1207: Sales Call
Derek Ross, Jamie Chels Green and Morris are definitely excellent puzzle players.
Maybe it's nothing great for them to stand alone.
But if they can meet a leader who can put the entire team together, then their performance will be beyond everyone's imagination.
No one believes that the Grizzlies can sign so many high-quality free agents with the few remaining salary space.
They are indeed not big names, but it is undeniable that they are practical.
But even so, the Grizzlies' lineup is still a little simpler.
You know, the Grizzlies' sixth player Dinwiddie was all at the All-Star level last season.
Tobias Harris, they are all those who get the maximum salary.
The Grizzlies' lineup strength is still not at the level of three consecutive championships.
While other teams are crazily accumulating combat power, the Grizzlies' signing is actually not too important.
On the Internet, there is still a lot of voices that believe that the Grizzlies cannot continue to rule the alliance.
With this lineup, what will the Grizzlies fight against the Bucks, 76ers, and the Lakers?
What's more, Leonard and the Clippers are already getting along. If Leonard really joins the Clippers, some people think that the Grizzlies are likely to not even rush out of the West!
The Grizzlies' newly signed players can only be said to be pretty good players at this price.
But in the entire NBA alliance, outsiders still think they are a bit mediocre.
Link is not dissatisfied with the Grizzlies' lineup now. As long as they train properly this summer, they will definitely surprise the whole world.
Although the whole world is not optimistic about the Grizzlies, Link's goal of winning four consecutive championships has not changed!
Next season is the most competitive season in the NBA over the years.
In the past, the strength of three or two teams was the only one level, and they were far superior to other teams.
But after this chaotic summer this year, the league showed a situation of blooming flowers.
It's not easy to win the championship.
However, winning the championship in this season is the most valuable!
To surpass Jordan, you must surpass others to convince them!
The Grizzlies' lineup is basically formed, with Conley, Rose, Old Carter and last season's reimbursement on the back line, but Link believes that the second round pick Dillon Brooks with a good potential.
In the third position, Link and Iguodala are enough. Link plays for a long time in each game, so there is no need for too many substitutes at the third position.
It really doesn't work. Old Carter, Green and Morris can also play as small forwards.
In the fourth position, there are two brothers Green and Morris. And in the actual game, Jokicz is the starting fourth position.
After all, the double tower lineup is already the mainstream starting match for the Grizzlies.
In other words, the only thing the Grizzlies still lack is a reliable substitute center.
Jamie Green is OK with playing in the center of the small lineup, but his short height and too light weight make him face a real powerful center, so he will be blind.
The same applies to the Morris brothers. It is already the limit for them to reach the fourth position.
Last season, the Grizzlies' substitute center position was Harrell. Although Harrell was not high, he was really attractive. Green could not do this.
But nowadays, it is not that easy to find a qualified center.
Kanter? Forget it, Link probably would kill that guy in the locker room.
"Boxing King" Chandler? Maybe you can consider it four or five years younger, but forget it now.
McGee is pretty good, but he has already renewed his contract with the Lakers. The Warriors' Looney is also a choice, but Link doesn't think that kid will surrender to the enemy.
Of course, Link did not forget his good brother Cousins.
Due to injury, Cousins has withdrawn from the ranks of first-class centers. Before he recovered, Link traveled through this history. Therefore, he doesn't know what state Cousins can play next season.
But even so, Link is still very optimistic about Cousins.
Unfortunately, when Link called Cousins, Cousins had signed with the Lakers.
Obviously, Cousins also hopes to play with Link. But now he needs the attention of big cities to quickly restore his popularity.
And compared to Jokic, Cousins and Anthony Davis partnering with the inside, they are more tacit.
After looking at it like this, there is basically no center to sign.
Of course, the Grizzlies still hold Wang Zhelin's right to sign. Although they are compatriots, to be honest, Link does not think that Wang has met the NBA's requirements.
