After the game against the Lakers, Iverson's tweet also wrote a paragraph that made his fans tremble: Slum kids, after walking such a long way, encountering a lot of things on the way, meeting a lot of friends, and finally getting tired. I'm going home, Mom, I don't want to wander anymore.

Although Iverson later explained that he was just hot-headed at the time and deliberately pretended to write such a statement, everyone knew that Iverson was thinking about retirement.

The Warriors are now considering a bench on the perimeter.

It had a big impact on Chamberlain, leaving him frustrated and hesitant throughout late January, and the departure of Billups left the team with a point guard fault, and Carter came but didn't do much to help the team in organizing the offense.

Iverson's career is considered to be more of a shooting guard than a playmaker, but in any case, he is better at organizing offense than Carter, so Billups left, Iverson's ability declined, and the Warriors' organizational situation suddenly became a crisis.

At the end of the month, seeing Chamberlain's frowning every day, Li Qun asked, "What do you think now?" What kind of defender are you looking for? ”

Chamberlain said helplessly: "Now the team has lowered the standard, as long as it is a substitute defender who can organize, we don't have much time for him, so now our best result is to find a veteran who is not in good shape, but looking for it, we can't find a suitable candidate." ”

Li Qun thought about it for a while and said, "I'll give you a call, you can call and try it out......

"Recommend a player? Who is it recommending? Chamberlain asked happily.

Li Qun smiled bitterly and said: "You may not be able to see it, but I think that young man is really good, I didn't find it myself, it was Cao Nan who gave me the contact information, he asked me to blow the pillow wind for you since the beginning of the season, but I haven't done it." ”

A day later, a middle-aged white man with slightly curly hair entered Nelson Sr.'s office, handed out a series of materials to the attendees, and then said passionately: "Gentlemen, my name is Roger Montgomery, please let me say a few words for my boss." ”

"My boss isn't the kind of guy who has a lot of physicism, but he's very good at the ball and the point is I bet he has the best mind of any defender in the league! My boss went to last year's draft, and of course, he wasn't drafted, and if he succeeded, he could be the first Ivy League player to be drafted by the NBA after Jerome Allen of Pennsylvania, and that would be a good deal, right? ”

"He's definitely a smart passer, he can give your big man the ball he needs whenever and wherever he wants, he's fierce defensively, he's decisive in attack, he's hard at training, of course, he's not a perfect player, he's still flawed in his jump shot, he's a little bit thin physically, he probably doesn't have enough strength and athleticism to play against opponents, but I can guarantee that he can create his own shots or get into the box and attack the basket to give your team the kind of energy that is needed right now."

"My boss's name is Jeremy Lin, he's the same as Mr. Z, he's also Chinese, and coincidentally, his hometown is in San Francisco, yes, he's Z's hometown, and he really wants to play for his hometown team! Oh, my boss's Chinese name is called, Jeremy Lin! ”

Li Qun helped Chamberlain find Cao Nan's friend at Harvard University, Jeremy Lin, Chamberlain has seen his game video, there are really no bright spots, his mind is quite flexible, and he can always find gaps and problems, but his body is too average, and he can't solve the problem when he finds it, so he didn't mention Jeremy Lin at the draft last summer.

After all, Chamberlain is just a player, not anyone in the uniform group, he can ask the uniform team to say who he wants to come to the team, but it is not good to interfere in the draft, because none of the guys in the draft have proven themselves in the NBA, and the general managers are gambling, and if Chamberlain goes to express his opinion again, it will interfere with the professional judgment of the uniform team.

"The last Ivy League player to play in the NBA was Yale Chris Dudley in 2003, and the last Harvard player to play in the NBA was back in 1954. D。 After Smith graduated from Harvard, for more than 50 years, no guy from Harvard University has stepped into the NBA, is it necessary to give such a newcomer a chance? Old Nelson looked at his managers playfully and asked this question.

So far, Jeremy Lin has not had many opportunities in the NBA.

Before the start of the season, the Warriors were also quite concerned about him because of his Chinese status and because of his market appeal in San Francisco.

Nelson Jr., who is still the director of scouting, said: "I don't know about the regular season, but I watched Lin's table in Summer League, and he played 18 games per game. In 6 minutes, 9 can be captured. 8 points, 3. 2 rebounds, 1. 8 assists as well as 1. 2 steals, and 54. He shot 5 percent from the two-point field and ranked first on the team. ”

"What sticks out to me is his matchup with John Wall, where Jeremy Lin and Wall scored 13 and 21 points respectively, but Jeremy Lin played 28 minutes and shot 6-of-12; Wall played 33 minutes and shot 4-of-19. Wall received the highest cheers when the players were introduced, but when the game was over, the crowd gave Jeremy Lin a cheer. Nelson Jr. said.

Old Nelson nodded, looked at Chamberlain tentatively, and said, "Z, your opinion?" ”

Chamberlain smiled and said, "I noticed that according to Lin's agent, Mr. Montgomery, Lin had the opportunity to play in Europe after the summer league, and he received an invitation, but he decided to stay, and was confident that he could find a team that suited him - and I think we should give him a chance to try it out." ”

"Then sign him, it's only half a season, we're a dynasty team, we don't even have this kind of courage?" Nelson Sr. is a heroic clapper, in fact, he is indeed too short of defenders.

