NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

"What? You also asked Stern for leave?" Lin Tian leaned back in his chair, listening in surprise to Kidd scolding Stern for being a good-for-nothing.

"My left hamstring hasn't healed yet! It hurts so much when I move, but that old man insisted that I go to New Orleans to treat my foot injury. What kind of treatment plan is better in that place than in New York?"

"The situation is stronger than me. I can only play in the All-Star Game this time." Kidd cursed while stretching out his foot and twisting it a few times, then cooperated by grimacing to show his pain.

"Jason, is your left foot injured or your right foot?" Lin Tian looked at Kidd's outstretched right foot and couldn't help but complain. What a damn acting skill! And he comes here to cry miserably in front of me?
"Ohhh, left foot, right?"

Kidd quickly changed his feet, twisted them a few times in pain, and screamed.

Kidd and Lin Tian's antics made the entire Eastern Conference All-Star locker room burst into laughter and cheers. After being repeatedly exploited by Stern and the league during the day these days, this group of stars finally felt a little relieved by the jokes of these two people.

We will take revenge on that damn old man sooner or later! He is simply treating us like animals!

unacceptable.

Well, it is now the last day of the 2006 Houston All-Star Game, which is the scene of the All-Star Game.

How about the past two days?

The stars had back-to-back activities for three consecutive days and had no chance to enjoy the joy of Space City. Stern wanted to send someone to pick them up at the hotel at dawn, and then take them all to NBA events in various blocks, where the stars could cheer and perform community service.

Brothers, it’s hard!
The All-Star Rookie Challenge on the first night became the stage for Chris Paul. The little guy displayed amazing energy. Not only were his shooting, breakthroughs, and organization amazing, he even completed two dunks with his 178-centimeter height!

Why do people say that he is only 183 cm tall at most when he claims to be 178 cm tall?
Because during a timeout in the rookie game, Lin Tian pulled Iverson by the neck and almost dragged him to the front of the freshman team's bench, then made Paul stand up, and then pressed the two unwilling guys together, one who didn't dare to resist and the other who couldn't resist.

Of course, Lin Tian is joined by several stars from the East and West, including Garnett, O'Neal, Stoudemire, Anthony, etc.

Otherwise, if Lin Tian was alone, even if he could hold down both of them at the same time, if he wanted them to stand up straight and compare their heights, he would have to knock them both out.

The price is a bit high.

But now, there is strength in numbers! A group of people pulled and dragged the two people, asking them to stretch their legs but not stand on tiptoes, and pressed their hair to prevent inaccurate measurements due to their hair.

Then, Lin Tian came to a conclusion.

Iverson is high!

Although it's just a little bit higher, it's still high.

"Alan, you claim to be 183 cm tall?" Lin Tian did not reveal the answer, but asked in a mean way.

"What do you mean by that? I'm 183cm tall!" Iverson was upset. What's wrong with being short? Just because I'm short, you bastards can bully me?

I'm short, but I'm damn handsome!

"Chris is taller than you, he is also said to be 183cm!" Lin Tian looked at Paul: "Chris, you are so young, you are not sincere! Aren't you 183cm? But you are taller than Allen now, you must be at least 185cm!"

"No, I...that..." Paul, who had just made his debut, obviously did not have the shamelessness and viciousness he would have in the future. At this moment, he was surrounded by a group of big men, trembling and unable to speak. But after stuttering for a long time, he glanced at Iverson and suddenly made up his mind.

"I am indeed 185cm tall!"

"Go to hell." Lin Tian just gave him the middle finger. He was actually fooled by this kid's big watery eyes.

Who said he was honest and trembling? He told such a lie without any shame.

But Lin Tian was not afraid that the two would deny or lie, so he waved his hand and said, "Nate, come here!"

Hey, you are the first grade team, but I still have someone else!
Nate, whose official height is only 175 cm, walked over cheerfully, looked at the group of big men, and asked stupidly: "What's wrong, boss?"

