Chapter 162: An Unexpected Participant in the Slam Dunk Contest
As Lin Fei said, the end of the 33-game winning streak has helped the Clippers to unload a huge burden, although there are many veterans in the team from time to time to help the young players relieve pressure, but the negative impact of the continuous winning streak is still obvious, enjoying the honor of the winning streak while also suffering from the test of inner pride and pride, when the winning streak was ended by the Celtics, everyone's hearts were like a big stone.
The Clippers' performance did not disappoint supporters, and despite two defeats in January, the Clippers continued to play at their own pace, as long as the opponent was dragged into the rhythm of the Clippers and waited for the opponent, and the two losses were one to the Golden State Warriors, who were not very strong on the inside, in early January, and the other was to the Denver Nuggets, a powerhouse in the West, at the end of January.
The strength of the first game is completely due to the fact that the Warriors are completely crazy, no matter how many people defend can send the ball to the basket, the Warriors made 54 crazy three-point shots to reach half of the total number of shots, such madness can be imagined, plus the goddess of luck was lying on the Warriors' bed that night to enjoy, the Warriors made 28 three-pointers in the whole game to break the league's all-time team single-game three-point record, and the Clippers unfortunately became the background.
The second defeat is almost the same as the first, but the difference is that the Warriors rely on the overall madness while the Nuggets rely on the madness of Melon Anthony and Flounder Billups, Anthony scored 48 points with 38 shots, the third highest score of his career, and Billups also contributed 32 points, and the two of them combined to contribute a terrifying 80 points, and Anthony completed a three-point counter-lore in the last second before the end of the game, making Lin Fei's two-point quasi-lore one second ago useless.
For more than a month, Lin Fei has continued his stable performance, contributing triple-doubles from time to time, so that he has always pressed James on the triple-double list.
In the regular season Most Valuable Player list also firmly occupies the first place, although James has been eyeing but failed to catch Lin Fei off the media rankings can only be relegated to the second place for a month, Lin Fei also won the Most Valuable Player of the Month in November and December twice in a row and then won the Most Valuable Player of the Month in January, becoming a rare Player of the Month three consecutive championships, according to this momentum Lin Fei is likely to get the first regular season Most Valuable Player award in his career, And if Lin Fei wins this season's MVP after the end of the season, Lin Fei, who was born on December 25, 1988, will break the record of the youngest MVP in NBA history at the age of less than 21 years and 6 months.
26.5 points (5th in the league), 6.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 2.3 steals (3rd in the league), 1.4 blocks (first in guard), 1.8 turnovers, shooting 60.8% (3rd in the league, the first two were Lin Fei's own teammate Tyson. Chandler 68.8% and Shaquille. O'Neal 67.9%), three-point shooting rate of 56.6% (first in the league, and behind Lin Fei is Steve, who joined the Suns last season with the Clippers. Novak's 48.7%), free throw shooting rate of 97.5% (No. 2, the first is former teammate Novak) This is Lin Fei's average data of 47 appearances as of early February, compared with the first month Lin Fei's various statistics have improved significantly, especially rebounding and assist data, and the increase in turnovers is also due to Lin Fei's excessive ball-holding passes.
This kind of data is unthinkable to most people, a rookie who can only shoot can grow to his current state in less than three years, even Kobe, who is most familiar with Lin Fei, is also amazed by Lin Fei's progress.
In terms of scoring, although Lin Fei is only ranked fifth in the league and only averages 26.5 points per game, no one dares to deny Lin Fei's scoring ability, after all, the Clippers have many players who can score, so it is natural that Lin Fei's scoring data is not high, when people discuss the league's scorers, Lin Fei has never fallen into the top three.
People have become accustomed to Lin Fei making magazine headlines, and now they are more discussing Lin Fei's future, and the American media is looking at Lin Fei's future more rationally, thinking that Lin Fei can definitely improve his historical status to the top ten scoring guards in history if he maintains such a state, after all, Lin Fei now has too many powerful teammates, and although Lin Fei personally led the team, although his personal data was excellent, the team's best record was to stop in the Western Conference semifinals, so this recognition has been recognized by many people.
