Chapter 164: The Rocket That Awaits Ahead
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Lynn's status with the Jazz has improved now, and he was not qualified to participate in the team's important decisions before, because at that time he was not yet identified by the team as the team's successor, but now it is different. |[2][3][][x]
Don't think that every star player in the NBA has the ability to express his opinion to the team, even if it is some All-Star, it is just a passerby for many teams, and even quasi-superstars and superstars may not all be able to participate in the team's decision-making, such as Pippen of the Bulls, who is also a superstar, but because of Jordan's deposit, he has always been only the second child of the team, neither the past nor the present of the team, nor the future of the team, in this case, even if Pippen is traded one day, This second master Pi himself may not know it at the first time.
Therefore, Pippen wants to rise strongly during Jordan's absence, not because he wants to oust Jordan from the position of boss, but more because he hopes to have a higher status than the second child of the team, just like Lin Han now.
However, although now Lin Han has the right to speak in the team and the right to build the team's future, he still has no right to decide, not to mention that Lin Han has no right to decide, Malone and Stockton do not, and the player who has the right to decide the future of the team in the NBA is probably Jordan alone, and it is not okay for the Bulls owner or general manager not to ask Jordan before making decisions about the future of the team.
So, this time. When the two head coaches and general managers of the two teams, Jerry Sloan and Scott Rayden, were arguing, Lin Han's interjection at this time was very surprising, after all, even Malone and Stockton did not dare to intervene at this time. Because after these two people, neither Redden nor Jerry Sloan can be persuaded by them, or rather, compared to the ability to manage the team and select people, Malone and Stockton admit that they can't do it, and if they can't, don't meddle This is a must.
It's just that these two didn't expect Lin Han to look like he was very good, and the guy named David Wesley who was just brought up, they had never heard of it. Even Jerry Sloan and Scott Rayden don't know each other at all, except that they know that there is such a name on the trade fax from the Nets.
Facing the extremely puzzled eyes of the few people present, Lin Han was also a little speechless. In fact, he didn't know much about David Wesley, but he had vaguely seen him from the bronze legend player of the legend system, a bronze legend, if not a duplicate name. Then David Wesley should be pretty good. Although it seems that you can't play seven or eight minutes a game in the Nets now.
"Well, the last time we played against the Nets, I watched him play, this guy's strength is good, his skills are quite comprehensive, although he is a little shorter, he is still fully qualified to play on the bench in the team"
Lin Han said a little nervously at this time, seriously. Lin Han also doesn't know what kind of player David Wesley is, only knows that this 1.83 meter scoring guard should be good in the future. But in the current NBA, although everyone doesn't say it, they are basically more discriminatory against players who are shorter in height, a scoring guard who is less than 1.83 meters tall, even if he is strong, it is impossible to play in a championship team, which is why this Nets guard can't get ahead in the Nets, a playoff-level team, in Chuck Daley's team, how can a guard without defense come out.
However, in the Jazz, it may not be possible for the short guard to play off the bench, after all, in the Jazz, the team that has become more and more bombarded does not need a bench to defend, and it is good to be able to score.
"A well-rounded little defender?"
At this time, after Lin Han proposed his own proposal, Jerry West also groaned, in the United States, if the players who can appear on the NBA court are less than 1.69 meters in the organization guard and less than 1.85 meters in the scoring guard, these players have a certain unique ability, so Lin Han said that David Wesley has good skills, Jerry Sloan and Scott Reden all believe it, such as the Hornets' point guard leader Boggs and the Kings' potato Webb, these guys all have a unique skill, David Wesley can be favored by the Nets, and if he is willing to give him a contract, he will naturally not do nothing.
In the Nets, David Wesley is not suitable now, but when it comes to the Jazz, maybe there are really some good exhibitions, and when they think of this, both Scott Rayden and Jerry Sloan nod.
It's not because of how good the proposal proposed by Lin Han is, but because it's operable, that is, the option that was originally ruled out can now be reconsidered, you know, when Scott Rayden received this Nets trade chip, it was quite an atmosphere.
The Nets want to trade two role players and a veteran? By the way, he also cleared up the team's salary space, how can there be such a good thing, if Raidon really agrees, it will not be laughed at for a lifetime.
