One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three. The Evil Hand Hanging over the Alliance

Players from the 2009 class stir up the league!

If Curry’s deal is just because Curry + Durant, coupled with the talents of Hield and Jokic, is expected to attract Sun Ce to join this summer and affect the future league structure, then the Nets Over there, the alliance pattern was directly re-planned!

Of course, if Curry joins the Clippers and runs smoothly this season, they will still be the second-tier championship team in people's minds, tied with the Suns, Warriors, Celtics, and Raptors.

Sun Ce, Harden, Curry, and Evans, in their peak years, all led their teams to become big players!

At this time, some media commented that the 2009 draft was a super draft year that could truly be compared with the 1984 draft!

Coincidentally, on January 14, 2017, the 10 new superstars selected by the jury officially invited by the NBA were announced after voting!

In 1996, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the NBA, the NBA officially invited experts, retired stars, television commentators, and media to vote and select the top 50 NBA superstars.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the NBA in 2006, the NBA officially invited experts, retired stars, TV commentators, and media to vote, and announced the top 10 new superstars in January 2007, namely Kobe, Iverson, Garnett, Duncan, Kidd, Reggie Miller, Payton, Wilkins, McAdoo, Connie Hawkins.

There are also 10 new superstars added this year!

Even if the Nets trade for Evans, it can't cover up the attention of the top 10 superstars.

NBA officials will announce the list starting at 9 a.m., and the name of a selected superstar will be announced every 70 minutes.

The first is Steve Nash, the point guard of the 1996 golden generation.

2 consecutive MVPs, 7 All-NBA Teams, 9 All-Stars, 5 assists leaders, 3rd in history in total assists, two championships...well deserved!

The second place is Dirk Nowitzki, who has 1 championship, 1 MVP, 1 FMVP, 12 All-NBA teams, 13 All-Stars, and ranks 6th in total points in history. He is also well-deserved.

The first two spots announced made many old fans miss them very much. These two people played on the same team back then, but after they separated, they both became one of the 70 greatest superstars in history.

The third player is an outstanding player in the last century. The former Bulls dynasty's best defensive and rebounding star, Dennis Rodman, 5 championships, 2 DPOY, 2 All-NBA teams, 8 times All-Defensive Team, 2-time All-Star, 7-time rebound champion, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was already making a big fuss when he was not selected as a candidate for the top 10 superstars in 2006, and his performance on the court is indeed worthy of it. deserve this honor.

The fourth place is the fifth of the four major centers, Alonzo Mourning, this warrior defeated by kidneys, 1 championship, 2 DPOY, 2 All-NBA Team, 2 All-Defensive Team, 8-time All-Star, 2-time block leader, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014... In addition to the championship, Mourning basically completed all other honors before 2000. After 2000, he has gradually been reduced to a role due to kidney disease. Player, you can imagine how strong he was back then.

However, relatively speaking, Mourning is more controversial, because if he is selected, other candidates will inevitably be unable to be selected.

Fifth place, LeBron James, as MVP, FMVP, DPOY, scoring champion, and a Grand Slam player who has a high probability of winning the assists title in the future, there is nothing wrong with being selected as a candidate for the top 10 superstars.

Sixth place, Ben Wallace, 1 championship, 4 DPOY, 5 All-NBA Teams, 6 All-Defensive Teams, 4 All-Stars, 2 rebounds champions, 1 blocks champion, this is also a People expected him to be selected. From the perspective of honor and historical status, he is greater than Howard. Who would have thought that Howard, who has already had three consecutive DPOYs under the age of 27, has only been on the best defensive team 5 times so far. ? DPOY stopped 3 times?

seventh place,

The most controversial, Pau Gasol was selected, 2 championships, 5 All-NBA teams, 6 All-Stars, but he is the greatest power forward in the history of the Lakers. Three years after leaving the Lakers, he The 76ers performed so well that they even reached the league's top center level after the age of 33. The most important thing is their results in the international arena.

