NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 12 Post-match press conference
After the interview, Lin Chuan returned to the locker room and was teased by his teammates, which made him complain a little.

Waves of cheers echoed in the locker room.

"You are definitely the next Yao Ming, bro."

Westbrook, full of enthusiasm, punched Lin Chuan lightly on the chest and praised him.

"The Thunder's savior is here, we will definitely win the championship this year!"

Lin Chuan laughed out loud. His performance today truly made him a savior. Although he didn't know who praised him, he had to admit that he deserved the title.

"Man, that was an incredible performance. You blew up the Heat in the last quarter."

Cole Aldridge, who is also a water dispenser, joked, but everyone could hear the strong envy in his tone.

Both of them are rookie centers of the Thunder. They joined the team one after the other in the past two years. Aldridge was a lottery pick, the tenth pick in the first round of 2010, which was 48 places higher than Lin Chuan.

Now that Lin Chuan has put in such an amazing performance in the finals, it goes without saying that he will definitely be vigorously trained by the team in the future. Even if it is just a flash in the pan, he can become the team's main rotation as a substitute for Perkins.

And he is expected to be traded by the team after this season to free up salary space.

Kendrick Perkins, the current starting center of the Thunder, was sitting opposite the two men. When he saw Aldridge's reaction, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

For him, even if a new player in the same position in the team performs well, it won’t have much impact on him.

First of all, he won the championship as the starting center of the Celtics a few years ago, and his opponent was even the Lakers led by Kobe. He is a true championship player.

Even if his teammates play well and win the competition, he will still be a key player in the rotation. Although his statistics will decline, he is still an important player in the team. Moreover, players like him are always popular in the NBA.

No team can say that they really don't need a tough, black, strong inside player who can defend.

Secondly, he just signed a four-year, $34.8 million contract extension with the Thunder last year, which means he doesn't have to worry about his livelihood in the next few years.

But the remaining Aldridge is completely different from him.

But the NBA itself is such a cruel place. When some people make a name for themselves, some will be abandoned. When some people stay, some will leave.

However, he was very confused as to how Lin Chuan had done it today, how he had exploded to such an extent, and even led the team to a 23-point comeback.

In fact, the other players on the Thunder were also puzzled by Lin Chuan’s outstanding performance.

In this year, since joining the team after the draft, Lin Chuan's performance has been poor and therefore he has not had many opportunities to play.

Even though Coach Brooks is considered a coach who can train players, he is still troubled by mediocre players like Lin Chuan who have no special features.

During the offseason, even in the training games with all substitutes, Lin Chuan's performance was very unsatisfactory. As a center, he did not shoot, and even his shooting percentage at the basket was not high.

A layup is likely to miss if it is slightly interfered with.

His defense is not good either, and he is often used as a scope in training matches.

His only advantage is that he can understand tactics and execute according to them. This is also due to the fact that he is Chinese and has a good brain.

If it weren't for his brain that could understand tactics, his running skills, and his outgoing and enthusiastic personality, as well as his good relationships with everyone on the team, he would have been able to get some time to play in the rare garbage time on the court.

In this playoffs, Lin Chuan has been sitting on the bench, but when his teammates performed well, he waved the towel very well.

He is the number one towel-waving player of the Thunder. Until this finals, when everyone had no hope, this player who was least expected to win brought everyone the biggest surprise.

After finally dealing with everyone's enthusiasm, someone knocked on the door of the locker room and a staff member ran in. He looked around and said to Lin Chuan anxiously,
"Lin, the media want to see you at the press conference." The Thunder team also looked over.

"No problem. Lin Chuan is the protagonist today. The media must be very curious about you."

"Today, he has two separate interviews in a row. He is going to be a big star in the future."

Everyone joked.

"forgive me."

Lin Chuan responded to his teammates' praise with a smile and followed the staff out of the locker room.

After walking along the player tunnel for a while, I arrived at the press conference room.

"Yes, I am very satisfied with everyone's performance today..."

On the stage, head coach Brooks was answering questions from the media. At this moment, he saw Lin Chuan standing at the door being brought in by the staff, and he waved to him immediately.

"Lin, here."

"Everyone, the protagonist you have been waiting for today is here."

Brooks felt somewhat relieved. After all, today's game was too full of ups and downs. Lin Chuan didn't come just now, and he was bombarded with a lot of questions by the media. After the tense game, he answered them for a long time, which made him feel a little tired.

Now that today's main antagonist Lin Chuan has arrived, he has been liberated.

Seeing Lin Chuan appear at the door, all the media aimed their cameras at him. There were a series of clicking sounds and repeated flashes of light, and Lin Chuan thought he was going to go blind for a moment, and quickly blocked the lights with his hands.

The media then calmed down a little and waited for him to walk onto the stage to prepare their questions.

Brooks patted Lin Chuan on the shoulder and winked.

"Now that you are here, I can leave and leave the stage to you."

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Chuan's reply, he quickly ran down the interview platform, completely ignoring the fact that the protagonist of this press conference was the head coach.

“Hey, Coach!”

Lin Chuan wanted to call out to Brooks, but he was running too fast and ignored Lin Chuan's words to stop. In the blink of an eye, he ran to the door and then disappeared into the player tunnel.

"This is really..."

Looking at the media below who were eager to make a move, Lin Chuan pointed at someone at random.
"Excuse me."

The reporter named by Lin Chuan was very excited and stood up immediately.

"Okay, I want to ask Mr. Lin Chuan, what do you think of your performance today."

Lin Chuan shrugged.

"Actually, a TNT reporter interviewed me about this question just after the game. In fact, I just played basketball and did everything I could. I just happened to have a hot day. That's all."

The media in the audience were recording frantically. Lin Chuan looked at them and called on a reporter who raised his hand.
"You scored 17 points in this game. It was an exceptional performance, but it seems that you have never performed like this before. I want to ask, is this a flash in the pan?"

(End of this chapter)