People who like to brush data, don't you know that they are brushing data?

Of course not.

They don't know what to do better for the team? This one is possible.

But they know for sure that they have the potential to affect their teammates and affect the team.

But they just want to get good stats for various reasons, and if they can play good stats, they have a kind of honey confidence that the team should make changes for him for his good stats.

That's how Whiteside thinks, because there are a lot of players in NBA history who have grown by leaps and bounds, the numbers have exploded, and then the team builds around them, and it is not certain whether they win the championship or not, but some of them have succeeded.

It's like buying a lottery ticket, knowing that it's a waste, but when you spend money, you always think - what if it's me?

And, Whiteside really found himself capable of playing good stats! With a triple-double of blocks, he began to swell and wanted to be the team's main interior lineman.

This is a very normal idea, and the position is a matter of contention.

But Whiteside really didn't expect that in the second game after he got a block triple-double, he inflated by one game, and in the next game, he was directly put on the inactive list, and the team would rather let Gobert go up and play for 10 minutes.

Whiteside, who had just returned to the NBA, was extremely uneasy, and the coaching staff told him directly in last night's game against the Timberwolves that he didn't need to warm up, and he didn't know what it meant at the time, and he gradually reacted when the game was on.

When he returned to the hotel after the game, he received a call from his newly signed agent, Bill Duffy, saying that he would talk to him about the café after returning to Memphis today.

Whiteside didn't know what Sun Ce would say to him at the time, but he wanted to know, so he chatted with Bill Duffy for a long time, and then had a clearer understanding of his current situation-

He has the quality, but he lacks a chance to return to play in the NBA, and the Grizzlies gave him a chance, and he took advantage of this opportunity to play well quickly.

But "good", most of the time, just means that the data is good, and his addition has not brought a substantial improvement to the Grizzlies.

But even that he's getting the attention of other teams, but now there's a problem, if a team like the Grizzlies, who have a complex and inclusive role, drop him away while he's playing great numbers, his reputation on NBA team management will be hugely affected.

It is even possible to be like the madman back then, who obviously played a quasi-All-Star statistic, but because of word-of-mouth problems and death, he stayed away from the NBA and never came back.

Whiteside knew it was the worst-case scenario, but it was possible, and there had been cases where it had happened...... Because the Grizzlies can really do it! If you don't agree with each other, you can simply discard it!

That's when Whiteside remembered what he thought when he first joined the team - to listen to the arrangements in the championship team, and the coach told him to do it, and try to stay in the NBA...... It's just that in this era of traffic, the news touting him has even overwhelmed Sun Ce's limelight in the past week or so, and the time he played the Nuggets really floated.

In short, Whiteside couldn't sleep all night last night, and this morning he went back to the rented apartment in Memphis in a daze, still unable to sleep, and came to the café early to wait for Sun Ce to come.

At lunchtime, at 11:30, Whiteside saw Sun Ce led by the waiter to the area where he was sitting, and immediately stood up.

After Sun Ce said hello and sat down, Whiteside sat down, Sun Ce ordered a cup of lemon tea, and after the waiter left, before Sun Ce could say hello, Whiteside spoke first: "Lord, don't worry, I will take a good position in the future and try to share the ball ......"

Sun Ce listened to a bunch of "determinations" from Whiteside Balala, and there was no feeling of relief, the other party was quite sincere, but he was very polite, and he just wanted to win the opportunity again.

Purposefulness does not mean insincerity.

However, Sun Ce can clearly feel that Whiteside is different from Larry Sanders, both are players with a bad temper, Larry Sanders is less obsessed, and Whiteside, with a little beast in his heart, as long as he has the opportunity, as long as he feels that he can give it a go, he will really give it a go.

Give it a go, Sun Ce is also a person who likes to give it a go, and he doesn't exclude that there are other people in the team who want to give it a go, but if it endangers his interests, Sun Ce will become very sensitive.

Whiteside wants what Bo, and the team that wants to compete for the championship can't afford it, and if it chooses to bear, it will be difficult to become a championship team.

Sun Ce patiently listened to Whiteside's "determination", and the more Whiteside spoke, the more unconfident he became, and he found that Sun Ce's reaction was too bland.

This is how Whiteside began to think about how to tell Sun Ce last night that he wants to play, how hard he will work, and hopes that Sun Ce can let the team give him another chance.

But as Sun Ce thought, if the team is not so determined to hide him directly in the second game after his expansion, Whiteside will not feel uneasy, even if the management, coaching staff or teammates say that he is not good, he will not pay attention, he will continue to fight.

But the team's reaction was too violent, directly changing the team back to playing without him and abandoning it, which was the key to Whiteside's words.

Sun Ce waited for Whiteside to finish speaking, and after calming down again, he blew the tea in the teacup and took a sip gently, the hot tea churned in Sun Ce's mouth because of Sun Ce's hard inhalation, making Whiteside more and more impatient.

