On February 1, 2011, NBA officially announced the list of selected NBA Rookie Challenge in 2011.

In this era, the rookie challenge has not been restructured, so it is still divided by the difference between the first-year team and the second-year team. This year, the first-year team and the second-year team each have a special rookie.

In the second-year team, there was basically no criticism of the players selected. Harden, Curry, Jennings and other top rookies at the time were all selected. But the most unexpected thing was that Wesley Matthews, the undrafted draft, was also among them.

Last season, basketball fans around the world didn't know who Wesley Matthews was. But now, as a undrafted pick, he has been selected into the All-Star lineup. There is no doubt that this makes Matthews full of topics.

For the first-year team, the most eye-catching ones in addition to the two generations of No. 1 picks Griffin and Wall, Link is the undrafted draft.

"Two months ago, no one knew this kid at all. No one would care at all. It turned out that the Development League had a yellow-skinned draft pick. But now, he is a member of the All-Star Weekend, and he will fight alongside top rookies like Wall and Griffin!"

"He is as inspirational as Wesley Matthews. They are not from high origins, but they have climbed up step by step with their own efforts. I am looking forward to seeing two successful undrafts here and the showdown on the All-Star Weekend."

"I know, there will definitely be a lot of people who jump out and say he is not qualified. But looking at his statistics and performance, you have to admit that this undraft is definitely one of the strongest newcomers this year!"

As soon as the league announced its roster, Link and Wesley Matthews really attracted widespread attention. The cases of second-round picks entering the All-Star rookie are common. But both teams have been selected for the draft, which is really the first time in NBA history.

Especially for Link, he actually squeezed out this year's second-tier show Evan Turner to be selected. I have to say that the span of this counterattack is really big.

Link was selected as the All-Star, and Randolph won the best player in the West in January, which made the Grizzlies extremely glorious. This team, which has rarely been paid attention to, has become a "dark horse" in people's mouth.

As soon as I went to the training hall this morning, all the Grizzlies congratulated Link and Randolph on it. Especially Link, because if nothing unexpected happens, he is likely to be the only Grizzlies in this year's All-Star Game.

During the afternoon training interval, the number of people who came to the Fed Express Training Hall to interview the Grizzlies once again hit a record high. In the past, as a team without stars and no record, the reporters were too lazy to come to interview the Grizzlies for training.

But now it's different. The Grizzlies have Randolph as the best player and Link, the lowest-ranking All-Star rookie. As long as there is topicality, reporters will surround you like mosquitoes.

Seeing Link being surrounded by reporters, the Grizzlies' most unhappy now is O.J. Mayo. Today is the day when Mayo's 10-game suspension ends. However, there are only a few reporters who come to interview him.

Most people seem to have forgotten him. This player, who once claimed to be the upper limit of Jordan and Kobe, is not as popular as a undraft.

Mayo was naturally very angry, but he was a little helpless. After all, during the period when he left, the Grizzlies not only had a good record, but Link also seized the opportunity to play an impressive performance.

He finally hurt Xavier Henry, and Mayo didn't want to be taken to the position by Link again. At first, Mayo thought Link was not threatening him to play the second position, but now, it is obvious that he has been challenged.

Mayo clenched his fists and thought to himself that during the confrontational training this afternoon, he must teach the unsuccessful draft a lesson.

So, not everyone is so united in Memphis Grizzlies.

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During the ban, O.j. Mayo was almost forgotten by everyone. In addition to Link's light completely overshadowing Mayo, he often left the training hall early.

Relying on his "advantage" of being suspended, Mayo often does not practice with the team in the afternoon. After practicing his personal events in the morning, Mayo always leaves early.

As for what Mayo left for, who knows? As a 2008 Tanhua Show, he has the financial ability to do whatever he wants.

Lionel Hollins was too lazy to care about him. First, this would allow Mayo to rest for a while and avoid injuries. Second, the Grizzlies were actually ready to trade Mayo, but no one dared to take over!

Mayo's positioning is actually very embarrassing now. He is a bit short at the second position of 1.93 meters tall, and he has no skills in the first position. Some people may ask, Wade is only 1.93 meters tall. But Wade's wingspan, athletic ability and cheek thighs are all things that Mayo does not have.

Mayo's explosive power and athletic ability are average, and his wingspan is nothing special. He is good at shooting, but he is not good enough to reach the top level. Moreover, he also likes to shoot.

Not all teams are willing to trade such players. Top teams look down on him because those teams usually do not lack talent. Teams in the middle level dare not ask him for fear that he will break the team's system. Bad teams also dare not ask him because Mayo may delay others from playing bad things.

Therefore, the Grizzlies have never been able to take action against Mayo. Mayo thought that he had a good position in the Grizzlies. However, he was almost abandoned by the management.

Before the training began today, Mayo made sufficient preparations. He knew very well that if he could kill Link in the matchup, it would be impossible to return.

However, not long after the training match began, Mayo was defeated.

This time, he held the ball from the outside and was preparing to fight Link one-on-one. As a star who has been focusing on the spotlight since high school, Mayo is very confident in his one-on-one singles ability.

However, after experiencing the baptism of the NBA, especially the "education" of those perverted scorers, Link really felt that Mayo's offense was almost meaningful.

His first step was unfast, and even Link's body was difficult to surpass. Seeing that he could not break through Link, Mayo stopped jumping.

Emergency stop jump shot is his most commonly used offensive method this year. Because most of the time, he cannot completely pass the defender. This has also become the reason for his plunge in shooting percentage this year.

Seeing Mayo jumping and shooting, Link jumped up with a keen response. His height of 2.03 meters and his 2.18 meters wingspan made Mayo's heart feel cold.

"Bang!"

A loud bang in the stadium, and Mayo's shot was directly blown away by Link to another half.

Mayo's sweat flowed down his head. He was not tired, but surprised!

This is not the first time that Mayo has played well in training, but he must admit that the progress rate of this No. 0 is really terrible!

Now, his control over the timing of the blocking has reached such an accurate level!

Look at yourself again, let alone making progress, you can hardly even maintain your condition in your rookie season.

"Haha, beautifully done. I hope you can make such a block in Minneapolis tomorrow." Then Randolph came up and patted Link on the shoulder, praising him repeatedly.

Ironically, Link, who has only been in the team for three months, has been getting along with everyone very happily. Mayo looked at himself again and just fought with Tony Allen ten days ago.

A deep sense of powerlessness spread throughout Mayo's body instantly, and he found that he was getting farther and farther away from his position. The worst thing was that he could not take back everything he had lost through his strength. Because the strength of the undraft was really stronger than himself.

This time, Mayo fell into a state of "thinking about life". In the subsequent training matches, he performed poorly. It would be fine if he couldn't make the offense, but he was even beaten into a scum by Link on the defensive end.

Hollins initially expected this sense of crisis to bring Mayo back to life, but now he is thinking too much.

At 8 o'clock the next night, the Grizzlies still sent a lineup with Link as the second position at the Timberwolves' home target center. The media did not find it surprising that the All-Star rookie could still play when Mayo came back.

This means that Link will not have to wait for the main player to be injured or suspended before playing in the future. He will not return to the bench because he has already confirmed the Grizzlies' position.
Chapter completed!