Congratulations to the host for improving the three-point shooting evaluation to C+. ”

On the morning of the 16th, Sun Ce practiced three points, and the system prompt came.

"Competency assessment A-,

Physical Fitness A: Speed S-, Strength B, Endurance A, B-, Static Confrontation B+, Leg Explosiveness A (Burst Acceleration, Bounce Speed), Explosive Confrontation Ability A+......

Shooting evaluation B+: three-point C+, mid-range A (A+ mid-distance on the right side of the baseline, A+ mid-distance on the front of the basket, A+ mid-distance on the right side of the three-second zone, mid-distance B on the left side of the three-second zone, A--) on the left baseline in the three-second zone), A+ for layups......

Technical evaluation A-: A+ in possession, A+ in passing, B+ in the jump shot after blocking, A- after dribbling, C+ in the pull-up jumper, A-in the low post back body skill, high back body skill A, triple threat stance D-......"

Sun Ce looked at his comprehensive shooting evaluation, and he estimated that if the left mid-range shot in the three-second zone can reach the A- level on the edge of the first-class and improve the mid-range shooting evaluation to the quasi-top level of the A+ level, his overall shooting evaluation will definitely break through to the first-class.

If the shooting evaluation reaches the A-level, Sun Ce feels that he may become an A-level player evaluated by the system according to his physical fitness, technique, and shooting, that is, the real first-class level.

Even if the three points are still quasi-good, the C+ level should be able to break through.

But now Sun Ce feels that it is possible to break through to the B-level with three points, and he still can't break through the left middle distance, and he hasn't moved for a long time! Since returning to Memphis at the end of September, his three-point shooting has broken through from the C- level to the C+ level, and the left mid-range shot in the three-second zone still hasn't moved, which is about the limit of his shooting in that area.

Sun Ce can only pin his hopes on opening the bow left and right, otherwise this area will eventually become his weakness and be targeted by the opponent, the left side of the three-second zone, this area is wide, but Sun Ce's shooting feeling in this area is not as good as the right side, even if there is no intuitive level display of the system, he can feel it himself.

It's just that he is still a system player in the eyes of people and opponents, and opponents often pay more attention to Randolph and Nash, after all, if the defensive focus is really on Sun Ce alone, Sun Ce will definitely hand over the ball to others, which will affect the defensive tactics of the defensive team, but the opponent is difficult to understand Sun Ce's mentality.

Obviously the essence is a stinky brush who has to brush a triple-double in garbage time for one or two rebounds or assists, but he really doesn't stick to the ball, and he should be delegated, so free and easy that people can't associate him with him who is missing one or two rebounds or assists.

I was sad about the death of the shooting on the left side of the three-second zone, it is good to have progress, the three points are improving step by step, and there is no area where the shooting limit has occurred for the time being, which makes Sun Ce feel a little comforted.

At half past eight o'clock, after the end of the three-point training, Sun Ce read the Scouting report of the Raptors for a while, and at 9 o'clock, his teammates arrived at the arena one after another, and after a short team meeting at half past nine, two tactical training sessions were conducted, and the preparation for the Raptors was completed.

After the All-Star Weekend, it has been determined whether the teams have a chance to enter the playoffs, so after the league-wide love Irving last year, the league-wide love thick eyebrows model was opened.

The Raptors, who are only 14-28 and have no playoff hopes of being 8 wins away from eighth place in the East, and their head coach Dwayne Casey has recently started to control the court, losing when he deserves to lose, and losing his efforts that he shouldn't......

Of course, Coach Hollins is not careless, he understands very well as a coach that when it is bad, it is just that the coaching staff and management want to lose, and the players on the field are still very hard, whether it is for dignity or for the next contract, they will work hard.

Even the Bobcats, who have only won five games so far, haven't they won five games as well?

……

This three-game home game, after the Lakers' thrilling win, this wave of consecutive home games has really become the best time for the Grizzlies to adjust.

Playing the Raptors at home, 115-91 easily won, and when he went to Toronto, Nash wanted to play differently, this time Nash took a turn to rest, Sun Ce got 28 points, 6 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks, only 6 rebounds and 3 assists, purely today's offense was too smooth, Sun Ce felt good, only played 23 minutes in the first three quarters, scored 28 points on 11-of-15 shooting, and helped the team lead by 23 points 88-65 in the third quarter, and went down to rest.

On March 19th, there was no pressure to play the Wizards, the Wizards' record was worse than the Raptors, only 10-32, with an average of 93 points per game and 102 points per game...... Still, the Bobcats have lost 37 games and won only five, scoring an average of 87 points per game and conceding 101 points per game.

Playing the Wizards' game, Sun Ce played 32 minutes, scored 17 points, 16 boards, 10 assists, 6 blocks and 2 steals on 6-of-10 shooting, and was brushing assists in the third quarter, because it was 15+10+6 at halftime, and after getting 2 points, 6 boards and 4 assists in the third quarter, Mei Zizi went down.

The Grizzlies slaughtered the Wizards 103-79 to win three straight home games.

After these three games, the Grizzlies improved their record to 35-8 and stabilized the first place in the league.

