Eight Hundred and Fifty-Eight. Teacher Tony Is Very Unhappy with You.

In this day and age, reputation is important.

Others cannot do it, especially if even onlookers think that they would never do it, but in theory it is a positive thing, it brings a huge increase in reputation.

For example, loyalty to a team or a city.

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Even fans who have previously refuted the "loyalty theory" for their favorite stars can hardly have much resistance to stars who are truly loyal to the team and fans.

When the details of Sun Ce's contract were exposed, even those who wanted to watch the show and were pure bullies could not complain from the perspective of "waiting for Sun Ce to slap himself in the face". They could only complain that "one day he will regret it and bring it upon himself."

Sun Ce's operation this time, apart from being a bit "stupid", was completely based on the "moral high ground".

But he said this before in his live broadcast decision:

"I know my characteristics as a player and my personality as a person. I don't think I am superior to others or compare myself to anyone. Everyone has their own ideas."

This makes it difficult for those who want to provoke a relationship between him and James.

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"Noah, your decision... Oh my god, we seem to be making a lot of money!" Bill Duffy looked at the news that the remade version of the cone endorsed by Sun Ce was out of stock. He had not thought about it from this perspective before. At that time, he was just I strongly disapprove of Sun Ce staying with the Grizzlies forever and want him to sign a 4- or 5-year contract so that he can become a free agent by then.

After all, championships are hard to predict. It is possible that they will not win the championship for ten or eight years. Garnett won the championship in the 13th year after playing together for 12 years.

But because I admired Sun Ce's "character" in this regard, I didn't obey the team's request and tried to stop it, but respected Sun Ce's decision.

But after the dust settled, Bill Duffy noticed the huge increase in commercial value brought by Sun Ce's operation!

In just one day, long queues formed in most stores and online flagship stores across the United States for sneakers endorsed by Sun Ce, and many cities were out of stock.

Bill Duffy really didn't expect this wave of passersby fans.

In addition, Sun Ce’s sneaker endorsement has entered the last year.

Other sneaker brands can send offers to Sun Ce. At the end of this season, Sun Ce can sign with a new brand or renew his contract. Things have been linked together in the past two years... Bill Duffy feels that he is not as good at business as Sun Ce.

There is also what Sun Ce said:

"Wherever I am, there is the best basketball market."

Bill Duffy feels that Sun Ce is here just for the new sneaker endorsement contract. Although for most NBA players, NBA salary is the bulk of their income, for Sun Ce, commercial value is more important than the team contract.

But... Sun Ce smiled a little awkwardly...

Sun Ce himself had never thought about this at all. Who knew that an accident would lead to the current situation.

He just wanted to show off, but he didn't expect it to come to this.

When he tested the free market, he just wanted to see what the free market was like and satisfy his curiosity.

You definitely have to stay, it’s a matter of how long.

And he must win the championship before leaving, otherwise the "Road to the Bear King" event will come to an end! The overall completion situation of this S-level series of events is much better than that of "Attack Overlord", and it is possible to finally get S-level rewards.

That's an S-level reward!

Jordan Card aside, if you don't complete the S-level event "The Road to the Bear King", you will lose an S-level reward. This is an event that may not be completed once in a season. For example, it was not completed last season. Only got one A+ grade award.

If you have speed, there is another physical quality that can reach S level...

Or get an S-level equipment? Or other rewards? These are things Sun Ce is unwilling to give up.

Events will not become easier to complete just because he has become stronger. He already knows this very well. The difficulty of events is linked to his own strength. How difficult is it to complete a C-level event when his C-level ability is evaluated? When it comes to B-level ability evaluation, completing C-level events will also increase proportionally. Now that it has reached A-level, he estimates that the difficulty of completed events will also increase accordingly.

Therefore, the S-level event is expected to be completed with an S-level final score, and he will never give up.

And he has no intention of leaving the team now. He really wants to win the championship with these teammates.

Another point is that he understands that he is a "system player". Leaving the Grizzlies, which is currently on the rise, and changing teams, even if the new team is built around him, cannot be completed in a year or two.

The current lineup of the Grizzlies and the newly added players are the talents that the Grizzlies have accumulated year after year since the 2006 draft, which have been converted into strength or traded back.

It would be foolish not to take advantage of the team's strength and strive to win the championship. Regardless of whether he can win the championship or not, he is not willing to miss the best period of the Grizzlies team. Even if they fail in the end, he does not want to have regrets.

