"Vince, I said when I was suspended, we won the championship together, but you don't believe it, you see, your cousin has won the championship, I didn't expect you to be able to play now, now I estimate that you can play until you are in your 40s......"

"I knew you were going to win the championship, but I wanted to try to compete with you, but I couldn't win it......"

On Sept. 16, many Grizzlies players arrived at the arena the day before the team's rallying day.

The newcomers Carter, Aldridge, Blake, and Pierce may be older, at least 30 years old, and they don't have so much nightlife during the holidays, and they all like to train at the stadium early.

Carter and Pierce, in particular, will need to train longer than the younger players to get back into shape, and they have been training since before Sun Ce returned to Memphis.

Pierce was cold, Aldridge and Blake didn't talk much, and after Sun Ce greeted them, he chatted with Carter, who had an outgoing personality.

Carter said that he knew that Sun Ce could win the championship, but at that time he did believe in Nowitzki and Yao Ming's super twin towers.

The main reason is that God knows that Sun Ce will lead the team to win the championship so soon, and Sun Ce was only in the third grade that year.

To be honest, Carter is a little envious of Nash, of course he wants to win the championship, and he really didn't expect the Grizzlies to change from superstar basketball that relied heavily on Randolph, Gasol Jr., and Sun Ce in the 09-10 season and 10-11 season to team basketball in the past three years.

Whether it's team basketball or not, Carter's view is not that the data is uneven, but that it is a sense of participation.

The Grizzlies were even able to play a 13-man rotation in the defending year of the 12-13 season, and Jimmy Butler, who was on the edge of the bench at the beginning of the season and played most games as the third small forward or third scoring guard, dared to be the main player in the Finals.

The Grizzlies during the two-game championship were evaluated by the media and fans at the time as team basketball dressed as superstar basketball.

ESPN is the most straightforward and thinks there should be a "Best Team Award in the Finals".

However, he didn't win the championship in those two years, and it wasn't a very annoying thing for Carter, he wanted the championship, but he didn't get it, so he regretted it, otherwise the first year of the formation of the Kojan group, Kobe Bryant was theoretically the best year in the Kojan period, and he just went directly to the Lakers.

But he is unwilling, just like in 2005, Maddy wanted him not to renew his contract early in the 05-06 season, and when he went to work with Maddie and Yao Ming in 06, Carter chose to renew his contract with the Nets in the same way.

Moreover, this time Sun Ce invited him, didn't he come.

At that time, the best team basketball players were the Spurs and the Mavericks, and the Spurs Carter was reluctant to go, so he went to the Mavericks.

But this year, Carter chose to leave, first, because the Grizzlies got Aldridge, and secondly, because they wanted to change the environment, since it was a change of environment, then change to a team with a high probability of winning the championship, and a team that played well in team basketball, why not?

Sun Ce and Carter chatted and chatted, and their teammates came one after another, only Yi Jianlian, who was still doing propaganda in China, could not come back until the 20th, and Gobert, who was still promoting basketball to children in France, did not come back.

At half past ten, when Randolph came to the training ground of the stadium slowly, Sun Ce, who was competing for three points with Klay Thompson, Carter, and Blake, was startled!

It's so different from what his teammates saw at the start of the season in the last two years! There is a neck! There is actually a neck!

Sun Ce couldn't help but quip, "Zach, which woman did you get squeezed out of this summer?" ”

Hearing this, Randolph felt that his dignity had been challenged, as if he had been lazy.

Although, he was worried about money and his wife forced him to lose weight or he would have beaten him, but he really lost weight, and at first his wife asked him to lose from 300 pounds, which is 131 kilograms, to 290 pounds, at least he got the salary of 13 million US dollars that was originally promised.

However, it was very hard at the beginning of the weight loss, and Randolph suffered the most during the period when he lost the most pounds, and after losing 290 pounds, he felt that he would not continue to lose weight, and he lost 280 pounds, that is, more than 127 kilograms.

