Eight Hundred and Sixty-Two. You Should Be Sent to the King.
Other teams have changed their players in this way and that way, but Sun Ce is very stable.
Because among the stars who changed teams, basically none of them are suitable for their team.
Paul came, Gasol was basically useless; Howard came, the whole team was useless; Billups was too expensive to be wanted; Brand and Al Jefferson, two cut inside players, were not used by the Grizzlies, and both were equivalent to weakened and bulky versions of Randolph on the offensive end; among the two suitable ones, one is Bynum, a center who may be better than Gasol in the Grizzlies system, but he is a glass man, and the other Ray Allen is the same as Billups, and the price is too expensive to be wanted. Morrow's requirements for staying in the team and going to the Heat are the same, only middle-class, which the Grizzlies can't give, let alone Ray Allen's 10 million contract.
So, facing these transactions, Sun Ce is very calm, and he can just deal with it.
89 to 63, the Grizzlies beat the Hornets by 26 points at home in their second and last preseason game with defense. This difference and low score are familiar to the fans at the scene.
The fans at the FedEx Arena and the Grizzlies fans watching the live broadcast felt that the Grizzlies are really back!
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Starting from the 21st, the Grizzlies entered the last 4 days of preparation. Fortunately, since the opponent of this Christmas game is the Spurs, the Grizzlies will play the Christmas game at home. This is also the first time in the history of the Grizzlies to play the Christmas game at home.
This year's Christmas game, which is the opening game of the regular season, has a total of 6 games,
Heat vs. Mavericks, Lakers vs. Bulls, 76ers vs. Thunder, Celtics vs. Knicks, Grizzlies vs. Spurs, Hawks vs. Magic.
All major media are analyzing the new league structure. The Lakers' expectations for the start have become lower, and after Paul's return, the running-in between Kobe and Paul remains to be seen. However, the Lakers, with Kobe, Gasol, and Odom as the core, are still regarded as a top team, and they have also signed Brand, a strong inside player.
The 76ers are very optimistic, and the three young teams of the Thunder, Bulls, and Grizzlies have a trend of continuing to rise. The Spurs have to see the state. Although they were eliminated early in the playoffs last season and introduced Gay, which theoretically supplemented the defects in the front line, there are still doubts from the media and fans, after all, two of the three horses are too old.
The Heat have already established the title of the strongest team in the East last season.
The Celtics and Knicks have both changed players. The Mavericks, as the defending champions, have a complete core lineup, but the point guard has changed, Nowitzki's performance in the European Championship is average, and Yao Ming is one year older. These three teams are difficult to predict...
With the Christmas game as the opening game,
the league has arranged almost all the ten strongest teams in the East and West in theory. As for the Hawks and Magic...who would have thought that the Magic would trade Howard for Vucevic...The Hawks, a troublemaker in the East and a team that has been eliminated in the second round every year, have little attention when their opponents are not strong.
The Grizzlies are actively preparing for the opening game with the Spurs.
As expected, in the tactical meeting, Vazquez and Jimmy Butler were put on the inactive list.
From the two preseason games, it can be seen that Battier is indeed not so suitable for playing outside. He can occasionally defend small forwards or shooting guards who are not fast, but most of the time he has to play power forward.
With the addition of the two bears and the two emperors, as well as the scary-looking Speights, Sun Ce found that his team's inside depth was very strong.
The six-man rotation on the outside was also okay, especially with Klay Thompson and Paul George, two first- and second-year players. When it was determined that Klay Thompson would replace Morrow's role and Paul George's position as the team's main small forward would be corrected, the two had to have guaranteed playing time.
But overall, it was still the rotation strategy of last season. Except for Sun Ce, everyone else had strict playing time restrictions, especially in this shortened season with so many back-to-back games that people were crazy, and health must be strictly guaranteed.
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After three days of preparation, on December 24, Christmas Eve, the Spurs came to Memphis.
At noon, Sun Ce, Randolph, Gasol Jr., Battier, Yi Jianlian, Jordan Jr., Paul George, Vazquez, Tony Allen and a group of 9 people went to the agreed restaurant to meet with Gay.
