By the time Link arrived at the Federal Express Arena, a large number of reporters had gathered at the entrance of the Arena.

The Grizzlies have been paying attention in the past two days. As a relatively unpopular team, their popularity in the past two days is probably almost as high as the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the Grizzlies' management definitely does not want the team to attract attention in this way.

It is obvious that Mayo and Tony Allen's fight on the plane has not subsided, and now Mayo is exposed to take banned drugs again. The reporters are most interested in these messy things. The Grizzlies are now unable to do so.

When he arrived at the training hall, the security guard outside the training hall was trying hard to stop the reporters who came to interview. Link walked through the reporters, and naturally many reporters asked him questions.

"How much do you know about Mayo taking banned drugs?"

"Link, do you think this matter has something to do with his conflict with Tony Allen?"

"What punishment do you think Mayo will be punished? Will he be suspended?"

A bunch of questions floated past Link's ear, but he actually wanted to know the answers to these questions.

After Link walked into the training hall, the atmosphere in the training hall was very calm. Everyone was warming up in an orderly manner and preparing for training, as if it was no different from usual.

The only difference is that Mayo and head coach Lionel Hollins are not on the training ground. Through the windows of the head coach's office, three people can be seen vaguely. In other words, the team's general manager Chris Wallace may also be discussing this matter with Mayo.

"Is there too many people outside?" Randolph walked up and greeted Link.

"Never been so much." Link turned his head.

"I only learned about this morning. Coach Hollins asked me to inform everyone to gather at the training hall first so as not to be entangled by the reporters. That boy Mayo is really." Randolph shook his head. As a big brother who had been with Mayo for a long time, Randolph actually saw that Mayo is very talented.

His shortcomings are that he has not grown much since he was 14 years old, so his dominance gradually decreased. In addition, after entering the league, he did not focus entirely on basketball and did not train hard.

Now that there are so many things happening in a row, Randolph feels distressed when he sees it. After all, he has also taken these wrong paths before.

"How did the league know that Mayo was taking banned drugs?" Link didn't think so much. He knew that he was still very curious about the whole thing now.

"The league will check some players every once in a while for urine tests, and Mayo happened to be found out. He took dehydroisorsterone and had overdose. The league has strict drug control. To be honest, I have taken a lot of losses in this area before."

"Dehydroisorsterone?" Link was confused, "What's the point!"

"What do you mean? An ordinary stimulant, but not for competition, but has a direct relationship with human sexual jade. To put it bluntly, that guy should have eaten Chunyao."

"" Link was speechless, co-organized that Mayo was taking medicine for this matter. It turned out that there was a reason why black people were so capable.

"Wait?" Link suddenly realized something was wrong, "Zach, why are you doing this?"

When Link looked up and asked Randolph, the big black bear was already whistling and pretending to leave without hearing. Link shook his head. This guy is worthy of being the backbone of the "Prison Team" in Portland. No one knows better about the dark side of NBA than Randolph.

However, Link is really curious. Why did Randolph, who was almost destroyed before, become so obedient when he was at the Grizzlies? Although he has been teammates with Randolph for so long, this is still an unsolved mystery.

Link also asked Randolph this question, and Randolph's answer to Link was: "Continue to stay with the Grizzlies, and you will naturally find the reason."

Seeing Randolph picking up the basketball and starting to warm up, Link didn't continue to waste time. The Grizzlies were in big trouble, and at this time, the rest of them needed to stay calm and in good condition.

In the afternoon, the league issued a formal announcement saying that Mayo took banned drugs and according to the league's regulations, he would be suspended for 10 games.

Don't think that 10 bans are not painful for players. The salary of these 10 games will be deducted. According to calculations, Mayo will lose at least more than $400,000 during the 10 ban.

For Mayo, this was undoubtedly a major blow. It was obvious that the fight with Tony Allen was only suspended for 5 games. Now, 5 games have changed to 10 games, and it has also made everyone aware of it.

Link watched up close and saw what it means to die without committing suicide. He would not use his talent, so he would buy something for spring. What kind of brain circuit do these old men do?

After the league announced the penalty decision, the Grizzlies also helped Mayo hold a press conference. Needless to say, the content of the conference was, of course, some explanations from Mayo.

At the press conference, Mayo said that he had taken an over-the-counter supplement to test positive for the drug, and he himself did not know that this drug was strictly prohibited by the league.

"This is indeed a mistake, but I will be responsible for my own actions. I apologize to my fans, and to my teammates and the Grizzlies executives because I did not study such drugs carefully before and took them. I was extremely disappointed with being suspended for 10 games."

Mayo was quite sincere at the press conference, but I thought about it and knew how a professional athlete could eat these things randomly. If you don’t know if you can eat them, can’t you ask the team doctor?

At this point, the image of the Grizzlies has once again become extremely degenerate. Memphis was originally the city with the highest crime rate in the United States. Now, the Grizzlies seem to have become synonymous with "criminals" and "uncounseled".

If the NBA is a class, then the Memphis Grizzlies are undoubtedly the bad boy in this class and the negative teaching material in everyone's eyes. Especially after Mayo made two consecutive incidents, the Grizzlies' image plummeted.

Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace also had a headache. He did not make too many statements about recent events, but just said that the Grizzlies would strictly control them. After all, such things usually become darker and darker.

Moreover, the number of times the Grizzlies participated in community activities has increased a lot in the past few days. Things like visiting orphanage children, cleaning up streets, etc. have been put on the agenda. There is no doubt that the Grizzlies want to save face and image as much as possible.

But these are not the most troublesome. What is most troublesome is who should replace him after O.j. Mayo was banned for 10 games?

Lionel Hollins thought about it for a long time in the office. He had two candidates, Tony Allen and Link.

If Tony Allen is asked, the defense will definitely be better, but the offense will be much more urgent. Mayo has a range after all. If Tony Allen plays, who will open up space for the Black and White bears?

As for Link, his shooting is more stable than Mayo. Although his athletic ability is not good at the second position, it is exactly in line with the Grizzlies' slow-paced game style. Although his defense is not as good as Tony Allen, he is also above the average level. As for Link's ability to play in multiple positions, Hollins believes that he must be cultivated as soon as possible.

After thinking about this, Hollins made the decision. The last time Link played, he was so scared that he chased him and wanted to make a comeback. Until now, Guy was playing in a game with protective gear on his shoulders. I hope this time, Link can continue his excellent performance.

So that afternoon, before the confrontational training began, Hollins announced the team's No. 2 position candidate in front of the entire team, including Mayo.

"I need you to try anyway, Link." This is Hollins's original words, he needs Link.

Finally, Mayo's precarious position was still stolen. I remembered that I worked all night long, but it was so ecstatic at that time, but in the end it was not worth the effort.

This position was completely destroyed by him.

Link smiled and nodded at his head coach, "I will do my best."

He got another chance to play, and this time Mayo didn't allow him to come back to the league.
Chapter completed!