Vol 18 Chapter 1940: The team is old 3

Regarding the Grizzlies Sun Ce, Paul George, Klay Thompson, Aldridge, Gobert, and Yi Jianlian were among the top 50 players, everyone has a different opinion.
The management of the weak team thinks-it doesn't matter; the players of the weak team think-it's amazing.
The analysis of the Grizzlies management and coaching staff from the perspective of the whole team is-damn it and be smashed; from the player's perspective-this ranking is correct and we deserve it!
Teams on the fringe of the playoffs feel that-this is good, and if they encounter the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, there are reasons to lose; players feel that-this ranking is outrageous.
On the contrary, those who compete for the championship, those teams that also have two top ten players, from the management to the coaching staff to the players, feel that the media has done a good job!
If the Grizzlies become arrogant because of the media rankings, then this is their opportunity for competitors! Even if it didn't make a difference, they wouldn't lose a piece of meat.
The key is that for the Grizzlies, the management and coaching staff can't clean up the players and fans!
We can't come out at this time-we can't be arrogant because of two consecutive championships and player rankings... Robert Pella, Chris Wallace, and coach Hollins all think that their achievements in the past two years are great enough. , Why not be proud of it?
The key question is not whether they are proud, but whether they can adjust their mentality in the new season. This list obviously slows down their mentality adjustment and creates more difficulties for them.
Although there is no shortage of examples of defending failures in NBA history, those teams that have failed two consecutive championships, which team has four, five or even five or six active players in the top 50? But many teams with two consecutive championships, many teams with two consecutive championships have failed to complete the three consecutive championships due to aging players, injuries, fatigue... and other reasons.
Will the players see those precedents? It's not that you can't see it, but a person who has succeeded will always feel lucky. Especially a person who has been successful for a long time will feel that he will definitely not fail this time when faced with a situation that has failed once.
Coach Hollins has a headache now. After the two consecutive championships, it seems that all controllable factors have become uncontrollable. Not only is it uncontrollable, but it feels that every thing that happens is for their team’s dynasty dream. The negative impact made him almost depressed.
By October 14, when preparing for the day before the last game of the preseason, coach Hollins did not express any opinion about the six players being selected in the top 100 players. By 3:30 in the afternoon, the training ended. We all left. When Coach Hollins went to the coaching staff meeting, his brows came together, and the expression was tangled.
However, the coaching staff meeting did not discuss anything famous. Although the United States also has a similar proverb of "precaution before it happens," they can't think of any good way to solve the current hidden dangers.
In the competitive sports industry, not all problems can be solved by finding ways.
After the coaching staff meeting, Hollins went downstairs and went through the training ground. He saw Sun Ce still training. It was almost 5 o'clock at first sight. That is, after the team training, Sun Ce conducted almost 10 shot training.
Is this okay? Coach Hollins’s biggest concern this season is injuries. He is mainly worried about injuries caused by fatigue. But this little ancestor has no idea of ​​slowing down, as he has done in the past few years. Others train earlier, train harder than others, and train more after others.
"Noah, you have to rest. We don't need to play too hard in the regular season. We are showing our strength in the playoffs. We won't be bad in the regular season." Coach Hollins started the training camp. Said the most spoken passage to the three major outsiders again.
"I know that I will take the initiative to rest when I'm tired. Just like O'Neal, you want me to go to the game and I will rest for nothing," Sun Ce laughed. Knowing that the coaching staff is doing his best, he continued: " Coach, is there anything on your mind today?"
Today, Sun Ce didn't plan to practice more, but his teammates said that the coach was weird these days, and Sun Ce also felt that the coach was weird, so he stayed.
But this question made Huo Tianzi confused: "What's wrong with me?"
"Why are you so gentle during your training these past few days? They were so fierce before, which made us uncomfortable." Sun Ce asked.
This... Coach Hollins has a black line, he is depressed, not used to being gentle with you bastards? Underdraw?
However, can coach Hollins not be gentle? Now he is like a frightened bird. Whatever he does is afraid of affecting the emotions of the players, affecting the three consecutive championships, he must think twice about what he does.
But doing so... Coach Hollins himself felt weird, so he expressed his concerns.
After listening to coach Hollins, it was Sun Ce's turn to have a black line.
He really didn't expect Coach Hollins to worry about this these days! Sun Ce remembered it, it seems that Yi Jianlian came out from 60 to 51 on the three major star list. After not seeing Yi Jianlian's name, it was a little weird.
Sun Ce smiled and said, "Are you worried about this? What's to worry about. We can play normally and take regular rotations. We can finish the three consecutive championships in the end because we are awesome. We can't get the three consecutive championships. It's as simple as that, the more you worry, the more you want to circumvent problems, and the more likely it is that new problems will appear.
Do you know Murphy's law? If something is likely to fail, then there is always a way that will lead to his failure. Our signings and our tactical framework have not changed. This is a good way to avoid possible failure operations. We should cope with it. Isn’t it enough to treat this situation as before? Have we received few honors over the years? Although there are always people who hack us, are they always there?
