Chapter 121: Xiao Ao's 53 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks
"What? You sold Eric?"
"Lin, we're almost halfway through the season, and Snow has proven to be a good fit for our lineup system, you sold him, who do we use to play the starting point guard?"
"Nash? He really can't, I'm not kidding you, at my age, he can't even stop my attacks. ”
"The new guy who can't control his crotch? I don't think that guy is as good as Nash, at least Nash won't get us in trouble. ”
After Unseld learned that Lin Yu was trading again, he dissuaded him, in his opinion, with Lin Yu's high salary of 2.5 million US dollars, it was impossible to really do nothing.
Lin Yu laughed and laughed, if you go to play Nash with this body, of course he can't prevent it, and it is estimated that few point guards can prevent it.
"Don't worry, old man, this deal is definitely earned."
"Let's put it this way, a Bowen is worth as much as Snow, not to mention Billups and the most likely lottery pick."
"Chauncey Billups's style is similar to Sam Cassel, but his overall strength is much stronger than Kassel's, as for whether he can control the crotch of his pants, he has suffered such a big loss, and he will definitely converge in the future."
Lin Yu patted Unselde on the shoulder and signaled him to relax.
"Is it really that good? Better than Kassel? But don't really say it, these two guys look a bit alike. ”
"Forget it, since you think it's worth it, then I won't say anything, I hope this time I won't lose money like trading Nash."
Unseld clearly still doesn't think much of Nash.
Lin Yu laughed, Nash had been refrigerating himself for a while, in order to surprise these people who looked down on Nash.
"One more thing, you traded two more players this time, and we don't have enough roster."
Unselde reminded again.
Lin Yu was stunned, the list is not enough? Did you unknowingly get so many players?
The bus, the Michigan Five Tigers and the Four Brothers, and the Golden Five Heroes, this is already ten people.
And then there's Maddie, Billups, Bowen, Irving Sr., Simmons, Hurley, that's six people again.
"It seems that the personnel are really overstaffed, so let's go talk to Simon and Hurley and buy out the contracts of the two."
"Forget it, I'd better go find the two of them."
Lin Yu thought that these two people might be able to give charm points, so he simply went out in person.
After holding the power, Lin Yu acted much more conveniently, and he no longer had to be constrained by Lao Bolin.
At the same time, Lin Yu is also worried, this season has filled the squad, so after the 98 draft, he will definitely be able to win several high-quality players, how to deal with the squad at that time.
I can only take one step at a time.
After finding Hurley and Simmons, Lin Yu talked to them about the buyout and gave them a buyout price of 80% higher than the market price.
Both agreed, but Lin Yu's expected gratitude to Dade did not appear, and the two didn't even turn on their favorability.
Lin Yu could only smile helplessly, presumably these two guys also knew that they couldn't find their next home, and if they were bought out by the wizards, they would make less money, so of course they couldn't have a good impression of Lin Yu.
Lin Yu secretly said that it was a pity, he still wanted to open the charm value reward now, because he wanted to buy a decent house, and he couldn't go to the hotel every time he and Xia Yunshi were warm.
If he lived by himself, it would be enough to buy a small apartment, and now with Xia Yunshi, Lin Yu still wants to buy a big house.
Although Washington is not very prosperous, the housing prices are not low, and you don't want to buy the top luxury property without a few million dollars.
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Time flies, and at the end of January, during this time, Lin Yu is compressing the playing time of Xiao Ao and Nash as much as possible, in order to let the two of them play a blockbuster performance when they are in the starter.
On January 29, the Washington Wizards played against the Portland Trail Blazers.
The starting lineup that Lin Yu came up with tonight is Big Ben, Xiao Ao, Peja, Kobe Bryant plus Nash.
The Golden Five!
"The five of you started together tonight, and the five of you were the best players in the '96 draft, and I'm lucky to have signed all five of you."
"In tonight's game, the attacking core of the front court is Jermaine, and the offensive core of the back court is Steve."
"Kobe, you're going to have to be a tool man again tonight."
