Three Hundred and Seventy-One: They Are Quite Ambitious

After the long holiday last year, this offseason this year seems particularly short. After all, this year's offseason is two full months shorter than last year's offseason after the lockout.

Link feels that he hasn't enjoyed the happy time of the holiday much, and the pre-season training camp for the new season is about to start.

But Link didn't feel a pity at all, on the contrary, he was a little excited. It can be said that since he was eliminated in the Western Conference Finals in June, Link has been looking forward to the arrival of the new season.

At this time, the time has come to September, and there is less than a month before the start of the new season training camp. At this time, most players began to post their own training photos on the Internet, began to control their diet, and began to correct their body shape.

However, Link has already done this. His body has been maintained very well throughout the summer, and his state has always been in combat mode. Except for the half-month period at the end of June when Link didn't pay much attention to his diet, he spent the rest of the holiday urging himself according to the requirements of the season.

Even if Link is directly asked to play the game now, there is no big problem.

Link was still thinking about whether to continue playing basketball with Jimmy Butler this afternoon. But unexpectedly, Zach Randolph was the first to call Link.

"See you in the training hall this afternoon, man, we have to start preparing for the new season."

Link was a little surprised to hear Randolph say this. There are still twenty days before the pre-season training camp. How could Randolph give up his precious holiday time and start training early?

"What's wrong with you buddy? Are you tired of all the nightclubs and can only go to the training hall?" Link and Randolph joked.

"Nightclub? I don't believe it. I haven't been there for a month. I've been trying to keep fit recently. Now, it's time to touch the basketball."

"Keep... in shape..." Link couldn't believe that these words would come out of Zach Randolph's mouth.

Link remembers the first time he saw Randolph at the start of training camp last year, and the guy was almost a ball. It took Lionel Hollins a lot of effort to bring Randolph back to normal.

But even so, Randolph looked bloated on the court last season.

It's hard for you to say whether Randolph became very prone to injuries last season because of his bloated body, which led to his diving throughout the season.

Is this a guy who had to rely on the supervision of his coach to lose weight, and this year he actually said that he spent a month in advance to maintain his figure?

"Are you coming? Or do you want to accompany your little reporter girlfriend?"

"Where the hell is my little girlfriend, what time is this afternoon?"

"Start at two o'clock, practice until night. By the way, remember to bring a few more jerseys." Speaking of this, Randolph paused, "Because we may completely soak the jerseys."

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, when Link saw Randolph shooting in a private basketball gym, he was stunned.

The muscular arms, the capable body, and even the belly that is usually full of fat, can now vaguely see four small lumps.

Link looked at Randolph, unable to say a word for a long time. Is this fucking Zach Randolph? You said he was Randolph's cousin Lin Keduxin.

Seeing Link's surprised expression, Randolph became complacent, "How is it? Next season, you should get rid of the nickname Z-BO. From now on, the commentator will call me Skinny Zack."

"What have you experienced this summer? Your figure looks better than when you played last season!" Link walked up to hug Randolph, and took a close look at his muscles by the way.

The real deal!

"Hey, last season was really... too embarrassing! So this summer, I gave myself a little push. I hope I can help next season." Randolph smiled wryly,

As soon as he thought of the experience of last season, he began to shake his head vigorously.

Averaged 11.5 points per game, a career low since 2003. Averaged 8 rebounds per game, the lowest data in the past seven years. The playoffs averaged only 13.7 points per game. You must know that a season ago, he averaged 22.2 points per game in the playoffs.

Randolph's diving decline last season was also one of the reasons why Link had to be pushed to the core position. There is really no one on the team, even if it is a second grader.

Randolph's poor performance last season caused him to be attacked by the media. People say that the sweet fairy tale between Randolph and the Grizzlies will end here. Some people also said that Randolph actually played very seriously, but once this professional player is over 30, his state will start to decline. Some people slide slowly, while others dive directly, and Randolph belongs to the latter.

In any case, Randolph no longer has much deterrent power in the hearts of the media, and he is no longer considered a big killer for the Grizzlies by opponents.

Don't look at Randolph's usual laughing and joking, but he must be very dissatisfied with these remarks.

Now, when the team is changing drastically and rushing for higher honors, Randolph will not allow himself to be just a spectator. He must get back to his original state and contribute to the Grizzlies.

After all, he really loves this city and this team.

Link smiled and patted Randolph on the arm. It seems that next season, I will have another reliable scoring point by my side.

On the training ground, Link could clearly see the change in Randolph's state. His more capable body brings him more flexible movement and more complete shooting movements.

Link even compared three-point shots with Randolph, and found that this guy's three-point shooting has improved again.

It's not stable, but it's okay to take a cold shot once in a while.

Of course, Randolph was also surprised by Link's progress. It can be said that after returning from the offseason every year, Randolph found that Link would rise to a higher level.

Link's figure is much better now than before. He was just a small bamboo pole before, but now he looks a lot stronger. The development trajectory of Link's figure is completely based on Antetokounmpo who will enter the league in the future.

Link also performed his windmill dunk for Randolph today, which almost shocked Randolph's jaw. In the past, Link could indeed dunk, but that was nothing. It is not uncommon for NBA players to dunk.

But now, Link's athletic ability has improved by leaps and bounds! Randolph found it a little inconceivable that it is difficult to make significant progress in something that requires talent like athletic ability, and it cannot be improved by hard work alone.

However, from the time when Link struggled with the fast break to being able to dunk with a windmill... He really wanted to know how that guy trained.

"How? Maybe I can even participate in the dunk contest."

"Haha, if you participate in the slam dunk contest, I will give you a prop. You will definitely get full marks for performing a fly-by Zack."

In the afternoon, Mike Conley also joined Link and Randolph in training. Conley's figure is also maintained very well. In Link's mind, Conley has always been a very professional player. He makes few mistakes and never seems to get angry. Conley has never had a technical foul so far in his career.

Conley has gradually improved every year, and this year is no exception. His shooting consistency is significantly better, of course, he is still a traditional point guard, mainly pass the ball.

However, what Conley said this year moved Link very much, "I hope next season, I can also be selected for the All-Star team, even if it is a substitute."

It seems that the low-key Mike Conley is also ready to kill the Quartet.

This year, everyone seems to be attaching great importance to the new season. Everyone knows that Robert Pera's tossing this summer is not so simple to let the Grizzlies continue to stop in the Western Conference Finals.

The resources are all given to you, so the players naturally have no reason to be lazy. So everybody worked really hard this summer, everybody was ambitious.

When a fearsome grizzly becomes horny, it becomes unstoppable.

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