No. 8, Chris Paul, 8-time All-NBA Team, 7-time All-Defensive Team, 8-time All-Star, 4-time assist leader, 5-time steal leader, and 1 overall runner-up. This is not controversial, although it is often cited. Deron beat him, but no one doubted his strength.

Ninth place, Dwyane Wade, 1 championship, 1 FMVP, 1 scoring champion, 8 All-NBA Teams, 3 All-Defensive Teams, 11 All-Stars, almost on the same level as Paul, one after another. Defending Paul more, Wade has the advantage in terms of championship.

The first nine players who were added to the 70 superstars were the latest to enter the NBA in 2005. That is, all of them were players who entered the NBA in the first 60 years of the NBA.

This situation is similar to the supplement in 2006. The top 10 superstars in that supplement, Kobe, Duncan, and Iverson, all entered the NBA in 1996 and 1997, and before 2006, these three Everyone has already had an extremely brilliant career stage.

But the players who entered the NBA from 2006 to now are unlucky. The Lakers and Spurs have been strong for several years, and the Celtics and Mavericks have also intervened. The strongest stars of these four teams, Kobe, Duncan, Garnett, and Nowitzki, three of them were superstars who were selected as the 60 greatest superstars in history ten years ago.

After these people got old, Sun Ce came... James was lucky to win a championship! He asked to be traded, and Pat Riley sent him to the Lakers because of the favor of O'Neal's trade. It was really lucky!

At 8 o'clock in the evening, there was a 90-minute interval between the ninth and tenth place, which was longer than the 70-minute interval between each of the previous ones.

NBA's official Twitter and Facebook simultaneously released the last picture.

One of the top 10 superstars is added, Sun Ce!

5 regular season MVPs, 4 championships + Finals MVPs, 4 consecutive scoring champions... Any of these three honors, any one of them alone, is enough to be selected as the 70 greatest superstars.

The most terrifying thing is that even if these three hard-core honors are put aside, Sun Ce's other honors are enough to be selected.

Add them together... NBA official comments-this may be the strongest man in basketball history.

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As the only player who entered the NBA after 2006 to be selected as the top 70 superstars, Sun Ce is in the limelight again!

There is no problem with the five superstars or legends of James, Wade, Paul and Noel. There is no problem with Ben Wallace. Wilkins and Rodman, two legends, have not caused any controversy. Only Mourning and Gasol are controversial. One has a short peak period and the other has many points for international performance. In fact, his NBA performance is at the first-class level of the same era. Gasol was selected, Ginobili fans felt aggrieved, Mourning was selected, Howard fans felt aggrieved, Parker and Pierce fans gathered together for warmth...

However, after the list was announced, the most discussed by fans was not the list itself, but Sun Ce's ranking with Jordan after being selected as the top 70 superstars.

This is just like the fans of Jordan and Magic quarreled after the announcement of the top 50 superstars in 1996.

Anyway, at this stage, fans of Kobe, James, Rose, Griffin, Curry, Westbrook, etc., all turned into Jordan fans, and think Jordan is the first.

Sun Ce fans think Sun Ce is the first.

Sun Ce doesn't think there is anything wrong with this. One day, when he widens the gap with Jordan, it will be like the situation when Jordan widened the gap with Magic Johnson. His first position will naturally be undisputed.

At this time, the day after the buyout, after packing up the portable luggage and saying goodbye to his girlfriend and letting her deal with the personal belongings of the rented house there, Ellis flew from Indianapolis to Memphis at 4 pm today. When he came out of the airport, he didn't go to the hotel he had booked, but went directly to the FedEx Arena.

In the NBA, although Ellis is not a small player, he is not a big man either. He is the height of a normal shooting guard and small forward.

But in real life, Ellis is a strong man, more than 90 kilograms, 198 centimeters tall, and full of muscles... It was past dusk and night, and a big man with a backpack and sunglasses appeared in the dim square, and the security guards of the FedEx Arena became nervous.

