Mike Conley isn't a superstar in today's league and this change in point guard. He is the strongest defender outside of the strongest guys, and Conley's ability to get the first salary cap contract in history also proves that for a quasi-superstar-level player, if he can be in the right position, he can also get a large max salary contract. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Conley is naturally capable, but this big contract will still make many fans sigh, you know, Dwyane Wade, whose career is far more brilliant than Conley's, has only a cumulative salary of $156 million so far, and Conley has taken 153 million in five years, no wonder even O'Neal said that he was born in the wrong era.

In addition to Mike Conley, the wealthy and handsome Parsons also left the Mavericks and came to the Memphis Grizzlies, signing a four-year 95 million contract with the Grizzlies that is slightly inferior to Conley's maximum salary, these two signatures also shocked many people, plus Mark Gasol and Randolph and others, people's expectations for the Grizzlies are high, but the Grizzlies have always been a regular in the playoffs and a successful example of a small market team. In addition, the Grizzlies are also in the West with big crocodiles, and it may be difficult to reach the finals in the playoffs this season.

Originally, Xie Chen led the Lakers to six consecutive victories, and the momentum was amazing, and even the Grizzlies were a little scared, but after the Warriors defeated the Lakers, everyone saw that the Lakers were just as vulnerable in the face of super strong teams, and the Grizzlies were not so worried about this opponent, and there were even fans at the Grizzlies scene holding up the sign of "the end of the winning streak, the beginning of the losing streak" to mock the Lakers, the weak team last season.

Xie Chen and the Grizzlies have played less in the past two seasons, and there have been no grudges, and there has been nothing worth remembering in his memory, when he comes here, he is not as depressed as he was at the Warriors' home court, his mood is very calm, and he launched an attack quickly at the beginning of the game, and Mike Conley felt Xie Chen's super offensive desire. Hopefully, I have also entered the best state.

Xie Chen scored one after another with Maddie's dry pull three-point and Jordan's backward jumper, and Conley also stood up to respond to Xie Chen, he is a left-handed general, and it is always a very troublesome thing to defend left-handed players, especially when Conley plays back dribbling, the speed of his change of direction is not fast, but the rhythm is very good, at first Conley also responded to Xie Chen a few shots, but in terms of scoring ability, he is by no means Xie Chen's opponent, Xie Chen can continue to score like this, but Conley has to go to his teammates for help after scoring a few goals.

The cooperation between Gasol and Randolph is still a headache for the Lakers, but fortunately, the free throw shooting rate of the two is average today, and in the case of Xie Chen's request, Xie Chen slashed 20 points in the first quarter and led the Lakers to lead the score, while Conley only scored 8 points and did not have many assists.

After the end of the first quarter, Conley looked serious on the players' bench, not very comfortable, he thought that Xie Chen's style of play was clearly that he felt that he was not worthy of the maximum salary contract, but in fact, how much money Conley received, Xie Chen was not envious at all.

Funny Stephenson also fanned the flames next to him and said: "Mike, Xie just saw that you didn't like the big contract, so he deliberately corrected you, he didn't score 20 points in a single quarter against the Warriors!" ”

Conley was already in a displeasure mood, after signing a big contract, the pressure on him was huge, and he was even more irritable when he was teased by his teammates, according to the data in the first quarter, wouldn't Xie Chen have to score more than twice as many points as Conley in the whole game? At that time, some netizens will say that if you compare with Conley, Xie Chen should get a five-year contract of 300 million!

In fact, Conley doesn't need to put too much pressure on himself, and the Grizzlies don't expect him to be as omnipotent or score a lot of points as Xie Chen, as long as he can maintain his current level healthily.

However, stimulated by Xie Chen's strong performance, Conley's mentality was still affected, the so-called speed is not reached, Conley wanted to reach the superstar level and become an all-star starter, but the hardware strength could not be reached, and the effect was counterproductive.

Xie Chen's score exceeded 30 points in the second quarter and started the Legend Challenge, this time, he met the Grizzlies during the Pau Gasol period, and it was also easy to solve, and after that, he continued to abuse the Grizzlies with Conley.

