Five Hundred and Thirty-Three. A Breakthrough that Comes Naturally!

November 19th is a rest day for the Grizzlies. Tomorrow is the last game of three consecutive home games for the Grizzlies. They will play the Kings.

The two playoff-level teams have finished playing, and the last game of the three-game series was relatively easy.

I gained some experience from last night's game and understood the current shortcomings of my own team. Playing against such a weak team is a good opportunity to adjust.

Last night's game immediately revealed the problems without Guy. Even if the main tactics were some of the original tactics without Guy, in theory there is no problem with coordination.

But tactics are not addition and subtraction, but one link after another. It is not that simple.

When Gay was there, the tactics without Gay played well because they knew they could survive. The core lineup with Gay had Gay outside, Randolph inside, and Sun Ce controlling the ball, so the team played well. I am very confident, knowing that in the end, the top three scorers on the team will support me.

Now that Gay is missing, the original regular rotation style of play has become a key play... Not to mention the psychological factors on our side, the opponent defends the lineup with Gay and the lineup without Gay. With the same defensive intensity, it is obviously harder for the opponent to defend with Guy, but it is much easier to defend without Guy.

Some things cannot be changed and can only be adjusted tactically.

Sun Ce came to the gym to train early as usual. This time the team training started very early and started running tactics at nine o'clock. He made tactical deletions and tactical additions to the parts that did not include Guy in the previous tactics to strengthen the intensity of the defensive end. .

Although coach Hollins wants to balance offense and defense, he can't do it now. He must first continue to increase the defensive intensity.

After having three training sessions totaling 120 minutes in the morning, I took a normal rest in the afternoon to reserve energy for tomorrow's game.

During lunch, Sun Ce checked his cell phone, waiting for news.

Today it’s time to update the list again.

At 12 o'clock, NBA officially updated the four major lists.

In terms of the rookie rankings, John Wall of the Wizards scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists in the past week's four games, surpassing Blake Griffin and temporarily ranking first on the rookie rankings. Griffin has not been allowed to take the top spot for three consecutive weeks. Ranked first.

In the team rankings, the Grizzlies overtook the Lakers and ranked first. They started with 11 consecutive victories and finally topped the strength rankings.

In terms of Player of the Week, the Eastern Conference Player of the Week changes frequently. Rajon Rondo exploded this week, averaging 7.75 points, 7.5 rebounds and 16.75 assists in four games, helping the Celtics achieve a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. , won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week in the third week of the new season.

In the West, Randolph defeated Sun Ce, Pau Gasol and Manu Ginobili and won the Western Conference Player of the Week in the third week of the new season. He scored 30+ points and 20+ rebounds when playing against the Suns. Excellent.

"These fat guys... are really powerful."

If someone else snatches the Best of the Week, Sun Ce will definitely be unhappy. After all, they have not lost a single game in the new season so far. It would be very unhappy if they did not win the Best of the Week in the first week.

But as teammates, it doesn't matter.

In terms of mvp rankings, Rondo rushed directly to the first place, averaging 16.7 assists per game... It's too exaggerated. The second is Kobe, and the third is his grandson.

"Zach, the best of the week has been announced!" Sun Ce shouted to Randolph at another table who was secretly nibbling fried chicken nuggets with Gasol.

Randolph heard Sun Ce's shout, took a bite of chicken, and responded with a smacking sound when chewing food: "Isn't it just you who won the Best of the Week again? It's not like you haven't won it before."

"Okay, if reporters come later, I'll help you tell them that you don't want the official Player of the Week, and let them tell the league to find someone else..."

"Snapped"

The chicken nuggets in Randolph's hand fell on the dining table. He stayed there for two seconds and quickly rushed to Sun Ce. He leaned his head up and saw that the name written in front of west was his...

I really got an official award!

So far in Randolph's career, even though he has averaged 20+10 per game many times, he has never won the Best of the Week.

Even including being selected as an All-Star substitute and All-NBA team last season, he has not won an official selection award!

This is the first time in his career!

He seems to be a heartless fat man, but he also longs for recognition!

At this time, Shane, who came up next to him, started to shout: "Zach, treat me!"

When will we be able to respond to a single call? It’s easiest to respond when you’re treating someone to a meal!

The restaurant was full of shouts of "Zach, treat."

Randolph was not a stingy person and immediately responded: "Brothers, let's go have a big dinner tonight. If you are underage, sit at another table. Don't delay our drinking!"

Depend on!

Several people under the age of 21, including Sun Ce, felt discriminated against!

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In the end, Randolph's idea of ​​inviting people to have a drink to celebrate failed. The coaching staff came to join in the fun and wanted to celebrate Randolph together after learning that Randolph won the Eastern State's Best Award.

The coaching staff is here and there is a game tomorrow, so they will definitely not be able to drink.

But there’s nothing to regret, it’s just a Player of the Week award. Randolph was only so excited because it was the first time he got it.

After the league's official rankings are released, major media will also have their own rankings.

Which team has won 11 consecutive games and will still decline in the ranking?

That's what happened to the Grizzlies.

In the latest strength predictions from major media, the Grizzlies dropped directly from second place last week to sixth place!

The reason is simple. Without Gay, the Grizzlies were looked down upon a lot, especially since the first opponent without Gay had a difficult time even if they were not top teams.

Regarding this kind of thing, Sun Ce can only use it as motivation to continue training hard.

While his teammates were resting in the afternoon, Sun Ce continued to practice mid-range shots. As he continued practicing, the system prompt came.

"Congratulations to the host for improving his mid-range shooting evaluation from c+ to b-, comprehensive shooting evaluation from c+ to b-, and ability evaluation from b to b+."

