On November 26, after the NBA officially announced the suspension, all teams immediately started pre-season training camps. Now less than a month before the start of the NBA new season, all teams immediately became busy.

Then a very embarrassing thing is that many teams find that they simply don’t have enough people to attend the pre-season training camp for the new season!

Since the free agent market and transfer market have not yet been opened, most players have not signed contracts, so there are often cases where a team has only a few people.

This includes Link. His contract has expired, and according to the rules, he is not allowed to participate in the Grizzlies' pre-season training camp for the time being.

When Link returned to Memphis with great enthusiasm but was told that he could only wait until the contract was signed before participating in training, Link really wanted to scold all those who made these boring rules.

Link had to rent a training hall and stayed in shape by himself. The day before the free agent market opened, on December 7, the NBA officially announced the schedule of this season.

The regular season of this season will start from the end of December to the end of April. Although the regular season has been reduced by nearly two months, the number of games has not shrunk much. This season, the players still have 66 games to play! Compared to the normal season, there are only 16 games less!

The game was two months late, but the number of games was only one month short. It was equivalent to the league's extra month of games coming in, and the average division was in the season. It seemed that the league was also crazy to recover the losses.

This arrangement of the schedule has led to back-to-back becoming the norm in the competition. The so-called "back-to-back" is the situation of three consecutive games, which will happen frequently this season! Of course, there are also some arrangements for 4 games in 5 days and 4 games, which are common.

In all the schedules, the league has arranged a total of 42 back-to-back games, which means that each team has at least one round of back-to-back games, and some have more than one round!

In the back-to-back competition, the league has arranged a total of 529 games!

Next season, Link believes that it will be a miserable season for many teams. The intensive schedule will greatly increase the risk of players being injured. Link must also protect himself. If he is injured, everything will be wasted.

For professional players, the biggest enemy is not your opponent, but injury!

A day later, on December 8, Link signed the three-year contract in Chris Wallace's office. Jeff Austin had already expressed his intention to sign a contract with any team, so the Grizzlies had not yet released the offer from other teams, and the Grizzlies were the first to renew the contract with Link.

"I hope we can go further in the past three years, Link." After signing the contract, Chris Wallace's nerves that had been tense for more than half a year finally relaxed.

As long as you can grasp the core, the subsequent operation will not be difficult.

Link finally let out a big sigh. Now, he can finally practice with the team!

That afternoon, Link finally met Jimmy Butler for the first time in Chris Wallace's office.

As soon as the transfer market opened, the deal between Mayo and Butler was immediately reached. After all, the two teams had reached an agreement long ago and were just waiting for the league to review. So this year's pre-season training camp, Mayo went directly to Brooklyn to report. Jimmy Butler will go to Memphis to sign his rookie contract.

Butler was still quite immature at this time. His simple buzz cut and happy smile made it really difficult for Link to associate him with the stars who are in the league in the future.

However, if the Grizzlies want to see Jimmy Butler play their role, they may have to wait for a while.

After signing Jimmy Butler, Chris Wallace renewed the contract with Sean Butler without stopping.

In the original history, Battier went to the Heat this offseason. The move to let Battier go easily is also considered one of the worst operations of the Grizzlies that year.

But in this history, Bathir is interested in the Grizzlies. He really wants to see what kind of sparks he and the Grizzlies can create. The Grizzlies don't want to easily break up the team that reached the Western Conference Finals last season.

Therefore, the two sides hit it off and renewed the contract again. Then, Wallace took advantage of Sam Young, who was squeezed out of the opportunity last season, and changed from the Hornets to the energetic second-year defender Quincy Pondsett Pondsett again. It seems that Wallace really wants to make the Grizzlies a wall.

The Grizzlies' signings went smoothly, but for some teams, the belated transfer market is not that good.

First of all, the Mavericks, who just won the championship last season, have dispersed this season's lineup.

Tyson Chandler traveled to New York City for 58 million in four years, and Barria, Stevenson, Butler and others also left one after another. Cuban was obviously unwilling to spend too much money on them, and instead replaced them with cheaper Odom and Old Carter.

But to be honest, Chandler's role in the Mavericks last season was not something that others could just replace.

Speaking of Odom, we have to talk about the even more tragic Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers originally put Gasol, Odom and others on the shelves to welcome Chris Paul.

As a result, the league rejected the deal with a "basketball reason".

At this time, the Hornets had no boss and were in the league custody state. The Cavaliers boss complained in a joint letter, saying that the small city had no human rights, Balabara, and it was a mess of the Lakers' deal.

In the end, Paul did not combine with Kobe as he wished, but instead switched to the Los Angeles Clippers. Although he still came to Los Angeles and Staples, the ending was very different.

This makes the Lakers feel embarrassed. It is equivalent to the player who is put on the shelves and is backed up again, making both sides of the person who is not a human being.

It's okay for Gasol, but Espanyol's mentality has always been very peaceful. Although he was more or less hurt, he is still willing to get along with the Lakers management.

As for Odom, the Lakers simply threw him to Dallas. Dallas won the sixth man of the best season with just one trading exception and the first round draft pick in 2012, which is equivalent to free gifts from the Lakers.

Odom's mentality collapsed directly, and his heart was not as strong as Gasol. Link can already "predict" what kind of cliff-jumping decline this sixth man last season will soon usher in.

Overall, for most strong teams, their trades have failed this year. The Clippers are undoubtedly the most profitable. People have begun to look forward to the chemical reaction that Paul and Griffin scored 20+10 in the rookie season in the new season.

On the Grizzlies' lineup can only be said to be a minor repair. While retaining the core lineup, the depth of the bench was slightly improved.

After all, there are no big free agents this year, and the Grizzlies' core lineup is already good. After all, it is a Western Conference Finals-level team and there is no need to trade core players. What's more, Guy is back this year, and people have reason to believe that the Grizzlies can go further.

Some media even claimed that "The Memphis Grizzlies are the team with the most powerful players!"

After the chaos in the trading market, training camps and preseasons also followed. Since the pre-season preparation period was very short this year, there were only two preseason games.

However, it was these two games that cast a shadow on the prospects of the Grizzlies' new season.

In the first game against the Timberwolves, Conley sprained ankle and was sure to miss the beginning of the regular season of the new season.

The Hornets who did not play in the second game, Darrell Arthur had a ruptured Achilles tendon and were directly reimbursed for the season

Conley is fine, after all, ankle sprain is not a big problem. But seeing Arthur's Achilles tendon rupture, Link is really uncomfortable. Even a superstar can't stand the injury of Achilles tendon rupture, let alone Arthur.

So, the biggest enemy of professional players is injuries.

Link had previously said that many teams would encounter trouble this season, but unexpectedly, the Grizzlies became the first team to encounter trouble.
Chapter completed!