"Stand up straight, come and compare your height with Chris and Allen!"

"I won't compete with him!" Iverson and Paul let out shrill exclamations and screams almost at the same time. Every cell in their bodies was resisting the idea of ​​competing in height with Nate.

As for the reason?

The two of them understood each other tacitly.

Their official height is 183 cm, but that is also exaggerated.

But Nate, this short guy, is officially 175 cm tall.

No matter if there is water or not, you can't compare with him!

Once compared, the truth will definitely be revealed.

"Hold on! Still want to run?" Lin Tian snorted and said, "Chris, go play basketball. You have nothing to do now."

Lin Tian did not forget to wave his hand and give Paul a chance to live. After all, he was just little Kalami and it was boring to bully him. It would be more fun to bully a top star like Iverson, who was at the MVP level.

"Go Nate, stop, that's right! Stand still, don't move, beautiful, let me see..." Lin Tian carefully looked at the height difference between the two people: "Nate, tell me the truth, did you lie about your height?"

"It was a false report." Nate scratched his head embarrassedly. This guy was different from Paul. Paul's innocent and stupid expression was full of wit.

This guy is naive and stupid. His expression is full of naivety and stupidity.

"Nonsense! You didn't make false reports!" Before Lin Tian could say anything, Iverson yelled like a cat with its fur standing on end, "Think carefully before you speak!"

"I should actually be 1-2 centimeters taller." Nate scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I thought since we're all short, I might as well report being shorter. So during the physical test, I didn't wear socks and bent my knees a little bit."

Good boy, this is a false report.

Iverson breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Nate would say that he was actually less than 175cm tall, which would be embarrassing for him.

"Why are you so happy?" Lin Tian looked at Iverson and said, "He is taller than you!"

"Impossible!" Iverson said with wide eyes, "Kid, tell me clearly, when did you measure your height of 178cm?"

"high school!"

"Look! I knew he was at least 185cm tall now!" Iverson pointed at Nate and said, "He's grown taller, but he doesn't know it! So it's reasonable that he's a little taller than me. It's quite real that I'm 183cm tall!"

"Come on, Allen, have some shame." Lin Tian waved his hands and said disdainfully, "How tall are you? Don't you really know?"

"Who cares? Do you have a higher average score than me? Do you have more free throws than me? Have you ever won the scoring title? Have you ever won the steals title?" Iverson looked at the group of people and said dissatisfiedly, "Why do you care about me?"

After Iverson finished speaking, he left the group angrily and sat aside.

"Is he crazy?" O'Neal scratched his head and said, "I've won the scoring title."

“I’ve won it too.” Lin Tian nodded and said, “I’ve also won the steals king and assists king titles. Hehe, let me go and provoke him again.”

Lin Tian chuckled, sat down next to Iverson and continued to tease this guy.

At the same time, regarding who is taller among these short players, judging from the measurement results, Iverson > Paul > Nate.

Well... yes, Iverson was still a little taller than Nate just now.

But how big is the gap between the three people?

Lin Tian could only say: very little.

What is certain is that all three are taller than 175cm, but certainly less than 180cm.

This is the end of Lin Holmes's detective class.

Let’s talk about the rookie game.

Paul, who was in the fourth round of the competition, was the brightest guy in this game. He got a beautiful stat of 21 points and 11 assists. He also led the first grade to win the second grade, and naturally won the Rookie Game MVP trophy.

As for the others, Deron also showed off several of his signature big changes of direction, which earned Lin Tian's comment: This kid's change of direction is just like my evaluation. Smith and Nate, the Knicks duo, also scored a lot of points and had dunks, which was a warm-up for the dunk contest the next night.

Hmm... seems like I forgot someone?

Raymond Felton, the No. 2 pick selected by Jordan, played quite mediocrely in this game.

It's not that bad, nor that good, it's just a passerby performance with no highlights and not worth mentioning.

