NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Of course, Lin Tian is not unfamiliar with this so-called latest project. He has been watching it for 20 years and has personally witnessed that this project has been reformed and reformed again and again, becoming more and more boring and useless.
Lin Tian even felt that in the two years before his rebirth, the skills challenge was not as interesting as the shooting star.

After all, the shooting star can also watch others shoot three-pointers from mid-court, how fun!

The four players participating in the first Skills Challenge this year are: Marbury, Kidd, Payton, and Lin Tian.

Anyway, after Lin Tian learned about the four contestants, his first reaction was: Is Kidd crazy?
This guy actually participated in an event related to shooting?

Doesn’t this lock in the last place in advance?

Are you so depressed that you have to embarrass yourself at the All-Star Weekend?

However, Kidd's participation in this project can be regarded as him being drunk and foolishly agreeing to it, but the person who invited him certainly could not have been drunk at the time of the invitation.

I don’t know who invited him, but it’s really bad!

What kind of villain and sinister guy could invite Kidd to participate in this competition?
What’s the difference between this and inviting O’Neal to the 3-point contest?
Now Lin Tian even suspected that Kidd had offended Stern or someone else, so Stern deliberately chose the time when Kidd was drunk to call him and invite him to participate in the competition!
It fits the character of this old fox very well!

This old man is so bad!
Not only is he bad, but he is also narrow-minded, holds grudges, has no vision, is shameless, and does not know how to sympathize with others.

Didn’t my Master Lin just chat with the old man for a while last season before agreeing to participate in the dunk contest with Richardson? This guy holds a grudge and he wants to tire himself to death this year!
This year, I, Mr. Lin, will participate in all the events without any exception!
I, Mr. Lin, don’t need to sleep, right?
However, Lin Tian had no choice. After all, he had promised Stern last season that he would not continue to slack off in this All-Star Game and would participate in all events.
However, since it has been agreed and Stern has fulfilled his promise, the number of back-to-back games and the difficulty of away games for the Pacers this season are indeed the fewest and easiest in the league.

People must be honest!
Then just join us!
Lin Tian was even very sure that if he was not unqualified to participate in the rookie game, Stern would have squeezed him in no matter what!
Fortunately, Stern hasn't figured it out yet and hasn't thought of letting Lin Tian participate in the rookie game as a coach, otherwise the old man would definitely let Lin Tian go to the rookie game again!
absolute!
Well, we have to find a way to make sure Stern never thinks of this way to participate in the Rookie Game.
In addition to the participants of the three individual events, the rosters for the All-Star Rookie Game and the All-Star Game were also announced in the first few days of February!
The Pacers had three players participating in the Rookie Game this time. Arenas and Parker represented the second year, while Ginobili represented the first year! With three players participating in the Rookie Game, they were considered a big player.

As for Jordan and Lin Tian, ​​no matter what, they will have to support their younger brothers, cheer them on and give them a boost.

As for the All-Star Game roster, this year there were no surprises like last year that were highly discussed.

In the Eastern Conference, Jordan and Lin Tian unsurprisingly dominated the list, receiving 430 million and 500 million votes respectively, far ahead of everyone else and becoming the starting backcourt combination in the Eastern Conference.

As for the two forwards in the Eastern Conference, they were Vince Carter, who had worked with two Chinese players, Lin Tian and Yao Ming, and received 300 million votes. The other forward was Tim Duncan, who received 200 million votes.

Speaking of this guy Duncan, it's quite strange. Obviously his playing style is the least popular among fans and the one that should least appear in the All-Star Game, but his All-Star votes are always high!
I can only say that this guy is really good. Even if fans don’t like to see him in the All-Star Game, they can’t help but vote for him.

As for the center, Yao Ming was the third highest vote-getter in the Eastern Conference. He received 320 million votes, which was also far ahead of all other centers in the Eastern Conference!
Compared to last year when Yao Ming was selected, this year's averages of 18.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game have not increased much, but his ability and offensive power under the basket, as well as his touch and shooting ability, have been recognized by the entire American basketball community.

