6 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists...... Opponent James 23 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists......

Defeated the Cavaliers 86-109, ending the first half of the game with two consecutive losses......

The gap between imagination and reality is always quite large.

However, the 34-17 record has far exceeded expectations.

After a 4-6 start and two high-pick talents this season, who would have expected the Grizzlies to finish the season as sixth in the West? Before the start of the season, the Grizzlies management had only a 50% win rate and a guaranteed goal of 40 wins, which was already the expectation after the rebuilding of the core combination.

Although the halfway footnote was a little bit close, losing to the Rockets and Cavaliers in a row, the management fans were already happy.

On the morning of Feb. 11, the Grizzlies and lucky fans among the team's season ticket holders had a half-season party to experience a "delicious" nutritious lunch together.

The fans wondered, everyone else was disgusted with these food and disgusted to death, and they also found it difficult to eat, but there was a strange surprise that they ate double portions......

They all looked at this strange man with the eyes of a warrior - the little overlord!

Team activities are simple, not as tedious as the popular teams, and end with a morning photo session and teaching session and lunch.

After the event, Sun Ce came to the lounge to watch the live broadcast of the NBA's press conference and the latest All-Star list officially announced......

"Da Yao and Vipers withdrew, Boozer and Carman were selected as All-Stars?"

"Is this going to send Nash to start with four interior players? Apart from me, Nash and Delon, there are no other defenders......"

After watching the news, Sun Ce turned off the TV and prepared to go home to pack his things, and he was going to Dallas in the afternoon, and when he got there, there was a promotion of Air-Jordan's 1994 Jordan boots in Chinese color reproduction, and Sun Ce had to wear this on All-Star Weekend.

At this time, Guy, who was also about to go home, shouted into the lounge: "Noah, the five of us will meet at the airport at four o'clock, do you want me to pick you up?" ”

"Don't!" Sun Ce decisively refused!

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Several players scheduled for All-Star Weekend are ready to go to Dallas, and the remaining nine players have already begun their vacations, but Grizzlies management has only just begun.

In the FedEx Arena conference room, Coach Hollins, Dave Jogle, David Fitzdale of the coaching staff, Chris Wallace, general manager, Robert Pera, a Silicon Valley upstart who officially became the new owner of the Grizzlies on January 1, and John Hollinger, president of the team's newly added division, the team's commercial operations department, held a mid-season meeting on January 15.

Defensive assistant coach Jogel used the computer to play the PPT of the long-planned reinforcement target on the big screen.

The first picture is a photo of Celtics' current defensive stalwart Tony Allen, analysis of various abilities, personality, off-court and other information.

"We and Chris have both talked to Boston about a trade, but they didn't give a specific response, but we could offer a little bit more in the free market than the Bostonian...... "Jogger said of his recommended trading target.

After Jogle finished speaking, Chris Wallace took over: "Strengthening the guard line is one of our main goals in the summer, we need to equip Noah on the bench with a more athletic, top-level defensive partner, Noah's defense is improving quickly, but we can't use his physical strength on the defensive end, we also need a power forward who can defend the four position......"

Battier is old, the effect of defending a lot of point guards has declined, and now it is more suitable for playing small forwards, and the Grizzlies are currently using Conley in defense, but Conley is too short, and the defense guard is okay, and the defense point guard is inched every day, and Sun Ce's defense speed point guard is good, especially the pitcher, but his physical strength is a problem.

There is also a substitute for a power forward, Jordan Jr. averages 7 points and 6 rebounds per game, but the Grizzlies management wants him to gain weight enough to carry a center in the summer and become a center of Howard's type, then he can't play power forward, and it's not a matter of letting a talented center like Jordan Jr. play power forward.

However, for the time being, there are no good candidates for trade, either the transaction price is too high, or the salary is too high.

These will have to wait until the summer.

There are some veterans who are willing to give up part of their salaries to buy out their contracts before March, but their choice will not be their Grizzlies, but a real championship team.

For example, last summer, the Grizzlies offered Rasheed Wallace a two-year 20 million contract, but he joined the Celtics in the middle of the two years; Anthony Parker was recruited by the Grizzlies last summer, but people also went to the Cavaliers to get a salary of more than 2 million to want the championship, and the Grizzlies also used Mayo as a bargaining chip to get it back; Michael Finley, the former Jordan successor who also wants another championship, is in talks with the Spurs about a buyout and wants to join the Lakers, Celtics or Magic......

However, the team's plan is not to think about it when the time comes, but to prepare in advance, you can contact the team where the player is in contact with the contract you like in advance, and the quasi-free agent can also contact the other party when the contract expires after the season......