The fans at the scene were quickly beaten with no fighting spirit and no excitement at all.

"Xie this guy is crazy, from the beginning of the game he planned to win us alone?"

"Will this be another 60+ show, is it Mike Conley's big contract that stimulates him? Mike finally stepped up and responded with a few balls, what was Chandler Parsons doing? In the face of such an arrogant provocation from his opponent, he didn't react at all! ”

Parsons played very badly and was completely unworthy of his big contract, not only this one, but the first few games were also average, but it was still not so easy for the Lakers to win this Grizzly Bear, until the end of the game, Xie Chen scored 61 points and was able to rest, and they finally won the victory and got this victory.

Mike Conley saw that garbage time was coming, and he was already exhausted and panting for the whole show, and couldn't help but ask Xie Chen: "You use 60+ performances tonight, do you want to tell me that I am not qualified for that big contract?" ”

Xie Chen noticed the resentment in Mike Conley's eyes, he has a lot of friends and enemies in the NBA, Xie Chen doesn't want to be misunderstood, Xie Chen said: "I just want to win, if after this game, others will make fun of you because of this, I can't help it." ”

The Lakers won one more game and continued to sit on the first place in the West, on an equal footing with the Warriors!

When the Golden State Warriors learned about it, they all felt very disappointed.

Draymond Green said with a dejected face, "Hell! The Memphis Grizzlies failed to beat the Lakers? What did they spend so much money on to sign Mike Conley and Chandler Parsons? Can't even win a team like the Lakers? I really can't stand to share the first with the Lakers, since the start of the new season, it's been half a month now, and they are still pestering us and tying us up! ”

Durant also wanted to see the Lakers' record fall as soon as possible, and said: "Yes, their next opponent is the New Orleans Pelicans, thanks to this recent hot state, relying on him alone, it is estimated that the Pelicans will be difficult to parry, if we want to get rid of them and become the only first, I am afraid we will have to wait a few days, we have to pin our hopes on the San Antonio Spurs." ”

After the Lakers finished playing the Pelicans, the next opponent was the Spurs, as soon as the Spurs were mentioned, the Warriors also sighed together, they did not doubt that the Spurs could beat the Lakers, the key is that the Spurs also beat them, and when the Lakers lost to the team that the Warriors also lost, it would not be so embarrassing.

After half a month of the new season, the Lakers are still the first in the West, which makes rookie coach Luke Wharton very face-saving, and invited the whole team to a big dinner in Memphis, and all the players went to the next city, New Orleans, with a happy mood.

The Pelicans have superstars, Anthony Davis was favored to become one of the best players in the league in the future as early as last year, he also has 25+10 for two consecutive seasons, and also averages 2 caps per game, but there is no breakthrough in the playoffs.

The Pelicans are not a strong team, this time, Xie Chen didn't need to score so many points alone, Ingram finally regained his confidence, this time he cut 30+ again, Xie Chen didn't want to waste physical strength and time to deal with the legendary team, only scored 25 points, and the whole team easily won another victory, because the Warriors still didn't lose in these two games, so the Warriors and Lakers still tied for first place.

However, many people predict that the situation of the two teams tied for the first place is about to change, and fans predict that it will not be the Warriors who will lose first, but the Lakers, who are weaker on paper, because the Lakers' next opponent is the San Antonio Spurs!

Warriors fans posted on the Internet before the game: "Finally, I don't have to tie for first place with the bad team of the Lakers, hahaha, congratulations in advance to the Lakers for their second defeat of the season!" ”

The Spurs' record in the West is second only to the Warriors and Lakers, and it is the second in the West, not only that, but the reason why Warriors fans are so optimistic is that the Spurs are not only strong, but also a team that even the Warriors have beaten, and the Warriors beat the Lakers again, according to this logic, there should be no doubt that the Spurs beat the Lakers.

