Early on Monday morning, Lin Yu summoned all the players. He wanted to see who among the three inactive players was the lucky one.
When Gallon Nickerson entered Lin Yu's field of vision, Lin Yu seemed to have some kind of feeling in his heart, confirming that the little transparent Nickerson was the lucky one in "The Long Step to the Gods".
The name of this halo is very vivid. If you can enjoy the effect of this halo every night, it is indeed enough to be called a god.
"Brothers, I'm going to adjust the starting lineup tomorrow night against the Philadelphia 76ers."
"Garen, are you ready to start?"
Lin Yu asked with a smile towards Nickerson.
Nickerson was stunned and froze in place.
He was actually not a rookie. He participated in the draft in 1994 and was selected by the Hawks with the 7th overall pick in the second round. However, the Hawks did not sign him at all. He waited until this season to get a non-guaranteed contract with the Spurs.
It's a pity that he was waived after not playing for long, and then Unseld signed him, and it must be a non-guaranteed contract.
"Coach, are you kidding me? Let this little country bumpkin play the starting point guard? You might as well let Ben play, that way I can accept it more."
Speedy said in shock.
He called Nickerson a little country bumpkin. Others didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and even Nickerson didn't look dissatisfied.
If this were left in China and people called it this, there would be a fight between high and low.
The main reason why such a weird scene occurred is that Nickerson is from Arkansas, a state where players are often nicknamed rednecks.
For example, Pippen is from Arkansas. When he first went to the Bulls, Jordan looked down on him and called him a country bumpkin.
The Grizzlies' current starting center, Bryant Levis, was nicknamed the Big Hillbilly. Later, Austin Rivers was called the Hillbilly Mamba or Hillbilly Kobe.
These are Arkansas players.
The soil and water support the people, and this is true everywhere. Arkansas players do have a strong local flavor.
Alabama, another agricultural state, produces relatively wild players, probably because their main industry is animal husbandry. For example, Barkley, Ben and Ratliff of the Pistons are all Alabama players, and Later tough guy Elvis Presley Gerald Wallace and cousin Cousins.
The players produced in New York State are very gorgeous, such as Jordan, Irving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anthony, Marbury and Mashburn, etc.
Now that Nickerson was called a country bumpkin, he wasn't angry at all, or maybe he didn't hear it at all. He was still wondering if he was hallucinating. Lin Yu actually let him start?
"Rhodes, do you believe that Galleon's statistics tonight will be amazing?"
Lin Yu asked with a smile.
"How exciting is it? For him, five points in a game is considered amazing." Speedy said with dissatisfaction.
He had a rough time last week, and he was just thinking about performing well this week, but he was taken away from the starting lineup. It's normal to have opinions in his heart.
"What about 20 points in a single quarter?" Lin Yu said with a smile without any haste.
Speedy also laughed, "20 points in a single quarter? I believe he can score 20 points in a single quarter. I might as well believe that the earth is round!"
As soon as these words came out, Lin Yu was stunned. Could it be that Speedy really believed in the flat earth theory?
What made Lin Yu even more stunned was that the other players didn't have any strange expressions, as if they didn't realize there was anything wrong with Speedy's words.
In his previous life, Lin Yu read a statistic that said that 40% of people in the United States believed in the flat earth theory. He thought it was nonsense. Even if Happy Education in the United States had created a large number of illiterates, it was not so outrageous.
Now he really believes it, and he has figured out why Ou Shenxian also believes in the flat earth theory. His godfather believes in this, and he really understands the origins of his family.
Speedy was just complaining, and he wasn't really dissatisfied just because he started a game.
At eight o'clock in the evening, after Lin Yu led the generals into the stadium, he looked towards the 76ers bench.
The first thing that caught the eye was Iverson. He was sitting on the bench with his chin in a daze. Even though he didn't make any moves, he was still the focus of everyone's attention.
It's hard to describe Iverson's temperament, stubborn, melancholy, elegant, and prickly, all at the same time.
"Bah, have you seen that kid? You just put aside that little prince who pretends to be melancholy every day. What's so great about him?"
When Fei Che saw everyone looking at Iverson, he couldn't help but whisper to Cassel beside him.
Cassel suddenly laughed, "You are just jealous. When he first entered the league, the shoe contract he signed was twice as high as your combined career salary!"
"The point guard scored 23.5 points in his rookie season, ranking first in history. How many points did you score in your rookie season?"
Speedy angrily retorted: "Jealous? If I had as much ball rights as him, I would have averaged 30 points per game in my rookie season!"
"If I start tonight, I can make him cry."
Cassell was even more happy, holding his stomach and laughing, "You guys don't think I didn't watch games in Dallas, right?"
"He scored 40 points on you. If you bring in any 76ers fans, they will definitely remember that game."
Speedy's face turned red when he was mentioned, "You damn guy, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute."
Lin Yu heard clearly from the sidelines. He was just wondering why Speedy had such a big objection to Iverson. It turned out that Iverson had beaten him up.
In his rookie season, Iverson was extremely crazy. He played 5 games with 40+ points, and even scored 50 points in one of them. Speedy was one of the five victims.
In addition, the reason why Iverson was unhappy with Speed was that Iverson was too glamorous. He signed a 10-year, $50 million super contract with Reebok before he even entered the league. In fact, Cassel was still trying to save face for Speed. Yes, because after eight years of racing, all the salaries combined were only 11 million.
This is the real rivalry between people that makes people mad, and jealousy that drives speedsters crazy.
Lin Yu looked at the other 76ers players. Shooting guard Jerry Stackhouse was Jordan's younger brother. He also had two brushes, but they didn't have much hair on them.
He can easily score 20 points, but his shooting percentage is extremely low. He is the kind of player who shoots more, the faster the team loses. He can barely see the plus or minus on the court.