"Ability evaluation b+,

Physical fitness a-: speed s-, strength b, endurance a-, jumping c+, leg explosive force a, explosive impact force b...

Shooting evaluation b-: three-pointer f+, mid-range shot b- (mid-range on the right side of the baseline a-, mid-range in front of the basket a-, mid-range on the right side of the three-second zone b+, other positions d), layup a+...

Technical evaluation a-: ball handling a+, passing a, jump shot after pick and roll c, shooting after dribbling a-, pull-up jump shot c-, low post skills b+, high post skills b+..."

Sun Ce took a closer look and found that the improvement in mid-range shots from the front of the basket and the right side of the three-second zone was mainly due to the improvement in mid-range shots from the right side of the three-second zone. He was stunned that his mid-range shots were extremely partial and only had half a half. With the mid-range shooting point on the court, the overall mid-range shooting has broken through a big bottleneck.

This has a lot to do with the recent use of three threats and the strengthening of high post plays. The improvement of long two-pointers on the right side of the three-second zone is also key.

If anything, this is a natural improvement in strength!

Sun Ce looked at the special "Jordan's designated successor" in humility. So far in the new season, in 11 games, he has made 19 non-hook mid-range shots, which is still a little away from averaging two non-hook mid-range shots per game. There is a gap, but he believes that as time progresses and his strength grows, he will reach the level of being able to average two non-hook mid-range shots per game just as naturally as his ability evaluation!

Progress can be displayed intuitively in front of him in a data-based way, which is a great training motivation for Sun Ce.

Just when Sun Ce was practicing happily, something big happened in the alliance!

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At 3:58 pm on November 19, 2010, Yahoo Sports reporter Wojnarowski broke the news on social media that two players with the top five salaries in the league had exchanged clubs!

The Magic sent Sharad Lewis plus a veteran-designated maximum salary contract with three years left this season, and acquired Gilbert Arenas, a player from the Wizards who has a veteran-designated maximum salary contract with four years left!

As soon as this news came out, the entire NBA fan circle exploded!

The worst contracts in NBA history so far, ranked in the top two, are these two big guys.

Before Arenas renewed his contract in 2008 with the designated veteran clause that was close to 35% of the salary cap, he was indeed worthy of the contract, but the pitfalls began after he signed the big contract. He missed the 2008-09 season due to injury. 69 games, he pulled a gun from his crotch last season...

That is to say, after signing a big contract, Arenas has not made any contribution to the Wizards or the NBA.

Lewis's side is relatively simple. He plays very hard and does his best to contribute. It's just not worthy of the 6-year contract with the highest average price in NBA history of 127.5 million. The money Lewis gets is better than Kobe's 7-year contract of 136 million. His contract makes more money every year. Even on a single-year contract basis, it ranks third in history. Only Boss Joe, who received the league's license to earn more than $30 million in annual salary outside the salary cap for two years, is higher than him.

If calculated based on the contract under the salary cap system, Lewis is currently the player with the highest average contract price.

After last season, everyone felt that these two contracts must have been ruined in the hands of the Wizards and Magic. The key point is that both of them signed the contract after the Houston version of the amnesty clause came out, and they could not use the Houston clause to buy out the salary space. They can only occupy the salary cap. No one thinks that these two people have a chance to play on other teams. They think that they should retire when their contracts end.

But who would have thought that the Magic and Wizards would actually engage in such an operation, exchanging junk contracts for junk contracts!

There are no additional players or draft picks, just one for one!

A posture of "Didn't you say we can't send this guy out? Let's trade it for you."

Sun Ce finished training at 4:30, went to take a shower, and waited in the lounge to wait for Randolph to treat him to dinner that night. When he checked the news and saw the deal, he had forgotten that these two pairs would make such a wise move.

Overall, Sun Ce feels that the Magic are losing blood!

They are all garbage contracts. Lewis still plays hard at least, and he plays like a role player. His shooting ability is not completely gone. He has played 10 games this season and averaged 1.3 three-pointers per game. His shooting percentage is a bit low. Only 32%, but at least it made a small contribution.

Arenas has only played 6 games in the new season. His average of 17 points per game looks good, but his shooting percentage is only 35%, and it has also delayed the development of John Wall.

No, after the Wizards hid Arenas on November 10, John Wall began to explode last week, averaging 12 assists per game in a single week.

In other words, Arenas is completely a side effect for the team.

Howard is not a worry-free core in the first place, and then Arenas comes...

Wojnaworski's revelations are not over yet, and he then continued to reveal that the two teams have been discussing the deal since the beginning of the new season. After Arenas was hidden, he went to Orlando to buy a house last Tuesday, and the deal has been in progress for a long time. If it is successful, the players have already been notified.

T.n.t also exposed something. Last Friday, I bought a seaside villa in Miami, the kind with a beach. I surrounded the sea and bought a shark as a pet. The daily feeding cost was 6,000 US dollars, including labor and feed... …

Sun Ce was reading the news just to watch the fun, and it felt like city people really knew how to play!

When others are traded, the media are analyzing the changes in the team's strength after the transaction, the future development of the players being traded, etc.

But when I arrived at Arenas, the style of painting was completely different, and it was all weird news.

Just when Sun Ce was enjoying watching the excitement and constantly checking the news, he came across a new piece of news about the Magic team.

This time it’s about the Grizzlies!

According to ESPN reporter Zach Lowe, the Grizzlies paid $600,000 in cash to buy their 2011 second-round pick from the Magic, and then used the second-round pick to trade from the Magic to Jaa Sen-Williams…

"What the hell? Why are the trade styles related to the Magic so weird?"