419. The Southwest Division with an undercurrent

It's time for the second round!

After the Grizzlies beat the Mavericks...... Back in the locker room to celebrate.

Celebrating on the spot for fear of being beaten...... Dallas fans are notoriously unfriendly to non-white players, okay with their own team, and quite unfriendly towards non-white players from other teams.

After the promotion, the Grizzlies opened the locker room for interviews, and in order to take care of Sun Ce, a lot of soda was placed in the locker room......

Sun Ce didn't have time to look at the event tips that he had completed some goals again, and after making a fuss, he wiped the soda on his head with a towel to show respect for the interview.

Most of the questions Sun was asked about their rookie, the idea of winning the series on the night he got the rookie of the year, what the Mavericks thought about how much of his defensive bag he had today, whether Jennings had a chance to make the second round, etc......

Regarding these questions, Sun Ce was not very interested, he was in a good mood, and he answered casually, and praised Jennings crazily.

Seeing that Sun Ce had the most reporters there, his teammates were so jealous that more than a dozen bottles of soda sprayed towards Sun Ce's head......

Sun Ce and most of his teammates answered the reporter's interview at this time out of mood, and Battier taught his teammates a good lesson and won an academic scholarship for the university...... That's right, unlike other players who have taken sports scholarships, Battier took a scholarship in religious studies at Duke University and was granted a waiver to graduate school after graduating from college, but he didn't go to it.

Asked how this second round is different from last year's second round, Battier replied: "I have a very special affection for this team, not just because I was drafted by this team, but because this team just moved from Canada to the United States, and I started playing for this team.

It's great to get to the second round, and every step my teammates and I take is writing our team history, and we're making team history from the time we won our first playoff game, and we're making our playoff history game after game, which is incredibly exciting for us and we're really enjoying it......"

This answer made the teammates next to him want to applaud Battier.

The fact that they have now completed the second round has been sublimated!

Obviously, they are the penultimate team of the NBA's 30 teams to reach the second round, and it looks so awesome when Battier says this.

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The morning after killing the Mavericks, Sun Ce got up early.

Last night's game was relatively relaxed, even if it was tossed late because of interviews and other things, the biological clock still made Sun Ce wake up early.

Eating breakfast, Sun Ce looked at the system screen.

After defeating the Mavericks 4-1 last night, Sun Ce got a B-level lottery card, but on the way back to the hotel last night, he looked at the rewards of choosing one of the three, and it was strange that he didn't draw it.

I got up today, and refreshed the lottery content, but it still didn't drop, and I didn't draw, so I will refresh the lottery content later.

That S-class reward event, after winning the Rookie of the Year and being named to the Rookie of the Year team yesterday morning, accomplished two more goals.

Rookie Ruler(s):

Completed Goals:

Goal 1: Be named to the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.

Goal 2: Win the MVP of the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.

Goal 4: Be named to the 2010 NBA All-Star starting lineup.

Goal 6: Win at least one Player of the Week accolade this season.

Goal 8: Make the playoffs this season.

Goal 9: To be named to the All-Rookie Team this season.

Goal 10: Win the Rookie of the 2009-2010 Season.

Goal 11: Score the record in a single game this season.

Failed target: ......

Objectives to be completed:

Goal 12: Overall Championship. ”

8 objectives have been completed, which is more than a third of the guaranteed 6 objectives!

Looking at the 12th goal of staying alone in the goal to be completed, Sun Ce felt that he was still fighting for the championship!

Turning off the system screen, Sun Ce took out his mobile phone to swipe the news.

After the Grizzlies reached the second round, their concentration dropped a lot on the American side, because it was determined that the Grizzlies would play the Suns in the second round......

The Grizzlies are similar to the Spurs in that they can take out the Mavericks in six games, which was predicted by the media before the playoffs.

But the Spurs were swept by the Suns without a fight......

It represents that the Spurs are an ordinary second-round team this season, and the Suns in the first round were purely "pitted" by the Mavericks.

The Grizzlies, whose strength is almost the same as the Spurs, are not optimistic about having a chance to reach the second round, and the Suns will play the Spurs and Grizzlies this year to properly crush defensive teams.

However, the Grizzlies entered the second round and attracted a surge of domestic attention, because the Rockets were eliminated, and now the teams with the most attention in China are the Grizzlies, Lakers, and Cavaliers, followed by the Magic, Celtics, and Suns.

The Grizzlies played the Suns, and the domestic media were giving the Grizzlies "support", but the "support" of the domestic expert media was the same as the support for the Rockets in the past N years.

The news here in the United States is mainly hyping the series between the Celtics and Cavaliers, which is the most watched series in the second round, and the real championship contenders meet in the second round, and the other three championship contenders are not yet able to meet each other.

Sun Ce doesn't think the Cavaliers have even the slightest hope of beating the Celtics, Sun Ce has felt the terrifying power of the Celtics, the team with an exaggerated lineup, and the Big Three are still at the peak of the tail, and the Cavaliers have no chance.

Sun Ce flipped through and flipped to the news he wanted to see, the official announcement of the second round schedule.

Now the Grizzlies vs. Suns and Celtics vs. Cavaliers have come out.

The Lakers and Magic are still waiting for their opponents in the second round, with the Jazz winning the battle of Kings Mountain and Roy retiring from injury in this game, giving the Jazz the upper hand.