On the contrary, the sports media of the Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean are advocating that Lin Fei is approaching the first person in history, and even cites the reason that Lin Fei's three-point shot is better than Jordan to explain Lin Fei's status.
Lin Fei naturally ignored these praises, and still maintained a normal heart and took his daily training seriously.
After the fourth round of voting for the upcoming 2010 Dallas All-Star Game ended, Lin Fei has approached the new All-Star voting record he set last year, and no one doubts that Lin Fei once again broke the personal All-Star Game vote record, although many people will sneer and say that there are more Chinese, but more people see Lin Fei's influence.
While his influence increased, Lin Fei's commercial value soared all the way. Pelinka did not accept a lot of sponsorships, and Lin Fei also relaxed this requirement this season, in addition to being able to better maintain a stable mentality under the media publicity, more importantly, the contract given by the merchant is getting bigger and bigger, and no one will refuse to send the money.
The world's most expensive luxury car Bugatti. Weilong's company, Volkswagen AG, signed a super big contract with Lin Fei that everyone envies, this contract will bring Lin Fei $100 million in revenue within five years, and Lin Fei will get a Bugatti for free from the time he signs the contract. Veyron custom sports car, and as long as Bugatti Veyron releases a new Lin Fei, it will be given away for free, but the contract also stipulates that once the gift is accepted, the last additional car will be repossessed by Volkswagen.
The signing of this eye-catching contract was held on February 13, the most traditional festival in China, the Spring Festival, when Lin Fei was sitting in the latest Bugatti. Weilong Ultimateaerott sports car came to the signing ceremony, of course, this was arranged by Volkswagen, Lin Fei attracted the attention of all the media as soon as he got out of the car.
This car is also Lin Fei for Bugatti. The first sports car endorsed by Veyron.
Powered by a 6.35-liter V8 engine, the Ultimate Aerott set a speed record of 256 mph, and Volkswagen's slogan for the world's fastest sports car was Lin Speed.
At the time of the signing, the world premiere of only 99 Ultimate Aerott sports cars, the fastest and most luxurious at $108,800,0, was booked out in one day, which satisfied Volkswagen, and of the 99 orders, 22 were from China and 18 were from Los Angeles, Lin Fei's main battlefield.
Volkswagen is very satisfied with this result, and they have been shipping the second batch of UltimateAerott for the world half a month later, and on the day of the signing ceremony, Lin Fei's advertisement for UltimateAerott was also unveiled for the first time.
When Lin Fei passed one player after another with a swift speed on the court, Lin Fei suddenly turned into an ultimateaerott and passed one obstacle after another at lightning speed, and finally at the moment of sprinting, he passed the road on the cliff with a drift without slowing down and reached the top of the mountain, and the ultimateaerott became a picture of Lin Fei dunking the ball into the basket, and the whole advertisement looked very rhythmic, so that the audience couldn't help but be brought into it to feel the extreme sense of speed.
In addition to Volkswagen, Lin Fei has five contracts with an annual salary of 10 million, and nine contracts above 5 million, and the advertising endorsement fee alone has made Lin Fei's annual income reach 100 million, becoming another player with an advertising endorsement of more than 100 million after Tiger Woods, Lin Fei ranks first on the Forbes most valuable list, which shows the horror of Lin Fei's commercial value.
In February, the Clippers' performance was still stable, and Lin Fei was successfully selected for the Western Conference All-Star starting lineup, and successfully broke the All-Star voting record he set last season.
And Lin Fei was shortlisted for the three-point shooting contest for the third year in a row, but Lin Fei politely refused the skills contest, he didn't want to be so busy as last year that he vomited blood and didn't even have time to rest.
However, many fans feel very sorry, thinking that Lin Fei does not participate in many All-Star activities, in the ESPN initiation of how many All-Star activities do you think Lin Fei should participate in, the all-star slam dunk contest has always been the most, the proportion is as high as 44.2%, but most people are playing with this option, although Lin Fei has also contributed some wonderful or unforgettable dunks in the game, but Lin Fei gives the impression that he is still far from the dunk contest, But some people have this idea in their hearts, such as David. Stern.
