Jeremy Lin received a call from the team after dinner at around 7 p.m. on Feb. 7.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, he had just finished playing an NBDL game for the Bakersfield Jam against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

Previously, when Min Congda was the head coach, Jeremy Lin occasionally had the opportunity to make the 12-point squad and get a little playing time.

After Tyronn Lue replaced Min Congda at the helm of the Clippers, although he pursued the strategic policy of "everyone has a ball", he couldn't be like Min Congda, and each of the 15 people could rotate once.

He was sent to the Development League, became a member of the Jam team, and played in the NBDL with other players who had been sent by NBA teams, maintaining his form while trying to perform himself in hopes of earning a call-up to the home team.

As one of the few Asian faces in the league, Jeremy Lin has been subjected to a variety of prejudices on and off the court since he was a child.

"Fortunately", after entering the NBA, he met Min Congda, who actually gave him a guaranteed contract after selecting him, which allowed him to play and train with peace of mind in the team.

I have my own apartment to live in, train like clocking in and out of work every day, have the opportunity to play at the Staples Center, or just watch from the sidelines.

So, even if it's just wandering around the edge of the league, Jeremy Lin is very grateful to Min Congda.

He was born into a Christian family and believed in God, but in the NBA he believed more in Min Congda, and he knew that this man would definitely be a legend.

Looking at what he's done, the team he's building, Jeremy Lin has a hunch that it's going to be a great team, and he's proud and satisfied to be part of a great team.

Of course, he is also waiting for an opportunity, and in this team where "everyone has the ball", he is convinced that he will have a time to shine.

In the game between Jam and the Vipers of the Valley, Jeremy Lin played well, scoring 21 points and making 3 of 4 three-pointers, winning the best player of the game.

During his time in the league, Jeremy Lin never let up on his training.

Especially with the guarantee contract given by Min Congda, he cherished this opportunity even more and trained hard.

Last summer, when the N.B.A. was shut down, he was invited to China for some business events.

However, although Jeremy Lin is known as an "NBA Chinese guard", he is actually not famous, and there is no domestic fan group, so he just came to participate in some activities and see if there is a chance to play by the way.

When he arrived in China, the only thing Lin asked the organizers was to have a standard basketball court and gym to train him.

The organizers were relatively poor, and there was no professional and standard venue, so they could only find a local school gymnasium to rent a time period for Jeremy Lin to train.

As a result, Jeremy Lin meticulously completed his training program in the school's gymnasium between participating in activities, and did not relax his requirements for himself at all because he went abroad to engage in business activities.

He has been waiting for the opportunity to change his fate and repay that man.

The Clippers called assistant coach Kim Hughes, who informed Lin that the team had bought him a ticket to Cleveland and told him to fly over immediately for tomorrow night's game.

Jeremy Lin had just finished eating and was about to do some exercise to improve digestion, and then call his father and mother.

After receiving the notice, he immediately changed his clothes, grabbed some change of clothes, and drove to the airport.

As the team embarked on an away trip, Jeremy Lin was disappointed.

When his teammates went on an away trip, he had to sit in California to play in the NBDL and then watch his teammates perform on TV.

The Clippers' guard line is still very strong.

Needless to say, Curry and Harden in the starters, Dragic is full of the spirituality of a European player, and Derrick Fisher is a legendary role player full of honor and a ring full of hands.

Compared to them, Jeremy Lin felt that he had no future at all.

Fortunately, the Clippers have a very solid player policy and a "everyone has the ball" strategy.

Most other NBA teams like to fill their roster with ten-day contracts, keep tryouts, and use fringe players to deal with injuries and contingencies that may arise during the season.

To put it bluntly, I just like to use temporary workers.

One of the advantages of using temporary workers is, of course, to save money, not to occupy salary space, and to employ people cheaply.

Another is to be able to establish a good cooperative relationship with those brokers, which is also indispensable for some benefit delivery and personal exchanges.

There are some players with good strength, who work short-term jobs all their lives, and short-term contracts one after another.

Some players who can't get the chance to play at all, but they can get a decent guaranteed contract, happily guarding the water cooler, which is inevitably a bit of a doorway.

The Clippers are not like this, compared to other teams, the Clippers are simply NBA state-owned enterprises.

There are no temporary workers, and various contracts are guaranteed, and people like Curry, who are injured and have been verbally renewed early, have to get him a setup.

Because for Min Congda, a short-term contract with good quality and low price is not what he wants at all.

Every guarantee contract may become the last steamed bun to support the salary space in the future.

As for the transfer of interests and personal exchanges, they do not exist, and these things have nothing to do with Min Congda.

On the Clippers, he can only earn money for losses, bankruptcies, and fines, and nothing else has anything to do with him.

So as the general manager, he is quite fair and honest, and the agents who want to have a relationship with him all stand aside.

In this way, Jeremy Lin was able to gain a firm foothold with the Clippers, and then because of the "everyone has the ball" strategy, he immediately recalled Jeremy Lin after losing Dragic.

In fact, without Dragic, relying on Fisher, the Clippers' backcourt rotation is no problem.

Besides, it's really not good for Harden, Ricky Davis is an expert with the ball in the backcourt, how can Jeremy Lin have a chance to play?

"Hey~ It would be nice if the head coach was still Mr. Smart, if he was there, I would definitely get playing time."

Jeremy Lin remembers that at the beginning of the season, he was also trusted by Min Congda, playing more than 10 minutes in two games.

It's a pity that Jeremy Lin is still a little tender, his performance is average, and he doesn't play too brightly.

Later, Tyronn Lue stepped up, and Jeremy Lin has played no more than 5 minutes so far.

And it's basically garbage time, so what opportunities can you have?

With some excitement and most of the doubts in mind, Jeremy Lin boarded a flight to Cleveland.

The plane landed in the early morning of the 8th, came out of the airport, turned on the mobile phone, and Jeremy Lin received a call.

It was Sloan, the team's head of security, who called and said that there was a car waiting for him in the airport's parking lot 3.

"Oh~ And a special car to pick me up? It's so late. ”

Jeremy Lin was a little surprised, he thought he was going to take a taxi to the hotel by himself, but he didn't expect a driver to pick him up.

"It's my job, Mr. Smart, to arrange every player's itinerary so that it doesn't affect your performance on the field."

Sloan has not taken a lot of money from Min Congda in the past two years.

The previous payment is over, and now whenever you do any small work, the cost is enough.

The cost of the last trip to the Great Western Forum to make trouble casually doubled, which made Sloan grateful.

In the face of such a large client, how can Sloan not do the player service work properly?

Even a water cooler administrator must also understand his schedule and not affect his state.

Even if this player is in the evening game, he may not play at all.

Jeremy Lin knew that this was Min Congda's arrangement, and his reverence for him became even stronger.

"Smart is definitely the best basketball manager ever."

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