: Eight hundred and forty-eight: The old man's revenge is too strong

Latest website: The search for centers in the free agency market is not going well. After all, there are very few center players who can gain a foothold in the NBA.
As the general manager of a defending championship team, Chris Wallace will naturally not succumb. He has prepared a variety of candidate lists in order to cope with the current situation.
But the list of inside players is quite embarrassing.
Among the players registered in the NBA this season, there are only 22 centers with no more than 4 years of experience, and even 30 teams are not satisfied.
For comparison, there are 84 defenders and 69 forwards.
What the Grizzlies need most now is precisely a center that can protect the Grizzlies penalty area after Gasol is off.
When Randolph was in the past, Gasol didn't need to be a father and a mother, and the consumption was not that big. Moreover, Randolph can occasionally support the fifth position, so Azeri's burden is not that heavy.
He only needs to make no mistakes in the few minutes he plays, even if he has completed the task.
In the case of low requirements, Azeri is completely adequate.
But now that Randolph is injured and Gasol's consumption increases, Azeri must take greater responsibility. The Grizzlies' requirements for him are more than simply "not making mistakes".
And it turns out that Azeri is not ready for this.
The Grizzlies didn't think about strengthening the center in the summer, but like now, there is really no suitable goal.
For the other team's main center, it is too wasteful to come to the Grizzlies as a substitute. That kind of panacea type center, people will not let go easily. Therefore, the Grizzlies can only target those centers who are still young and have undiscovered potential.
Jokic is considered one, but his current ability can't help even if he comes.
Chris Wallace is very embarrassed to see the few centers turning over and over in the free agency market.
If you can sign a center at random, you won't find it. But if the signed player is not strong enough, it is equivalent to not signing.
Firefighters need to immediately change the plight of the team. If you can't, what's the point of signing?
With this in mind, Chris Wallace has crossed out Thabeet, who was once the second place for the Grizzlies and is now playing in the developing league, from the candidate.
The second place in the rankings is back, and after many years, he finally fulfilled his talents and helped the team get out of the predicament... What a perfect script.
But Wallace knew it was impossible. Thabeet is now struggling to play in the Development League, and it is impossible for him to burst out suddenly after arriving in the NBA.
After excluding Thabeet, Wallace instantly lost his target.
Chris Wallace feels that his hair is almost lost because of this. Finding a center is a problem for all teams at the moment.
But Wallace hasn't had time to find it slowly, because the NBA regular season schedule won't wait for anyone.
After the battle with the Kings, the Grizzlies played several games. Although the record won't change drastically, it does remind Wallace of the seriousness of the matter.
In the No. 15 Pistons, the Grizzlies won 95-88. But Drummond grabbed a heinous 22 rebounds in the game, of which 9 offensive rebounds, which is undoubtedly a humiliation to the Grizzlies inside.
Fortunately for Wallace, Drummond has no autonomous offensive capabilities. Although he had 22 rebounds, he only scored 6 points.
Gasol can always defend Drummond's second offense after grabbing offensive rebounds.
If this is to change to a more reliable offensive center, the Grizzlies probably will be upset.
Playing Timberwolves on the 17th, Montenegro center Nikola Pekovic had 18 points and 11 rebounds and another double-double.
Fortunately, the Timberwolves are rebuilding the team, coupled with Wiggins's crazy iron from outside the three-point line, the Grizzlies only won two consecutive victories.
But the Grizzlies were not so lucky in the away game against the Raptors on the 19th. Although the Raptors did not have a strong center in this game, the impact of Lowry, DeRozan and Louis Williams put Gasol into foul trouble early.
Without Gasol, the inside protective umbrella, the Raptors' three outside lines suddenly became even more unscrupulous.
In the end, DeRozan, Lowry and Louis Williams scored 61 points, allowing the Grizzlies to lose 4 points.
In this game, the Raptors undoubtedly provided new ideas for other teams in the league.
To get the Grizzlies, you don't have to have a strong inside line. You can paralyze Gasol with an outside line, that's also a way.
After this game, the Grizzlies still led the league with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses. But in the same period last year, the Grizzlies won 12 games!