……

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Memphis International Airport, which has only three international flights, arrives with a group of uninvited guests for airport security to take a charter flight to Sacramento, the capital of California.

"I'm going to have a video call with you every night at 12 o'clock, I don't want to see other women in your bed, it's better to tell them to get out of the way before 12 o'clock." Lily Collins said a rare swearing.

Hearing this, Sun Ce complained: "Am I that kind of person? ”

"Huh?" Lily Collins gave another wicked smile that made Sun Ce want to stop.

"......" Sun Ce was speechless, why didn't this girl believe him so much? He's a good guy, okay!

As if she was really worried, Lily Collins said to the ancestral goose next to her: "Lerina, you want to help me watch Noah, you know, wait for my sister to come back and take you shopping." ”

"Uh-huh!" Hearing about shopping, Zu Ge doesn't care about his brother.

Just when Sun Ce thought of saying something to refute it, his neck was hooked and pulled down, and Sun Ce saw Lily Collins' face sticking up, and he consciously closed his eyes, and then he was kissed.

In this large court, so many onlookers who were stopped by the security began to cheer, which made Sun Ce's whole face red, and he was still a little uncomfortable kissing in public so unrestrained.

After seeing off Lily Collins, Sun Ce took Zu Gee to his disdainful teammates, walked into another aisle, boarded the team's charter plane, and headed to Sacramento.

I got on the plane and thought about next month's schedule...... Sun Ce still doesn't think about it, enjoy the remaining games of the month, the real nightmare is coming next month!

After playing the "dream schedule" of 9 days and 3 games, before the playoffs this season, the Grizzlies no longer have more than two days off before two games, and there are only three days of two days off.

With 23 games remaining, there are seven back-to-backs, one of which is back-to-back, but the "good news" is that six of those back-to-backs, including back-to-backs, have been played in April, where 17 games will be played over 27 days.

From the 21st to the 30th of this month, 6 battles in 10 days, it is a very easy schedule.

And this time little Jordan also set off with the team, although he put on a pressure suit, but the shoulder strain is almost better, and he is expected to play when he plays the Lakers in the penultimate game of the 5 consecutive aways, and then he doesn't have to expect Yi Jianlian to fight back, although Yi Jianlian played the Lakers very well last time, but you can't put the pressure on Yi Jianlian alone.

……

When the Grizzlies came to Sacramento, the Los Angeles Lakers had already begun to prepare for the game with the Grizzlies, and when the Grizzlies were away for 5 consecutive games, the Lakers were exactly the last game of the 4 home and 4 home games, and the opponent was the Grizzlies, and they had to prepare well for the final game of the regular season with the Grizzlies.

The last time I lost was too embarrassing, so good and perfect a key ball tactic, and so smoothly let Kobe run out of position at the farthest point from Odom, they believe that this time the serve was not stealed, Bao Roma passed to Kobe, Kobe definitely has a perfect chance to kill, and Kobe has scored two three-pointers in a row before, and everyone on the Lakers believes that Kobe will be able to shoot.

However, just as several of their core players were actively studying the games the Grizzlies had struggled or lost this season, a piece of bad news came for them......

At the same time, the Spurs, Mavericks, Thunder, Heat, 76ers, and Bulls are teams that aim for championships.

Rashad Lewis signed a two-year, $4.58 million contract with the Grizzlies!

Lewis reached a buyout agreement with the Wizards, the Wizards have 23 games left this season, because it is a shutdown season, so the salary of each player this season is calculated according to 66/82, that is, what is the salary for playing one game in 82 games, and how much is the salary for playing one game this season, only taking the salary of 66 games.

Lewis still has $5.93 million left in his salary this season, and next season's $23 million salary is only $13.7 million.

In the agreement between Lewis and the Grizzlies, the first year is $3 million split from the mini-middle contract, the second year is a player option veteran base salary of $1.58 million, and the rest of the season will be $841,000 and next season's $1.58 million, for a total of $2.421 million.

Lewis gave up $2.421 million of the $19.63 million buyout fee the Wizards should have given him, and the Wizards pardoned Lewis by agreement, and Lewis successfully joined the Grizzlies!

This news shocked the Lakers and the Heat, the Bulls, and the 76ers, the Mavericks and the Spurs are okay, the Mavericks do not lack such a pitcher power forward, and the Spurs know that they can't get it, but the other four teams are bound to win.

The Lakers' mini-mid-class has long been used, and seeing the salary given by the Grizzlies, they can't get it and can barely accept it.

The Heat, Bulls, and 76ers can't accept it!

The Heat, Bulls, and 76ers have all salaries that haven't reached the luxury tax threshold, and the full mid-range is not yet useful, and they can offer better contracts.

And the size of the contract doesn't really matter at all, what makes several big cities, including the Lakers, the most unacceptable is that Lewis clearly didn't take an extra penny, and how much money he got with the Grizzlies would have to be less with the Wizards, that is, it made no difference how big the contract Lewis gets.

But why did Lewis choose the Grizzlies over them?

They're a big city team!

Not to mention these four teams, when the Grizzlies officially announced the signing of Lewis, the Wizards and Lewis's agreement amnesty, the media and fans felt incredible.

