At the end of the preseason, the Grizzlies' main lineup was quietly decided.

Stephen Jackson signed a contract with Damon Jones, and the remaining three, forward Grant Lang, forward Ruben Giles, and center Jack Wascool, Qiao Hai chose to keep center Jack Wascool, and the Grizzlies signed a one-year non-guaranteed contract with Waskool.

In the end, the Grizzlies' 15-man roster was as follows:

Point guards: Mike Bibby, Chauncey Billups, Steve Kerr, Damon Jones;

Shooting guards: Tracy McGrady, Manuginobili, Michael Reed;

Small forwards: Sean Marion, Stephen Jackson;

Power forwards: Sharif Abdulahim, Wang Zhizhi;

Centre-forwards: Patrick Ewing, Rasione Estelovic, Jamal Magloyer, Jack Worth Cur.

In the eight games of the preseason, these 15 players have all gotten good playing time, but in the last few games, Qiao Hai has determined a set of 10-man rotation lineup, starting point guards Mike Bibby or Billups, and scoring guards, small forwards, power forwards and centers must be Maddy, Marion, Raheem and Patrick Ewing.

In the second half of the first quarter, Joe Hay will replace Rasiunestrovich, if the starting point guard is Mike Bibby, Joe Hay will replace Raheem with Billups, and form a dual-control center to strengthen the offense, and after a wave of attack in the second half of the first quarter, under normal circumstances, the Grizzlies will lead by about 5 points.

In the second quarter, Qiao Hai will use backup point guards Billups plus Manu Ginobili plus Michael Reed, and Wang Zhizhi plus Patrick Ewing to open the court, this lineup will play a complete version of the hammer tactics, because this lineup is very suitable for hammer tactics, Billups, Ginobili can break through, Michael Reed and roughly three-point accuracy, Ewing guards the basket, and the Grizzlies can still occupy an absolute advantage on the court.

In the second half of the second quarter, Joe will trade Maddie and Raheem back, focusing on superstar tactics and continuing to press defense.

At halftime, as long as all goes well, the Grizzlies can establish a sizable lead.

At the beginning of the second half, the Grizzlies were naturally the main players.

In the second half of the third quarter, the bench rotated, Qiao Hai will have a pure bench lineup, Billups, Ginobili, Michael Reed, roughly and Rasione Estrovic, after playing the third quarter, the fourth quarter will open according to the state, choose to change back to Raheem or Maddy first, choose one of the two.

Play a few minutes in the last quarter, and if there is still suspense in the game, there are about seven minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Basically, this rotation would have Billups and Mike Bibby evenly split their playing time, and then Maddie would play the entire first quarter, plus the second half of the second quarter, the first half of the third quarter, and most of the fourth quarter.

Raheem has slightly less playing time because he needs to allocate more playing time to Sean Marion and roughly.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Patrick Ewing only played half of each quarter, which is also considered to be another way to protect Ewing considering Ewing's age.

In the new season, the Grizzlies have more players who can play, basically there is no iron bench, and even Jack Worth Kull can be regarded as having a certain strength, this center who was traded by the Bulls to the Lakers and then cut can also play the power forward position.

The reason why Johi chose to sign Jack Wascur is also related to Shaquille O'Neal.

In any case, O'Neal's threat is still there, and hoarding a center forward to deal with O'Neal's threat is also what Qiao Hai should do.

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The preseason is over and the regular season will begin in five days.

After winning the championship last season, Qiao Hai became less and less concerned about the media, on the one hand, he has a highly professional media team under his hands - Hoop Sports, on the other hand, he really doesn't look down on ESPN, Sports Illustrated.

But the pre-season preview of the new season, Qiao Hai is still very concerned.

If nothing else, just to see the wrong predictions of those media, even stupid predictions, Qiao Hai enjoys it.

Maybe it's the Grizzlies' eight-game winning streak in the preseason that has conquered some media, or maybe it's because the Grizzlies have indeed washed off the coat of dark horses and are already a strong team, so whether it's ESPN, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Yahoo Sports, etc., these media have given the Grizzlies enough respect.

ESPN's preseason prediction said: "Although the Grizzlies are transforming, the legitimacy of the joint defense and the addition of Patrick Ewing make the transformation of the Grizzlies logical, and they have shown their strength in the preseason, this season, relying on a strong core lineup, the Grizzlies can still become one of the strongest teams in the West, and when they complete the tactical run-in, this Grizzlies will come to their peak, and then become the biggest favorite to compete for the O'Brien Cup!" ”

The Sports Illustrated's preseason preview lists Patrick Ewing's average data per game in the preseason, eight games, Ewing played an average of 24.8 minutes per game, and averaged 11.6 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game, judging from the data, although Patrick Ewing is not at his peak, Ewing's defense is still there, and the Grizzlies have made the right choice when the joint defense is legal, and after the introduction of Patrick Ewing, the Grizzlies will still be the strongest team in the league!

Hoop Sports has also launched a pre-season preview column for the new season, and the person in charge of this column is also an expert reporter who has just joined Hoop Sports - Zach Lowe, who previously played for ESPN, where he has also been in charge of the pre-season preview column.

The reason why he chose to join Hoop is partly because of the good momentum of Hoop sports in the past six months, and on the other hand, it is related to ESPN's increasingly unlimited coverage.

Zach Lowe wanted to work in a pure environment, so he chose to jump to Hoop Sports.

The first piece is the pre-season preview of the 2000-2001 season.

For the Grizzlies, Zach Lowe didn't know that this was the team of the Hoop sports owner, so his predictions and analysis were relatively objective and fair.

"In the new season, the Grizzlies brought in Patrick Ewing and let Brad Miller go, which also means that they will abandon the Princeton offense that helped them win the championship last season, so that's also the question, can they stay strong without the Princeton offense? Is Patrick Ewing, who is already 38 years old, still able to eat? ”

Then, also through the preseason stats, Zach Lowway affirmed that Patrick Ewing is getting older, but he still has doubts about the Grizzlies' prospects for the new season.

Of course, his prediction for the Grizzlies is still highly ranked, with the West second behind the Lakers.

For the Lakers, it is not that Zach Lowe prefers the home team Lakers in Los Angeles, where Hoop is headquartered, but that the Lakers' lineup is really strong this season, although the introduction of Grant Hill and Tim Duncan was unsuccessful, but in the preseason, Isaiah Leddle performed well, averaging 20.8 points per game, and the Lakers are a bit of a big three.

Putting aside Isaiah Leddle's personality issues, the Lakers are naturally the strongest team in the league on paper.

The preseason preview of the new season is not explosive, Qiao Hai also feels bored, the regular season is imminent, and the Grizzlies' preparations are also in an orderly manner, two days before the start of the game, Qiao Hai arranged an intra-team match, and as a result, because of this intra-team match, the Grizzlies had an accident......