The 2011 NBA draft was indeed a bit deserted because on the same day, the player representatives met with the bosses for 4 hours. The players were all wearing the same gray shirts with the words "persistence" printed on their chests, expressing their tough stance to the league and insisting on the proposal made by the Players' Union to refuse to reduce the salary by $500 million in five years.

But the final result is that the negotiations have not made any progress. The two sides agreed to hold negotiations again on June 28 and 30. If it is not successful, the free agent market will not open and the NBA will officially come to a halt!

Against this background, the popularity of the draft plummeted. But even so, one or two news stories attracted people's attention. For example, Mayo was traded by the Grizzlies to the Brooklyn Nets!

"The trading rumors about Mayo have been going on since the middle of last season, but everything was calm last season and nothing happened. Just when everyone thought Mayo would continue to play for the Grizzlies, Chris Wallace suddenly took action!"

"Mao is thrown away like a burden. His playing style and current state are not very suitable for the Grizzlies. Moreover, the Grizzlies have also found the player they really want to train Link! Look at the chips of the Nets, the Grizzlies almost sent Mayo to Brooklyn for free. This shows how much the Grizzlies want to get rid of their Tanhua Show."

"I hope Mayo can find good form in Brooklyn, because next season will be the last year of his rookie contract. Whether he can sign a big contract depends on Mayo's performance in Brooklyn next year! I hope Mayo can perform well enough around Deron."

Although Mayo is no longer a superstar that is highly anticipated, he has been popular after all. It still shocked people to be traded suddenly at the draft.

But in this deal, no one cares about Jimmy Butler. Many people even don’t know which character Jimmy Butler is.

But this overlooked rookie is exactly the focus of the Grizzlies' deal!

Chris Wallace believes that Jimmy Butler can be trained to be the next Tony Allen. But a rookie's true performance is often thousands of miles away from the template.

At the beginning, Mayo was considered to be the upper limit of Jordan and Kobe.

In any case, after the draft was over, Link's heart was finally relieved. After that, he could start to enjoy his holiday life with peace of mind.

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"You can't refuse me this time, Link. The offseason has come, and you can't use training as an excuse anymore."

Randolph kept pressing on the phone, leaving Link with no chance to make a quibble.

The incident happened two days after the draft. The bored Link found Randolph and asked him what arrangements he had. And he had prepared professional fishing gear and prepared to go to the Mississippi River to harvest.

As a result, Randolph told Link this time, "Fishing? Do you really think that NBA players only have fishing during their holidays?"

“Apart from fishing, do you have any better activities to recommend?”

"Are you interested in the auction? In New York."

"I'm not interested, I don't buy things, and I don't play with collecting them." Link curled his lips. Link had only seen things like auctions on TV.

"You are stupid. The auction is just a cover. The dinner after the auction is the beginning of the real exciting moment! In order to support the auction, the organizer invited many celebrities to participate. As a famous player of the New York Knicks, I was naturally invited. Link, who would be very lively that night, I decided to bring you with me, you should thank me!"

"I Cao" Hearing Randolph say this, Link deeply experienced what it means to be invincible! He is also a well-known New York player, and the famous New York cancer is almost the same.

"Let's go, I'll take you guys to see the scene. After all, he's a little star. You can't go fishing in the Mississippi River every day."

"I'll consider it, Zach. I'll give you a reply to it in the evening, okay?" Link waved his hand. He was really not interested in what dinner party, and he was not interested in knowing celebrities.

As a result, before the afternoon was over, Randolph called again. So the previous conversation came.

"You can't refuse me this time, Link. The offseason has come, and you can't use training as an excuse."

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"Besides, it will be good for you to know more people. Your career will last for at most 20 years. If you retire after 20 years, don't you find any other way out? Do business, play music, etc."

"My career is just the first year, Zach." Link was speechless. Randolph could use any excuse to "deceive" himself.

"I swear if you go with me, I will never stuff popcorn into your closet again."

"Let's go!" Link made a rough calculation. Randolph stuffed popcorn in his car twice this season and popcorn in the locker six times.

He is like a giant baby, and he is happy with this kind of prank. After all, Link is a newcomer, so it is normal to be beaten. Link can already imagine Jimmy Butler's "happy life" in his first year with the Grizzlies.

Now, there is finally an opportunity to avoid pranks, Link didn't think about it and had to seize it!

It seems that the banner that was pranked by Randolph in the future will be handed over to Jimmy Butler from Link's shoulders.

In this way, Link started his first trip to the New York auction since the start of the holiday.

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When talking about New York, the first thing Link thinks of is the Knicks, Nets, Spike Lee, Ewing, Anthony, and Rock Park, all of which are basketball tags.

Although the Knicks have been operating in average in recent years, everyone must admit that New York is indeed a basketball hometown. The basketball atmosphere here is very good and the basketball heritage is also very strong.

However, in Randolph's eyes, New York was completely different from Link. If he had only basketball in his eyes, Randolph would not have been beaten up as a cancer in New York.

The lights and wine are bright and the night is not sleepy, and the world of flowers is just what New York looks like in Randolph.

Link stood in the auction hall in a suit, always feeling out of place. Most of the female stars? He didn't know anyone. A certain member of the parliament, so-called official, and even Link couldn't even call out his name.

Although several people occasionally say hello to Link, it is embarrassing that Link usually doesn't know who the other party is

Some people know each other, and the famous New York director Spike Lee was on the scene today. In addition, Link also saw Jay-z, a big shot in New York rap industry. However, there were always people around them, and Link didn't know how to chat with them.

For a moment, Link really felt that he might as well go fishing on the Mississippi River!

During the entire auction, Link stood there, holding a wine glass. He didn't know what to do except say hello to others occasionally!

Randolph? That guy has disappeared from the beginning of the auction. God knows who he is going to talk about life with.

Originally, Link had never attended such an American gathering. Most of the so-called stars, bosses and officials on the scene did not recognize them. Let's leave early, it's not good, and it feels like a big shot.

So Link was so distressed, waiting for the banquet to end, and then he cleaned up Randolph.

"Can you have a drink with you?" Just then, Link heard someone calling him around him. He turned his head to look, but his eyes were attracted by a deep groove.

"Damn!" Link's Adam's apple slid up and down, and he was swallowing!

Link immediately looked away embarrassedly, and then he saw the face of the woman in front of him. The woman's appearance was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember what her name was.

After looking at the deep land and looking at the face of others, Link realized his rudeness and immediately responded respectfully, "This is my honor, ma'am, my name is Link, a player of the Memphis Grizzlies."

"I know you, boy." The woman was not angry, but became proud of Link's reaction just now. "I have watched your game this year. You are really a big dark horse. I didn't expect that I would meet you here. My name is Alisa Dushku. Your attention seems to be completely not on the wine glass. Link. Where are you looking?"
Chapter completed!