When it comes to playing basketball, there’s not much to talk about. It’s just about working hard to win with a group of teammates who may or may not get along with each other under a common pursuit.

"Noah, which sponsors are you going to contact next? I think all sneaker brands will contact you." Bill Duffy asked.

"Let's talk about it later. Isn't there still a year left? Finish this year's endorsement well. If other brands contact you, you can talk to them first. We will make a decision after this season."

Sun Ce wants to be an ethical spokesperson. It is better to avoid contact with other brands before the end of the contract.

Since the personality has been established, it must be maintained well. Even if it is negotiated, it must wait until the contract with E-Cone expires, and E-Cone has the right to match the contract unless other brands give E-Cone a contract that E-Cone cannot give.

Bill Duffy agreed with Sun Ce's decision. There is still more than half a year to operate slowly, so there is no need to rush.

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On December 9, the 14 players with contracts on the Grizzlies have gathered.

Sun Ce came to the stadium early, got the latest roster of the team, and checked it online. He currently has a contract of 18.117 million US dollars; Randolph cut his salary by nearly 3 million US dollars and renewed his contract with a starting salary of 14.72 million US dollars, totaling 48.5 million US dollars in 3 years; Gasol renewed his contract with a starting salary of 12.92 million US dollars, which is about 20% of the salary cap, and a total of 57.5 million US dollars in 4 years; Nash has a contract of 10.89 million US dollars, and there is a player option for next season.

The Grizzlies currently have 4 players with annual salaries of several times tens of millions, among which Sun Ce and Gasol are newly renewed above the cap. The salary of these four people alone has reached more than 56.64 million US dollars, including Jordan's two-year renewal of 16 million US dollars, an average of 8 million US dollars per year, which has exceeded the salary cap.

Adding Battier's 3 million, Yi Jianlian's 4 million, Tony Allen's 3.15 million, Paul George's 3.29 million, Vazquez's 1.11 million, Jimmy Butler's 1.07 million, Thompson's 2.8 million, Neal's 760,000, Speights' 2.7 million...

The total salary reached 85.55 million US dollars.

Last season, Sun Ce, Jordan, Gasol, Yi Jianlian, and Conley were still on rookie contracts. Although Yi Jianlian has reduced his contract by 50,000 US dollars and Randolph has also reduced his salary by nearly 3 million US dollars, the total salary increase of Sun Ce, Jordan, and Gasol exceeds 30 million US dollars. In addition, Conley's last year of rookie contract has become Nash's annual salary of 10 million US dollars. In addition, other teams have more or less salary increases. The Grizzlies have also exceeded the luxury tax threshold of 12 million US dollars.

Therefore, Sun Ce understood the necessity of trading Gay, but only sent him to the Spurs... This was entirely caused by the team's "culture", and they were unwilling to disappoint the former star player who had contributed to the team.

Sun Ce had already turned the page on this matter, and he just wanted to see the team's salary situation.

Fortunately, Randolph renewed his contract in advance, and it was a salary reduction in advance, which freed up 3 million US dollars in space. In addition, Conley and Gay were sent away together and exchanged for Nash, which freed up almost 10 million US dollars in space. Only then could they sign Thompson and Jimmy Butler in advance and still have space to sign Speights back.

Speights... Sun Ce and Speights have met in the past two days. He is a very passionate and enthusiastic player, and he seems to be able to talk to anyone, which does not seem to match his Tyson-like appearance.

In terms of strength, Speights, who is at the C+ level, cannot compare with Yi Jianlian and Jordan, who are at the B level. He is the team's fifth inside player, but Sun Ce probably guessed the team's idea of ​​signing Speights back.

This guy is a good teammate who can talk to his own players, but his appearance, if he is sent together with Randolph, it will scare people to death.

The team currently has a mini-middle-class exception, which is a provision of the new labor-management agreement. Teams with total salaries exceeding the luxury tax threshold will lose the middle-class exception of the league average salary after exceeding the salary cap that year, and can only sign a player with a mini-middle-class exception of 5% of the salary cap.

The team currently has one position to sign a player, and there is no rush for the time being. Sun Ce feels that his team has sent Gay to the Spurs... Sun Ce also doesn't understand why the team let Conley go to the Mavericks, so that the Mavericks point guard position will be replaced and it doesn't seem to have much strength loss.

