After the game in Brooklyn, the Memphis Grizzlies kept moving toward Portland.
This season, the Grizzlies'' back-to-back combat frequency is not high compared with previous years, but the continuous away game is particularly much more.
Just after the nets in New York, I''m going to turn the gun and head for Oregon.
Grizzlies vs pioneers, the first in the West vs the third in the West. Such a match naturally attracted the attention of many fans and the media.
Although the Blazers have broken their double-digit loss record, they are still one of the most powerful teams in the West.
There are not many teams that can cause trouble for the Grizzlies, and the Blazers are considered one of them.
Portland International Airport is packed with people, and wherever the Grizzlies go, there will be a lot of commotion.
After seeing the grizzly bear players, the outside of the airport suddenly became bright.
Although the Grizzlies have just finished the game with the nets, they seem to be in a good state of mind.
Igordala, Jimmy Butler, Conley, Pau Gasol, Tobias Harris, Tony Allen, Vince Carter, delavidova and others all appeared one by one and stepped on the team bus.
The reporters are still aiming at the exit of the airport, and there are two heavyweight characters in the Grizzlies that have not appeared yet!
As a result, there was no one in the back except coach Dave Joel.
After last night''s press conference, the reporters were confused again.
Why no link and Randolph!
If you don''t attend the press conference, why don''t they come to play?
"Wait, coach Dave. What about link and Randolph?"
Reporters immediately surrounded Joel, the original stable order of the scene was completely disrupted.
Joel seemed to have foreseen such a scene for a long time, so when he was surrounded by reporters, he was very calm.
"Link and Zach are going back to Memphis to deal with some personal matters, so they didn''t come with us. But you don''t have to worry. I''m sure link and Zach will be ready for tomorrow night''s game against the Blazers
After answering lightly, Joel nodded and pushed aside the crowd to get on the bus.
The reporters are stunned. Randolph and link deal with private affairs?
Combined with Randolph''s recent poor performance and previous link''s expectations for Randolph, journalists can''t help but imagine.
Is it possible that a conflict broke out between link and Randolph?
As we all know, link is a competitive man, just like Jordan and Kobe. And the most intolerable thing for them is the team-mates who are slack on the field.
They are strict not only with themselves, but also with their teammates.
They all work very hard on the court and ask their teammates to work as hard as they do.
Randolph''s slow performance in doing everything these days is obviously not satisfactory to link.
In this way, only two hours after the Grizzlies arrived in Portland, there were rumors on the Internet.
"Zach Randolph is afraid of being traded? He didn''t arrive in Portland with the team
"Insider: link is pressing management to get rid of Zac Randolph, so he won''t play against the Blazers."
"Will the defending champion disintegrate from within? The Grizzlies'' dressing room seems to be in conflict
"The brotherhood is officially broken! Link and Randolph are going to part
It''s mid January, the peak of mid season trading. And Randolph has always been a frequent rumor in mid-term trading, and he is listed as "suspected to be traded" by the media almost every year.
But this time, the news seemed particularly real. Before a player is traded away, there will be all kinds of abnormal behavior.
In the afternoon, rumors began to intensify.
The basketball nets told reporters that link and Randolph had a fierce argument in the bus after the first World War in Brooklyn.
People once again combined with yesterday''s two people''s absence from the press conference, it is a bit strange.
NBA rumors, sometimes spread is so "brainless.".
In the imagination of fans and journalists, Randolph and link are now at home, struggling for a deal.
But in reality, Randolph and link are standing together in the same room.
At this time, in a hospital in Memphis, the two were talking and laughing. They were not like "enemies" in the mouth of the media. Naturally, there was no disagreement between them.
On the bed in front of link and Randolph was a black woman.
Although she was ill in bed, she had a smile on her face and seemed to get along well with the two young people.
"... come on, mom. Don''t blow my childhood up. Link, everything you''ve heard tonight, out of this door, has to be unheard of, understand? " Randolph''s eyes widened.The woman half lying in front of her in the hospital bed is Mae Randolph, Zach Randolph''s mother, who was admitted to the hospital the other day because of a heart attack.
This is the reason why Randolph has been out of his mind recently.
Like most black children in the slums, Randolph grew up with his mother.
Without a father, MAE raised four children on her own, relying on government handouts and hard-working hands.
Although Randolph has gone through many detours, maie still has a lot of positive influence on Randolph.
The summer before last year, he chose to marry his girlfriend in the hope that his women and children would not have to follow his old road.
He knew better than anyone how difficult it was for a woman to raise a child on her own, and he didn''t want his child to have no father since childhood.
Randolph''s relationship with his mother was excellent, and he knew that without this woman''s efforts, he would have been dead in high school.
For Randolph, MAE is undoubtedly one of the most important people in his heart.
So Randolph has been very anxious since May was hospitalized for a heart attack. Because the heart attack was so serious that she almost killed meiai.
After learning about this on the bus yesterday, link decided to go back to Memphis with Randolph to visit MAE.
So neither he nor Randolph showed up in Portland today.
Just chatting, MAE shakes a lot of the embarrassing things about Randolph''s childhood.
Generally speaking, when a mother is with a child whom she has not seen for a long time, what she likes to say most is about her child''s childhood.
Even if her child has become a mature man, in her eyes is always the troublemaker.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha, don''t be afraid of him. After I leave the hospital, you should visit our house frequently. I still have a lot of things he didn''t tell you before. My blueberry pie is very delicious. Zach used to like it best. We can eat and talk. " Mae didn''t pay attention to Randolph''s "threat". She was happy to have link as an audience.
"Yes, MAE. But you need a good rest. The doctor said you should go to bed early now. You recover as soon as you can, and I can get your own blueberry pie as soon as possible Link pointed to the clock on the wall. It was already ten o''clock in the evening.
"OK, Zach, go and ask the nurse to take my blood pressure. I should have a rest after the test." May nodded and said to Randolph.
"Just ring the bell at the head of the bed?" Randolph was about to get up and ring the bell, but Mae stopped him in time.
"Sometimes the bell doesn''t work. You''d better go to the nurse station and call it safely."
Randolph was obedient to his mother''s insistence.
After the "big black bear" turns out of the ward, MAE turns her eyes to link.
Link understood in an instant that MAE had just deliberately spent Randolph.
"Link, thank you very much for coming to see me with Zach. Recently, he has caused you a lot of trouble... "
" why? Zach is no longer a problem. "
"Don''t lie to me. I watch sports news every day. Don''t think I''m an old lady who doesn''t know anything. Zach is a good boy. He may have done something wrong, but that was the past. I don''t want to... I don''t want to see the media say that about him. You''re the team leader, link. Tell Zach, don''t worry about me, play well. Although the reporters attacked him, every word seemed to be a sharp knife into my heart. Please, link, cheer up Zach
Link nodded solemnly. "Don''t worry, MAE. Zach is strong. He will recover soon, and you have to cooperate with the treatment and recover as soon as possible. I promise Zach will soon clear up the misunderstanding. "
At this point, Randolph took the nurse into the ward.
After taking the blood pressure, MAE starts to rest, and link and Randolph leave the hospital.
The next morning, they had to catch a plane to Portland.
They went downstairs to the hospital and stood in the cold January wind for a while.
Several taxis passed, but neither link nor Randolph stopped. They are like two human statues, but not all fruits.
"Or... Shall we go? It''s cold. " Link rubbed his hands and breathed in.
Randolph hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded gently.
The night in Memphis is very quiet. It''s terrible. It always makes people feel unsafe.
But sometimes, this quiet night is also very suitable for solving problems...
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