After tasting the tea, Sun Ce felt good, swallowed it in one gulp, and then asked, "Do you still want to play in our team?" If not, we'll help you find a team that suits you next season. ”

This was completely unexpected by Whiteside, and he thought about what Sun Ce would say, he might blame, he might persuade, he might curse...... Whiteside was ready to listen anyway, and then they all came down.

Whiteside doesn't care what happens in the future, he just wants to play again.

But unexpectedly, Sun Ce actually asked if he wanted to stay in the team to play.

How to answer this?

Whiteside snapped: "Of course I want to play in the team. ”

"But the team doesn't need you to play like you play against the Nuggets, we're a team fighting for championships, we need every player to be selfless, every one of us is thinking about how to cooperate with others, and the end result is that every one of us finds that my teammates seem to be helping me...... Well, I said to be more direct, to play in our team, you have to learn to sacrifice, sacrifice for me. ”

Listening to Sun Ce's words, Whiteside was stunned again.

That's too straightforward, isn't it?

Whiteside was grateful to Sun Ce for "letting the team sign him", but it soon became clear to him that the whole team was making sacrifices for Sun Ce.

Whiteside, like everyone else, sees through and doesn't say anything, but everyone behaves differently.

Like Hardaway Jr. and Gobert, they are still rookies and have no say.

Tony Allen and Aamir Johnson are bent on winning, they are the kind of people who don't have good stats but get a good contract by hard work, and they don't care who they sacrifice for, as long as they sacrifice for that person to get good results.

Klay Thompson doesn't care, sacrifice can't go to him; Paul George is - yes!

There are also people like Livingston, Richard Jefferson, and Stoudemire who are rushing to hug their thighs, and their brothers, including Livingston, don't know when they will stay away from the NBA.

And this so-called "sacrifice" is so common in the NBA that each team can see other players sacrificing for the star of the house.

Everyone has a different idea, and based on their own ideas, they choose to sacrifice.

But Whiteside has been away from the NBA for too long, and he didn't even officially play in the NBA before, going to the Development League and the NBL, both of which are based on personal interests, and every player in the Development League is fighting for his own hope of returning to the NBA or the hope of playing overseas, and everyone is selfish.

The NBL is more direct, and if you don't play well, you will be replaced.

So Whiteside is different from others, although he sees through it and doesn't say it, he fights when he should fight.

However, Whiteside didn't expect Sun Ce to say it so directly!

This made Whiteside not know how to answer, and he couldn't even squeeze out an answer.

However, Sun Ce's directness touched Whiteside, he doesn't like to beat around the bush, and it can even be said that there is a rebellious mentality.

He didn't want to listen to the team, the team said to sacrifice for the team, to integrate into the team, etc...... Whiteside knows very well that he is sacrificing for Sun Ce, of course, he is grateful to Sun Ce, but he still wants to fight for his place in the team.

Now, Sun Ce is so direct, and Whiteside is really willing to talk about this aspect of things.

This time Whiteside was really ready to "talk", not fight for something, Whiteside thought for a moment and asked, "What do you need me to do, Lord?" ”

"No, no, no, it's not what I need you to do, it's how you choose."

Sun Ce said and tapped his fingers on the tabletop, Whiteside heard the sound of the tabletop tapping, and felt that his heart was beating with the sound of Sun Ce's fingertips tapping on the tabletop, this was just an illusion, but Whiteside's heart was confused again, and he didn't know how to answer.

"It's actually very simple, two paths.

The first one that you'll probably like is that we announced that you strained your hamstring in the game against the Nuggets and you're out for the season.

There are only 9 games left in the regular season, and you are not seriously injured, just a strain, our team has been called the most conscientious team in recent years, and you can rest if you are injured, you can check it on the Internet.

We'll wait until before the draft or in the summer to send you to the team you want to go to, and I'm sure that with your performance in those games, there will definitely be teams willing to give you playing time.

And I've always felt that you have the quality, from the first time I met you in your rookie year in the NBA, I thought you wouldn't be worse than Cousins, and I watched you play when you won the All-American Defensive Player of the Year in college.

I think you go to the team that you want to go to and that can give you playing time, you can play better stats than you have now.

That way, maybe you'll get a big contract later, but if you want to get a big contract, you'll have to wait until 2017.

There is also an option, which is to stay, for the championship, I don't know what the championship means for you, but for the many talented players like you who have left our team, it represents the importance of the new team, it represents a higher salary for the same performance.

Your contract expires in 2017, and you can only take that much money wherever you go.

You can choose to stay and show the value of being part of the team in the championship team, and no one will think that you are not good at the stats, but will have an extra good impression of you because you sacrifice yourself to fit into a championship team like ours.

No team would refuse a player who thinks they are willing to sacrifice to win a championship.