"Big Ben, guard our rebounds."
Lin Yu said to the Golden Five Masters before the opening.
Kobe muttered, "I'm a tool again?" I joined the Wizards and didn't even play a 40-point game. ”
"It's so unfair."
Lin Yu glared at Kobe Bryant and said: "How many points do you want to score, you average nearly 20 points per game, and you average 11 assists per game, ranking first on the assist list, 0.5 assists more than the second-place flying car." ”
"If you don't want to be this tool man, then when Tracy comes back, I'll let him be a tool man, you see if he is willing."
Although he taught Kobe Bryant a lesson, Lin Yu also knew in his heart that it seemed that after Kobe Bryant came to the Wizards, he really didn't play a strong statistic.
Then we can only wait for whether there is a halo suitable for Kobe Bryant next.
"He definitely doesn't want to, let's do it, I'm more suitable to be a tool than him." Kobe said with a sneer.
Because Lin Yu often has some strange words in his mouth, such as tool people, such as the center outside station, parents in the sky, such as old Bi Deng, now the wizards have learned, this can be regarded as Lin Yu's cultural output.
"Lin, your deal is crazy."
"I hope you can keep up the good luck, not every trade can have a good ending, and I think the Wizards' current roster is better off not moving."
After Lin Yu's side was arranged, he walked to the technical table and chatted with Trail Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy for a few words.
Dunleavy is very proud and proud, they traded to Leegler with Xiaoao before, and the effect is excellent, and now Leegler is playing as a bench in the Trail Blazers, averaging 8.9 points per game with a 43% three-point shooting rate, which is not high, but the efficiency is really high, which also helps the Trail Blazers sit firmly in the third place in the West.
Looking at Lin Yu's transactions, almost all of them have been earned, but this deal about Xiao Ao is obviously a loss, because Xiao Ao is a mess whether he is in the Trail Blazers or in the Wizards, even if his condition has gradually improved recently, because Lin Yu did not give him enough time to play, his data is still inconspicuous.
Looking at it this way, old Dunleavy is extremely wise, and he has taken a big advantage in the transaction with Lin Yu.
Lin Yu glanced at old Dunleavy speechlessly, he said that there was no malice in his words, he simply wanted to pretend to be a senior in front of Lin Yu and teach a junior.
Old Dunleavy likes to pretend very much, he is the kind of old man who likes to rely on the old and sell the old, almost everyone has such an old man around him, if you want to say bad, in fact, there is no bad intention, it is annoying......
"You're right, Mr. Dunleavy, there is less than a month left before the market closes, and our lineup really shouldn't be adjusted."
"Enjoy tonight." Lin Yu said with a smile.
Old Dunleavy nodded with satisfaction, his perception of Lin Yu in his heart has improved a lot, and he still knows how to respect his predecessors.
"Doot toot!"
The referee blew the whistle and Xiao Ao walked up to the jump ball area.
"Smack!" Xiao Ao jumped high and got the ball for the Wizards in the first offensive round.
"Kid, you've been training hard lately, haven't you? The athleticism is much stronger than before. Rashid said to Xiao Ao with a smile.
Little Ao smiled and nodded shyly, he used to play as a substitute for Rashid in the Trail Blazers, and the relationship was not bad.
Roaring Tianzun Rasheed Wallace is extremely rude to his opponent, bursting foul language at every turn, even if it is a referee, he is not used to it, if it is not pleasing to the eye, he can go to the parking lot to block the referee, he has really done such a ridiculous thing.
However, when it comes to his teammates, Rasheed Wallace can be regarded as a competent big brother and will never bully the young people in the team, so Xiao Ao still respects Rashid.
Garnett is in the nest, Rashid is outside the nest, and the two are just the opposite.
The Wizards began to attack, and after arriving in the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant hurriedly stepped forward to block Nash, but Nash didn't make a move, and saw that Xiao Ao had space to receive the ball, and immediately passed the ball over.
Xiao Ao, who received the ball, pushed Rashid with his back, and then with the help of the power of the rebound, he turned over and stepped back and threw his hand.