Power forward Derek Coleman, the No. 1 pick in the 1990 draft, was once regarded as a phenomenal player who could dominate the league. However, he later ruined himself due to alcoholism. Even now, he still averages 18 points and 9 rebounds per game. With first-line power forward statistics, no team is willing to give a big contract to an alcoholic.
Center Scott Williams is lucky. He was signed by the Bulls as an undrafted player in 1990. He then won three consecutive championships with the Bulls and became a member of the Bulls' first dynasty. His worth has skyrocketed and now he is Now that he is firmly in the starting lineup with the 76ers, his salary is about the same as that of a flying car, fifteen times the original salary...
So sometimes luck really matters. If an undrafted center like Scott hadn't embraced the Bulls, he would have been eliminated by the league.
Lin Yu looked at Clarence Witherspoon, another 76ers forward, very carefully, even more fascinated than Iverson.
Witherspoon's name is as popular as Lin Yu's. He is the first NBA person to break into the Chinese entertainment industry, or should I say to break in? There were rumors of an affair with a certain male singer named Wang, and there was even news that the male singer sought medical treatment for an anal fissure late at night.
This tidbit is extremely explosive even in the explosive world.
Lin Yu looked at Witherspoon carefully, wanting to see what kind of charm this guy had. He was tall and thick, and his neck was almost invisible. There was no need to compare with the handsome Webber, even the speedster was more attractive than him. many.
Lin Yu could only lament that your circle was really chaotic, and anything explosive could happen in that circle.
…
"Dudududu!"
As the referee's whistle sounded, the starting players from both sides began to appear.
The starting lineup sent by Lin Yu tonight is Ben, Howard, Webber, Mashburn and Garon Nickerson.
"Ding, the favorability of Garen-Nixon has been increased. The current favorability is 80 points!"
Lin Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Most likely, Nickerson couldn't believe that he was starting the game before he came on the field. He thought that Lin Yu was pranking him, so his favorability has not increased.
When he actually started playing football, he truly believed that Lin Yu was not playing tricks on him, and his favorability skyrocketed.
Because he is a fringe player among the fringes, not even as good as Cangzhou Magician Sun Yue, his favorability has increased greatly, directly to 80 points. Lin Yu has a hunch that after tonight's game, he will definitely gain some charm points.
After Iverson came on the court, he saw that his opponent tonight was Nickerson, and then turned around to see Speedy on the bench. He looked startled at first, and then stared at Lin Yu with an unhappy expression.
Lin Yu was startled, good guy, did Iverson misunderstand something? He wouldn't think that he despised him and deliberately sent a fringe player to disgust him, right?
What a pity, Lin Yu is considered a loyal fan of Iverson. He can disgust any player, but it is absolutely impossible to disgust Iverson.
…
Weber succeeded in a jump ball and the Bullets began to attack.
Nickerson played extremely cautiously, even overly cautiously. When dribbling the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, he guarded Iverson like a thief, fearing that Iverson would steal the ball.
After stumbling to the frontcourt, he did not dare to take action and hurriedly passed the ball to Weber.
As soon as Webb saw Howard waving for the ball, he passed it to him without saying a word, which made Lin Yu so angry that some people are loyal and filial, and Webber is just stupid and righteous.
The ball failed to score, and the backboard fell far away, and was grabbed by Witherspoon.
In the 76ers' offensive round, Iverson stared at Lin Yu again, and then started to play Nickerson in isolation.
How could Nickon guard against Iverson's butterfly step? Iverson was almost knocked down. After Nickerson's defense was out of position, Iverson rushed to the basket and not only succeeded in a layup, but also created a big shot. Ben committed a foul and made an extra free throw.
This situation was completely within Lin Yu's expectation. When Nickerson's favorability was turned on, Lin Yu checked his attributes. His athletic talent was very ordinary, with only an 80-point speed attribute that was passable. His defensive ability is only 75 points, and his attributes can only be increased by 1% in the first quarter of "Ascension to the Gods". How can he defend Iverson.
If you expect Nickerson to be able to guard Iverson, you might as well expect Runbo Ba to kill the four masters and apprentices of Tang Seng.
After playing for about two minutes, Iverson had already beaten Nickerson twice in a row. Lin Yu quickly called a timeout and then replaced the flying car.
"Huh? Coach, can you make a substitution like this? He's been beaten up, so I'll be the one to take the blame?"
Speeding has a psychological shadow on Iverson. The last time he played against Iverson, Iverson scored 40 points. Although the Bullets beat the 76ers by 30 points in that game, which fan would care about these two teams? What about the win or loss of the weak team? I will only remember Iverson blowing up the speedster.
Now he has to play against Iverson again, and Speedy is afraid that tragedy will happen again.
"You are taller and stronger than him, and your speed is not much slower than him. Can't you just let him go and prevent his breakthrough?"
Seeing the cowardly appearance of the flying car, Lin Yu said angrily.
"You think of him as your boss? He can shoot." Speedy said with a sad face.
"With his shooting ability, if he can score 40 points on your head, I will be convinced to lose."
Lin Yu's understanding of Iverson is definitely far better than that of Philadelphia 76ers coach Jonny Davis.
In the early stages of his career, Iverson's mid-range shooting ability was very poor. Even at his peak, his short-range mid-range shooting percentage was even less than 30%. His mid-range shooting percentage has remained around 35%. On the contrary, his long-range shooting can remain at around 35%. More than 40%, of course, can't say how good it is.
The time when his mid-range shooting was really developed was around 2005, which was the time before joining the Nuggets.
Right now, Iverson's truly lethal offensive method is breakthrough, allowing him to get to the basket. Sometimes, even if he doesn't score, he can get to the free throw line.
