On July 19, the Grizzlies completed another signing. According to a local radio reporter in Memphis, Darrell Arthur has agreed to renew his contract with the team. The contract between the two parties is for 3 years (the third year has

options), with a total price between US$9 million and US$10 million.

After renewing Arthur, the Grizzlies' inside strength has also been guaranteed, because before that they also renewed another inside line, Speights. Now the Grizzlies maintain the Black Bear, White Bear, Arthur, Speights and

Cunningham and five other insiders are no longer as stretched as they were at the beginning of last season.

"Kane, I've renewed my contract!" Before Xie Kai could call to congratulate him, Arthur called Xie Kai first.

"Congratulations brother for signing, let's compete for the championship together!" Xie Kai is of course very happy that Arthur can renew his contract. In this Grizzlies team, Arthur is his closest teammate. The two played side by side at the University of Kansas.

However, they are familiar with each other and know their respective strengths.

The Grizzlies have no salary space, but they have Arthur's bird rights, so they can extend the contract. Owner Robert Pera did not lie. It seems that even if Gay cannot be traded, he plans to pay the luxury tax.

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Because Gay has not been traded, the Grizzlies do not have a wide range of options. Even if they do not renew Arthur's contract, they will not be able to provide contracts higher than the minimum salary to those free agents they are interested in during the transition period. Therefore,

Out of the need to strengthen the inside line and considering the relationship between Arthur and Xie Kai, they finally chose to renew the contract with Arthur.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Even if Xie Kai didn't say anything, the Grizzlies management will definitely consider their relationship with him, whether they are suitable for each other, etc. when signing or renewing his contract. This is the influence of a superstar.

, the team will selectively sign someone based on his situation.

After Arthur renewed his contract, the Grizzlies currently have a total of 12 people under contract, and they can still sign people because there are a total of 15 spots.

On July 20, Xie Kai set off for London with the Chinese sports delegation to participate in the Summer Olympics. This was his first Olympic Games and he was very excited.

This is the first time Xie Kai has gone to London in his life! He has never been to the UK or London before. He has spent his previous life in China and the United States, and has not visited many countries. Maybe

Not as good as those international students who love traveling.

After the Chinese sports delegation arrived in London, they entered the local Olympic Village. Xie Kai participated in the Olympics for the first time and felt that everything was new. He also asked Yi Jianlian: "How did it feel to participate in the Olympics for the first time?"

Yi Jianlian made his debut quite early. His first time participating in the Olympics was the 2004 Athens Olympics.

"It's also in Europe, the 2004 Athens Olympics! I don't have any special feeling, I just feel very nervous!" Yi Jianlian's thick Mandarin with a Cantonese accent made Xie Kai feel very happy when he heard it.

"You have already gone to Athens. You are only one year older than me, but you are my senior!" Xie Kai said with a smile.

"I don't dare take it. When I went to Athens, I didn't have much chance to play, haha..." Yi Jianlian is still very shy. He is now the leader of the men's basketball team, but he still retains the innocence he had when he first joined the national team.

On July 25, the Grizzlies made the team's first trade of the summer. According to a report by Yahoo's famous reporter Woj, the Grizzlies traded the team's power forward Dante Cunningham for the Timberwolves' shooting guard Wei Wei.

En Ellington.

After the transaction was completed, many experts and reporters commented on the transaction itself. Almost the unanimous opinion was that the Grizzlies made a profit.

It's not that Ellington is much better than Cunningham, but as a shooter, he is more suitable for the Grizzlies, who are in urgent need of outside offensive firepower.

Ellington, like Danny Green, was born in North Carolina, and was one of the North Carolina players who withdrew their draft applications that year. He is an excellent jump shooter with outstanding off-ball ability, and was the MOP of the 2009 NCAA.

Therefore, the reason why he was not drafted highly in the NBA is because his physical fitness is not outstanding enough. He is 193cm tall and is short for the No. 2 position in the NBA. In addition, he does not have the same physical fitness as Sao Wei, so his potential is still a bit low.

The upper limit of NBA teams' predictions for him is that he is an excellent role player, and it is difficult to become an outside superstar.

However, Ellington's shooter attributes are something the Grizzlies urgently need. Their best shooter last season was Xie Kai, but Xie Kai is the first core player on the outside. You can't always be a shooter without the ball, right?

Ellington shot 39.5% from 3-pointers in his rookie season, and has been very stable since then. This was not easy to achieve when he had no specific tactics and played sporadic playing time.

It is not surprising that Cunningham was traded. With both Speights and Arthur renewing their contracts, it is impossible to have any extra time left for him at the 4th position. There is no need for the team to keep so much time.

Insider. And it’s not like he wasn’t given a chance last season, but he just wasn’t good enough!

On July 28, the 30th Summer Olympics officially opened at the Stratford Olympic Stadium in London, England.

Xie Kai, as a member of the Chinese delegation, attended the grand opening ceremony. This was the first time in his life to participate in the Olympics, and the excitement in his heart was unparalleled.

If playing in the NBA is to realize one's basketball dream, then in the Olympics, representing one's motherland is more for the honor of the motherland and people.

On July 29, the Grizzlies made another signing. According to "Yahoo Sports", after a period of negotiations, the Grizzlies finally officially announced on Saturday, US time, that they had successfully signed a contract with the Iranian center.

Haddadi signed a contract extension, but due to NBA league regulations, specific contract details have not yet been announced.

Xie Kai naturally called and congratulated Haddadi on his contract extension. They are both Asian players. Although they are not particularly close friends and their status in the team is very different, they are teammates after all and they all wish each other well.

The basketball competition of the London Olympics started very early, with the opening ceremony on the 28th and the group stage starting on the 29th...

At 23:45 on the evening of July 29, the Chinese men's basketball team faced the Spanish men's basketball team, the most popular team after the United States, in the first game of the Olympic Games.

This Spanish team is called "the strongest Spain". There are big and small sisters-in-law on the inside, Thunder Titans 18 Ka, and Raptors guard Jose Calderon, former NBA player Rudy Fernandez, and "Bomb" Nana on the outside.

Varro and others are incredibly powerful.
Chapter completed!