The shot was extremely high, and Rashid had tried his best to block it, but unfortunately it still failed to make an impact.
"Huh!"
The mid-range shot was scored, and Xiao Ao had a relieved smile on his face.
When Webb was not banned or injured, playing as a substitute for himself made Xiao Ao feel a lot of pressure in his heart, and he could feel Lin Yu's special care for him, but the more special care he had, the more Xiao Ao didn't want to live up to Lin Yu's expectations.
"Who did you learn the step-back jumper from? Michael? Rashid asked, frowning.
It's really Xiao Ao's gesture just now, it's so beautiful, at first glance, it really looks like Jordan's style.
Rashid himself is also a mid-range shot as his main offensive tool, but he is unable to make such a picturesque pose.
Xiao Ao scratched his head and smiled: "I learned from Kobe, we have been training together, so we naturally learned a little." ”
Lin Yu let the Golden Five Masters train together, in addition to enjoying the tenfold training amplification effect, the five players can also learn from each other and improve, for example, Xiao Ao learned a more effective step-back jumper from Kobe, learned how to get stuck and how to find a rebound in the big itself, learned how to find the timing of the pass from Nash, and learned from Peja what timing to shoot to avoid the opponent's block.
When it came to the offensive round of the Trail Blazers, Rashid took the initiative to ask for the ball, and the flying squirrel passed the ball over as soon as possible.
The other day, the Trail Blazers made a trade with the Raptors, trading Kenny Anderson to the Raptors in exchange for Damon Stoudemire.
This deal was undoubtedly earned by the Trailblazers again, which may be the reason why the old Dunleavy couldn't help but teach Lin Yu tonight.
Normally, the Raptors didn't reuse Kenny Anderson, but instead traded him to Billups with Green Kai.
It's just that now Billups has been traded by Lin Yu, and this long-term deal is over.
After Rashid received a pass from the flying squirrel, the Trail Blazers players pulled away, and even Lao Sa left the basket to create a single opportunity for Rashid to play the basket.
Xiao Ao's face was solemn, and he didn't rush forward to top Rashid's low back, he knew very well that even if he went up to the top, he would definitely not be able to stop Rashid's footsteps with his own strength.
Because his complexion is very dark, many fans Xiao Ao is also the kind of black and rough player, in fact, his strength is a little embarrassing, almost the most rubbish grade in the fourth position, and Teylon Hill's strength is estimated to be stronger than him.
Lin Yu has pointed out his shortcomings more than once, and specially designed a set of defensive strategies for Xiao Ao with the assistant teaching team, facing the opponent's low position and strong hits, he will retreat, and the opponent will eventually want to shoot, as long as he shoots, Xiao Ao can rely on his flexibility and bounce to block.
Seeing that Xiao Ao did not step forward to the hard top, Rashid also turned over and made a mid-range shot.
However, his rollover shot was different from Xiao Ao, there was no step back and no backwards.
Xiao Ao saw the opportunity, stepped forward and jumped up, raised his hand and snapped, and gave Rashid's shot to the cap.
The cap was not powerful enough that the basketball was not fanned out, but straight up and down.
After Xiao Ao landed, he jumped up immediately, and took the ball before Rashid, directly crediting 1 block and 1 rebound.
Even if Rashid's shot didn't touch a rebound at all, the technical stat was still a rebound, not a steal.
After the ball was in hand, Xiao Ao immediately passed the ball to Nash, and then ran towards the front court.
Kobe Bryant in the front court gave Nash a block and dismantled, Nash missed a three-point shot, Big Ben and Lao Sa were in a fierce position, Xiao Ao rushed to the front court to the basket, grabbed the collapsed basketball in mid-air, and raised his hand to dunk.
"Boom!"
It was a perfect dunk that dazzled the fans at the scene, and they wondered if they were delusional, and this seemingly omnipotent young man on the field was really Jermaine O'Neal, who had been on the cold bench for a year with their Trail Blazers?
