Last season, Sports Illustrated came up with a gimmick of the top ten point guards of the 09 generation, and by this season, many of the top ten point guards have fallen behind.

Second-year players such as Jonny Flynn and Tony Douglas clearly see that there is no upward momentum.

The Timberwolves' long-awaited Rubio has been delayed for another year from the NBA, and the Spanish golden boy will be 21 years old if he joins the NBA next season.

But the powerful one is very powerful.

Sun Ce, Evans, and Curry have become the leaders of the 09 generation.

The three have their own characteristics, and Sun Ce is expected to become a superstar who can raise the ceiling of a team's strength; Evans is expected to be a solid superstar like LeBron James and Chris Paul who guarantees a team's floor; Curry, who is only in his second year and is at the top of the three-point list, is expected to become an all-time shooter.

Compared with Evans's low-key and Curry's lewd development, Sun Ce is the most dazzling one.

In addition to these three people, in fact, there are many players in the 09 generation who show their talents.

Harden of the Thunder team, his rookie year performance was very bad, but after entering the second year, he averaged 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists per game, which made many teams envy the Thunder's draft luck.

DeRozan of the Raptors, although he has nothing to do with point guards, has improved greatly in his sophomore year, averaging 8 points per game last season, soaring to 17 points per game this season, becoming the favorite for the Most Improved Award.

Although Jennings has not improved much, his shooting percentage has increased from 37 percent last season to 40 percent, and if you don't think about his 50+ in a single game, it doesn't look good if you don't compare it to another player in the same class who was 50+ in a single game in his rookie season.

The 76ers' Jrue Holiday and Andre Iguodala form the most athletic outside defensive combination; The Pacers' Darren Collison continued to improve after changing teams and is known as Paul Jr......

However, relatively speaking, except for Sun Ce and Evans, they can really play a big role in the team, mainly in terms of helping the team win, and these people are not as good as Ty Lawson of the Nuggets!

But the most important thing is that the Nuggets are known as the "Little Spurs"!

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After playing the game against the Nets, the Grizzlies players who returned to the locker room got the scouting report for the next game, and there was only a practice schedule for the afternoon tomorrow, and the coaching staff gave them a chance to sleep.

Sun Ce looked at the tactical manual, of course, focusing on his own players in the same position, he hadn't paid much attention to the Nuggets before, it was too difficult for such a team to attract attention with a team style of play, and it was also based on fast offense, and the Knicks' kind of data was focused on Paul and Stoudemire, and the topicality and star popularity were obviously much higher than those of the Nuggets.

Seeing the performance of Lawson and Lowry, Sun Ce felt that the game the day after tomorrow was enough!

Lawson is averaging 13 points, 2.6 rebounds and 7.2 assists in 26 minutes per game this season.

Sun Ce feels that Lawson's stats are similar to his last season, and if he doesn't look at rebounds, his stats last season are not as good as Lawson's.

Lawson and Lowry, who averaged 28 minutes per game and scored 14 points and 6 assists, formed a point guard line, which is very strong!

The 25-year-old Lowry has begun to show his strength, of course, and he will average 20+ points per game and 3+ three-point shooting per game in the future, and at the same time have a three-point shooting rate of more than 40 percent, but it should not be underestimated!

In particular, the two have also played together from time to time, with Ariza , Courtney Lee, Gallinari, Afflalo, Wilson Chandler, Nene , Al Harrington, Chris Anderson and other players with excellent physical qualities, and some of these people have top-notch defensive ...... The Nuggets have traded Anthony, JR Smith, and the aging Billups and Kenyon Martin as chips for too many great players, and they look even better than they were last season!

Lowry is relatively suitable for positional warfare, Lawson is suitable for defensive counterattacks or pure bombardment, and with a group of young talents that the Nuggets exchanged for Billups and Anthony, they are stunned to gain a foothold in the West, and there is no chance to compete for second place in the West!

This opponent is very troublesome, just now during the break of the game, he noticed that the Nuggets have arrived, this team can play a lot of stars, and they want to win and want to prove themselves.

The key is that Sun Ce saw from the scouting report that the Nuggets are similar to the Knicks, they did not have a "slack" mood in the middle of the season, a group of physical monsters, and in the middle of the season, they surpassed the Trail Blazers and Thunder and climbed to fourth in the West!