And at this moment of crisis, the San Antonio Spurs slaughtered the Timberwolves with a score of 121 to 92.
Among them, Duncan scored a game-high 28 points, and Leonard even let the Timberwolves shoot more than 40% from the outside.
The Spurs, two forwards, one big and one small, proved their strong strength.
Unfortunately, in the next game, the Grizzlies' opponent is the Spurs in good condition!
After the slaughter of the Timberwolves, Popovich was also in a good mood when interviewed by reporters, "Tim will never grow old, and you can see how he manages Pekovic. If he wants, he can be a superstar. data."
Although Popovich didn't name him by name, everyone knew that he was warning the Grizzlies.
The weak inside line of the Grizzlies will become Duncan's playground!
On the second day, the topic of the Grizzlies' losing streak for the first time after a year has become a hot topic on social media.
Last season, the Grizzlies, who won 74 wins, didn't know what it was like to lose streak for a whole season.
But this year, people believe that the Spurs can break this record.
"Leonard blocked Link and Duncan went inside again. Tell me, how do the Grizzlies win?"
"Even if Kawai failed to defend Link, the Spurs still have an inside advantage. I am optimistic about the Spurs, they will not lose again this time."
"The Memphis Grizzlies are indeed falling off the altar. Their dominance is no longer comparable to that of last season. Look, this losing streak will be the beginning of their collapse."
Popovich, who was sitting on the team bus to the hotel where he was staying, looked at the reports on the Internet, and was in a good mood. "It's really rare. This time, people actually look more at us."
"What do you think? We really have that big advantage?" Beside Popovich, Becky Harmon, the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history, asked.
After Harmon retired as a player this summer, he immediately joined the Spurs coaching staff and led the team to an excellent performance in the summer league. Subsequently, he signed a long-term contract with the Spurs.
Tomorrow, it will be the first time the WNBA star will play against an NBA championship.
"You know, I have never been a person who underestimates the enemy, Becky. It is stupid to underestimate the enemy, I never do that. But this time we are not underestimating the enemy, but really stronger than the opponent! Some time ago, the whole world was discussing Lin K. Hahahaha, look at it, Link will be forgotten after the game the next night."
Popovich smiled very happily. He had been waiting for the collapse of the Memphis dynasty for several years.
The old man was very willing to be the last straw to crush the grizzly bear.
After Link updated the latest list of NBA2K15 games, he found that the overall rating of the Grizzlies dropped from 98 to 91...
From the team with the highest overall rating, it fell to fifth.
Although this is just a game, I have to say that it does reflect the Grizzlies' recent plight.
The injuries of Randolph and Iguodala had a far more profound impact than Link expected.
Looking at the list of Grizzlies players, 2K Company gave Azeri only 69. And Duncan’s evaluation is 90...
You know, in 2K15 games, including Link, there are five players with abilities above 90. And the 38-year-old head Deng was actually one of them.
The best player in the league had a headache for the last 69-rated backup center.
No, the gap between Azeri and Duncan in reality may be greater than the game.
In the game the day after tomorrow, Link must focus on fighting against Leonard and has no energy to pull away to help the inside.
Thinking of this, Link felt very helpless. I can only hope that Gasol can hold on for a while.
At this moment, Link’s cell phone suddenly rang ~EbookFREE.me~ On the caller ID, it was Chris Wallace's name.
"Chris, there is good news?" Link knew that Wallace called himself, it must be for the "firefighters". So I asked straightforwardly.
"That's good news. We just signed a free agent and we have a new center. I just don't know if he can play a role as a firefighter." Wallace's voice is very tired. No less busy.
Especially the game with the Spurs is coming soon, and Wallace can't delay any longer. It is estimated that he has been working late these days.
"So, what's the name of my new teammate?" Link asked casually, without much expectation. Good centers are as scarce as dinosaur fossils in this era, so easy to find.
"His name is Hassan Whiteside, I know you don't know him, but at least let him try. It really doesn't work, let's try someone else."
After listening to Wallace's words, Link patted his head abruptly.
Actually forgot him.