It was only the first or first two or three encounters after being traded, everyone still had this old teammate sentiment, and would get together, so no one missed this opportunity. After a long time, we were no longer in the same team, and we were not such close friends, and the feelings would gradually fade.
Although I know this is the case, when there is still this kind of emotion, everyone will be happy to get together.
However, such a gathering is like the first gathering after graduating from college and going their separate ways. Before the gathering, there are full of thoughts, but after the gathering, there may really be no next time.
With Gay's easy-going personality, it is really difficult to cultivate an inseparable teammate relationship with a teammate.
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In the first three days of preparation, the Grizzlies have made the best preparations they can according to the Spurs' known playing style, the Spurs' recent performance in the two-game winning streak in the preseason, and the adjustments to the performance of their current lineup.
After all, neither they nor their opponents have really started the regular season yet. It is hard to say what the regular season will be like in the early stage. It is hard to predict. Even if there is enough time, it is difficult to do more preparations.
On Christmas Eve, the Grizzlies did not arrange training. The coaching staff asked the players to spend Christmas Eve with their families, have a good rest, and recharge their energy to prepare for tomorrow's Christmas battle.
Sun Ce and Zu Ge, who had just started their winter vacation, curled up on the sofa and played games wrapped in a quilt. Zu Ge's school's winter vacation was short, only about 20 days, and the next semester would start on January 16, but the summer vacation was also early, basically in early June, and the summer vacation lasted at least 3 months.
Originally, Sun Ce called Wang Keying to come and spend Christmas together, but Wang Keying was busy filming and had no time, so Sun Ce had no choice.
After playing games until 10 o'clock, Zu Ge, who was still growing, was too sleepy to go back to his room to sleep. It happened to be the time Sun Ce calculated. After practicing the Nash training method, he took a shower at nearly 12 o'clock and got into bed to prepare for bed.
Just after 12 o'clock, Sun Ce was about to fall asleep when the system prompt came! And there were several prompts!
"The new NBA season is about to begin, the shortened season begins, and the Christmas game begins. The regular season opener is rare. The B-level event opening game event: Christmas Eve Carnival is triggered."
"Christmas Eve Carnival (B):
Goal 1: In this year's Christmas game, the host must score more points in a single game than any opponent's player.
Goal 2: In this year's Christmas game, the host must complete a dunk over the best background Tim Duncan.
Goal 3: Win this year's Christmas game.
Event reward: A B-level lottery card.
Failure penalty: B-level random penalty."
"The Spurs system is becoming more and more perfect. The host is about to start the road to compete with the strongest system. The S-level event and the second stage of the strongest system are triggered: Wild Bear."
"Wild Bear: S-level event and the second stage of the strongest system are triggered.
Event goal: In this season and the Spurs In the 4 encounters, the host needs to help the Grizzlies gain an advantage in the record.
Event Reward: Top Three Random Players Top Star Experience Card.
Note: After completing the event in this stage, you will get the highest S-level score. If you fail, the score of this stage will be determined by the match wins and losses, the net score of the 4 games, etc. "
"Because the host's mid-range shooting evaluation has reached A-level, congratulations to the host for meeting the upgrade conditions of the skill card: King of Turnaround Jump Shot, and the exclusive event of the humble learning section: King of Turnaround Jump Shot Phase 2 event is triggered. "
"King of Turnaround Jump Shot Phase 2 Event (Humility):
Goal: The host needs to average at least 2 turnaround jump shots per game this season.
Event Reward: Skill Card King of Turnaround Jump Shot is upgraded to Level 2.
Note: There is no time limit for this event, and the number of shots hit is reset every season. "
Just as Sun Ce was about to fall asleep, three events came at once!
Sun Ce was awakened all of a sudden.
The incident with the Spurs... This year, we must go all out to win every game against the Spurs. We have to play four times in the regular season. If possible, we must win every game, so that we can have a psychological advantage when we play in the playoffs.
Relatively speaking, Sun Ce is more concerned about the improvement of his own strength.
