Delavidova regretted it a little.

He thought that showing his "vicious" side on the court would win respect and love in the team. But the fact is exactly the opposite. Delavidova found that his malicious actions in the last game seemed to annoy Link.

"One...one fight?" Delavidova was trembling when he spoke. A undrafted pick and a single fight last season's FMVP? What a joke!

This year at Rock Park, even a superstar like Durant was hit by Link. Delavidova really couldn't imagine what the scene would be like when he and Link competed alone.

"Just try your best to defend me, see if you can defend me once. If you can defend me once, even if you win." Link stood in front of the Australian without waiting for Delavidova to agree.

Everyone gathered around the stadium and waited for the good show to be performed. Everyone knows that Link is teaching a lesson to the rookie as the star. His starting point is good, which means he has not given up on Delavidova's undraft.

Didn’t Jimmy Butler also grow up in Link’s “torture” in the past two years? What was the result? The result was that in the finals last season, Butler shone out and became famous in one fell swoop!

The Grizzlies are always the defending champion. If they want to complete the defending title, everyone must do their best. Link alone cannot defeat those opponents who are eyeing the championship.

Link is not only trying to make himself excellent, but also trying to make his teammates excellent together.

But his way of educating rookies is indeed a bit special. First, he asked someone to carry a pink schoolbag, and now he has to fight with others.

Iguodala was thinking that if he was Delavidova and met such a boss in his rookie season, he would have collapsed long ago.

Link broke through with the ball, giving Delavidova no time to react.

Delavidova was a little afraid of defending Link, so he easily penetrated into the penalty area and made a layup.

"Damn it, your defense is not like this when you are in the game! Your defense is just suitable to play wnba! Come again!"

Off the court, Jimmy Butler smiled. With just these words, he could hear calluses in his ears. But every time he heard them, he felt extremely comfortable...

Delavidova clenched his fists. As a rough Australian, he could not accept being treated as a sissy.

"Then, I'm defending seriously, Link." Delavidova made a move and frowned.

Although he is only 1.93 meters tall, he is not too strong. Even so, he has no timidity.

Link smiled. This is the most respected part of Delavidova!

In the next round, Link continued to choose to break through. In fact, Link, who is ten centimeters taller than Delavidova and has a more advantageous wingspan, just needs to use his signature emergency stop and jump shot to beat Delavidova to the point where he wants to return to Australia.

But he didn't do that. The purpose of his single-handed fight with Delavidova was not to win.

This time, Delavidova was roughly attached to Link like a fight.

It is said that in the original history, Irving was very inconsistent with Delavidova at the beginning because Delavidova's defense in the team training was very vicious every time, and Irving really couldn't stand it.

But in the Grizzlies, Link likes Delavidova's style. The more ruthless he is, the greater the probability that the Grizzlies can defend their title!

In the team that defends the champion, no shortcomings are allowed, and no softie is allowed!

Link jumped to the basket, then gently pushed Delavidova away with his shoulder.

Afterwards, Link did not hesitate, but jumped on the spot under the basket and dunked with one hand!

"Boom!" The training hall was filled with the "grimage" of the basket, and Delavidova was detained by Yan.

"Come again!" This time, before Link could squirt about trash, Delavidova picked up the basketball and stuffed it into Link's arms.

"That boy is quite talented." Randolph discovered that he began to like the Australian draft. In his bones, there was a kind of barbarity and rebellion that was unique to the Memphis team.

This time, Link chose to bully Delavidova by playing back and forth. Facing Link who is taller and stronger than himself, Delavidova could not resist at all.

The collision between the two was very fierce, and Quinn Snyder was a little nervous.

"It's too dangerous! What are they doing? We must stop this single-handed fight!" Although Snyder looked like a villain, in fact, his heart was soft.

Little did they know that the new Grizzlies coach Dave Joggel just waved his hand, "Don't worry, Link has his own sense of responsibility. Some things, as a coach, are better not to interfere, Quinn."

Link squeezed into the basket, raised the basketball with both hands and jumped hard, and smashed the ball into the basket through Delavidova.

After winning Grant Hill's better athletic ability in the 2001-02 season, Link met players like Delavidova at the basket. It can be said that he would deduct whatever he wanted.