If you want to avoid something, if you think about a lot of ways to deal with it that you haven't done before, maybe you have dealt with it, but more problems will definitely arise.
We have been very successful. Just follow our success. There is nothing we can do if we fail, but it is definitely not a bad thing to continue our own successful experience. We have a strong mentality, so you can rest assured. "
This call made Sun Ce dry, and it was mainly heart-tired!
What about the youngest of the team?
The players want him to be a representative, and the game requires him to support the team. Even the head coach is in a dead end and he has to ask his Sun to enlighten... Why is it so tiring to be the third child!
Fortunately, the new boss of the team is Paul George, who has this little brother to block the media, otherwise it will be even more tired!
After hearing Sun Ce’s words, Coach Hollins had a sudden sense of openness-the dead child’s idea is very simple. If there is a problem, wait until the problem arises before solving it. It does not have much technical content, but he really felt that Huo Tu Sun Ce's idea is quite good. If you can't think of a solution for the time being, then it will not be solved. What if the problem does not arise?
Even if there is a problem at that time, it will not be difficult to solve the problem by predicting so many possibilities in advance than it is now.
Coach Hollins took out his mobile phone and sent a message on the WeChat group of the coaching staff, calling the coaches back and discussing again. Now he feels that he thought too much before and asked the coaching staff to change their minds.
After sending the WeChat, coach Hollins turned and left.
"Coach, where are you going?" Sun Ce didn't get a response. He didn't know if Coach Hollins figured it out. He didn't know if his opinion was too simple or naive.
"Where should I go? I have to report to you? Didn't hear telling you to go back and rest early? Don't you know how important your health is to us?" Coach Hollins instantly became the same as before. The good-looking image of the players.
"..." He spoke so softly just now and turned his face immediately? Seeing Huo Tu's face change speed, Sun Ce was so angry! It's back to normal, yes, but Sun Ce regrets it now, he knew it would worry this guy for a few more days!
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Coach Hollins’s worries come and go quickly. Although the method of handling is very simple and the decision is very sloppy, it depends on who made the suggestion.
In the basketball field, no one speaks more convincingly than Sun Ce, because Sun Ce is one of the two most successful players in the history of basketball so far. Whether it is on-court honors or off-court earnings, he only relies on basketball, except for himself. Jordan, no other basketball player can compare with Sun Ce, the sales of the sneaker brand named after.
As a result, the Grizzlies players, who did not experience strict discipline but felt uncomfortable like Shake M, resumed their normal training and normal preparations, and were sternly yelled. Only then did they feel that their head coach is normal again.
In the evening, after preparations and warm-ups were over, Paul George accepted an interview and once again stated that their Grizzlies have only one goal this season-Dynasty!
If this is said now, there is no problem at all, but the roaring after the finals last year really intensified the arms competition of other teams and drove up a wave of prices.
However, Sun Ce roared "I will do it again next season" when he won the championship, which also made the remaining teammates want to "relax next season". Therefore, in the preseason this season, the Grizzlies players made their efforts in the summer. , The training camp's hard work and the state are still online, not the best. If you haven't played for a long time in the official game, it is definitely not the best, but there is no mental relaxation and physical slack that may occur after two consecutive championships.
At 7:40 in the evening, Paul George led his teammates into the court after the interview.
The preseason has a national live broadcast, even if it is the Grizzlies, it is quite rare. In the past few years, there have been many preseason live broadcasts, but television broadcasts in the United States are still very few. Last season, there was a Huyong matchup and a horse and a bull fight. , New York Derby, Dragon Man War, Dragon Bull War, Lei Tuo Showdown... These popular preseason games are broadcast live in the United States.
The Grizzlies had it before, but at that time they were playing the Spurs or the Mavericks. The Thunder used to be a favorite team, but Durant and Ibaka left. The Thunder have lost their hope of winning the championship. No other TV stations broadcast live. Instead, it's ESPN! This crazy diss Westbrook's media.
However, Sun Ce now feels that ESPN is a trick!
Sun Ce thought of the video of Westbrook's interview published by Sports Illustrated this morning. Westbrook said in the interview that it doesn't matter to me if anyone leaves or stays. I think I can also take the lead in scoring. , I can also get the MVP, I can also get the championship, no one is obligatory for me...
Westbrook's declaration made his attention soaring! Regardless of public opinion, ESPN used a simple operation, which is to use a ranking, to cheer up two players! Both Durant and Westbrook have been touted as hot stars, and the discussion has exploded!
Although ESPN is not the only beneficiary, but for the media, it is not who benefits the most. It is the kingly way to create benefits. How much benefits are distributed depends on how to use the created topics. It depends on other things. Ability is mainly created by topics.
After entering the court, Sun Ce looked at the opposite player.
Westbrook, Oladipo, Andre Roberson, Domantas Sabonis, Adams, Kante is on the bench, Jeremy Grant, who averaged 9 points and 4.7 rebounds per game with the 76ers last season, The core 7-member group still looks good overall.
