Since joining the Grizzlies, Randolph has been regarded as the team's leader.

Guy and Conley had no objections back then, and even if Sun Ce played out, he never competed for the position of boss in the team or publicly.

When the news of Randolph's injury broke, the whole team was swearing in the streets.

Look at the structure of the Grizzlies lineup, the three young stars on the outside, the main force of the iron fight now, has a clear division of labor, the cooperation is getting better and better, and they are also making progress together, and because of the clear division of labor, their respective progress directions complement each other and do not affect their own progress.

This guy can still stay together, just for the championship.

The other big outsiders, Livingston, Richard Jefferson, Beverley, Prince, Tony Allen, are not people who are greedy for stats or ball possession, team status, and can even give up a lot of things for the sake of victory.

Hardaway Jr., a rookie, was an alternate player when there was no injury on the outside, and when Beverley and Prince recovered from injury, they were not on the activation list, and his dad Hardaway Sr. was the team's trainer, always urging him not to rush and slowly polish his shooting ability in order to better survive in the NBA.

In terms of the inside line, Stoudemire definitely doesn't care about playing time, his goal is to win the championship, Larry Sanders and Yi Jianlian are the two screws on the inside, they are easy to use when needed, play well when they are given playing time, and go to ponder hairstyles and paintings if they don't give it.

Gasol Jr. is currently the third man on the inside and is also the top scorer on the inside, and he does not conflict with Randolph.

Gobert is still polishing his defensive fundamentals, and he doesn't have anything to do in regular time.

In such a situation, the Grizzlies have a clear goal - a championship.

And Randolph was one of the key players in the team's title.

When Randolph was injured and the season was reimbursed, it was a big blow to the Grizzlies as a team.

As the Grizzlies took the initiative to announce this incident, the media, fans began to discuss it, and some promoters were behind the scenes, wanting to psychologically discourage the Grizzlies players' belief in competing for the championship...... And it did work.

In just one afternoon, all the rumors came, such as that the Grizzlies would ease the situation with a trade.

When a person is in a bad situation, he will find that the whole world is not so kind, even yesterday he still felt that the whole world was a good person.

A trade is hard for most of the Grizzlies' roster to accept...... It should be said that no one on the Grizzlies wants to be traded at the moment.

Even if Randolph is reimbursed and Paul George may leave next season, no one on the Grizzlies wants to leave.

Even if the veterans don't win the championship this season, they want to stay next season, because once Randolph recovers from injury, with Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, the trio is already a strong contender for the title.

When the Grizzlies take a one-season hiatus, they will immediately become the top favorites to win the championship, and Sun Ce and Klay Thompson are predictably improving.

Coupled with Gasol Jr., Beverley, Tony Allen, and Yi Jianlian, if it weren't for winning the championship in the past two years and reaching the Western Conference finals in the past three years, many players would be very tired, and their Grizzlies will not lose to the Spurs and Lakers this year.

And the rookie, Hardaway Jr.'s own father is on this team, and the Grizzlies have cultivated him a lot, Klay Thompson and Paul George are very attentive to guiding Hardaway Jr.'s running, catching, and shooting.

Gobert didn't want to leave, either, and the Grizzlies already had a proven track record of developing talented men with no skills — Jimmy Butler and Larry Sanders.

For the endless trade rumors and predictions, the Grizzlies have a feeling that everyone is in danger.

Except for Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, the core combination of the guard line, which is definitely not for sale, everyone else is uneasy.

As the saying goes, if there is an old man in the family, there is a treasure, and it makes special sense here in the NBA.

Why did Chris Wallace go to such lengths of choice and finally choose to trade Richard Jefferson for the Jazz? It's to get Richard Jefferson's rich experience of years in the NBA, ups and downs, being a top player, falling into a trough, getting a top salary, being pardoned, and playing in the Finals many times.

On Dec. 7, Memphis Lord's Day, at 5 p.m., Richard Jefferson, as the locker room leader, rented a conference room at a hotel near the FedEx arena and held an internal meeting of the players.

Richard Jefferson didn't hide anything, telling his teammates everything he knew about the team's struggles this season, the major setbacks they are suffering now, and the more difficult situations they might encounter.

In the same way, Richard Jefferson also spoke about what he saw the coaching staff, the efforts of his teammates, and the team's improvement day by day.

Tell the team's current basic situation to most of the teammates who only know how to play with a dull head and can't calmly judge the situation when they encounter problems.

Since the NBA is dominated by black players, and most blacks are troublesome from the bones, it would be good to be able to play hard, there are really not so many flowery intestines, otherwise there would not be so many black players who were cheated by agents, because they are too troublesome, they want to hand over everything to the agent to take care of, and it is good to meet an agent with good character, like two No. 21 players......