Fortunately, the security guards paid more attention to the news of their own team. After careful identification, they found that this was Monta Ellis, the new player that the team might introduce soon, and quickly handed him an umbrella.

Looking at the huge poster above the gate of the FedEx Arena and the man surrounded by five big stars, Ellis suddenly recalled the young rookie who asked him to learn the change of direction skills more than seven years ago.

Now, this rookie has become the overlord of today's basketball world.

Times have changed... Ellis opened his mobile phone and saw the WeChat message from Sun Ce. It was sent at noon. At that time, Sun Ce had just returned to Memphis from Denver and asked him when he would arrive and went to the airport to pick him up in advance.

Ellis did not reply, but he kept this love and this attention in his heart.

Of course, even if Sun Ce doesn't do this, it doesn't prevent Ellis from working hard to play for a strong team and change himself for a strong team, just like he did when he joined the Mavericks.

In the Pacers, Ellis resumed his old style of play. The reason is simple. He thinks no one in the Pacers is better than him. In the Mavericks, he obeys Nowitzki, just like he obeyed Captain Jackson and Bearded Davis.

When he came to the Grizzlies, the strongest team in the new decade, a team that ranks in the top five or even top three in the history of the entire NBA at this stage, and a team with a player whose individual performance can be called the greatest player in history, Ellis never thought about showing anything of himself.

In the past 12 years, he has received a total of more than 100 million US dollars in salary. Money, Ellis cares about, but he can get 2.2 million US dollars every year in the next five years, and there are more than 4 million US dollars to be received this season. At this stage, for him, the opportunity to touch the championship trophy is the most important thing at this stage of his career!

Although Ellis has extremely high self-confidence, he also knows that he may have become outdated. The fact that the Mavericks did not insist on maintaining the certain but slim possibility of winning the championship speaks volumes.

Ellis felt miserable when he thought about it. He had been playing for more than ten years and had cooperated with so many teammates. At this stage of his career, only Sun Ce extended an olive branch to him, but he accepted the offer. Friendship, if the Pacers still refuse to agree to a buyout, he is ready to give up part of his salary, but the Pacers are still not so heartless. After all, Ellis' performance last season gave him a certain market last summer. With a lower salary, it’s okay to sign for three or four years in the middle class.

Although the lights in the arena were still on, Ellis guessed that the Grizzlies coaching staff was discussing what role he would play after joining and how to suggest how he should play. The security guard also recognized him, and he did not go in to take a look, using " I took a taxi back to the hotel through the taxi-hailing platform invested by Price Investment Group and the Lizzie Foundation. I was waiting for the 48-hour clarification period to pass and was not prepared to meet my new teammates in advance...

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On January 15th, the second day of the Grizzlies' two-day break, the Grizzlies prepared for tomorrow's game against the Lakers. After the morning training, the Lakers had arrived in Memphis. At lunch time, Paul George wore a nose clip to resist the smell of food and asked Sun Ce: "Third brother, Monta hasn't contacted you yet?"

"No, the clarification period has not passed yet. With his character, he is probably worried that it will cause more trouble for us. If other teams offer a higher claim price, we will still have to bid. If the league investigates strictly, we will probably be Fines... But in fact, it is unlikely that we will be fined. Those players who decided to go to a certain team and then bought out all arrived at the designated team in advance. "

"Third brother, please be more direct. He has a very aloof personality, right?"

"Yeah, he's the most Kobe-like player I've ever seen."

"I'm obviously more like Kobe! Look at my jersey number!"

"You are obviously more like James. Everyone is saying that you are imitating James."

"It's not like you taught me how to deal with the relationship with the media like James... ugh..."

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing?"

"I finally became the kind of person I hate the most..."

"..."