The Magic was originally worried that Embiid would continue to be reimbursed and quit the NBA, so he chose Sabonis, but Embiid recovered well in the summer. With Vucevic's guarantee and Embiid's chance of coming back , The Magic decisively gave away the extra center talent... The Thunder picked up a talented center for nothing!
Sun Ce looked at the evaluation of Sabonis' abilities. This buddy is so skilled that he can even play a small forward! The athletic ability is not good, but the speed is faster than most power forwards, and even comparable to some small forwards, with solid skills...
Westbrook has also reached its peak. The S-level ability evaluation, but visually no better than Paul George, should be at the edge of the S-level level. Of course, it is also very strong. The league's stars can definitely reach the S-level. A superstar capable of impacting MVP.
Defensive pie-eating center Adams B+ class...has been caught up by Gobert, and even Gobert's defense is even better.
Andre Roberson, S-level defense, pure defensive player, second defense level.
Oladipo...maybe affected by the role of the team. Last season he looked like an A-level, but this season he has become a B+ level.
Jeremy Grant, grade B, a very good role player, and only 22 years old, has a lot of room for improvement.
Kanter is A-level, good offensive, good rebounds, it may be better or better to change the team to give football rights, and has the strength to average a double-double.
However, even though the Thunder's current 7 strongest players look good, they lost Ibaka and Durant in the summer... and a large number of high-quality role players who came to the Thunder because the Thunder had a chance to win the championship!
Although Sun Ce and his team no longer regard the Thunder as a competitor, and if they meet in the first round of the playoffs, they are confident to push each other, but this is the last game of the preseason, which is a real opening for the regular season. In the warm-up game, Sun Ce and his teammates attached great importance to this game.
Regardless of whether there is record pressure in the regular season this year, you must start well to lay a better foundation for the subsequent games.
But in general, the atmosphere on the Grizzlies is very relaxed. By comparison, the face of the Thunder star Westbrook, who is on the opposite side, is distorted.
He can't see others happy now! Because he is very unhappy!
At 8 pm, the game started.
The Thunder continued the starting lineup of the past few preseason games, with Westbrook, Oladipo, Andre Roberson, Sabonis Jr., and Adams starting lineup.
The Grizzlies' starting lineup continued last season's starting lineup, with a combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert.
The five people walked onto the court, and the scene broke out with crazy cheers again.
These five people are the guarantee of victory! Since last season’s playoffs last season, the Grizzlies put Randolph on the bench and Gobert on the starting lineup. Except for the rotation, the five players have started 103 games together for more than a year. The winning percentage has exceeded. Ninety percent!
Fans know more about the achievements of their favorite team or player than that team or player!
After the game started, the Grizzlies quickly took the initiative, which was easier than expected.
Seeing the Thunder's offense, Sun Ce knows why Sabonis and Oladi Boming are good in physical conditions, skills, shooting, etc., but their ability evaluations are not high... Except for his Sun, the other stars' ability evaluations They are all based on comprehensive conditions to evaluate their performance in the game.
After one round, Westbrook spent most of the time with the ball in his hands, and it was basically time for his teammates to shoot the ball.
Oladipo is a player with core ability outside, and Sabonis is a player with core talent inside. Both players need to have the ball in their hands.
Of course, Westbrook is stronger than the two of them, and they are a lot stronger. The two of them can't reach the strength of Westbrook for a lifetime. His sudden points are very effective, but the premise is that the opponent's inside defense is not so good. Brook's sudden points are effective, and the Grizzlies have Gobert under the basket...
Oladipo and Sabonis are currently far less capable than Westbrook, but if the two deal with offense, they will definitely allocate the ball better based on the existing conditions.
In other words, if the opponent is a weak team, Westbrook does it alone, and the effect is much better than Oladipo and Sabonis, because Westbrook is definitely stronger.
But against opponents like the Grizzlies, Westbrook does it alone, and it is not necessarily comparable to Oladipo and Sabonis who are much weaker than him.
On the offensive end of the Grizzlies, Sun Ce just tried it. After a pick and roll with Westbrook’s Klay Thompson, Sun Ce suddenly stopped at mid-range, stopped, and then shot again. Westbrook had both. He didn't post it, nor did he keep threatening to wait for his teammates to come and flanks. Instead, he went back to grab a rebound and made the little Sabonis who moved out to make up the defense look dumbfounded...
Oladipo, Andre Roberson, Sabonis, Adams, these four, even the worst defensive Sabonis, can rely on excellent movement to expand to medium and long distances and even change three-point defense. .
Before, Westbrook’s defense was not top-notch, but it also had a first-class level. After all, it started with defense. The state's best defensive player in high school and the best defensive player in the Pacific Ten are not the kind that will drag the back. Paul and Conley are quite good at point guards, and defending most of the shooting guards is not bad.
But tonight, no matter which perimeter on the Grizzlies side, as long as they face Westbrook, they will play better than usual!
But... after halftime, although the Grizzlies lead the Thunder by 61 to 44 by 17 points, Westbrook has the best data in the game!
14 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals! With this data, Sun Ce has repeatedly called "We are fascinating"!
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