This performance is actually similar to his performance in the regular season this season.

Mediocre. Not great, but not bad either, has talent but not much, may have a chance to be a Billups-like player, may have a chance to be a late bloomer, but is pretty mediocre right now.

Anyway, he was completely overshadowed by Paul and Deron who were selected after him.

The only pity is that although Jordan came to Houston because of the disaster in New Orleans, as a living signboard, he had to stand up for the league at this time.

But he didn't come to watch the game today. Needless to say, this guy didn't dare to appear in front of Lin Tian.

After all, the season is already halfway through. Who can't see who is at what level and who has what abilities?

Paul plays offensive basketball with Steve Jackson and Jason Richardson in the Warriors. The whole team runs wildly. Although the team's record is not yet up, Paul's personal average of 15+9 per game has almost secured this year's best rookie.

Although Deron is slightly inferior to Paul, in the Hornets team that is in a state of disrepair, no one suppresses his desire and style. He is allowed to play freely and he has performed at a very good level.

The most important thing is that Deron won both head-to-head confrontations between the Hornets and the Warriors. Whether in terms of team or personal performance, he suppressed Paul.

These two already have a bit of the flavor of the two greatest players, James vs. Anthony.

As for Felton?
Lin Tian decided to call Jordan to express his condolences.

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What if the old buddy needs help?

"Hey Michael, it's me. Did you watch the rookie game? You...FUXX!" Lin Tian could only shrug his shoulders as he watched Jordan hang up the phone.

But just because Boss Joe hung up on your buddy, it doesn't mean you can run away.

Want to run? Daydream!
If you don't show up today, do you have to attend the event tomorrow? Do you have to speak on behalf of the NBA and show your support?
You can't run away, kid!

Lin Tian no longer called Jordan to harass him, but called Pelinka directly.

Ask him to prepare personnel immediately and gather a filming team that can shoot the commercial before tomorrow afternoon.

As soon as the event is over tomorrow afternoon, Lin Tian will take Jordan to shoot AND 1's new commercial!
Hehe, filming half a season in advance!

No matter how tough-talking or bad-tempered you are, Jordan, at this point in the season, can't you see clearly who will win the Rookie of the Year award and who won't?
It has long been a one-man show between Paul and Deron. As for you, Felton, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to make it into the first team of rookies.

At this time, he still stubbornly insisted that the season was not over yet and Felton could still make a comeback and win the best rookie award. If he refused to cooperate with the filming of the commercial, then Lin Tian would have to curse him, as dirty as he could.

Who made you, Boss Qiao, shameless?

Pelinka didn't say anything about Lin Tian's sudden emergency. He had long been accustomed to his boss's habit of doing whatever he wanted at any time.

Fortunately, it’s just a commercial, not Star Wars.

He made two phone calls and found an absolutely reliable and experienced filming team in Houston.

Not to mention the next afternoon, he finished it that same evening.

The main feature is super high efficiency.

As for the script of the commercial? It was already written when Lin Tian and Jordan made the bet. Anyway, it was something like "Jordan wearing AND 1 means this shoe is really good, I want it too", "this is why you can win 5 consecutive championships", "the two of them wearing shoes and competing one-on-one" and so on.

Pretty boring, pretty corny, but that doesn't matter.

Anyway, the main gimmick of this advertisement is that Jordan appeared in the AND1 advertisement. Even if he just sat in a chair for two minutes and did nothing, that would be enough!

All we need is a gimmick, a plot or something, as long as it's not anti-intellectual.

Lin Tian's task on the second day of the All-Star Game was to follow Jordan and chat with him about the situation and details of the rookie game last night, and analyze the abilities and performances of the three point guards Paul, Deron and Felton.

"Are you fucking done yet?" Finally, Jordan couldn't help it anymore and took the initiative to scold Lin Tian.

