Chapter 181: Angry Uncle Mu

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Although there is no connection between the Nuggets' center Mutombo and Lin Han, and the two have no relationship, as a young player who has entered the league, Mutombo will naturally not have any congenital dissatisfaction with Lin Han because of salary or other reasons like those veterans in the NBA.

In addition, the two are not players in the same position at all, and such a grudge is even more impossible to exist, so when Lin Han saw that the Nuggets' leading player challenged him, Lin Han was really puzzled, and it wasn't until he read all the reports that he understood a little bit why the Nuggets player suddenly challenged himself that seemed almost impossible.

It's not because he's done anything sorry for Mutombo, it's because Mutombo is unhappy with this year's All-Star roster.

You know, Mutombo was the No. 4 pick in 1991 and became an All-Star in his first season in the league, but he is a rookie All-Star, the same as Lynham and Hardaway this year.

And the Nuggets' record that season was simply miserable, in this case, as a rookie, Mutombo was able to enter the All-Star, which shows how rebellious he was at that time.

It's just that since his rookie season, because of the needs of the team, Mutombo, who doesn't have much offensive ability, has fewer and fewer opportunities to shoot, and even many times his teammates don't give him the ball when he is attacking, and if he wants to have offensive opportunities, he has to grab rebounds in the front court, so he is counting jù. Mutombona has really been declining year on year, even though the Nuggets' center forward has consistently held up against one of the league's best defensive interior lines.

But he hasn't made the playoffs since the All-Star Game. And Mutombo, who has averaged 12 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks per game so far this season, is the current block king on the NBA block list, in this case. Although he also knows that it is indeed difficult for him to become an All-Star, it is always no problem to be a substitute, after all, his numbers are not bad, and the team's record is not bad.

It's just that he is very disappointed that the league doesn't look up to him at all, although the All-Star bench is selected by the coach, but without his name is without his name. Although this year's All-Star is known as an All-Star with many newcomers, such as Lin Han in the West, Sprewell and Clifford Robinson, etc., are all newcomers, of course, he can't grab Lin Han's position if he wants to, what makes him dissatisfied is why Clifford Robinson, who only has an offensive interior line, can enter the All-Star, and he, an interior player at the pinnacle of defense, can't enter the All-Star?

You know, although Clifford is averaging close to 2o points per game this season, the other standards on the offensive end are much worse than Mutombo's standards on the defensive end, so. In a sense, it really irritates Clifford to be selected and he is not selected.

One of the best defensive players in a league. What happens when you get stimulated? Of course, it's to find a chance to prove himself, isn't the current NBA player looking down on a defensive player like him, so well, he proved that he can not only make it to the All-Star, but also beat the best offensive player in the league, and it was a huge mistake for the league not to choose him to be an NBA All-Star.

With such a plan, Mutombo naturally directly challenged Lin Han, because isn't the best offensive player in the league now Lin Han, as long as he can prove that he can make Lin Han's scoring efficiency greatly reduced. Then he succeeded.

Of course, after understanding these conditions. Lin Han does have some sympathy for the young center, although the league has never admitted it. But as a commercial league, and the All-Star Game is the pinnacle of the commercial game of this commercial league, in such a game, the chances of defensive players entering are naturally much lower than the chances of offensive players entering, unless there is a team that can do it like the Pistons or the current Knicks, the Pistons' Rodman and the current Knicks' Oakley, these two are because the team's reputation is too prominent, even if they are defensive butchers, they can still enter the All-Star.

But although the Nuggets are a strong team in the West, it is not a grade compared to the previous Pistons or the current Knicks, so it is really difficult for pure defensive players in the team to enter the NBA All-Stars, unless Mutombo's popularity and prestige are indeed so high that others can't refuse, with the current Nuggets eighth ranking, if they beat the first Jazz in the playoffs, and Mutombo is very good, then the prestige and popularity of this defensive player will come up, No matter how reluctant others are to let him be an All-Star, it is impossible to forget him.

It's just clear that now, Mutombo, who hasn't played a playoff game in his career, wants to put himself in the same league as Rodman and Oaklebi, and that's really too early, although he doesn't seem to be inferior to these two, or maybe even better than these two.