In addition, apart from Yao Ming, there are really few centers who can be called good in the Eastern Conference today, so it is reasonable for him to become the starter.

Among the five starters, there are two Nets players, two Pacers players and Duncan from the Magic. The top three in the Eastern Conference will have all five starters, which is a true reflection of the strength of each Eastern Conference team today!
In addition to the five starters, the seven substitutes in the Eastern Conference are Kidd of the Nets, Iverson of the 7ers, Pierce and Walker of the Celtics, Ben Wallace of the Pacers, McGrady of the Magic and Ray Allen of the Bucks.

The Nets and Pacers each had three players selected for the All-Star Game, making them the biggest winners of this All-Star Game!
As for the Western Conference, this year's results are much clearer and simpler. The backcourt is Kobe and Francis, the frontcourt is Garnett and Nowitzki, and the center is O'Neal!

Dazhi, who started the game last year and encountered considerable criticism, saw his statistics and playing time decline this year due to Jamison joining the team. In addition, American fans are still somewhat dissatisfied with his selection and simply do not vote for him. It is normal that Dazhi has not been selected consecutively!
As for the substitutes, Marbury and Marion of the Suns, Nash of the Mavericks, Peja and Bibby of the Kings, O'Neal of the Jazz and Brand of the Clippers were selected together.

In the West, all-around forward Marion and 'White Devil' Bibby were both selected for the first time, which can be regarded as adding some new blood to the Western Conference All-Star team.

There was almost no controversy about the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star lineups this time. Almost no one felt that someone was selected despite not being worthy of starting, or that someone should have been selected but was not.

Everyone was surprisingly and unanimously satisfied with the results!

What should I say?

Stern is not happy!
What the old man wants is controversy, discussion, heat and all kinds of analysis. He wants everyone to discuss this list and make it lively!
He even hopes that the fans will go crazy and discuss each other until they blow each other's brains out!

That's the rhythm that an All-Star lineup should have!
But the result?

Peace! Absolute peace!

There was no heat, and everyone agreed.

This was probably the most reluctant and least desired compliment Stern had ever received in his life!

He hates it!
How much he missed those times when Jordan was not selected as a starter or was roughly selected as a starter!
How he missed the day when Lin Tian stood up and said to the whole league that his brother was worthy of the All-Star Game. How he missed the day when Lin Tian jumped out and said that he would give up the starting spot to Jordan! How he missed the ultimate showdown between Lin Tian and Carter in the dunk contest.
Oh, this is about to happen.

That’s good, that’s good!

This is what I want!

But in short, the above are Stern’s youth and golden age!

Miss you!
After the rosters for the individual events and the main competition of the All-Star Game were all released, each team once again entered the fish-raising mode before the All-Star Game. The games were inevitably played lazily and the quality of the games began to decline.

After all, the All-Star Game means to players what the National Day holiday means to students.

Who has the mood to do exercises and study hard for exams before the holiday!
Let’s talk about it when we come back from having fun!

And among these lazy teams, of course, the Pacers are also included.

In the first ten days of February, the Pacers played a total of 2 games. In the 4 games, Lin Tian and Jordan did not score more than 4 points in a single game. They played quite well, and the team continued with its chivalrous nature of "robbing the rich and helping the poor."

They beat the Bucks and Hornets, two playoff-level teams, and then lost to the Jazz and Heat, two lousy teams.

It can only be said that the Pacers continue to stir up trouble throughout the league and continue to frantically gain a sense of presence in every corner of the league.

38 wins and 10 losses!
The lazy Pacers easily won the league's half-time championship, and then Lin Tian, ​​Jordan, Big Ben, Arenas, Parker, Ginobili, six players participating in the All-Star Game, as well as Carlisle who became the All-Star coach again, and a large group of people flew to Atlanta together!

"What do you think, guys? What are your goals for this All-Star Game?" On the plane, Carlisle looked at everyone, because according to the rules, he was the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team, so his chief assistant coach would become the head coach of the sophomore team in the Rookie Game.