This is very different from Sun Ce's memory!

However, Sun Ce felt a little excited, this is the change he has brought to basketball in this world, which means that his influence is constantly expanding!

There is also the evaluation given by the public, and the media and fans generally refer to the Nuggets as the Little Spurs.

Most of the media and fans don't care about the difference in tactical play and the difference in core concepts, seeing that the Nuggets also play briskly, and like the Spurs, there are no players who average 20+ points per game, and the whole team scores equally, so the two teams are linked.

However, in the top eight miles of the West, after Sun Ce's scoring average increased to 20.2 points per game, only the Nuggets and Spurs did not have an average of 20+ scorers per game, and both teams have at least 6 players who average double-doubles per game.

From the evaluation and analysis in the scouting report, Sun Ce found that the Nuggets' defensive counterattack is very special, if it is a series, it is estimated that the Western playoff level teams will not be afraid of them, and maybe the Eastern playoff level teams will not have much disadvantage against the Nuggets in a round series.

But Leng Buding and the Nuggets play a game, it's not so easy to deal with, the Nuggets can play too many people, there is no way to focus on the key like the series, their players' performance is relatively fluctuating, rotation adjustments may be great, Nuggets head coach George Karl is also a pretty good head coach, it's difficult to do.

can only play first, the Nuggets, Thunder, and Trail Blazers will always have two teams that will be sixth and seventh in the West, and the other team is likely to be fourth, regardless of whether the Grizzlies maintain their position in the upper half of the playoffs in the second and third places, or fall to fifth, they are bound to play one of the three teams in the first round, anyway, if the Grizzlies fall to the fourth, they will definitely choose to fall to the fifth to avoid meeting the Mavericks in advance.

Therefore, playing against these three teams is relatively more important than playing against Hu Ma Niu!

The ultimate goal is to defeat the Huma Bulls, but you have to get past the first round first!

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"Zach, you don't have a fever today, do you, why did you come to train so early?"

"You're already an MVP candidate now, and you're working so hard, you're working so hard, of course I'm going to work hard, I don't want to be surpassed by you so easily, I'm the boss!"

"Yes, yes, you're the boss, I'm second on the team, first in the league."

"Haha, by the way, today we are practicing low post together, why have you been playing in the high back recently, we are the Grizzlies! We should go to the basket more, your size has such a big advantage on the outside, it's not good to play low, what are you doing on the outside! ”

"Blame me? Who got so fat this season"

"Honna Theo Neal is not fat! It's strong! Look at my dominance on the inside, look at you, skinny monkey, be careful, Honda Nacy O'Neal will soon regain the team's scoring title! ”

"I'm a point guard! Can it be compared? ”

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Early this morning, Randolph went to the stadium to train with Sun Ce, which made Sun Ce feel very surprised, he hadn't practiced with Randolph for more than a month, and the last time he practiced with Randolph was in mid-December, and then he was preparing for a concert and a mid-season break.

To be precise, Randolph has rarely practiced in terms of technique this season, and Sun Ce has practiced the low post with Randolph less often, because Randolph needs to spend more time on losing weight.

The coaching staff didn't have a training session scheduled this morning, and it was surprising that Randolph actually took the initiative to come to practice.

After practicing two sets of low-post footwork with Randolph, Randolph sat on the training ground to rest, and Sun Ce practiced a set of low-handed left-turned low-handed layups.

After practicing, Sun Ce took a look at the learning board.

"Humility:

Target Audience: Zach Randolph,

Learning Objectives: Low turning skills, S+ level, 35% bonus efficiency. Completion (2/7).

Medium and short-range reversal throw, S-Rank, bonus efficiency of 25%. Completion (0/7). ”

After practicing the layup, Sun Ce came to Randolph and sat down, and Randolph handed Sun Ce a glass of Gatorade.

"Zach, how many years are you going to renew your contract?" Sun Ce asked, he was very concerned about this matter.

At this stage of the regular season, Randolph's size has improved a lot from the beginning of the regular season, losing more than a dozen pounds, and his current weight is 126 kilograms, at least not as bloated as he was at the beginning of the season.

Of course, with Randolph's height, 126 kilograms is still a bit too heavy, and his condition is good and bad, which is still a headache for the coaching staff and teammates.

