After last year's long holiday, this year's offseason has been extraordinarily short. After all, this year's offseason is two months shorter than last year's offseason.

Link doesn't feel like he's enjoying the holiday season yet, and pre-season training camp is about to begin.

However, Link didn't feel pity at all, but was a little excited. It's fair to say that since he was eliminated from the Western Conference Finals in June, Link has been looking forward to the new season.

By this time, the time had come to September, and the start of the new season training camp was less than a month away. At this time, most players began to post their training photos on the Internet, began to moderate their diet, and began to correct their body shape.

However, Link has already done that, his size has been in good shape all summer, and he has been in combat mode all the time. Except for the small half month at the end of June, when Link didn't care much about food, he spent the rest of the holiday spurring himself according to the requirements of the season.

Even if you just let Link go up to play now, it's not too much of a problem.

Link is still wondering if he should continue to ask Jimmy this afternoon. Butler plays basketball. But I didn't expect that Zach. Randolph was the first to call Link.

"See you in the afternoon, man, we have to start preparing for the new season."

Hearing Randolph say this, Link was a little surprised. With more than 20 days to go before pre-season training camp, Randolph would give up his precious holiday time to start training early?

"What's wrong with you, man? Are you tired of all the nightclubs and can only go to the training gym? Link made a joke with Randolph.

"Nightclubs? I don't believe it myself, I haven't been to that place for a month. I've been trying to stay in shape lately, and now, it's time to touch the basketball. ”

"Stay ...... ...... figure" Link couldn't believe that these words would actually start with Zack. Randolph's mouth popped out.

Link remembers the first time he saw Randolph at the start of training camp last year, the guy was almost fat. Lionel. It took a lot of effort for Hollins to get Randolph's figure back to normal.

But even so, Randolph looked a little bloated on the pitch last season.

It's hard to say if Randolph became very susceptible to injuries last season because of his bloated stature, which led to a whole season of form diving.

is such a guy who has to rely on the coach's supervision to barely lose weight, and this year he actually said that he spent a month in advance to maintain his figure?

"Are you coming? Or is it a journalist girlfriend who wants to accompany you? ”

"Where's the little girlfriend, what time is it this afternoon?"

"I started at two o'clock and practiced until the evening. By the way, remember to bring a few extra jerseys. Randolph paused, "Because there's a good chance we'll get the jersey completely soaked." ”

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Link was stunned when he saw Randolph shooting in a private basketball arena.

The muscular arms, the capable body, and even the abdomen, which is usually full of fat, can now be faintly seen.

Link looked at Randolph and couldn't say a word for a long time. It's still Zach. Randolph? You say he's Randolph's cousin, Link, and it's believed in it.

Looking at Link's surprised expression, Randolph became proud, "How is it?" It's time for you to get rid of the nickname Z-BO next season. In the future, the narrator will call me Zack the Skinny. ”

"What have you been through this summer? You're in better shape than you were when you played last season! Link walked up to Randolph and hugged him, taking a closer look at his muscles.

Through and through!

"Hehe, I played really ...... last season It's a shame! So this summer, spur yourself a little bit. Hopefully next season, I can help. Randolph smiled wryly, and as soon as he remembered his experience from last season, he began to shake his head vigorously.

He averaged 11.5 points per game, a career low since 2003. Averaged 8 rebounds per game, the lowest number in nearly seven years. He averaged only 13.7 points per game in the playoffs, and a season ago, he averaged 22.2 points per game in the playoffs.

Randolph's diving slide last season was one of the reasons why Link had to be thrust into the center. There is really no one on the team, even if it is a second grade.

Randolph's poor performance last season led to him being attacked by the media. It is said that this is the end of Randolph's sweet fairy tale with the grizzly bear. Some people also say that Randolph actually plays very seriously, but once the professional player is over 30, his form will begin to decline. Some people slide slowly, while others dive directly, and Randolph falls into the latter category.

In any case, Randolph has little deterrent power in the minds of the media, and he is no longer considered a big killer for the Grizzlies by his opponents.

Don't look at Randolph's usual giggling, but he must have been very unhappy with these remarks.

Now, when the team is changing dramatically and rushing for greater glory, Randolph will not allow himself to be a mere spectator. He must get back to his original form and contribute to the Grizzlies.

After all, he really loves the city and the team.

Link smiled and patted Randolph's arm. It seems that next season, there will be another reliable scoring point around him.

On the training ground, Link could clearly see the change in Randolph's form. His more capable frame gives him more agile movement and more complete shooting action.

Link even compared his three-point shot to Randolph and found that his three-point shooting improved again.

It's not stable, but it's okay to have a cold shot once in a while.

Of course, Randolph was also surprised by Link's progress. It's fair to say that every year after returning from the offseason, Randolph finds Link moving up a notch.

Link is much better now than before, he used to be just a small bamboo pole, but now he looks a lot stronger. Link's trajectory of physical development is completely based on Antetokounmpo, who entered the league in the future.

Link also performed his big windmill dunk for Randolph today, almost knocking Randolph's jaw off. Link used to be able to dunk, but that's nothing, and it's not unusual for NBA players to dunk.

But now, Link's athleticism has improved by leaps and bounds! Randolph felt a little incredible, athleticism, such a gifted thing, is difficult to make significant progress, not just hard work can be improved.

However, Link has struggled from the original fast break to now being able to dunk with a windmill...... He really wanted to know how that guy trained.

"How? Maybe I'll be able to participate in the slam dunk contest. ”

"Haha, if you participate in the slam dunk contest, I'll go and use it as a prop for you. If you put on a flyover Zach, you're sure to get a perfect score. ”

In the afternoon, Mike. Conley also joined Link and Randolph in training. Conley is also in good shape, and in Link's mind, Conley has always been a very professional player. He hardly makes mistakes, and he never seems to get angry. So far in his career, Conley has not suffered a single technical foul.

Conley has been progressing step by step every year, and this year was no exception. His shooting consistency is significantly better, and of course, he's still a traditional point guard with a pass-oriented approach.

However, Conley said something this year, which made Link very moved, "I hope that next season, I can also be selected for the All-Star team, even if it is a substitute." ”

It seems that the low-key Mike. Conley, too, is ready to kill the Quartet.

This year, everyone seems to be taking the new season very seriously. Everybody knows that Robert. Pera's tossing this summer isn't as simple as keeping the Grizzlies on the Western Conference Finals.

The resources are all given to you, and the players naturally have no reason to be lazy. So everybody worked really hard this summer, everybody was ambitious.

When a terrible grizzly bear becomes, it will be unstoppable.