Therefore, when he finished understanding a qiē, although Lin Han was a little sympathetic to the Nuggets center, he was also a little speechless, if you want to prove yourself, go to Clifford Robinson, who grabbed your position, or go to Olajuwon and Admiral, who suppressed you, why focus on an outside player like yourself, although Mutombo's idea is good, but this idea is a bit extreme no matter how you look at it.

"Deacbe is a very good defensive player, we played two games with the Nuggets before and his ability is impressive, the Nuggets are also a very good team, this team deserves an All-Star spot, if I were a coach I would vote for Deacon Beybey, I appreciate him"

On February 7, 1994, the day of the Jazz's away game against the Nuggets, at the pre-game press conference, as Lin Han expected, this group of good news reporters almost focused all their attention on the relationship between him and Mutombo, these guys have been trying to dig up some information about Lin Han's dissatisfaction with Mutombo, and then use it to provoke the Nuggets' center forward, and it is better to let the two clash again in this game.

You know, the Nuggets are a fairly young team, and it's not just their leader Mutombo who is young. The rest of the squad is also young, as long as their fighting spirit is up, the momentum is up. Any team in the league will be scared when they see them, this is a gangster team that is not dirty but full of gangsters.

It's just that these reporters are thinking very well. wants to continue Mutombo's dissatisfaction with the All-Star list and provoke the relationship between Lin Han and Mutombo, but what makes these people very speechless is that they have always been arrogant and never suffer, and the tyrant is like Lin Han who is full of Lin Han when facing Mutombo's provocation, he actually has a smile on his face, and he also keeps showing favor to the center of the Nuggets team at the pre-game press conference. This almost made all the reporters on the scene stunned for a while.

Did this kid take his medicine today?

Almost instantly, these guys were all wondering why Lin Han was so abnormal today.

"Could there be any resentment about Deacon Bay's remarks? I don't think it's going to make me feel any resentment, and I don't think Mr. Jordan will be upset with me because of my joke before, we're not a bunch of narrow-minded people who like to hold grudges, villains."

When Lin Han was asked if he would be dissatisfied with Mutombo's remarks, the Jazz rookie's answer simply made these uncrowned kings off the court angry, this guy was clearly choking them, so seeing that Lin Han just didn't want to do what they wanted today, at this time these reporters also understood that it was almost impossible to provoke Lin Han to take the initiative to attack Mutombo.

As for whether he can provoke Mutombo to take the initiative to attack Lin Han. This is also very suspenseful, although Mutombo is dissatisfied with the league and wants to challenge Lin Han, but the Nuggets player also admits that Lin Han is indeed the strongest offensive player in the league now. In this case, it can be seen that the Nuggets' leading player actually does not have any dissatisfaction or disdain for Lin Han, and it may be difficult to get Mutombo to take the initiative to attack Lin Han.

And this is also the reason why after Mutombo challenged himself, Lin Han was just a little speechless but not angry, compared to Pippen and Barkley's challenge, Mutombo's challenge is not offensive to Lin Han, the Nuggets player simply wants to prove his defensive ability, in this case, there is nothing wrong with him challenging the league's strongest offensive player. Just like before, Lin Han has been challenging Jeff Malone in the team in order to get the team's stability. If Lin Han couldn't even tolerate this kind of thing, then he was really a small person. He deserves to be hacked.

"Lin, what do you think about Kobe Bryant, a sophomore in Philadelphia High School, saying that he can beat Jordan single-handedly, and do you think he really has what it takes to play in this year's All-Star Rookie Game?"

At the pregame press conference between the Jazz and the Nuggets, these reporters saw that they couldn't stir up the relationship between Lin Han and Mutombo, and they didn't continue to dwell on the issue except for some disappointment, and the guys quickly turned the conversation to this year's All-Star Game.

I have to say that although the All-Star is getting closer and closer, the focus of everyone's discussion is slowly shifting to this aspect, and what makes David Stern very happy is that the All-Star Rookie Challenge he led is indeed a success, since high school players can participate in the NBA All-Star Game, it can be said that the popularity of the All-Star Rookie Game can simply overshadow the All-Star Game.

