"Noah, don't be too frustrated. The NBA is such a place. Going to a new city is not a bad thing. If you continue to stay in the Warriors and wait for Ellis to come back, you won't be able to play so freely." Bill Duffy

comforted.

"I understand." It's not like Sun Ce couldn't understand this situation.

You know, after he was selected by the Warriors, he was still thinking about which teams he would go to for trial training if the Warriors didn't sign him. He was already prepared to move around. After all, he was only a second-round pick.

It's just that in the past month or so, he has become accustomed to playing with his teammates.

Moreover, a team actually traded him for the No. 2 power center. This kind of thing, which is completely beyond imagination, just happened, and no one could stop it.

But when it came to Ellis, Sun Ce felt a little sad.

Sun Ce studied with Ellis for so many days, but they never played a formal game together, so Sun Ce was traded.

Sun Ce thought about many ways to play with Mamba players like Ellis, but it turned out to be completely useless!

He really wanted to try partnering with Ellis.

Everything needs to be tried.

But there is no chance to try.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, Sun Ce and Nelson returned to Oakland. After Bill Duffy learned that Sun Ce was traded last night, he came to Oakland from Los Angeles early this morning to wait for Sun Ce to come back. He came to the airport to pick them up and went to the restaurant together.

Have lunch.

Seeing that Sun Ce's mood was very stable, Bill Duffy was relieved that he didn't have to go to the trouble of appeasing other players under his command.

Some NBA players, when they are in their 30s, are still mentally similar to those who just came out of college. After all, most of the small society in the NBA is like this.

Sun Ce is currently in good shape. Bill Duffy asked Nelson: "Don, have you really resigned? What will you do next? Do you want to go to the Grizzlies as a manager?"

Bill Duffy's question puzzled Sun Ce.

But Nelson thought it was normal: "No, I am ready to retire. I will go home and smoke occasionally. The management position of the team is nothing. Today's businessmen are different from the team owners we had at that time."

The smoking Nelson is talking about is not ordinary smoking, but the kind of cigarettes that are not banned in California.

This attitude was very Nelson-like. Bill Duffy was a little regretful that he could no longer help Sun Ce find a backer.

Nelson takes great care of Sun Ce. Generally speaking, even if a second-round pick performs well in the preseason and summer league, he will not get stable playing time immediately.

But because Nash was Sun Ce's teacher, and Nash was one of Nelson's most proud disciples, he still had to be given the attention he deserved, and Sun Ce didn't even notice this part of the nepotism.

Moreover, Nelson and Bill Duffy have been friends for many years. For example, when Sun Ce secured a stable playing time in the preseason in the first game against the Lakers, it was Bill Duffy who lobbied Nelson to secure it.

…

…

"Mom, I didn't get four. I used to play basketball with Tata. If I didn't get four, I can take care of myself..."

"Steve, I'm still in the West. Let's talk about it next time we play..."

"Dayao, it sounds like you have been traded. Your comfort is not convincing at all..."

"John, that's what you called me to talk about? What's new that I can't taste? Am I that kind of person... Next time something good comes to Memphis..."

"Thank you, Coach Gentry, I will adjust it..."

"..."

"..."

On the evening of the 16th, Sun Ce received several phone calls. His parents and close friends he had met in the short time he had spent in the NBA all called him.

Sun Ce found that he seemed to be quite popular.

He had packed his things in the afternoon, and most of them were packed and sent to Memphis. Only a change of clothes was left behind. Bill Duffy would pick him up and take him to the airport later.

It's very hasty, and transactions during the season are a very hasty and troublesome thing for the players.

Yesterday I was playing against my former teammates, and today I am a Grizzlies player.

Sun Ce has accepted this fact. While waiting, Sun Ce checked the current situation of the Grizzlies on the Internet to learn more about it and prepare himself for the next unknown things.

Through online research, Sun Ce learned something. I can’t say he understood it in depth, but at least he got a general idea. This is the benefit of the information age. If it were 10 years ago, a role player would be traded, it would be really desperate.

of.

