On October 16, the day of the China game with the Mavericks, the Grizzlies announced a new starting lineup, which caused a lot of heated discussions.

Many fans have a lot of expectations for the Grizzlies, a young team that reached the second round of the playoffs last season, and want to know how the Grizzlies will solve the problem that Sun Ce is clearly stronger than Conley and that Conley is not suitable to lead the bench.

But I didn't expect the Grizzlies to put the two together in the starting position to play double point guard so simply and rudely!

Of course, the specific rotation of the Grizzlies players has not been announced, which is a key thing because after the game is played, it depends on the playing time...... The five people who played the most minutes were the ones who played the most, not every fan had time to watch the game, many people only watched the post-game news and looked at the data.

Including the coaches of many teams, the initial judgment of other teams is also based on the data.

Therefore, most fans and media are questioning the Grizzlies coaching staff for being so "irresponsible" to send out two starter-level point guards together, without any tactical thinking, and there is a feeling that they have coped with things.

But...... There are also people who can see through the rotation idea of the Grizzlies coaching staff at a glance.

For example, Rick Carlisle, the head coach of the opposing team tonight.

and Spurs head coach Popovich, who has been following the Grizzlies, Lakers, and Mavericks in the United States.

The Spurs are still aiming for a championship, and although they are no longer favored this season, and although the new system has not yet been experimented with or not, Popovich's goal is definitely to win the championship.

The Lakers and Mavericks are Popovich's strongest opponents, and the Grizzlies are another strong contender for the top four in the West, and Popovich is sure that he will definitely play one of these three teams in the second round.

Seeing the Grizzlies starting like this, Popovich immediately guessed that the Grizzlies were adjusting Guy's team role.

Because Gay is key, from the summer league point of view, it is clear that Wazquith has not yet become a rotational strength, and there is no other way to deal with the defect that two starter-level point guards are available after starting at the same time.

In fact, the Grizzlies coaching staff didn't care if they were seen through the tactical thinking, and they made it clear that they wanted to rely on a perfectly balanced 10-man rotation to grind the opponent to death.

What surprised Popovich the most was that Gay may have accepted the role of the team's perimeter centerpiece...... It's too hard to find such a sophomore who can average 20 points per game but is willing to keep sacrificing himself for the rest of his career!

Popovich regretted giving Richard Jefferson a four-year, $40 million contract extension in the summer...... How good is the offer Guy to give the Grizzlies a price increase! What if hell it happens? Yao Ming has changed teams!

In addition to this, the Grizzlies rotate 10 main players...... Popovich felt his head blow up a little, why did the Grizzlies seem to be specialized in his new system?

His new system is also all-in-one, but there is no advantage over the Grizzlies in every position!

Unlike the original time and space in which the Grizzlies won the 10th and 40th in the West in the 09-10 season and did not enter the playoffs, Popovich did not learn that the Grizzlies restrained them until the playoffs in 11, and did not study the Grizzlies' style of play in advance, because the Grizzlies had already reached the second round, and Popovich paid attention to the Grizzlies in advance, and felt that his fate was so bitter?

Popovich managed to survive Kobe Bryant's 30s and create a new system to cope with the increasing pace of the NBA in order to continue to win championships in the next decade......

As a result, there was a fat man in the same division!

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Yao Ming can finally talk and laugh with the top stars!

Sitting with Kidd, Nowitzki, and Randolph, Yao Ming laughed so much that Sun Ce took out his mobile phone and kept taking emojis.

At noon on the 16th, the players of the two teams had lunch together at the Wukesong Stadium, which was different from the school cafeteria, and the food was too good to be good, just like the national team's big fish and meat.

Today, from arriving at the stadium in the morning, to lunch, to the game at 8 o'clock in the evening, the whole process was broadcast live on TV.

Fans across the country felt the magical smiles of Yao Ming and Nowitzki, Randolph, Battier and others when they bragged, and screenshots flew all over the Internet......

After blowing everything that should be blown, Yao Ming began to have fun and sat next to Sun Ce.

"Xiaobawang, UAE, your lineup is quite powerful......" Yao Ming's tone of voice had the feeling of an upstart.

"Brother Yao, your lineup is also quite interesting......" Sun Ce was not to be outdone.

"I hope you can play well tonight, and I hope you can play a little more intensely in China, and I don't want to win so easily." Yao Ming was a little floating......

Sun Ce immediately responded: "I hope Brother Yao can run faster, we have a World Championships on our side, I hope Brother Yao, you don't just expect to hug the thighs of King Nuo, you were just killed by us last season......"

Sun Ce and Yao Ming scolded each other, which surprised the people next to them, although everyone except Yi Jianlian couldn't understand it, but it was obvious that the two were spewing trash talk.