Some time ago, the news that all the major talents in the United States have recommended themselves to Hardaway, Barkley and Larry Bird is simply overwhelming, and Kobe Bryant, the former Linham's Old acquaintances are naturally one of them, especially in recent days, after the league announced the four-man roster of Garnett, Iverson and Carter and Raheem, many other high school geniuses already know that they have no chance, and they have died down, or are looking for opportunities for the next year, but Kobe Bryant, a sophomore from Philadelphia, is really unrelenting, and directly said that the NBA's selection of this year is problematic, which is not fair, and the NBA should let all players who are interested in participating in the rookie game all gather together, and then everyone goes head-to-head, and whoever wins will be selected。

Of course, for Kobe's statement, these media who like to be lively are naturally extremely happy and agree with it. And some undisciplined media even contacted the Philadelphia 76ers, hoping that the 76ers would send a player to try it out with Kobe Bryant, and the result was it. With a lot of media attention, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Fred Carter really agreed to these guys' invitations. And let the team's young swing forward, Witherspoon, a 1.98-meter-tall, 23-year-old all-round forward, come to Kobe Bryant's head-to-head, although Witherspoon is only 1.98 meters tall, but the 76ers player known as Barkley in the league is really outstanding in terms of strength, as a swing man in the forward position, he was able to average 15 points and 7 rebounds per game in his rookie season, and this season he has averaged 18 points and 1o rebounds per game, this player who played small forward in the 76ers. In fact, I also wanted to play with Kobe Bryant and didn't care too much, who knows, this forward player who didn't care too much actually lost in the contest with Kobe.

Witherspoon and the 76ers are really boring, the team's record this year is like this, basically the season is over, so the 76ers' players are not on the game, so the Kobe challenge is regarded as a spice, but the 76ers and Witherspoon are just playing, but Kobe is not playing, this teenager directly came up and stunned Witherspoon. The Philadelphia high school student almost blew up Humpty Dumpty Witherspoon with his own degree and skill, although in the end Witherspoon was too late to come to his senses and ready to go all out, and finally lost. After that, after Kobe Bryant defeated Witherspoon, he directly challenged Hornacek, the current boss of the 76ers, and what made people spray rice was that I don't know if it was intentional, Hornacek actually agreed, and he really lost to Kobe Bryant again in the heads-up with Kobe.

This almost made Kobe Bryant, a teenager, really full of confidence at the time, when the reporters at the scene asked him if he could beat Lin Han alone, this teenager's words directly made all the reporters on the scene happy.

"Don't tell me Lin Han, I can win Jordan alone!"

Can Kobe Bryant win Jordan heads-up? Lin Han didn't know, but it was obvious. Kobe, who is still a teenager now, is really popular, and there is no way not to be popular. He single-handedly defeated the 76ers, a new and an old player, although anyone with a discerning eye can see that when he singled out Hornacek in the second game, Hornacek definitely didn't want to play with this young man, but this guy beat Witherspoon is always a fact, for a while, this young player in the second year of high school has really become the focus of the American basketball world in recent times, and even David Stern was shocked.

In the end, David Stern's statement was that the list had been decided, whether it was Iverson, Carter or Garnett and Raheem, these people would not change again, and they would consider inviting Kobe Bryant to join them next year.

This is also a better answer for David Stern, as the president of the NBA, he has every right to ignore Kobe, but in the end he still ignored it, but no one thought that this Philadelphia teenager was not happy, and directly said to the media again that he was willing to accept Iverson or Carter or Garnett and Raheem's heads-up, who wins and who goes up, who loses and who goes down, especially this Philadelphia teenager is quite disdainful of Iverson who was selected by Lin Han, saying that if Iverson is willing to go head-to-head with him, He can even concede the ball.

Obviously, when the teenager was asked by a reporter if he had the confidence to beat Lin Han single-handedly, he directly disdained Lin Han, but said that he was able to beat Jordan, it seems that it was because he chose a waste like Iverson for Lin Han, and he had a lot of resentment for not choosing him, the key is that Lin Han didn't know that Kobe Bryant was now a sophomore player, Lin Han has never been very clear about some things in the basketball world, if it weren't for the United States today, Lin Han would even give his choice to Larry Bird, Let the Celtic legend help you make your choice.

