. Although Sun Ce is not as good as those athletic centers, his jump ball winning rate is still more than half, not as frustrating as the starting centers in recent years.

Gobert listened to the cheers... He felt sad, but there is no comparison between people. He has been the starting center next to Sun Ce for the past two years and has played with Sun Ce for three years. He knows how good Sun Ce is. It's amazing. Before entering the NBA, he never thought that a player like Sun Ce could appear. Jordan + Magic? That’s it!

Paul George advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. The first ball of the new season must be given to Sun Ce. Paul George passed the ball to Sun Ce who was facing Anthony Davis on the right side of the top arc.

Sun Ce received the ball and broke through to the left without hesitation with a crossover step.

Unexpectedly, Anthony Davis actually caught up! Sun Ce turned around in the high position on the left and leaned against Anthony Davis. He did not continue to rush to the basket. Valanciunas was guarding the basket and Anthony Davis was chasing behind. Sun Ce knew that he would be double-teamed if he rushed in.

It was rare for him to face Anthony Davis once. In the past two seasons, he didn't need to pick and roll against the Pelicans. Sun Ce really didn't expect that compared with the first and second grades, Anthony Davis's improvement on the defensive end can be described as a leap! This season, the center defense position will no longer be a joke in people's eyes.

However, when Sun Ce, who was leaning against Anthony Davis, looked at Anthony Davis' defense sideways, he suddenly found a problem. He didn't pay much attention before, but now he suddenly found that Anthony Davis, who was only one or two centimeters taller than him, seemed to have jumped up this summer. Taking him as a reference, this guy is at least 198 cm to two meters!

He is worthy of being called the most promising center in the league today. This guy is only 23 years old now! There is still some gap between him and Griffin in terms of strength, but he is young! Although his explosiveness and jumping ability are not as good as Griffin, his moving speed is better. The key is his defense. His ability to defend against small players is simply amazing. In this era, defending 3-5 positions is no problem. If there is a suitable center to cooperate with 1-2 positions, it is also very powerful... After truly feeling the progress of Anthony Davis, Sun Ce realized that the media and experts in the original time and space were right to praise Anthony Davis. This is really a superstar who is worth five or six young talents in exchange!

These thoughts were fleeting. Sun Ce kept observing the running positions of his teammates. Paul George cut in from the middle with the help of Klay Thompson's pick-and-roll. Sun Ce quickly grabbed the ball and passed it to the middle from behind. Paul George cut in and received the ball one step outside the reasonable collision zone. He had an advantage in the position competition with Yiwan Moore who was switching defense, but Paul George had just received the ball one step outside the reasonable collision zone. Anthony Davis, who judged Sun Ce's passing intention, had already made up for it.

However, Paul George has a strong sense of organizing offense. He relies on his vision advantage to observe the surroundings at all times. In the past few years, he has focused on developing this aspect and is no longer inferior to Sun Ce, who focuses on organizing offense. After Anthony Davis made up for the defense, Paul George lobbed the ball to the left side of the basket.

Valanciunas was about to stick to Gobert under the basket, but saw Gobert quickly throw it away. Valanciunas reacted instantly and dodged in time, and then saw Sun Ce rushing in from the mid-range and jumping, catching the ball in the air, sliding under the basket from the left side of the three-second zone, and dunking the ball into the basket with both hands!

"Expression Level 4" is triggered!

Compared with last season, Sun Ce has a better grasp of the timing of dunking the empty basket this season!

This dunk, the fans at the scene cheered wildly; Klay Thompson was upset, why is the jump gap getting bigger and bigger?

The Grizzlies played beautifully at the beginning, but Anthony Davis's next attack was also beautiful! He cut in and held off Sun Ce's low layup, and was as flexible as a small forward, relying on his better wingspan than Gobert to hit the board with a low layup.

It was too difficult for Sun Ce to defend Anthony Davis alone. The weight advantage was gone, and the opponent's height and wingspan had a more obvious advantage. Sun Ce had no choice but to increase the confrontation with the opponent.

However, the Grizzlies' trouble at the beginning was not only that Anthony Davis could not be defended, but more importantly, the offensive coordination of their new lineup gradually stagnated, mainly because of Brogdon, one of the outside ball holders.

Even though Brogdon had strong combat effectiveness and adaptability, he was still a little confused when he played a formal game for the first time. Every time the ball came to him, the entire offensive rotation stopped. Because of nervousness, he failed to grasp the opportunity in a flash!

The overall strength of the Pelicans is not very strong, but they are at least a team in the Western Conference playoffs. There are no weak teams in the West, and the Pelicans can have the strength of the Western Conference playoffs because of their starting lineup, Anthony Davis, Ivan Moore, Solomon Hill, Valanciunas, and Irving. This lineup is not bad in defense, but their substitutes are hollowed out.

The starting lineup lacks Aldridge and becomes Brogdon. The Grizzlies' first attack with this starting lineup was very inefficient after the two-man turn of Sun Ce and Paul George.

Moreover, this lineup lacks the tonnage of the inside line, and Randolph is missing to carry the basket. Facing Anthony Davis, who gained weight and improved his skills this summer, it is really unstoppable.

Everything else is fine, except for Anthony Davis!

Anthony Davis started the game with all his strength and tried his best. Those who don't know would think he was playing in the finals, but he really did it. He showed his ability well against the two-time defending champion, helping the team to start with a score of 12 to 6 and stop the Grizzlies!

In the timeout, Coach Hollins started to make substitutions. The offense stagnated at the beginning, so he had to open up the offense first, not to mention the defense.

Sun Ce, Carter, Klay Thompson, Nance Jr., and Yi Jianlian came on the court.

Coach Hollins is not a pedantic coach. It was only more than 4 minutes, and there was still a lot of time to adjust slowly. In any era, the team with higher scores wins.

It's just that he really thought that this lineup of one big and four small players would be a good match. On the defensive end, he couldn't defend against Anthony Davis who was playing like a life-threatening player. There was nothing he could do about it, but on the offensive end, there were indeed big problems!

Brogdon listened to Coach Hollins's rotation. He was in a very low mood because he messed up the first time he appeared on the regular season stage and started.

At this time, Brogdon's head was patted. He turned around and saw that it was Sun Ce.

"Don't be discouraged. You are still a rookie. Watch how the old players play. Remember the pitcher's running position. Remember when to pass the ball and when to do it yourself. Believe me, you are the best rookie this year! I said!"

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