Chapter 114: Stern Is My Brother?!
After playing the Pistons, Lin Yu led the team to California, and the next opponent was the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors' home court is not far from California's Silicon Valley, which is one of the reasons why the market value of the Warriors in later generations has skyrocketed to that extent.
As soon as he got off the plane, Nash received a phone call, and then found Lin Yu with some embarrassment.
"Boss, my coach really wants to meet you, can you find time to have a meal together?"
Lin Yu was stunned, isn't Lao Tzu your coach? Do you really think of me as a copycat head?
"You're a college coach?" Lin remembers Nash as a student at Santa Clara University, which is located near Silicon Valley.
Nash nodded, "Dick David, my college coach, I wouldn't have been in the NBA without him." ”
What else can Lin Yu say, it's all about this, and it would be too bad to give Nash face if he didn't see him.
At present, Nash's favorability is already 90 points, and Lin Yu thinks that this time he may be able to brush up his favorability in one go.
In the evening, Lin Yu met Dick David.
Santa Clara University has a good academic level and is considered a famous school in the United States, but basketball is very inconspicuous, and there have been some NBA players in the team's history, but the ranking is generally not high, and there is no achievement.
Nash was the highest-draft pick in team history, but his record was later broken by Jalen Williams, the 12th pick in the first round in '22.
This Jalen Williams is also one of the examples of the Thunder management's draft vision, he played a point guard in his rookie season, the data is not bad, and he was selected to the best rookie team, and when he was in the second year, that is, in the 2023-2024 season, he actually switched to the No. 4 position, you must know that his height is 196 cm, and he plays well, averaging 17.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
Lin Yu has seen the No. 1 position to the No. 2 position, and he has also seen the No. 3 position to the No. 1 position, and it is the first time to see a person like him who has changed from the No. 2 position to the No. 4 position.
"Lin, it's an honor to meet you."
Dick Davy is wearing a slightly old-fashioned casual outfit, I don't know if it's poor, or if it's popular in Silicon Valley.
Probably poverty is the main reason.
NCAA coaches, salary polarization is extremely serious, like UCLA's old K coach, it is possible to grow millions or tens of millions a year, while a coach like David may not get 100,000 a year.
"Hello, Mr. David." Lin Yu politely beckoned Dick David to take a seat.
This is a very high-end restaurant, a bottle of red wine costs 1,200 US dollars, and even Lin Yu is in pain.
When the meal was finished, Dick Davy quietly glanced at the bill and was startled, eating almost $3,000 for one meal.
Lin Yu stopped Nash, who was about to pay the bill, and happily took out the money to pay the bill.
After David left, a new system prompt sounded in Lin Yu's mind, Nash's favorability increased to full value, and Lin Yu's charm value had reached 28 points.
Originally, Lin Yu felt that this charm value might be difficult to get, because David was Nash's mentor, and Lin Yu thought that David wanted to ask for a position as an assistant coach through Nash's relationship.
From an NCAA coach to an NBA assistant coach, it doesn't sound good, but it can really make more money.
And David didn't mention it, of course Lin Yu wouldn't make trouble for himself, anyway, Nash's favorability was already full.
……
The next night, the Golden State Warriors host the Washington Wizards.
Daba, Webb, Rose, Kobe Bryant and Peja are the starting lineups sent by Lin Yu tonight, at least before Nash is at his peak, it is impossible for Lin Yu to let him stay in the starting position.
Warriors fans looked at the Wizards' starting lineup and were envious, these five people can take out one of them at random, and I'm afraid they can all replace their Warriors' big man Sprewell!
Warriors coach Callesimo drooled even more when he watched the Wizards' starting five, especially the bus, and he felt that if he could get the bus, he would at least lead the team to the top four in the West.
There's not much to say about the game, all five positions are crushing advantages, how can you lose this game.
Because he was disgusted by Callesimo two days ago, Lin Yu didn't keep his hand at all in this game, and tried to play as many core players as possible, and beat the Golden State Warriors by 36 points after the game.
At the moment, the teams in the West are really strong, and the weak ones are really very weak.
The Kings, who are ninth in the West, are currently not as good as the Philadelphia 76ers, who are the second-to-last in the East, and the Warriors are not as good as the Kings, who are ranked 11th in the West.
The difference in strength between the two teams is like a moat, and the Wizards will certainly win by playing casually.
With such a big point difference, Callesimo was anxious to lose, and after the game, he led the players out of the field without even looking at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu laughed, this little thing really took himself seriously, and dared to throw his face.
After returning to the locker room, Lin Yu's buttocks were not hot yet, and he heard the voices of people outside, who didn't like to watch the excitement, Lin Yu and the wizards rushed out of the locker room one after another.
