The trip to the Phoenix Suns was also a smooth one, with the team's leader for the new season, Steve Nash, giving Lin Fei a warm welcome and head coach Mike D'Antoni welcoming Lin Fei to his side.

D'Antoni also briefly expounded his magic ball theory and 7-second fast break, believing that Lin Fei is the most suitable off-ball master to partner Nash on the offensive end.

In terms of offensive theory, D'Antoni is clearly better than Big Van Gundy, but in terms of defensive adjustment, D'Antoni's attainments are much worse.

What's more, Big Van Gundy has Pat Riley behind him, and the Heat's coaching team is obviously deeper than the Suns.

The Suns' management also didn't have enough trust in D'Antoni's coaching staff, and among the players, "Little Bully" Stoudemire and Sean Marion were not convinced by Nash to be the team's leader.

In contrast, Lin Fei's final choice was still inclined to the Miami Heat.

After all, in the original parallel world, D'Antoni and Nash took their run-and-gun tactics to cause a storm in the league, allowing the Suns to top the regular season, and Nash was also elected MVP for two consecutive years.

If Lin Fei joins the Heat now, will the butterfly effect he brought about have the ability to change this original result?

For Nash, a first-class point guard, he was not able to cooperate with the other party successfully, which also made Lin Fei feel a little regretful, and he only hoped that he would have another chance in the future.

It took about 10 hours for Lin Fei to fly from Los Angeles to the imperial capital, and the plane traveled 10,000 kilometers over the Pacific Ocean, and it was already 7 o'clock in the evening when he arrived at the imperial capital international airport.

On the plane, more Chinese and overseas Chinese of the Celestial Empire recognized Lin Fei and took a photo with the future star of the Celestial Empire basketball world.

Lin Fei and Qin Dongmei also met a Qingbei senior on the plane, but at the age of 25, he was engaged in science and technology research and development in Silicon Valley, California, with an annual salary of up to one million US dollars.

Those who can do the first class of the plane, after all, there are no idle people.

Returnees in the field of high-end scientific and technological research and development like this are quite scarce talents in the domestic scientific research institutes of the Celestial Empire, but more young people still choose to stay overseas.

Although Lin Fei can't get used to this phenomenon, he has nothing to say, after all, he also plays in the NBA.

And Lin Fei could see at a glance that the Qingbei seniors looked at Qin Dongmei differently, obviously secretly crushing each other.

The plane was about to land at the Imperial Capital International Airport, looking down at the ever-enlarging buildings outside the cabin window, Lin Fei couldn't help but sigh that after a year of struggle, he was finally back.

Although Lin Fei has not played enough fame in the NBA, at least in the eyes of the fans of the Celestial Empire, he is already a well-deserved basketball superstar in China, on a par with Da Yao.

So this time when I returned to China, it can be regarded as a return to my hometown.

Lin Fei glanced back at the Qingbei senior who was sitting not far away, and the other party's eyes were still unconsciously looking in the direction of Qin Dongmei, so he smiled and whispered to Qin Dongmei's ear:

"Dongmei, you should have known that senior surnamed Gu for a long time, right? Did he start having a crush on you while still in school? ”

Qin Dongmei grabbed Lin Fei's arm, with a happy expression on her face: "What's the use of him having a crush on me, who made me have a crush on you all the time?" ”

Lin Fei deliberately said presumptuously: "I'm not as good as Senior Gu, I heard that he not only has a high annual salary, but his family is richer, and his parents are engaged in real estate, at least hundreds of millions of dollars!" ”

Qin Dongmei's words carried a bit of cynicism: "It's great to be rich?" What's more, no matter how rich his family is, he doesn't have as much money as my family! ”

Lin Fei always knew that Qin Dongmei's family was rich, but he didn't know how rich it was:

"Dongmei, I didn't expect you to be not only a beauty, but also a rich woman, am I making a lot of money now?"

The Olympic team of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team and the Basketball Association department specially organized a pick-up team to warmly welcome Lin Fei's return to China at the pick-up gate of the airport, attracting many onlookers from the surrounding passengers.

"Is Lin Fei going back to China? I've always watched it on TV, and this time I'll have to see what he looks like! ”

"Lin Fei is that big star again? How come I've never heard of it, is it more popular than a cage? ”

"Lin Fei, you don't even know? Playing basketball in the NBA, he broke several three-point shooting records in the NBA Finals, and even hit a killer shot! ”

"This is the pride of our Celestial Empire sports world, during this time, Lin Fei's fame is even higher than that of Da Yao, how can ordinary entertainment stars be worthy of comparing with him?"

