NBA peak

Chapter 705 The ratings skyrocketed

Morant is now the only indispensable member of the Grizzlies.

He has many advantages. In the regular season, the Grizzlies only won 15 of the 4 games Morant missed.

Moreover, many of the team's data showed an exponential decline when Morant was absent from the game.

This shows how important Morant is to the Grizzlies today.

The Grizzlies are inseparable from Morant on both offense and defense.

Morant has surpassed the previous core of the Grizzlies in terms of personal attack power and team connection, and was traded to the Jazz's Mike Conley.

However, as a third-year player, Morant also has many problems.

The body is thin, the resistance is insufficient, and the technical level is insufficient, especially the three-pointer. There are obvious shortcomings. This is why the Grizzlies can only be ranked eighth in the West.

In addition, mistakes are also a very important shortcoming of Morant.

He averaged 3.3 turnovers per game, which is slightly high in the league, and he occupies the ninth place in the turnover list.

Morant's style of play is aggressive with a hint of elegance, which means that he will not make too few mistakes.

However, if Morant wants to grow into a superstar, this aspect still needs to be strengthened.

The last is Morant's big heart ability.

Morant has played for the Grizzlies for three years and has never completed a lore.

Moreover, the final anxious moment of every game is the moment when Morant makes concentrated mistakes.

His style of play is a double-edged sword. If he uses it well, he will kill people, but if he uses it badly, he will destroy his future.

But in any case, Morant is the hope of the Grizzlies' revival. As long as the Grizzlies can firmly grasp Morant, the magical point guard, they have the confidence to defeat all enemies in the future.

The first VS the eighth.

According to the official playoff schedule announced by the NBA, the series between the Lakers and the Grizzlies will be held as the first game to open the playoffs this season.

At the opening ceremony of the playoffs, Tatum, the acting president of the league, came to the scene in person and delivered a short press conference.

Almost all the media came to the Staples Arena to report on Tatum's appointment conference live.

Although he is only the acting president, Tatum has actually controlled most of the real power of the league president.

Xiao Hua pretended to be sick, nothing more than trying to delay time.

Tatum is actively confronting Xiao Hua's minions in private.

If there is no big moth, the day Xiao Hua is discharged from the hospital will be the day when the congressman will sue Xiao Hua for dismissal and officially announce that Tatum will become the president of the league.

So Tatum's speech this time is actually equivalent to telling the world: The NBA has changed its appearance.

This is a news that is enough to cause a sensation in the world sports world!

Tatum delivered his inauguration speech in front of the crowd.

As Tatum promised with Ge Feng before, he, like Stern, will go all out and devote himself to the global development of the NBA.

Break down the barriers and respect each other equally.

Players from every country who want to enter the NBA should have a unified and fair screening mechanism.

Moreover, before the start of the playoffs, Tatum couldn't wait to cancel the foul rules formulated during the Silver period, allowing the NBA to re-use the whistle-blowing standards during the Stern period.

Tatum's speech directly blew up the audience into a ball of porridge.

Soon, overwhelming cheers came from every corner of Staples.

As fans, intense physical confrontation is the game they are most willing to watch.

Of course, this rule cannot be officially implemented until at least the start of the new season.

The players are already used to the body hair fouls of Silver's period, and it is not easy to ask them to change in a short time.

After Tatum's inauguration speech, almost fans, teams and players all over the world supported Tatum's reforms.

Xiao Hua previously deliberately weakened the defensive strength for the so-called "offensive fluency", which made the NBA's rhythm become very fast.

The consequence of this is that the frequency of players suffering major injuries is actually more serious than when the physical confrontation was fierce before.

Fans may have noticed that with the prevalence of the small ball era, player injuries began to occur frequently on the Achilles tendon, waist and knees.

Especially for the big players in the league, as the pace of the game gets faster and faster, the probability of big players' Achilles tendon rupture, cruciate ligament tear, and groin strain becomes more and more frequent.

These injuries have almost become the "common problem" of all players in the league today.

It can be seen that reducing physical resistance but allowing athletes to increase their speed will not only fail to protect the athletes, but will also accelerate the wear and tear of the waist and knees in the fast rhythm of the athletes, causing more serious injuries than confrontation.

After Tatum finished his speech, the NBA's official media was delighted to find that the ratings of the NBA's playoffs this year were directly one-third higher than last season's finals!

It seems that many fans who no longer watch the NBA, it's not that they don't pay attention to the NBA anymore, they just don't want to watch the NBA during Silver's era!

Now, Tatum replaced Silver, and immediately made countless disheartened players change their minds and began to pay attention to the NBA again.

This is definitely the best ratings data the NBA has achieved since Xiao Hua took office!
Tatum's appointment conference became the hottest focus of the opening of the playoffs.

Just as the fans' discussion about Tatum's appointment as the acting president has not yet ended, the Staples Center has begun to grandly introduce the participating athletes from both sides!

The first to be introduced was the Memphis Grizzlies who challenged the Lakers away.

All the members of the Grizzlies seemed to be in a very good mood.

Although they are facing the Lakers with the best record this season, there seems to be no fear on their faces.

"We all know the strength of the Lakers. They were the champions of the year before last and successfully reached the Western Conference finals last year. To be honest, facing such a Lakers, there is nothing to be afraid of. They have always been a great team, just like the Warriors three years ago. They are the targets that all teams want to challenge. However, we are also very confident in ourselves. No matter how strong the Lakers are, they will never want to take advantage of us! Grizzlies, fearless!"

Before the start of the game, Morant said this to the live media.

"This kid's mouth is quite sweet, neither side should be offended."

In the locker room, Schroeder couldn't help joking when he saw what Morant said in an interview on the spot.

Ge Feng smiled, tied his waistband firmly, and was ready to go.

"It is this kind of opponent that deserves respect. If Morant knows how to control his mouth, he must know how to control the game. Let's go, let's meet them together!"

"Roar!"

All the Lakers roared in unison and trot out of the locker room together.

(End of this chapter)