I happened to see the madman Sprewell choking Callesimo by the neck, crazy, and it looked like he was definitely going to kill Callesimo.
A group of people can't stop it.
The warm-hearted Webber wanted to help, but Lin Yu hurriedly pulled him back.
The madman locked his throat Callesimo, then it really can't be said whose fault it is, Callesimo estimated that he lost too badly, and he was in a very bad mood, and after returning to the locker room, he couldn't contain that stinky mouth, and he caught the madman and scolded him.
The madman is not very normal in the first place, give him such a stimulus, who will he beat if he doesn't beat him?
Lin Yu never expected that he would abuse the Warriors casually and contribute to the birth of the NBA's classic famous scene.
The Warriors fought desperately to save Callesimo from the madman.
Callesimo had red paw prints on his neck and gasped for breath, and at that moment, he might have seen his dead grandmother just like Stark House.
After breathing a sigh of relief, Callesimo suddenly saw Lin Yu and a group of wizards players who were watching the excitement, and he glared at Lin Yu coldly.
Lin Yu's little temper came up at once, the madman pinched you, what are you staring at?
"Hey, PJ, don't go."
"Come on, come on, tell me, why are you staring at Lao Tzu?"
"If you don't give me a reasonable reason today, I'll choke you by the neck!"
Lin Yu smiled and led people to surround Callesimo, he didn't have a good impression of this guy at all, he was disgusted with himself two days ago, and he left the game without even saying hello after losing tonight.
What made Lin Yu angry the most was that this guy was choked by a madman, and in turn glared at himself.
Then whoever can stand it, how can he ask for an explanation.
"What are you going to do, Lin Yu!"
"Damn, this is our Warriors' home arena!"
Callesimo roared loudly, looking like he was really not afraid of Lin Yu.
"What Warriors home court, Knicks home stadium we don't care about, do we care about you Warriors home court?"
"I'll count down to three times, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I'll really pinch you."
Lin Yu continued to take a step forward.
This step frightened Callesimo, he really can't afford to lose this person, the front foot is locked in the throat of the madman, tomorrow will definitely be in the news, he, the head coach, is embarrassed and thrown to his grandmother's house.
If a coach can't even control his own players, then there must be something wrong with the coach's ability.
I've never heard Duncan choke Popovich's neck, and I've never heard Kobe Bryant jump up and beat Zen master Jackson.
After being locked in the throat by a player and choked by an opposing manager, Callesimo will become the laughing stock of the whole league.
The key is that he feels that he can't beat Lin Yu, he is not a player, he is just an ordinary old man who wears glasses and looks like an office worker, if he has the physique of Unselde, where can he talk nonsense with Lin Yu.
"Don't move, I'm not glaring at you!"
"I'm glaring at him!"
Callesimo pointed to the security guard at the door of the visiting dressing room and said that he was too unconscionable.
Lin Yu glanced at Callesimo with disdain, "You guy be honest in the future, don't say I want to beat you, the players under you probably want to beat you too." ”
"One day when you go into the locker room, you may be beaten with a black cloth, and you don't know who beat them."
After that, Lin Yu led the wizards to leave.
Callesimo glanced at the Warriors players with a defensive gaze, and he may have really begun to doubt his players.
……
At the press conference in the evening, Callesimo directly revealed that he was locked by a madman, and showed his neck full of paw prints on the spot.
Of course, he didn't mention Lin Yu, after all, Lin Yu didn't really pinch him, he just scared and scared him.
The reporters gasped, this incident was too bad to ruin a madman's reputation!
The relationship between the coach and the player is that of master and apprentice, and the apprentice almost strangled the master to death, which is against ethics and morals no matter what country it is.
Stern didn't sleep well that night, woke up Xiao Hua in the middle of the night, and after knowing about it, he gave the madman a one-year ban on the spot.
If you don't punish the madman severely, in the future, you may not know which thorny players will follow the same example and fight the coach, then the NBA league will directly become a rebel league.
Stern has always wanted to raise the profile of NBA players in the public eye, and he can't tolerate madmen doing this.
The madman also held a press conference the next morning, stating that he was not satisfied with the verdict and was ready to find the players' union to help arbitrate, and also mentioned Lin Yu.
"PJ Callesimo is a damn villain, and if you hear what he said to me, you're going to do it too."
"Even a gentlemanly coach like Lin Yu can't tolerate him, even if I don't do it, I think Lin Yu will definitely have to do it."
The madman's words made the reporters at the scene confused, why did he get involved with Lin Yu again? And we know the same Lin Yu? Gentleman?
A gentleman doesn't run up to the field and kick his aunt in the head when he fights on the field.