Luke Wharton was also worried about whether his second defeat was coming, and said to the players the day before the game: "If we want to go further in the playoffs, then the Warriors and the Spurs will inevitably encounter one of them, and we have seen the results of the matchup with the Warriors, so let's see what we will do when we meet another ace team!" ”

ATT Center, San Antonio, Texas.

Coming here again, it seems to be no different from before, but there is one less important person, the Spurs always feel the same opponent, the Spurs have won a total of five championships, and these five championships are all won by Duncan, but now, this guy said that he will retire.

Duncan's retirement is too quiet, he has played in the NBA for 19 seasons, just said that, and left like this, everyone doesn't seem to be ready to accept his retirement, and hasn't figured out how to say goodbye to him, which is completely different from Kobe's retirement method, someone once asked him, aren't you afraid that others won't understand you? Duncan replied, "Why should I let others know about me?" That's probably Duncan's style, but no matter what, the all-time status of the best power forward in history is unassailable.

Although Duncan retired, he also arrived at the scene with his wife today, and Xie Chen stepped forward to greet Duncan, attracting a lot of cameras to follow.

Xie Chen smiled and said to Duncan: "You haven't played the finals with me yet, how can you say that you will retire when you retire?" ”

Duncan smiled gently: "I said that the future belongs to you, I lied to LeBron, but I didn't plan to lie to you again." ”

"Hahaha." Xie Chen and Duncan's wife both laughed in unison, "It's really strange to play against the Spurs without you, but I won't be polite tonight." ”

Duncan replied, "Don't be polite to them, man, just score as much as you want, as long as you lose to us, I think Popovich will let you score 60 points." ”

It can be seen that after Duncan's retirement, his mentality is not any different from when he was a player before, retirement seems too natural to him, Kobe Bryant is still very uncomfortable after retiring, seeing Xie Chen's crazy performance, it will also stimulate Kobe, but the stone Buddha is the stone Buddha, and he looks down on all this, and retirement is not a big deal for him.

However, watching him frolic with old friends such as the balding Ginobili, Parker, and Popovich, Xie Chen felt that he still belonged to the Spurs and had not left yet......

After Duncan's departure, the Spurs' GDP combination has ceased to exist and will only remain in the memory of fans, but the two veterans, Ginobili and Parker, have decided to continue the game and have not chosen to retire because of Duncan's departure.

In addition, the Spurs also got new signings Pau Gasol and David Lee, Gasol came after Durant announced that he would join the Warriors, because the Spurs also intended to chase Durant at that time, although the Trail Blazers gave Gasol a 2-year $40 million contract, but Gasol has always preferred the Spurs, so he still chose the Spurs, and netizens also gave the Spurs a new name to the old guys: "Death Five".

It seems that the strength of the Death Five is not lost to the Death Five, otherwise the Spurs would not have had the last laugh in the last showdown with the Warriors.

Similarly, another new signing, David Lee, also gave up a bigger contract to come to the Spurs, and the Spurs contract is only $3.2 million for two years.

After Duncan retires, David West moves to the Warriors, Dio is traded to the Jazz, and Boban joins the Pistons, David Lee will form a new interior rotation lineup with Pau Gasol and Aldridge.

You know, these three guys are all former All-Star interior players, plus Leonard, who has always been considered to be in the top five in the league, and Popovich, the most capable coach in the league, it is not surprising that even if the Spurs make it to the Finals this year.

The Warriors' players are also paying attention to this game between the Spurs and the Lakers, and they can't wait to see the Lakers lose another game and stop squeezing into the first place in the West with them.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs' mature offensive system and defensive system showed an advantage in front of the Lakers, and Leonard specifically targeted Xie Chen from the beginning, this guy is one of the best defensive players in the league, and soon, in the first quarter, the Lakers were beaten behind by double digits, and Lakers coach Luke Wharton was forced to call a timeout.

Seeing this time, Draymond Green of the Warriors finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, when the Lakers lose, they can finally monopolize the first place in the West!" After this time, they don't want to climb up again! (To be continued.) )