After Richard Jefferson detailed the current situation of the team, his teammates who were in a nervous state of affairs had a clearer understanding of the current situation of the team.

But that's just a glimpse of what's really going on at the moment, with Richard Jefferson continuing: "It's a very tough thing for us right now and I know a lot of people who are shaking their confidence to win the title and feeling insecure about where they are.

I understand, and I have experienced it many times.

As a professional player in the NBA, we have to be mentally prepared from the start, and in a commercial sports league, we are just a commodity after all.

On this basis, we should not panic about whatever happens.

What do we play basketball for...... Honor? That's right, champion? That's right.

But more importantly, make money!

How can I make money? Then you have to play well!

I think you're all very good, you're all pretty much sure you have what it takes to survive in the NBA, look at the young players we've left, Jimmy, DeAndre, Mike, Rudy, Jay...... They're just like you, they're hardworking, they're talented, they've gone to any team, they've found their place and they're playing better and better.

Whether it's to stay or to leave, it can be hard for us to accept, and it was hard for me to get traded for the first time, when I averaged 22.6 points per game, my best year as a person, but I ended up being traded.

But I never gave up, stayed or went anywhere, I had to play hard, for my current dreams, for the future rich life!

For the sake of honor and money, no matter what setbacks we encounter, we must not be depressed or give up on ourselves, our career is just about ten years! ”

……

Richard Jefferson's speech calmed down a lot of teammates.

Not as inflammatory as Sun Ce, not as inspirational as Nash...... Richard Jefferson has never been an ordinary player, this is a talent who played in the Finals with Kidd in his rookie season and reached the Finals as a primary small forward in his sophomore year.

The early part of his career has been smooth sailing, team-mates with Kidd, Kenyon Martin, Van Horne, Mutombo, Mourning, Carter and many others, and has been paired with the Troika and the Warriors' new fantasy backcourt in the past few years.

But this also means that he has been traded many times in his career, earned more than $110 million in his career, and now he is less than 34 years old and has a base salary, and has experienced too many ups and downs, ups and downs...... I'm used to it, and I'm already able to say these words in a very calm tone.

So the feeling for my teammates is very different.

My teammates, who are now in a state of restlessness, do not want to listen to that kind of passionate, generous, and incendiary speech; I don't have much interest in inspiration, no matter how inspirational it is, it is possible to be traded?

Richard Jefferson spoke things out straight and straightforwardly, without deliberately soothing words, just preparing everyone for it, which made it easier for his teammates to accept.

"It's already like this, and we need to be open to any changes"

The same meaning is said in different ways, but the listener feels very differently.

Without much delay, the internal meeting of the players ended in ten minutes, and each player needs to think on his own, or go home to talk to his family, and make an appointment with his best teammates to talk about life......

His teammates have left one after another, and Sun Ce is also preparing to go home, he is very touched by what Richard Jefferson said, and the honors he has achieved are not quite the same, but on the other hand, Richard Jefferson is very similar to him in the early stage of his career trajectory, and he quickly entered the highlight stage of his career since he entered the NBA.

When Sun Ce was about to leave, Paul George stopped him......

……

The two went to the café on the second floor of the hotel, Sun Ce asked for a glass of milk, and Paul George asked for an alcoholic drink.

"What's the matter, Paul, you don't worry about getting traded, do you?"

Hearing Sun Ce ask like this, Paul George nodded: "I think I am the best trading choice. ”

Sun Ce was a little speechless and said, "What can you get for your annual salary of 4.07 million?" Three picks before next year? What's the use of that for us? ”

Even after listening to Richard Jefferson's words and understanding that as a player, you can only choose to accept many things, and accept such a situation, you have a deeper understanding of the helplessness of professional basketball.

But that's just a more accepting mentality, a deeper understanding, whether it's uneasy or uneasy, it's just that it's relatively easier to accept.

Paul George still has a lot to share.

But Sun Ce didn't explain to Paul George how uneasy he was and felt like he was going to be traded, and directly blocked Paul George's words.

Paul George reacted when he heard this...... It seems to be! With Sun Ce and Klay Thompson unlikely and justified to be traded, he is indeed the team's most valuable player to trade.

But his contract is too small, and there is no other option than to trade the high pick, and the high pick is really not of great value to their Grizzlies, so choose a new version of Milicic as a mascot?

Last summer, the Grizzlies traded for two people, either Paul George or Jimmy Butler, and because their Grizzlies salary had long exceeded the cap, they could only trade back rookies, draft picks, and players with equal salaries, and nothing else.

Now that the team wants to send a strong player to supplement the interior line, it is even more impossible to trade him, unless you get back a rookie player like Anthony Davis.

