preface
The NBA is after all the stage for young people, the most important thing in the NBA is young players, looking at the entire history of the NBA, almost every few years there is a youth army, and the Memphis Grizzlies, a group of bear cubs with an average age of only 23.7 years old, are blowing a youth storm in the NBA, the second record in the West can not make them stop, for the Grizzlies the sky is their limit.
Being young is not reckless
"Isn't it normal to have a temper as a young team", and the Grizzlies are no exception. Even the league's king LeBron James, they don't pay attention, James said to Bane, you give me a little respect, and then the Grizzlies gave the Lakers a 30-point fiasco, which is the young man, never afraid of such authority. The Grizzlies' boss Morant is even more shown on the court, the center of the league has been deducted by him again and again, and morant encountered a malicious foul on the other side in the Grizzlies game before, and he did not leave any face for the other side.
Although the Grizzlies are very young, they are not reckless, and they see things better than anyone. Morant also said that their whole team is a James fan, but when they come to the game, they have to put it aside, and their goal is to win the game. The Grizzlies are a group of young people, and the biggest disadvantage of young people is that they are inexperienced and often play randomly in the game, but the Grizzlies are very reasonable despite their youth. The Grizzlies players do their jobs, and the young players don't get angry about their lack of ball, they just try to do a good job of the coach's assignments. The most potential player in Philadelphia, the Grizzlies interior Jallen Jackson Jr. has become a blue-collar player in this team, but he gladly accepts this positioning, his stats are not important, winning the game is the most critical, which is why when he lost the All-Star, the reporter asked him if he was dissatisfied, Jalen Jr. did not have any anger.
The other young people of the Grizzlies also have Jackson's consciousness, such as this year's No. 10 show Williams, as a rookie who does not want to play almost, the same year's lotto show basically became the main force, but Williams can only play the bench in the Grizzlies, but Williams is not sorry for such a role positioning, but is willing to accept such a role, this is the reasonableness of the Grizzlies, will not give him unlimited firing rights in order to take care of anyone, they are a whole, this is the Grizzlies' basketball creed, So the Grizzlies' youngsters have always maintained this belief.
The stubbornness of young people
The Grizzlies are a very young team, but their team has had a brief glory in their history, the Grizzlies with Randolph and Gasol Jr. as the core once reached the Western Conference Finals, and their biggest feature is stubbornness to accept defeat. The Grizzlies led by the black and white bears rarely have a rout, even if they are 2-0 behind in the series, they can still turn the tables, even against the First Spurs in the West, they can still black eight, this is the stubbornness of the old Grizzlies, and this Grizzlies spirit also spreads to these young people, this young Grizzlies have the old Grizzlies' share of the nuggets.
Last season, the Grizzlies faced a golden state Warriors stronger than themselves, everyone was not optimistic that they could enter the playoffs, and as a result, the young people led by Morant sent the Grizzlies out of the game with excellent play, and the Warriors had a team of MVP top three Stephen Curry that season, in the face of such a big scene of victory and defeat, Morant was not a little timid, and even let the invincible Curry eat up, and other young people were afraid to be scared, but the Grizzlies did not, they only wanted to win the game.
Among espn's season record predictions before the start of the season, the Grizzlies ranked ninth in the West with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, but the season is not over, their record is already 44 wins and 22 losses, early exceeding the media predictions before the start of the season, and the Grizzlies' dog mentality makes them constantly punch the media in the face. And the Grizzlies' journey is not over, in the case of the Warriors' downturn, they are likely to enter the playoffs as the second in the West, from the ninth in the West to the second in the West, and in just one season the Grizzlies have become the top team in the league, and this transformation is also the growth of young people, and this team is making great strides on the road to becoming great.
But even though the Grizzlies have the second-best record in the league, they are still not favored to win the championship, and the Warriors and Nets, who have been defeated twice this season, are strong contenders for the league's championship, but no one pays attention to this young team. Morant has performed so well that they can't make it to the top five in the MVP rankings, they really have never been favored by others, and no one has always regarded this Grizzlies as a championship contender. However, just as they were not optimistic last season to beat the Warriors to emerge from the playoffs, the Grizzlies are now on the road to punching the face again. Of course, the championship may be far away for these young people, but it is not something that cannot be touched, and the young players like the Grizzlies have time, they can accept defeat, but they will not surrender to failure.
epilogue
Today's Grizzlies have joined the ranks of the league's first-line teams, and this team is very young, they have the shadow of the Thunder, but they are a team less than Dewey, the success of the Grizzlies is not the credit of Morant, but the result of the efforts of all the young people on the team, you never know where the limits of this team are, and the next stop for young people is always unknown. But the Grizzlies' finalists know what their goal is, because that goal is also their goal when they first entered the league, the championship trophy! Look forward to the Grizzlies Youth Army appearing on a higher stage!