When Hansen and Swift were fiercely arguing in the SUV, social dia was blazing hot too.
The first ones to jump out were the LeBron fans, defending Jas.
"Others treat you as a good brother, but you can’t even save face for them, Hansen is just an immature kid."
"Who hasn’t had a bad ga? Kicking soone when they’re down because of an injury? I actually thought your support for LeBron was admirable."
"This is just a regular season ga, I don’t know why Hansen had to overreact, wait until the Heat wins the championship, and he’s still stuck in mphis not even making the playoffs!"
Just as Hansen had said before, the LeBron fans were nowhere to be seen when he needed them most, but were all too eager to criticize him.
This ti, however, Hansen didn’t need to activate his own burner accounts, because the comnts below were already pumling them.
"Your master’s unilateral ’good brother’ is always used as a scapegoat, I’ve never heard Hansen say he was LeBron’s brother, but I’ve heard him call LeBron a coward."
"LeBron doesn’t even dare to face Hansen one-on-one, he tried to pass to DW but got intercepted, that play cracked up."
"No wonder they say you guys are dimwitted, your most ’brilliant’ decision is to think you’re supporting LeBron, haha!"
"This is just a preseason ga, this is just a regular-season ga, this is just a playoff ga, this is just one championship, it’s just basketball."
Knights fans were also unusually active.
"If Hansen had stayed with the Knights, I believe tonight would be our public execution of that ’traitor’, but as it stands, we’re only spectators!"
"I still don’t understand why we had to trade Hansen on draft night? Couldn’t we have waited until after the ’traitor’ made his decision?"
"Danny Ferry was just a scapegoat, the managent are all that ’traitor’s’ lackeys."
"How I miss that night, Hansen alone knocked Boston out, shouting this was his turf, damn managent screwed everything up!"
After returning to mphis, the Grizzlies faced back-to-back ho gas.
Their first ho opponent was the perpetually rebuilding Timberwolves, basically an easy win.
In that ga, Randolph didn’t play, but Hansen and Guy respectively scored 29 points with 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, while Conley also contributed 14 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists.
It’s proven that with weaker teams, you really can pad your stats.
Their second opponent was the Phoenix Suns.
The Suns are a high-tempo team, and when two completely different styles et, it’s a battle of pacing.
Randolph returned for this ga, but under Nash’s lead, the Grizzlies couldn’t slow down the pace.
In the end, the Phoenix Suns won the ga 123-118.
Randolph lost efficacy in such a fast-paced ga, scoring only 12 points, grabbing 14 rebounds, and contributing 3 assists from 4 out of 11 shooting.
Yet, Hansen and Guy, the two sharpshooters from the periter, perford well, with Hansen achieving 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and Guy tallying 26 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.
After three gas, the Grizzlies had 2 wins and 1 loss.
Hansen perford exceptionally well, averaging 24 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3.7 steals over three gas, almost doubling his scoring from last season.
Though it’s a small sample size, it was clear that he had the potential to be the core of the team.
Moreover, it was worth ntioning that Hansen’s average playing ti reached 35.8 minutes, much higher than last season, and increasing with each ga.
It’s known that after playing an amazing series against the Celtics, even the Knights managent recognized his potential, but the biggest concern outside was his injury history.
But now, while Jas was still troubled by an elbow injury from last season, Hansen was in great health.
"He’s going to be the ’Most Improved Player’ this season." Barkley even started popping champagne for Hansen on air.
After the ga against the Suns, Hansen visited Guy’s ho.
Guy’s residence was a mansion, very similar to O’Neal’s when he was in Cleveland, with a garage filled with luxury cars.
Most NBA players are paid monthly, but so can get advances, and Guy was one of those with such privileges.
A contract of over eighty million, even after taxes was more than forty million, and with advances, the twenty million in hand made buying houses and cars a trivial matter.
Guy took Hansen on a tour, his eyes unable to hide the pride.
Becoming an NBA player is a class leap, but becoming a top-paid NBA player is entering the elite class.
"You play this too?" What Hansen found surprising was that in Guy’s mansion, there was also a boxing ring.
He montarily thought he was still in O’Neal’s mansion in Cleveland.
"Yes, boxing, it helps boost your confidence, and it also enhances focus, body coordination, and balance, it really is helpful."
Guy said this excitedly, even hopping onto the ring to demonstrate so shadow boxing for Hansen.
Hansen now understood why Guy had improved so much this season.
He had seen O’Neal’s boxing ring before, thinking it was just a hobby of O’Neal’s, but it seed quite popular among NBA players.
And what Guy said made sense, boxing and basketball have a lot of intersections.
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