The 2011 NA Draft was a bit of a lukewarm, because on the same day, the players' representatives met with the owners for four hours, and the players, all wearing the same gray T-shirts with the word "Hold" printed on their chests, expressed their tough stance to the league — insisting on the players' union's rejection of a five-year proposal for a $500 million wage cut.

But the end result was that no progress was made in the negotiations. The two sides agreed to resume negotiations on 28 and 30 June. If it is not successful at that time, the free agent market will not be opened, and the NA will officially enter the shutdown!

Against this backdrop, the popularity of the draft has plummeted. But even so, there was one or two pieces of news that caught people's attention. For example, OJ Mayo was traded by the Grizzlies to the Brooklyn Nets!

"Trade rumours about Mayo have been going on since the middle of last season, but last season everything was quiet and nothing happened. Just when everyone thought that Mayo would continue to play for the Grizzlies, Chris Wallace suddenly made a move! ”

"Mayo was thrown off like a baggage, and his style of play and the way he is doing it really doesn't fit the Grizzlies. Moreover, the Grizzlies have also found the player they really want to develop - Link! Look at the Nets' chips, the Grizzlies almost sent Mayo White to Brooklyn. This shows how much the Grizzlies want to get rid of their Tanhua show. ”

"Hopefully Mayo can find good form in Brooklyn because next season is the final year of his rookie contract. Whether or not he can sign a big contract next year depends on Mayo's performance in Brooklyn next year! Hopefully, with Delon, Mayo can perform well enough. ”

Although Mayo is no longer a superstar in the limelight, it was once popular after all. It was still quite shocking to be suddenly traded in the draft.

But in this deal, no one cares about Jimmy Butler. Even, many people don't know what kind of person Jimmy Butler is.

But this overlooked rookie is precisely the focus of the Grizzlies' deal!

Chris Wallace believes that Jimmy Butler could be groomed to be the next Tony Allen. But the real performance of a rookie is often 108,000 miles away from the template.

At the beginning, Mayo was also considered to be the upper limit Jordan and the lower limit Kobe

In any case, the draft is over, and Link's hanging heart has finally been relaxed. After that, he can start enjoying his vacation life with peace of mind.

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"You can't refuse me this time, Link. It's offseason, and you can't use training as an excuse anymore. ”

Randolph repeatedly "pressed" on the phone, so that Link didn't even have a chance to quibble.

It happened two days after the draft, when a bored Link approached Randolph and asked him what he had planned. And, I have prepared professional fishing gear and are ready to go to the Mississippi River for a good harvest.

This time, Randolph told Link, "Fishing? Do you really think that the holiday life of a NA player is all about fishing? ”

"Do you have any better activities to recommend besides fishing?"

"Is the auction interested? In New York. ”

"I'm not interested, I don't buy anything, and I don't play collecting." Link pouted, he had only seen such things as auctions on TV.

"You stupid, the auction is just a façade, and the dinner after the auction is the beginning of the real wonderful moment! In order to support the auction, the organizers invited many celebrities to participate. As a well-known player for the New York Knicks, I was naturally invited. Link who was going to be very lively that night, I decided to bring you, you should thank me! ”

"I'm Cao" Hearing Randolph say this, Link deeply experienced what it means to be thick-skinned and invincible! Also Nima's well-known player in New York, New York's well-known cancer is almost the same.

"Let's go, I'll take you kid to meet the scene. Anyway, I'm a little star, so I can't go fishing in the Mississippi River every day. ”

"I'm thinking about it, Zach. I'll give you an answer in the evening, okay? Link waved his hand, he really wasn't interested in any dinner party, and he wasn't interested in meeting celebrities.

Before he could reach the afternoon, Randolph called again. So, there was the previous conversation.

"You can't refuse me this time, Link. It's off-season, and you can't use training as an excuse. ”

"Me"

"Besides, it's good for you to get to know more people. A career of 20 years at most, and after 20 years of retirement, don't you have to find another way out? Doing business, playing music or something. ”

"I'm only in the first year of my career, Zach" Link was speechless, Randolph could really use any excuse to "trick" himself.

"I swear, if you go with me, I'll never stuff popcorn in your locker again."

"Let's go!" Link roughly calculated that Randolph stuffed popcorn in his car twice and in the locker six times this season.

He's like a giant baby, and he's always happy to play this kind of prank. After all, Link is a newcomer, and it's normal to be rectified. Link can already imagine Jimmy Butler's "happy life" in his first year with the Grizzlies.

Now, at last, there's a chance to avoid the prank, Link doesn't think about it, he has to seize it!

It seems that the banner that will be tricked by Randolph in the future will be handed over from Link's shoulders to Jimmy Butler to carry

In this way, Link embarked on his first event since the start of the holiday season - a trip to the New York auction.

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When it comes to New York, Link's first thing that comes to mind is the Knicks, Nets, Spike Lee, Ewing, Anthony, Rock Park, in short, are all labels for basketball.

Don't look at the Knicks' operation in recent years, but everyone must admit that New York is indeed the hometown of basketball. The basketball atmosphere here is very good, and the basketball background is also very strong.

But in Randolph's eyes, New York is very different from Link. If he only had basketball in his eyes, Randolph in New York would not have been treated as a cancer.

The lights, sleepless nights, and the world of flowers are what New York looks like in Randolph's eyes.

Standing in the hall of the auction in a suit, Link always felt out of place in this place. Those female stars? He didn't know most of them. So-and-so councillor and so-and-so official, Link can't even name it.

Although there are occasionally a few people who greet Link, the embarrassing thing is that Link usually doesn't know who the other person is

There are people who know it, and the famous New York director Spike Lee is on the scene today. In addition, Link also saw Ja-Z, the big man in the New York rap scene. But there was always someone around them, and Link didn't know how to talk to them.

For a moment, Link really felt that he might as well go fishing in the Mississippi River!

For the entire auction, Link just stood there, glass in hand. Except for the occasional greeting, he didn't know what to do!

Randolph? The goods had not been seen since the beginning of the auction, and God knows who they were going to talk to about their lives.

Originally, Link had never attended such an American party. Most of the so-called celebrities, bosses, and officials at the scene Link didn't know either. Let's go early, it's not good, it's a bit of a big name.

So, Link just sat back and waited for the banquet to end, and then cleaned up Randolph properly.

"Can I have a drink with you?" At this moment, Link heard someone next to him calling for him, and turned his head to look, but his eyes were attracted by a deep groove.

"Damn!" Link's Adam's apple slid up and down, and he swallowed!

Link immediately looked away in embarrassment, and only then did he see the face of the woman in front of him. This woman's appearance Link felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember what her name was for a while.

After seeing the depths of the people's places and the faces of the people, Link realized his rudeness and immediately responded respectfully, "It's my honor, ma'am, my name is Link, a player for the Memphis Grizzlies." ”

"I know you, boy." The woman didn't get angry, but became proud because of Link's reaction just now, "I've watched your game this year, and you're really a big dark horse." I didn't expect to meet you here. My name is Alyssa Dushku, and your attention doesn't seem to be on the glass, Link. Where to look? ”