"Oh my God, you see, that's Lin Fei, and the real person is too handsome, right? It feels even more handsome than on TV! ”

"With such a handsome face, it's a pity not to make a movie!"

"Either way, you can rely on your face, but people prefer to rely on talent, who do you say you don't like?"

As the representatives of the pick-up who welcomed Lin Fei back to China this time, Da Yao and Approximately, Guo Shiqiang, Li Nan and others were already waiting at the pick-up gate early.

Lin Fei came up and hugged several big brothers of the men's basketball team one by one, and also shook hands with Xin Lancheng, the director of the basketball management department who was present at the scene.

It is said that Xinlan City ruined Da Yao and his career, and Lin Fei naturally didn't have a good impression of this guy.

But now in this parallel world, I can roughly reconcile with the Basketball Association in advance and return to China to prepare for the 04 Olympics, which also shows that everything is developing in a good direction.

"Lin Fei, you're finally back, Coach Harris and I are looking forward to your coming back every day!"

Da Yao patted Lin Fei's shoulder, his eyes full of weight and care.

Roughly more excited, the first question that rushed to me was:

"Lin Fei, has you decided which team to go to in the new season? Is it the Heat? ”

Lin Fei nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, roughly, we will be teammates fighting side by side in the new season!" ”

Da Yao's face suddenly showed a look of envy: "You two actually got together to play ball?" Am I left alone in Houston? ”

Lin Fei joked: "Brother Yao, it's okay, you still have Maddie!" ”

At half past eight in the evening, Lin Fei, accompanied by Da Yao and others, came to the Imperial Capital Hotel, and the Basketball Association personally funded a feast for Lin Fei to catch the wind and wash the dust.

Although it is a little different from the seafood dinner of Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor, it is also a high-standard banquet in China, with Moutai and Wuliangye on the table.

Even after staying in the United States for a year, Lin Fei still has a heavenly stomach, and it is more fragrant to eat his own roast duck and home-cooked food.

To Lin Fei's surprise, the old man Yuan Weimin from the General Administration of Sports also came, and this treatment really flattered Lin Fei.

Lin Fei is really not used to the culture at the wine table, but he can only deal with the past.

On the morning of July 1, Lin Fei came to the Workers' Gymnasium and officially met with the Olympic team of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team.

The 12-man squad of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team for the 04 Olympics is also all assembled:

Da Yao, Roughly, Dabus, UAE, Du Feng, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan, Liu Wei, Zhang Jinsong, Lin Fei, Guo Shiqiang, Hu Xuefeng.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team also held a press conference at the Workers' Gymnasium and unveiled Lin Fei's No. 9 jersey in the national team.

Sports reporter of the five sets of the Celestial Empire: "Lin Fei, in your opinion, does this year's Celestial Empire men's basketball team have the confidence to reach the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games?" ”

Lin Fei confidently and calmly into the microphone:

"Of course, this year's Celestial Empire men's basketball team is the strongest in history in my opinion, the quarterfinals are just our guaranteed goal, if we can sprint to the semifinals, it is not impossible to get a medal!"

"Coach Harris, will you arrange for Lin Fei to start at the Olympics?"

"Silver Fox" Del Harris laughed: "I would really like to have Lin play at the Olympics as starting point guard, but he seems to prefer to stay on the bench!" ”

Across the ocean.

With the opening of the NBA free agent market on July 1, major deals finalized in advance by various teams have also been officially announced in front of the media, and the new season of the NBA will surely enter a new pattern.

Among them, Shaquille O'Neal's eastward tour of the Heat has become the blockbuster transaction news that major sports media pay the most attention to.

Then came Tracy McGrady of the Magic team, who was the scoring champion for the past two consecutive seasons, and was also traded to the Houston Rockets and successfully teamed up with Da Yao.

To get Maddy, the Rockets sent Steve Francis, Katim Mobley and Kevin Cato.

Rocket fans rejoiced at this, and many Celestial Empire fans were also excited about the rocket, believing that with Yao Mai's rocket, the new season will inevitably improve significantly in combat effectiveness.

Steve Nash's 6-year 65 million contract with the Phoenix Suns has also caused heated discussions among fans.

More fans and basketball commentators believe that the Suns have given Nash too much contract, and that the 30-year-old Nash will find it difficult to play as a first-class point guard.

At the same time, the Suns also signed the Clippers' "dunk king" Quentin Richardson for 5 years and 45 million, replacing the position originally given to Lin Fei and partnering with Nash in the backcourt.

The Utah Jazz also poached Carlos Boozer, a fast-improving power forward, from the Cavaliers with 6 years and 68 million US dollars, and the Cavaliers could not match and could only choose to let Boozer go.

