Rachel opened her eyes and the genius was just dazzled. Christmas was about to come, but she didn't feel at all about celebrating the festival.

To be precise, since she said goodbye to basketball, her life suddenly lost her goal. College life is the most free release of youth for others, but for her, it is a boring life.

Unlike most girls, she has a very passionate heart for basketball. Since she came into contact with basketball in middle school, Rachel has been deeply obsessed with this sport. Basketball is not a simple hobby for her. In the newspapers, people often saw a female player wearing a ponytail and a No. 32 jersey.

A member of the 2005 AA Junior National Championship team, a 2007 Medina County three-point champion, and a four-time Ohio State top 64 players. Generally speaking, most female players who can achieve such achievements in high school will be favored by college teams.

Rachel is no exception. When she was in her senior year, she had already obtained many olive branches from universities. She fought in NCAA and entered the professional basketball world. This seemed to be the trajectory of her life.

However, at the peak of her basketball career, everything changed.

In his senior year of high school, the team suffered a Waterloo due to an accidental injury. That year, Rachel was very disappointed, and she also thought she was under too much pressure and suffered from gastric ulcers.

In severe stomach problems, Rachel's weight has dropped wildly. For ordinary girls, weight loss may be a good thing. But for an athlete who aims for professional basketball, weight loss is nothing to be grateful for.

After a bad year in her senior year, Rachel's market plummeted. In the end, she failed to enter the prestigious school for girls' basketball, but came to the University of Oklahoma.

Because the blow in high school was too big, Rachel almost never played or watched the ball after entering college. Because every time she saw others flying on the basketball court and remembered the life she should have, she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

To her, basketball is like a first love. Although it is beautiful, it is destined to say goodbye.

Rachel shook her head and did not recall the sad things. She took out her cell phone and looked at it. As always, several young men sent her a confession text message.

But in addition to these boring text messages, Rachel also received a news push. After seeing the title of the news, the lazy college girl sat up immediately.

"Link signed a ten-day short contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Chinese striker continued to head towards the NBA!"

The simple title and unpretentious content made Rachel feel full of power.

She originally didn't want to get in touch with basketball anymore, but since she met the Chinese player, since she learned about the story of the guy sticking to his dream, and since she saw Link being abandoned by the NBA, she still refused to give up. Until now, he once again got the opportunity to realize his dream, and Rachel's heart has also changed.

As long as you don’t give up easily, opportunities will always arise, right?

Rachel smiled, maybe she didn't have to give up, and she didn't have to live such a depressed life every day. Basketball is a game for the survival of the strong.

"Link has already succeeded, you have to be strong!" Rachel moaned to herself, and then she picked up her cell phone and sent a text message to Link.

"Congratulations."

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Today, Link was going to Texas to play away with the team. But as soon as he woke up early in the morning, he received a notice from Jeff Austin, "You are going to NBA."

The second time I heard this news, Link was obviously not as excited as when he first entered the NBA.

"Where do you go?" Link's tone was very calm because he knew very well that a ten-day short contract was far from a success. He also got a ten-day short contract with the Rockets. What's the result?

It's not too late to be excited when he signs a guaranteed contract and truly gains a foothold in NBA.

"Grizzlies need your joining to go to Memphis."

"Memphis Grizzlies?" Link was a little surprised. He did not expect Jeff Austin to get himself to the Grizzlies.

As an ordinary Chinese fan in his previous life, Link actually had a very limited understanding of the Grizzlies. After all, the Grizzlies have always been a tepid team in China.

First of all, the Grizzlies are a team that focuses on defense, which destined that the Grizzlies' game will not be too entertaining. Secondly, the Grizzlies have always lacked superstars, Mike Conley and Mark Gasol, but they cannot bring too much popularity to the Grizzlies.

Finally, and most importantly, the Grizzlies have never won any substantial honors. Not to mention the championship, in the past 10 years of Link watching the football, the Grizzlies have never won the West District championship.

The Grizzlies' most popular time in China was the year when they selected Wang Zhelin in the draft. But this popularity lasted for a short time because the Grizzlies did not sign with Wang Zhelin from beginning to end.

Although the Grizzlies' general manager always says from time to time that they are observing Wang Zhelin's situation, they have never taken any substantial action.

This is what Link knows about the Memphis Grizzlies, a team that is too unpopular in China.

"Why is Memphis?" After thinking, Link continued to ask. Although he was a undrafter, he was not qualified to choose the team for the time being.

But there must be a reason for Jeff Austin to throw himself away from Memphis.

"First of all, if you want to gain a foothold in the NBA, you need playing time. If you play only a few minutes of garbage time in each game like the Rockets, you will never be able to sign a guarantee contract. And for the Grizzlies, you have a greater chance of playing time! Because there are almost no third-place candidates in the Grizzlies except Rudy Guy."

Jeff Austin paused, waited for Link to "digest" his words, and then continued: "Tony Allen is more suitable for playing in the second position. Sam Young can play small forward, but his performance has been unstable. First-year rookie forward Xavier Henry from Kentucky was originally highly expected by the Grizzlies, but unfortunately he has been reimbursed due to injury. Therefore, the Grizzlies need a stable third position substitute. This is a place that is more suitable for your wild growth than Houston, Link!"

"Savage growth?" Link nodded. He liked the words Jeff Austin had.

Indeed, no matter how strong you are, it doesn’t make sense if you can’t show it.

For the Rockets, Link has never been in the team's plan. Even Adelman is very kind and never lets Link play for more than 5 minutes.

Although teams like the Memphis Grizzlies are a bit unpopular, Lincoln can at least win a chance to show his face. As a player in the undraft and development league, Link does not expect to play the main player as soon as he goes. Being able to start from a substitute and gain a foothold step by step is already considered a success.

"Also, the Grizzlies' system and style of play are quite suitable for you. They like to play a stern positional battle, like to win with defense, and lack a stable three-point shooting point. The most important thing is that unlike other bottom teams, the Grizzlies still have the chance to play in the playoffs this season. So, in my opinion, there is no team that suits you more than the Memphis Grizzlies."

"What did you think, Link?" After giving Link some time to think, Jeff Austin asked again last.

This time, Link nodded, "When will we go to Memphis to report?"

Jeff Austin breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried at first that Link would not trust him. But it turned out that as long as he did a good job, he could win trust.

"I'll buy you a plane ticket to Memphis right away. If nothing unexpected happens, you should meet with your new team tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Link began to pack his luggage. For some reason, he was full of confidence in this NBA trip.

Maybe it's because this time he is no longer alone.
Chapter completed!