“…… That's it, I'm already thinking about next season. ”

After accepting the post-match interview, Sun Ce left a sentence, took the bath towel handed by the staff, and walked into the bathroom.

There were no surprises, 1-4, and the Grizzlies stopped in the Western Conference finals.

On May 26, the Grizzlies lost 87-106 to the Mavericks and failed to steal their second away game.

On May 29, that is, ten minutes ago, 96-103, the Grizzlies tried their best, but they still couldn't drag on another game, and said goodbye to the season in the presence of home fans.

After taking a shower, Sun Ce did not go to the press conference, just let Randolph go.

At the press conference at the end of the Western Finals, Sun Ce wanted to be a winner when he went to attend...... In fact, he was lazy, when the final whistle of this game ended, Sun Ce felt that the season was over, which was equivalent to summer vacation, and he still worked after summer vacation, so he didn't want it, and there was no overtime pay.

……

After returning home, compared to the frustration of the ancestral goose, Wang Keying's comfort ...... Sun Ce feels that this is not a big deal, but he has entered the west to make a final, and some stars may not be able to reach the division finals in their lifetime if they do not seek shortcuts in the west.

The West Finals lost, and the Grizzlies had nothing to regret, and Sun Ce had no regrets.

This season has exceeded expectations, and compared to last season, they have improved beyond everyone's expectations, including Sun Ce himself.

In the Lakers at the end of the Koga combination, the super Mavericks team with Yao Ming joining the Mavericks, and the 10-11 season when the Spurs system was beginning to emerge, Sun Ce didn't think about almost winning the regular season championship before the start of the season, even if he was confident, he didn't expect to win the regular season championship at the time, and he was expecting 55+ wins, and the result was 65 wins.

This season has been a great harvest for Sun Ce, for the Grizzlies, and for Grizzlies fans.

The team has become one of the league's few 65-win teams, and the Pistons with three championships have a glorious history, but none of them have won 65 wins, and the best record in team history is the 64-18 loss won by Philip Saunders after becoming the head coach in the 05-06 season, at that time, many people regretted that Ben Wallace, the star of the Pistons in the 05-06 season, has passed his prime, and his performance has taken a big dive, and it is pure luck to be able to win the best defensive player, Kirilenko was regarded as the No. 1 favorite for the best defensive player for a long time that season, but he was too brittle, his strength was at his peak, and his glass man attributes were also at his peak, and he only played more than 60 games that season, and even if he only played more than 60 games, he squeezed Duncan out of defense, and if Philip Saunders coached the Pistons a year earlier, he might have more than 64 wins.

At this point, the Grizzlies have gained a lot this season, and there is also Sun Ce's MVP!

Sun Ce has been playing in the NBA for two seasons, and his feelings about the NBA are not as idealistic as they were back then, and in the eyes of local fans, a team that can win one championship in 10 years is already a great team.

Compared with overseas fans, American fans pay more attention to the championship!

Just like the Pistons team in the 03-04 season, although they have only won 1 championship since the new century, when it comes to the strong teams since the new century, the Pistons are always inseparable.

And Nowitzki in Sun Ce's memory, the name of the soft egg has been memorized for so many years, and after the championship, he was directly crowned a god and became the greatest non-American player in history.

Sun Ce browsed the forum, and although he didn't care as much about the opinions of the fans as the original schoolbag man, Sun Ce still wanted to know the opinions of his team's fans and local media.

That will dictate his choice, and if the local fans and media are like Orlando and Oklahoma City, things will be very uncertain.

But to Sun Ce's surprise, the fans were actually quite happy! The media didn't attack them for losing the Western Conference finals, but instead counted their brilliant performances this season, which have been breaking team records.

The headline after the elimination given by the local media, translated into Chinese, is called "Brilliant Season".

Although Sun Ce hopes that his fans and local media will not be like Orlando and Oklahoma City, in fact, when he has this idea, he has naturally thought of the worst.