Sun Ce saw that this stamp collector, who was already married to his son, still liked to collect stamps everywhere. In order to have more topics with women, he probably read the chicken soup in Moments a lot! Sun Ce originally thought that WeChat would only be used by Chinese circles, student groups, and NBA players in European and American countries. In the original time and space, only Chinese circles and student groups in European and American countries liked to use WeChat. However, he may have been the first to release this software in the United States, and those college students, High school students have also entered the society. WeChat in North America and Europe, where John Ming holds a majority shareholding, has seen a surge in the number of users in recent years, aiming to become the third largest world-class social media alongside Twitter and Facebook. , which led Sun Ce and John to invest a lot of money in the later period to increase servers and develop the market... The main thing was to maintain shareholding. The market value was soaring, and they began to try to make profits in the past two years.

However, this made Sun Ce admire James' social skills even more. Paul George obviously didn't like James before entering the NBA and was a hostile group of James fans, but James surprisingly established a good relationship with Paul George. Back then, James was still a rookie after playing against each other. Paul George, the quasi-second-year player in the season, did not look down on him. When he was training with Sun Ce in the summer of 2011, he took the initiative to build a good relationship with Paul George and took the young man who loved nightclubs everywhere...

It’s like casting a net all over the world! No one is spared.

Both are high school students. Compared with the brothers Kobe and Ellis, compared with James... Needless to say, Sun Ce feels that their personalities are quite complementary.

Regarding Ellis, Sun Ce is not in a hurry, and the coaching staff who have received Ellis' call are not in a hurry either.

Sure enough, by the next morning, after the clarification period at 11 o'clock last night, when Sun Ce arrived at the gym early this morning, Ellis had already started practicing catching and shooting. The miserable trainer was named Tim Hardaway... …

After all, Ellis is also a famous player. He is now 31 years old. He has good skills and online strength. Of course, the trainer's standards cannot be bad. Enough respect must be given. Tim Hardaway, who usually chats and laughs with Sun Ce, is now also responsible for Ellis's performance in the game. Training in the gym.

"Hi, Monta, I knew you must be the first person to come to the gym." Sun Ce entered the training ground and took the initiative to hug Ellis regardless of him already starting to sweat.

Ellis's aloof-looking face showed a rare smile, and he hugged Sun Ce.

"Before I called you, the last time I talked to you was when I took the initiative to call you before you went to the Mavericks to play with Yao in 2013... I didn't expect that you would immediately agree to come to us after receiving my call. If I had known I I called you last summer, do you remember? I said back then that I would lead you to win the championship!"

Looking at Sun Ce, Ellis smiled again, snorted, said nothing, and continued training.

No matter what situation he is in, he is still arrogant. Sun Ce admires Kobe players for this...

Sun Ce did not continue to talk to Ellis. The other team obviously needed time to adapt to the new team. Anyway, there were four players with superb social skills in Paul George, Luol Deng, David West, and Jaylen Brown. Teammates will come, not because they are afraid of Ellis being withdrawn, but because they are afraid that he will be annoyed to death.

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At nearly 8:30, teammates arrived at the team one after another, and saw that Ellis had begun to follow Sun Ce, Luol Deng, David West, Paul George, and others who had arrived at the arena earlier. Jaylen Brown and Stockton conducted 3-on-3 small-scale training together. They all gathered around to watch Sun Ce, Stockton, and Jaylen Brown play with the team led by the team boss.

In terms of coordination, Stockton holds the ball, Sun Ce serves as the pick-and-roll executor, and Jaylen Brown eats the pie. It is indeed not comparable to Paul George, David West, and Ellis, so the three chose Taking turns in singles + points, since all three of them have mid-range shooting or three-point ability, they are barely on par with Stockton's team. Unfortunately, Stockton was named...

After his teammates arrived, Sun Ce took the initiative to "make an appointment" with Ellis, and his style immediately changed. In 3-on-3, he actively chose Ellis to cooperate like he did with the Mavericks, and started the singles mode.

