As time goes by September, the atmosphere of fierce fighting in NBA has become increasingly intense.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers finally obtained the "double-double-machine" Kevin Love through a three-party transaction, fans were looking forward to the start of the new season as soon as possible.

Whenever the league pattern changes, fans are extremely eager for the arrival of the new season. After all, for everyone, everything in the new season is full of freshness and suspense.

What kind of results can James achieve after returning to Cleveland? Can the Memphis Grizzlies create the myth of three consecutive championships? Will there be other breakthrough players besides Link and James?

Countless suspense is brewing, which has also aroused the appetite of fans.

Espn will naturally not let go of fans' expectations for the new season, so just in September, Espn began to launch a series of rankings of the top 50 stars in the new season.

Like last season, espn will launch 10 stars every day, from 50th to 1st, and will be announced in 5 days in order from low to high.

Then, like last season, the Grizzlies, which seemed to have no stars except Link, once again became the team with the largest number of selected stars.

On the first day of the rankings being announced, Grizzlies players were on the list.

Zach Randolph, who took the initiative to cut his salary this summer, was 33 years old, ranked 43rd by ESPN. Compared with the ranking before the start of last season, it dropped by 9 places, but it is still among the top 50. For a veteran who is not as famous as that, this ranking is already quite high.

Randolph's ranking dropped by 9 places is largely because his offensive efficiency was greatly reduced last season.

As the Grizzlies' number one singles choice in the inside, the "Big Black Bear" had an assist rate of only 46% last season, far lower than that of a player in the same position. He did not have enough height and had excellent running awareness. The bounce height was basically just a brick distance from the ground. He relied on his terrifying upper limbs to chisel in, which was easy to be surrounded. Randolph's more than 10% of the balls were blocked last season, and the jump shots had a cover rate of up to 8%.

These data all point to a problem Randolph is really old.

The prodigal son who once dominated Portland, New York and Los Angeles is no longer young.

Although Randolph is still ranked 43rd in the 50 superstars in the new season, ESPN also expressed concern about Randolph's offensive performance in the new season. It is an indisputable fact that Randolph's offensive firepower is declining. In this way, Link's offensive pressure will inevitably increase greatly.

Although Randolph's ranking has dropped a lot compared to last season, many fans said they still couldn't understand it, "Can Randolph be on the list now?"

The next day, there were still Grizzlies players on the list, and there were still two. However, these two people still caused great controversy.

Before the start of last season, Iguodala ranked 29th, and both were two higher than Lillard.

But this year, Iguodala dropped directly by 10 places and ranked 39th in the ground! The reason is very simple. Last season, Iguodala's data experienced a significant decline, almost losing its star aura.

But espn is not stupid either. They know that Iguodala's role in the grizzlies cannot be judged by data. They know that Iguodala is beyond the data and helps the grizzlies.

However, due to the decline in data, Iguodala's ranking was downgraded by 10 places.

However, as a player with ordinary data, many fans are puzzled by Iguodala's ranking. Regarding Iguodala's performance last season, people think that he is about the same as in the 40th place, and he can actually rank in the top 40.

Ranked 31st is Mike Conley, the only player in the Grizzlies to rise, and is a bit double-digit from last season's 36th place.

Espn's evaluation of Conley is as simple as his style of play. "Mike Conley is not top-notch in point guards in all aspects. He does not have Paul's cool ball control and passes, does not have Curry's range, nor does he have the physical fitness of Westbrook. But his biggest advantage is that he has no obvious shortcomings."

Even though Conley's 31st ranking and ESPN's evaluation of him are low-key enough, he can't escape the doubts of fans.

The reason is very simple. This year, ESPN only ranked Kobe in 32nd place, and Conley happened to know before Kobe that in the past four years, Kobe's ranking has never been lower than 9th.

Conley is also very innocent. It is not good to be ahead of who is ranked, but it is ranked ahead of Kobe. However, Conley doesn't know that he is not the most controversial Grizzlies player.

The most controversial one is Mark Gasol, who is ranked 24th!

At first glance, the 24th place score does not seem to be too high. But when people found that Kavay Leonard was only 27th, Wade was only 28th, and Ibaka was only 30th, many people thought Gasol's ranking was a bit too inflated.

"Gasol Jr.'s data does not have many highlights. He scored less than 16 points every 36 minutes, and his rebounding rate is only 12.7%. Although he is 2.16 meters tall, his position is not good. The blocking is also ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the center position every 48 minutes. Can anyone tell me why he can be before Ibaka and others?"

"It's too obvious that espn licks the defending champion. The Grizzlies' players rankings are obviously inflated! Randolph's old guy is still selected, Conley is ahead of Kobe, and Gasol is actually ranked 24th! Oh my god, this ranking list is not fair at all."

"If we take away the halo of the defending champion, I don't know how many of these Grizzlies' players will appear here."

Gasol is like a lead, completely igniting public opinion from outside. From Randolph to Gasol, almost all the four Grizzlies players on the list have been questioned.

On the contrary, Link, who ranked first in the end, received no criticism.

This year, the top three of the top 50 superstars in the new season are the same as last year, and it is still a three-legged match between Link, James and Durant. Durant has become the third one since the millennium second.

However, unlike last year, everyone seems to recognize Link's position at the top of the list. As a player who harvested almost all heavyweight personal honors last season and broke a bunch of records, Link ranked first in the 50 superstar list in the new season, which is understandable.

But people only admit that Link is alone, and the other four Grizzlies selected were labeled as "insufficient".

"Link is indeed a superstar, he is really amazing. But in my opinion, he is also the only superstar of the Grizzlies."

"Randolf, Conley, Gasol and Iguodala have some benefits from Link. The only Grizzlies player in this list is worthy of being the winner, and the selection of others is really confusing."

"ESPN wants to please the defending champion, but this way of pleasing is really disgusting. The five Grizzlies and Tigers are all selected for the 50th season. This is simply exaggerated. Many of them are not qualified at all!"

"The Cleveland Cavaliers have three players selected, James ranks 2, Love ranks 8, and Irving ranks 18. In my opinion, this is the real objective ranking. If the defending champion of last season was the Cavaliers, I guess the Cavaliers can also be selected for five or six players. But don't worry, after the start of the season, people can see how weak the other four Grizzlies are in front of the three Cavaliers."

Once the ranking was announced, the Memphis Grizzlies once again became the focus of controversy. On the first day of the new season training camp, Link was also asked about this question when he was interviewed by reporters at the entrance of the Federal Express Arena.

"How do you view espn's ranking? Well, I must admit that this list is indeed unfair." Facing the camera, Link touched his chin seriously.

The reporters were instantly excited. Could it be that even Link felt that the Grizzlies players ranked in an inflated manner?

However, when the reporters happily reached the microphone next to Link's mouth, Link told them seriously, "In my opinion, the Grizzlies should have at least 6 to 7 players to be selected for the top 50 in the new season, but ESPN only chose 5. Isn't this unfair? "

Seeing the reporters' expressions go from expectation to shock, Link smiled contentedly.

The day of the villain is so simple and has nothing to do with it!

Link knew that his words would definitely make him scolded.

But that doesn't matter, just like the message on the Internet. When the new season begins a month and a half, everyone will naturally know if what they are saying is true.

Speaking of which, the first game of the opening match of this year's new season, the league arranged for the Grizzlies and the Cavaliers to fight each other.
Chapter completed!