But...... That kind of media and fans are strange in the entire NBA, and Knicks fans can't be so weird, if Paul and Stoudemire can lead the team to the Eastern Conference finals this season, even if they are swept, their fans will blow the two like gods.

65 wins + regular season MVP + Western Conference Finals ...... After the Grizzlies lost the Western Conference finals, fans didn't even have time to mourn, and they couldn't wait to start thinking about the future.

Their birds don't Meng Cun can become a Western Finals team by leaps and bounds, and the fans and local media are too late to be happy, how can they die by themselves like those two strange cities.

Although the Spurs have won four championships in the past 12 seasons, that is, they have been eliminated from the playoffs in eight seasons, and they often lose in the playoffs.

And their own team from last season to complete the construction of a new core lineup, only two seasons now to reach the Western Conference finals, such a rebuilding speed, faster than them is only the Spurs who completed the reconstruction in 97 and won the championship in 99.

Watching Sun Ce reach the second round in his rookie year and the Western Conference finals in his sophomore year, how could Grizzlies fans ask for more? This is the West! James in the East only reached the division finals in the fourth year of his career, even Wade, who won the championship in the third grade, only reached the Eastern Conference finals with the help of O'Neal in the second year.

And after Sun Ce came to the Grizzlies, he helped the team reach the second round in his rookie year, and his big brother was the Tennessee version of O'Neal.

Fans remember very well that before Sun Ce came to the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies were fifth from the bottom in the West!

The point is that the Grizzlies have reached the Western Conference finals this season, and most of the players are young!

Gasol Jr. is only in 3rd grade, Sun Ce is in 2nd grade, Conley is in 4th grade, Yi Jianlian is in 4th grade, and Jordan Jr. is in 3rd grade......

The true veterans are Battier and Randolph, two players in the Class of 2001, and the Grizzlies are a team that is considered a youth team.

Moreover, there is also a suit on the sidelines of Guy on the pressure jacket, although with the performance of the opponent, it is difficult for multiple Guy to eliminate the opponent, but there is definitely a probability of winning more games, and Guy has only played for four years, and the fifth season is reimbursed for a shoulder injury, although it was delayed for a year, but it is not the kind of injury that will affect the career.

After this season, the Grizzlies have brought their fans a higher sense of hope and expectation than the Bulls with Ross + Noah in the East and the 76ers with Holiday + Evans!

Looking at the enthusiasm of the fans in the Grizzlies section of the major forums, and the popularity in the local news in Memphis that was retweeted...... That's not what Sun Ce wants to see!

It's like winning when you lose...... Although Sun Ce looked comfortable, he always felt that something was strange.

Accustomed to seeing Durant being scolded by his own team's fans after losing the Western Conference finals, and being scolded by his own team's fans after Paul lost the second round, Sun Ce is really not used to seeing such a scene.

And it's not just their Grizzlies fans and local media who are raving about them, but also the entire basketball community!

When the Grizzlies lost 1-4, netizens and media who didn't want to see the Grizzlies beat the Mavericks before all "defected", praising the Grizzlies' group of young players for their promising future, and Sun Ce is expected to become a real top 10 player in the league...... It's not the same as before!

At the beginning of the season, ESPN forgot about him and could only rank him in a tie for 10th, the other two major authoritative media. When T and Sports Illustrated ranked him 20th in the league ahead of Duncan, public opinion was on the verge of drowning him.

But at this time, they all began to pick him up.

Sun Ce feels that the world is changing really fast, he doesn't even know what is happening, he is already so high, just like Mitchell, Doncic, and Tatum in the future, there is a feeling of killing.

Sun Ce underestimated the benefits brought to him by the playoffs in the past two years, and the media and fans were enthusiastic about him, and the future Mitchell, 077, and Tatum combined could not compare!

