Since starting a European tour with Link, Rachel's social media account has been very popular.

Because every day, she will post photos of her traveling with Link. In a period when basketball fans around the world are discussing transactions and personnel changes, Link's appearance can be said to be very fresh and refined.

Of course, Rachel's behavior of showing off her dog food also made the fans who were looking forward to the breakup between Link and Rachel every day very desperate.

Most stars usually don’t have girlfriends after becoming famous.

Even players like Thompson and Chandler Parsons who look honest in appearance, the speed of changing girlfriends is amazing.

But Link and Rachel have always maintained a very loving state. Rachel's social media has the most photos of her and Link.

When Rachel posted photos of Link proposing to herself under the bridge of sighs on July 17, male fans around the world who like Rachel had an angina pectoris.

Because of this, Link became the first player to be the first to make headlines during this lively transfer period.

"Congratulations to Link, winning the championship and holding the beauty back, 2015 was almost a perfect year for him!"

"Link is definitely the happiest man in the world now, congratulations!"

"We have no reason not to bless him, but hope that Link and Rachel will continue to be happy."

Although Link has been criticized by the media for basketball.

But when it comes to proposing, Link received all the blessings.

The grudges of basketball are basketball, and the media will not be so vicious that they want to attack Link in life.

Moreover, after the transfer incident between James and Durant, Link's image in people's minds is gradually improving.

Now, Durant and James, who have become crazy, are more like villains, while Link has become decent players who stick to this last bottom line.

Durant was very depressed and very depressed. The news of his transfer to the Warriors was only a day since he was suppressed by Link's proposal the next day.

Once again, he felt frustrated after losing to Link.

It's just that he can't beat Link in the game, but now he can't even beat Link in the headlines...

This made Durant quite upset.

Therefore, Durant, who had hardly played much last season, started his special training early this season.

He is about to avenge his previous shame in the next year!

He wants to prove to the whole world that he is not a coward. He wants to prove to the whole world that he will not lose to Link forever!

Indeed, after Durant joined the Warriors, the Warriors' prospects for winning the championship have increased significantly.

With the current lineup of Grizzlies, it is indeed difficult to compete with the Warriors. Link may be able to beat Curry, Thompson, Green and Durant alone.

But if the four of them combined, Link may not be able to withstand it.

People were expecting the Grizzlies to have some moves in the trading market, but after renewing Gasol, the Grizzlies disappeared from the market.

It’s not that they don’t want to strengthen, but that there is really no one to sign.

Duncan, James, Love, Aldridge and other powerful players, these big fish in the free agent market, have already been acquainted with them early on.

What about the rest? Even if you sign, it will be difficult to make the Grizzlies' strength substantial improvement.

The only one who is pretty good, Monroe also rejected the offer from many teams such as the Grizzlies, Lakers and Knicks, and joined the Bucks for 50 million in three years. He did not choose to win, but chose the side with a higher price.

A cruel fact is that Link is likely to have to take a bunch of old, small, and extremely unbalanced lineups to defend the championship next season.

By the time Link and Rachel returned to Memphis, it was already early August.

Until now, except for the four rookies renewed their contracts with Gasol, the Grizzlies have not completed any signings.

However, Link didn't care. At this time, he was still immersed in the happy time he spent with Rachel.

In the afternoon, Link and Rachel had dinner specifically for Robert Pera.

Link thanked Pera very much for meeting his request to win the championship ring in advance, so he sincerely thanked him in person.

Pera waved his hand, "Don't thank me, Link. This is a completely trivial matter. In fact, I have something more trouble now."

"What's the matter? Maybe I can help you."

"You can't help me, Link. What I'm having a headache about is what kind of wedding gift should I give you to be great, hahahahaha!"

Rachel beside her blushed.

In fact, on the night Link proposed to Rachel, the two discussed the marriage matter. After all the proposals were begged, there was no need to delay it again and again.

However, after the new season begins, Link and Rachel will be very busy and have no time to hold a wedding.

Getting married this summer is a bit too fast and it is difficult to prepare for the wedding.

Therefore, the two initially plan to get married next summer.

