When the players saw the message that Li Tian and Conley were about to be traded, they all came up to comfort him. Only Gay was secretly grateful that Li Tian had brought some pressure to him.
Li Tian's recent performance has been somewhat eye-catching, but looking back at his own performance, it can only be said to be average. His defense is much worse than Li Tian's, and his offensive end is still unstable, unable to bring stable output to the team.
"Li, are you really going to be traded?" Lowry was still a little overwhelmed after resting all night, but he still didn't forget to ask Li Tian about being traded. He couldn't believe it. Anyone with a discerning eye could see it from Li Tian's performance. , the future top 3D player of the future, even if he is affected by a knee injury, his annual salary is only several hundred thousand, so he will not suffer any loss even if he is reimbursed for the season.
"I don't know. Let's wait for the news. Trades are common. I didn't come to the Grizzlies just because I was traded. I'm already used to this." Li Tian comforted Lowry in turn. He was not the first Being traded for the first time, I also hope to be traded. No matter which team trades me, I will definitely not let myself be benched. If I have playing time, I can prove it to everyone.
Lowry played the longest in the last game, but his statistics were not very good. He didn't get a good rest at night and his condition was very poor.
Conley could even spread rumors of being traded. Lowry felt that he might also be traded away. The team chose Conley, and his competitiveness became even greater. In addition, he started the game and did not perform well. If If Conley is traded, I still have a chance. If Conley is not traded, then I will definitely be the one who needs to be traded.
Lowry is also a little sad when the Grizzlies keep losing. He also hates losing.
...
The away game against the Eagles begins.
Li Tian and Conley were wearing casual clothes and sitting near the bench, not even wearing training clothes.
Conley was also led astray by Li Tian. Conley, who had been wearing training clothes, finally changed to casual clothes under Li Tian's encouragement.
"Conley, I really don't understand. Why do you still wear training clothes on the sidelines every day when you can't even appear on the court? You play and train every day, but don't you wear enough training clothes?" I really don't understand what Conley is doing.
"Um..." Conley didn't think about this issue, he just thought about the same as his teammates.
"Then what should I wear?" Apart from training clothes, Conley didn't bring much other clothes.
"Look at me, change my clothes, I look so handsome."
Li Tian successfully deceived Conley.
There was a scene of the two of them wearing casual clothes, which attracted some blonde beauties to pass notes.
The most speechless thing is that Li Tian is dressed normally, while Conley looks a little funny wearing Li Tian's clothes.
In the player tunnel, Conley kept complaining to Li Tian that he looked like a clown when he wore it.
He gritted his teeth and swore that he would not be bewitched by Li Tian next time.
The Grizzlies originally had Gasol and Milicic in the paint, which gave them an advantage over many teams. At the very least, they still had a height advantage, but Milicic was used in the past and was not developed.
However, in the last game, the main players of the Grizzlies played for more than 40 minutes. They could not run or catch up. The rebounds fell steadily into their hands and they were also stolen.
In the first quarter, the Eagles opened up a 15-point lead. The entire Grizzlies team felt cold and only scored 10 points.
Mark, who was sitting on the sidelines with an ashen face, called several timeouts but failed to stop his decline.
Li Tian and Conley, who were talking and laughing before the game started, stopped talking at this time, for fear that they were saying the wrong thing and they would not have a chance to play this season.
The game continued, and the Grizzlies slowly found their touch, but lack of physical strength was ultimately the biggest problem.
In other words, the overall feel of the Eagles is also very poor.
In the end, the Grizzlies lost to the Hawks on the road 78-86.
The Grizzlies' season record has also reached 6 wins and 14 losses, still at the bottom of the Western Conference.
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At the end of the game, Mark faced reporters' questions at the press conference, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.
"Hello, I would like to ask, have the Grizzlies' rookies Conley and Li Tianzhen really been put on the shelf?" The reporter's question is not unreasonable. He was remembered to ask this question after losing the game. Players in the team They are also discussing privately whether they will be traded, and some players have begun to contact their agents.
"Sorry, as I said yesterday, our team has no intention of making any trades." Mark still said this. No head coach or management will publicly say in front of the media who they want to trade.
"But a lot of news has been reported recently. Many teams have contacted the Memphis management and want to trade Lee and Conley. What do you think?" The reporter chased after him.
"Sorry, I didn't receive a notice from the management. You have to know that we have been away from home for the past two days." Mark indeed did not receive a notice from the management, but even if he did, he would not say anything.
"Then can you tell me why Li Tian was not arranged to play in these two games? We did not see the corresponding injury report." A Chinese reporter asked, his purpose was to tell Mark that you should arrange Li Tian Playing on the field will be helpful to the team.
"Because Li had some knee discomfort during the game a few days ago, for the sake of his health, we need to confirm. Later, there will be a corresponding report."
