359: Honor falls from the sky
Robert. Pera was thrilled and had been waiting for so long, and finally, he took over the Memphis Grizzlies and got the team he coveted, his own—a lifelong dream.
But in order to fulfill this dream, Robert. The pressure on Pera is not small. Most of the time, in addition to energy, it takes money to fulfill your dreams. And now, Pera's gold power is a little insufficient.
The acquisition of Grizzlies comes after Pella's tech company had just gone public on the NASDAQ. But the stock price has plummeted from $34 per share to $9 per share!
But for the sake of her dream, Pera gritted her teeth and took down the Grizzlies. But after taking it, Pera's economic situation is actually a little worrying.
Therefore, Pera did not want to wait any longer. He hopes that the Grizzlies can produce results as soon as possible, so that the Grizzlies' earnings will also increase.
To run an NBA team, it's complicated and complicated, and it's simple and simple. Because NBA teams want to make a profit, the most direct way is to improve their records!
In the past two years, the Grizzlies' ticket prices and broadcast fees have increased a lot, making Haysley make a lot of money. The most important reason for this is because the Grizzlies' record has improved.
Previously, the Grizzlies were a team with no playoff hopes, and fans and TV certainly didn't buy it. But now, as a team that has reached the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons, the Grizzlies' earnings are naturally rising with their results.
Therefore, Pera thinks that she must be willing to spend money this summer, and she must be decisive in her decision! The Grizzlies' current roster is good and mature, but it's not entirely without holes. And by filling those holes, Pera believes the Grizzlies will definitely go one step further next season!
The grizzly bear has gone one step further, and with it his financial strain will disappear!
Pera looked at the calendar, perhaps the first time he had been so eager for a season to come to an end.
Summer Transfer Market, Robert. Pera had been waiting impatiently.
Until then, though, Robert. Pera has one more thing to be sure. Lionel. Hollins, is the team going to renew the coach's contract?
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Hollins had actually received a letter from Robert Hollins a long time ago. Pera's news that they will negotiate a contract extension in the offseason.
Hollins has actually done a good job in the past two years, and the team has reached the Western Conference Finals two years in a row, and he has a lot of credit. But it was clear that his style was at odds with what Pera's team had hoped for.
Pera has always thought Hollins was a little too conservative, and he was a coach who put a lot of emphasis on defense and put it a little too seriously.
In Robert. In Pera's view, the Grizzlies' offensive potential is actually huge, but it hasn't been tapped.
Mark. Gasol has a soft hand, but can only act as a rim protector. Mike. Conley has a comprehensive technique, but can only do tandem offensive work. There are many more examples of things like this.
In this era when even the Spurs began to switch from defense to offense, Hollins is still guarding his one-acre three-point land, which is indeed a bit too retro.
In short, Hollins can make the Grizzlies a Western Conference Finals-caliber team, which is really remarkable. But in the long run, maybe that's his ceiling.
There was nothing wrong with his tactics, but there was nothing to praise about him either. Whether to be stable or to break through, for Pera, this is a very tangled and very difficult thing to decide.
In the end, after much deliberation, Pera chose the latter.
For the sake of the team's long-term plans for the future, Pera decided that the team's style had to change first.
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Link was already in Los Angeles at this time, but he didn't come for training, but for business. By the way, and his own manager Jeff. Austin is discussing plans for this offseason.
Although Link and the Grizzlies have been eliminated, in the past two days, Link still ushered in two individual honors.
As the saying goes, when a man sits at home, bread comes from heaven.
Yesterday, the NBA officially announced the list of the best defensive teams of the season.
Unlike Defensive Player of the Year, the former is chosen by the NBA's 30 coaches and the latter is chosen by NBA reporters and commentators, so there will inevitably be differences in results.
So, this year's Defensive Player of the Year, Tyson. Chandler, on the other hand, was not selected for the All-Defensive Team.
Selected to this year's All-Defensive First Team are "Happy Beast" Howard, this season's block king Sergi. Ibaka, LeBron. James, a 183-man Chris Cannon and Grizzlies players squeezed out Kobe Bryant's selected Link with 33 points in this vote...... 's teammate, Tony. Alan.
The best defensive second team has Rondo, Kobe, Chandler, Garnett and Link, who is only a sophomore.
The Grizzlies have two players who can make the All-Star team! As soon as this news was announced, the whole of Memphis was boiling!
To be selected for the All-Defensive Team, although it was only the second team, Link was still very happy. Compared to the Most Improved Player Award, the Best Defensive Team is a hard honor!
Shaquille. O'Neal is awesome, right? However, he has only been selected to the All-Defensive Second Team three times in his career and has never been in the first team. Wade is known for his defense, right? But in fact, he has only been selected to the best defensive second team. The people who can make it to the best defensive team in the second year are monster-level guys like Duncan.
It's not common for Duncan to make most of the league mess up for him.
So, even if it's just the second team, this is already the most valuable award Link has won so far.
On the afternoon after the news was announced, Link was too excited. It turns out that this is not the end, but only the beginning.
The next day, the NBA league announced the list of the best teams of the season.
Paul, Kobe, James, Durant and Howard, some of the league's brightest stars, occupy all five spots in the best team.
But in the best second team, there were a few very conspicuous players.
In the Second Team of the Year, Parker and Bynum are the oldest players among them. There are three spots left, which are Westbrook in the fourth year, and Link and Griffin in the second year!
Three of the five players in the best second team are new-generation players! Everyone can't help but sigh that this generation of young people is full of vitality!
Among them, the most incredible is still Link. After all, the last player to make the All-Star team as an undrafted player was called Ben. Wallace! There is only one and only one. Wallace.
Link, on the other hand, wrote his name to Ben. Next to Wallace.
"It only took two years for Link to touch the ceiling of the undrafted in the league! I believe that in the future, this ceiling will be even higher because of Link! Root. So far in his career, Wallace has been named to the All-Second Team three times and to the All-Third Team twice! The best second team is also the ultimate achievement that an undrafted player can do in the league. And now that Link is in his second year, he has already won the honor of the best second team! ”
"Incredible kid, his accomplishments make us often lose sight of his undrafted identity. Link broke the rules of the game, and he told the world that whether he can succeed in the league or not depends on his own hard work. ”
"What is the concept of being named to the All-NBA Second Team as a small forward? In other words, Link is the No. 3 player in the league after Durant and James! After all, Cameron. Anthony has only been selected for the best three teams this year! ”
"In my sophomore year, I won the All-Defensive Second Team and All-Second Team All-Time in one go, which is definitely a superstar achievement. It's not over yet, but to be honest, I'm already looking forward to seeing Link and the Grizzlies perform next season. Believe me, they will break through to the west! ”
Link is in a really good mood, not to mention triggering the reward clause in the contract, and he finally has a hard honor in his career. Moreover, I took two at once!
Although the double two formation doesn't sound as good as the double one, after all, Link is just getting started. He believes that it is not a pipe dream to win a pair in the future.
However, in addition to the excitement, Link found a news that was not so high-profile, but affected the future development of the Grizzlies.
ESPN reporter broke the news: Grizzlies coach Lionel. Hollins may officially leave on June 30th! The new manager is TBD! ”