He recalled the future Celtics in the original time and space, before they played the Cavaliers in the East, the fans wanted them to lose, but after they did lose, the fans began to praise, saying that they have a bright future and James will not be their opponent next season.

Some fans are like this, when they prefer veterans, they want the newcomer to lose, and when the newcomer loses, they will bounce back, saying how the newcomer is talented, the future is limitless, and they always have to show their difference.

It made him feel weird...... But not many people spray, which is a good thing.

However, Sun Ce also discovered a delicate matter...... Most of these fans who were expecting their Grizzlies to lose after the first game of the Western Conference finals were Heat fans!

Sun Ce found from the post in the Heat section that compared to the Grizzlies, who can defend without limits, Heat fans hope that the Heat can play the Mavericks in the Finals.

Sun Ce was dumbfounded, he didn't know where the confidence of the Heat fans came from, after watching the first game of the Grizzlies giving up defense and attacking with all their might to lead the Mavericks in the first three quarters, they felt that their team could do better than the Grizzlies, and they would not be afraid of the Mavericks when they played offense, they had the Big Three.

This self-confidence...... Sun Ce really wanted to tell them that although he also felt that the Heat team was very strong, the Big Three were really powerful, and their Grizzlies were not necessarily better than the Heat team...... But the Mavericks didn't think about winning offensively at all, they were just part of the strategic plan.

But this kind of thing, Sun Ce thinks it's better to let the Heat fans feel it for themselves, but he only felt it after suffering a big loss, and he didn't even have the idea of opening the trumpet to laugh at it.

……

Turning off the computer, Sun Ce returned to the bedroom from the study...... This girl's sister is sleeping in his girlfriend's arms again!

Sun Ce had no choice but to go to the guest room to sleep.

However, if he sleeps alone, Sun Ce can also clean up, otherwise the season is over, and he will definitely not be able to toss Wang Keying up in the middle of the night.

Just as Sun Ce said at the end of the game three hours ago, he was already thinking about next season, and he didn't just tease Maddie.

Originally, normally speaking, the season is over, Sun Ce doesn't want to care about things related to the NBA and the team for the time being, he wants to rest for more than ten days, and he doesn't want to touch anything related to basketball, at most, he will watch the NBA live broadcast as a fan and have a good time for a while.

From July last year, to now, almost 11 months, he has not had a good rest, he is not a robot, he has been busy with basketball for 11 consecutive months, when he was eliminated, he is even a little resistant to basketball, the season is too long, Sun Ce can understand to a certain extent those who drink too much in the offseason, overeating and make themselves fat, such emotions need time to adjust, everyone's way is different.

But this year was special, and he had to start planning early.

It's not just the expiration of his contract to become a restricted free agent, but the labor negotiations have collapsed, and now the players and owners are waiting for the season to be played and the draft is finalized.

No one thought that the last negotiations, on June 30, would be successful.

Sun Ce also doesn't believe it, as a player, he can't accept that the signed contract is one-fifth less for no reason, and the player who hasn't signed a new contract can't accept the next contract less than one-fifth of the expected salary, once the 57 percent share ratio is reduced to 45 percent, the salary cap will be directly reduced by about 20 percent, which means that even if his next contract is completed according to the ideal situation, it will be almost one-fifth less than expected.

And the boss's side...... According to the news from Bill Duffy, the time has come for the boss to purely save face.

This is very consistent with Sun Ce's impression, and the bosses did not reduce the share ratio too much in the end, but adopted a flexible share.

And now those bosses are still clamoring for what "Arenas agreement", "trade restriction clause", "sign before exchange restriction clause" and other agreements to protect the rights and interests of the parent team or lower salaries, and the bosses are still intriguing about the new terms around Sun Ce...... Apparently, the owners didn't really plan to make the NBA go away.

Therefore, Sun Ce is not in a hurry about when the labor negotiations will reach an agreement, just stop it, he is not like Curry, who is "worried about the country and the people" like the second generation of stars.