But Randolph has been playing well since joining the Grizzlies, rarely as nonsense as in the first eight years of his career, especially the off-court troubles are gone, the team has actually maintained a wait-and-see attitude towards Randolph last season, but now, Sun Ce and Randolph's co-agent Bill Duffy have learned that the team's management is already talking about a contract extension.

Speaking of this, Randolph was a little anxious: "I plan to sign for three years, but Bill thinks four years is a little safer, and I am hesitant." ”

Randolph signed a two-year, $33.26 million contract in 2009, which will expire at the end of this season, and Randolph will turn 30 years old in six months, and the management is ready to offer a 3 to 4-year contract, which is to really treat Randolph as part of a long-term plan.

When the Grizzlies signed Randolph, they sent a second-round draft pick to the Clippers, and they signed first and then got Randolph's bird rights, so there is no need to rush in terms of contract extensions.

Now it's Randolph and Bill Duffy who are considering signing for 3 years or 4 years, Randolph will only be 30 years old next season, if he signs for 3 years and plays the next contract, he will only be 33 years old in the next year, and if he maintains his form, he may get another long-term contract.

If the contract is renewed for 4 years, and the next contract is played for another year, you will be 34 years old, which is quite a big difference.

It mainly depends on whether Randolph himself is confident that he can maintain his long-term form, and choose a more secure four-year contract or fight for the next contract after playing at the age of 32.

Randolph's hesitation is understandable, if he signs a one-year contract less, if he really encounters the worst-case scenario, he may get almost 20 million less!

Randolph is now renewing his contract, and the starting salary may be lower than the current contract, but it will not be lower than 15 million, and it will be almost 20 million in the fourth year.

If you only sign for three years, you will not be in good shape in the final year, and then the worst possibility will be to be directly demoted to the bottom salary level or even have no ball to play.

30 years old is a hurdle, and you don't see Maddy, Carter, Webb, Rasheed Wallace and other players who have received the highest salary after the age of 30 are not as good as before.

This kind of thing Sun Ce is not good to give any advice, although he knows that Randolph did not retire until he was 37 years old, and he was in good condition when he retired, but he was unwilling to hug his thighs and chose to retire and did not want to continue to mess around in the weak team After all, he has already earned 200 million, but the world has changed so much, how can he give advice casually.

And in the original plane, Randolph's own choice was also good.

After chatting for a while about the contract, Randolph said: "Don't worry, Noah, I will definitely stay, you don't have to worry so much." ”

Randolph suddenly gave Sun Ce a promise, how could Sun Ce not know what Randolph wanted to express, it is estimated that he and the management have already passed the anger.

This topic continues to be more serious and sensitive, everyone knows that the Grizzlies want to renew Sun Ce's contract as soon as possible, but so far in the season, the Grizzlies have not told the public about it through any channels, nor have they talked to him about this matter, and it seems that the team players are prohibited from discussing Sun Ce's contract extension.

And Sun Ce doesn't plan to discuss this matter at all for the time being, he doesn't have bird rights, and the team doesn't have salary space at present, and now it's useless to talk about contract extensions, and he won't accept the salary of early bird rights, he needs to wait, he has a tendency to stay, and he needs the Grizzlies to find a way to create salary space on their own.

At this time, Randolph opened the topic, and Sun Ce suddenly felt a little nervous when he saw that Randolph still had something to say.

At this time, Randolph spoke: "Noah, you ...... Decided what we're going to perform at this year's All-Star Game? ”

Sun Ce subconsciously responded: "I haven't thought about it yet...... Watt? ”

Sun Ce looked at Randolph's eyes from anticipation to dissatisfaction, and wanted to pry open this guy's head to see what was inside! Maybe it's really rotten tofu!

So serious a topic, why is it All-Star Weekend?

Sun also thought that Randolph was trying to test his tone, and he knew that his decision would definitely have a huge impact on the Grizzlies and some other teams.

For more than a year, the Grizzlies have been building a system around his grandson, if he finishes this season, the Grizzlies' two seasons of hard work will be in vain, and Randolph, who is about to enter the next year, will definitely make other considerations, this is no longer the situation that Randolph will renew his contract in the original time and space, and Randolph is the most important player in the Grizzlies.

Krandolph had just mobilized his emotions and suddenly pulled into the All-Star Weekend performance?

Show a hammer! Haven't had enough of the concert?