Montgomery, the white agent, was overjoyed, and as soon as the discussion was over, he called Jeremy Lin and asked, "BOSS, when can Jeremy come to play?" ”

"Where is he now?"

"Renault Bighorn Sheep, NBDL Development League, a subordinate team in the Southwest Division."

"OK, where's his parent team?"

"It's the Dallas Mavericks."

"Then you first terminate the contract with the Mavericks, and then come directly to Oakland to sign and get ready to play."

For a development league player like Jeremy Lin who can't even play in the regular season, the Mavericks didn't pay attention to it at all, and when Jeremy Lin proposed to terminate the contract, their marketing director Lucas felt that it was a good thing, you must know that even in the NBDL, Jeremy Lin's salary was paid by the Mavericks, 100,000 dollars a season.

When the contract was terminated, Lucas asked, "Man, have you found a better way to develop?" Why, are you planning to go to Europe and give it a try? ”

Jeremy Lin smiled in a low-key way, "No, sir, I will continue to stay in the NBA." ”

Lucas apparently didn't quite believe his answer, and when he signed it, he left a fluttering sentence of 'the NBA isn't that easy to mess with' and walked away.

Jeremy Lin still has a bright smile on his face, but his fists are clenched like iron: as long as I am given a chance, I will definitely not let people look down on me so much again!

However, Jeremy Lin's luck was not good, and when he arrived with the Warriors, the Warriors' guard was strong, Carter was back from injury, he was getting stronger, Curry and West were both strong, and Iverson was also sober from the loss to Kobe.

In this way, Jeremy Lin has no position, but the old Nelson is not good to throw him to the NBDL again, so he simply let him learn from the team.

The Warriors' first opponent in February was the Rockets, who are no longer the skyrockets they were when they had the MM combination, and now the team is aiming to make a playoff run and get a playoff ticket.

The game was held on the home court of the Rockets, and as a result, the home team did not get off to a good start, with Lowry missing a jump shot and Battier being stealed.

The attacking combination of Yao Ming and Martin quickly got the Rockets out of the woods, and the two scored six straight points to help the Rockets take an 8-5 lead.

Chamberlain then hit a three-pointer above Yao Ming's head, and Battier and Martin followed up with jumpers, but the Rockets did not take advantage of the offensive game, but were overtaken by Curry's long-range shots.

With more than 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Yao Ming received his second foul and was replaced, and under the leadership of Chamberlain, the Warriors took the opportunity to complete a wave of 15-3 offensive climax to overtake the Rockets by 8 points.

Because of Chamberlain, the Rockets' disadvantage in the rebounding competition in the second quarter has not changed, but their outside touch is very good, Brooks and Lowry hit three-point shots one after another, and unknowingly equalized the score.

After that, the Warriors took advantage of their interior advantage and immediately went on a 7-0 mini-spurt.

At the critical moment, Patterson controlled the defensive rebound, Brad Miller assisted Batinger on a long-range shot, and Contney Lee made a steal and made a foul free throw to help the Rockets chase four points in a row.

However, Serge Ibaka, who excelled in this quarter, made another jumper and the Warriors scored six straight points in less than a minute, and the difference between the two teams reached double digits for the first time. At the critical moment, Badinger once again exerted his power, and the inside and outside blossomed to win the Rockets' next 7 points.

In the last 2 minutes of the quarter, Lowry and Martin combined to chase 6 points in a row. Unfortunately, the Rockets' poor defense was soon cut by the Warriors in a row, and the Rockets still trailed 48-54 at the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the third quarter, both sides missed consecutive shots, and nearly a minute and a half minutes later, Yao Ming made free throws to break the deadlock, and then Chamberlain's solo performance began, and he used his excellent mobility to score six points in a row above Yao Ming's head to pull the score away again.

There was no doubt that the Warriors were more balanced on the inside and outside offense, and the Warriors held a 79-62 lead after three quarters.

In the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Rockets tried to fight back, but West and Carter fired together on the outside, and soon widened the difference to more than 20 points.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Rockets by 15 points 110-95, and this is already very polite for the Warriors, almost all the main players were not present in the fourth quarter, otherwise there would be no pressure to cut another 20 points.

Throughout the game, Jeremy Lin sat on the bench and watched his teammates fight on the court in solitude, but he didn't have a chance to play.

Chamberlain noticed this, but he could only say that he couldn't help, and now the Warriors have run in a suitable lineup, and the outside line is Carter, West and Curry who take turns to sit in the bank, and from time to time add Iverson and Paul George, who has made a cameo, leaving Jeremy Lin with not many opportunities.

But after all, they are all Chinese, many fans still want to see Yao Ming, Chamberlain and Jeremy Lin compete in the same game, Chamberlain asked Jeremy Lin to the hotel alone after the game, and said: "You try your best to run into the team in the training match, let us get familiar with you, you also hurry up and get familiar with us, I'll talk to Old Tang, try your best to arrange for you to go on the court to test the water, OK?" ”