In June, the frenzied summer has arrived. Even in Memphis, a city that isn't known for its sunshine, the weather is very sunny.

On the streets of Memphis, life goes on. Musicians from the street are singing, and there are many tourists queuing up to visit Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley. Everything seems to be the same, but something has noticeably changed.

For example, it's obvious that you're seeing more and more pedestrians walking down the street wearing the Grizzlies' No. 0 jersey. And most of them only wear the No. 0 jersey away from home, and in the explanation of the locals, "the dark blue jersey of the away team looks more like the villain, which is more in line with the style of Memphis." ”

The jersey, which bears the Chinese surname "Lin" on the back, has become the new fashion on the streets of Memphis.

Sunlight shines through the window into the bedroom of a small two-story building. In the bedroom, a sturdy man slowly opened his eyes, probably because the sunlight was too harsh, he covered his face with his palms, and then slowly sat up from the bed.

In the bedroom, the TV still shows the video of the game. On the ground, a dark blue Grizzly Bear No. 0 jersey was scattered around. And the man who just got up is the real owner of this jersey.

"Uh...... Damn, when did you fall asleep yesterday? Link looked at the clock, it was already half past ten, and he rarely got up so late.

Last night, Link was alone in his room watching the game footage and saw that it was very late, and he didn't know exactly what time he fell asleep. But waking up late doesn't delay things, because the Grizzlies don't have to practice anymore today.

To be exact, the Grizzlies didn't have to train until preseason training camp began in '12-13. Because a day ago, the Western Conference Finals were over.

In Game 6 of the series, Link took out the Thunder with a quasi-kill, defended the glory of the Federal Express Arena, and won praise from all over the world.

But in Game 7 of the series, the Grizzlies couldn't make it to the end in Oklahoma City.

In the big game, the Oklahoma City Thunder poured everything they had. Durant had 36 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds in the game, completely carrying this young team.

Link's stats weren't bad either, with 25 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, and a beautiful double-double. But compared to Durant, it's a little less interesting.

Of course, if only Durant's 36 points are needed, the Grizzlies will not lose. After all, in the fourth game of the series, the Grizzlies won by more than 80 points.

The key is that in addition to Durant, Thunder forward Ibaka also made 11 of 11 shots in this game...... Even the free throws were 4 of 4 free throws, and the shooting rate was really 100%!

In NBA history, only six players in the previous playoffs have shot 100 percent from the field with more than nine shots. At the turn of the millennium, only Yao Ming made 9 of 9 shots in the 2009 playoffs. The last time someone shot 11-of-11 in the playoffs was 27 years ago.

After the game, even many reporters and commentators commented in disbelief, "Even when there is no one to defend in training, probably no one can be so accurate!" ”

With Durant playing so well, Ibaka also played a record-breaking supernatural performance, coupled with the whistle that was biased towards the Thunder as always. In the end, the Grizzlies lost 103-109 in the Western Conference Finals.

One step away from the Western Conference championship.

But after the game, there was a scene that was very interesting. Durant didn't raise his arms and cheered, and seemed a little sullen. Obviously, the series reached a tie-break, which was seriously inconsistent with his expectations.

Durant is unhappy, and Link is even more unhappy. It was a surprise to reach the Western Conference Finals last year, and it is a pity to fall to the Western Conference Finals again this year.

What's more, the tie-break only lost to the Thunder by 6 points.

Therefore, the unwilling Link was still watching the Thunder footage after the series until last night.

Despite the loss, the media was full of articles praising Link and the Grizzlies, after all, their performance exceeded expectations.

In the beginning, even Kenny, who was most optimistic about the grizzlies. Smith thinks the Grizzlies can only win two games at most. Most people stick to the 4-0 and 4-1 views.

As a result, the Grizzlies and Thunder played to the last second of the final game.

As for Link, his performance of not losing to Durant in the series has attracted many people. Among them, he grabbed the floor ball and shot to kill the game, and then crouched on the ground to stare at Durant's shot, which became one of the most iconic images of the season.

But none of these praises satisfied Link, who was still very unwilling. After all, it was the Thunder who finally lifted the Western Conference championship trophy on the court.

The thought of this made Link's heart ache. As a result, I can only numb myself with research videos.

The weather outside was sunny, but Link's mood in the room was indeed gloomy.

Just then, Link's cell phone rang. He lazily answered the phone, then looked at his scruffy self in the mirror.

"Link, are you awake?" On the other end of the line, it was Randolph's voice.

"Of course, what's wrong?"

"Just to remind you, don't forget about the afternoon. Fight yourself, you're the face of the team. ”

"Oh," Link rubbed his eyes and hair in the mirror that hadn't been washed in two days, "don't worry, I'm a person who cares about my personal image." ”

"Haha, you all know what's a joke? Accept the end of failure? ”

"If you don't mention this, I'll probably tell you a few more bad jokes." Link pouted, Lan Fat really can't open any pot.

"Alright, don't talk nonsense with you. Fix yourself and remember your failures, but don't dwell on the failures of the past. See you in the afternoon, Link. ”

"See you in the afternoon, buddy."

Hanging up, Link sighed. This afternoon, it seems that I can't stay at home comfortably.

What Randolph said, Link has not forgotten. This afternoon, new Grizzlies owner Robert Brown. Pera will invite the whole team to dinner, and it is the first time to meet with everyone.

Robert. Pera from Michael. Haesley's official acquisition of the Grizzlies happened just one day after the Western Conference Finals.

In fact, the two sides may have reached an agreement a long time ago, but they don't want to affect the players who are fighting. So it wasn't until the Grizzlies' playoff journey was over that the Grizzlies officially announced the news.

Link wasn't surprised to hear the news. After all, there was already a lot of noise about Haesley selling the team during the regular season.

Although the Grizzlies players didn't care much about it at the time because they were focused on the game, they were mentally prepared in advance.

So at the end of the season, the team suddenly announced a change of owners, and the players were not very surprised.

To meet the team's new owner, Link naturally had to dress formally as a sign of respect.

So he opened the door of his closet, and found that several expensive suits were almost gray.

"Uh...... Otherwise, it's better to buy a new set. Link muttered to himself, but quickly rejected the offer.

It's a waste to squander it.

Having said that, even though the new boss has only just taken office, Link has more or less heard a lot about Rudy. Guy's rumors.

It's true that Guy has been rumoured in the previous two seasons, but the Grizzlies have never taken any substantive action.

I wonder if this new boss will be more resolute? What kind of changes will the Grizzlies experience after he takes office?

Link doesn't know how far the Grizzlies' trajectory will deviate from the original one in the future. But he dares to assure that after having himself, history will definitely not be exactly the same.

As soon as he thought of this, Link suddenly became much more interested in this afternoon's meeting.