Early the next morning, both the NCAA and NBA circles were abuzz.
The Five Tigers of Michigan returned to the arena and defeated the league's powerful Lakers that night. It was too much of a gimmick.
The Bullets have won four of the last five games, and most of their opponents are playoff-level teams, which has caused the outside world to re-evaluate the Bullets' strength.
Lin Yu's name is mentioned more and more frequently. Everyone on the Bullets team praises Lin Yu as long as it is a press conference.
After successive big wins, the Bullets locker room showed an unprecedented high level of fighting spirit. Even Speedy, who had always wanted to engage in a palace fight, has recently shelved his plan.
After defeating the Lakers, the Bullets' next three opponents are very weak. If nothing else happens, winning them all will not be a problem. In that case, the Bullets will officially enter the playoff queue.
After these three games are played, the All-Star Weekend will begin. After almost a week, the door to the trade market for this season will be officially closed, and there will be no room for changes in the lineups of each team.
Lin Yu knew that the Bullets had become a lot stronger under his own adjustments, but he still felt that it was almost meaningless. He was considering whether to talk to Unseld about trading reinforcements before the door of the trading market closed.
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On the plane flying to San Antonio, the players were still in the excitement of beating the Lakers. They were in small groups, having fun.
Of course, there are also those with a quiet personality, such as Legler, who is holding a magazine and reading it with relish.
"Did you know? This magazine said that the toughest and most powerful muscle in the human body is our tongue!"
Legler shouted in surprise, among a bunch of muscular men, he might want to take the route of the warm boy in the academy.
"No, if the tongue muscles are so powerful, why doesn't anyone use their tongues to fight?"
His question from the bottom of his heart attracted the attention of everyone in the cabin, and everyone looked at him with shocked eyes.
"Tim, you've never fought with your tongue?"
"God, you're not a virgin, are you?"
Lin Yu was also happy, "A 33-year-old virgin? That's not true, is it? Are you also following the example of AC Green's abstinence?"
"I've been banned for a long time. I've played almost a thousand games and almost never missed a game. What are you banning? You must be secretly rewarding yourself, right?"
Legler blushed, "I just haven't had one in the past year. If I were as rich as you, I promise to change one every day!"
"I have to repay at least US$5,000 in mortgage payments every month, and there are so many places where I need money."
When Lin Yu heard the word mortgage, he couldn't help but sympathize with the leg guy. Who would have thought that there could be house slaves among NBA players? In order to pay off the mortgage, he doesn't dare to approach women, so it's no wonder he has bone hyperplasia.
He suddenly remembered the favorability task of Brother Legs. Originally, Lin Yu was not prepared to do this task, because after completely conquering Brother Legs, there seemed to be no obvious improvement. Even with the favorability of Brother Legs now at 70, Brother Legs' open three-point ability has already been improved. Strong enough.
However, Lin Yu felt that it was necessary to continue this task after hearing that the leg brother was so pitiful, and that after reaching full favorability, he could increase his charm a little.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? We just left Los Angeles!"
"If you had told me earlier, I would have invited you to experience the nightlife in Los Angeles last night. That's Los Angeles. You never know whether the girl you have a passionate night with will become a Hollywood A-list actress in a month!"
When Weber threatened Ao Pang, he said that he would pay for Daben's losses. Maybe he was so happy at the time that he had to pay for it at every turn.
Hearing what Weber said, Brother Legs felt regretful. He patted his thighs and shouted that he was unlucky.
Just when Jaylen Rose was about to tease his brother, he quickly retracted his head. He was afraid that his brother would blame him for his bad luck.
Lin Yu also felt regretful in his gut. Hollywood, a first-line actress, just missed it!
"Since I missed Los Angeles, San Antonio is fine too. I'm not picky about food." Brother Leg said with a sad face.
Speedy suddenly laughed, "San Antonio? I remember going out this night two years ago."
"If you don't mind that all those girls have the face of Admiral Robinson, you can give it a try."
Harvey answered from the side: "If you think about it, you can't have good stuff, right? A girl with some real talent, who doesn't want to go to Los Angeles or New York to make a lot of money."
"If you bear with it, we will have an away game in New York after the All-Star Weekend, and then let Chris invite you to see the world."
Seeing these beasts chatting about this topic in full swing, Lin Yu secretly sighed that it would be better for him to be such a simple child.
"Hey, Chris, after you go to New York, can you show me the world?" Ben said angrily.
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On the night of arriving in San Antonio, at one o'clock in the morning, Lin Yu was drowsily asleep and was awakened by a notification sound.
"Ding, Tim Legler's favorability has increased. The current favorability is 90 points."
Lin Yu was so angry that he couldn't bear the loneliness. He even said that the girls from the Holy City looked like General David Robinson.
