1077. We Have Everything But Offense (Part 5)
Sun Ce and Beverley don't communicate much, mainly because the group of trial players always get together on their own.
He remembered that Beverley seemed to stay up until mid-season, when the buyout fee was reduced to 500,000 euros before joining the Rockets, and it was also a contract that he bought out.
But the salary in the NBA is not the minimum salary at the level of the 30th pick in the second round, but the contract of seven or eight hundred thousand dollars that an ordinary second-round pick should get, that is, Beverley himself gave up a salary of 500,000 dollars, and would rather have the lowest salary than enter the NBA.
Not to mention, through this incident, Sun Ce really admires Beverley, Beverley may still make a lot of money in the future, but now, he is really pursuing his dream.
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After the Grizzlies announced the signing of Beverley, they naturally gave up the right to match Willie Green, who joined the Clippers.
On the 28th, the day of the last preseason game, Sun Ce came to the stadium early.
There is a game today, Sun Ce practiced 200 top arc three-pointers and was waiting for his teammates to arrive in the lounge for the pre-game meeting.
The team's lineup was temporarily alive, and Sun Ce wrote down the list of his teammates, and also marked the evaluation of the ability to judge the system.
Point guards: Beverley C-rated, Mr. Na A-rated.
Shooting guards: Tony B, Klay A-, Jimmy C+.
Small forwards: Prince B-level, Pickled Peppers A-level, Crowder C-level.
Power forwards: Yi Jianlian B+, Randolph (fat), Battier B.
Center: Sister-in-law A+, Artist B, Lopets Jr. B-.
After looking at the ability evaluation with the system one by one, Sun Ce felt that his team really had everything but attack.
The offense is too lacking!
However, Sun Ce thinks the team is interesting now, and Beverley holds the ball...... Obviously don't think about it, when Nash is resting and Beverley is playing, that's ...... The team has an interesting season, even if Beverley is not as good defensively as it used to be, but he is fierce and is the kind of player who can drive the team's defensive passion.
In addition, Randolph has become fat, and his internal independent offensive ability has declined...... "That's it, it's not us who are disgusted anyway, it's us who are disgusting......"
Before the season even started, Sun Ce felt the difficulty of defending his title, and there were too many problems.
In the previous preseason games, there were especially problems.
You have to eat one bite at a time, you can't be in a hurry, there are a lot of problems with this squad at the moment, but you can still find a way out in the middle of the season, if you don't play well, the trade is also a way out, they have chips, they have draft picks, and it's not time to be anxious about it.
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"Patrick's arrival has helped us a lot, he bites at the opposition like a mad dog, and he can help Tony, Sean and Mark to lead our team's defensive ...... together."
After the team's pregame meeting ended at 10 o'clock this morning, the Grizzlies opened up for an interview, and when Sun Ce was asked about the fact that he didn't get other high-quality point guards and the league's best point guards, Sun Ce didn't answer, but pulled the topic to Beverley, who was just signed by their Grizzlies.
Hearing what Sun Ce, who was leaning on the hoop not far away to return to the reporter's question, Beverley didn't expect the two-time MVP to give him such a high evaluation!
When he was drafted, he was traded, the new team didn't give a contract, he didn't have a team to go to a trial, he was so poor that he couldn't eat, and he was forced to play in the Ukrainian second division for three years, and every summer for the past two years, he would go to Las Vegas to play in the summer league, and every year in the preseason, he went to the trial, but every year he was rejected.
This time, finally a team is willing to give him a contract.
Even if he gave up a lot and would rather get the minimum salary, he chose to sign.
I don't know if I can stay, if I am finally laid off, the salary of the first year will not be enough to pay the buyout fee of the Russian Premier League Bardock team.
But Beverley still chose to give it a go.
Of course, he is also worried now, as far as his personal image is concerned, he knows that he is very unlikable, his appearance is too fierce, and even the people who come to the trial rarely communicate with him.
But I didn't expect the two-time MVP, who hadn't spoken a few words to him, to say this about him.
And the teammates who knew Sun Ce's evaluation of Beverley also became curious about Beverley's new teammate.
I thought that the third point guard who was just signed as a backup may be eliminated, this is a player who was signed back at the lowest price, the NBA is humane, but it is also a very cruel and realistic place.
But as soon as Sun Ce said this, other teammates really had some curiosity about Beverley, it is true that this guy played fiercely in training matches and preseason games, but his strength is not good, why did he get such an evaluation?
It remains to be seen.
And Coach Hollins was very satisfied when he saw what Sun Ce said in an interview.
It's finally a bit of a leader, and that will undoubtedly make it easier for Beverley to fit into the team.
No one in the team is redundant, and as a championship team, no one is allowed to be superfluous, and the excess is sent away, even the 15th person on the team, such as Aaron Gray last season, has played a big role in the playoffs and even the finals.
Of course, in the end, it depends on Beverley himself, whether he can win the approval of his teammates with his own efforts and hard work, and whether he can rely on his own ability to make the team feel that he is worth the salary of more than 1.3 million US dollars for the remaining two years.
First of all, he has to be worth the price in order to get more money in the future.
Even Sun Ce, if he didn't show talent at the beginning, the Grizzlies would only treat him as a Sun Yue.
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After a day of preparation, at 4 p.m., Sun Ce and his teammates began to warm up, and at 5:40 p.m., they entered the court with their teammates.
The last preseason game is here, and we have to play well tonight, and on the 1st of next month, it will be the regular season opener with the Lakers.
After entering the court, Sun Ce looked at the thick eyebrows in a suit opposite, Anthony Davis did not play in the last game, suffered an elbow injury, and is expected to play in late November.
Injured before his rookie season began, Sun Ce saw the news that Anthony Davis could be the next Griffin or the next Oden.
But apart from Anthony Davis, the Hornets' talent is also good enough.
Eric Gordon, who acquired the Clippers in the offseason through a three-way trade, was reimbursed for a year last season, and finally came back in okay form, and was expected to be a talented guard who averaged 22 points and 4 assists per game in his third year.
It's just that Sun Ce looked at Irving, Eric Gordon, and Anthony Davis opposite...... If you want to talk about talent in this core combination, it is really talented, but how do you feel that you hear the sound of glass breaking?
This core threesome is too brittle!
Sun Ce is ready to play tonight, because when the away team Hornets was interviewed in the morning, Owen bluntly said: I want to challenge the lord!