Although he had to wait for an extra year, Rachel didn't feel sad.

Because regardless of whether the wedding was held or not, she had already put on the ring that Link gave her and accepted Link's wishes.

She is already Link's wife, even if she is just a fiancée.

After dinner, Rachel went to the bathroom. After Rachel left, Robert Pera's smile that had been on his face for a night, but gradually disappeared.

"Link."

"What's wrong?"

"Congratulations, really, I'm happy for you from the bottom of my heart."

"You don't just want to say this, right?" Link smiled. As a master of psychological warfare, he could easily analyze the other party's true emotions.

"Well... I want to say, this summer, we really got nothing. I'm very sorry for that."

Pera shook his head. The Grizzlies were defeated in the free agent market this summer.

Not only did a bunch of people go away, there was no decent reinforcement yet.

"You're crazy, Pera. The team boss apologized to the players. I might be the first one." Link waved his hand, and he couldn't stand Pera's apology.

This young boss has done enough.

"Everyone knows that you are compared with Michael Jordan. People are looking forward to you to do things that even Michael Jordan has never done. For example..." Perra paused, "For example, four consecutive championships!"

Four consecutive championships are something that almost no one can do.

That's right, the Celtics in ancient times once created the miracle of eight consecutive championships. But the league at that time and the league now are completely different, so these eight consecutive championships actually do not have much reference value.

In the 25 years since the eight consecutive championships, NBA has never had a team that can win three consecutive championships until Michael Jordan and his Bulls appeared.

Generally speaking, in modern basketball, people believe that the record of winning the most consecutive championships is three consecutive championships. Three consecutive championships are enough to prove the terrible strength of a team. Four consecutive championships are something that people dare not even think about.

Even Jordan, the "god", has only achieved three consecutive championships.

Some people may say that if Jordan did not retire in the middle, he might really achieve the miracle of four consecutive championships.

But competitive sports have no ifs, and it has not done it before.

Link is indeed always compared with Jordan now, but if he wants to be greater than Jordan, he needs to do something that Jordan has not been able to do.

Four consecutive championships are the most convincing ones.

"But now, it is indeed difficult for us to achieve our goals. Once we missed this opportunity, God knows when the next time will be..." Pera shook her head. The basis for four consecutive championships is three consecutive championships. But three consecutive championships are not always available. If we missed this time, no one knows whether the Grizzlies still have a chance.

Link shook the wine glass in his hand, and he became serious.

After three consecutive championships, Link was actually very relaxed. But if you ask him if he was satisfied, he would definitely answer no!

As a professional player and now a professional player who aims to surpass the greatest player in history, Link will definitely not think that he has won too many championships.

However, there is a reason why there is no team in NBA that can win four consecutive championships. Almost all teams after three consecutive championships will be like the Grizzlies, whose strength declines due to various reasons.

Under the current NBA operating rules, this is a cycle that all teams cannot escape.

The myth that lasted for eight years like the Celtics in ancient times is simply impossible to replicate in this era.

I wanted to win the championship in the NBA, I only needed to play two rounds of games, the first round of the Eastern Conference Finals and the second round of the finals.

With 8 consecutive championships, I only won 16 rounds of games. Moreover, there is no need to play so many games in one round.

But the Grizzlies have won 12 rounds of games in the past three consecutive championships.

The competitiveness of the league at that time was completely incomparable to the present.

Three consecutive championships are the highest limit for all teams in this era.

It is almost impossible to break this limit.

But it is precisely because of the difficulty that it is precious.

Link shrugged, "We are not without a chance this year, it's just a very difficult one. And even if we missed this year, we still have the next chance."

"Next time? If we have the next chance, we must establish another three-game winning dynasty!"

"Yes, I know. But... after all, no one has done it, right? In short, there is no need to be so frustrated. For us, a brief low point is not necessarily the end of the day."

At this time, Rachel returned from the bathroom. The two men smiled again and did not continue to talk about work.

After returning home that night, Pera did not sleep all night.

Indeed, this golden age of the Grizzlies is likely to stop here.

But maybe it won't take long before another golden age will be established again.
Chapter completed!