The Grizzlies trade has attracted the attention of many teams.

The media and fans are talking about it.

Some of the team's players also commented on it, and the teams were also quite concerned.

Trades happen every year, but the Grizzlies are the favorites to get this kind of attention.

In particular, the Grizzlies are going to play the Thunder tonight, and completing a trade at this juncture about the team's interior play core over the past few years will have a huge impact on any team.

During the afternoon break, Tony Allen, Richard Jefferson, Paul George are all serious about helping their new teammates understand the team as soon as possible, how much can be understood, Tony Allen is the leader of the defensive end, Richard Jefferson locker room leader, these two help new teammates integrate no problem.

But Paul George, Sun Ce's sentence "We have to rely on you next" gave Paul George an additional responsibility that he should not bear at his age...... There was no way, he could only pick up the knife and get on the horse.

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At 6:10 p.m., the Grizzlies' home game against the Thunder, broadcast live from two state television stations of .T TV and Time Warner Cable Sports, was 20 minutes away.

Players from both teams enter the field.

Seeing that the big fat boy who had been in the team for more than 5 years left like this, the old fans on the scene were very sentimental, Randolph was reimbursed, and Gasol Jr. was traded, for Grizzlies fans, it can be said that one of their time has passed, from the era of double bears to the era of lords!

It seems to be going well, without going through the transitional stage full of battles like O-K, and there is not even infighting, the fuse that triggered the change of the times is that Randolph has accumulated illness due to weight, fatigue and other reasons, and is reimbursed for injuries.

It's more like David Robinson, one of the four major centers in the 96-97 season, and when David Robinson returned, the Spurs already had a better center, and as soon as he appeared in the NBA, it was enough to rival the era superstar Duncan, who had gradually become the strongest center at the time.

It seems like the Grizzlies are going through this process as well...... It's not quite the same, but it's as excessive as the Spurs' twin towers.

Sun Ce always felt weird when he saw such a topic thrown out by the media......

Grizzlies fans are a little sentimental, if it is an ordinary inner core combination that is broken up after four years, it is okay, the two bears have been partners for more than four years, and they have helped Sun Ce win two championships!

The best picture in the minds of this generation of fans will undoubtedly be the bits and pieces when they won the first championship.

But, even if it is nostalgic, the fans are cheering for the new players!

Compared with other admittedly loss-making deals for the Grizzlies, the unfavorable, questioning, and even optimistic other fans do not value the two as much as Grizzlies fans.

More than anyone else, they want the two to integrate into the team smoothly.

. T commentator Charles Barkley took a rare serious look and said to the TV camera before the Grizzlies and Thunder game began: "The Grizzlies suffered a big loss, but that is only based on the trade value, if it had been known that Randolph would be injured, the Grizzlies would have traded Marc Gasol as early as the summer, but no one could have expected this kind of thing, we all thought that Randolph would be as lucky as before, and lose weight every year without injury."

Judging from the current season, the Grizzlies' trade is understandable, because Randolph is out for the season, and the Grizzlies can no longer pin their hopes on the interior twin towers this year, so they are ready to make the interior comprehensive, and they have almost all types of interior lines.

Stoudemire ...... You know I admire him, he played on the team that retired my jersey, and now he's like Nash to follow the kid they brought to the NBA.

Otterspes, he's very nice, I've had dinner with him, he's a quiet guy, do you know how disciplined he is? He only eats vegetable salad at the reception! This kind of person is a monster.

Saunders and Johnson are both dynamic players.

Valanciunas? That's how he gets his name, he's a lot like Marc Gasol, but he doesn't have that kind of passing and defensive dominance under the basket, not even the ability to pass.

Valanciunas didn't shoot as well as Marc Gasol, but his pick-and-roll awareness and pick-and-roll shooting were better...... By the way, they also have a very tall rookie named Gobert......

