Four Hundred and Seventy: I Just Want to Play a Ball...

The 2002-2003 season was the third year for Grant Hill to come to the Magic. In the first two years, however, he only played 18 games for the Magic in total. . . .

Tracy McGrady, who was originally his deputy, has now become a popular fried chicken in the league. These juniors such as Iverson and Kobe have also become the new generation idols of the league. Grant Hill? Everyone thought this guy was screwed.

Under enormous pressure, Hill once again opted for a comeback before the season began. This time, he swore that his ankle was completely fine. He didn't want to take such a high salary and ended up lying in the hospital bed to receive the money.

So, Hill really played a high-profile performance that year.

In the third game against the Timberwolves after the start of the new season, Hill scored 27 points. After four consecutive games, Hill scored 21 points, 28 points, 29 points and 21 points respectively. He smashed the rumors with practical actions!

He can still fight!

Then, 22 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, 20 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists, 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists... Hill's state has improved step by step, and people now believe that the "Devil Mountain" targeting Jordan has returned.

Some people have even begun to discuss, when will his first triple-double of the new season arrive! Can he and McGrady replicate the myth of Jordan + Pippen back then, even if it's now replaced by Hill as Pippen!

Link still remembers how excited he was when he watched Hill recover from game to game.

But in the end, people didn't see the Jordan-Pippen combination reappear in Orlando, nor did they wait for Grant Hill's first triple-double of the season. In January 2003, after playing his 29th game of the season, Hill couldn't move again.

The Magic's official announcement is the same as the previous two years, and the meaning has not changed at all. "Hill has a recurrence of an old ankle injury and has to undergo surgery. He will miss all games for the rest of the season."

Again, season reimbursement.

After returning home, recalling what happened to Hill in the 2002-03 season, Link felt a pity. That might be the last time Hill played in the style of his youth. Because when Hill comes back later, he has become a veteran who plays with his head.

But after the regret, Link was a little more happy. At least Grant Hill, who was still healthy in the 2002-03 season, was in great shape! At that time, Hill's statistics were similar to those of Link now.

But since Link has combined himself and Hill's abilities in the past so many seasons, his current comprehensive strength is higher than Hill's in the 2002-03 season!

Hill in the 2002-03 season has lost the fastest first step in the league, but is still one of the fastest first steps. He lost the league's top athletic ability, but he was still able to fly!

He is elegant, polite, strong, and personable, but anyone who has watched him play knows that Hill is completely a suit thug!

Yes, Hill at that time was quite brutal on the court. It wasn't Hill's style at the time, to play with the shot and the brain slowly. Link looked at his hands, eager to try.

After the upgrade, Link has dunked several times on the practice court. His biggest feeling is that his body is really a lot lighter, and the acceleration and absolute speed are much faster than before. Change direction fast enough to break through like a defender!

What about dunks? With a single jump, you can jump high! And this is Link just finished the game, and then practiced for an hour and a half. Link believes he can become more brutal if he has enough energy!

So tonight, Link was too excited to sleep. He knows that only by practicing in actual combat can he see his full strength now.

Link couldn't wait for the confrontational training the next day.

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"What? Only run tactics?"

Link waited all night, but unexpectedly, Stevens' training arrangement today was quite "Buddhist".

"Yeah, the running tactics are good. The schedule in January is too dense, and everyone is working very hard. Our main goal now is to ensure the integrity of the lineup and ensure that everyone is healthy before the playoffs." Stevens Answering Link with a smile, Link has no temper.

Still, Stevens' strategy does make sense. Now the Grizzlies have a record of 35 wins and 6 losses, ranking first in the league, and the Clippers, which are second, have pulled a gap of 4 wins.

You know, the Clippers did not lose a game in December, winning 16 straight games. Even so, the Clippers are 4 games behind the Grizzlies.

Therefore, the current record of the Grizzlies can really be described as a word of peace of mind.

That being the case, the Grizzlies don't have to work so hard before every game. Ensuring the integrity and stability of the team is the best choice.

What's more, the Grizzlies' opponent in the next game is still the Magic that is entering the reconstruction, so Stevens is more Buddhist.

Link lowered his head in disappointment, without confrontational training and simply running tactics, he would have no way to experiment with his current abilities.

Stevens didn't work here, so Link went to find his teammates with the basketball.

"Andrew, let's go heads-up!" Link first found Iguodala. Iguodala has excellent athletic ability and can best compare with him heads-up. But Iguodala was busy practicing strength and couldn't get away.

"Go to Tony, Link." This was Iguodala's reply to Link.

Then, Link went to Mr. Tony with the basketball again. Tony Allen looked Link up and down with his chin up, like an old detective. Finally, he shook his head.

"You kid took the initiative to find someone to fight one-on-one, you must have no good intentions! I'm not fooled, I'm going to beat you to find Jimmy."

Link was sent away again.

Jimmy Butler is full of passion, and he is not afraid of being abused, but he is afraid of not playing. Link thought to himself, he would definitely accept his proposal to go head to head!

As a result, Jimmy Butler and Nick Young were the first to hit.

"We're busy, Link, go find someone else."

Link stood in the center of the training hall holding the basketball, quite speechless. I just want to play a ball, is it that hard...

After returning home at night, Link was quite depressed. The most annoying thing is that Kong has a skill but has nowhere to use it. It's like playing the NBA2K game, you obviously have the character's krypton gold to 90 ability, but Sabie's computer coach still asks you to be a substitute and doesn't let you play it, you are out of breath.

Depressed, Link and Rachel video chatted while watching the basketball program to pass the time.

Just when Link was bored, on the TV, Charles Barkley threw a topic that interested Link.

"The day after tomorrow, the Orlando Magic will play at FedEx Arena."

"So what about Charles? The Magic is at the bottom of the Eastern Conference now, and the Grizzlies are the league's No. 1. There is no suspense in this game." Kenny Smith waved his hand and said he was not interested in this game.

"It's not necessarily without suspense. After all, this is the first time Rudy Gay has returned to the FedEx Arena this season, and he's playing against Link. Don't you expect that there will be any sparks between them? ' Barkley gave a mean smile, then pulled out a stack of newspapers.

"At the beginning of the season, when the Grizzlies were on their best start with just a few games, countless media outlets and newspapers said that the Grizzlies made the right decision to trade Rudy Gay. Read between the lines. Gay is worth nothing. Do you think Gay can't see this? Also, there's a lot of sources saying that Gay doesn't like the Grizzlies. He wanted to leave when he first became a free agent, but ended up staying for the money Come down. Now that he's finally gone, and facing the Grizzlies again, do you think Guy can really take it easy?"

"So what do you mean?" Kenny Smith looked at Barkley with interest.

Barkley smiled smugly, "I mean, if Rudy Gay really broke out at FedEx Arena, the Magic might be really upset. Of course, it depends on whether Linken is willing to let himself. The former teammates exploded. The showdown the day after tomorrow will be more exciting than everyone imagined!"

Link smiled, Hill, Magic, Guy... Maybe it's fate.

It seems that I still leave the strength to my former teammates.