So he can take care of everyone present except Ginobili who represents the rookie team.

"Just for fun." Jordan shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he was very casual.

"Enjoy life with Lin!" Ben said in a muffled voice, and he had no ambition at all for the All-Star MVP.

"Have a happy weekend." Parker said, "I want to watch Desperate Housewives in the hotel. This show is so good! I love it so much. Manu, will you come with me?"

"Okay." Ginobili nodded, indicating that it was no problem. He didn't like going out to play either.

"I'm going to check out their weapons store! I heard there's a store in Atlanta that actually sells individual rocket launchers, I want to go check it out!" Arenas followed suit and revealed his interest.

Then, everyone couldn't help but look at Lin Tian, ​​wanting to see what this master of making things happen was going to do.

"I came to Atlanta this time to do only three things." Lin Tian pointed his finger and said, "Win the championship, win the championship, or f*cking win... cough, win the MVP!"

"Only two championships?" Big Ben counted on his fingers and said, "But you participated in three competitions! I get it!"

Smart Ben slapped his head and said, "You are going to give the dunk contest championship to our good friend Vince! Let him fulfill his dream of becoming the dunk king!"

"You are such a clever little kid."

Lin Tian rolled his eyes. He didn’t usually see Daben being so good at math. Normally, he would ask him, “You grabbed 15 offensive rebounds and 4 defensive rebounds tonight. How many rebounds did you grab in total tonight?”
This guy had to count on his fingers for a long time to get the answer!
How come today's calculation is so fast?
Hmm. Could it be because today’s math homework is addition and subtraction within 5, which is easier than within 20?
Carlisle looked at Lin Tian and couldn't help but said, "This year is Michael's last All-Star Game. I thought you would help him win an MVP."

"Didn't I help him get it last year?" Lin Tian looked at Jordan next to him and said, "He was so angry that he almost tore me apart. I'm not going to help him again this year. I have to help myself."

"FUXX!" Listening to Lin Tian's nonsense, Jordan didn't want to pay any attention to him except for swearing.

What kind of bastard can say such things and be so shameless?
You helped me win the MVP last year. Was that out of kindness?
If you are kind, I will let you kick my head like a ball!

However, Carlisle's remarks have solved the mystery of how many more years Jordan can play, or it is not really a mystery. It can be seen from the fact that this guy only signed a one-year contract this year that he will not play again next year anyway. Otherwise, why didn't he just sign a few more years?
He came here this year to take revenge. After taking revenge, this guy will definitely fulfill his dream!
Own a team!
After being cheated by the Wizards once, Jordan will definitely be more cautious this time. In order to avoid being cheated again, he will probably take out all his savings and completely hire a team on his own!
Well... okay, it's not a high probability. Lin Tian knows very well that this guy will really do this.

He desperately wants a team!
The kind that belongs only to you.

After the group of people chatted for a while, everyone dispersed and went to do what they liked.

Then, only Lin Tian and Jordan were left sitting together.

"Lin, after your contract expires, you are not going to stay in Indiana anymore, right?"

"What's wrong?" Lin Tian did not answer Jordan's question, but wanted to see what he had to say.

"I have a little news here." Jordan smiled evilly and lowered his voice: "Stern has always felt that it is not good for the league to have only 29 teams. He wants to make the number of teams in the East and West the same. Do you know what this means?"

"Does it mean Toronto will be eliminated from the league? That's great! I have never liked Toronto. It's too cold there. Every time I take a plane, I have to go through very complicated procedures and the flight distance is long. I hope Toronto fans won't be too sad."

Looking at Lin Tian talking nonsense, Jordan really wanted to punch him directly. This guy was too annoying!
But there was no way, Jordan was asking someone to do something for him, so he had to endure it!
"This means that the league will add one more team! There will be 15 teams in the East and West, and the time for the new team to join has been determined, in the 04-05 season!" Jordan became more and more excited. "Stern has contacted me privately and told me this news."

"So after this year, I have a whole year to build my own team, find the right city, provide all the necessary equipment and various other things. Then, Stern said that as long as I can get these done within the next year, he will give priority to my new team to enter the league!"