He won't even stand on the sidelines and throw leather shoes at Witherspoon's head!
Looking at the madman's troubled appearance, it seems that he really thinks Lin Yu is a gentleman?
Lin Yu was speechless when he learned the news, and said that the madman's head was abnormal, and he really didn't wronged him, why are you so good at pulling me up?
In the afternoon of the same day, Lin Yu received a phone call, Stern.
"Lin, what role did you play in this choke lock incident?" Stern on the other end of the line spoke in an interrogative tone.
Lin Yu shouted wronged, does this have anything to do with him? Even if he didn't cross it, Callesimo would have to be locked by the madman's throat, even at this point in time.
Under normal circumstances, the madman locks his throat on 12/1/97, and yesterday was 11/30/97, so it's just one day away!
"Mr. Stern, I swear by the life of my boss, Abi Boleyn, that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me."
Stern was stunned, Lin Yu's oath was unheard of by him, how could anyone swear with his boss's life? Isn't this self-defeating?
"Forget it, whether it has anything to do with you or not, I don't want to pursue it."
"The reason why I called you this is because I want to talk to you, have a good chat, and I found that I don't know anything about you."
Stern's attitude was excellent, which made Lin Yu a little flattered.
"Lin, you have so much money, you should have a very difficult background in China, right?"
"At your age, you can casually spend more than $60 million, even if it is in the United States, you can't find a few."
"Can you tell me about your background?"
Stern's words frightened Lin Yu, he has a hairy background? In his previous life, his father was a cleaner, his mother was a nanny, and he was a security guard, and the leaders of the Auspicious Three Guarantees Home, the leaders of the Poverty Alleviation Office knew a few ......
"Ahem, it's inconvenient to say this, right?" Lin Yu coughed lightly.
It's not that he doesn't want to say it, but he really has no background, even if Lin Yu has a father who is the director of the village committee, he can move out and show off.
If the director of the village committee is a big village, he has to manage tens of thousands of people, and he is a small mayor on Lao Mei's side.
Unexpectedly, when Stern heard this, he was overjoyed.
Inconvenient to talk about the background? Good guys, what a fancy background that must be!
"Lin, you must help me! The future of the NBA is all up to you! Stern said out of nowhere.
"Wait, what are you talking about, Mr. Stern, with a fever? Drunk? ”
Lin Yu really felt that Stern had drunk too much, otherwise how could he say such strange words.
"No, I'm normal, Lin, do me a favor and let your TV station broadcast our NBA games live through your connections!"
"I'm very optimistic about the Chinese market, it's a huge market, and it will definitely take our NBA to the next level!"
"I don't even need any broadcast fees, it's just a complete free gift!"
"Think about it, big companies like Nike or Adi, if they want to enter the Chinese market, how much money do they have to throw at us?"
"And what else Coca-Cola, Pepsi, we can definitely make money."
Stern enthusiastically discussed his majestic business blueprint with Lin Yu, and Lin Yu was stunned.
After all, Lin Yu had never been exposed to these things in his previous life, and he had wondered before why Chinese TV stations didn't need to spend money to broadcast NBA games, while the TV stations on Lao Mei's side had to pay tens of billions of dollars in broadcast fees.
Now Lin Yu understands that Stern's brain is really clever, and it is no wonder that his business acumen can make the NBA impressive, much better than his predecessor O'Brien or his successor Xiao Hua.
"That's a good point, but don't say it again."
"Mr. Stern, I really can't help you."
Lin Yu didn't even know where the door of the TV station opened, at least Stern had been to the TV station's communication room, he at least knew the master of the communication room, and his connections alone were stronger than Lin Yu.
"No, Lin, you can definitely help me, I believe in you." Stern didn't know what evil he had fallen into, but he recognized that Lin Yu would definitely be able to help him.
Lin Yu frowned and pondered, it seems that in his memory, the TV station has started to broadcast the NBA live in the past two years, why don't you just pretend?
"Okay, but it's not that easy, it will take a little time."
"Can you be patient?" Lin Yu said with a sigh, as if he had made up his mind to use the connections and background behind him.
Stern was overjoyed, and his voice began to tremble.
"Brother, I definitely have enough patience, you just do it, no matter what help you need, I can provide it to you."
"I know you can't reveal your identity and background, so only you know about it."
"You are the noble man of everyone in the NBA circle, and they will reap great benefits because of your generosity!"
"I owe you a great favor!"
Stern said tremblingly, he is so excited, the current NBA business situation is very bad, if the Chinese market can be successfully developed, he is confident that the NBA will be taken to the next level.
Lin Yu complained wildly in his heart, good guy, Stern has become my brother?