Thinking of this, Link sighed. If it was really incomparable, he would probably have to personally take the No. 5 position next season...
As time goes by, fewer and fewer people in the free agent market.
Finally, on July 6, the biggest suspense this summer came to an end.
Kavay Leonard, who led the Raptors and Grizzlies to six games last season, finally chose to join the team in Los Angeles. But it was not the Lakers, but the Clippers!
The Lakers waited for a while, and in order to wait for Leonard and to leave him room, they missed many excellent free agents.
As a result, the bamboo basket was in vain.
Now it's not just Leonard who hasn't waited, but there are no other outstanding players who have the chance to win.
In an instant, various conspiracy theories appeared one after another.
Some people believe that Leonard and the Clippers have joined forces to cheat the Lakers.
In order to weaken the Lakers' strength, Leonard deliberately dragged it all the time. When the free agents are almost signed, joining the Clippers will leave the Lakers with nowhere to strengthen.
While Leonard chose to join the Clippers, Paul George was also unexpectedly traded to the Clippers.
At this point, the Clippers have also transformed into a strong contender for the championship!
George joined the Clippers so quickly, which is enough to show that the two sides had reached an agreement before and were waiting for Leonard to make a decision.
Link didn't care about those conspiracy theories. He only knew that he had another terrible opponent.
Link has no memory of what happened this summer because he traveled through time before this.
Therefore, the various transfers and signings this summer still shocked Link.
The Clippers are really too strong now, so Leonard won’t talk about it, a powerful superstar with both offense and defense.
Link's good friend Paul George also played MVP-level performance in the Thunder last season.
Last season, George averaged 28 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, and all three statistics were career highs.
Last season, George also ranked fourth in the MVP rankings, second only to Link, Antetokounmpo and Harden.
Such a strong alliance between George and Leonard, coupled with the Clippers' lineup that was already deep enough, made Link feel a sense of oppression that had not appeared for a long time.
The last time this sense of oppression appeared was when Durant joined the Warriors.
Four consecutive championships are indeed not easy.
The choices of Leonard and George also caused a series of chain reactions.
Due to George's departure, the Thunder were forced to enter reconstruction mode. So they had to trade Westbrook to the Rockets in exchange for Lian Bo's old Paul.
As a result, the Houston Rockets also entered the championship ranks.
It has to be said that players’ rights in this era are a bit too great. In the past, only the team could decide whether the players stay or not.
But now, it is the players who control the fate of the team.
The Thunder clearly wanted to strengthen the championship, but now it will become a team rebuilding in an instant.
If Leonard hadn't forced the Spurs into a hurry, the Spurs wouldn't have let him go.
The same thing happened to Anthony Davis. Without Davis' continued pressure, the Pelicans held Davis + Zion Williamson in their hands, wouldn't he be nice?
But there is no way. Under pressure, the Pelicans had to trade Davis to the Lakers.
At this point, the situation in the west has basically stabilized.
The Warriors, Lakers, Clippers, Rockets, Trail Blazers and even Mavericks will be quite threatening next season. You should know that the Grizzlies had and only the Warriors in the West before.
But now, a bunch of them are emerging!
The emergence of these transfers and transactions has further made the Grizzlies look down upon by the outside world.
Why has there never been an example of four consecutive championships in modern basketball history? Because it’s so difficult!
When players can take the initiative to choose the team they want to go to, they can easily join forces.
Of course, not all players have such rights nowadays.
Some people can choose the team they want to go to, but some people can only wait for the team to choose themselves.
Even, he would sell himself everywhere.
He has gone from the "man who replaced James alone" to Dwight Howard, who was cut by the Wizards, is one of them.
How wonderful is fate. The former No. 1 center in the league has been ignored this summer.
Howard was licking the Lakers crazy, but the Lakers were unmoved.
After the Lakers signed Cousins, Howard's "sales call" called Link's mobile phone.
Looking at the caller ID on the phone, Link frowned.
Chapter completed!