Chapter 1,186 The Old Men Taking Off!

The Grizzlies played very hard tonight.

The Grizzlies' starting players, except for Oden, McGrady is now 34 years old, Carter is now 36 years old, Gasol is now 33 years old, and even Battier is now 35 years old.

For these Grizzlies players, this season is almost their last chance.

If this season still ends in failure, then they must definitely leave the Grizzlies.

After leaving the Grizzlies, their reputation can also find jobs in the NBA.

But if you want to find a starting job with teams like the Seattle SuperSonics, Lakers and Warriors, it's impossible.

It can be said that after leaving the Grizzlies, they will enter another stage of their careers.

A stage of slowly fading away from the NBA and heading towards retirement.

Do they want this?

Of course not!

So, they must succeed in Grizzlies!

Success with the Grizzlies doesn't mean a championship.

Helping the Grizzlies stabilize Oden's heart is also a success.

This is Oden's seventh season in the NBA. Oden can get out of his contract next season. If Oden still gets nothing this season, it will be difficult for the Grizzlies to believe that Oden will choose to stay here.

Therefore, next season, whether Oden is willing or not, the Grizzlies will make a last-ditch effort to retain Oden and make drastic reforms to the team.

And they are undoubtedly the targets of reform.

Moreover, this is only from the perspective of their own interests. Even if it is not for themselves, even if it is for Oden and the Grizzlies, they will never allow themselves to gain nothing in these years.

You know, Oden and the Grizzlies have given them too much respect over the years.

Let’s not talk about others, let’s just talk about Tracy McGrady. When he was disliked by the Mosaic team in his heart, the Grizzlies throughout the league chose to trust him unconditionally.

Although he no longer has the athletic ability he had at his peak, his height and technical ability allow him to still be an excellent passer and shooter on the court even if he loses his athletic ability.

Whether it is for themselves or for the trust of the Grizzlies and Oden over the years, they will not allow the Grizzlies and Oden to gain nothing over the years, making Oden or the Grizzlies feel that they have wrongly trusted them for so many years, and that Oden has wasted so many years. life.

They are all proud people.

No matter how old they are now, they are not willing to leave in Oden's mind the years they were teammates with, which is a worthless period of time!

After Carter hit the first three-pointer of the game, the look on his face did not show any excitement, but became more determined.

The same goes for McGrady and Battier who retreated to the backcourt with him.

"This game has only just begun!"

These veterans of the Grizzlies surprised and shocked the Seattle SuperSonics players from the beginning of this game.

"Everyone of these is mature!"

James Harden, who had just been teased by Gasol, looked depressed when he looked at the old men who retreated in an orderly manner.

Although other Sonics players are not as depressed as James Harden, they still very much recognize James Harden's words.

These Grizzlies players are indeed in a mature situation now. Carter, Gasol, Battier and even Tracy McGrady, the current golf IQ is simply terrifying.

And not only is the court high, their strength is also quite outstanding now.

Let’s take the Grizzlies’ three oldest perimeter players, Carter, Tracy McGrady and Battier. Their three-point shooting percentages in the playoffs last season all reached 40%. The reason why the Grizzlies were in the playoffs last season We lasted seven games with the Warriors because Oden's complete maturity and the three-point shooting control of the three perimeter veterans reached a new level.

A super center, plus three players who shoot 40% of three-pointers, the power of this combination can produce a chemical reaction.

In this regular season, the three of them maintained such a shooting percentage.

In addition to the three veterans on the outside, Gasol's various statistics this season, including points, rebounds, assists and even blocks, have all increased. Can you believe it?

At the beginning, 2k assigned Gasol an ability value of 81. By now, Gasol's 2k value has risen to 87.

Many people are laughing and saying that Bennett himself has not consecrated yet, but has instead consecrated a bunch of other players.

Gasol is one of them.

Of course, from a scientific perspective, it was certainly not because of Bennett’s consecration.

According to Nelson, from a scientific point of view it is.

