Chapter Ninety-One: Andre, This Game Is for You!
Andre Jordan sat quietly in front of his locker closet, his mind was full of memories of the past six months, the helplessness of the draft to the happiness of the Los Angeles Clippers, although he didn't play much time and only about ten minutes per game, but he enjoyed these ten minutes very much, every time he played, he was religious and hardworking, he wanted to see his progress every night, use his defense to help the team, a little bit of progress, and there was a voice in his ears that Lin Fei criticized him for being easy to shake, He still had Mike Dunleavy's anger in front of him, and the teasing of the old birds, and he remembered that his car was stuffed with popcorn by the old birds, and he remembered going to the away entertainment place together, and there were many, many more memories floating in his mind, but it was all forever, and tomorrow he was going to the Indiana Consec Center, which would be his home stadium instead of Staples.
The night is already dark, there is no dry place on the training clothes on the body, the floor is wet with sweat, the wet hair shines in the light of the training ground, there is the last basketball on the basket rack next to the ball, dozens of basketballs are scattered on the floor around him, reach out and grab the last basketball, the strength on the arm has long been exhausted, raise the arm to adjust his strength to throw the last basketball, bend down to pick up the big towel on the ground, and the corner of his mouth blooms with a smile.
Swish!
The crisp sound of wiping the net drilled into Lin Fei's ears from behind, and it was the end of another training, and he raised his head and looked at the clock in the training hall, which was already eight o'clock in the evening.
Grunt...... Grunt...... His stomach sounded uncontrollably at this moment, as if he was protesting to Lin Fei.
"Anyone else?" Lin Fei looked at the light emitted from the locker room in surprise, and quickened his pace and walked to the locker room.
Andre Jordan's expression was full of helplessness, he was just a rookie and just a dispensable role player, he had no ability to decide his own fate, he could only rely on his own efforts to fight for his own time and play his own world, he didn't even hear the footsteps when he fell into memory and contemplation.
"Andrey?" Lin Fei looked at Jordan sitting in the corner of the locker room and was very surprised, "Why haven't you gone back yet?" "Today, Lin Fei didn't read the newspaper and came to the stadium early to train, and there were no teammates who were trading Jordan in front of everyone, so Lin Fei didn't know about this situation yet.
"Ahh Andre Jordan was startled, and looked at Lin Fei who walked into the locker room in a daze, and the loneliness on his face deepened.
"Andrey, what's wrong? Like an aggrieved child, this is not you! Lin Fei walked over and patted Andre Jordan on the shoulder and sat down.
"Boss, I'm leaving......" Andrei's voice was so low that Lin Fei could barely hear it.
"What?" Lin Fei was stunned, he didn't know that the team made a trade this time, you must know that he was also involved in the team's future construction meeting in the offseason, and remembered that there was Andre Jordan on it, but now he actually told him that Jordan would be traded, and it was the party who told him.
"I'm just a small character, I know the fate of not working hard, don't worry, boss, even if I leave here, I will train hard and play well, I won't lose your face, boss!" Andre Jordan smiled, the smile was as innocent as a child, and it was really funny to be with his burly body.
Lin Fei nodded, remembering that morning, remembering the free throw game, Lin Fei closed his eyes and defeated Jordan who made normal free throws, and finally Jordan called Lin Fei the boss, and he kept calling it like this, Jordan is the team's pistachio Although he is a rookie, he is very good at enlivening the atmosphere in the locker room, with him is like having happiness, but now he is leaving, "This is the NBA......" Lin Fei couldn't help but sigh softly.
Andre Jordan looked at the silent Lin Fei, a little uncomfortable, a little reluctant, tomorrow he is going to leave here, there was originally another game tomorrow against the Oklahoma City Thunder of the Western Youth Army, the team of Kevin Durant, but he couldn't participate, the next goodbye is the enemy.
"Tired or not?" Lin Fei raised his head and looked at Jordan and asked.
"Not tired!" Jordan didn't know what Lin Fei wanted to do, but he still replied seriously.
"Let's go, let me see if there's any technological progress under your basket!" Lin Fei stood up and removed the big towel from his shoulder, and walked to the dressing room with his head held high, Andre Bridge was slightly stunned, and the childlike smile that was extremely incompatible with his burly figure unfolded again, and he stood up and strode out of the locker room.
"Didn't you eat? That's a little bit of strength! Hard! Lin Fei's voice collided back and forth on the walls around the training hall.
Andre Jordan smiled happily and increased his strength to crash into Lin Fei behind him.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"No matter how hard you work, you're not a, but a man, hard!"
Bang!
Lin Fei fell on the floor and looked at the helpless Jordan and smiled, "That's it, but you have to learn skills instead of brute force." Saying that, Lin Fei jumped up from the floor, and he didn't see any tiredness at all.