"If I borrow money, I have to pay back nine out of ten. You have to pay it back monthly. If you are overdue, don't blame me for sending someone to throw paint on your door! And I know where Marcus and Jeffrey go to school, don't think you can run away! If you don't pay me back by then, I will sell them both to Southeast Asia to dig coal!"

"FUXX! I'm not asking you to borrow money! I have money! FUXX! Why am I telling you this? And what is the meaning of nine out and thirteen back? I only know nine shallow and one ugh! Now is not the time to talk about this!"

Jordan is really easily irritated by Lin Tian and gets carried away easily.

But this time, his words were interrupted by Lin Tian again.

"I won't go." Lin Tian shook his head more decisively this time: "I'm even willing to lend you money and only charge a little interest, but I will never go to your team even if I die."

"Why? Do you think I can't afford it? I can give you a starting salary of 3000 million a year!" Jordan gritted his teeth when he said this. He originally wanted to give Lin Tian a friendly price.

Now it seems that it was totally unnecessary!
There is no such thing as friendship for this guy.

"Why?" Lin Tian sighed. This guy insisted on making him humiliate him!
Come on.

"Since you are going to form a team, you must have studied the rookies in the next few years."

"Of course." Jordan said proudly: "I went to your crappy Creative Camp in the past few years. Do you really think I did it for the money? I went there just to get to know those talented players up close! Your Creative Camp provides practical things and allows me to see their personalities." "And my Jordan Training Camp allows me to see their physical talents, skills, basic skills and other things!"

"I know all about the rookies in the next few years!"

"Very good!" Lin Tian nodded and said, "Then let me ask you, this year is said to be the biggest year in recent years in the NBA. Among the rookies next year, who do you think will be the most promising?"

"Carmelo Anthony! There is no doubt that this guy is a genius. He has led Syracuse University to unparalleled results. I even think he will win the NCAA championship this year! His shooting, skills, and physical fitness are all perfect! He will be the best in this class!"

“What about LeBron James?”

"He's just an immature high school student, and the media still calls him America's Son. It's ridiculous! His skills are too crude and his shooting is too poor. Judging from his shooting hand shape, he may never be able to shoot well in his lifetime. At the same time, it's hard to say whether his physical style of play can surpass Kemp."

"He's definitely not as good as Carmelo!"

"Who is the better guard, Wade or Hinrich?"

"Of course it's Hinrich! He has a perfect overall view, calm ball handling, good shooting ability, top leadership qualities and rare defensive ability among No. 1 players. I think he will become the next Jason Kidd or Gary Payton!"

"As for Wade, he's not bad, he's fast and strong, but that's about it. He doesn't have a shot, he relies on his physical fitness, and he plays the No. 2 position but he's only 193 centimeters tall. If he plays the No. 1 position, his overall view and technical details are not good enough."

"A standard two-way player! I have never been optimistic about this short 2-man position! The best he can do is Starks."

"I even think Wade is not worthy of being compared with Hinrich. He is more suitable to be compared with TJ Ford. Their styles are very similar. Both are extremely fast attackers and perfect sixth men!"

"Last question, Chris Bosh and Chris Kaman."

"Of course it's Kaman! What's the most important thing for an inside player? Weight! Confrontation! Strong attack under the basket! Kaman has all these, but what about Bosh? He has none of them. He is just a skinny kite man. I doubt he will even have his ribs broken during the game!"

"He is more suitable for playing volleyball than basketball! If anyone chooses Bosh, they will choose the biggest bust among the top 10 in this class!"

After saying that, Jordan blinked his eyes and pretended to be mysterious, "I'll give you another piece of information for free. Do you know that there is a young man named Micevic in Serbia? He is a true genius! I think he will be the best one in this class!"

What the hell is this?
"First of all, his name is Milicic, not Micevic." Lin Tian rolled his eyes, and a huge wave surged in his heart!