The Grizzlies' three veterans on the perimeter have continued their performance in the playoffs last season. This season, the trio's outside shooting has reached such heights for the first time.

The three of them have worked together for so many years, and their three-point shooting ability has never been as threatening as it is now.

At the same time, due to their age, their organizational responsibilities have gradually faded, and more organizational responsibilities have been handed over to Gasol and Oden.

Especially Gasol, because Gasol is the key link between the Grizzlies inside and outside.

When you connect the inside and outside points in series, with Oden, the league's number one center, on the inside, and three seasoned shooters outside who all hit over 40% of their three-pointers, it's actually very simple to get data. of.

Regardless of whether it is transmitted inside or outside, the data can be obtained.

It can't even be passed inside or outside, which means that Gasol can still get data and score data when the defense is tight both inside and outside.

From Nelson's perspective, the Grizzlies are indeed completely old this season, but the team's chemical reaction is the best since the team was formed!

No kidding, this grizzly has really good chemistry right now.

Nelson is not the only one who sees it this way.

Phil Jackson in front of the TV thought so too.

"Making the complex simple, now the Grizzlies have completely simplified the complex on the offensive end!"

There are no fancy tricks, but the opponent just can't guard against it.

"This Grizzly Bear may have difficulty maintaining its strength for a long time in the regular season due to its age, but if it only plays one game or a series, it will be very scary!"

After Phil Jackson finished speaking, the Lakers players around him also nodded.

And little magician EJ Johnson was also secretly speechless.

These old bacon uncles aren't really going to take off this season, are they?

Just like Nowitzki who suddenly took off in 2011.

At this moment, the Seattle SuperSonics on TV started attacking again.

The Grizzlies' defense is very sophisticated and still did not give the Seattle SuperSonics a chance to break fast this time.

Of course, Gasol is still the weakness of the Grizzlies.

After being tricked by James Harden on the Seattle SuperSonics' first possession, Gasol was also quite uncomfortable.

This is also the reason why he just played James Harden and got the situation back.

This time, Gasol chose not to defend James Harden, but instead defended Leonard.

Yes and Durant are definitely unable to defend.

James Harden's trick just now proved that the same defense can't work.

In that case, try Leonard.

Anyway, the Seattle SuperSonics has five players on the field, except for Antetokounmpo who is pressing inside. In this game, he always has to find the weakest offensive weakness.

As the Grizzlies' defensive weakness on the field, Gasol's defense is very serious.

Even more serious than when he defended James Harden before.

Compared with James Harden's ball-handling style, Leonard's ball-handling style in front of him is the type he prefers to defend.

The rhythm of this card after card does not seem to be very fast, he seems to be really able to keep up!

For a time, Gasol's confidence doubled!

Of course Leonard didn't know what Gasol was thinking right now. After a crotch in front of Gasol, Leonard dribbled directly to Gasol's body.

Both the dribbling action and the rhythm of the dribbling are so simple and unpretentious, but when Leonard, who was attached to Gasol, made a fake shot and made a real breakthrough, he directly passed Gasol behind him. net.

The rhythm is indeed not fast, and the dribbling is not that gorgeous.

But his palm is too big!

The basketball feels like it's attached to his hand, causing his fake moves to look real just like Jordan's!

Although his one-stop rhythm is slower than Jordan's, the final effect is the same as Jordan's.

Leonard half-turned unhurriedly and broke through Gasol. He did not break through to the inside to challenge Oden like James Harden. Instead, he jumped up very calmly and faced Gasol who rushed back. , leaned back and threw the basketball in his hand.

Fallback jump shot!

Gasol's block has no defensive effect, because Leonard's shooting point is much higher than James Harden, and he is also leaning back.

He can't block the basketball that Leonard has already shot.

Gasol's defense seemed to be in place, but in fact it was useless.

You cannot put defensive pressure on the shot, nor can you block the shot after the shot. Of course, it is an ineffective defense.

A swipe!