Lin Fei decently covered up the under-basket back-to-back skills used by a few old guys in bullfighting, and taught Jordan with a clear eye.
…… The moon in Los Angeles never seemed to be so round, and Jordan looked at the moon in the sky and his heart was warm, "Boss, I will work hard!" ”
When Lin Fei came to the training hall the next morning, Andre Jordan's figure had disappeared, and he walked to the coach's office.
When Lin Fei came out of the coach's office when he was an hour, there was still a faint anger on his face, but he couldn't change the facts, and at this time, the league officially confirmed the news of the trade of Andre Jordan.
The Los Angeles Clippers sent Andre Jordan, a potential center selected with the fourth pick in the 2008 second round, and $1 million to get the Indiana Pacers' 2007 second-round pick with the seventh pick in the second round, potential power forward Josh McRoberts, and a 2009 first-round pick.
Such a small deal only made a small splash in this alliance and disappeared into this pool of commercial supremacy.
The Oklamaho Thunder, formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, have finished their warm-up training in Los Angeles and will take on the Clippers at home at the Staples Center in the evening, although the Thunder's record in the new season still looks like the league's belly, but their performance on the court gives people hope, this is a young team, their future is worth looking forward to, and Kevin Durant, who lost to Lin Fei in the best rookie award last year, has improved his performance in the new season.
The average of 25.7 points per game is 0.4 points higher than Lin Fei's average of 25,3 points per game, and he successfully entered the top six scoring list in the new season, and Lin Fei is one behind Durant, and the increase in points per game is not only because of the increase in the number of shots but because of the improvement in efficiency, and the three-point shooting rate that was criticized last season has increased to 45% in the new season, which makes people look forward to the future of this young man even more.
And he and Lin Fei were praised as lifelong enemies early on, and the soul ring also gave a clear affirmation - Kevin Durant Lin Fei's lifelong enemy.
Last season, Durant was gradually pushed to the leadership position by the team, a talented and talented scorer, and the team selected the hot boy Westbrook and the Congolese Iron Gate Ibaka plus last season's twin star Green, this is Durant's future Foresters, and Durant has made rapid progress under the training.
But last season against Lin Fei four times, four defeats Durant is obviously unwilling, and in the last game of the season, he beat the Golden State Warriors to send his opponent Lin Fei into the playoffs, but he never regretted his stunner, he showed the spirit of a professional player perfectly, which made Clippers fans appreciate the talented forward, but that's all, but Durant obviously doesn't want to swallow the four losses easily.
"We don't seem to be as strong as the Clippers, but we won't hand over our guns easily, and I'll tell our fans that we're there with my performance!" Kevin Durant said to reporters.
"Yes, I don't want Lin Fei to win, there is no reason, I just don't want to!" Durant swore in the face of reporters' questions, but he couldn't help but ask himself in his heart, clenched his fists, and Durant roared in his heart to cheer himself on.
Attendance at the Staples Center is still scary, and the high ticket price can't stop the enthusiasm of Clippers fans, who enjoy their own happiness.
The big screen before the game showed a wonderful clip of Andre Jordan's short career with the Clippers, and the domineering block and terrifying dunk was the main shot in this video, and many Clippers fans lamented that Olshu made a stupid deal.
"Olshu made a whole bunch of great deals in the summer, but this time it was so stupid that we didn't need that useless McRoberts."
"yes, that's disgusting news, I love that big guy, the blocks and dunks are so beautiful, he's the guy who can give me ** besides Lin!" Another fan chimed in, but Jordan was long gone in the Clippers' locker room, and the locker was already empty, only the photo attached to the locker door still bears a little bit of the past.
"Lin, do you have any thoughts on the team's trade? Do you think it's a good deal or a bad deal? "There was a lot of reporters asking this question during the pre-match interview.
Lin Fei looked at the group of reporters surrounding him, there was not much expression on his face, and the corner of his eye glanced at the locker that once belonged to Jordan, the group photo was so dazzling, and those pictures were churning in his mind.
The reporters all felt the chill on Lin Fei's body, and they were excited one by one, and various headlines appeared in their minds.
"Lin Fei is dissatisfied with the team's trade for Jordan", "The trade hurts Lin Fei, Lin Fei is mindful", "Clippers' New Troubles - Lin Fei" ...... Retracting his afterglow and glancing at the reporters in front of him, Lin Fei stood up and didn't seem to have the idea of speaking, the reporters couldn't help but get out of the way under the chill that Lin Fei exuded, and looked at Lin Fei who was walking towards the door of the locker room with a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if confirming their thoughts.
Lin Fei looked at the Thunder locker room not far away, "Andre, this game is for you!" ”
(To be continued)