One Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Seven: Staying in Memphis for the Summer (April/Friday)

The annual awards ceremony, where the main character could not be found, was indeed criticized by fans.

But instead of blaming Link, the fans all blamed the joke.

Everyone could see that Joke and Link didn't get along with each other. Moreover, the joke of deliberately prolonging the series in the finals is really disgusting.

Even fans can't stand this kind of thing, and Link, who is being persecuted, can't accept it.

Therefore, it is reasonable for him not to give face to the joke.

What's more, Link's little daughter has just been born and really needs company.

With these two reasons, it is really unreasonable to blame Link for not participating.

On the other hand, it's a joke. He created such an award ceremony. Apart from being gorgeous, it has no use.

The championship and fvp have come out, and the best rookie and best sixth man have become useless in an instant.

Moreover, Link was not the only superstar who was not present.

James, Durant, Curry and others were also not present.

This shows that real superstars don’t even bother with the popularity of this award ceremony. This ceremony is not like the Oscars and football award ceremonies, where all the big names are vying to attend.

The NBA ceremony is in the awkward position of being disdainful of big names, but not the biggest names attending.

And after this first time, the absence of big names will definitely continue to happen in the future.

The annual Joke Awards Ceremony was completely different from what he expected.

But no matter what, the 16-17 season ended safely. Although it seems unsatisfactory in the eyes of the joke, this season is not without success.

Link and the Grizzlies became the biggest winners this season, and the NBA also gained the most terrifying popularity monster since Jordan.

Championship, fvp, double team, best defensive player, vp plus various large and small awards and league records

There is no doubt about Link's strength, and everyone's eyes are on him.

Even in the offseason, people still want to see news related to Link.

However, Link still did not show up after the ceremony.

This summer, he also deliberately asked Jeff Austin not to arrange too many commercial activities for himself.

All in all, Link's focus this summer is only one - family.

Link first stayed at his home in Memphis for a long time, taking care of his wife and daughter every day, carefully taking care of the two most important women in his life.

During the season, Link didn't have much time to take care of Rachel. While Rachel was about to give birth, Link also had to prepare for the playoffs with all his strength.

Therefore, Link now wants to make amends as much as possible.

Make up for all the time you couldn't spend with Rachel during the season.

After Rachel's body had almost recovered, Link officially started his summer vacation with his daughter and wife.

Even so, I just took my daughter to nearby parks and zoos.

Link's family hasn't been able to travel long distances this summer, so Link didn't go anywhere this year and stayed in Memphis.

After the time entered August, the annual Link training camp finally arrived.

This year, although Link's training camp started a little later, as always, it invited a number of stars to participate.

In addition to some old faces, there are also new faces such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis and Derrick Rose.

Antetokounmpo is Link's little fan and has become a quasi-first-line star this season. It is not surprising to be invited.

After Anthony Davis was teammates with Cousins ​​last season, he was invited by Link because of Cousins' relationship and recommendation.

But Rose's arrival was unexpected by many people.

In fact, even Link never thought of inviting Rose in the first place.

After all, Link and Rose had almost no personal relationship before. One of them is in the east and the other is in the west, so they rarely meet each other. Moreover, the peak time is just staggered.

Although the two are not hostile to each other, they are not friends either.

Link unexpectedly received a call from Rose a week before the start of camp. At that time, he had just joined the Cavaliers at a low price of 2.1 million a year.

It’s hard to imagine that the top pick in the draft and the youngest vp, players with these two haloes, are starting to receive contracts with almost minimum salaries when they are less than 30 years old.

Rose made a very sincere recommendation call to Link. On the phone, it was clear that Rose was eager for this training opportunity.

Ross has also heard the saying that players can be transformed after coming out of Link training camp.

Therefore, he wanted to try again when he was at his most desperate!

Rose had already collapsed once when he learned that he was traded by the Bulls last summer.

Last season with the Knicks, he failed to achieve the results that people expected, which brought Rose's career to the lowest point.

But he still didn't want to give up, he still wanted to rush.

Therefore, he chose to participate in training at the Link training camp, hoping to regain his form.

Link agreed, and he had no reason not to.

Although the Cavaliers are likely to be the Grizzlies' biggest opponent next season, Rose is already a Cavaliers player.

But so what? If Link can really help the rose bloom again, he will feel a great sense of accomplishment.

Of course, the premise is that Link is confident that he can still defeat the Knight even when Rose blooms.

After all, Kelly Irving left Cleveland and became a Celtic, as history has it.

This undoubtedly greatly reduces the strength of the Cavaliers.

Therefore, Link is not afraid of shooting himself in the foot.

As the number one player in the league, it would be too cowardly if he didn't even have this bit of self-confidence.

The training camp started in full swing in Memphis. As for why Memphis was still chosen to start the camp, the reason is also very simple - Link can go home immediately after training every day.

This year, Link will hardly stay in the training hall at night.

Every day at four o'clock in the afternoon, he would finish training on time and rush home.

After becoming a father, life is indeed different.

In the past, Link was alone and it didn't matter what time he trained. After training, you can hang out with Randolph and the others.

But now that I have a family and my children are still so young, it is impossible to say that I am carefree and worry-free.

Even so, September came quickly. nba preseason training camp is about to begin, followed by preseason games, then another long round of regular season and playoffs

Link feels that this summer is going extremely fast. Before he can enjoy this simple family life, he has to prepare for the new season again.

"I really want to never start the game and stay with you forever." The day before the start of the pre-season training camp, Link sat on the sofa and looked at his wife and children in his arms.

"Okay, then you announce your retirement. In this way, you can accompany us every day." Rachel and Link made a joke.

"Actually, I'm already planning to retire." However, Link answered seriously.

Under Rachel's shocked expression, Link revealed his plan to retire after winning three more championships.

If anyone else said this, it would basically be nonsense.

Retire after winning three more championships? Most people will never even win a championship in their lifetime!

Retiring after winning three more championships is equivalent to saying that I will retire when I am too old to play anymore.

But when the words came out of Link's mouth, that was not the case.

"Really or not? If everything goes well, you will only be 32 years old in three years, and you are not old enough to retire yet."

"Indeed, 32 years old is not the age to retire. But if I can really do it, staying in the NBA will not be more challenging for me. It is better to change my way of life and do other things. Of course. , I can also accompany you well."

Link was very serious and didn't look like he was joking.

Surpassing Jordan, creating an unprecedented four consecutive championships and winning seven championships.

This is Link's only goal now.

As long as this goal is achieved, Link believes that it is time for the game to end.

"Three years? Well it's still a long time."

"It didn't take long, it passed in the blink of an eye. Really, it just happened in the blink of an eye."

Link said, looking through the window to the lake in the backyard reflecting the moonlight.

From the blue team to the fourth championship, from obscurity to the first player in the league, all this seems to be just a blink of an eye.

Three years, maybe it will be faster than imagined.

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