Sun Ce learned that the Grizzlies have played 10 games and have a record of 4 wins and 6, ranking 11th in the Western Conference...

Since the Grizzlies lost to the Warriors, they have only won 1 game in 5 games.

The depth of the Grizzlies' lineup on the perimeter is the biggest problem for the Grizzlies, especially the point guard position. Besides Conley, the best backup point guard is actually Jamal Tinsley, a veteran who has not played for more than a year.

"No wonder they want to trade me..." Sun Ce learned the reason for the transaction.

The Grizzlies' best player this season is Randolph, who averages 21 points, 12 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1 steal, and 0.4 blocks per game... The defensive statistics are very fascinating.

The second is Gasol and Gay. Gasol averages 13+9+3 per game and Gay averages 18+6+2. The two perform equally well and are Randolph's best helpers.

Next is Mayo, averaging 15+3+3 per game, an unsatisfactory performance.

Conley has also improved compared to last season, currently averaging 11.5 points and 5 assists per game, which is an improvement compared to last season's average of 10+4 per game.

Compared with the Warriors, Sun Ce's new teammates are obviously more than one level higher in strength!

But when he found out Mayo's name, Sun Ce felt a little bit pained. He had a problem with Mayo!

Just a dozen days ago, he beat Mayo to pieces, and now he is a teammate...

Just take it one step at a time! In the worst case, you will have to compete for jobs!

…

By six o'clock, Bill Duffy had taken care of some things and came to take Sun Ce to the airport. The flight was at eight o'clock and he would arrive in Memphis around 10:30. It was expected that he would be able to move in before 12 o'clock. Arrangements had been made with the Grizzlies.

of hotels.

"Bill, I heard that Memphis is a hellish place where even birds don't want to poop. Can people live there?"

"Noah, how did you hear that Memphis is the largest city in the southeastern United States!"

"real?"

"Of course...of course it's true!"

"Why is your tone so strange and you even stuttered? By the way, that's the Southeastern region of the United States? Oh my god, I went to play in the Southwest Division, and it turns out the team is in the Southeastern region of the United States..."

…

After arriving in Memphis, he came out of the Memphis airport, took a taxi, and on the way to the hotel, Sun Ce looked at the street scene outside the window, and then looked at Bill Duffy, who was looking away.

"Mamaipi! Is this the legendary largest city in the southeast?"

Memphis is big! Sun Ce looked at the map on the plane. The total area of ​​Memphis is larger than the five Miamis combined. Miami, Orlando, and Atlanta, several famous cities in the southeast region, are not as large as Memphis combined.

But...besides being big, what else can Memphis compare to those three cities?

Cotton companies, rapeseed companies, agricultural machinery parts, agricultural vehicle parts... Various agriculture-related billboards stand on the roadside.

There is also the largest cargo airport in the United States, but the civil airport ranks among the bottom in the United States. That is to say, the largest industry here is cargo transfer, and the civil airport has no international flights!

When he came out of the airport, Sun Ce felt how small the city's airport was!

There are sparse houses, and I drove for a long time to get to the city. The feeling of the city is not as good as Auckland. I should say it is much worse!

We arrived at the Sheraton Downtown Hotel in the Shelby area of ​​Memphis, a hotel next to the river.

The FedEx Center, home of the Grizzlies, is only 1.6 kilometers away from here in a straight line. It only takes three or four minutes to drive there, which is very close.

When we arrived at the hotel, we made an appointment with Bill Duffy to report to the Grizzlies tomorrow, and then we each went to our own rooms to rest.

After Sun Ce entered the room, he put his things away and went straight to the balcony. He looked at the river view outside the window. If there was anything similar between this place and Auckland, it was probably that the arenas were all on the river.

It's just that one is an inland river and the other is a bay.

The past is gone, and a new life is about to begin.

It is now 11:55, and Sun Ce is shouting out the window in Chinese: "Grizzly Bear, I'm coming!"

A few seconds later, the guests upstairs and downstairs next door started yelling and cursing...

Hearing someone say that his eldest brother was so frightened that he vomited, Sun Ce quickly cursed a few words...
Chapter completed!