To the surprise of his teammates, in this kind of one-on-one singles with both sides open, Sun Ce has done a good job in defense, and Ellis can always find a chance to score the ball! In terms of non-competition duels, Ellis and Sun Ce were evenly matched! It is said that Anthony, Kobe, and Pierce are all offensive kaleidoscopes, and Ellis is no weaker than these three in terms of skills!

On Kobe's side, Pierce, Anthony, and Ellis are all incomparable.

When the teammates think about it carefully, in terms of offensive ability and ability to lead a team alone, there seems to be no difference between the three brothers behind them! Pierce led the team to the lowest win rate in the history of the Celtics, and Anthony led the team to the lowest win rate in the Rockets' history. During the Nuggets era...the Nuggets took the initiative to destroy Bo James and failed. Anthony's rookie season His teammates are not bad. When he entered the NBA Nuggets, he assembled the core combination of Camby, Nene, Andre Miller, and Woshan Leonard. All in all, Ellis led the team, and he also A little better than those two brothers, of course, when it comes to cooperating with other stars as one of the core players, Ellis is far inferior to Pierce, and there is a gap compared with Anthony.

The teammates were just amazed at Ellis's personal ability. He still has such strength at the age of 31. The coaching staff was very pleased with Ellis' state! Although everyone knows that Ellis is the kind of player who works very hard, from a second-round pick to averaging 25+ points per game, from a basic salary to an annual salary of tens of millions, after all, he is nicknamed a court rat, but it really makes sense to see Ellis maintain His condition, and Ellis took the initiative to lower his body during training, and when there were core players holding the ball, he would wait to catch the ball and shoot... Although he is really not good without the ball, he has a good attitude.

A veteran, a capable veteran, who was once a quasi-top or top-level veteran, the most important thing is attitude! If a veteran holds the attitude of "I was the star back then", then it's okay to not want such a player!

The reason why other teams are afraid of Ellis' influence on the team is because he has the same attitude when he comes to the Pacers, but the Grizzlies chose to believe in Sun Ce and believe that Sun Ce can suppress any player, just like Kobe Bryant suppressed Bynum and The thorny or problem boys like Odom and Artest, and Jordan suppressed Rodman, reached an agreement with the Pacers, claimed Ellis back, and paid almost a quarter for the Pacers. A season's salary.

From the first cooperation training, it seems that Ellis has no big problem here! The lord effect is revealed! Also, seeing the players seriously watching the duel between Sun Ce and Ellis, Coach Hollins knew that Ellis’s strength was recognized by his teammates, just like they recognized Brogdon’s immediate ability!

Coach Hollins knows very well that the people on his team have a high level of vision...

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"Yes, my playing time is reduced now, but I am very satisfied with my current state.

Rajon and Louis are so good, both better than me, why should I compete with them for playing time? Just because I scored 61 points? Man, I've won it many times. It's a small thing. My goal is to help my teammates. I have played for more than 20 years. My experience can help them instead of competing with them for playing time.

What am I doing with less time playing and less time training?

Since you asked, let me reveal that I am going to do a show... I did not learn from that bastard!

Freeze said!

No!

I just want to do something. I just have time now. I am going to analyze the strongest stars now and make a special program. Time Warner Cable Sports has reached an agreement with me and will be broadcast on sports channels and the Internet... You laugh What, doesn’t that word mean internet?

It doesn't matter.

I am going to release the video I made with my team on sports stations and on the Internet, with myself as the commentator, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the best players..."

The third Bear Lake War of the season will start tonight. After the pre-game meeting and tactical training this morning, Kobe was interviewed.

As for the Grizzlies, Kobe is not very worried. They already know the Grizzlies whose core style of play has not changed much. What they are worried about is the incredible state of the Grizzlies in the middle of the season... Anyway, he is not the core. He's not even a starter, just one of the main rotation players. He just needs to do what he can do, such as scoring more than 40,000 points to make Sun Ce vomit blood!

Also, Kobe knew that the Grizzlies claimed Ellis.

