"Brother Jimmy, you're here to train too?"

"The coach told me that it would increase my playing time, but my mid-range shooting needs to be strengthened, so I will practice more when I have time."

"Oh......"

At 11 o'clock this morning, Sun Ce and his teammates came to Oklahoma City, tomorrow to play the Thunder, the rest of the teammates are resting, Randolph played 24 minutes yesterday and was so tired, the coaching staff did not even arrange Randolph's weight loss training today, Sun Ce thought that he would come to the away team training ground at the home of the Thunder alone, but he didn't expect Jimmy Butler to come.

Without much talking, the two practiced at the Ford Center, with Jimmy Butler practicing mid-range shooting and defensive movement, and Sun Ce continuing to practice top-arc three-pointers and cross-step changes.

Jimmy Butler's ambition, Sun Ce felt it, this guy in order to get more playing time, crazy training to improve the fundamentals.

From entering the NBA with almost no skills, and not even using his physical fitness, he didn't know how to fight, to being selected as the second defense in the third year, winning the Most Improved Award in the fourth year and being selected as an All-Star substitute, with a strong heart, tenacious character, and strong ambition...... Indispensable!

Sun Ce knew when he chatted with Coach Hollins on the plane that except for him Sun Someone, the playing time of everyone else this season will be relatively average, and even if Randolph loses weight successfully after that, the playing time will be lower than before.

The tone for the new season has been set, and after discussions between the Grizzlies coaching staff and management, it has been decided to strengthen the development of his grandson and try to defend the championship at the same time.

They have no experience as defending champions, so they are trying to find their way to defending their title in the style of play that best suits the team's squad and the characteristics of the players.

Building the strongest defense, surpassing the defense of the Spurs and Pistons at the beginning of the century, and surpassing the defense of the Celtics in the 07-08 season, is the most suitable strategic goal for the team, and it is also the best strategy that can be viable.

At the same time, the run-and-gun lineup led by Nash was retained.

To do the strongest defense, the 13-man activation roster is an extremely favorable new rule for their Grizzlies, to maintain high-intensity defense throughout the whole process outside the run-and-bomb lineup, and when running and bombing, two or three players are needed to block the opponent's impact under the basket and the main shooter to shoot three-pointers, which requires players to do their best at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and when playing defense, the offense needs to do their best, otherwise it is very difficult to score, and the consumption is bound to be very large.

Even young players like Paul George and Klay Thompson will have a decline in efficiency for more than 30 minutes of playing time under such strong attrition.

Because there is no buffer opportunity, just like yesterday's game against the Heat, the whole process was high-intensity, and their Grizzlies' 13-man rotation did not have a physical crisis like the Heat's 9-man rotation.

Moreover, even if it is a run-and-run, it will not be as easy as the Suns back then, the Suns' run-and-bomb is a relaxed and moderate style of play, after all, the 8-person rotation will not run desperately all over the court, but Nash is now limited to 20 minutes, of course, these 20 minutes must be used well, and it must be every second to go all out and try to score when the team's best offensive lineup is on the court......

In this case, Jimmy Butler, who is already in the rotation, will definitely get more playing time as well.

If the two are rested, then Beverley and Crowder will also get more playing time.

Maximizing the use of the players the team has, which is the Grizzlies' strategy right now.

Sun Ce and Jimmy's little brother didn't have much communication, they each practiced their own, and after practicing two sets of shooting or foot training, there was more communication, and it was not small talk, it was a heads-up between the two.

After an hour and a half of practice, by three o'clock in the afternoon, Paul George and five young teammates from Beverley, Crowder, Klay Thompson, and Larry Sanders also came to practice.

Since playing time can be competed for, anyone can compete for it, and everyone's enthusiasm has been mobilized.

Jimmy's younger brother is more like a big brother than Sun Ce, Beverley and Claude came, warmly beckoning the two to train together, and the three of them are the players at the end of the team's bench to keep warm.

At first, everyone thought that Beverley was fierce and might not be easy to get along with, but after Sun Ce praised Beverley for his defensive leader's temperament before the start of the season, his teammates began to try to contact him, and found that this is a fierce person on the surface, but he is very fanatical on the inside, like a mad dog when he plays, and Jimmy Butler got the nickname of "Mad Dog Brother" together, but after more exchanges, I found that he is a very righteous person, very enthusiastic, and not very good-tempered, but people always have shortcomings, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Larry Sanders still doesn't really know much about him, but at least he knows that he is not really withdrawn, and there are still a few teammates who are willing to communicate with him, but never mention anything about "art" with him, otherwise he will be reflected.

But both are willing to help their teammates.

Klay Thompson and Paul George wanted to practice their running positions and asked Beverley to be their sparring partner, and Beverley never turned down.

Larry Sanders can't block and pick, but he is good at blocking and picking, and when Sun Ce and Yi Jian practice blocking and pick-and-roll, Larry Sanders and Beverley will come to be sparring partners every time.

Crowder has gradually revealed his fiery personality as he gets to know his teammates better, but Crowder, who has only played 1 time and only played 3 minutes so far in the new season, is now in a state of depression, because there is no back-to-back in November, even if Nash occasionally rotates, he may not get the opportunity to play, and can only slowly survive, after all, his strength is not even comparable to the current Beverley, and he is the weakest player on the team.

Prince, on the other hand, is open to any arrangement from the team and has a calm personality.

Lopez Jr. is enthusiastic, fights when he has playing time, and waves a towel on the sidelines when he doesn't, and is the most enthusiastic teammate, the opposite of Prince.

After 6 games from training camp to preseason and regular season, Sun Ce has more or less understanding of his new teammates and the personality changes of his old teammates after a summer.

Klay's goal is to surpass Curry to become the best pitcher in the game, at least the current goal is to be better than top pitchers such as Korver, Redick, Ray Allen, Morrow, etc., and the whole person is positive.

Paul George is the player Sun Ce doesn't understand the most, and there seems to be a lot of ideas...... If you can't read it, you can't understand it, and Sun Ce knows that Paul George is a teammate who works hard to win, and that's enough.

But Paul George wants to compete with Klay Thompson for the team's best three-point shot, and Sun Ce feels that.

The personality of the younger teammates has changed a lot, the old teammates have not changed much, Randolph is lazy, and Gasol Jr. is more selfless......