Lin Fei's new contract also caused quite a stir in the United States and the Celestial Empire, and the Miami Heat finally signed the NBA Finals supernova for 2 years and 11 million US dollars.

This also makes Lin Fei, a sophomore rookie, have an annual salary of more than 5 million US dollars in the new season, which is higher than 03 champion LeBron James.

Thanks to the league's rules for signing contracts for players during this period, Lin Fei, who was in the first three years of the rookie, would not have been able to exceed the current champion in terms of salary, no matter how he signed.

At the same time, in the contract signed by Lin Fei and the Heat team, there is also a generous reward mechanism.

It stipulates that Lin Fei will win a weekly award in the new season, and the team will reward 30,000 US dollars, and if he wins the monthly award once, the team will reward 100,000 US dollars, and he will be selected as an All-Star and 200,000 US dollars......

For Lin Fei to sign a big contract that exceeded the top spot in the second season as an undrafted player, many high-pick rookies in the league have voiced dissatisfaction, believing that the player's signing system should have more perfect rules.

League President David Stern also held a high-level meeting for this reason, and decided to improve the signing rules for the next rookie players in response to Lin Fei's situation.

However, Lin Fei's contract with the Miami Heat, which has officially entered into force, will not be affected.

At the same time, the United States men's basketball team also selected the final 12-man squad for the Olympic Games in August:

Allen Iverson, Stephen Marbury, Dwayne Wade, Richard Jefferson, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Sean Marion,

Lamar Odom, Carlos Boozer, Emeka Okafor, Amare Stoudemire, Tim Duncan.

There is no difference from the members of the original world's 04-meter national dream team, except that the head coach has been changed from Larry Brown to Timberwolves championship coach Philip Saunders.

Without the A-list superstars of Kobe, O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Maddie and Jason Kidd, this also laid the groundwork for the final defeat of the Olympic Games of the United States Dream Six.

With Lin Fei officially joining the Heat, the majority of fans on the side of the Celestial Empire quickly regarded the Heat as the second home team outside the Rockets next season, and paid attention to the latest trade and prospects of the Heat.

"Pat Riley is worthy of being the league's famous champion godfather, and this summer's operation is really showing his skills, not only getting O'Neal, but also winning Lin Fei, and he is definitely one of the favorites to win the championship in the new season!"

"Do Big Sharks, Wade and Lin Fei form the Big Three of the Heat? This picture is simply too beautiful to imagine! ”

"Why did the Heat want to make Wade the boss instead of our Flying Brother? Is it because Feige doesn't defend well that he can't dribble? But he's so explosive! ”

"There hasn't been a single case in the NBA where a no-ball player can be the boss of the team, and the Nets' scoring champion has never been Jason Kidd, but he's still the Nets' boss!"

"Wade has also been selected for the United States Dream Six, let the teammates of these two new seasons compete in the Olympics first!"

"Support the Houston Rockets, support the Miami Heat, this season has just ended, why can't I wait to see the new season? It's so hard! ”

"Let's watch the men's basketball Olympics first, I can't wait!"

……

United States, Seattle.

In a luxury villa on the island of Beauty.

Legend has it that Seattle Beauty Island is the richest and richest area in the United States, and three of the ten richest people in the world live on Beauty Island.

At this time, on the balcony on the top floor of the villa, an old man of the Celestial Dynasty wearing a Tang costume leaned on a reclining chair, looking at the blue sea and blue sky in the distance.

The butler, who was in his fifties, stood beside him, reporting the situation like his master.

The old man's kind face nodded slowly, his eyes were deep, and he said:

"It seems that my granddaughter's vision is not bad, Laifu, buy a beachfront villa in Miami in my name, the price should not be less than 3 million US dollars, there must be a basketball court and swimming pool, which is convenient for this child's daily training!"

"To this Lin Fei, it can also be regarded as a little bit of my old man's heart for his future grandson-in-law!"

……

The white horse passed by, and time flashed to August.

With only 13 days left before the opening of the Olympic Games, Lin Fei and the Celestial Empire men's basketball team will officially travel to the Greek capital of Yadian in a week.

Workers' Gymnasium.

On the basketball training court at this time.

"Silver Fox" Del Harris stood on the sidelines accompanied by an assistant coach, and the players of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team were engaged in a set of 5v5 intra-team matches.

The five people in Group A are: Liu Wei, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, UAE, and Da Yao. Guo is a strong substitute.

The five people on the field in Group B are: Hu Xuefeng, Lin Fei, Du Feng, Roughly, and Dabus. Zhang Jinsong is on the bench.

On the court, Team B attacked, Hu Xuefeng advanced to the front court with the ball, and Liu Wei came up to defend.

