I don't know why, this time when I came to Memphis, thinking of the game against the Grizzlies, Lillard was very uneasy.

So far this season, Lillard has already locked up the best rookie of the season, but because he will turn 23 in July this summer, he is still not favored, and he feels that he is just an older rookie whose potential has been developed in college.

He's been fighting hard and trying his best to prove himself against all kinds of stars, but even though he's an older rookie and has more talent than other rookies, he's still far from being a star who has been in the NBA for many years, and he's often abused.

The main reason is that the team's roster this season is far worse than before, a large number of high-quality role players have been lost, and their team does not have the ability to really wrestle with strong teams, at most occasionally upset.

As a result, the record is not good, compared to the record when Roy, who was led by a serious injury in previous seasons, and is currently 29-45, the bottom of the West.

All of this has allowed Lillard to lock up the best rookie, and his exposure is much worse than that of Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, Andre Drummond and others.

People seem to be very him, always comparing him to the best rookies of the last few years, and even to Roy.

However, for Lillard's rookie in the same class, he seems to be very lenient and only looks at the merits.

Even Beverley of the Grizzlies has received more praise than Lillard, and Beverley's mad dog-like defense has received quite good reviews.

It's a paradoxical situation, people don't seem to see Lillard as a rookie, always comparing him to top players, but then again, he doesn't have potential.

Lillard couldn't ignore these situations, but he wasn't discouraged and kept trying.

Tonight, it's time to play the Grizzlies and the best rookie of three years ago, and Lillard is once again ready to make a splash at the already famous star!

……

"Damir Lillard, Competency Assessment A-......"

Looking at Lillard's ability evaluation on the other side, Sun Ce recalled that Lillard should be the player with the highest ability evaluation in his rookie season in recent years, except for Evans and Griffin.

He remembers that when Lillard entered the small-ball era, he would become a scorer averaging 25+ per game, and occasionally be selected to the All-Star and All-Star team.

But the current Lillard, in Sun Ce's opinion, is average, and he doesn't even trigger the event of "dominating the new generation", and maybe he hasn't met the trigger conditions, after all, Lillard in the future is still very strong, one of the best six guards in the future.

There is not much attention to this game, and the Spurs, led by the "Godfather of NBA Fashion", will play the Lakers for the last regular season of the season tonight, and their Grizzlies will not pay much attention to this game against the weak team.

When it comes to the Trail Blazers lineup, Sun Ce feels that the opponent's starters are still very good, and Aldridge, who averages 21 points and 9 rebounds per game, has entered his peak at the S-level; Matthews, who averaged 14 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, Batum who averaged 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, JJ Hickson, who averaged 12 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, and Lillard, who averaged 19 points and 6.5 assists per game.

But the bench, compared to the past few years, is terrible, last season, Batum was just a substitute, the starting small forward was Gerard Wallace, Matthews was also a substitute, as well as Jamal Crawford, Nolan Smith, Kurt Thomas......

Compared with the lineup with a salary of eight or ninety million in previous years, the current Trail Blazers team is too much.

It seems that the salary of more than 73 million is okay, but these more than 73 million miles, as well as the salary of more than 16 million of Roy, who has been amnestied, that is, the salary of the Trail Blazers is less than the poor line......

Sun Ce's goal tonight is very simple, just carry the Trail Blazers' starting ferocious in the opponent's starting lineup stage.

He remembered that the Trail Blazers were a team that relied purely on starters for years to come, which was famous, and teams that had nothing but starters were easy to deal with.

……

At 5:30 p.m., the Grizzlies' home game against the Trail Blazers began.

On the Grizzlies' side, the lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. made their debut.

On the Trail Blazers' side, the starting lineup of Lillard, Matthews, Batum, JJ Hickson, and Aldridge appeared.

Sun Ce beat Aldridge in the jump ball, and the Grizzlies attacked first!

Paul George received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, Sun Ce pulled away to the bottom right corner, he knew that he didn't feel good, others didn't know, no matter how he averaged 4.1 three-pointers per game, he was also a three-point shooting maniac.

Paul George hoisted the ball to Randolph in the low post, and before the game, Sun Ce tricked Randolph into playing more singles on the pretext of letting Randolph take revenge on the Trail Blazers.

Randolph received the ball and felt that Sun Ce was really a good brother!

After receiving the ball, Randolph forced Aldridge to eat, Lillard, who was defending Tony Allen, immediately received the pinch, Tony Allen cut in the middle, and Sun Ce also cut in from the right baseline at the right time to help Randolph distract the opponent.

Randolph one-on-two! Turn around and throw...... Miss!

But Aldridge didn't keep the rebound, JJ Hickson Kasunzer went, and Randolph made a fierce self-throw and a rebound!

It is the norm to be unable to defend it, the Trail Blazers are used to it, Aldridge's defense is okay, playing average defense at the center, and it is good to play center in the Trail Blazers to ensure that he does not get injured.

JJ Hickson doesn't look at the rebounding ball, except for the rebounding ball, the defensive end is useless.

The Trail Blazers are no longer the defensive powerhouses of the past few years.

Switching offense and defense, Lillard pushed in, and unlike Paul George he expected to defend him, he saw Sun Ce guarding the top arc.

This made Lillard extremely excited, and when he got to the three-point line, if he didn't have a chance to shoot, then he would be strong!

Lillard was very confident in himself and then ...... was blocked by Sun Ce in the middle distance......

Lillard wants to beat Sun Ce to become famous, as for whether he has that ability or not, he doesn't care, he just wants to be strong!

As a result, Lillard's backward mid-range shot was slapped head-on by Sun Ce!

Tenk!

For a player like Lillard, who plays with a technical flow of play, Sun Ce is too good to defend!

Lillard's A+ level of speed, A-level strength, S-level burst of acceleration...... He is a player with a strong body, solid projection skills, and a very high ball quotient.

But! Lillard's outstanding aspect happens to be Sun Ce's excellent aspect, and when he is the same age, Sun Ce is even better!

In addition, there is "acceleration and direction change level 4 on the move", Sun Ce can have a two-stage burst acceleration on the defensive end, Lillard is very powerful in changing direction and breaking through, and Sun Ce is just restrained.

There is also a huge height gap, and Sun Ce can keep up with the speed and cover Lillard completely!