Most people definitely don't know the order of priority. In any case, in Kobe's perception, the Grizzlies took advantage of the crazy enthusiasm caused by the Nets using four potential or combat-ready guards + two first-round picks to trade for Evans, and secretly reached an agreement with Ellis and the Pacers to get Ellis back.

The Lakers don't want Ellis, so they can do whatever they want. Their outside players are already strong enough. He Kobe, Louis Williams, Leonard, James, Rondo, Snell, the six big stars are at least starting players, and there is Corey Brewer as a substitute, and Mike Miller, who basically acts as a shooting coach. Even JR Smith and others did not renew their contracts, but it does not mean that after the Grizzlies have strengthened some of the shortcomings of the shooting guard and small forward positions, Kobe and his team are not afraid!

However, Kobe knew very well that even if the Grizzlies did not come "sneakily", there was a high probability that no championship-level team would compete with the Grizzlies. If ordinary teams competed with the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies could also offer the highest claiming bid, so it would be Ellis' turn to choose. Based on Kobe's understanding of Ellis, the Grizzlies finally got Ellis.

But this did not prevent Kobe from thinking that the Grizzlies were despicable and shameless.

Kobe now has more time. He plays for more than ten minutes in each game, and sometimes more than twenty minutes. In terms of training, physical training is mainly focused on maintaining physical condition, such as flexibility and flexibility. Strength is no longer important. Technical training mainly focuses on catching and shooting to maintain shooting condition, as well as strengthening running training.

Although Kobe's training is still more than most players, compared with his previous situation, he really has plenty of time, so much so that a No. 3 player in the training ground next door sprayed out a "Fuck" when he saw his interview video after training.

"The Curse of the Black Mamba" is coming?

This guy is not good at playing basketball anymore, and he started to make trouble off the court again!

Is there any suspense? This guy's program analyzing stars, Sun is definitely the hardest hit!

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As a veteran, Ellis knows very well that changing teams in the middle of the season and missing one day of joint practice basically have no impact. For the first time playing in a new team, the new players who join the team are generally those unknown players who are more likely to perform well, followed by blue-collar players, and then defensive players. It depends on luck whether a well-known offensive player can perform well when joining a new team. It is possible to perform well against a weak team, but it is more difficult to play against a team with good defense.

Especially for a team like the Lakers, which is one of the best in the league in terms of outside strength, it is even more difficult.

So Ellis only reported to the team today, avoiding so many things that needed to be greeted when reporting yesterday. He is not good at this. When he arrived at the stadium today, he directly prepared for the game without saying so much.

However, during the afternoon break after the preparation, what surprised Sun Ce was that Jaylen Brown and Luol Deng, two social leaders, could not chat with Ellis. The former was a rookie, and Ellis looked down on him, and the latter did not get along well.

But Paul George and Ellis get along very well and have common topics, such as how many years it would take for Sun Ce to catch up with Kobe's score.

David West and Ellis are actually long-time friends. They don't contact each other for a year or two, but they still have a good relationship when they play against each other.

Sun Ce is very curious. How can these two people become friends? Could it be that... they both look like bandits and have a common language?

After the warm-up training in the evening, at 7:40 pm, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the court together.

In this game tonight, Deng Yingqiao and Tony were not included in the activation list. After several games, the Grizzlies sent out a full starting lineup for the first time because the opponent was the Lakers.

Deng Yingqiao's state has declined seriously. Although he escaped Thibodeau's exploitation, he did not escape the exploitation of the divine calculator. After all, the latter is a big man who can even squeeze Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dry. Teacher Tony has played too many games in the playoffs in recent years. He is a player who relies heavily on physical confrontation. He planned to retire last summer, and he also took the initiative to apply to trade him to other teams to free up 5 million US dollars. It was Sun Ce who asked him to stay and guide the two new rookie guards to defend. Now Jaylen Brown's defensive talent has begun to be converted into strength and has made obvious progress. Teacher Tony's playing time has also been greatly reduced. Now that Ellis is here, the team does not rest, and Teacher Tony sits on the bench peacefully. At this stage, his defensive command ability is stronger than his actual defensive role.

