Chapter 19: Coastal Side Concerns
On July 21, 2010, Jeremy Lin signed a two-year contract with the Warriors, but among the team's guards, Curry and Monta Ellis were the main players in the position, and Lin got very little playing time, and was dropped by the Warriors three times in his first season. Eventually, the Warriors cut Jeremy Lin in 2011. After that, the Rockets briefly signed with Jeremy Lin, but in the end, Lin was cut by the Rockets on Christmas Day. After only 12 days at the Rockets, Lin had to leave, and it was a Sunday night when Lin was telling his friends that it was time for him to go.
On December 27, 2011, the New York Knicks announced the signing of Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin was in Game 2 at the Knicks' home court, and he hadn't been given a chance to play, and he was about to enter the court for a warm-up when a security guard stopped him and said, "Sorry, it's the players' tunnel." Jeremy Lin nodded, looking at the security guard with a puzzled expression, and the security guard looked at Jeremy Lin with a puzzled expression, and continued to ask, "Are you a physical trainer?" Jeremy Lin stood there when another security guard came over and whispered, "He should be a Knicks player." ”
At that time, no one would have thought that this young Asian man wearing the No. 17 jersey would be able to cause a burst of "forest madness" in the bustling New York City. On February 4, 2012, against the New Jersey Nets, Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 25 points, five rebounds and seven assists to help the Knicks win 99-92. In the previous game against the Boston Celtics, Jeremy Lin's constant mistakes and unnecessary fouls made him feel like a mess.
Prior to this game against the Nets, Jeremy Lin spent time on the couch of his teammate Landry. Before going on the court, Jeremy Lin, who had his back to the court, said to himself that no matter what, if he performed badly, this would be his last NBA game. After coming on the court, Jeremy Lin swept away the haze of the previous game, and in the fourth quarter's 2+1, all his teammates jumped up from their chairs excitedly to applaud him, and even some didn't believe their eyes.
The following February 6, at the crowded Madison Garden Plaza, Jeremy Lin made his first debut, and when Carmelo Anthony limped off the court, Jeremy Lin stood up again and scored with layups and jumpers that people were not familiar with him before, making 2+1 fouls. Helped the team to a 99-88 victory over the Utah Jazz.
The following week, Jeremy Lin scored a 23+10 double-double in the face of the Washington Wizards' main Wald, which was also his first double-double in the NBA.
On February 10, 2012, the Knicks played at home against the Lakers, and this time, Lin's opponent was Kobe Bryant. In this game, Jeremy Lin scored 38 points to beat Kobe Bryant's 34 points, and at the same time helped the team win, and Madison Garden Square applauded. This week, Jeremy Lin led the Knicks to four straight wins and was named the best player in the East with his average of 27.3 points, 8.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game in his four starts.
On February 14, 2012, in a game against the Toronto Raptors, Jeremy Lin hit Calderon on the head less than a second from the end of the game to help the Knicks defeat their opponents. Jeremy Lin became the first player in NBA history to score at least 20 points and provide seven assists in each of his first five starts. In the next game against the Sacramento Kings, Jeremy Lin dished out a career-high 13 assists to lead the Knicks back to 50%. In the game where Jeremy Lin got more playing time, the Knicks went on a 7-0 record, winning all six games in which Lin started. A series of outstanding performances have earned Jeremy Lin the nickname "Lin Crazy", and he has gone from being a young Chinese player who could be cut at any time to a big star with a global reputation.
Li Mojie still remembers that when he was in high school in his previous life, he was excited after reading the news of "Lin Crazy Sweeping the Alliance", and found all of Jeremy Lin's crazy seven games to watch.
The significance of "Lin Madness" is not only the emergence of another Chinese NBA player after Yao Ming, but also the proof that the yellow outside can also play a proud record in the NBA.
But he didn't expect that after a few training games and a wonderful performance in the NCAA preseason, thanks to the Chinese audience and the Internet, he would also start to attract attention on the other side of the coast.
"Shocking!! Yellow Magicians wreak havoc on the NCAA, aiming for the 2013 champion! ”
"NCAA elite school, USC core Li Mojie - Pacific 12 League star player!"
"Jeremy Lin has a future star after that?"
"Mr. California Basketball, the future leader of the Lakers? New Magician! ”
"Kobe Bryant is injured and retired, where will the Lakers go in the future, please look at this future NBA superstar!"
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So on the other side of the coast in China, the UC website began to appear these headline parties, and many people who did not know the truth opened the website and found that there were Chinese players like Li Mojie in the NCAA.
There is a fan who is very concerned about the development of Chinese players in the NBA, and he also created Li Mojie Tieba.
Yang Mo is an office worker who has just graduated from college, and he was obsessed with basketball when he was a student, but he also knew that it would be difficult to engage in professional basketball in the future, so he honestly became an office worker. However, he is quite concerned about other players who can play in the NBA.
However, in recent years, with Sun Yue's layoff, Yi Di's return to China, and Yao Ming's retirement, the yellow figure has gradually disappeared from the NBA. Fortunately, there is also a Chinese-American Jeremy Lin, although he is a standard banana man, but after all, he still has yellow skin, and Yang Mo is still more concerned.
"Another headline party?" Yang Mo knows that the NCAA is the main blood supply for NBA players, and USC is also a veteran basketball school in the United States, where the yellow race is the core? Subconsciously, I think it's impossible.
However, after reading these titles, Yang Mo searched for the name Li Mojie on Baidu and found that someone had already registered a post bar.
After clicking on the post bar, Yang Mo saw many posts, and there were many videos in them, so after he clicked on the video, he found that there was indeed a yellow figure wearing a USC jersey mixed among the 10 black and white players on the field.
"However, the pixels are a bit poor, and there is a bit of noise. Moreover, this is clearly taken with a mobile phone in the audience. Yang Mo complained.
"Wow, this physical fitness!" Yang Mo looked at the USC figure of No. 7 in the blurred video, catching the ball under the basket and dunking violently.
You're in good health! In the face of these black people who can jump and jump, speed and strength are not inferior at all, and this Mo Jie has a lot of possession of the ball, Yang Mo stared at the screen and said.
In countries across the coast, there will never be a shortage of fans, and there are many people like Yang Mo who follow the NBA.