He knew that Jordan had poor vision and was not good at drafting, but he never expected it to be so bad!
At first, he really thought that Jordan chose Brown over Yao Ming because he was trying to be angry with him.

Now it seems that this guy is not affected by me at all!
He just really thinks Kwame Brown is a super genius.

There is no hope, absolutely no hope!

Only a psychopath and a masochist would stay on the same team with Jordan and let him be the general manager, president, owner and all other important positions.

Anyway, Lin Tian doesn't want to torture himself, nor does he want to make things more difficult for himself.

In fact, Lin Tian would rather play for Isaiah Thomas' team than work with Jordan!

At least, Isaiah Thomas is willing to spend money!
He never treats his boss's money as money!

He was just treating his boss's money like paper.

For the players, this one advantage is enough to cover up all of Thomas' shortcomings.

Lin Tian even felt that many players were willing to vote for Thomas in the vote for the 'best team general manager in history'.

Follow Thomas and you will really get to eat meat!

And no matter whether you have the ability or not, you can eat meat!
How many people followed Thomas and made money far higher than their own value? How many people played for Thomas' team and got contracts that seemed to be at least half kickbacks from Thomas?

An absolute player relative!
Maybe he is not a good manager, but he is definitely a good person!
Following Jordan?

Eat the fart!
No vision, no money.

Not even a good person.

No, not even a human being!

"Michael, I don't want to talk about this topic anymore." Lin Tian shook his head decisively and said, "I won't go to your team. As for why, you will understand later."

"Okay." Jordan sighed deeply, somewhat disappointed.

Because he felt that if Lin Tian could go to his new team and integrate seamlessly, his team would be able to rise in minutes!
Didn’t Bird rely on signing Lin Tian without a deal to jump from a rookie general manager and head coach to one of the league’s top general managers and head coaches?

Jordan was quite envious of this opportunity to soar to the sky!

He felt that even if his grandmother signed Lin Tian, ​​she would still win the best manager award!
With Lin Tian's strength and ability to integrate the team, coupled with his own vision, Jordan is very confident that his new team can become a championship contender within three years!
But unfortunately, Lin Tian actually refused, and refused so thoroughly.

What else could Jordan do except sigh?

It seems that it will take at least 3 or 4 years to win the best general manager award and make the team a championship contender!
What a pity!

For Lin Tian, ​​what was even more regrettable was that Jordan did not say what was in his heart.

If he said it out loud, Lin Tian would tell him: You are dreaming!
When you sold the team 20 years later, you couldn't lead your team to win even a single series!

You're a championship contender?
Let’s become a consistent playoff contender first!

During the rest of the journey, everyone became silent because Lin Tian rejected Jordan's invitation, leaving Jordan with nowhere to express his great ambitions. He could only stare at the scenery outside the window in a daze.

When the plane was about to land in Atlanta, Ben suddenly said, "It's a pity that the Gold Club no longer exists. I have never been there. Otherwise, I would definitely go there to experience the meaning of life!"

After hearing these words, Jordan, who had been silent for a while, finally became excited again!
"Who said there's nowhere to go? Even though the Gold Club is gone, I'm here so you guys won't have anywhere to go."

"Tonight, it's my treat! I'll show you why Atlanta is called the third city outside of New York and Los Angeles!"

“There are really a lot of fun places here!”

"Michael! This time, I fully support you to win the MVP!" Big Ben raised his hand and cheered, "All the rebounds I grab are for you!"

The Pacers arrived in Atlanta on Thursday afternoon. After receiving some preliminary interviews from reporters at the airport and interacting with fans at the scene, they left quickly and went to the hotel. Jordan's plan was to gather everyone at the hotel and then take everyone out to have some fun!

After all, this is really his last All-Star trip!
Moreover, no one from Atlanta was selected for the All-Star Game this year, which resulted in this place not even having a landlord. So I, Michael, must take responsibility!

We must lead everyone to a perfect and happy weekend!
So, as time passed, as the sun set, and as more and more players arrived, Jordan waved his hand and said: Brothers, let's go and have fun!
As for where the players went and what they did that night, whether everyone had the fun they imagined, and why Atlanta is called the third entertainment city and the treasure of Georgia, it doesn’t matter!

