Chapter Eighty-Nine: Battle for Mayo
On the Kings bench, everyone leaned back in their chairs to rest, ready for the next quarter of the game, Tyrek ripped off the towel covering his head, sat on the chair and bent over to lean forward, looked left and right at his teammates, and shouted: "Don't be discouraged, everyone! Keep up the fighting condition, they defend hard enough, but they can't open the gap on the field, such a high-intensity defensive consumption, I believe they are more tired than us! As long as there is fighting spirit, the score can't be opened, and they can't kill us! ”
"That's right! Tyrek is right, after the first quarter of the game, you should also know that the Grizzlies defense is indeed flawless, but their offensive ability is not strong enough, we stick to our own style of play, don't be afraid of their defense! Coach Westphal in front of everyone also said.
Back to the game, Hassan. Whiteside, Anthony. Moreau, Kenneth. Farid replaced Cousins, Udri, and West, and the Grizzlies also made personnel changes. Pago, Quincy. Bombsett made his debut, and the black and white bears on the inside were still on the field.
O.J. Mayo, who played Tyreco on the street court during the league shutdown, teamed up with another NBA player, Corey Brewer, to lose to Tyrek and put a $50,000 bet. However, although Mayo lost, he was not convinced from the bottom of his heart at all, and his heart was higher than the sky.
But in Memphis, Mayo is also having a bad time. In the first two seasons, the team played an average of 38 minutes per game, and last season he played most of the time as a substitute for the team. Aaron, Sam. Yang, Xavier. Henry alternates with Mayo himself, with Mayo only getting a starting start in 17 games. This season with Tony. Allen became the Grizzlies' No. 2 starting point, and Mayo was completely reduced to Tony. Allen's replacement, and this year is Mayo's contract year, his rookie contract will end this season, and he needs to get himself a decent new contract.
Since his youth, he has been commercially packaged by the media as the face of the next generation of leagues, a real superstar, and after entering the league, Mayo's amazing talent in his youth can only be regarded as good. Guy overlapped and the starting position was replaced by Tony. Aaron took it, and Mayo can be said to have been dragged down from the position of the pride of the sky.
This season, Mayo has come to terms with the fate of the previous season's bench and is now dutifully providing the firepower of the second team on the bench. At the moment, Mayo's future with the Grizzlies is uncertain, but Mayo still tries his best to fight for his future, and he still believes he has what it takes.
After losing to Tyrek in a street ball game and encountering Tyrek for the first time on the court this season, Mayo also wants to save face for himself.
The Grizzlies took the lead in attacking, and Jeremy Brown. Prego controlled the ball and organized the attack, Mayo asked for the ball on the flank, Prego gave the ball to Mayo, and in the face of Morrow's defense, Mayo did not hesitate to step back and shoot! Hit! Two points from a distance!
Prior to the '08 draft, the most popular pick was O.J. Mayo, but he led the team to a poor performance in the NCAA competition, which led to a drop in his draft pick. However, Mayo is still quite smart, before entering the NBA, he would always shoot one step above the three-point line in games and training, obviously to prepare for entering the NBA. This makes Mayo, who entered the NBA, have a good projection ability, even if Mayo is too short to play a point guard due to his height, and he has no point guard skills to play point guard, coupled with the physical fitness that is not talented, his potential has been exhausted, and the data performance is not as good as a year, but Mayo still has his own value on the court.
In the face of Morrow's sparse defense, scoring is easy for Mayo, who now has no potential to grow into a superstar, but his hard power can support him to compete on the court as a player above the calibre.
Mayo, who had just come on the court, was full of energy and vitality, and the Grizzlies' defense did decline after the rotation players came on the court, but Mayo, as the sixth man, quickly entered the state and relied on his good touch to frequently kill the Kings.
When the Grizzlies attack again, Tyrek whispers to Morrow in the retreat that Mayo will take care of it!
Mayo got the ball again, and this time he faced Tyreck, who had scored six points in a row.
"Heh, Tyreck, how did you use my $50,000?" Mayo couldn't help but provoke when he saw Tyrek switching positions to guard himself.
"It's not bad, it's comfortable to take money for nothing, who made you inferior to others?" Tyrek bent over and clapped his hands at Mayo, motioning for him to attack.
Mayo knows that what he says is boring for himself, who let himself really lose to Tyrek, and Mayo is not verbose, he is going to deal with Tyrek in the arena now!
Mayo's first break was not strong, and in the face of Tyreck's defense, which had the advantage of size, Mayo couldn't form a breakthrough at all, and he also couldn't create space to shoot. Mayo's skills are precocious, and his physical condition is not domineering enough, and against the best defenders, Mayo's shortcomings are revealed.
However, at this time, Mayo's excessive spirit has become a burden on him, he always believes in his own strength, and on the occasion of one-on-one with Tyrek, which he once lost, Mayo completely shielded his teammates around him, and he had to rely on himself to end the attack!
However, at this time, Mayo was unable to form a breakthrough, so he chose to shoot with Tyreck's close interference!
Tyrek's defense was not large, and Mayo did not have any opportunities to make offensive fouls, but because there was no shooting space and the shot was extremely reluctant, Mayo's shooting action was already a little deformed......
"Bang!" Unsurprisingly, it popped up in the box! Under the basket, Whiteside grabbed the rebound and immediately handed it to Tyreck, who quickly counterattacked with the ball!
After all, it is a team that started with defense, and the Grizzlies' retreat is also fast enough, after Mayo misses the shot, Bombset and Prego have quickly returned to defense, Tyrek is advancing extremely fast, Mayo can't catch up with Terrick at all, Pargo pinched Terrick from the side, but how can he block Tyrek who rushes up, Tyreck's legs exert force, facing Pondsett who has been in front of him to do European steps, Tyreco's European steps are his big killer moves, no one can stop them, rampant all over the world, especially in the fast break, The perfect rhythm and great pace made it past Bombset's backhand layup in an instant!