Seeing this scene, Yi Jianlian decisively ate a bite of green vegetables, and Yi Jianlian didn't like to eat other big fish and meat.

As for Yao Ming and Sun Ce's mutual hatred, he doesn't care, just be a quiet space Yi.

On the 14th, several popular players from the two teams had already met, and that day Sun Ce, Randolph, Guy, Yi Jianlian, Battier and the Mavericks' Nowitzki, Kidd, Yao Ming, Marion, and Jason Terry went to the High School Attached to the Imperial Capital Normal University to take physical education classes.

But today, when Sun Ce and Yao Ming saw each other's full lineup with their own eyes, they really felt ...... The other side is so awesome! This is not something that can be felt by looking at the list of players, the main rotation on both sides is a well-known figure!

Kidd, Barria, Bois, Deshawn Stevenson, Kisson Terry, Corey Brewer, Marion, Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Chandler, ...... The ten-man rotation of the Mavericks made Sun Ce feel a lot of pressure, not including Theo Ratliffe, the old block king who had been a single exchange for Mutombo who could last seven or eight minutes in the game!

Originally, Ratliff was ready to seek a buyout to join the Lakers after last season, but he was traded to the Mavericks to play as a substitute for Yao Ming and Nowitzki, who remembers the Lakers?

Yao Ming's side, originally thought that his team's lineup was invincible, but when he saw the Grizzlies, good guys, they were also in a ten-man rotation, and the two first-round picks guarded the water cooler, and he also felt a lot of pressure.

But the scene can't be lost!

The picture of Sun Ce and Yao Ming competing with each other was photographed by reporters, obviously not taking this as a contradiction between the two, after all, Yao Ming's position as the tactical core of the national team was given to Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian, and he only played key games.

But this kind of competitive and conflicting picture makes the media even more happy!

The harmonious and friendly painting style is much more exciting than the harmonious and friendly painting style of Professor Yao Ming and Professor Yi Jianlian in the past! The previous Chinese players were too boring and too impersonal.

But now that Sun Ce has entered the NBA, even Yao Ming's personality has changed greatly.

And at this time, Yi Jianlian, who was sitting next to Sun Ce and looked coldly at Yao Ming and Sun Ce, seemed to have a lot of personality.

A sense of "Little Overlord, your national team has to point at me, Little Giant, you have to take over when you get old".

If the Chinese players who entered the NBA in the past were as individual as Sun Ce, they still need to tout and create news?

The dialogue between Sun Ce and Yao Ming is news!

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Since the Grizzlies and Mavericks came to the imperial capital, the domestic basketball atmosphere has exploded!

It's been warming up these days, and the closer you get to the game, the hotter it gets on the Internet!

The Mavericks are the top five favorites to win the title this season, with the first favorite undoubtedly the Lakers, who are aiming for three consecutive championships, and the Celtics as the second favorite.

The Heat and Mavericks are seen as evenly matched, with the Heat's three 25- to 28-year-old superstars in the top 10 efficiency of last season; The Mavericks' two second-team players + the master of the court, Kidd + Marion and Chandler, two defensive gates, and so many role players; The Magic traded Carter back to Tekoglu and are seen as second-tier favorites to win the championship.

The Grizzlies aren't bad either, being seen as one of the biggest rivals in the West, and after the Suns lost another little bully, the Utah duo went solo, the Trail Blazers doctors still gave people confidence, and the Spurs seemed to be a year old, many people ignored one of the biggest rivals of the two giants.

The game between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks is seen by many fans as a preview of the second round of the Western Conference playoffs or even the Western Conference finals, with the latter having the Lakers and Mavericks meet in the second round...... But it's not impossible!

Of course, compared to the obvious steady and upward trend of the Grizzlies, the Mavericks are full of uncertainties, and there are still many people who question whether they can run in successfully, after all, the past three years have really been too bad.

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The public opinion of the outside world has put a lot of pressure on Sun Ce and his teammates, of course, Yao Ming must have it, but the Mavericks have long been used to pressure, and they have been in an environment of being ridiculed since they were blackened...... They felt as relaxed as Christmas Eve, and even a little happy.

Comparatively speaking, the pressure is more on the Grizzlies' side.

At seven o'clock in the evening, an hour before the start of the game, the players of both teams entered the court.

In the morning, the Grizzlies announced their new starting lineup on their official website, much to the excitement of the fans at the scene.

They finally have an NBA starting outside liner!

But the outside public opinion is public opinion, Sun Ce and Yao Ming's mutual hatred is mutual hatred, when it comes to the game, the coaching staff of the two teams have a tacit understanding that only let the complete starting lineup play a few rounds, and the starting singles masters of the two teams each played a single game, and did not fight to the end to say that they had to score, and after meeting the expectations of the fans, the coaches of the two sides began to rotate the lineup.