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1477. Emerging Complacency (Part 1)

On the morning of the 23rd, Sun Ce and his teammates returned to the team together.

The players come back early for training, and the coaching team, trainer team, and logistics department will naturally start working.

Sun Ce talked with the coaching staff about the two Bears. The Grizzlies management had already expected it, otherwise Larry Sanders would not have been banned for five games this season.

During the offseason, Larry Sanders was found carrying banned drugs while driving in his hometown. Although he tested negative, he did not violate Florida's higher laws. He was released after paying the fine, but he was still banned by the league.

5 games, starting from the first game of the regular season.

Larry Sanders can be traded or replaced. The key is that from a certain perspective, Larry Sanders is better traded than Paul George.

First of all, Larry Sanders is the center, second, Larry Sanders is not as expensive as Paul George, and other teams cannot be so stupid that they can't just throw the maximum salary out of the Grizzlies.

But as the free market's good substitute center has risen to $5 million, the Grizzlies have no money to give and no room for substitute.

So, when the Grizzlies traded Jimmy Butler, they didn't want a future draft pick, but they wanted to leave Gobert, who was selected by the Jazz with the draft pick that should have belonged to their Grizzlies.

In the absence of a good choice, NBA teams are generally willing to scrape lottery tickets. For example, the Lakers lacked center last year, so they did not sign people randomly, but instead chose Thackeray with the purchased draft pick.

As for the two bears, there is no need to say much about Randolph, it has nothing to do with self-discipline. Being able to fight for so many years and maintain such a high level is purely because of his talent.

Now, you have two crowns in your hand and let yourself go completely.

Gasol is actually not a self-disciplined player. It can be seen from his weight of nearly 140 kilograms when he entered the NBA.

If Gasol had the self-discipline and standard figure of his brother when he played in Europe, he would not have fallen into the second round.

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I believe in Gasol's talent and strength.

So in recent years, the Grizzlies have actually been ready every year. Gasol Jr. lets go like Randolph, and they are looking for second and third centers every summer, otherwise the summer of 2012 would not be in the offseason.

After starting, they quickly got it back Larry Sanders and Lopez Jr.

At the beginning, Gasol Jr. was preparing for weight exceeding the standard. Lopez Jr. As the main force, Larry Sanders was the third center when Gasol Jr. lost weight and reduced playing time.

As for Larry Sanders's playing so well, Gasol Jr. actually maintained his body shape last year, making Lopez Jr. have no stable playing time, which is indeed an unexpected situation.

The situation of Gasol this year is what the team expected.

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After communicating with the coaching staff, Sun Ce felt overwhelmed.

But when it was time to train, Sun Ce was surprised to find that Gasol had gained weight even though he had a weight of 129 kilograms.

However, apart from the movement ability and physical strength problems, it does not affect Gasol's shooting and position under the basket, and interferes with the shooting under the basket!

Even in terms of shooting, Gasol Jr. became fatter and more stable...

Sun Ce finally understood that Gasol was actually more accustomed to playing with fat, purely because the area inside the NBA three-point line is wider and has three seconds of defense, so he had to lose weight. If he played under the rules of the FIBA, he would be fat.

Not fat has no effect at all, just like a Greek shark.

However, due to the impact of movement, Gasol Jr. may not be able to play the best three-second zone protection performance of the league center played last season. It cannot be more stable because Gasol Jr.'s mid-range shot and high-rise at the basket.

I just think this is a good thing.

This is certainly not a good thing.

There is also the choice of the third power forward, Stoudemire looks good, but the management and coaching staff unanimously decided to wait for Boozer.

Stoudemire is too fragile and is not a good choice if he will definitely get a lot of playing time. Moreover, Stoudemire is not the Grizzlies, and he is also waiting for other teams.

Other teams are also waiting for Boozer.

Without making a decision, I can only waste it first.

So, after the Grizzlies started training camp early, the players were divided into two groups for training.

Since the combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Randolph and Gasol Jr. remained, this will almost certainly be the starting lineup in the second half of the season and the playoffs.

There is no need to polish the techniques and tactics, and it will be a matter of time to make adjustments.

Focus on the second team.

The second team is missing four main players, Nash, Bathir, Lopez Jr., and Jimmy Butler. Especially Nash, the core of the rotation lineup that has been missing in the past two years, is now busy.

Sun Ce and Coach Hollins talked about the second team and learned about the coaching staff's arrangements.

Beverly may get more playing time, he has good ball control, and after the offseason, it can be seen from training that Beverly has made significant progress in three-pointers.

The newly introduced Livingston averaged 24 minutes per game with the Cavaliers last season, scoring 7.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.2 steals.

But Livingston's position is limited, the small forward is only 85 kilograms tall, and he can't play other positions except point guard.

So the two have to compete for jobs or work on demand.

This needs to be adjusted slowly.

The current training that starts one week in advance focuses on technical training. When the training camp officially begins, you can directly enter the tactical training stage.

Sun Ce learned that there are several options for the second team.

Livingston, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson and Yi Jianlian are the main offense. In this option, Tony Allen and Prince are more likely to play defense with the starting lineup.

Or Beverly, Tony Allen, Paul George, Prince, and Larry Sanders are the main defense.

Anyway, Paul George will have to take more responsibilities this season, whether it is offense or defense.

When there is no way, just knock the defense to death... The Grizzlies always have a last solution, which is to fight the defense to the death.

But it is not that easy to defend. The Lakers' Ko Zhan combination came out of nowhere before, and they were still very worried.

But now, seeing the progress of Paul George and Klay Thompson, even Sun Ce has made surprising progress this summer...

Young stars and ordinary players have big differences in their vision from top superstars!

Most of the Grizzlies players, including Paul George, who was preparing to stay in the team, never expected that Sun Ce would make such obvious progress in the summer after two consecutive championships!
Chapter completed!
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