Chapter 13: The "Conspiracy" on the Pitch
Lin Fei has created miracles in the arena again and again, with a lore of 3 minutes and 28 points! Lore! Biao points! His efficiency is simply appalling, scoring a point for almost every minute he plays, and his shooting is able to maintain a good shooting percentage without even the need for cover and assists from teammates, but why does he still play more than 20 minutes per game? Why is his score only barely 20? If he is given enough time, no one knows what miracles will happen. Could it be that his defense is too poor? Could it be that his passing is not good?
The season is almost over, and the Warriors have come to the brink of the playoffs with the indomitable spirit of a group of Warriors and Lin Fei's unimaginable outburst.
Towards the end of the season, some teams have made the playoffs, some teams have no hope, but they are all planning the next step, the renewal of the contract, the departure of the departed.
Lin Fei is the same, because Lin Fei is a rookie who was selected at the end of the second round, so, to be honest, the Warriors really didn't expect that Lin Fei would be silent for almost half a season, and then he would completely explode, and it was an All-Star level outburst, averaging nearly 20 points per game, and becoming a well-deserved key gentleman in the league.
The Warriors are planning this right now, too. Lin Fei is definitely going to sign, but how much? This little man is a completely free agent at the end of the season, he can go wherever he wants, he knew he would break out, the original contract should have been changed, let alone sign a rookie salary cap, and he has been working out since the beginning of the season, who knew he would break out so late.
It is said that Lin Fei can now be fully worthy of the top salary, because which players who average more than 20 points per game do not have an annual salary of tens of millions? But Lin Fei's body is too thin and his defense is too poor, so shouldn't these be considered.
Now you understand everything, right? Why did Lin Fei play so well, but still didn't increase his playing time. The boss wants to lower Lin Fei's value and win this rising star at the lowest price. Therefore, the Warriors owner always thinks about finding an equilibrium point that can win and suppress Lin Fei's explosion as much as possible under what circumstances, which is to strictly limit Lin Fei's playing time, and at the same time maximize Lin Fei's shortcomings on the court, such as defense and passing, and also minimize Lin Fei's role in the team as much as possible.
It turned out that it was not that coach Nelson didn't know how to use Lin Fei, but that he had to do that for the sake of money. In fact, the NBA is a business field after all, not many players can control their own destiny, and even the greatest players are sometimes helpless. Also, in fact, every player will not be very loyal, but the other party has not offered enough exciting conditions.
The Suns contacted Lin Fei and offered 28 million for 3 years, which is equivalent to a middle class. In fact, this salary is not attractive to Lin Fei, but there is one thing that is very attractive to Lin Fei, there is a two-time regular season MVP Nash, and he is definitely a legend. Many people say that they don't know if Nash made the bombardment, or if the bombardment made Nash, and I don't think there is a sentence that can be more highly evaluated than this sentence. But the chips offered by the Suns are definitely not eye-catching, because at this moment, the owners and coaches of the Warriors really know the value of Lin Fei. Lin Fei is still a Chinese player, think of Yao Ming! There is a vast market there, and Stern may still be worried about the lack of a second Yao Ming in the NBA, and now Lin Fei is likely to follow Yao Ming in terms of commercial value, because Lin Fei will definitely be able to play a world in the NBA according to the current situation.
Mavericks also offered, but the Warriors would definitely not consider it, Lin Fei was going to the Mavericks, and the Warriors would probably no longer be the nemesis of the Mavericks.
The Hornets also made an offer, they know that Paul's heart is unstable now, Paul is bent on going to a place where he can win a championship, but at the moment, the Hornets are not.
Also interested in Lin Fei are the Jazz, who are even willing to pay Harris and have rockets......
The Warriors and Lin Fei's agent team are talking, and they will not let go of any factor that is uncertain about Lin Fei.
In fact, Lin Fei prefers the Warriors in his heart, because he is grateful to the Warriors, if it weren't for the Warriors selecting Lin Fei at the end of the second round, maybe he probably wouldn't have had a chance to enter the Warriors, besides, Lin Fei is not very familiar in the NBA, and he finally got acquainted with his teammates, and he had to adapt again after leaving, a little reluctantly. He knows that he can't say any of this, because now his economic team is negotiating with the Warriors about the details of Lin Fei.
The Warriors still have plenty of salary space because he has a lot of rookies and not a lot of big-name stars, so it's still a lot worse. After weighing, Lin Fei finally renewed his contract with the Warriors, 28 million for 3 years. What does this contract mean? He officially became a legendary big name.
But many people feel that the Warriors are still losing. It's too risky for them to spend so much money on a rookie who has only played almost 20 games. Every player will have a time when he plays well, maybe it happened to be when Lin Fei was good, and some people even simply said that Lin Fei was not worthy of a big contract at all.
There are some visionaries who begin to envision Lin Fei's prospects, and many people think that he may become the next Iverson, because the style of play is somewhat similar, he is small, and he is like a scoring guard on the court when he plays point guard, and the speed is so fast, but in all fairness, Iverson's breakthrough is sharper, and his confrontation ability is slightly stronger than Lin Fei, but Lin Fei's long-range shooting is stronger than Iverson. Some people say that Lin Fei is likely to be Ray Allen, because his 3 points are surprisingly stable, and he can keep every game, and it seems that he doesn't know how many 3-point records he has broken, such as the player who scored 3 points in his rookie season, the number of consecutive 3 points, etc., in fact, these are many similarities with some stars, and some people even predict that Lin Fei will become Nash's type, and the offensive efficiency is surprisingly high, almost into the 190 club......
After all, a vision is just a vision, if it can become a reality, then the NBA will no longer be so exciting, there are successes, there are failures, there will be wonderful, let's not discuss who Lin Fei will be, because no one can decide his fate, think of Kobe, who is definitely a generation of legendary superstars, seems to have been living in the shadow of Jordan, in the eyes of others, Kobe Bryant is always thinking about surpassing Jordan and scoring? mvp? Championship rings? But even if you get all the honors, you live in the shadow of others, and you will not be perfect after all.
Lin Fei's contract renewal seems to be a gunsmoke, how do we face the gunsmoke in the end?