Of course, no matter how this matter was before, but for now, as a spear in the hands of the American media, Kobe Bryant is now really standing on the opposite side of Lin Han, facing Kobe to challenge Iverson, and Iverson is not fighting now, and now these reporters have all pushed the problem to Lin Han, as long as Lin Han supports Iverson to fight, this teenager who is considered a waste man can't hide no matter how much he dodges, after all, this is the quota given to him by Lin Han, if Lin Han asks him to face off with Kobe to divide the winner, even if Iverson is unwilling, You have to bite the bullet too.

It's just that this seemingly fair matchup is too unfair for Iverson, who hasn't played a game on the right track for almost half a year, and is still working hard to find his sense of the ball, how can he be Kobe's opponent with his current feeling. These media naturally don't care if Kobe Bryant can finally join the All-Star rookie game with his heads-up, they only want to prove one thing, that is, Lin Han's selection vision is problematic. They just wanted Lin Han to be embarrassed.

So after being asked this question, Lin Han sat there directly with a stern face and didn't move. didn't even move his mouth, just sat there for 15 minutes, and then waited until the press officer said that the time was up, the Jazz team's leading guard got up and left directly.

"Hmph, no matter how much you dodge this question. A waste man is a waste person, even if Kobe Bryant can't prove that he is a waste person, on the day of the rookie game, it will also prove how bad your vision is, and how bad the players you choose are! ”

At this time, almost all the people who had been crazy about Iverson at the beginning and didn't want Iverson to rise with the help of Lin Han almost had such an idea in their hearts at this time.

In fact, Lin Han is in a good mood today, if it weren't for the fact that the questions asked by these guys were too vicious, he wouldn't have sat there directly for 15 minutes without saying a word, would he be willing to support Kobe Bryant and Iverson heads-up? Answer yes, that is sure to be fooled. The answer is not willing will also be interpreted by these people as Lin Han is afraid that Iverson's strength is not as good as Kobe, although Lin Han does not know what kind of character Iverson is, but as a former genius who urgently needs to prove himself. Isn't it possible to be stimulated like this by someone who shouldn't fight? So, the best answer is not to say anything, and to do it without saving zài.

Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, these two players who almost gave him the strongest and powerful skill inheritance are now on the opposite side of him, Kevin Garnett won't say it, because he didn't count Ronnie Fields, the future No. 1 high school student in the United States may not have a good face for Lin Han, as for Kobe, they all expressed their dissatisfaction with him with disdain.

Of course. Today's game between the Jazz and the Nuggets faces the challenge of Mutombo. Naturally, it is impossible for Lin Han to put more attention on the problems of Kobe and Iverson.

"You see, the Jazz guys are out. Lin Han is out! ”

"Hahaha, this game is interesting, Deacon Bay said, this game is going to challenge Lin Han!"

"Do you think who of these two will win? Deacon Bay or Linham? ”

"Of course it's Deacon Bey, don't you need to say it, he's the league's block king, although Lin Han's breakthrough is very powerful, but I don't think he can have the upper hand in front of Deacon Beybe"

On the evening of February 7, 1994, the Nuggets' home stadium McNichols Arena, at this time the game was really full, if you look at the content of this game alone, the first team in the West played eighth in the West, the first two teams played twice, the Jazz won all, and the strength of the two sides almost had a very obvious gap, but it is clear that this game is not as simple as it seems, because all the new players of the Jazz team in this game have to appear, At this time, Drexler went to the Rockets and took a break to recuperate, as one of the two most watched transactions recently, since Drexler's side couldn't pay attention, naturally everyone set their eyes on the Jazz.

And Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan is also very powerful, saying at the pre-game press conference that the team's four rookies will play in today's game, and even Polynes will appear as the team's center.

"I didn't expect to get the opportunity today, but I didn't feel so comfortable for a while."

When the Jazz players came out of the player tunnel, as a Jazz player in this game, Polinis, nicknamed the Haitian monster, has been shaking his hands a little, in his career, basically has not been mixed with a good team like the Jazz can still play, I have to say that this experienced rebounding monster has been recognized by Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan in the past few days of team training, and this game is a reward for his recognition.