Delavidova was knocked to the ground and fell down in a mess, but soon got up again. This Australian, who looked a bit like a groundhog, seemed to be unable to beat Xiaoqiang.

As a player with a weak talent, Delavidova knows very well that in a team, if you are not strong but want to get respect from everyone, you have to ignore the data and do dirty and tiring work.

For example, try hard to get the rebound, quickly help teammates to make up for defense or assist in defense, and actively pick-and-roll the team stars. The most important thing is to defend the opponent's number one offensive player desperately.

Over time, you will become an indispensable teammate on the coach's tactical board, and you will be the most trusted teammate of all players on the field. Because no coach will reject a player who specializes in dirty work and tiring work, and no player will dislike a teammate who is willing to work hard.

This is how Delavidova survived during the NCAA period.

Therefore, now in NBA, Delavidova also wants to use the old ways to win positions and respect. He is very grateful to the Grizzlies for signing a non-guaranteed contract with him and giving him a chance. But he is not satisfied with this. What he desires is to gain a foothold in NBA and contribute to the Grizzlies' defending career!

His tenacious style will never allow himself to fall!

So, in the third round, when Link had physical contact with Delavidova again, he could clearly feel that Delavidova's defensive strength had increased by another level.

Isn't this guy a limit just now?

Delavidova was close to Link and did not retreat. Iguodala dared to guarantee that no player had such courage in all 13 rookies.

Link tried not to lose his balance, and grabbed the basketball with one hand and stretched his hand back, somewhat showing off in front of Delavidova.

"Fuck!" Delavidova cursed and reached out to grab the ball.

Link was waiting for now. He flexibly changed hands behind his back and avoided Delavidova's snatch.

It was a breeze for Link to pass a nominee.

Finally, Link avoided the rush and broke through immediately. It seemed that this would be another dunk performance by Link.

Little did he know that as soon as Link took a step, he felt that the basketball had lost control and someone stabbed the basketball away from behind!

"Damn it, I won't let you score the goal all the time!" Delavidova clamored and rushed towards the basketball. Because Link was thrown away by one step, he could only poke the basketball in Link's hand away with a fish jumping to the ground.

The basketball lost control and rolled towards the bottom line. Delavidova immediately stood up and then fell to the ground for the second time in a row!

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, the floor is about to be smashed by him!" Tony Allen bared his teeth, it hurts!

But Delavidova didn't care so much. He didn't have enough talent, so he had to work hard to make up!

Finally, the Australian successfully caught the ball before the basketball went out of the baseline. He did everything and had to defend well! Even if he fell thousands of times, he had to keep the ball right!

Delavidova swooped twice in a row, but he fell so hard that he directly slid out of the bottom line.

"It's just a mess!" Snyder couldn't stand it anymore and was about to go on the court to stop the two of them from fighting alone.

But just as he was about to step into the court, he saw Link walking near the bottom line and reaching out his hand to Delavidova, who was lying on the ground.

"You're doing a good job, Dela, you're guarding me." Link spoke to Delavidova while reaching out his hand. Of course, this time it was not trash talk.

"Hahahaha, good job, boy!"

"That's great, I can actually steal Link from behind! Great!"

Then, the Grizzlies watching on the sidelines also cheered.

Delavidova gasped, took Link's hand and stood up again.

"Are you tired? Is it hurting enough?" Link asked with a smile.

Delavidova did not answer, but just nodded slightly. To be honest, he was a little angry. He didn't know why Link suddenly had to fight with him. Could it be that he was just to make himself embarrassed?

"So, respect you want to win is not an easy thing, Dera. But it is very simple to lose respect. No matter how hard you try before, as long as you do a deliberate action of hurting others. Sorry, all the respect you have won before will be thrown away! Do you want to be a respected player or a rat that everyone calls to beat? You choose it yourself. It turns out that even if you don't deliberately hurt others, you can win, right?"

After saying that, Link turned around and left. He could do so much, and the rest should be figured out by Delavidova.

The one-on-one challenge ends.

Delavidova suddenly realized that he was ashamed of being angry just now. It turned out that after doing so much, Link wanted to tell himself this!

Delavidova raised her head and looked at Link who was walking down the court. She wanted to say thank you, but in the end she forced the "thank you" back.

The Australians know very well that if you really want to thank Link, then you can perform well on the court.
Chapter completed!