However, compared with the transactions of other teams, the number of players given by the Nets is indeed large, after all, it is to exchange role players for star players, if the number is still small, it really can't be said, and now the Jazz team actually needs a meat shield on the inside, and the selection of role players really needs quantity rather than quality, and now the Jazz's bench is actually not short of very good quality players, isn't Jeff Malone just that, but a Jeff Malone can't stop the rest of the team from pitting, in this case, It's better to get a bunch of good quality role players than to get an All-Star bench.
After all, with Lin Han's scoring ability and Ma Long's scoring ability, it is enough for the team to have two strong points, and it is a big deal that in the playoffs, the two take turns to play with the substitutes, and they can get through it a little.
So, now for the Jazz, a level of interior meat shield is a must. And then the role players need some who can throw threes, some who can break through, and they can't get a bunch of mid-range shooting princes like they used to. Role players are all of the same type, and now the Jazz are like this, the role players are all mid-range boys, and it is useless to be posted at critical moments.
"In that case, I'm going to go to the Nets in the last few days to see if Edwards and PJ Brown or David Wesley have that ability."
In the end, Malone and Stockton were extremely surprised. Even Lin Han was very surprised that in the end, the general manager of the team actually made a decision and seemed to approve of Lin Han's proposal, and Jerry Sloan on the side seemed to have no opinion.
"You kid is really hidden, when did you know so much about other teams? Don't say the kind of thing I watched him play in the last game. I remember the game against the Nets, the backup guard definitely didn't stay on the court for three minutes, didn't even touch the ball a few times, and there was a ghost with a well-rounded skill."
"yes. Or John is smart. If you hadn't been reminded, I really thought this kid had known the information from the last game."
After leaving the team's general manager's office, Lin Han was speechless for a while in the face of Stockton, who had a very superior sense of IQ, and Ma Long, who was completely suppressed in IQ, and finally shrugged his shoulders at Stockton after giving him a blank look, and then looked like he had no comment, which made Stockton want to strangle Lin Han.
"Well, it doesn't matter where you got the information from. Or do you have a good relationship with David Wesley and want to get a job for him. It's okay, hopefully this guy can really help the team."
Stockton finally took a deep look at Lin Han and said with a serious face, and after finishing speaking, he left with Ma Long first, while Lin Han stood a little stunned and smiled bitterly.
It seems that the leader of the team has also been choked by the team's group of substitutes, and they have already said such things directly.
"Looking for a job opportunity for a good friend?"
However, in the end, thinking of Stockton's last sentence, Lin Han was in a trance, he didn't think about this, in the NBA, a player who has the right to participate in the team's team construction, like Lin Han, even if he has no decision-making power, as long as he hopes that the team can sign a free agent, the team will not ask most of the time, although the NBA list of 15 people per team is not much, but it is still okay to stuff a few idlers in, as long as the players are not too bad.
In fact, Lin Han had considered signing Bowen to the team before, but after Lin Han put forward this idea, he was actually rejected by Bowen, this guy left the CBA not long ago and went to Europe, and actually said that he was not bad in Europe, hoping to improve and improve, and he didn't want to go back to the NBA now to sit on the cold bench or not be on the activation list.
Although Lin Han can ask the team to sign Bowen, but with Lin Han's vision now, he knows that if Bowen is only the ability of the Chicago talent training camp half a year ago, it is estimated that it will be really difficult to enter Jerry Sloan's eyes, even if he finally has Lin Han's face, he will give Bowen a chance, just like giving Aaron Williams and Brian Russell a chance, but if only in terms of strength, neither Bryan Russell nor Aaron Williams can be compared with the current Bowen.
Russell and Williams can finally hold the opportunity, but Bowen may not, so although he was rejected by his friends, Lin Han is not dissatisfied, because he knows that Bowen's decision is actually correct, and now he is not capable of competing in a championship team, if so, it is better to stay in Europe to improve his strength.
