On the morning of the 23rd, Sun Ce returned to the team with his teammates.

The players came back early for training, and the coaching staff, the trainer team, the logistics department naturally had to start working.

Sun Ce talked to the coaching staff about the Double Bears, and the Grizzlies management had already expected it, otherwise they would not have kept the player who would have been suspended for five games at the beginning of this season.

In the offseason, Larry Sanders was found to be carrying illegal drugs while driving in his hometown, and although he tested negative, did not violate Florida's higher laws, and was released after paying a fine, he was still banned by the league for five games, starting with the first game of the regular season.

Larry Sanders can be traded or replaced, and the point is that in a way, Larry Sanders is better to trade than Paul George.

First of all, Larry Sanders is a center, and second, Larry Sanders is not as expensive as Paul George, and other teams can't just throw the top salary out and make the Grizzlies can't match.

But with the free market backup center already rising to $5 million, the Grizzlies have no money to give, no space.

So, when the Grizzlies traded Jimmy Butler, they didn't want a future draft pick, but Gobert, who the Jazz drafted with a draft pick that was supposed to belong to their Grizzlies.

In the absence of good options, NBA teams are generally willing to scratch lottery tickets, such as last year, when the Lakers lacked a center, they did not sign people randomly, but used the purchased draft picks to select Thackeray.

In terms of the double bears, Randolph doesn't need to say much, it has nothing to do with self-discipline, and being able to play for so many years and still maintain such a high level is purely talented.

Now with two crowns in hand, I completely let myself go.

Gasol Jr., on his side, is actually not a self-disciplined player, as can be seen from his weight of nearly 140 kilograms when he entered the NBA.

If Gasol Jr. could play in Europe with his brother's self-discipline and standard body, how could he fall to the second round.

At that time, the Grizzlies traded Gasol Jr. for Gasol Jr., who only entered the NBA in the 2008-2009 season, and his first game in the NBA was a starter, proving that although the trade was a robbery, the Grizzlies did believe in Gasol Jr.'s talent and strength.

So in the past few years, their Grizzlies have actually prepared Gasol Jr. to let go like Randolph every year, looking for a second and third center every summer, otherwise they wouldn't have brought back Larry Sanders and Lopez Jr. quickly after the offseason started in the summer of 2012.

At the beginning, it was prepared that Gasol Jr. was overweight, Lopets Jr. was the main player, and Larry Sanders was used as the third center during Gasol Jr.'s weight loss and reduced playing time.

As for Larry Sanders playing so well, Gasol Jr. actually maintained his size last year, and it was indeed an accident that Lopez Jr. had no consistent playing time.

This year's situation of Gasol Jr. is what the team expected.

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After communicating with the coaching staff, Sun Ce felt that his head was big.

But when it was time to train, Sun Ce was surprised to find that little Gasol had gained weight and weighed 129 kilograms.

However, in addition to the problem of mobility and physical strength, it does not affect Gasol Jr.'s shooting, basket position, and basket shooting interference!

Even in terms of shooting, Gasol Jr. has gained weight and is more stable......

Sun Ce finally understood that Gasol Jr. was actually more accustomed to playing with a fat body type, purely because the NBA three-point line had a wider area and three seconds of defense, so he had to lose weight.

However, with the impact of movement, Gasol Jr. may not be able to play the best three-second zone protection performance of the league's center last season, and he can't think it's a good thing just because Gasol Jr.'s mid-range shooting and high play under the basket are more stable.

This is certainly not a good thing.

There is also the option of the third striker, and Stoudemire looks good, but the management and coaching staff have unanimously decided to wait for Boozer's side.

Stoudemire is too brittle to be a good choice when he's bound to get a lot of playing time, and Stoudemire doesn't have to be with the Grizzlies, they're waiting for other teams, and other teams are waiting for Boozer.

In the absence of a decision, it can only be consumed first.

So, after the Grizzlies started training camp early, the players were divided into two groups for practice.

Since the combination of last season's strongest lineup - Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. has been retained, so this is almost certain to be the starting lineup in the second half of the season and the playoffs, and it will be a matter of time to make adjustments.

The focus is on the second line-up.

The second team is missing the four main players of Nash, Battier, Lopets Jr., and Jimmy Butler, especially Nash, who has lost the core of the rotation lineup in the past two years, and now he has to be busy.

Sun Ce chatted with Coach Hollins about the second lineup and learned about the arrangement of the coaching staff.

Beverley is likely to get more minutes and has a good ball handling and has seen a noticeable improvement in his three-point range after the offseason.

New recruit Livingston averaged 7.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.2 steals in 24 minutes per game with the Cavaliers last season.

However, Livingston's position is limited, and the height of the small forward is only 85 kilograms, and he cannot play other positions except point guard.

So the two have to compete for jobs or work on demand.

This has to be adjusted slowly.

At this stage, the training, which starts a week in advance, focuses on technical training, and when the training camp officially begins, you can directly enter the tactical training stage.

Sun Ce understands that the second squad has several options.

With Livingston, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian as the main offense, in this option, Tony Allen and Prince will play more with the starters to play defense.

Or Beverley, Tony Allen, Paul George, Prince, Larry Sanders as the main defence.

Paul George has more responsibility this season, both offensively and defensively.

In the case of the last choice, the defense will be knocked to death...... Their Grizzlies always have a last resort, which is to defend hard.

But the defense is not so easy to knock, and before the Lakers Kojan combination was born, they were still very worried.

But now, seeing the progress of Paul George and Klay Thompson, and even Sun Ce, have made a surprising improvement this summer......

Young stars, ordinary players, they have a very different vision from the top superstars!

Most of the Grizzlies players, including Paul George, who was ready to stay with the team, could not have imagined that Sun Ce would improve so significantly in the summer after two consecutive championships!

Coupled with the rapid progress of Klay Thompson and Paul George, the complacency of the veteran players after two consecutive championships is gradually starting to emerge.