As soon as he woke up from the big bed in a five-star hotel, Link saw the snowy city of Toronto outside the window.

As a southerner before traveling, Link didn't see snow much. What's more, it was this kind of goose feathers that could cover the entire city.

But looking at the snow outside the window, Link was not excited, but became a little tired. In winter, people can always be lazy. The pedestrians wrapped in thick cotton coats on the street also made Link shudder.

At this time, Tony Allen, who lived in the same room with Link, was still sleeping. After all, the Grizzlies players only finished a away game last night and stayed up late to catch a plane. They were indeed very tired, and it was normal to sleep for a while during the day.

Link stood up and walked around the room, making a lot of plans. This was only the second time Link stayed in a five-star hotel. In the past, he stayed in a motel with the Blues away game, but further forward, he did not have the financial conditions to stay in a five-star hotel.

He suddenly found a newspaper stuffed under the crack in the door, so he was curious and picked it up and took a look.

Indeed, in 2010, online news was far from as developed as 2019. The paper media industry was not as impacted as 2019.

Although you can watch news on your mobile phone now, the experience is very bad. Therefore, newspapers are still the main way for everyone to understand the daily news.

Link picked up the newspaper and flipped it out casually. He was not interested in most of the content written on it. However, when he turned to the sports version, Link was shocked.

In the center of the sports version, there is a photo of himself cheering when he fell to the ground! At least half of this section is used to write about Link's performance last night and his inspirational stories.

Of course, what Link cares the most is the title of this newspaper report, "The 10th pick wins the rookie in the draft, and Link's counterattack has officially begun!"

When he saw himself in a newspaper for the first time, Link always felt a little strange. He didn't expect that his news was so popular far away in Toronto.

After all, people like to hear stories of such small characters making a comeback. Moreover, their skin color is a bit special. Thinking about this, it is not surprising that Link was popular in Canada.

"Link, why are you getting up so early?"

Just as Link was still proud of himself entering the newspaper, Tony Allen also climbed up with his hazy eyes. He also looked at the heavy snow outside the window, and muttered, "Damn the weather."

"I'm a little excited, Tony. Look," Link said, raising the newspaper in his hand, "I actually went to the newspaper, to the Toronto newspaper!"

Seeing Link so excited, Tony Allen chuckled softly. Don’t underestimate Tony Allen, this guy is a person with a championship ring after all. As one of the 2008 Celtics champions, Tony Allen naturally disagrees with things like going to newspapers.

He has been on the top of the world, what is it to be on the newspaper? What else is there that he hasn't been on?

"Don't be excited, man. From now on, you will have more opportunities to enter the newspaper. Let's go, wash and change your clothes, and let's go down to have breakfast."

Link didn't find it strange to see Tony Allen's appearance of not caring about going to newspapers, which was very consistent with his personality.

Link has read some articles about Tony Allen before, saying that he played basketball either for newspapers or magazines, and he just wanted to be one of the best defenders in history.

Of course, whenever I mention Tony Allen, Link always remembers that very classic saying: "I don't understand the offensive matter, but you don't want to understand it either."

When he recalled yesterday, he and Tony Allen joined forces to lock George and Brandon Nash, Link couldn't help but shake his head. Tony Allen was indeed a very terrifying defensive gate. He was very glad that he and Tony Allen were on the same side.

The most regrettable thing about Tony Allen is that the skill tree is completely tilted and is seriously biased. He has been with the Grizzlies for so many years and has never been double digits per game. As a number one defensive expert, his annual salary has never exceeded 10 million. If his scoring ability is slightly stronger, Link believes that Tony Allen's status is definitely more than that.

If I could have Tony Allen's defense and Grant Hill's attack, it would be

The happy Link almost drooled, but then he thought, it seemed that this was not impossible!

As far as Link understands his system now, his abilities are upgraded in a superposition way, rather than replacement. In other words, the already strong attributes will not become weak, but the weak attributes will become stronger with the upgrade. The superposition of strong abilities and strong abilities is the future self.

Grant Hill shot accurately in his late years, but he almost couldn't shoot three-pointers when he was young. Link was different. Even if he upgraded to Hill when he was young, the shooting ability he already had would not become weak.

So Link thought, does that mean that if he can develop defensive skills, he can still retain it?

This system allows Link to have the abilities of Grant Hill, but it is not said that he can only have the abilities of Grant Hill!

With Grant Hill's basketball IQ and body, it seems that it's not impossible to learn defense from Tony Allen.

Anyway, Tony Allen seemed to have a good attitude towards him, so Link clapped his hands and decided to learn something from Tony Allen!

So, when Tony Allen came out of the bathroom with only a bathrobe and found that Link was staring at him with a meaningful smile, the defensive player felt a little nervous.

"Tony."

"What's the matter?"

"I think"

Tony Allen swallowed.

"I think I will practice defense with you in the future."

"Ah!? That's all!?"

"What about that?"

"Damn, can you tell the problem directly in the future? Don't stare at others with strange eyes. Also, can you not make that kind of smile that makes people confused when staring at others. I see that you also like to laugh when you shoot. Has no one ever complained that you were mentally retarded when you shot!" Tony Allen complained while breathing a sigh of relief.

"Uh, I smiled to show friendship."

"Your smile has never been related to your friendship, but then again, few young players are willing to think about defense now. And your defensive ability is very good among players of the same age. Why? Do you still feel that you are not doing enough?" This is what Tony Allen admires most.

Some people are always very satisfied with themselves, such as Mayo. But others are thinking about how to continue to improve at all times. There is no doubt that Link belongs to the latter, otherwise he would not have been able to climb up from the Development League as a loser.

"I struggled to defend Daniel Granger yesterday. If Zach hadn't helped me guard the back, I would probably not be so glorious in yesterday's game. And I know very well that although Granger is an All-Star, he is far from being a top scorer. If he is difficult to defend, it means that my defensive ability is actually not strong enough."

After hearing Link's explanation, Tony Allen found it even more interesting. This kid hadn't even officially signed the second ten-day short contract, and was thinking about defending the top scorer?

How ambitious is he?

Link knew very well how much power he contained in his body. His idol Hill did not become the Hill that people imagined. But he would bring out all Hill's potential.

Therefore, his current goal is not just to survive in the NBA.

"I'm happy to practice with you and I'm happy to teach you how to defend. But whether it can be successful depends on yourself."

Tony Allen did not refuse. He liked all players who love defense, even if he was a undraft.

"I will work hard, Tony. Let's go, it's time for us to go down and have breakfast."
Chapter completed!