On Monday, the league was shut down to make it easier for players who participated in the All-Star Game to return to their parent teams. Link and Gasol Jr. left Orlando at noon on Monday.

When he was about to get on the plane, Link also received a text message from Rachel, "Don't release my pigeons in the summer, I'll wait for your call." ”

Speaking of which, Link didn't actually expect Rachel to come yesterday. It was past 12 midnight, and Link was afraid to disturb Rachel's rest.

Unexpectedly, hearing that it was Link, Rachel readily agreed to the invitation. This caused little Gasol to complain when he got up in bed today, "Okay, you, secretly broke me away and went to find a female companion by yourself." ”

Link was speechless, obviously you were going to talk to the Europeans about growing potatoes......

Regardless, All-Star Weekend is over, and Link is all back to the regular season.

While on the plane, Link had been keeping an eye on personnel changes ahead of the trade deadline. However, this year's mid-term transaction is really thunderous and rainy.

Before the trade deadline, there were rumors everywhere that Beasley was going to join the Lakers, and the Nuggets were selling Nephin and preparing to pull in a third party to get Cousins. Even Delon and the Lakers are involved.

In short, the Lakers are always the protagonists in mid-trade every year. But apart from Gasol's last one, there is basically nothing really done.

This year is the same, before the deadline of the media all kinds of YY, what is the result? The Lakers did make a move, but only traded Fisher for Sessions. The Nuggets did make a move, but instead of Cousins, they were replaced by another center who is not very good at using his brains. Mcgee.

If you want to say that the most successful trade, Link believes that it is the Spurs. On the Spurs' side, they managed to get rid of Richard. Jefferson, and in exchange for the old hero "Martial Saint" Stephen. Jackson. This kind of trade may seem tepid, but the boost to Spurs' strength is obvious.

Richard. Jefferson has proven that he doesn't fit the Spurs' style, and he doesn't like the city of San Antonio and plays unhappily. And Jackson, who was Popovich's old subordinate back then, can seamlessly fit into the Spurs' system.

This kind of trading is the real wise transaction. Spurs know what they need, so they always get the best players.

And the Warriors made the biggest move, they sent Monta. Ellis, from the Bucks to get Australian champion Bogut. The point of this deal is not to trade Ellis for Bogut, but to represent that the Warriors will officially build a team with Curry as the core! It's a deal that changes the direction of the whole team.

So, Link thinks this deal is the biggest move.

Other than that, there's basically nothing worth talking about. In the middle of the season, most teams are still trying to stabilize. In the absence of too many loopholes, personnel changes are generally not made.

After learning about the changes before the trade deadline, Link looked at the schedule for the next few days. Fortunately, after the All-Star break, the schedule was relatively modest. The opponents are not very strong, and the density of the game is acceptable, which allows the Grizzlies players to gradually readjust to the game after the seven-day "Golden Week".

Looking at it, Link gradually felt that his eyelids were a little heavy. He simply closed his eyes and rested for a while, and in the afternoon, he had to start sweating energetically for the regular season.

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"Congratulations Link, three-point contest champion, well done!"

As soon as he returned to the training gym, Link was congratulated by his teammates. Hollins was the first to come up and hug Link, followed by Randolph, Conley, Tony. Alan......

Although I had a lot of fun at the All-Star Game, I also made a lot of friends. But it wasn't until he returned to Memphis that Link had a "home" feeling.

Only here does he feel the most comfortable and energetic.

After hugging the coach and teammates one by one, the daily training began step by step. The Grizzlies' goal this year is still to be in the top four in the West, and if they do, it will be the best ranking in Grizzlies history.

Afternoon confrontational training at Jimmy. With Butler and Mr. Tony defending seriously, Link quickly adapted to the intensity of the regular season and got into a sprint.

The opponents are still eyeing each other, but they can't be weak in the future.

After the All-Star break, the Grizzlies, who were well-rested, were in surprisingly good shape.

In their final game in February, the Grizzlies host the defending champion Dallas Mavericks, who knocked them out of last season's playoffs.

Although the Mavericks are the defending champions, due to problems such as the operation of the summer and the aging of the team, the strength has not increased compared to last season. As a result, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Mavericks 96-85 at home, and Nowitzki scored only five points in the game.

The Grizzlies got off to a good start, and the regular season officially entered March.

Heading into the final sprint, the Grizzlies continued to soar. On March 2, the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Raptors 102-99 on the road. The Raptors had a great performance today, putting up a double-double performance with six players.

But Link had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and Gasol Jr. and Salowey also scored 21 points each. The Grizzlies won streak with a "Big Three-style" victory!

A day later, on March 3, the Grizzlies took out the Pistons without much effort. On March 7, the Grizzlies took on the Golden State Warriors on the road. This time, the Warriors didn't have Ellis, and Curry injured his ankle again. As a result, the Warriors were powerless to resist.

The last time the two sides met, Link used a "pass into the net" to kill the Warriors. But this time, the Grizzlies had a huge margin of 110 to 92. If it weren't for garbage time for the Grizzlies to take over, the margin would have been even greater.

So far, counting before the All-Star break, the Grizzlies have won five in a row! They also officially overtook the Spurs in the rankings to move into second place in the West.

People say that the Grizzlies are going to soar this season and that they will make the playoffs at a very high level. Some people even say that the Grizzlies may be able to take the first place in the West!

As a result, this upward momentum was interrupted on March 10 when the Grizzlies played away against the Suns.

There is not much suspense in this game itself, after all, the Suns have now lost their original style. Nash is no longer young, and it will be difficult to hold up the team with MVP-caliber performances.

The turning point came in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, when Rudy. Guy accidentally hit his shoulder during a breakaway, which caused him to suffer the Nth shoulder injury.

As we all know, Guy just had surgery on his shoulder last offseason, and now it's a big concern.

Therefore, Hollins did not continue to let Guy play, and at the critical moment when the team took off, Guy was absent again, just like last season!

After Gay's injury, the Suns seized the opportunity and launched an offensive surge to end the game 98-95.

Link was originally wanted to be with his idol Grant today. Hill Benzun chatted, but in the end he lost, and Link was really not in the mood. As soon as the game was over, he turned around and went back to the locker room.

That night, the Grizzlies officially released a heart-stopping news: Rudy. The timing of Guy's return is unknown.

The next day, a news item from ESPN caused a lot of heated discussion. The headline of the news was very simple and straightforward, "All hope for Memphis is on the No. 0 striker." ”

The point of view of the news is simple, "This season, in Randolph's form has slipped, Rudy. With Guy injured again, second-year Link had to take over and carry the Grizzlies' banner. He has no one to rely on, he can only go up by himself, as the absolute core, to meet the real test! What level of player Link is, we will find out in the remaining half of the season. ”

Link doesn't know if Guy's trade by the Grizzlies in the original history was related to a shoulder injury for two consecutive seasons.

But he knows how far he can take the Grizzlies and become the team's biggest suspense this season.

The top four in the West are never that simple.