"Whether I'm done or not depends on you!" Lin Tian spread his hands and said, "You have to admit defeat. It's you who lost the bet, not me."

"Okay, I lost! The person I chose won't get the Best Rookie this year! No one else can get it either! Paul is this year's Best Rookie, is that okay? Are you satisfied?" Jordan looked at Lin Tian angrily.

He had no choice. Paul's lead was too big and too obvious. The fighting power this guy showed in his rookie season was obviously at least one level higher than all other players of the same class.

"Okay, but how do we cash in the bet?"

"How do we deliver on that?" Jordan snorted. "If you can get the crew in front of me today, we'll shoot now! If you can't find it, wait until the end of the season. I'm busy!"

"What a coincidence! What a coincidence!" Lin Tian clapped his hands and said, "Let's go! The venue is ready, we're just waiting for you." The event was over at this moment, and Lin Tian walked towards the road holding Jordan's neck, and then a business car stopped in a very clever way, and the door opened.

Lin Tian pushed Jordan forward, and everything happened so skillfully as if it was a long-planned kidnapping.

Well, okay, it was planned for a long time.

There was no place for Jordan to run.

Who asked you to bet with me and lose?
Mr. Lin, are you still given a chance to escape?

When the two were on the road, Lin Tian didn't even talk to Jordan, but continued to provoke him.

He picked up the phone and called AND1, saying casually, "The new shoes can be released in March. I'll take Michael to shoot the commercial now. It will be shot in one day, and the post-production will take another half a month. Then we'll put the commercial on in early March, and release the shoes at the end of the month while the commercial is getting a lot of attention!"

"No problem! Then send it in March!" The person on the other side agreed to Lin Tian's suggestion without hesitation.

Looking at Lin Tian's smug look, Jordan really wanted to smash his nose with a punch and then hit him in the face with his knees.

But unfortunately, he couldn't win, and his arm was still being held by Lin Tian. What could he do?
He could only helplessly say: "I'm already in the car, are you still afraid that I'll run away? Can you let go first?"

It can be seen from Jordan's tone and expression: it really hurts.

"Sorry, sorry." This time Lin Tian really apologized from the bottom of his heart.

I was so excited that I forgot that I was holding the other person's arm.

It's embarrassing, isn't it?

That night, Lin Tian took Jordan to shoot a commercial, which lasted until the evening, so neither of them went to this year's All-Star individual event.

However, Lin Tian was not interested in this. Although Houston, Nate, and Smith would all compete in today's individual events, even if Jordan was not involved, Lin Tian had already made up his mind not to watch it.

As for the reason?

The dunk contest was restructured this year. One of the changes was that the number of participants was increased, from the previous 4 to the earlier 6. With two more contestants, there are two more people to show their talents and abilities.

Another thing is that the original system of one person deducting points three times and failing to score would disqualify him and he could only get the lowest score has been changed to one who can keep deducting points until he scores.

As for this reform, the league's original intention is good. They hope to make dunks more watchable, and hope that players will not give up more difficult and exciting dunks due to conservativeness. They hope that they will give their best and bring out the best dunks to duel.

The original intention is absolutely good, and it will also help the league improve the excitement of the dunk contest.

But the problem is...

Among those participating in the dunk contest this year is Nate Robinson.

Lin Tian did not have any bad feelings towards this somewhat silly and straightforward little brother. On the contrary, he quite liked this kind, reckless and also quite inspirational guy.

But the problem is, this guy is too straight.

He is stubborn and sticks to his guns.

How exaggerated is it?

If he has decided on a move but is not in good shape and cannot dunk the ball, this guy will not consider changing the move or reducing the difficulty.

He’ll dunk until the power goes out on the court.

This kind of tenacious and never-give-up character is an important reason why he was able to enter the NBA despite his height of over 170 cm.

But in a dunk contest, this spirit is totally unacceptable!

In the end, facts proved that Lin Tian was right not to go. (End of this chapter)