But even if Paul George has confidence in himself, he doesn't think he can change to Anthony Davis, strength is one aspect, the key opponent is the inside, players of the same level, the value of the inside transaction is higher than the outside line from the innate level, height cannot be trained, and the opponent already has a good core lineup.

It suddenly became clear to Paul George that he was unlikely to be traded, on the contrary, the team may want to keep him for a long time, and after this season, he may have the initiative! And there is a high probability that it will gain the initiative!

Because he is a restricted free agent, it is not completely without independent choice, if the team he doesn't want to go to trade to get him, he can completely not renew the contract, sign a qualification contract, and play for one year to become a full free agent.

This is a very important clause for players in the collective bargaining agreement of that year, which ensures more autonomy for rookies, and this clause was won by Boss Joe for the players when he was about to retire as a player.

It's just that Boss Qiao, who was the representative of the players and worked hard to fight against capital, has now become an evil capitalist who cuts meat from the players.

Suddenly it was clear to be clear, but Paul George felt panicked - let me finish speaking, okay?

Paul George felt the mood of those reporters who interviewed Sun Ce, and it was so uncomfortable to have something to say!

Taking a deep breath, Paul George pondered the current situation.

Triple Crown...... It's not easy!

But the team suffered this bad news, and things have come to this, Paul George can only accept it, and after thinking for a while, he asked Sun Ce: "Third brother, we now have no leaders on the field, I think we need a player to stand up and lead us forward!" ”

Paul George had anticipation in his eyes.

In his opinion, Gasol Jr. was not fit to be a leader, too loose, and a standard Spanish romantic character.

Tony Allen and Beverley are leaders on the defensive end, but team leaders are not qualified enough, and they are not even as strong as veteran Richard Jefferson.

Klay Thompson...... You know how to chant the scriptures.

Others don't have what it takes to be the leader of a championship team, so, in this situation, Paul George feels it's time for Sun Ce to take on the responsibility of being the boss.

Paul George feels that every player wants to be the boss, and he has also had that idea, but in front of Sun Ce, he always feels that he still needs to improve, no matter how he improves, he feels that there is a big gap with Sun Ce.

A player like him, he has ambitions, but he is also willing to be a deputy.

Since he is a deputy, he is now ready to help Sun Ce become the boss of the team.

Hearing Paul George's words, Sun Ce got up, came to the other side of the table, and patted Paul George on the shoulder: "Paul, you are quite right. ”

Seeing this, Paul George nodded, he was waiting for the moment when Sun Ce was going to be the boss.

Sun Ce patted Paul George on the shoulder again and continued: "Zach is injured now, he can't play this year, it seems that others can't rely on it, I can only rely on you, you must lead the team forward!" ”

Paul George blurted out, "I'll help you well...... What did you say? ”

……

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On January 8, 2014, the Memphis Grizzlies officially applied to the league for reimbursement for the season due to Zach Randolph, and needed an injury exception.

This was interpreted by the media as the Grizzlies want to get a bigger return on the process of trading young players.

Based on Randolph's salary, the Grizzlies can get a maximum of $5.73 million in injury exceptions, which is equivalent to mid-class space, which can also be considered as $5.73 million in virtual salary space, but only one player can be signed, or used in a one-time player-only deal.

This is what the media and fans expected, according to the source, Randolph will have surgery with No. 10 to determine the season reimbursement, even if he can recover from the injury in 4 months at the earliest, he will not have the opportunity to participate in the playoffs, and there will be a long period of rehabilitation training after the injury, and he will definitely not be able to play this season.

When a player is theoretically required to be reimbursed for the season and approved by the league's medical team, the player's team can get an injury exception if they apply.

So, since last night, a lot of media has started to queue up the Grizzlies for tradable objects.

For example, exchanging Paul George for the Bucks' Ilyasova + 2014 probable top-five first-round picks, exchanging Paul George for the Suns' Morris brothers + 2014 probable first-round picks for the top three picks in the first round, sending Paul George to the Clippers......

Just as Paul George expected, he was the accepted number one trade choice.

It's not surprising that he himself thought so before.

But in last night's exchange with Sun Ce, Paul George knew that the team was unlikely to overshoot the salary this season, and would not give up the existing strength for the sake of draft picks, so these transactions are obviously unreliable, even if it is changed to Ilyasova, it is just an additional version of Yi Jianlian with enhanced projection ability and weakened athleticism.

His salary of 4.07 million plus an injury exception of 5.73 million US dollars has not returned a player of his strength.

Paul George is still very confident in his own strength, and he feels that the ability he has shown is worthy of the top salary!

It's just that I thought of what the third brother said last night...... Thinking of the communication with the coach this morning...... Paul George felt bad all over.

Who are these people!

The two-time MVP is not the boss and head coach actually expressed his approval!

Paul George feels like he's been ducked onto the shelves!