It is definitely impossible to say that it is because he is afraid of being beaten by his wife, otherwise he will become a laughing stock like Ci Shiping and Kidd.

Randolph said angrily: "I trained! Trained! You guys were so useless last year, you were almost swept by the Spurs! I really can't stand your performance, this year the eldest brother will take you to pretend to be forced to fly with you! ”

Randolph liked Sun Ce's sentence in an interview after scoring 72 points in the second grade, "I'll take my brothers tonight to pretend to fly with them", and this time it was finally his turn!

Looking at Randolph's sassy appearance, his teammates are also very helpless, but as long as Randolph is not too fat, he is really a very trustworthy teammate.

Although it doesn't seem to be to the point where you can see the lines of the muscles when the calves and stomach bulge, at least there are contours, unlike the muscles in the arms and legs that have been invisible in the past two years.

The abdominal muscles are definitely not abs, and the pectoral muscles are also wrapped in fat on the outside, but the arms and legs must have muscle lines, even if the contours are good.

The point is to have a neck!

Randolph was the last to arrive, and his old and new teammates greeted him, and then, Randolph, Carter, Pierce, Richard Jefferson, and Stoudemire, who were almost the same era, bragged and farted together, and Livingston, Tony Allen, Aldridge, and Blake got together to chat and get acquainted with the team with the two new teammates.

The four young stars of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George and Larry Sanders are also chatting.

The sentence that Randolph just said today "This year's big brother will take you to pretend to be forced", those who can understand know that this is Randolph's statement that no one should fight for the boss, and it is also a hint that the young stars who have played in the team for many years should not break the team's current rules.

Not so good at it, I thought that Randolph was declaring his status as the boss or was used to calling himself like that.

Sun Ce felt that he was taken care of again, but he was very happy.

The biggest trouble for a team may not be that the strength is not strong enough, and if the strength is not strong, you just need to find a way to strengthen it, but the team boss is not clear, so it will be very troublesome.

And their Grizzlies, in the eyes of outsiders, the biggest problem is the possibility of a boss fight.

But when Randolph said this, the problem was resolved at its roots.

The main thing is that their Grizzlies are old, young, and young, and they don't pursue that aspect, and when Randolph says this, it's determined.

However, Randolph said this, not just for the sake of face, but also because he is also a highly competitive player, he is lazy, it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to win, otherwise last year the Kings were willing to give him more money to teach Cousins to play, in the bad team, with a two-year salary cap, no pressure to win, the Grizzlies will definitely retire his jersey...... But he originally only wanted to take 13 million to stay, but he still wanted to win the championship.

He really felt that last year it was because he didn't control his weight well, which led to injuries and finally affected the team's establishment of a dynasty.

Although he is not sure how long he can maintain this mentality, this year, he is ready to fight hard with his teammates.

……

Carter really likes to show off his dunks, he is 37 years old, chatting and chatting about the fact that Carter "ruined" the dunk contest, Carter couldn't help but start showing off his skills.

Even if the 37-year-old Carter wants to perform a dunk, it still makes his teammates full of expectations.

Seeing that Carter seemed to be able to dunk the flatbed windmill easily after he was ready, cheers rang out in the training arena.

Sun Ce is also envious, limited by athletic ability, maybe it is also related to his size, although he has not been said to be bad at bouncing over the years, when he is capped and buttoned, he still jumps quite high.

And he also got the title of "non-deduction and non-violence", but when he hit zero, it was really not that he didn't want to perform, but that he didn't have that condition, so it was better to finish the matter lightly.

Carter didn't dunk much, the most in that season was 87 dunks, Sun Ce had more than 100 dunks in his second year, and more than 170 dunks in the past two years, with an average of more than two dunks per game.

But Carter's dunk can be used as a top five ball every time, and Sun Ce can score the top five balls of the day with more than a dozen dunks a year, and three or five dunks a year are among the top 100 dunks in the season.