It's just that the shutdown has made him have to do a lot of things before the shutdown, otherwise it will drag on until the end of the shutdown, and it will be difficult to deal with it for a few days.

There is still a little more than a month left until the general trend of shutdown on July 1, and time is pressing.

Sun Ce planned what he was going to do next, wrote down some key points in time in a small notebook, laid out a schedule for himself, and prepared to discuss with Bill Duffy next how to get things that could be negotiated before the shutdown.

After making these plans, Sun Ce opened the system panel.

The season is over, some events have ended, and some events have continued to the next season, so he should also take a good look at this and let himself understand what aspects he should focus on in the offseason according to the needs of the team, personal needs, and event needs, and improve his strength.

Sun Ce has long been out of expectations for this kind of thing, just make visible progress every year, relying on the personal characteristics of the "strongest system player", coupled with steady progress, it is not bad to be a "future superstar" who has accumulated steadily.

First of all, there were two event prompts at the end of the game in the evening, he had been busy before, and he didn't have time to watch it, but now that he was busy, he could finally take a look and see if the event failed...... That's why he dragged it out until the end.

"S-Rank Event Path of the Bear King Stage 6 Event: Our Champion (Unfinished) ......"

The first is the road of the bear king event, the stage 6 event "Our champion" continues to next season, this stage event will not fail, and the rating is also a fixed S number, the championship is not a simple matter, as long as he completes his career with the Grizzlies, but the bonus that he completed this season to improve the overall evaluation of this S-level event is gone.

Sun Ce can't help it, and it's not something that can be done at all, if he can't do it, he can only admit it, but fortunately, Jordan Card will not disappear.

However, the second event hurts, failing a stage event, and the final stage event was not triggered.

"S-Class Event Attack on the Little Overlord Phase 8 Event: The First Part of the Championship Journey,

The host needs to lead the team to the finals. (Failed)

If the final event is not triggered, this event will end, and a total of 7 phased events will be completed, and the basic score will be S-, which will enter the comprehensive scoring stage......"

There are two phases of events that have not been completed, and the base score is still S-? This is a good feeling!

Sun Ce looked at the previous 7 events, 6 of them were almost perfect, and there was also an S+ rating, the only thing that did not get the best reward was the event that ended the Lakers' two consecutive championships, played 6 games, and the rating was B+.

Looking at the percentage of the rating, Sun Ce was looking forward to what kind of reward he would get.

Finally, after a few seconds, the percentage reading bar was full.

"The S-class event attack of the little overlord, after comprehensive calculation, the total score is A+, congratulations to the host for obtaining the mysterious fragment *3 and entering the lottery stage......"

Looking at this prompt, Sun Ce felt his heart twitch and twitch, and the classic three choices came again! Every lottery is a painful and happy thing, happy before the draw, worried during the draw, and after the draw...... Heartache to angina pectoris or excitement to the point that the heart can't stand it depends on the character.

However, after the three rewards in the system screen appeared, Sun Ce's eyes lit up, and the S-level event was extraordinary, although it seemed to be A-level, but it was too different from the A-level lottery card! It's not just A+.

"Body Random Attribute Improvement Training Card (A)", "A-Rank Random Equipment Card", "Random Skill Upgrade Card (*)".

When Sun Ce saw these three awards come out and had questions in his heart, the system prompted him.

"Due to the total score of the event is A+, the three rewards that randomly appear in the prize pool are the original S-level rewards and downgraded to A+ according to the score, which is a weakened version of the S-level rewards, and the three random rewards were originally designated attribute training cards (S), S-level random equipment cards, and designated skill upgrade cards (*)."

There should be no doubts! Sun Ce looked at the system's puzzles, and he really had angina!

The three awards changed from S-level to A+ level alive, and Sun Ce felt so heartache that he couldn't breathe!

It's just that what is an asterisk for both the random skill upgrade card and the specified skill upgrade card?