The King of Turnaround Jump Shot is very useful. When using the turnaround jump shot, you can temporarily increase the jumping height to the B+ level. There is also a probability that the shooting rhythm interference caused by the turnaround jump shot will be ignored. Reducing the interference to the shooting rhythm can be done through training, but if the 10% probability is triggered, the interference will definitely be ignored. This is very important.
And after the upgrade, the probability will be increased to 20%...
Thinking of this, Sun Ce thought of the Kobe version of the high-post back king. The combination of the two skills has made great progress under the guidance of Stockton in the past two or three months.
Sun Ce looked at his ability evaluation:
“Ability evaluation A-,
Physical fitness A: speed S-, strength B, endurance A, jumping C+, static confrontation B+, leg explosive power A, explosive confrontation ability A+…
Shooting evaluation B+: three-pointer C-, mid-range shot A- (mid-range shot on the right side of the baseline A+, mid-range shot in front of the basket A, mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone A, mid-range shot on the left side of the three-second zone B, left baseline of the three-second zone C+), layup A+…
Technical evaluation A-: ball control A+, passing A, pick-and-roll jump shot B+, dribble shot A-, pull-up jump shot C+, low post back technique A-, high post back technique A, three-threat stance D-…”
In the past three months, most of the time was spent digesting what I learned in the summer and integrating it into my own playing style. The improvement in technology was not as obvious as the one or two months. Only the mid-range shot on the left side of the three-second zone was upgraded to B level, but the left baseline of the three-second zone was still C+.
The jump shot after the pick-and-roll has been upgraded from B level to B+ level, which is a quasi-first-class level. With the bonus of the ball-handling pick-and-roll expert, Sun Ce feels that he may be able to play at a first-class level in the game.
The pull-up jump shot has also reached a quasi-good level. This is a slow process. It is basically impossible to improve all the skills at once. If you learn a skill without fully integrating it into the playing style, you will learn another one. After learning it, you may have almost forgotten the previous one.
Looking at the mid-range shot, except for the mid-range shot from the left baseline, all others have been upgraded to at least a good level. From the free throw line to the right baseline, they are all at least first-class level, and there is also a quasi-top mid-range shot from the right side of the three-second zone.
Sun Ce himself feels incredible about the improvement this summer. It is really thanks to the muscle memory bonus brought by Kobe's S+ level mid-range shot.
I looked at the upgrade requirements for the Kobe version of the high-post post-up king: the all-round mid-range shot evaluation must reach at least B level.
One point is missing!
It's just the left baseline!
And the system gave a prompt that there is no event for this skill upgrade, that is, as long as the left baseline mid-range shot can reach B level, it can be upgraded to level 2!
Since the mid-range shots from the free throw line, the right side of the three-second zone, and the right baseline seem to have almost reached the ceiling, of course, they still need to be practiced. For example, the mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone is A+ level, but there may be a big difference between A+ level and A+ level. There is definitely a gap between being infinitely close to S-level and just entering A+ level. Even if you can't be infinitely close to S-level, you must try your best to move in that direction.
However, during the early period of the next season, Sun Ce wants to practice more on the left baseline and strive for a breakthrough.
Back to the King of Turnaround Jump Shot upgrade event itself, Sun Ce read the event requirements several times. What is required is to make two turnaround jump shots per game. The requirements for activating this skill are slightly different. The requirement for activating the skill is to complete 164 non-hook mid-range shots throughout the season, averaging two per game... That means it must be completed in the regular season.
However, the requirements are not that strict. This skill itself is not a simple high-position skill. You can also make turnaround jump shots in the low position. In other words, as long as you make at least two turnaround jump shots per game, it doesn’t matter whether you are in high or low position... Then can you make a turnaround hook shot in the low position?
Sun Ce asked the system, but there was no response. He could only try it himself in the game...
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"Of course I am happy for Rudy to play for a strong team like the Spurs. Yes, that's right, I am very happy. I suggested that the team send him to the Kings, but the team refused, so I am very happy."
"Oh, damn, you actually want me to go to the Kings, no, I must take revenge on my old club today."
"Come on, come on, our Grizzlies are the strongest, and you are no longer a member of the Grizzlies."