However, Sun Ce doesn't want to care about why the trade was made. He just has a headache that the Mavericks did not collapse and send Chandler away.

In the original time and space, because Kidd would lose motivation and his state would collapse after winning the championship, Cuban directly dismantled the championship lineup. But now with Conley, who plays steadily, Cuban chose to renew Chandler's contract with 42 million US dollars for 3 years, retaining the core combination of the three towers, Marion, and Jason Terry, and using Conley to eliminate Kidd's hidden danger...

Even if Nowitzki will not have such a terrible performance in the new season as in the playoffs last season, it will still be a top team in the West.

The Lakers will not collapse completely. As far as Sun Ce knows, even if the Lakers use Mike Brown as the head coach, and there is a trade storm between Odom and Gasol, and finally send away the team's best substitute, which makes Gasol unbalanced, they still make the playoffs as the third in the West.

Now Paul is seriously injured and may not return until January next year. He is in New York. Will the Lakers trade again?

As for the Howard trade, it was a four-way deal. The 76ers are in such good shape now that they don't need to send away any of the three outside players to get Bynum from the Lakers...

Sun Ce was very curious about what would happen next.

...

At nearly 9 o'clock in the morning, teammates arrived one after another.

Looking at Randolph and Speights, two round players, showing off their muscles, Sun Ce wanted to complain.

However, Randolph's current body shape is already the best Sun Ce has ever seen.

Thanks to Battier for not accepting James' invitation to go to the Heat!

Because of Battier's presence, Randolph was called back to lose weight by the big brother of the same generation early, and did not start the shortened season with a weight of more than 135 kilograms as in the original time and space.

Sun Ce remembers that Randolph had weight issues that season. Although he averaged 17 points and 13.9 rebounds per game at the beginning, he suffered a torn cruciate ligament and was injured for several months after playing ten games. He only came back at the end of the season against the Grizzlies. Strength had a huge impact, and then there was the nightmare of being reversed by the Clippers after leading by 27 points in the third quarter of the first game of the first round.

The Grizzlies lost that series 3-4. The main reason was related to the loss in the first game, and not only losing one game, but also had psychological shadow in the subsequent games.

"Zach Randolph, 30 years old, 206 centimeters tall, 121 kilograms in weight, ability rating S..."

It was also the first time for Sun Ce to see Randolph, who had an S-level evaluation at the beginning of the season.

"Steve Nash, A+ ability evaluation; Marc Gasol, A-ability evaluation; Sun Ce, A- ability evaluation; Paul George, B+ ability evaluation; Klay Thompson, B-ability evaluation; DeAndre - Jordan, ability evaluation is B; Yi Jianlian, ability evaluation is B; Shane Battier, ability evaluation is B-; Greivis Vazquez, ability evaluation is B-; Gary Neal, ability evaluation is B-; Tony- Allen’s ability evaluation is B-; Marise Speights’ ability evaluation is C+; Jimmy Butler’s ability evaluation is D+.”

Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluations of his teammates. Four were at least A-level, and there was Randolph, who was a superstar. The core lineup was very good.

There are a total of 8 mainstay B-level players.

Paul George is already a starter. Sun Ce is jealous of this rate of improvement, but little does he know that Paul George is even more jealous of his progress.

Vazquez also progressed from the D+ level in his rookie year to the B- level, but he is an organizational player.

Thompson, Yi Jianlian, DeAndre Jordan, and Neal are four scoring players who are fully capable of averaging double figures if they go to a bad team, such as the Warriors.

Battier and Mr. Tony are defensive players, and it is difficult to score in double figures. Battier still has corner three-pointers and passing, Tony Allen, S-level defense... I rely on defense to evaluate my overall ability. Pulled up.

It needs stars, the team has stars, it needs substitutes and substitutes, and it has a good structure. The four towers are rotated inside. Nash, Paul George and Vazquez have made such great progress on the outside, and Thompson and Neal are also there. The new pitchers fill the pitching void left by Morrow's departure.

Coupled with his own progress... Sun Ce is full of expectations for the next shortened season!

only……

At 9 o'clock in the morning, when the coaching staff held the first meeting of the new season with 14 players, Sun Ce discovered that the tactical framework planned by the coaching staff based on the existing lineup was different from what he thought!

He will mainly play shooting guard this season, and the coaching staff has arranged for him. In addition to resting, the starting lineup is composed of Nash, Sun Xin, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol.