James, who entered the court first, looked at Ellis standing on the opposite side of the player channel, and his heart was calm. After the Nets in New York formed a super combination of Evans + Love + Porzingis two days ago, he was numb to the fact that the Grizzlies found the last piece of the championship puzzle - it's too difficult for me, an old Beijinger! The most difficult era-level superstar in history!

Look at other era-level superstars, Kobe, O'Neal, Duncan, how smooth are they? Olajuwon also has two consecutive championship opportunities, what about him?

First he met the Celtics Big Three, then met Nowitzki, and then he just reached his peak, Sun Ce began to dominate, and now he is already a thirty-year-old uncle.

The most important thing James has learned over the years is - patience!

Slowly persevere, there is always a chance to get ahead, just like in 2014, directly completing the Grand Slam, at least not falling into the situation of another Lakers legend.

Currently, the Grizzlies have 35 wins and 9 losses, and the Lakers have 36 wins and 8 losses. Judging from the current status of the two teams, James estimates that it will be difficult for the Lakers to maintain the first place in the West before the All-Star Weekend.

James doesn't care much about this. Winning first doesn't count as winning. The Lakers' goal is mid-season. If it doesn't work in the mid-season, then the offseason, or mid-season next season is also fine... He can still wait for three to five years. He wants to wait until his son grows up to see if his son has a chance to enter the NBA. He likes to create an achievement of father and son competing on the same stage - no one can compete with him for this!

As for Ellis's joining, in James's view, the biggest improvement for the Grizzlies is not the regular rotation. The Grizzlies' regular rotation will not have much effect if there is one more Ellis. It is not as big as the improvement brought by Gion's entry to the Grizzlies. This is even more true in the playoffs. The Grizzlies lack a single-handed scorer with the outside ball... In the playoffs, there is Sun Ce, who needs others? Just like when Kobe was still at the end of his peak in the Lakers, when he was dying, he and Kobe took turns in singles.

After the pre-match greetings, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Lakers and the Grizzlies started.

The Grizzlies re-sent out the starting lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert.

The Lakers had some changes. Since the Grizzlies' starting lineup was not fast inside, the Lakers did not play fast this time. The three-man lineup of James, Kobe, and Leonard started outside, and Nene and Lopez started inside. With this lineup, the Lakers at least did not suffer from height.

After the game started, the difference in the status of the two teams was very obvious. The Lakers had no problem with the outside line. James and Leonard played better and better. Louis Williams and Rondo relied on the reduced playing time of the Zhanlunke trio, especially Kobe's playing time was almost halved compared to before he scored 61 points, and James reduced his holding of the ball to organize the offense, and played very well.

The Lakers started the Christmas game. So far, they have lost 3 games in 11 games. The problem lies in the inside line! The Lakers' inside line has improved a lot compared to last season. The addition of Lopez and Nene is the key, but the Lakers' inside line depends on these two.

In the starting phase, the Lakers had a slight advantage. The Grizzlies did not defend Kobe's catch-and-shoot three-pointers well in the starting phase. Kobe made two three-pointers in the first quarter. The Grizzlies were really afraid that Kobe would go crazy. With James passing the ball, Leonard and Lopez's shooting, and Nene's cutting, it was too easy for Kobe to score when he had enough energy and a good touch.

This was mainly due to the pick-and-rolls of James and Nene or Lopez...especially the pick-and-rolls with Lopez. This rim-protecting expert who can do pick-and-rolls, pull-up shots, cut in, and average 2.6 blocks per game in 28 minutes of playing time after losing weight is simply James' favorite! 22 million is a big premium, but the Lakers are ready to keep Lopez next season, and Kobe is willing to further reduce his salary. He doesn't need this salary. He hasn't retired yet. First of all, he is looking forward to the 7th championship, and he wants to make things difficult for Sun Ce. In addition, Sun Ce used the words he had thought of many years ago to pretend to be cool when he retired on Duncan. He hasn't thought about how to pretend to be cool when he retires yet.