……

"Was it me who attracted Lewis to the team?" Sun Ce asked Chris Wallace in surprise.

On March 20th, at the away team practice court at the Sacramento Aco Arena, Lewis was receiving a physical examination from the team doctor, and after submitting the medical report to the league before noon tomorrow, the signing was really reached, and at the same time, an agreement between the Wizards and Lewis was reached to amnesty.

When Sun Ce followed the team to Sacramento, he learned from Stockton that Lewis had departed from Washington to Sacramento to reconcile with them, only to know that the signing had been reached, so he came to join in the fun, and when he chatted with Chris Wallace, who came to Sacramento with the team, he learned that Lewis was because he joined the Grizzlies, and he was very curious.

Chris Wallace responded, "Yes, but part of it is because of Steve. ”

"Why?"

"We started talking to Lewis about it on January 15 when the Wizards agreed to talk to Lewis about other teams, and he didn't talk to us much at first, but at All-Star Weekend, after you had a crazy winning streak, he started reaching out to us, and he told us that he had a strong interest in playing with you, and he felt that he could play a role whether he was playing with you or with Steve, and he started talking to us about the contract a week ago after we beat the Lakers."

"I see...... Wait, didn't you say he was going to join before we played the Lakers? ”

"We are confident in your attractiveness!"

“……”

Sun Ce had nothing to say, and he just used this incident to stimulate the morale of the injury after two consecutive defeats?

Chris Wallace continued: "Actually, we have beaten the Bulls, Nuggets, Thunder, Spurs, 76ers, Mavericks, Lakers in the past period, and they saw our strength, and that's the main reason. ”

"I understand...... Sun Ce nodded, but he had a question that others were also puzzled about: "But why do we want to give a salary of 3 million?" Lewis didn't get paid much either. "This is where Sun Ce is confused, not so much about money, but about luxury tax.

Just like their Grizzlies traded for Ridno and Aaron Gray before, the salaries of these two are almost nine percent higher than the salaries of Vazques + Speights who were sent out, meeting the maximum trading limit of 10% of the salary fluctuations between the two sides of the trade, but they calculate the total salary, which is calculated according to the salaries of Ridno and Aaron Gray, not according to how much money the two of them took plus how much money the people who traded away in front of them.

That's why there are some teams that can't make the playoffs but exceed the luxury tax threshold, and they will negotiate with teams that have space, give away some big contracts before the trade deadline, subsidize draft picks, owe favors, and then return favors when the other party needs them and they have conditions, and once the trade makes the total player salary plus the salary of the non-amnesty buyout at the end of the regular season below the luxury tax threshold, there is no need to pay taxes.

But the Wizards are pardoning Lewis, pardoning Lewis No matter how much money Lewis gets, the Wizards have lowered the total salary below the salary cap, which is not below the luxury tax threshold, and the total salary is directly less than the salary cap, so there is no such thing as making room.

"It's not that we want to pay more taxes, it's that the Wizards have contacted us, and if we want them to buy out, we have to bear more money, and that's the best result after the negotiations."

Sun Ce understood this answer, but this approach is indeed a bit disrespectful, but Lewis has not contributed much to the Wizards...... It may end a year earlier than Arenas' contract to count as a contribution, but the Wizards really don't need to get along with money, such an operation will cost more than 2 million less, enough for two or three ordinary assistant coaches or trainers to pay a year's salary.

Like Stockton, as Sun Ce's exclusive trainer, the Grizzlies give a weekly salary of 20,000 US dollars, which is expensive, and not all trainers can have a salary of 3 million US dollars a year like Spurs shooting trainer Chip England.

Lewis is here, Sun Ce is really happy, although the strength is not as good as before, but the three-point test just now is very good, 8 of 100 goals are conceded, and it is from Washington after flying here immediately after the convergence, it seems that although the Wizards can't play, but the training has not fallen.

With such an inside rotation player, the team's injury risk will definitely be reduced, and the rotation will be executed better!

"Rashad Lewis, 31, Ability Rating C+, Offensive B-, Defensive C-, Three-point A, Mid-range B-, Layup B+......"

Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluation of his new teammates, and it was indeed not good in all aspects, but the three points were very good, and Lewis sometimes didn't have a chance to play this season, especially after the Wizards traded to get Nenei, Lewis completely lost his chance, and he didn't play for a long time.

When Sun Ce played against the Magic team before Lewis was traded last season, he saw that Lewis still had a B-level ability evaluation, before being traded by the Magic, the data was 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and during that time, he shot 39 percent from three-point range and averaged 1.8 three-pointers per game.

And this season he only played 20 games with the Wizards, averaging 8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist per game.

Sun Ce doesn't expect Lewis to do well, he can shoot a three-pointer every game, it doesn't matter if he has three or four or five points, and it will work well when it comes to some offensive tactics that require a big man who shoots three-pointers.

It was originally the team's No. 5 inside line, so there is no need to put such high expectations, it is naturally better to have a role when you play, and it is better to sign without a role and not suffer a loss, it is better than being Lewis by those direct competitors!