One Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine: The Strongest Undrafted Player After Link?

Jimmy Butler and his Miami Heat are indeed very similar to the original Grizzlies. A group of players with low backgrounds gathered together, but the power they produced was immeasurable.

During the training the next day, Link also acted very serious.

All Grizzlies players know this means Link hopes they don't take their next opponent lightly.

The long regular season spans six months and plays a full 82 games.

It is undoubtedly very difficult for players to stay 100% focused every game and every day.

Therefore, Link is not actually so serious before every game.

Before playing the Wizards in the last game, Link didn't put much pressure on everyone.

But facing the Heat, Link didn't want to lose the game because of his mentality of underestimating the enemy.

Therefore, he acted very seriously from the beginning today, conveying to everyone the feeling that "the Heat are very difficult to play, so we have to prepare carefully."

As a result, everyone got out of yesterday's state of abuse and began to prepare for tomorrow's game with the Heat.

Link's caution is not because he is overly nervous, although the Grizzlies have now won nine consecutive games and have the best record in the league.

But he has never forgotten the fact that the Grizzlies lost to the Heat in the second game after the start of the new season.

The Grizzlies have actually experienced the strength of the Heat team.

But as the season progresses, many people forget that the Heat are one of the few teams to defeat the Grizzlies this season.

Ironically, after the Grizzlies lost to the Heat, the ones who criticized the Grizzlies the most were precisely the same media who now look down on the Heat.

In the afternoon, during the media opening period, as always, a large number of reporters poured into the training hall.

Many people are still asking Link about Hachimura's clean sheet yesterday, and they don't care about the Heat.

Also, the Heat may be the team that receives the least attention among the top three teams in the East and West.

Nonsense, two of the starting five are undrafted. It's crazy that such a team can have traffic.

to be honest,

A team still has to have enough weight or enough stars to attract attention.

For civilian teams, no matter how good their record is, it is difficult to capture the hearts of fans.

The Grizzlies only became the most popular team in the league after Link's popularity soared.

"I don't want to talk about yesterday's game. I just want to think about tomorrow's opponent. The Miami Heat are very strong, and I don't have the heart to miss yesterday's victory."

For once, Link did not taunt his opponent before the game, but paid enough attention to it.

He knows that if the Heat players feel they are being underestimated, that group of guys will burst out with greater strength.

Don't ask Link how he knew this, because that's how the grizzlies came here back then.

The more you look down on me, the more I will beat you down!

Many people thought that Link was so cautious because he was on the verge of ten consecutive wins.

But the fact is, whether the next game is about ten consecutive wins or not, Link will not take the Miami Heat lightly.

At the same time, in the second training court of FedEx Arena, the Miami Heat players are also preparing for tomorrow's game.

Everyone on the Heat is very excited, and even without Jimmy Butler or Spoelstra to arouse the mood, the players are full of energy.

After all, they had beaten the Grizzlies once before. This time, they naturally hope to continue their victory against the defending champion.

What's more, fighting tooth and nail in every game is the temperament of today's Miami Heat.

Among them, Kendrick Nunn is the most excited among all Heat players.

Nunn is definitely the most popular undrafted player this season. In his first career game against the Grizzlies, he scored 24 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, making him famous.

Subsequently, Nunn's performance did not disappoint people.

In the first five games of this season, Nunn scored a total of 112 points. These 112 points allowed him to surpass Wade and Beasley and rank first in the total points scored by a rookie player in the Heat's history in the first five games.

In fact, not only in the history of the Heat, but also in the entire league, Nunn is also the first player since Durant in the 2007-08 season to score more than 100 points in the first five games of his career.

The undrafted player has been increasingly compared to Link, even though he and Link have very different positions and playing styles.

But people are very happy to assign the title of "the strongest undrafted player after Link" to Nunn.

Nunn is currently working towards this goal. Eight out of ten undrafted players regard Link as their psychological support. Nunn is also one of the majority.

So facing his idol again, Nunn felt that his whole body was full of strength.

In the afternoon confrontation training, Nunn used his super high three-point shooting percentage to severely damage the first bench team led by Butler.

At the last moment, if Butler hadn't turned the tide, Nunn would have led the team to victory.

Although Butler eventually led the team to win the training match, Nunn's outstanding form surprised Butler even more.

This guy is really playing like an All-Star.

Nunn's confidence on the court also makes Butler appreciate it very much.

A few days ago, Nunn publicly stated that he is more qualified to win the Rookie of the Year award than Zion Williamson, the No. 1 pick in the draft.

Many people believe that Nunn is overestimating his abilities.

Yet, that’s Nunn’s character. He is not afraid of anything. He is confident in facing any opponent, no matter how strong he is. He dares to fight and fight hard.

Being strong when faced with a strong situation is the characteristic of that boy.

After the training match, Spoelstra also announced the disbandment of the team. From now on until tomorrow's pre-match preparations, it is the players' rest time.

But Nunn, who had just finished the training match and was still sweating profusely, immediately found several trainers and told him to continue to practice his shooting.

Butler then leaned in, preparing to stay and practice with Nunn.

"Aren't you tired? Why don't you take a rest first?"

After hearing Butler's voice, Nunn turned around and smiled: "Didn't someone say that? I will have plenty of time to rest after I die."

"That's what Charles Barkley said."

"Yes, Charles. This guy has been talking nonsense all his life, but this is the only thing that makes sense."

"Don't practice too late today. You'll have enough trouble tomorrow night. Save some energy." Butler reminded Nunn after starting shooting practice.

As soon as Butler finished speaking, he froze on the spot.

He suddenly remembered that Link often said such things to him before.

Having said that, Butler feels that he and Nunn now are really like Link and himself back then...

"Hey, Jimmy."

"Um?"

"Are you familiar with Link?"

"Of course, we experienced the first dynasty together." Butler smiled, even though he has been out for many years, even though he is now rude to the Grizzlies.

But in fact, in his heart, the memory of Memphis is still the one he cherishes the most.

"So, what kind of guy is Link?" Nunn looked at Butler. It was obvious that the undrafted player was full of curiosity about Link, the "god man".

"Link?" Butler touched his chin and thought for a moment: "A villain, a guy you hate as an opponent, but you like him very much as a teammate. He is one of the hardest-working players I have ever seen on the basketball court. He also has the strongest desire to win. I don’t know, Link can’t sum it up clearly in one or two sentences. What? Why do you ask this?”

When Butler looked at Nunn, he found that the guy was counting on his fingers one by one.

"Desire to win, villain, hard work, undrafted... Damn, I have all these traits! It seems that I really may become the next best undrafted person, hahahahahaha! Tomorrow , let Link take a good look at our strength!"

"Um..." Butler thought there would be some more profound conversation, but he didn't know...

Forget it, that’s Nunn’s character. This guy is not arrogant, just a little optimistic.

And judging from Nunn's state today, Butler believes that this guy is definitely capable of causing trouble for the Grizzlies.

So Butler took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Link.

The content was simple, but Link's blood was boiling.

"Be prepared, the second generation of bad boys are coming."

"Bad boy?" Link stared at the phone screen and smiled.

No matter how bad a person is, he can only submit to FedEx Arena.

The ten-game winning streak is getting more and more interesting.

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