The main thing is that the Grizzlies are now confident, they are also a playoff-level powerhouse, and with the performance of this season and the potential improvement space of young players, the summer recruitment will be much more favorable than last summer and the current one.

And they still have some draft picks to use, whether it's pick-and-fight or trade-and-strike, which can be a good addition to the empty bench, at least the players who won't be outside the eight-man rotation are bullish major league-level.

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Sun Ce, on his side, went to Dallas that night and recorded the New Year's program with Yao Ming, which will be broadcast on the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Imperial Court Sports and International Television, and the New Year's wishes of the two will also be used on the All-Star Weekend.

Although Yao Ming does not play All-Stars, he still has to participate in commercial activities, and this time the Dallas All-Stars are the largest in NBA history, jointly organized by the Mavericks and the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and will be held at the ATT Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington County, about 30 kilometers north of Dallas.

Built in 2008, the Dallas Cowboys began a makeshift renovation of the NBA's All-Star Weekend, which is expected to accommodate up to 110,000 fans, after the Dallas Cowboys were eliminated from the wild card game on January 6.

For a basketball fan event of this scale, even Yao Ming and Kobe, who don't play in the All-Star Game, have to do publicity.

On the morning of the 12th, Sun Ce participated in the promotion of the AJ-X Chinese Red Replica Combat Boots, and met Anthony again, Paul was not selected as an All-Star this year because of the impact of injuries and the starting position was occupied by Sun Ce, and he also came to publicize, no brand would be stupid enough to give up the publicity opportunity of the biggest All-Star Weekend in history.

Arlington County's geographical location is similar to the town of Latherford near Jersey City, where the Nets are located, where the Dallas Cowboys built the arena, which was arranged by the Texas City Hall.

That's why the events of the major brands are held in Dallas.

The schedule was very tight, starting at six o'clock in the morning, preparing at seven o'clock, and finishing the promotion of the sneakers at nine o'clock, Sun Ce came to the American Airlines Center at half past ten o'clock to participate in the makeup photo shoot of the rookie team and the all-star team.

Nine players from the Grizzlies' Son Ce, the Warriors' Curry, the Thunder's Harden, the Kings' Omi Cosby and Evans, the Timberwolves' Jonny Flynn, the Bucks' Jennings, the Spurs' DeJuan Blair, and the Pistons' Jonas Jerebko were selected to the rookie team.

The sophomore team is composed of Derrick Rose of the Bulls, Michael Beasley of the Heat, Eric Gordon of the Clippers, Love of the Timberwolves, Big Lopez of the Nets, Gallinari of the Knicks, Westbrook of the Thunder, Gasol Jr. of the Grizzlies, and OJ Mayo of the Cavaliers.

Participating in the All-Star Weekend, Sun Ce knew how troublesome it was, especially when he was busy with both the rookie game and the main game, going out at six o'clock in the morning and being busy until half past eleven......

I have seen a lot of All-Stars, many talented rookies, some have good relationships, some have bad relationships, but there is no small friction between each other, because everyone is very busy, even the first and second year players who only play the rookie game have their own business activities, and the endorsements they sign don't have much money, but at this time, they will definitely use the exposure of the All-Star Weekend to promote it......

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At lunchtime, Sun Ce had lunch at the Mavericks' home restaurant.

Sun Ce was so moved, the first time he ate a team meal, he had long heard that the Mavericks' team meal was the best in the league, and the steaks were all imported from Japan......

Sun Ce is lucky, some players from the All-Star Game will go to some orphanages and nursing homes in Dallas this afternoon to condole, Sun Ce is not among the ones selected, but Yao Ming and Kobe Bryant, who do not play in the main game, have been selected, the former is a famous local star in Texas, the latter is the most popular player in the NBA today, although Sun Ce was selected as an All-Star starter, but this kind of public welfare activities to be used for publicity still did not have his part.

But he didn't care.

Sun Ce ate four steaks, and ate a little stretched, and when there was still half a piece left before he finished eating, a primary school student came.

"Little brother, you're here, come, brother feeds you steak!" Sun Ce pushed his plate.

"......" Curry looked at Sun Ce, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out......

Borrow the generosity of the Mavericks to ask for food, even if you have leftovers! And just call the little brother, what does the word "feeding" mean?

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PS: I wanted to owe a more, but I owe enough, I want to sleep but I still have a chapter missing, and this thing has been lingering in my heart, and I still can't sleep at 12 o'clock, so I got up and wrote a chapter.

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