No one wants to watch unimportant nonsense and uninteresting plots.

The important thing is that on the next day, which was Friday, the All-Star Game officially began!

Everything is exactly the same as in previous years: everyone gathers together in the morning and then goes to orphanages, prisons, drug rehabilitation centers, juvenile detention centers, nursing homes, slums and other places in Atlanta in batches and different routes to bring warmth and convey the NBA's deep love.

Everyone was given a day off in the afternoon. After a short rest, we went to the Philips Arena in Atlanta to watch the rookies fight!

Of course, this year's Rookie Game is the same as in previous years. In addition to enjoying the young guys sweating and dunking on the court, the audience's greater attention is actually on the stars who are screaming and cheering for their younger brothers off the court!
The most tired ones tonight are undoubtedly the trio of Jordan, Lin Tian and Ben!
The three of them sat side by side in the front row of the court. Around them sat a large group of contestants of this year's All-Star Game. And playing on the court were three Pacers players.

Originally, everyone thought that this game was a duel between Yao Ming, the best player in the 01 class, and Jay Williams, the No. 02 pick in the class and a talented point guard.

Even if these two didn't play the best, it was still time for talented players with higher draft picks like Richardson, Butler, Stoudemire, Gasol, and Jefferson to perform.

But as the game progressed, everyone discovered that this game had actually become a showdown between two second-round picks!
These two second-round picks are both from the Pacers!
This is also the reason why Lin Tian, ​​Jordan and others are so busy at the moment.

Who made Arenas and Ginobili keep putting on brilliant performances and become the craziest and most dedicated players on both teams?
The two of them kept attacking and scoring in various ways, while Lin Tian and the others had to ensure that they were equally distributed, and they kept clapping and cheering, cheering for the younger brothers!
The score between the two sides was never far apart in this game. The two sides fought until the last 2 minutes of the game, and the gap was still only 2 points!
Then the game completely turned into Arenas vs. Ginobili!

Arenas made a long 3-pointer on this side, and Ginobili made a serpentine breakthrough into the inside and made a 2+1 on the other side.

Arenas then rushed into the inside to attract the defense and then passed the ball to his teammate Parker for an easy jump shot. Then Ginobili made a curved one-handed pass from the top of the arc directly into the inside to assist Stoudemire for a dunk!
In the last minute, the two teammates were directly facing each other, and Arenas was the first to make a move. He made continuous changes of direction in dribbling, stepped back and forced a shot directly on the 3-point line, once again widening the gap to 4 points!
Ginobili turned around and retaliated with a step-back 3-pointer!
These two guys actually played out the effect of Lin Tian versus Jordan!

The entire Philips Center was boiling with excitement!
The fans excitedly shouted the names of these two players whom they didn’t know much about before!

So wonderful and beautiful!

Even Stern is a little excited now!

You can also play like this!
If I had known earlier that there would be no Eastern and Western Conference division, and if I had known earlier that Lin Tian and Jordan would lead a team each, and then let these two beat their brains out and fight to death, wouldn't that be a super super super double rookie game?
Just do it!

Stern has already started thinking about the reforms after the All-Star Game!

He plans to ignore the Eastern and Western Conferences and positions and directly let the two players with the highest votes select the players and form a team on the spot!

Isn't there a fantasy draft on NBA Live? Let's do it too. Let's do a fantasy draft too.

Hehe, Jordan and Lin Tian each lead a team, it’s so exciting!

Stern was so excited that he even forgot that this was Jordan's last All-Star Game. Next time, no one would compete against Lin Tian. He missed his last and best chance.

In the end, it was the sophomore team that won.

After Ginobili's 3-pointer, there were still 30 seconds left in the game. Arenas of the sophomore team missed the 2-pointer and failed to kill the game. However, Ginobili's serpentine breakthrough also bounced out of the rim.

131: 130!

The second-year team won by a narrow margin of 2 point and won the All-Star warm-up game. (End of this chapter)