063: Mad Men in Los Angeles
"Link became the fourth rookie in the league this season to score 20+ points in a single game! Another undrafted draft completed a counterattack."
"24 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, a new generation of all-round warriors were born!"
"The Memphis Grizzlies welcomed four consecutive victories, only 1.5 wins away from the Houston Rockets, eighth in the West."
"Link's best signing for the Grizzlies this season."
The media naturally won an all-around data with 20+ points in the first game. Although he is only a Chinese and his playing style is not explosive, the data and results are there, and no one can ignore it.
Link's reputation has grown bigger and bigger in the league, and has become so big that all lottery rookies feel nervous.
"Link is an excellent player. If I meet him, I have to be careful." Evan Turner, the second-place champion in 10 years, commented in the camera.
"We had never heard of Link's name in college. But I have to say that his performance in the NBA was wonderful." Wesley Johnson seemed a little nervous in 10 years. His performance this season was far from expectations. If he was defeated by the draft again, he would be ashamed.
With the lessons of George and Hayward, those lottery shows that are in the same position as Link now do not want to meet the Grizzlies. If you can beat Link, as a lottery show, there seems to be nothing to brag about to beat a undraft. But if you lose, you will be embarrassed.
There is no benefit to win, but no one is willing to do something that is embarrassing if you lose.
Link sat in his hotel room the day after the game, and saw the news. Less than 12 hours after his last debut in Memphis, Link is now in Los Angeles.
It's also unlucky. Before Link played a few games, he actually encountered the second back-to-back game. Although he took Link to many places he had only seen in the pictures before, he also felt the fatigue of being an NBA player.
When he was in the Development League, Link thought that the NBA team has such good conditions to play away, why do those players still complain about being tired?
But when he really became an NBA player, he realized that the density and intensity of NBA games were incomparable to the Development League. Although NBA players have better conditions for playing away games, the consumption is also greater.
Today, Link came to Los Angeles, the city he had longed for the most. But sitting in the hotel room, he just wanted to rest and had no desire to go out for a walk.
"Link, have you heard of it? That guy Rudy seems to want to play with his injury." At this time, Tony Allen, wrapped in a bath towel, walked out of the bathroom.
Since Link joined the Grizzlies, they will live in the same room once they play away. Tony Allen also takes good care of Link. After all, he is still a role player until now, and he can empathize with some of Link's state.
"Rudy? Didn't he just have a game off?" Link curled his lips. He was naturally happy that his teammates could recover from injuries, but why should Rudy Guy return so anxiously?
This silly boy doesn't know yet, and he has already regarded him as a competitor.
"Yes, but yesterday I heard his conversation with Coach Hollins. It seemed that he wanted to play with an injury so as not to affect the team's performance. If it is true, you may have to go back to the bench to accompany me today."
Link didn't know why Tony Allen told himself this, but he knew that the Grizzlies, like many other NBA teams, also have their own small groups among their players.
Obviously, Tony Allen and Guy are not in the same group.
"It doesn't matter, the position is his. Whether it's a substitute or as long as you go on the court, it's the same." Link waved his hand. He had not finished his second ten-day short contract. It's better not to think about replacing Guy with anything like this.
Guy was finally the leader of the team today, and he could not compete with that guy. Link was worried about whether Guy's doing so would cause his injury to worsen.
Link in his previous life was not a Grizzlies fan, so he didn't pay much attention to the Grizzlies. He only remembers that one year Guy seemed to be reimbursed due to a shoulder injury season, but he just couldn't remember whether it was this year.
"Your mentality is very good. You just performed so well yesterday, so I'm willing to give up today. However, this may be the reason why you can succeed. Well, it's better not to play, and I don't want to be promoted today. After all, that guy from Staples is very difficult to mess with." Tony Allen looked at Staples outside the window, his mind was full of the guy wearing the No. 24 jersey.
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The lights and wine are green, the magnificent, the drunkenness and dreams are just to listen to these words, and the nights in Los Angeles are extremely desirable.
But today, all this has nothing to do with Link. There is no high-end nightclub, no sexy figure, and no pleasure of waving like gold. The only thing Link can do in the night in Los Angeles is to fight with a group of muscled men wearing jerseys.
To be honest, Link sometimes wants to experience the wonderful and rich off-court life of NBA-level professional players. But so far, he has no such opportunity. The team is either playing away or on the way.
Since you come, you can rest assured. There is no way to vent your strength in a nightclub in Los Angeles, so vent your strength on the court.
Before the game started, the most headache-inducing thing for Tony Allen still happened.
"Tony, you fight today. You don't need to say that you know what to do, right? Let's be sure that lunatic!"
Hollins did not say the guy's name, but instead used the word "madman".
That's really nothing wrong with it. That guy is just a lunatic. In the last game, facing Wesley Johnson, a first-year rookie, Kobe also showed his kind side and "only" scored 33 points.
If it weren't for Wesley Johnson's rookie's face, he would have scored 40 points.
Hearing Hollins' arrangement, Tony Allen covered his forehead. But soon, he became bright again. He didn't want to play against Kobe, just Tony Allen felt tired, but it didn't mean he would be afraid. Since he was bound to meet, it would be better to have a good fight with him.
As for another change today, Hollins had already arranged it during training in the afternoon. Rudy Guy finally went out with injuries and returned to the position.
In this regard, both the Grizzlies and Guy are publicizing the public because they are afraid of affecting the team's performance in the playoffs. But in fact, only Guy knows why.
"Link, remember your role today. I need you to be the sixth person on the team, and I need you to be the core of the substitute. So today, your first priority after you play is not to open up space for others, not to cover others, but to seek offensive opportunities by yourself! Take bold moves and believe in yourself."
Although he lost his position, Hollins still gave Link a relatively important role.
At this time, it was O.J. Mayo's turn to look bad. He fell on the bench and couldn't even get a sixth player role. But then again, since Link joined the Grizzlies, he has never seen any game Mayo's efficiency is excellent. No wonder, this guy gradually loses his trust.
Link nodded slightly, and he was very happy that he could still be reused by the head coach.
As we all know, the personnel structure of the Los Angeles Lakers is actually quite strange.
Kobe, Gasol, Bynum, Artest and Odom are undoubtedly powerful players.
But look at their bench, Luke Walton, who is more savvy than ability, Steve Blake, Shannon Brown, who is more ruthless and has limited strength, Shannon Barnes, who is more ruthless and has limited strength.
The Lakers' lineup seemed to be from the middle, and from the best, it suddenly fell to the bottom player, and the middle player was vacant. Therefore, the strength of the Lakers' second team has been criticized.
Since I am the sixth man today, it means that most of the time I am confronting the Lakers' "terrible" second team. I play as a substitute and get high scores, which now seems not impossible.
Link did not forget that at the end of December, several Los Angeles media outlets came forward to question themselves. The arrogant Los Angeles people seemed not optimistic about the undraft. They believed that players like Link could only become famous in "country places" like Memphis.
Chapter completed!