The starting tactic is a positional battle, with Sun Ce and Randolph sharing the ball in isolation, Gasol supporting, and Nash and Paul George catching and shooting. This is for sure.

The starting lineup cannot run with Nash. Randolph, one of the Bears, also turns 30 in the summer, and his playing time will definitely be limited strictly based on his experience last season.

During the rotation of the lineup, it is also a normal arrangement for Nash to run with Thompson, Neal, Paul George, and the two emperors.

But during the rotation between the starting lineup and the running and gunning lineup, the second point guard is not Vazquez! But combo guard Neal!

Vazquez’s role is still very marginal! Vazquez can only become the starting point guard when Nash takes a rest, but if Nash doesn't take a rest, Vazquez has to wear a suit!

Sun Ce understands that Speights has to wear suits in many games, but a second-year player like Vazquez, who has B-level strength and is making rapid progress, is beyond Sun Ce's expectations. Not only does he see According to the evaluation of ability, Vazquez can already come on as a substitute. In yesterday's team physical test and technical test, Vázquez was also quite good.

During the tactical meeting, Sun Ce did not influence the coaching staff in explaining the tactical framework. That was the team's general direction at the beginning of the season, and it must have been the result of careful analysis by the coaching staff.

The following training camp, preseason... are all too short. It is even possible that the Grizzlies will be in the running-in period throughout the rest of December. Therefore, it is important to determine the direction. No matter whether it is right or not, it must be strictly implemented. , if you try hard, you will succeed if you succeed, and if you fail, you will fail simply, and you can make adjustments quickly.

And if there are players who question, the direction of the running-in period is not clear, and the coaching staff wants to change but still has expectations for the original idea, it may take a long time to complete the running-in, and it may even be a waste of one season. This is the case in NBA history. There are many precedents, and most of them are examples of lineups that look very strong but cannot even make the playoffs.

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After the two-and-a-half-hour team meeting, at lunch time, Sun Ce came to coach Hollins’ office and asked about matters related to Vazquez.

You can't talk about it when your teammates are around, for fear of affecting their mentality and causing them to be less determined in training and games, but you can ask the coach.

Coach Hollins explained: "Grayvis is very good, but we have you, Steve, Gary, and Paul as four outside ball holders, which is already sufficient. We need a player who can not play in the game at ordinary times, but when he plays, he can rely on experience to play."

After saying this, Sun Ce understood that they needed a player like Jason Williams, but Jason Williams announced his retirement when he saw the lockout and went to the Mavericks to be a trainer...

So Vazquez was not in the team's plan! It's just that there was no free market, so he was not traded.

And Vazquez, who only played 26 games last season and averaged 3 points and 2 assists per game, has too low a trading value, so he needs to be given a chance to start occasionally this season to show his strength before trading.

Although this is unfair to Vazquez, he is no worse than Neil, and he is younger and more talented, but sometimes, being older also has advantages. Neil, who is already 27 years old, is more mature and is the substitute player the team needs.

However, if Vazquez can seize the occasional starting opportunity and be noticed by some teams that need young potential point guards, it will be better than being in the Grizzlies. No matter how talented he is, he is only at the starting level. He is only better than Neil, and even worse than Conley. It is impossible for him to compete with Sun Ce or Nash.

This is Vazquez's opportunity. Whether he can seize it is up to Vazquez himself.

After Sun Ce learned about it, he talked to Coach Hollins about the interesting things that happened recently. The Lakers tried to trade Howard with the Magic, but the Magic refused; after the Arenas clause came out, the first person to be pardoned was not Arenas but Elton Brand of the 76ers. Arenas, the second person to be pardoned, was ridiculed by fans after being pardoned and then used US dollars to make toilet paper to mock him...

After chatting for half an hour, Sun Ce came to the restaurant. It was lunch time.

As soon as Sun Ce entered the restaurant, he saw two rookies sitting together and chatting...

Looking at their hairstyles, two big hair... Sun Ce felt so uncomfortable! Sun Ce walked up to them and put his hands on their shoulders. He stuck his head out from between their heads and said to them in shock: "After dinner, come with me. Otspes and Tony are very upset with you!"

Not to mention the reactions of the two rookies, Yi Jianlian and Tony Allen, who had just walked into the restaurant, were full of questions. What were they upset about? What was this bastard going to do?