Presumably, he was the one who pestered Weber to take him with him. Lin Yu guessed that it was not because of financial reasons that Legler stopped eating meat for a year. The more likely reason was that he did not dare to go alone.
Generally speaking, a team must be subject to a curfew when playing away games. This is a typical violation of discipline by Brother Legs, but Lin Yu is too lazy to punish him. After all, the next opponent is the Spurs. Even if Brother Legs fights with General Robinson all night tonight, he will not be punished. As for influencing the Bullets to win the game.
Not to mention Weber, he has a very high vision, and tonight he may simply be emboldening his leg brother.
Lin Yu couldn't sleep all night with the sentimental scene of Leg Brother and Admiral Robinson in his mind.
During the training camp the next day, Brother Legs looked radiant, just in line with the old saying, when things are happy, people are happy...
Lin Yuquan pretended that nothing happened and let the players train for two hours before disbanding.
He returned to his hotel room and called Old Unseld.
"Mr. Unseld, should we take advantage of the last half month to strengthen and prepare for the next playoffs?"
Lin Yu got straight to the point.
"Reinforcement? Do you have any ideas? You can tell me."
"Wait a minute, let me tell you something first. Don't play Zhu Wan's mind. It's impossible for me to sell him."
Unseld quickly reminded Lin Yu that Uncle Huo was his face. Even if he had realized that Uncle Huo was dispensable to the Bullets, he didn't want to just sell him.
Lin Yu had no intention of selling Uncle Huo. After all, now that he had the "Fusion" halo, selling Uncle Huo would make this halo completely useless.
In addition, Uncle Huo is just cost-effective, not that he is not good enough. Keep him in the team. If Weber is injured, Uncle Huo can still step up.
Moreover, Harvey's state will not last long. If Lin Yu can't find other suitable small forward players, he will have to let Weber go to the third position and let Uncle Huo start at the fourth position.
"Don't worry, the one I want to trade is Chaney."
"He was the No. 6 pick in 1993. His performance in the past few years has been very good, and his trading value is good."
"Anyway, we already have Jaylen Rose and Legler, so we don't need Chaney at the second position."
Lin Yu said slowly.
"What? Are you serious? Legler is not suitable to be a starter. You should know better than me."
"As for that unlucky guy, he was scored by an eighteen-year-old kid for more than 20 points at halftime last night. Are you going to let him be our starting shooting guard?"
Unseld shouted emotionally.
Lin Yu smiled helplessly. Jaylen Rose is an unlucky guy. No one can deny this, but his strength and potential are very strong. At his peak, he was the second-best player in the Pacers. After joining the Bulls in 2003, he even became The leader of the team, averaging more than 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game, he is an absolute front-line swingman.
It's a pity that Lin Yu told Unseld this, can he believe it?
"Sir, is there any transaction information in the league recently? Maybe this can give us some inspiration."
"Trade information? The most attention-grabbing thing these days is the trade negotiations between Pat Riley and the Dallas Mavericks."
"The Mavericks are willing to give Mashburn, and the Heat have given three players. Except for Sasha Danilovic, the other two are additions."
Lin Yu was startled and quickly asked: "Mashburn? Monster Mash?"
Unseld laughed, "He was indeed a monster two years ago, but since he was reimbursed last season, he has gone from averaging 24 points per game to now averaging 10 points per game."
"Pat Riley is such a fool. Even if the chips he gives are cheap, what's the use of getting a loser?"
Lin Yu is ashamed, you are the ninth general manager in the Eastern Conference, and you call the second general manager in the Eastern Conference a fool. How can you say such things?
Hearing that the Mavericks were going to trade Mashburn, Lin Yu had only one thought in his mind, and that was to win Mashburn no matter the cost.
The monster Jamal Mashburn was selected by the Mavericks with the No. 4 pick in 1993. Webb was the No. 1 pick, Bradley was the No. 2 pick, Penny Hardaway was the No. 3 pick, and Chaney was the No. 6 pick.
In the first season after being drafted by the Mavericks, he averaged 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. In his second year, he soared to 24.1 points. In the entire NBA history, the number of small forwards who can score this much in their second year can be counted in one slap. .
Everyone feels that the Mavericks have made a lot of money. They have acquired a historical super small forward, and their rise is just around the corner.
However, misfortune appeared in Mashburn's junior year, and he was seriously injured for the entire season. When he came back this season, he averaged only 10 points per game, and his scoring efficiency was extremely low, with a shooting percentage of only an embarrassing 37%. As a result, the Mavericks completely lost expectations for him.
The reason why the Heat want to trade Mashburn is simply to take a gamble that Mashburn can return to the top. Even if they lose the bet, the chips they bring up will not affect the team's overall strength.