"Hahaha, if you don't adapt, I think PJ should be happy to take your place, but you have a lot of pressure in this game, Mutombo is not a good stubble"

"Hehehe, don't worry, I have experience in dealing with this kid, right. Lin, you can feel free to attack the basket in this game, I guarantee that Mutombo will never interfere with you in any way."

In the face of the Nuggets fans, there were some sparse boos. At this time, all these players of the Jazz are at ease, after all, these boos of Nuggets fans are not so crazy. Moreover, because this Jazz is a brand new team, everyone is actually looking forward to what kind of sparks can be erased in this game with their new teammates.

Of course, in the face of Polinis, who was a bit of a stinky fart at this time, Lin Han was also speechless for a while, looking at this guy's appearance, as if he knew Mutombo very well, Lin Han knew it very well. These old ball ruffians who have been in the NBA for many years, their kung fu is quite powerful, whether it is trash talk or bragging, it is absolutely a must, and Polynis is a player who loves to brag, which is new to Lin Han in recent days.

Lin Han is a little bit lacking in whether his teammate can cover Mutombo and prevent his defensive ability from interfering with his offense, but it is still very good for the team to have such a blue-collar center with a meat shield, at least it will not make Lin Han feel unsteady.

"Deacon Bay. You're not going to be playing this game for real, do you really want to go head-to-head with that rookie? ”

Of course, this is when the Jazz comes out. Immediately after that, the Nuggets players also came out of the player tunnel one by one, but compared with the ease of the Jazz, the Nuggets are actually very nervous, after all, the first two games with the Jazz were all lost by them, Lin Han Malone These two points are basically two points that they can't control at all, the team's big forward Reggie Williams is shorter than Ma Long, with the characteristics of Ma Long, the opponent is shorter than him, which basically means that the Jazz's big forward is invincible. As for the Nuggets' Briant Trick, he is not only shorter than Lin Han, but also not as strong as Lin Han. Although he can keep up with Lin Han in terms of degree, he is basically crushed by Lin Han, as for the team's small forward Lafonso Ellis. is indeed taller than Lin Han, but it is not as good as Lin Han, and his defensive ability is not first-class, after all, not every 2.0m O3 small forward is Pippen.

Therefore, for the current reputation in the NBA, almost all young people in the NBA look up to, a young man like Lin Han actually has a high prestige in the Nuggets, at least whether it is Lafonso or Stich is full of good feelings towards Lin Han, as a young team, in the current league' Qiu Qing's feelings, this team has actually been very difficult, almost every player in the team has been repaired by many other veterans in the league, in this case, there is a player like Lin Han who is angry for them, even as an opponent, Lin Han's status in their minds is not low, which is also the reason why Mutombo is willing to challenge Lin Han instead of Olajuwon or the general, because these old guys are simply crazy when they play young people, at least, Lin Han should not be so heartbroken.

Although I think so, the Nuggets are a little unsure, after all, Lin Han's reputation is too prominent, look at the players he has 'played', whether it is Barkley, Richmond or Pippen or Draxler, these people are a group of superstars, and not long ago Lin Han also staged in front of Pippen that was rated as a 'shot of the century' in advance of the stunner.

So especially in this game, Stich, who was opposite Lin Han, felt that his legs were a little disobedient at this time, especially when he walked on the court to warm up for the next game, looking at Lin Han who was smiling like a demon king not far away, the young scoring guard felt a little unbearable.

"Bryant, calm down, it's me who provokes him, and it's not you who provokes him, what's there to be afraid of, he won't do anything to you"

Although Mutombo is also very young, he is already a 'veteran' in this team, after all, everyone else came in after 92, and he entered the league in 91, but although he is a little dissatisfied with his teammates' current weakness, he has to admit that this time he is not so sure about Lin Han's heads-up, Lin Han's strength is indeed very strong.

Of course, at this time, Lin Han and his teammates were very relaxed when they walked on the court, so they always had a smile on their faces, if Lin Han knew that his smile was regarded by the opponent as a bloodthirsty smile like a demon king, I don't know if Lin Han would feel even more speechless.

The lineup of the Jazz team in this game is center Polynes, power forward Malone, small forward Brian Russell, scoring guard Linhan, and playmaking guard Stockton. On the Nuggets side, the center is Mutombo, and the power forward is Williams. Small forward Alfonso, scoring guard Stic. The playmaker is Robert Pike.