But when it came to the rotation stage, the Grizzlies obviously had the upper hand. When the combination of Sun Ce, Carter, Klay Thompson, Ellis, and Yi Jianlian came on the court, the Grizzlies rushed again!

Ellis, who had experienced the run-and-gun style of the Warriors' old Nelson era, is very suitable for fast break cuts and catch-and-shoot three-pointers in the run-and-gun style! In addition, when it came to positional warfare, Sun Ce caught Louis Williams and played.

Louis Williams was fine against other opponents, but against Sun Ce, his mentality really collapsed! Who is like Sun Ce? He is so famous, but he still knows how to "bully the weak" every day. When playing against other opponents, Louis Williams has strong confidence in himself. When he met Sun Ce against the Grizzlies, Louis Williams put himself in the ranks of the vulnerable group.

However, Sun Ce does not accept moral kidnapping, and he still names the names when he should.

The Lakers showed their tenacity, James' patience, Leonard's calmness, Kobe and Rondo's competitive spirit... The game dragged to the middle of the fourth quarter. At this time, the Lakers relied on Lopez to catch the ball and shoot to score 11 points in a row, and once played a wave of 14 to 5, from 8 points behind to 1 point ahead.

But then, at the critical moment, Sun Ce seized the opportunity of the opponent's inside line's physical exhaustion, and continuously picked and rolled to shoot or pass the ball inside, changing a wave of 13 to 5, creating a 7-point lead, leading 114 to 107.

The Lakers never had a climax again. In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Lakers 118-112 with Sun Ce's 29 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 4 blocks, Klay Thompson's 21 points, Aldridge's 13 points, Paul George's 15 points and 7 assists, winning 12 consecutive games!

Relying on the advantage of head-to-head wins, the Grizzlies, who also had 36 wins and 9 losses, successfully surpassed the Lakers and rushed to the top of the West!

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The Grizzlies finally rushed to the top of the West! Now, the only team ahead of the Grizzlies is the Bulls in the East with 37 wins and 7 losses!

Those who expected the Grizzlies to collapse at the peak were disappointed.

The Grizzlies won 75 and 72 wins last season and last season respectively, which are the highest and second highest wins in NBA history. There is no doubt that it is the strongest streak of any team in the entire NBA history. The performance of two seasons, not just a single team, but the performance of all teams combined for two consecutive seasons, such as the 75+72 wins with the Grizzlies last season and the Warriors last season, the Grizzlies past Both seasons were the strongest, which can be described as "peak and ultimate".

It is a very common situation for a team to be extremely powerful, which will lead to arms competition among other teams. Last summer, high-quality 3D was generally priced at a premium because 3D is the best way to prevent Sun Ce from mid-to-long distance singles. type of player.

Therefore, this season there are many non-Sun Ce fans and anti-fans who hope to see the Grizzlies thrive and collapse, just like they did in the 13-14 season.

The Grizzlies' early-season performance was mediocre, which excited those who were looking forward to it. In their view, the Grizzlies can only stay healthy by reducing the playing time of the main players, and cannot maintain the record by reducing the playing time of the main players like the Spurs and Mavericks. .

However, by the middle of the season, as other teams experienced fluctuations in strength and status due to various reasons, the Grizzlies' status bucked the trend and improved! The chemical reaction is getting better and better, reaching its peak!

Now, the Grizzlies have another Ellis! Ellis played 16 minutes tonight and scored 9 points and 2 assists. He did not affect the Grizzlies as those expectants expected. Ellis actually went to the bench honestly.

Those who are looking forward to it seem to have seen Sun Ce's evil hands once again shrouding the entire NBA...