"What a melancholy guy"
However, although he supports Bowen's decision, Lin Han is still a little helpless about Bowen wasting a chance to enter the NBA in vain, for most Americans who play overseas, let alone a formal contract, even if it is a short contract, they are willing to run back, but it is obvious that this guy who is not very strong and may only be destined to become a role player really has ambitions for his future, maybe this is related to Lin Han's stimulation of him at the beginning, Lin Han can see that Bowen does not want to be a simple role player, he is not confused about his future now.
"Maybe that's why he's a legend"
When he thought of this, Lin Han was also happy for his friend.
Bowen now seems to have found his way in Europe, while Linham, who is now in the NBA, still needs to continue to fight for the team's victory.
After the game with the Cavaliers on January 16th. The Jazz's upcoming schedule is followed by an away game against the Timberwolves on the 18th, an away game against the Rockets on the 19th, a home game against Harmony on the 21st and a home game against the Warriors on the 22nd.
It was another wave of five days and four battles that made the Jazz extremely helpless, because of the first two months. The Jazz only played 27 games, so this month, the Jazz's schedule is very dense, it can be called the month of the devil's schedule, according to such a schedule and such an opponent, it is difficult for the Jazz to adjust even if they want to adjust their state.
Unless all the main players of the whole team are rotated, they are not allowed to participate in the game. But obviously, if this Jazz really rotates the main force and relies on Lin Han with a group of substitutes. Even if Lin Han is really Jordan, he can't win a few games.
In this case, Jerry Sloan can only think of the rotation of Stockton and Malone, each playing one game and resting one, and the two can't fight hard when they get on the court. Just need to keep the game feeling a little bit and that's it. It can be said that the last few games will all be Lin Han's one-man show.
Now Jerry Sloan just hopes that he can adjust the team's form this month, and as for how many games he can win for the rest of the month, he doesn't care so much, and now the team's 36 consecutive wins are already good.
Of course, for Jerry Sloan and the Jazz, this time is indeed enough to win, and Lin Han has also proved that he can be a high-level watch even if he leaves Malone. But many people in the United States may not let Lin Han go.
Now many people are speaking directly after the game between the Jazz and the Cavaliers. Next, the Jazz started with the Timberwolves and ended with the Bulls, three of the seven games Jazz can win is a victory, and even seven games in addition to winning the Timberwolves, the other six games are all lost, and even some media have doubts about whether the Jazz can win the Timberwolves away, because they don't know if Malone will continue to be absent, you know, no matter how much the Timberwolves are fished, this is a team with both inside and outside, which is much better than the Jazz without Malone now.
Lin Han has the ability to continue to play inside against Leitner, but if Lin Han really goes inside to play against Leitner this time, then Ryder on the outside is likely to go crazy directly.
The outside star of the Timberwolves, who was extremely humiliated by Lin Han not long ago, is a four-small swingman in the league, although his defense is not as good as Phils and Gerald Williams, but his offense can make everyone cry except Lin Han, and now the Jazz are most afraid of defensive opponents, and what they are most afraid of is this kind of offensive player.
In this case, many American media experts believe that the Jazz can't even get by without the Timberwolves without Malone is actually not biased, but actually has a great possibility.
"These guys say we can only win three of our next seven games, and I think that's an overestimation of us."
Even in the Jazz team, when the Jazz left Utah for Minnesota, during the pre-game battle meeting, as the host of the meeting, the team's first leader, Stockton, also said with some emotion, although he wanted to shout the slogan of total victory, but obviously, he really couldn't shout it at this time.
In addition to the Timberwolves, these seven opponents are fish belly, the Rockets and Sound are championship-level teams, even if the Jazz lineup is complete, they may not be able to beat them, and the next Warriors are now one of the most beautiful teams in the West, this team with extremely poor infighting at the beginning of the season After Chris Mullin's comeback, there was a temporary suppression of the leading big brother, and now the record has begun to soar, and it has been able to enter the central region of the Western playoffs, as for the next road trip to the East, the Nets, the Pistons and the Bulls, Not to mention the Bulls and the Nets, the strong team, and the Pistons, with the grudge between the Pistons and the Jazz, Isaiah Thomas may come back again in this game, although it is difficult to bully Stockton casually like in the previous two seasons, but it is still not to be underestimated.