The basketball thrown by Leonard hit the net hollowly.

The sound of the basketball hitting the net was so clear that even the Grizzlies fans at the scene found it wonderful.

5 to 4!

"Another incompetent defense..."

Gasol, who had just toyed with the entire Sonics on the offensive end, was really dumbfounded at this time.

Whether it's James Harden or Leonard, beating him is like cutting leeks, which makes people uncomfortable.

Although he is a big player, big players do have problems guarding smaller players.

But Gasol is actually not a defensive sloth.

Although the pace is slower now, it is not that much slower.

There is also the deterrence assistance of Oden behind.

In this case, generally outside players with All-Star offensive capabilities can be defended.

James Harden is a top All-Star.

Although Leonard is a super giant, his offense has not reached a super giant level. At least, in the eyes of many people, it has not reached a super giant level.

It can be said that, in addition to Ye Si and Durant, two offensive giants, before the start of this game, Gasol really felt that if he defended Leonardo, the two least offensive players on the Sonics, Germany and James Harden, he still has a chance to be a colander.

But now, these two defenses really made him doubt his life.

The first defense was to allow Oden to be fooled by James Harden.

And this time when defending Leonard, Oden didn't even have a chance to assist him!

"The Seattle SuperSonics' five little tactics make teams with defensive holes very, very uncomfortable!"

"Not only will it be very uncomfortable for teams with defensive holes, but it will also be very uncomfortable for teams like the Cavaliers that make James stand on his hips on the defensive end and punch hard at the opponent's defensive slot on the offensive end!"

"It seems like everyone's offense among the five SuperSonics players has reached a very high level, and everyone's defense has also reached a very high level. When they need to hit someone, it's really inevitable. There is no hiding!"

Listening to Barkley's words on the TV, James in front of the TV became a little unhappy.

On the defensive end, I stood in front of Dream Green with my arms akimbo. On the offensive end, I picked up Curry during the pick-and-roll. Did he offend you or something?

Which NBA rule doesn't allow me to do this?

If you have the ability to hack me, if you have the ability, let Yes learn how to play pick-and-roll with Gasol!

If you have an advantage, don't take advantage of it, just blackmail me!

But thinking of this, James was stunned again.

It seems that Yes really doesn't have the habit of using pick-and-rolls to exploit opponents' vulnerabilities.

In the playoffs between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks three years ago, Yes could obviously play Nowitzki in the pick-and-roll, but he never did.

At that time, according to ESPN statistics, no one from Yes took the initiative to contact Nowitzki.

Then I thought about the other super giants in the league.

His teammate Anthony, like Durant Beasley, will hit whoever is in front of him and is not picky. Even if it is a pick-and-roll, he basically chooses the opponent he wants to hit, often in a series of fives, and he is not very picky. Defend the colander.

Then Kobe and Arenas are even less picky eaters. Not to mention one against one, even one against two, one against three are not picky eaters.

And Curry...

I was thinking of getting a string of five supersonics before, but I don’t seem to be picky about food.

From this point of view, it seems that among these giants in the league, I seem to be the only one who likes to pick on the weak when attacking?

I don’t want to know, but the thought of it really shocked James. He finally found out why he was still being criticized by Warriors fans even though he had won the championship...

pride? Huge pride!

Not to mention that James from China was found outside the TV.

The game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Memphis Grizzlies on the TV was in a very anxious state.

After the SuperSonics game started, Leonard and James Harden's offense was quite surprising.

The combat effectiveness of the Grizzlies' group of classic cars after the game started really shocked many people in front of the TV.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams actually tied 36 to 35 on the court!

"Not talking about the fact that the Grizzlies were only behind by one point in the first quarter, let's just say this season, has the Seattle SuperSonics' score in the first quarter been so low?!"

"These old guys from the Grizzlies actually controlled the rhythm of this game!"

The SuperSonics, which has an unrivaled pace this season, were actually slowed down by these old men in this game!

These old men of the Grizzlies are about to take off!

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