Lin Yu sat on the sidelines and was completely relieved, he was originally worried that Xiao Aokong had the strength of the peak, but he did not have the confidence of the peak, which caused him to be unable to fully exert his strength.
After seeing Xiao Ao's praise at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Lin Yu knew that Xiao Ao, who beat Nowitzki to be selected for the second team, had officially entered the peak.
The reason why Lin Yu chose this game to let Xiao Ao start must also be for a reason.
On the one hand, Xiao Ao has indeed been on the cold bench for a year at the Trailblazers, and it is impossible for him to be without resentment towards the Trailblazers.
On the other hand, Rashid is a famous star, but at the peak of Xiao Ao Te Krahid, this is not Lin Yu deliberately raising Xiao Ao, but the pairing record of the two shows that Xiao Ao is Rashid's natural enemy.
The peak overlap period between the two is probably from 2002 to 2009, and they have played more than 20 games, and the sample size is large enough to tell the problem, Rashid was suppressed by Xiao Ao to an average shooting rate of only 36% per game, and an average of only 11 points and 6 rebounds per game, which is simply miserable.
Of course, Rashid's defense is not vegetarian, and Xiao O's shooting percentage against him is less than 42%.
Even so, Xiao Ao is much better than Rashid in terms of shooting percentage and average data per game.
Now that Xiao Ao's strength has entered its peak, Lin Yu decided to let Xiao Ao use the famous star Rashid as a background board to announce the rise of Jermaine O'Neal to the whole league!
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Because Xiao Ao's performance is really bright enough, his teammates are also willing to create opportunities for him.
Nash has been looking for an opportunity to pass the ball to Xiao Ao to play Rashid alone, although his side is characterized by Lin Yu as the core of the outside attack, but he rarely shoots.
With two minutes left in the first quarter, Lin Yu called a timeout and replaced Xiao Ao with Webb.
"God, how do I feel like I'm going to lose my starting position?"
"You kid has already scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in ten minutes? Are you sure you're only 19 years old? ”
Webb looked at Xiao Ao in shock and said.
"Hell, I said that Jermaine was the strongest power forward in the class of '96, and I didn't believe it at all."
"I don't think he can be stronger than Rahim, right?"
"Now it seems that the vision of the leader is good, how can Rahim have the offensive and defensive intensity of Jermaine."
Kobe Bryant was also full of praise.
Xiao Ao was praised to the point that his face was blushing, and he was very innocent and shy, unlike the black players who came out of the slums.
"Try to play towards 60 points tonight, how to say that the Trail Blazers are also your old club, just a surprise for the Trail Blazers fans on the scene." Lin Yu said with a smile.
Laughing and surprising the Trail Blazers fans? If Xiao Ao really cuts sixty points tonight, it will be a fright.
Xiao Ao, whom they disdained, wreaked havoc in the hands of Lin Yu, and the Trailblazers fans couldn't take over at all.
What is even more unacceptable must be the old Dunleavy, he was still teaching Lin Yu a lesson before the opening, asking him to be stable and less traded, but he didn't expect that it had only been a long time before Xiao Ao used his performance to make the old Dunleavy speechless.
Rashid, who is opposite Xiao Ao, has only scored 7 points at the moment, and his shooting percentage is not as good as Xiao Ao, and it seems that these two are not at the same level at all.
"Huh!"
"Boom!"
"Smack!"
From time to time, there was the sound of Xiao Ao's shots, violent dunks and blocks, and Xiao Ao became more and more excited to play, and he really dominated the game.
By the end of the game, Xiao Ao handed over a report card of 53 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks.
The reason why he failed to reach 60 points was because the old Dunleavy was anxious and sent heavy troops to trap Xiao Ao, who would rather lose than Xiao Ao play 60+ in a single game.
Lin Yu can fully accept Xiao Ao's data, a child who is less than 20 years old, still playing inside, can hand over such a report card, what else do you need a bicycle.
It can be said that this game is a battle for Xiao Ao, who became famous in one battle and made himself one of the top four in the league.