In his early years, Carter had 44 dunks in a single season, of which 39 dunks were among the top 100 dunks of the season, which is the highest number of dunks per player in a season since Time Warner Cable Sports created the top 100 dunk highlights in the 99-00 season.

The second highest was O'Neal with 31 dunks in the '04-05 season with the Heat, and the third was Griffin with 30 dunks in his rookie year.

However, O'Neal, who was No. 2, deducted 255 times that year, and Griffin, who was No. 3, deducted 214 times that year.

Just when Sun Ce was so envious and jealous that he didn't want it, the system prompt suddenly came, unprepared and caught off guard!

"Wanting to perform a beautiful dunk has always been something that the host is extremely eager for, and the special event: the trapeze inheritor triggers."

"Flyer Inheritor (*):

Goal 1: Average at least 3 dunks at home in a single season.

Reward: Skill Card: Manifestative Level 1.

Goal 2: The host must break the all-time record of 255 dunks held by Shaq O'Neal in a single season since detailed dunk statistics are available.

Bonus: Vince Carter Dunk Pack. ”

"Phenotypic Level 1: When the host attempts to dunk and there is no defender under the basket, the host bounces to temporarily raise two notches to A-level.

Note: It can be upgraded by obtaining an S-Rank Dunk Pack. ”

The event itself, Sun Ce was happy when he saw it.

It's been a great time!

But!

"An average of 3 deductions per game? Forget this, why should I talk to my grandson and O'Neillby? 255 times, that's more than 3 times per game! ”

After the slander, Sun Ce took a closer look, and it turned out to be two rewards, as well as Carter's dunk bag......

Is this an S-class dunk bag? Sun Ce felt that at least!

Sun Ce couldn't help but look at Carter with fiery eyes, Carter was very useful, he just liked other players to look at him with "admiration" to dunk him.

calmed down his excitement, Sun Ce felt that this event could be completed, of course, he had to do his best to complete it, but he didn't have to dunk strongly, Carter had the most dunks in a single season, and he had 179 dunks in the 12-13 season, although it was not as many as Griffin's 181 and Jordan Jr.'s 203 in the same year, but it could also rank third.

After calming down, Sun Ce felt that to complete this incident, what he should do should be to deduct when he can, unlike the occasional passer-by A layup like before, but when he shouldn't dunk, don't come hard, his family knows his own affairs.

The opponent is very jealous of his three-second dunk, and he can often rely on this to suddenly take a step to the free throw line when he breaks through, and he can't waste the close-range scoring opportunity brought by the "overlord dunk" catch dunk deterrence.

The main reason is that there is no hard and fast rule on which season this event should be completed, and with the static physical condition of his grandson, there is a chance to complete it.

……

The teammates were taken aback by Randolph, the coaching staff, the trainers, the team doctors...... Even at noon, when they walked to the restaurant in the square next door to the stadium to eat, they came out of the gate and scared the security guards!

Randolph, who was fatter than them at the beginning of the season every year, could actually see his neck!

The coaching staff was ecstatic! Although there is still a gap between the lines of the arms and legs that can be seen in the playoffs in previous years, maybe in the middle and late season, Randolph will be at his best!

As for the possible decline, Randolph is 33 years old, and there is no way to avoid it, otherwise what will they do when they trade Aldridge back, and it would not be better to compete for or trade for Pau Gasol, Noah, and Chandler as center forwards.

And the most important reason for the Grizzlies to make the decision to send Whiteside away is the need for an interior player who can replace Randolph.

The 29-year-old Aldridge has no big problem maintaining the peak for 3-4 years, and a player like him can often sign a big contract at the age of 312.

But Randolph can find his form sooner, which will naturally be better for their Grizzlies!

First of all, Aldridge is generally better at mid-distance, and it is okay to play low back, but it is estimated that it will not be much better than Sun Ce, and the playoffs are not very practical.