When the players on both sides finished warming up on the court, they all stood up and prepared to jump the ball, and at this time Lin Han was obviously standing opposite the big center who was ready to jump the ball was looking at him a little unkindly, obviously, the young Nuggets as the center forward was really full of fighting spirit.

It's just that what makes Lin Han want to laugh a little is that when Mutombo was staring at Lin Han, he almost forgot to jump the scrum because he was stunned. In the first game after arriving at the team, Polynes grabbed the ball for the first time in the game, and when the basketball passed Russell's hand to Stockton, the Nuggets fans in the audience booed.

And when Stockton dribbled past half court and saw Lin Han standing directly in the arc to ask for the ball, the Jazz's leading point guard handed the ball to Lin Han without thinking about it.

Obviously, the Jazz's first goal tactic is Lin Han's single tactics, although Ma Long's opponent in this game is not very good, but in comparison, Lin Han's grasp should be higher, after all, although the Nuggets forward is a little short. But Mutombo's deterrent power is still very large, and it is not easy for Malone to kill under the basket, in this case. It was a good choice to let Lin Han rush first.

So when Lin Han held the ball, there was almost no hesitation, and in the face of the opponent Stich, who was a little hesitant at this time, Lin Han broke through and successfully hit the basket almost directly with a plus start.

And at this time, Stiqi, who had just broken through by Lin Han, was still a little cold in his heart when he felt the wind-like and the same force as a giant hammer attack on him at the moment he was not knocked down by Lin Han, and he was still stunned.

Nuggets head coach Iseer, who has been watching this scene from the sidelines, also shook his head helplessly at this time, and he can only hope that Mutombo on the inside can knock all the players who dare to enter the Nuggets restricted area to the ground as usual.

"This kid is a lot stronger than the last time we met, it's incredible"

looked at Lin Han, who hardly had any hesitation to kill under the basket. At this time, Iser was also a little worried, he was a little unsure if Mutombo could stop him.

"There's absolutely no way I'm going to let you know!"

At this time, Mutombo on the field didn't think about anything else. After seeing Lin Han almost ignore the Nuggets basket, the Nuggets interior who has been guarding under the basket has been waiting for a long time. After Lin Han came, he directly flew Lin Han out.

"It's now!"

Seeing that Lin Han was ready to jump, at this time Mutombo was also ready to meet Lin Han directly from the side, but just when he was about to start, almost instantly, he suddenly felt that his opponent Polinis, who had just been gotten rid of by himself, appeared in front of him very lightly, and the timing was very good, if Polinis was stuck earlier, then Mutombo would have time to get rid of it, and a little later, Mutombo had already jumped up like Lin Han, I can't get stuck at all.

Therefore, when the Nuggets fans on the scene saw that Lin Han had already started and flew up to dunk, and his own center Mutombo was in the main position of Poliniska at that moment, and after getting rid of Polinis, he could only watch Lin Han imitate the glider Drexler's gliding split dunk completed, at this time, the Nuggets fans who were still very confident that their team's center could beat Lin Han were all speechless at this time.

As for the Nuggets head coach Isel on the sidelines, he shook his head with a wry smile after being stunned for a moment.

As for Lin Han, who was hanging on the basket at this time, he was quite cool at this time, because since he entered the league, he had not completed a dunk so easily when facing a first-level defensive center.

"Cool, it's so cool"

When Lin Han got off the basket, he gave a thumbs up directly to Polinis, who was on the side, and Polinis also smiled and extended a thumbs up to Lin Han.

Looking at the two people who showed a little 'affection' at this time, Mutombo on one side almost wanted to beat people angrily.

Sometimes, a center role player doesn't need much to help the team a lot, and at this point, there is no doubt that Polinis has done just that.

"It's very good to have a reliable center forward in the team"

At this time, Lin Han completely ignored what Mutombo was thinking now, he only knew that he was quite cool now.

However, on the other hand, Mutombo is still a little tender now, and if Olajuwon or the other three center forwards are concerned, I am afraid that Polynis will not even have the opportunity to get a position. (To be continued)

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