"Haha... I admit that you are strong! But I think we are stronger!"
It was Christmas Day, and the FedEx Arena was filled with drums and gongs, cannons, red flags, and crowds of people...
Sun Ce and Gay, the top scorers of the two teams in tonight's Christmas game, accepted an exclusive interview with the court TV station before the game. The two of them completed the interview in a playful manner, and there was harmony.
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Two Christmas games have already been played. The Celtics were defeated by the Knicks 103-105 in the final quarter with a 10-point difference. Jeremy Lin scored 19 points and 11 assists, Stoudemire scored 26 points, and Bynum scored 30 points and 22 rebounds. The Celtics played very well in the first three quarters, but were beaten 36-24 in the final quarter. In the first three quarters, they relied on Bynum to maintain a 10-point difference. In the final quarter, Jeremy Lin and Stoudemire played a run-and-gun game with three pitchers. Jeremy Lin scored 6 assists in a single quarter, and Stoudemire scored 15 points in a single quarter. They managed to turn the game around.
After the Magic traded Howard, they basically started to play badly. The Hawks almost slaughtered the Magic by 30 points with 97 to 68, but the Magic also had highlights. Vucevic, who was traded for Howard, was booed in his preseason debut in Orlando and his regular season debut. However, facing the inside combination of Josh Smith and Horford, Vucevic scored 16 points and 12 rebounds, making him the best player of the Magic.
The Christmas battle between the 76ers and the Thunder has reached the fourth quarter.
After the daytime preparation time, at 6:30 pm Eastern Time, when the 76ers and the Thunder started the fourth quarter, the players of the two teams began to enter the FedEx Center in Memphis.
The first to come out were the visiting players. Ginobili, who played an All-Star performance as a starter last year, returned to the bench in the new season. Popovich promoted a 2009 second-round pick who had only played 28 games in the past two seasons to the starting lineup.
Gay, who had just arrived at the Spurs, directly snatched Richard Jefferson's starting position and became the first to appear as the second-in-command of the team!
When Gay appeared, many fans stood up and applauded.
The former core player of the team, who accompanied the team through the darkest years after Gasol left and accompanied the team to form a new core lineup of Gasol, Randolph, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, etc., returned to Memphis to play, and the fans gave him the greatest respect.
Sun Ce looked at the opposing substitute lineup and found that there was indeed no Iverson. He felt a little regretful. It is said that Iverson went to Turkey to play, and he was given an annual salary of 4 million...
After Duncan was the last to appear, the Spurs' appearance ceremony ended.
It was the home team's turn to appear.
The familiar song of the two emperors sounded, and Yi Jianlian and Jordan ran out of the player channel with two rows of substitutes with updated hairstyles.
When the Spurs players appeared, except for Gay, everyone else basically booed.
But when the two emperors came out, the scene was boiling!
The familiar melody is finally back! There is no entrance ceremony in the preseason, and now I finally see this familiar scene again.
Yi Jianlian's corn silk version of cherry wood, fans are very sorry that Yi Jianlian has black hair tonight, and Yi Jianlian has no choice. After perming it black, he can't burn other colors, and bleaching it is too damaging to the hair. The hair dye and perm he uses are all the most expensive ones, and he doesn't want to damage the hair quality.
Jordan is handsome, with mousse on the top of his head, so that no matter how he shakes his head, he can return to the hardness of the middle part, and it is not the long hair that used to be shawled. It has been cut much shorter, and a small braid is braided at the back of the head bone, which is the only place that still retains the length of the shawl...
This made Duncan, who still had his aristocratic hairstyle, feel like he had lost! He had no inspiration recently, so he just dyed his hair a new color... Duncan began to stare at Sun Ce with a fiery gaze.
Because the other side was pitch black, Sun Ce didn't know where an evil gaze came from, and he felt creepy...
Shaking his head, watching Nash being thrown out as the new second-in-command of the team amid the passionate shouts of the DJ and the fans on the scene, Sun Ce felt happy.
How nice it is to be the third in the team! Stay away from the position of the boss who is full of right and wrong!