When you want to go, you tell the team to send you where you want to go, and it won't stop you from competing for a big contract, but this championship experience will make you more valued when you arrive at a new team, and it will be easier to get a chance to perform than if you were sent to another team next season.

Well, to be more direct, we're using each other, I'm using your strength, you're using me to help you win the championship! ”

Layer by layer of analysis, Whiteside also fell into deep thought.

As Sun Ce said, Whiteside calmed down when Sun Ce said this, and thought about Sun Ce's words, and found that it seemed to be like this!

Now he is playing good statistics, more to attract the attention of fans and the media, but his contract expires in the 16-17 season, 4 years and 6 million, there are only 9 games left in this season, and after signing this season, he will only take the money for the remaining dozen games in the regular season, leaving aside this season, there are 3 years and 4.5 million left.

And this contract is still a team option for the next two years...... went to a new team, can the new team be as decisive as the Grizzlies and give a chance?

Whiteside thinks about the fact that he has tried out with other teams in the past few years, not to mention those teams that have given him a chance, and they have not even given him a training camp contract, let alone a contract for official matches.

The meaning of Sun Ce's words is obvious, stay, make sacrifices according to the needs of the team, and really officially return to the NBA, instead of still being in a state of fighting.

If you are traded, go to a new team, in case the new team is not willing to give a chance?

And in the end, Whiteside found that it didn't seem like he was making sacrifices for the team, on the contrary, the team only needed part of his ability, only his offensive rebounds, defensive end to hold the three-second zone and the card position, and Larry Sanders could do it, but Larry Sanders was not as good at static physical condition as him, and he was not as good at these aspects as he did.

It doesn't have to be! It's just that the team needs part of his ability!

Sun Ce looked at Whiteside, who was deep in thought, didn't wait for the other party to answer, got up and said: "I bought it alone, if you want to stay, go and tell the coach, say you want to play, if you don't want to, then take a vacation, train hard, and get ready to play on a new team next season, I believe you definitely belong to the NBA." ”

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The game with the Suns is coming soon, with 7 games left, 5 opponents are strong teams, and two weak teams are Suns, playing the Suns at home on the 5th and the Suns away on the 15th.

The other 5 opponents are the Spurs, Heat, 76ers, Lakers, and Mavericks.

On the morning of April 5, Sun Ce first sent the ancestral goose to school, and then came to the stadium.

Yesterday afternoon, Sun Ce received a message from Bill Duffy, who arrived in Memphis yesterday morning, received a request from Whiteside to visit Coach Hollins' house together.

Sun Ce felt that Bill Duffy was a little too sincere, and when he heard that something had happened to Whiteside, he came right away.

Sun Ce didn't know what Whiteside and Coach Hollins talked about, but since Whiteside went to talk, it means that Whiteside didn't want to end his Grizzlies career just like that, which was enough for Sun Ce.

If Whiteside doesn't change, there's no chance of staying.

Just as Whiteside thought, their Grizzlies only need a center with strong offensive rebounding, strong three-second zone defense ability, and excellent card position, which is really not good, it is completely possible to just need a center with excellent card position, and it is okay to have height and eat cakes, and it can not play well, but it cannot endanger the team as a whole.

The reason why Sun Ce talked to Whiteside so directly in the way of "interest trading", instead of persuading or scolding, is very simple, the coaching staff, Bill Duffy, Sun Ce believes that they have all talked to Whiteside in an ordinary way, so just be direct.

Now it seems that talking about interests in the most direct way is the most effective for this guy.

Getting along with Whiteside made Sun Ce understand that the NBA not only needs to rely on teammates, but also on leadership ability, and interests must also be a way to deal with many things.

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Whiteside was back under the guidance of Dave Jogle and Gobert to practice the slotting skills, and his teammates didn't think it was strange that with Sun Ce here, his teammates thought everything could be solved.

If it can't be solved, their thoughts are the same, it's just that the teammates who just arrived may leave soon, after all, Whiteside has only been in the team for half a month, and the friendship is still very early.

And they, the Grizzlies, are used to sacrifice, and in the eyes of most of the players on the team, it is worth it, with new teammates and players who would otherwise get more playing time less, and everyone is used to it.

It's good that the atmosphere in the team is good.

Moreover, what they sacrifice is usually only in terms of statistics and playing time, like giving contracts, and the team has never been stingy!

As usual, the Grizzlies are preparing for tonight's game against the Suns.

The Suns are now fighting with the Magic and the Celtics for the penultimate three, the 8-67 Clippers and the 13-62 Bucks, these two teams can't catch up, but the third-to-last can still be competed for.

Wiggins, Embiid, Jabari Parker, the bad team is all for them!

However, the rest of the rotation is the rest of the rotation, and in the last 7 games, you have to fight for every game!

Sun Ce is ready to play hard in the next game! Fight to hold on to fourth place in the West!