In August, while most stars were still attending commercial events around the world or traveling everywhere, Link Training Camp had officially opened in Memphis.
This time, Link did not choose Los Angeles for the training camp, because most of the people he had invited this year were Grizzlies players.
Josh Richardson, Spencer Dinwiddie, and Harrell naturally could not escape it.
Jokic was unable to report because he had to participate in the Olympics. Still, gaining experience on the international stage would benefit Jokic as well.
Conley, whose season had been cut short by injury last year, also wanted to begin training early this summer and regain his form as soon as possible.
Gasol had originally wanted to come with Conley, but because of the Olympics as well, he could only prioritize his national team duties.
Those four, plus Link, meant that the Grizzlies alone had sent five people to the training camp this year!
Thus, Link simply moved the training camp to Memphis.
In a small place like Memphis, it was easier for the players to focus on training.
Los Angeles was a major city, after all, with all sorts of temptations. Link was not worried about the others, but whether those three young guys could resist was hard to say.
But in Memphis, even if you wanted to go out and have fun, there was nowhere to do it.
So choosing Memphis killed multiple birds with one stone.
As for trainers, Link's old friend Chris Brickley naturally brought his team to Memphis in person to continue assisting Link.
Brickley worked with Link every summer, and the two had long since become old friends.
Although Brickley had become increasingly famous and more and more people were booking him, he always set aside time in the summer for Link.
Of course,