The Hawks and Bucks in the East will play the battle of Kings Mountain tonight.

According to the NBA's official schedule for the second round, if the Bucks and Hawks decide the winner in 6 games, the Grizzlies and Suns series will start on May 2 at the earliest, the day after the Bucks and Hawks split the winners, and if the two teams tie seven, they will tie seven on May 3, and the Grizzlies and Suns will play on the same day.

The Celtics and Cavaliers started a day later than the Grizzlies played the Suns.

The Lakers and Magic started the second round two days after the opponent was released.

The Grizzlies got at least four days off, which was a boon for the Grizzlies, who had an eight-man rotation in the playoffs...... However, it is even better news for the Suns, who have many veterans.

At ten o'clock in the morning, after Sun Ce packed his luggage after breakfast, he flew back to Memphis with the team, first returned to Memphis to celebrate, and no matter when the second round started, he would go to Phoenix on May 1.

The first thing he did when he returned to Memphis was to hold a press conference for Sun Ce to win the best rookie award, and league officials came to Memphis early this morning with the best rookie trophy.

Sun Ce felt the enthusiasm of the local fans, the team played well, the players performed well, and the enthusiasm of the local fans continued to rise......

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While the Grizzlies were enjoying the joy of reaching the second round and Sun Ce receiving the Rookie of the Year trophy and the First Rookie of the Year trophy, the undercurrent in the league was surging.

The six teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs have begun their respective offseason preparations.

Eliminated in the first round, most teams will definitely want to go one step further as a playoff team.

The other four teams in the same Southwest Division have plans for this summer and have immediately started to implement them, who told them to start fishing early.

On the Hornets' side, the boss is ready to run away......

is really ready to run away, has submitted an application to the league to disband the Hornets, and it can't be sold, and it will be dragged down and lost day by day, and it has lost more than 17 million US dollars this season, and Paul has not played most of the games, so the ticket sales are simply amazing.

However, this application for disbandment of the team is completely prepared to play a scoundrel, because since 1976, the NBA has canceled the system of disbanding teams, and the NBA team has been increasing the number of teams for 34 years, and has never reduced the team.

According to the New York Times, the NBA official is ready to start the escrow clause, and the league will buy the Hornets on an IOU to manage it on behalf of the team until it finds a buyer who is willing to buy the Hornets, and then give the money to the current Hornets owner, during which the Hornets' revenue will be responsible for the league, relieving the financial pressure of the current owner of the Hornets and avoiding the bankruptcy of the team that has not occurred for 34 years.

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Office of the President of the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Coach Carlisle is in discussions with Cuban.

"Mark, how are the negotiations with Jordan?" Coach Carlisle asked urgently.

"They're interested in Erik's non-guaranteed contract, for whom the center is just a substitute, and they're eager to clear up space, but we'll wait and don't rush......" Cuban reassured Coach Carlisle, who was desperate to get a good center.

For the third time in four years, the Mavericks went fishing after the first round, the players went straight to the holiday, and there was no end-of-season celebration, and the enthusiasm of the fans was almost exhausted in the first round of the championship-aiming team.

Nowitzki, as the boss of the team, is undoubtedly responsible, and has become the target of criticism from the media and fans.

Nowitzki's popularity has hit rock bottom, and there is no room for it to continue to fall.

But Nowitzki's outstanding performance in the last three games gave the Mavericks coaching staff and management a huge amount of confidence.

And this year they have the conditions to operate on a large scale!

In the summer of 2009, Dampier actually had an expired contract, because his 13 million contract in the 10-11 season was only guaranteed for 1.8 million dollars, but last year they didn't expect Dampier's contract to be sent out!

Even the Knicks, who want to clear salary space, are reluctant to take over Dampier's contract, which is indeed too rotten.

However, now that there is only 1.8 million US dollars left, it has become a sweet tooth, and some teams that want to save money will consider exchanging their team's long-term or large contracts for part of Dampier's guaranteed contract, such as the Bobcats, the Mavericks began to discuss this matter with Boss Joe as early as after the Bobcats were swept.

Even...... The Mavericks are willing to trade Dampier for air, and the exchange of air can directly get a special case of 13 million US dollars, which is easy to use whether it is a contract or a trade.

However, because of the opportunity in front of him, Coach Carlisle appeared to be particularly positive.

Coach Carlisle asked, "Mark, what are you waiting for?" If Jordan makes a trade with another team, it's going to be a problem. ”

"Jordan just wants to change the air, they won't eat any contract, so we have the initiative, only we are willing to take a non-guaranteed contract that can save him more than 10 million salary, but we need to clear more space......"

Cuban's appetite now isn't just focused on the Bobcats' center, they have bigger ambitions, and bigger plans!

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The Mavericks are working on a long-term plan, and the Rockets are starting their plans.

The Rockets boss felt it was a viable plan, and after being eliminated in the first round, Rockets boss Alexander called Yao Ming to discuss the contract.

In the office of the boss of the Toyota Center, Yao Ming and Bill Duffy sat opposite Morey and Alexander.

The first thing Alexander said was: "Yao, we hope you can jump out of the contract and take a salary cut to renew the contract and help the team to strengthen ......"