Roughly mentioned near the three-point line at the top of the arc, it made a solid cover for Lin Fei.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei borrowed cover from the high position on the right side and rushed straight to the outside line on the left, Li Nan's pursuit defense couldn't keep up at all, and the UAE's side was slow to make up defense.

Hu Xuefeng tried to break through Liu Wei with a sharp change of direction, but suddenly flicked his wrist while looking for the time difference in the middle of the march and passed the ball from Liu Wei's side.

Lin Fei received a pass from Hu Xuefeng on the empty three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left side, and quickly jumped and shot at the United Arab Emirates, which came up from the defense.

"Huh!"

If it was in the same position, the defenders were the Wolf King and the Roaring Tianzun, and they might have already blocked Lin Fei's ball.

But the young UAE clearly does not have such strength.

In the defense, Lin Fei also smiled and high-fived Hu Xuefeng to show encouragement.

Standing on the sidelines, "Silver Fox" Del Harris saw it really, after a month of training and running-in, Lin Fei has largely integrated into the team.

His off-ball running ability and God's accurate three-point catching are highly adaptable to any team, and it can be said to be plug-and-play.

But as Del Harris was worried at the beginning, among this group of Celestial Empire players, whether it is Liu Wei or Hu Xuefeng, the passing ability is not too outstanding.

After a month of observation, Harris believes that Hu Xuefeng is the most suitable point guard to partner with Lin Fei overall, and his passing organization and keen eye for timing are better than Liu Wei and Guo Shiqiang.

Guo is a more traditional point guard, while Liu Wei is also more scoring and defensive than organization.

After establishing his tactical role, the 24-year-old Hu Xuefeng also worked very hard,

The focus of daily training is on how to pass the ball to Lin Fei, and at the same time, he also repeatedly studies the video of the last three games of the Timberwolves Western Conference and the finals.

Back on the defensive end, Liu Wei attacked with the ball, and Da Yao took the initiative to make a solid block for Liu Wei.

Liu Wei gave Shunxia Dayao in the process of breaking through, and assisted the latter to hit the basket and dunk directly.

"Boom!"

Obviously,

Team A and Team B are two different tactical systems, the tactical core of Team A completely revolves around Da Yao, and the tactical core of Team B is naturally Lin Fei.

On the offensive end, this time Hu Xuefeng gave the ball to the top of the arc roughly position, and Team B made a blocking and dismantling cooperation between the 2/4 positions.

This blocking and dismantling is similar to the cooperation between the wolf king of the Timberwolves and Lin Fei.

Lin Fei accelerated away from Li Nan, who was chasing him, through a rough cover, and got a good opportunity to catch the ball in the open space at a 30-degree angle on the right side.

However, the young UAE reacted quickly this time and quickly made up to block the general passing line.

So he didn't hesitate, and took a quick stop at the free throw line, and hit a two-point shot steadily.

"Huh!"

Returning to the defensive end again, Lin Fei misplaced Liu Wei and took the initiative to fight physically, and his defense was very tough.

Although his defense in the NBA Finals is completely insufficient, compared with domestic players, Lin Fei does not suffer in terms of strength, speed and physical fitness.

What's more, in his old teammate Hassell, Lin Fei also learned a lot of practical defensive skills.

Liu Wei was very uncomfortable by Lin Fei's defense, so he could only summon Da Yao's upward lift to block the demolition again.

But Lin Fei decisively seized the opportunity this time, taking advantage of Liu Wei's slight distraction, he made a sideways lightning attack, and slapped the ball in Liu Wei's hand directly with his big hand.

"Smack!"

Quickly flew to control the ball, Lin Feiyun took a step and hurriedly passed to Hu Xuefeng who followed up on the left.

Then the fast middle suddenly changes direction, and from the right side straight into the left bottom line 0 degree angle.

"Whoosh!"

Among the domestic players, Lin Fei's speed advantage is perfectly reflected, not to mention that after a month of hard training, his sprint speed has improved somewhat.

Hu Xuefeng's pass of the ball was almost unhindered, and Lin Fei caught the ball on the three-point line at a 0-degree angle on the left side and jumped, bent his bow and shot another one.

"Huh!"

By the end of the 20-minute half-time matchup, Lin Fei had hit seven three-pointers, while also contributing two steals and one block on the defensive end.

Even if Lin Fei's defense is poor, this is also relatively speaking, those who have played in the NBA Finals and won the championship have completely overwhelmed their domestic teammates in terms of self-confidence!

The "Silver Fox" Del Harris, who was standing on the sidelines, nodded with satisfaction, with Da Yao and Lin Fei here, the results of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team in the Olympic Games this year will definitely not be bad!

(End of chapter)