During the confrontational training that afternoon, Whiteside showed his good physical talent in front of everyone on the Grizzlies.

His big hands and long arms allow him to be like a human rebounding vacuum cleaner. As long as he raises his arms, the rebound will be sucked like a magnet.

His defensive position is pretty good, and he is very active in the defense, and he can often complete exaggerated flights in the defense.

However, Whiteside's single defense is a bit worrying. Gasol has scored three consecutive goals on his head, and he was dizzy every time.

Whiteside wants to prove himself too much. He seems to be eager to slap his opponent's basketball into the audience every time he defends. But this mentality will instead make him passive when facing the top inside.

And tomorrow's Duncan will only be more cunning than Gasol.

As for offense, Whitesided is equivalent to no. His feel is actually relatively soft and he can hook, but in addition to the feel, Whiteside's other technical movements are simply disaster.

NBA-level offense is usually a combination and connection of several technical movements. If you have a good feel, you can't become a scoring master.

This leads to Whiteside being able to score with dunks, and as Joggle said, Whiteside is not even able to play the most basic pick-and-roll now. He doesn't know how to change the pick-and-roll strategy under different circumstances.

However, since he had just been on the first day of the Grizzlies, this shortcoming is understandable.

Overall, Whiteside's performance was quite outstanding, exceeding the expectations of many Grizzlies players. Even Conley, who has always been cautious, has eaten Whiteside's hot pot during training today.

How he scored 24 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks in the last game in the Development League? Today, he played on the training ground.

However, it can be seen on the court that Whiteside does have old problems, such as sometimes not focusing, such as being immature in mind, always thinking about blocking shots instead of effectively protecting the basket.

Perhaps, Whiteside is still eager to copy his NCAA data averaged 5.4 blocks per game to NBA. But he didn't understand that NBA players are not comparable to student players.

In the end, Whiteside completed the training at least and respected the Grizzlies' seniors, and did not appear to refuse to direct such a weird incident when he was in the King.

Whiteside himself knows how important the next game is for a player like him.

He has not been unaware of the situation of the Grizzlies. Although the current defending champions' record of 10 wins and 2 losses is still very good, their dominance is declining, which is an indisputable fact.

As long as he can solve the Grizzlies' urgent needs, he can get a contract that lasts until the end of the season!

Whiteside knows this better than anyone else.

Just as Whiteside finished his day of training and was about to go back to the rental house to rest, Link came up and patted Whiteside on the shoulder.

"Hello, Link." Whiteside saw that it was the team boss looking for him and immediately smiled.

Although he and Link entered the league in the same year, the two have a very different position in the team now.

"It's good today, Hassan. By the way, I heard you have a good game."

"Uh, I just like to play, hehe." Whiteside scratched his head embarrassedly.

"That's great. Do you have time tonight? Play 2k with me. After Nick Young left this summer, no one played games with me."

"Ah?" Whiteside was a little confused. The outside world said that Link was a villain. Before coming to the Grizzlies, Whiteside was also mentally prepared to get along with the villain.

But unexpectedly, Link was so enthusiastic about the newcomers.

"Don't have time? Then forget it, I'll ask someone else." Link waved his hand and prepared to leave.

Whiteside naturally would not miss this opportunity to have a good relationship with the team boss. He is very clear about Link's status in the Grizzlies. If Link appreciates himself, maybe the Grizzlies will sign with him until the end of the season in order to make Link happy!

So he pressed Link on the shoulder, "Of course, of course there is time."

"Very good, then wait for me in the locker room after the training." Link smiled. He had to deal with childish people in a childish way.

After the training, everyone went home early. Due to the outbreak of injuries across the league this season, Jogel now controls the players' training time very strictly.

If you want to practice more, it is definitely impossible. What's more, it's still the case that you have to play a game tomorrow.

So, even Jimmy Butler, a madman who has trained, has to go home obediently after training.

Link took Whiteside into his car. Fortunately, Link drove a SV today, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get a person like Whiteside.

In the car, Link introduced Whiteside to the street scene along the way, which gave Whiteside a preliminary understanding of the city of Memphis.

But Link didn't mention tomorrow's game at all, and didn't say anything like "You must come on, don't make mistakes."

He knew that for people like Whiteside, too formal and serious conversations would not work.

After arriving at home, Link immediately turned on the PS4 game console and turned on the NBA2k game.

Whiteside picked up the handle and became excited in an instant. He couldn't wait to see if 2k had added itself to the Grizzlies' roster.

Select the Grizzlies and open the lineup list. As expected, Whiteside's name appears!

But soon, Whiteside's smile disappeared. Because the rating behind his name was only 59!

In the 2k15 game, Whiteside's rating didn't even reach 60!

Holding the unhappiness in his heart, Whiteside and Link started the game.

Whiteside chose the Grizzlies, while Link deliberately chose tomorrow's opponent Spurs.

After Whiteside came on the court, Whiteside naturally couldn't wait to use his character.

As a result, he found that he could hardly use a batch of them and could not continue to use them at all!

During the game, when Link used Parker to break through the penalty area, Whiteside found that he could not rush back to the basket to defend immediately, and the speed was too slow!

Later, Whiteside used Conley to pass an air relay to himself, but Whiteside did not receive the ball at all! Conley's passing attributes are 92, and there is also a badge initiated by free contact. Logically, it should be easy to complete the air relay cooperation.

But Whiteside's catch attribute is only 50, which makes him unable to get Conley's pass at all.

Link found that Whiteside was almost angry and threw the handle. He knew that the time was about to ripe.

Next, Link operated Duncan to take offensive rebound from Whiteside, and then passed it to Leonard. Leonard broke through directly, rushed in and ignored Whiteside's dunk!

It's so miserable!

"God, this can't be me at all!" Seeing myself in the game stupidly being blocked by Leonard, Whiteside pressed the pause button in anger.

"The rating of 59, the block attribute is only 61, and the defensive rebound is only 75! Oh my God, this is so insulting!"

"Well, I think that's the case, the 2k score is too shit. I want me to say, based on your performance in training today, your ability value score will be at least 85." Link smiled and began to fool!

The same thing is true: to deal with naive people, you must use naive methods.

"Yes, even you think so!" Whiteside was very excited, as if he had found a confidant.

"But I think it's useless. You have to let everyone see your value. Tomorrow's game, Hassan, must not mess it up. Don't think about extra things, just do your defense and rebounds well, and then stay calm at any time. I believe that after tomorrow, 2k will update your ability value rating."

"I will do my best, Link, I'm here in Memphis for this! Look, I will make my 2k ability value soar continuously! Tomorrow, I will stop everyone who dares to break into the penalty area, and I will grab every rebound for you! I know what I should do, don't worry!" Whiteside stared at his attribute interface, gritting his teeth.

Some people's biggest motivation for playing basketball is the champion, some people's biggest motivation for playing basketball is money, while Whiteside's biggest motivation for playing basketball is purely to improve the 2k ability value.

I have to say that Whiteside is really a weird person and really naive.

But as long as he can perform on the court, what if he is a little weird?
Chapter completed!