The second is that Randolph is in better shape, and can better ensure that the rotation will reduce injuries, so as not to use Aldridge to death.

There is also the expectation of the big center who has not yet returned from France, after the playoffs last year, with the help of Stockton, the team invited the old Jazz Oster Tag, who was a trainer at Georgetown University, to help Gobert practice the footsteps in the low post area, when playing the summer league, Gobert has made significant progress, although Gobert was beaten by Gasol Jr. when he played the World Cup, but the improvement is visible to the naked eye!

It's a little harder to lay the foundation, but Gobert has been improving, at least not stagnating.

If Gobert could take on the task of protecting the frame for more than ten minutes at some point on average per game, he could practice eating cakes well and improve all the time...... In the eyes of the coaching staff, Gobert's talent has every chance of becoming a first-team All-Defensive player.

The best defensive team is not easy, in the position of center, if you can get the second defense, it is in the eyes of the coaching staff that all the league's centers that season have the second-best overall defensive performance throughout the season, and they can compete for the best defensive player.

……

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None of the Grizzlies' rosters, including the newcomers, expected that the team's first happy event at the start of the season would be Randolph's weight control.

Either way, it's certainly a good thing!

Of the 11 players who stayed on the team last season, they are sure to be in the title this year, with Richard Jefferson and Stoudemire being the most urgent.

And the four newcomers, Aldridge, Carter, Pierce, and Blake are more or less aiming for the championship, and the one that is less is only Carter.

Aldridge wants to win the title, Pierce and Blake have won the title, but they have always been very competitive players, so naturally they want to win more.

Carter's words, even if he is essentially enjoying basketball, enjoying basketball does not mean that he does not want to win.

At noon on the 16th, Sun Ce and his teammates had a small gathering, and the real dinner had to wait until all the teammates arrived.

On the 17th, the returning players began to conduct targeted technical training under the arrangement of the coaching staff.

Not every player practices in the summer, their Grizzlies are fine, most of them keep training, but Randolph mainly loses weight in the summer, and has lost nearly 10 kilograms since August, so naturally there is little time to practice skills.

When the old teammates saw that Sun Ce had improved again, they were used to it...... Paul George, the most talented player in the team except for Sun Ce and Randolph, admires Sun Ce's "talent".

He feels like he's improved a lot this summer, with more solid mid-range shots and three-point shots, and he's also learned ball handling and passing from James and Nash, as well as ball awareness.

But Sun Ce seems to have improved more than him!

Paul George has been in this situation 4 times, starting in his second year and as always......

Time passed quickly, 3 days of individual training passed quickly, and on the 20th, Yi Jianlian and Gobert also came to Memphis, owner Robert Pera invited the whole team to dinner, Gobert and Yi Jianlian rested for a night and poured jet lag, and on the 21st, the Grizzlies held a media day.

The main reason is to allow Gobert and Yi Jianlian to have one more day off, and the interview is definitely not tired of training for most people, so that the two can go back after the interview to continue to reverse the jet lag and adjust their physical and mental conditions.

After the group interview, Randolph, Sun Ce, Aldridge, Paul George, the four All-Stars, and Klay Thompson, who is considered to have a chance to be selected as an All-Star in the future, are interviewed together, five players who are considered to be the best players on their Grizzlies team.

The topical interview was conducted by Abby, the daughter of the head coach of the Suns with a big belly, Sun Ce looked at the big belly and scolded which guy had made his former bedmate's belly bigger.

One of the topics was to ask the five who the best player was.

Paul George said Kobe, Randolph said O'Neal, Klay Thompson and Aldridge said Jordan.

After finishing speaking, the teammates felt Sun Ce's hot eyes, as if they wanted to bite them.

Seeing that Sun Ce didn't answer, Abby continued to ask, "Noah, who do you think is the best basketball player?" ”

"It's me!"