"Little Overlord, how do you feel about this summer?"

"I didn't really dare to think that there would be such a situation."

"Yes, I regret retiring, Kobe and James are on the same team, and it feels exciting to play against such a team."

"Brother Yao, why do I think you seem to be gloating?"

"Is it obvious?"

“……”

Yao Ming's old club played a Chinese match with Sun Ce's team, and Yao Ming definitely wanted to come and see it.

Moreover, Yao Ming has quickly settled in Dì Dū after returning to China, and sold the Shanghai Sharks for 390 million yuan before the start of the new CBA season.

According to Sun Ce's understanding, Yao Ming spent 20 million yuan to buy the Big Shark team, and invested almost 100 million during the period, and now he has sold 390 million yuan, and he has earned 270 million yuan when he returns to China...... But after Yao Ming took over, the Shanghai team has been making money in the past two years, and its market value is also rising, so it is definitely a loss to sell.

However, Yao Ming is already ready to enter politics, and at the National Blue Association meeting in August this year, he was unanimously elected as a member of the executive committee and must sell the team.

According to Sun Ce's understanding, because Yao Ming completed the achievement of helping the Chinese men's basketball team win the World Championships and the Olympic bronze medal, these two honors were things that Yao Ming did not do in the original time and space, so Yao Ming's career was smoother than Sun Ce's impression, and Sun Ce's impression that Yao Ming became a member of the Blue Association in 2017.

If he becomes a member of the Blue Association, he is eligible to participate in the 2015 Blue Association presidential election, and Sun Ce hopes that Yao Ming can be elected early.

A movement that has been rooted in a country for decades and has a fixed system cannot be achieved in three or five years, but at least in ten or eight years, and the sooner this kind of thing starts, the better.

In this regard, Sun Ce naturally supported Yao Ming strongly.

With the progression of his career, Sun Ce's ideas on many things are constantly changing, some are small, some are big, and he is naturally willing to contribute to the development of basketball in his country without affecting his fundamental interests.

After making a separate dinner appointment with Yao, a newly promoted college student at Beijing Sport University, Sun Ce returned to the hotel, practiced the Nash training method, and will play against the Mavericks tomorrow.

……

After a night of nothing, on October 12, the Grizzlies' first game of the preseason arrived on game day.

At 8 p.m., the Grizzlies' "home" game against the Mavericks began.

On the Mavericks' side, the interior combination of Nowitzki and Bosh is really a 10,000-strong beat.

When Nowitzki had Chandler around, he looked solid at center on the defensive end, with good card positioning and good blocks under the basket.

But without Chandler, it was known that Nowitzki's defense was no longer up to average, and Gasol Jr. sat and played like a thief.

The two teams have a tacit understanding, and on the Grizzlies' side, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Gasol Jr. only started and played for a few minutes, and then they were replaced.

On the Mavericks' side, Conley, Ellis, and Nowitzki were also substituted at the same time.

The Grizzlies fielded a combination of Livingston, Hardaway Jr., Paul George, Randolph and Larry Sanders.

Since last year, Coach Hollins learned from Carlisle, using Randolph as center and Larry Sanders as power forward on the defensive end, and it has now become one of the Grizzlies' regular interior rotations.

Since Larry Sanders is suspended for five games in the regular season, it is now time to take advantage of the preseason to let Larry Sanders play a dozen more to find a feeling.

On the Mavericks' side, Harris, Carter, Marion, Bosh, and Dyrem Porter are on the lineup.

Livingston is really not Harris's opponent, there is no way to change the injury, Harris was much better than Livingston at his peak, the two are not much older than Livingston, and now Harris is in better shape than Livingston.

In the summer, Harris offered to join the Grizzlies, but the Grizzlies refused for no other reason than being too sticky.

Harris is more capable individually, although he is still full of energy, fast speed and athleticism at the age of 30, but when Livingston actively cooperates with Paul George and Hardaway Jr., the Mavericks obviously have Bosh on their side, but the Grizzlies still have the upper hand.

Sun Ce felt that Harris was more suitable to be a substitute leader of the chaos, holding the ball all the time, counterattacking and breaking through the ball, rather than playing with the main lineup.

It also explains why Harris was selected as an All-Star at the age of 26 and spent the next few years wandering.

No team is willing to give such a player a salary of tens of millions, and no strong team dares to give him a contract at his peak.

He's very good, Sun Ce saw Harris's A-level ability evaluation, maybe give him 30 minutes of playing time and he can have 15+7 stats, but last season the Hawks only gave him about 20 minutes of playing time per game, and would rather give a rookie of mediocre strength like John Jenkins more than 15 minutes of playing time, which says it all.

In the next rotation, Calderon, who is not athletic and relies purely on his touch, but is willing to cooperate with his teammates, comes up, and the situation is very different.

Calderon also came to the Grizzlies for a tryout in the summer, but the Grizzlies could only give a 3 million contract and were ready to keep money to sign Boozer or Stoudemire, which was too luxurious for the Grizzlies to sign a second or third point guard with a salary of more than 5 million if it wasn't for Nash.

Calderón didn't agree, he wanted a middle-class contract.

Later, the Mavericks used 3 years and 20 million to sign Calderon.

In the case of Harris or Calderon, Sun Ce has heard the team talk about it this summer.

The salary is right, but the style of play is not suitable; The way to play is right, but the price is too expensive.

And people come to play in Memphis, and the salary is reduced by two or three million, maybe it's okay, and it is okay to ask people to pay three or five million a year, except for last year's Lopez Jr., who came for Nash, it is difficult for others to accept.

Facing Calderon to lead the team, Paul George went down to rest on the Grizzlies' side, Sun Ce didn't play again, and the Grizzlies' side fell into a disadvantage.

As a result, the Grizzlies sent a lineup of Beverley, Tony Allen, Prince, Larry Sanders, and Gobert to go on defense without saying a word.

The Grizzlies didn't sign a training camp contract player in training camp this year because they had a clear goal of either Stoudemire or Boozer, and with so many new players coming in this year, Beverley and Prince are also going to get more minutes this year, and they have to get a good run-in in the preseason.

Carlisle was speechless when he looked at the Grizzlies' rotation, it seemed that the Grizzlies were arrogant, but when it came to the game, they were still a pee! If you can't beat it, you can play it?

Which two-time reigning champion would do that? What about the pride of being the defending champion?