As we enter September, the atmosphere of fierce battles in the NBA has become more and more intense.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers finally acquired the "two-pair machine" through a three-way trade, Kevin Cavaliers. After Lefou, fans are looking forward to a quick start to the new season.

Whenever the league landscape changes, fans are eager for a new season. After all, for everyone, everything in the new season is full of freshness and suspense.

What exactly will James be able to do when he returns to Cleveland? Can the Memphis Grizzlies create the myth of a triple crown? In addition to Link and James, will there be other game-breakers?

Countless suspense is brewing, and it has also whetted the appetite of fans.

Naturally, ESPN will not let go of fans' expectations for the new season, so the time has just entered September, and ESPN has begun to launch a series ranking of the top 50 stars of the new season.

Just like last season, ESPN will release 10 stars every day, from 50th to 1st, in 50th to 1st place, in 5 days, in order from lowest to highest.

Then, as last season. On the surface, the Grizzlies, who don't seem to have many stars other than Link, have once again become the team with the largest number of stars selected.

On the first day the rankings were announced, there were Grizzlies players on the list.

Zach, who took the initiative to take a pay cut this summer and is already 33 years old. Randolph, ranked 43rd by ESPN. Compared to the ranking before the start of last season, it has dropped nine places, but it is still in the top 50. For a veteran who is not so famous, this ranking is already quite high.

Randolph's drop of nine places in the rankings is largely due to his significantly reduced offensive efficiency last season.

As the Grizzlies' number one singles option on the inside, the "Big Black Bears" had an assist rate of just 46 percent last season, which is much lower than that of players at the same position. He doesn't have enough height, he doesn't have an excellent sense of running, and his bounce height is basically a brick away from the ground, and he relies purely on the terrifying strength of his upper limbs to dig in, which is easy to be surrounded and suppressed. More than 10 percent of Randolph's balls were blocked last season, including 8 percent of his jumpers.

These data all point to one problem – Randolph is really old.

The prodigal son who had dominated Portland, New York and Los Angeles was no longer young.

Although Randolph is still ranked 43rd among the top 50 superstars in the new season, ESPN has also expressed concern about Randolph's offensive performance in the new season. It is an indisputable fact that Randolph's offensive firepower is declining. As a result, Link's offensive pressure is bound to increase significantly.

Although Randolph's ranking has dropped a lot compared to last season, many fans said that they still couldn't understand it, "With the current Randolph, can he still be on the list?" ”

The next day, there were still Grizzlies players on the list, and there were two. However, the two men still caused a huge controversy.

Before the start of last season, Iguodala was ranked 29th, two places above Lillard.

But this year, Iguodala dropped 10 places to 39th place! The reason is simple, Iguodala's stats fell dramatically last season, and he almost lost his star aura.

But ESPN isn't stupid either, they know that Iguodala's role with the Grizzlies can't be judged by numbers. They know that Iguodala is out of the numbers and is a huge help to the Grizzlies.

However, because of the decline in statistics, Iguodala was downgraded by 10 places.

However, as a player with mediocre statistics, many fans are puzzled by Iguodala's ranking. In terms of Iguodala's performance last season, it was thought that he was in the 40th and in the top 40.

And the number 31 is Mike. Conley, who is currently the only player from the Grizzlies to move up the rankings, is a bit double-double from last season's 36th.

ESPN's assessment of Conley is as unpretentious as his style of play," said Mike. Conley isn't the top point guard in every way, he doesn't have Paul's cool ball handling and passing, Curry's range doesn't have Westbrook's physicality. But his biggest advantage is that he has no obvious shortcomings. ”

Even though Conley's No. 31 ranking and ESPN's evaluation of him are low-key enough, he can't escape the doubts of fans.

The reason is simple, ESPN only ranked Kobe Bryant at No. 32 this year, and Conley was just ahead of Kobe...... You know, in the past four years, Kobe Bryant's ranking has never been lower than 9th.