In order to deal with the reporter, Mark didn't know how to answer for a long time. He only remembered that Li Tian had a history of knee injuries, so he said something casually to fool the reporter.
What Mark didn't know was how much impact this sentence had on Li Tian's transaction value.
When Mark said that Li Tian had some discomfort in his knee, reporters from China were stunned. Li Tian's strong performance at the beginning of the season made people think that the old Li Tian was coming back. Now Mark said that there is a possibility of recurrence of Li Tian's knee injury. .
After receiving this news, I felt like I was falling into an abyss. After thinking about it, I decided to wait until I got the exact news before reporting in China. Many fans who like Li Tian could no longer bear another blow.
After the news broke, many reporters left one after another after getting the news they wanted.
The press conference ended before the meeting was even long. Mark didn't care about it, finally got rid of these damn reporters and left.
...
After the press conference, Mark asked the team members to rush back to Memphis overnight.
The players were complaining. Fortunately, they were going back to Memphis. If they were going to the next city, I don't know if the players would directly revolt to overthrow Mark's tyranny. They didn't give them any time to rest. They had to catch a flight all night, which was too tiring.
On the plane, the players fell asleep and only Li Tian and Conley were talking.
The two train together every day and live together during away games. They have a close relationship. There is no competition for positions between the two. Instead, they can help each other improve their low-level tactics on the court.
The more Kang Li comes into contact with Li Tian, the more he feels how terrifying Li Tian is.
I see that Li Tian is improving every day. Whether it is three-point shooting percentage or defense, there has been a great improvement. His running position has also been greatly improved.
At first, Conley was able to use his strength to carry Li Tian a few times in the bullfight, but now he can't even carry it. That means Li Tian's foundation is too poor, otherwise he would have already mastered the offense.
Li Tian's biggest shortcoming is that his physical strength has also been significantly improved.
Conley thought, "It is indeed better to play with a player like Lee. He can help with defense, has a good mentality, is easy to get along with, and never complains about anything. He is simply the best teammate in the NBA." If there was a best teammate award, He will definitely vote for Li Tian.
I really don’t understand “Why is Mark targeting Lee, and Gay is targeting Lee like this.” It’s great to have someone who can help you defend and doesn’t need the ball. When you don’t feel good, you can also blame him. Why? Target that?
The only thing that can be explained is that Guy and Li Tian are in the same position, but Mark really can't figure it out.
After a long flight, we finally arrived in Memphis.
"Fuck, Memphis at this time is not beautiful at all, it's really nothing but ghosts." Guy started to complain after being woken up.
"Lori, you can go see ghosts with Lee again. You don't have to go back, you can go directly to the training facility." Gasol reminded kindly.
"No, I think Li Tiancai is that ghost, the most terrifying ghost. I want to go back to sleep, my bed is already waiting for me." Lori didn't look back and sped out of the cabin, wanting to leave this place quickly. There are ghost places.
Conley, who was the first to go out, saw Lowry speeding past him and preparing to go out. Conley didn't know why.
"Li, let's train together in the afternoon." Conley was pushed aside by Lowry. When he saw Li Tian just walking over, he invited him to train together in the afternoon.
"Why is it in the afternoon? Isn't it just right now? It's 3 o'clock in the morning. It's not like we haven't experienced it before. We go directly to training. We have not participated in the competition and we are not that tired. I saw that you were sleeping on the plane. You should have recovered. Bar."
Li Tian decided to go directly to training. The doorman at the Grizzlies training center was accustomed to Li Tian going there early, and sometimes would help him open things at the training ground in advance. The doorman had been working here for a long time, and he also wanted the Grizzlies to become stronger. , so Li Tian trains hard and is very happy. He is also a die-hard Grizzlies fan.
"No, you devil, I won't go to training with you, I want to go back to sleep..." Conley also ran away quickly, and finally understood why Lowry squeezed past him and left quickly.
Lowry glanced at Conley who ran out, as if to tell Conley, you know why I ran out in such a hurry.
"Lori, why didn't you tell me that I was almost captured by Li and had to endure his torture? He is a devil more terrifying than a ghost." Conley said while speeding up, feeling like he would stay here for an extra minute. , it will bring danger to yourself.
"Conley, I thought you heard what we talked about, but I didn't realize that you were listening to music just now and didn't pay attention to what we talked about. I'm sorry, I forgot to take you with me." Lori was happy, Conley was himself. Dig a hole for yourself.
I almost buried myself.
"Okay, Lori, let's save some energy and leave here quickly. Otherwise, if we are really caught by Li Tian, we will have to train with him. I still think it's better to go back and get some sleep."
After saying that, the two of them ignored Li Tian who was calling him from behind and ran quickly to the parking lot. His only thought now was to leave this damn airport quickly.