They don't have a real interior star right now, they're all role players, they desperately need to make a change right now, and they've chosen to make a change, and now we need to see if the change they're making is right or wrong. ”

Kenny Smith nodded while listening to Barkley's words, and finally said in conclusion: "Charles, you have finally finished reading, can you give me back my manuscript?" ”

"Oh, damn it, you lost to me playing cards in the afternoon and you didn't have the money to pay it back, so what about using the manuscript you wrote to pay off the debt?"

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Barkley and Kenny Smith quarreled again, and Barkley didn't shy away from reading someone else's manuscript.

On the side of the game, there was not much communication between the players of the two teams after entering the stadium, and the two teams were already on the same page.

The players are very motivated, especially the outside players, the second generation of the ball Hardaway Jr. is nothing, not to look at the monk face but also to look at the Buddha face, the team selected him with the 16th pick, it is unlikely to be traded, unless other teams specify him...... But judging from the current situation in the league, teams that want Grizzlies players also hope that the Grizzlies will use them cheaply for two or three years to train them.

Hardaway Jr. and Gobert went to Atlanta's Collich Parker yesterday to play in the Development League, and they were loaned by the Grizzlies to the Hawks' Development League team, and the NBDL Hawks have the right to call him to play as long as there are no games on the NBA side.

Gasol Jr. was traded, and the double 3D was safe because it freed up some more space.

While the other players are uncertain, there is also uncertainty on the inside.

Now the players have reached a consensus that if they want to be "safe", they have to work hard to play well and show the management that they don't need to trade anymore, they are strong!

Sun Ce, on his side, chatted with the coaching staff in the afternoon, and as he thought, the team was ready to change the "reference" of player rotation in the game from the inside to the outside.

This is more in line with the current development law of the NBA, such as the Lakers, Spurs, and Mavericks are all doing this.

As for the trading side, not much was discussed.

didn't talk too much, Sun Ce knew that the team was still waiting and seeing, maybe there would be a better trade partner, maybe it would continue like this.

It's the same thing that my teammates want to do – play well to be consistent.

In fact, this has made Sun Ce's heart settle down a lot, and what he has to do now is to play a good game!

By 6:28 p.m., players from both teams were on the field.

For the rotation, Coach Hollins is very cautious, Gobert and Hardaway Jr. did not enter the activation list tonight, and it is still a combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian.

So far in the new season, they have been an offensive team for the time they have captained, averaging 109.6 points per game in 36 games, the first in the league.

Due to many factors this season, the league averaged 102.5 points per game, but the team with the highest average points per game also "only" 109.6 points, which is quite rare in the history of the NBA, and also represents the teams above the league's average scoring level, and the gap in their scoring strength is not as big as before.

In the past, when all teams in the league averaged 944 points per game, there were teams like the Suns who averaged 110 points per game.

But the Grizzlies are conceding 103.5 points per game, which is also higher than the league's average of 102.5 points.

Now they need to change, and they have already begun to change.

The Thunder, on their part, sent a starting lineup of Westbrook, Sefrosa, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams.

Westbrook looked at Sun Ce, who was standing on the other side of the halfway.

In Westbrook's view, the Grizzlies' trade this time is not known in the future, but now, the Grizzlies' strength must have increased!

Judging from the games in the previous half of the season, Gasol Jr. almost never played at critical moments, but the combination of Randolph and Larry Sanders, or the combination of Richard Jefferson and Yi Jianlian played more time at critical moments.

Westbrook believes that after Gasol Jr.'s successful weight loss, his role in key moments will be greater than that of the Grizzlies' other interior players except for Randolph, but for now, with two more faster and better pick-and-roll interior lines, the Grizzlies will definitely improve.

Westbrook's idea represents the majority of players' views on the Grizzlies' trade, because they focus on the opponent in the current game, rather than the fans, media, commentators, and management who are concerned about the trade value, the future, and so on.

At half past six, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the game was broadcast live in the United States!

Yi Jianlian beat Adams to win the jump ball, and the Grizzlies attacked first!

Paul George advanced to the front court and met the Sefrosa defense and passed to Sun Ce, who was followed by Durant, and in the face of Durant, who was quite restrained, Sun Ce did not single, but passed to Klay Thompson, who ran out of position.