Conley is also very innocent, it's not good to be in front of anyone, but in front of Kobe...... But Conley didn't know that he wasn't the most controversial Grizzlies player in the rankings.

The most controversial is the 24th-placed Mark Murphy. Gasol!

At first glance, 24th place doesn't seem too high. But when people found out about Kawaii. When Leonard was only 27th, Wade was 28th, and Ibaka was 30th, many felt that Gasol Jr.'s ranking was a little too high.

Gasol Jr.'s stats are not very bright, scoring less than 16 points per 36 minutes, rebounding only 12.7%, and although he is 2.16 meters tall, he is not in a good position, and he also ranks in the middle and lower reaches of the center position in blocks per 48 minutes. Can anyone tell me why he was in front of Ibaka and the others? ”

"ESPN's kneeling licking of the defending champion is also too obvious, and the Grizzlies players are clearly inflated! Randolph's old guy can still be selected, Conley can be ranked ahead of Kobe, and Gasol can be ranked 24th! Oh my God, this ranking is not fair at all. ”

"If you take away the aura of the defending champions, you don't know how many of these Grizzlies players will be here."

Gasol is like a lead, completely detonating public opinion. From Randolph to Gasol, almost all four Grizzlies players on the current ranking have been questioned.

On the contrary, Link, who ranked first in the end, was not criticized.

This year, the top three of the top 50 superstars of the new season are still the same as last year, with Link, James and Durant still standing on the same foot. Durant has been the second in the millennium and the third in the 10,000-year.

However, unlike last year, everyone seems to be very recognizant of Link's position at the top of the list. As a player who reaped almost all of the heavyweight individual accolades last season and broke a bunch of records, Link is at the top of the list of the top 50 superstars of the new season, and it's understandable.

But people only admit that Link is alone, and the other four selected by the Grizzlies are all labeled as "inadequate".

"Link is a superstar indeed, he's really good. But in my opinion, he's also the Grizzlies' only superstar. ”

"Randolph, Conley, Gasol and Iguodala are all more or less stained with Link's light. Only one Grizzlies player on this list, Link, deserves it, and the selection of the others is really confusing. ”

"ESPN wants to curry favor with the defending champions, but it's disgusting. The Grizzlies' starting five Tigers were all selected to the top 50 for the new season...... This is simply an exaggeration. A lot of them, don't qualify at all! ”

The Cleveland Cavaliers had three players selected, James at No. 2, Love at No. 8 and Irving at No. 18. In my opinion, this is the really objective ranking. If last season's defending champion was the Cavaliers, I would expect the Cavaliers to have five or six players drafted. But don't worry, after the start of the season, people will be able to see how weak the other four stars of the Grizzlies are in front of the three stars of the Cavaliers. ”

Once again, the Memphis Grizzlies were the focus of controversy after the rankings were announced. On the first day of training camp for the new season, Link was also asked about this question when he was interviewed by reporters in front of the Federal Express Arena.

"What do you think of ESPN's rankings? Well...... Admittedly, this list is indeed unfair. Facing the camera, Link touched his chin seriously.

The reporters were instantly excited, could it be that even Link felt that the Grizzlies players were inflated?

However, when the reporters happily put the microphone to Link's mouth, Link told them with a serious face, "In my opinion, the Grizzlies should have at least 6 to 7 players to be selected to the top 50 for the new season, but ESPN only selected 5, isn't it unfair?" ”

Watching the reporters' expressions change from anticipation to shock, Link smiled contentedly.

The day of the villain is so simple and irrelevant!

Link knew that his words would definitely make him scolded.

But that's okay, just like the comments on the Internet said. When the new season starts in a month and a half, everyone will naturally know if what they say is true.

Speaking of which, in the first game of the new season opener this year, the league arranged for the Grizzlies and Cavaliers to face each other......

What a great opportunity to shut everyone up.