In seven games, only the Timberwolves are slightly easier to deal with, but thinking of the grievances between Lin Han and this team, such an easy deal is also relatively speaking.
"It's a big challenge for us now, but as long as we're on the pitch, we need to keep trying to win, and I'm sure even if we lose all seven games in the end, it doesn't matter. We just have to do our best! ”
Now the Jazz still have one breath left, and now this breath is almost unbearable, and both Stockton and Jerry Sloan can see this situation very clearly.
But. For Lin Han, he knows that his possible first NBA loss is really getting closer and closer, but even if he loses, Lin Han is not willing to lose to a fish belly team like the Timberwolves, it is too embarrassing, even if it is a loss to a fish belly team. Lynham is also absolutely unwilling to lose to Ryder's team.
After all, the Timberwolves' leading outside line was just ridiculed by Lin Han not long ago for not being on the same level as him.
So, before this Jazz-Timberwolves game begins. During the pre-match press conference, Lin Han sarcastically mocked the group of media who said that they could only win three of their seven games this month.
"I don't care what Ryder says, I said last time, we're not players at the same level, I don't think even Olajuwon will care about Luke Longley's challenge."
Before the start of this game. Rydell, who had woken up from Lin Han's previous blow, did not directly point at Lin Han's nose this time and said that he would defeat Lin Han and humiliate Lin Han. But in an interview before the game, he revealed that he wanted to challenge Lin Han again in this game, so that he could end the Jazz's 36-game winning streak and regain his lost face.
It's just that in the face of the challenge of this opponent that Lin Han looks down on, Lin Han is not polite, and directly compares the difference between Luke Longli and Olajuwon between him and Ryder.
Who is Luke Longley? The Timberwolves are the backup center of the fish-belly team, and who is Olajuwon? The Rockets' level center, the league's No. 1 center this season, one is in the sky. One is on the ground.
Of course, in the face of Lin Han's ridicule. Ryder didn't know what kind of reaction Lin Han would have after hearing it, but in this game, what made many media very speechless was that Jerry Sloan did not let Malone suspend today, and the truce was replaced by Stockton.
In the last two games, whether it is Stockton or Malone, it is estimated that it is the first time in his career that he has had such treatment, and after they became famous with the Jazz before, Jerry Sloan really used these two to death.
However, for this game with the Timberwolves, there are really not too many problems with Stockton, with a team like the Timberwolves, as long as the Jazz can limit their core players, and the core players of this team are naturally only two, the interior of the Dream One team Leitner and this year's Rookie of the Year candidate Ryder, as long as they can choke these two, it doesn't matter if Stockton is no longer there.
After all, the biggest basis for the Timberwolves to beat the Jazz is not how well their tactical play is, for most of the league's fish belly teams basically have no tactical execution, so they can only hope that their stars can explode if they want to beat the Jazz.
Just like Ryder, the Timberwolves' home outside line really hopes that Lin Han will play inside and play against Leitner after being stimulated by the media in this game, and let himself go, and then let him bully the other Jazz players, and then he will defeat the Jazz by himself and wash away all the black history that was humiliated by Lin Han.
Even in order to achieve this goal, he really didn't provoke Lin Han before the game, but the final result was that the Jazz didn't let him get his wish.
In this case, when the game between the Jazz and the Timberwolves began, the leading guard of the Timberwolves realized how difficult it was for him to beat the Jazz in this game and beat Lynch.
"It's too brutal, it's too brutal, Lin Han seems to have inexhaustible energy, this game is very impactful as soon as it comes up, as if the last game he played for 46 minutes in a row has no impact on this game at all, it's incredible, it's incredible!"
Originally, Ryder didn't fantasize that he could beat Lin Han in this game, after all, even physical strongmen like Malone and Stockton are a little unbearable now, Lin Han is a rookie, a player who has only been in contact with professional basketball for less than a year, how good is his physical fitness?
And in the last game against the Cavaliers, Lin Han played 46 minutes in a row, and when the game was decided in the last two minutes, Jerry Sloan replaced him.
In this case, it is really difficult to say how much energy Lin Han can have in this game, and this is probably one of the wishes that Ryder relies on the most.