"Knight, what do you think of arranging for Lin to replace the injured Shannon. How about Brown in the slam dunk contest? "David. Stern's fingers tapped on his desk, the eyes behind his glasses glittered with money, and the computer screen in front of him was playing Lin Fei's dunk highlights cut out by league officials.
"Mr. President, I think Lin's influence can greatly improve the ratings of the slam dunk contest, but to be honest, I have the impression that Lin is not good at dunking." David. Steern's assistant, Knight, replied honestly.
"I also think he's not good at dunking, but it turns out that Lin is not bad at it, this is a dunk highlight that I just cut, I'm going to push it to the official website to warm up first, after all, people's impression of Lin is similar to ours, if we push it out directly, those damn media will definitely say that we squeeze Lin's value as much as possible." David. Stern said as he linked his computer to the projector in his office.
Knight turned to look at the video on the projector, which quickly played Lin Fei's dunk highlights, from the beginning of his rookie season, Yan dunk Timberwolves center Ratlleaf, Wacovia Center's free throw line step tomahawk dunk, slam dunk, slam dunk, Stephen. Jackson, first gliding dunk in Dallas, depicting dunk in Staples. Plum...... To the recent dunk Anthony, every dunk shot brought a huge impact to Knight.
If you just look at this highlights, Knight will definitely think that Lin Fei is a dunk strongman, but in fact, Lin Fei is not like this in the game.
"How does it feel? In addition to this, I have recently arranged for the editing team to screen Lin Fei's top ten dunks and top ten violent dunks, and prepare to launch them one after another. "David. A smile crossed Stern's lips.
"Very good video, I thought Lin was a dunk general after watching it." Knight spoke out about her feelings.
"So what's not to do? What's more, Shannon's injury just gave us a chance, didn't it? ”
"Lin, I've got a piece of news for you. "Bob came on the other end of the line. Pelinka's voice.
Listening to Pelinka's voice, it sounded very good, Lin Fei couldn't help but smile and said, "Is there another big contract sent to the door?" ”
"Lin, have you fallen into the eyes of money? You've made a lot of money this year, not a contract but a piece of news, but it's not yet confirmed, and it's said that you might replace Shannon in the slam dunk contest. ”
"Slam Dunk Contest? Am I sure my ears are okay? Lin Fei's suspicious tone burrowed into Pelinka's ears.
"Your ears are fine, but it hasn't been determined yet, it's just that the person concerned is telling me that it's David. Stern personally benefited, hehe. Pelinka's voice was deceitful, because David. Stern's care means that Lin Fei has a lot of money in the future.
"Well, it's a joke to let me go to the slam dunk contest." Lin Fei is not confident in his dunks.
Hung up the phone, Lin Fei used to click on the webpage with his surname.
The first video column on the homepage of the NBA's official website is "Lin Fei's Rage Highlights".
Lin Fei subconsciously clicked in, and soon after buffering, the video appeared in front of Lin Fei.
"Can I deduct this?" Lin Fei himself had doubts about himself.
The launch of this Lin Fei dunk video was quickly reprinted by netizens frantically on demand.
"The Oppressivism of the NBA" - Los Angeles Times column.
As a supporter of the Los Angeles Clippers, Mark Murphy. Ribo drew the article from the NBA's video of Lin Fei unveiling before the All-Star break, and the article bluntly said that David. Stern did everything possible to squeeze Lin Fei's value.
Soon a relevant source revealed that Lin Fei would replace Xiangnong. News of Brown's participation in the slam dunk contest.
"Is he going to make a fool of himself?" Ned, who participated in the slam dunk contest for the fourth time. Robinson commented on Lin Fei's possible participation in the slam dunk contest in front of the media.
On February 10, three days before the Dallas All-Star Weekend, the league officially announced that Lin Fei would replace Xiangnong. Brown participates in the slam dunk contest.
The official announcement of this news completely pushed Lin Fei into the spotlight.
On this day, the Clippers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves by 22 points, and Lin Fei staged six dunks in the game, which was the first time in nearly three years that he dunked more than three times in a game, and three dunks were difficult, which seemed to prove to everyone that he was not unable to dunk.
(To be continued)