Klay Thompson catches the ball and makes a three-point shot...... Westbrook saw that he couldn't keep up, so he took it back directly, but Klay Thompson didn't seem to be able to shoot without anyone chasing him, iron!

While Serge Ibaka and Adams were concentrating on blocking their defenders, Sun Ce jumped from behind Westbrook and put the ball in the basket!

It's really not that the double card forwards are badly stuck, but that after they were successfully stuck in the position, they had the opportunity to grab the rebound for the first time, but they didn't grab it!

Missing the best stealing phase is equivalent to giving the outside rush player a chance to grab the rebound!

This is the most essential difference between Westbrook and Sun Ce, because Sun Ce originally played a mid-range, close-range defense-based style, and his body type has its own defensive rebounding deterrence, and many teams choose to retreat rather than rush.

However, after half a season, the Thunder have become accustomed to the occasional situation.

The offense and defense switched, the Thunder attacked, and compared to the Grizzlies, the Thunder's rhythm slowed down all of a sudden.

There will always be fans who watch the Grizzlies for the first time this season choose to tune in tonight because of the Grizzlies trade.

At the beginning of the game, they discovered an artifact thing - why is the Grizzlies so fast-paced?

This is a very magical thing, the Grizzlies are no longer the rhythm of positional warfare offensive and defensive + running and bombing, but the overall rhythm has become faster!

The Grizzlies didn't expect it to be like this at first, but with Gasol Jr. being traded, the fast-paced offense really became their main theme.

However, for the Thunder's style of play, the Grizzlies have a certain ability to restrain the opponent, Richard Jefferson defends Sefrosa who only has two scoring methods of fixed-point shooting and counterattacking the basket, Sun Ce closes in the close range to defend Ibaka, Paul George chases Durant, and Klay Thompson defends Westbrook.

This is the first time that Durant has encountered Paul George, who has made great strides to the quasi-top level and has a top edge defense in the new season, and the defensive pressure encountered is much greater than before...... Durant is not good as a person.

Westbrook's side burst inside at this point, couldn't get rid of Klay Thompson, and missed a strong shot on the right edge of the three-second zone!

Sun Ce turned around and stuck Durant, received the defensive rebound, and counterattacked!

Adams retreated directly when he was stuck by Yi Jianlian, and the rest of the Thunder team also quickly retreated, and the Grizzlies did not play a fast break, but forced the opponent's defensive position to have problems, this opportunity appeared at Yi Jianlian on the sideline, but after Sun Ce passed to Klay Thompson and Klay Thompson was distributed to Yi Jianlian, Yi Jianlian did not score the ball and shot!

But this time, Richard Jefferson cut sharply from the bottom line and rushed to the basket, jumped high and directly pressed the ball that Yi Jianlian didn't throw back to the basket!

At this moment, Richard Jefferson seemed to dream back to the top, and suddenly detonated the scene.

In the first two rounds, the Thunder were a little confused by Sun Ce and Richard Jefferson's rush.

The Grizzlies are so positive as a team!

It's not that the Grizzlies didn't fight in their previous games, but one of the things that the Grizzlies have made opponents very uncomfortable with this season is the change in their offensive end, which is positive and ferocious.

But tonight, the Grizzlies were particularly excited, and the momentum was even stronger than usual!

Not only that, but the Grizzlies' enthusiasm on the defensive end is also stronger than usual, the Grizzlies' lineup, because the defense is really bad, the usual enthusiasm is mainly reflected in blocking three-point and guarding the basket and card rebounding positions.

When encountering off-ball blocking and mid-range jumpers, the Grizzlies can't prevent this lineup.

But tonight the Grizzlies fought it out!

Sun Ce and Paul George did a really good job of rotating and defending at the front!

The Thunder team couldn't understand why the Grizzlies played more actively than usual when they were in the throes when they were in a trade, and they were beaten 12-4 to 4 at the beginning, and in 4 minutes, the Thunder team was stunned and only scored 4 points, seeing that if the next offense did not score, they might be hit by a 10-point difference in the next round, and the Thunder called a timeout!