Just after the game starts. Watching Lin Han crush himself again and again, Ryder was almost angry and wanted to vomit blood, he didn't think about asking his teammates to help. But how can he endure such a thing when he is young and vigorous, he can only grit his teeth and insist on a heads-up with Lin Han, this game is a game broadcast live in the United States, anyway, the previous humiliation is also humiliation, if this game is to let his teammates help, it will not only be humiliating but completely admit what Lin Han said before, he and Lin Han are not the same level of players.
Face Jordan. When Drexler can't do it one-on-one, Ryder will admit it, and the bag will be clamped. But in the face of Lin Han, a kid he didn't even look at in the genius training camp, he really didn't have any determination.
It was also in this situation that the game between the Jazz and the Timberwolves was very interesting, and it almost became Lin Han's one-man show again. Just like the last time the two teams met. At that time, Lin Han completely defeated Ryder, and this time it was actually about the same.
"This guy is really useless, what he said before the game is so good, after meeting Lin Han in the game, he is not as good as the knight's Fils, Fils can still push Lin Han a little bit one-on-one, this guy doesn't even have the strength to top Lin Han"
"Yes, even if the defense is really poor, the offense is locked like this by Lin Han. How did he get into the lotto? ”
"Or is it a four-level swingman? The gap between Ryder and the other three was so great that he didn't even have the courage of Mashburn now. Not to mention compared to Hardaway, how could the league take a fancy to this guy in the first place, I think the Lakers' Van Axel is better than him.
Of course, at this time, Ryder was very suppressed by Lin Han, in fact, before this game, after Lin Han locked Ryddle, if the Timberwolves' leading player can't play his own level on the offensive end, then his appearance may not be worse than the Cavaliers' defensive player Phils, this is the sadness of these players who have offense and no defense.
If Lin Han didn't defend at the beginning, in the first time against the Knicks, Lin Han smashed the offensive end and was perfectly locked by Starks, before the miracle moment was staged, Lin Han's table was not much different from Ryder in this game.
All of them are undercover agents for the team, but unlike Ryder, Lin Han is no longer at the point where he can't lead the team because of his offensive problems.
In fact, Lin Han's hand in this game is actually not very good, although Ryder did not let his teammates help, but as the head coach of the Timberwolves, Sid Nirowe really can't completely let go of Lin Han, in order to prevent Lin Han's extremely unreasonable breakthrough, not long after the game started, after Lin Han crushed Ryder several times, the Timberwolves have been standing not far behind Ryder on the inside, waiting to pinch Lin Han at any time.
In this case, Lin Han rarely used courage or big strides to break through in this game, most of them were Maddie-style dry pulls and Kobe Bryant's turnaround and backward jumpers, these two skills are one of the convulsive type and the other is the skill of both cancer and scoring explosiveness.
It's just that even if he just uses these two skills, Lin Han's hand is really not that good, and it is not something that Ryder's defense can stop.
1o5 to 88, Jazz away god Timberwolves 17 points, achieved a 37-game winning streak in the team's history, this game Lin Han scored 48 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks in 19 of 36 shots, and won 4o+1o in two consecutive games, although the Timberwolves did not have a crazy package like the Cavaliers in this game, but it was not completely for Lin Han to face Ryder one-on-one.
In such a situation, Lin Han was able to win 4O+1O in two consecutive games, which was not easy.
"The Timberwolves and Ryddle are both losing now, and it seems that the team that can stop the Jazz's winning streak now needs the Rockets or the sound to do it, and now the outside world's argument that Lin Han has shrunk by more than a third without Malone or has suffered a finish line can also be stopped, Lin Han is a veritable superstar and not a pseudo-superstar, he deserves everyone's respect and the status he deserves."
"For Jazz, he's just as important as Malone"
After the game, as the on-site commentator, Collins also summed up excitedly.
"However, in the next game against the Rockets, the Timberwolves may be really difficult, and Olajuwon will not let this team step on them twice in a row, if the Rockets still want to compete for the championship"
While excited, the former Bulls head coach was also a little worried when he looked at the player on the court who was smiling because of the victory. (To be continued!)
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