The NBA's opening sling against Chris Paul

Chapter 139

Coach Hollins' tough defense has been well implanted into the hearts of the players, and the team's record has steadily improved. Even when the main players are injured one after another, they can still stand out in the fierce Western Conference.

The players were exhausted during the consecutive road trips. Fortunately, Randolph's story was shared with everyone along the way, which can be regarded as a kind of relaxation in a different direction.

But always telling Randolph's story is unavoidable to favor one over another. The team's other main insider, Marc Gasol, is also a key part of this defensive system, and his role is naturally indispensable.

Du Lin and other rookies began to wake up Marc Gasol, who had fallen asleep, pestering him to tell his own story.

"Me? Story? What story can I have? You should go to Zach. His deeds are even more legendary." Xiaojia obviously wanted to sleep for a while, although he drank Guy when he played tonight, Lando Husband is not much.

"Oh, let's talk about it, there is still a long way to go home." Everyone pestered him.

"Okay." Xiaojia sat up straight, "I remember one year, about 2000, when I was a middle school student, my brother had already entered the league, and one day in the backyard of my home I played consecutively. Three of them!" Xiaojia said confidently.

"No, Pau Gasol is the No. [-] pick. You can beat him as a middle school student. I heard that you were fat when you were young." Du Lin's words are a bit redundant, because Gasol is also very fat now.

Marc Gasol spent almost his entire childhood on the coast of Barcelona. He moved with his parents to Tennessee Germantown in Memphis in 2001, when he was a middle school student.

Later, his elder brother Paul Gasol was selected by the Grizzlies with the No. 2001 pick in [-], and immediately moved his family to Vancouver, and brought Mark there by the way.

马克在当地的洛桑学院打球。2003年他被提名为2区篮球先生，那个赛季马克取得了场均26分13篮板6盖帽的数据。不过马克的父母仍然住在杰曼镇。

Gasol Jr. is the No.1 professional athlete among the graduates of the Lausanne Academy.In order to commemorate Gasol's achievements, in 2008, Lausanne College retired the No. 33 jersey worn by Gasol in high school, and he also became an honorary alumnus of the college.

In the 2007 NBA Draft, Gasol Jr. was selected by the Lakers with the 48th place in the second round, but the team did not sign him. In 2008, in the deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies around Pau Gasol, his signing rights were sent to the Memphis Grizzlies.In the same year, Gasol won the MVP of the Spanish League.

2008年6月23日，马克加索尔与灰熊队签下合同。在一场同休斯顿火箭队的比赛中加索尔首次代表灰熊出战，得到12分12板的两双数据。这也让他引起了一些媒体的注意。

In his rookie season, Gasol averaged 11.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.In the second season of the Grizzlies, Gasol's personal data has increased to average 14.6 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.

In the same year's All-Star Rookie Challenge, Marc Gasol performed well, contributing 15 points and 8 rebounds, but the team was eventually reversed by the first-year rookie team 116-122.

2010-11赛季，小加索尔场均得到11.7分、7篮板及2.5助攻，灰熊也以西部第八的身份进入季后赛。

In the playoffs, the inside combination of him and Zach Randolph became the key to the Grizzlies' success. They played more and played exquisitely, and achieved the fourth black eight in history in the absence of the team's core Rudy Gay. miracle.

In the next round of the series against the Thunder, they also shined brilliantly. After seven fierce battles, they lost with regret.

2010-11赛季结束后，马克加索尔收到尼克斯、火箭等多支球队的报价。2011年12月15日，灰熊队宣布与马克加索尔以四年5785万美元的合同续约。

In the past season, Gasol averaged 14.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. The Grizzlies entered the playoffs as the fourth in the West.

But he regretted being out after seven games against the Clippers in the first round. In this round of the series, he let people all over the world see his uncanny passing ability, which is no less than his brother.

Of course, his main achievement is on the defensive end. On April 2013, 4, the NBA officially announced the winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. Marc Gasol was successfully elected. He won a total of 25 first-place votes. Got 30 points.

Gasol Jr. was finally elected, so he became the No. 1 in the history of the Grizzlies-since the league began to select the Defensive Player of the Year Award in the 1982-83 season, no player in the Grizzlies has ever won the award.

On May 2013, 5, Gasol Jr. was selected to the best defensive second team of the season.His deeds have also been officially written into the history of the Grizzlies.

"Mark, why can your body move so fast?" Arthur immediately realized his abruptness after saying this. He originally wanted to ask how to move faster under the basket.

"Actually, the key to the movement of footsteps is not the body, but the consciousness!" Well, playing a ball is a philosophy, are the Spaniards so romantic and full of imagination?
He paused for a while, "When we face an offensive player head-on, don't wait for him to make a move, it will be sluggish. We should make predictions in advance based on his own characteristics, so that we can occupy the defensive position." Absolutely take the initiative." What he said is very reasonable, and it is worth learning from friends who play.

"If you are a small man defending against a big man, you only need to lower your center of gravity under the basket, press against his waist, and don't let him exert his strength calmly, and you can basically block his jump shot. If the opponent chooses to use physical strength If you eat it, it is really a competition of lower body strength, and then you need the help of teammates on the other side to defend." He said clearly.

Randolph on the side also nodded frequently, while Guy was playing with his new headphones. He was far less interested in these technical things, and he was more concerned about Randolph's childhood, or his tragic childhood.

"Then did you practice your shooting when you were a student or did you develop it after you entered the league?" It was Arthur who asked this question. Obviously, he has also become a big center with long-range bombing ability like him.

(End of this chapter)