After playing the first sixteen games, the Wizards had a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, firmly ranking first in the league.
At the same time, the first round of NBA All-Star voting has also begun.
Lin Yu looked at this year's Wizards lineup. Last season, only Weber was selected for the All-Stars. This season, the situation is completely different. Lin Yu suddenly discovered that there are no less than five players on the Wizards team who are eligible to be selected for the All-Stars.
Of course Weber can be selected, and then Bus can definitely be selected. Not to mention his current data is invincible among Eastern Conference centers. Even if the data is not particularly outstanding, Stern will try his best to make him a starter in the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Kobe is 100% sure to be selected. Eastern Conference guard Jordan will definitely occupy a starting position. Then Kobe will compete with Penny Hardaway or Tim Hardaway for another starting position. Kobe has a good chance of winning. After all, the team has a high winning rate. He He is younger and his statistics are not worse than the other two.
If McGrady hadn't been injured, his chances of being selected would have been at least 80%. He was really too dazzling. An 18-year-old kid scored 60+ points in his debut. He could shoot and defend, and his playing style was extraordinarily free and elegant. He was absolutely popular. No less than Kobe.
It's a pity that he was injured and I don't know if he can come back before the All-Star Game.
The chances of Ben being selected are actually not small, provided that he can produce top-level statistics after returning from suspension.
The top centers in the East currently include Uncle Mu, Ewing, Mourning and Daba. Daba and Uncle Mu will definitely make it. Ewing is injured from time to time. It is hard to say whether he can play in the All-Star Weekend. If Mourning was also injured at that time. If so, then Daben will definitely have a chance.
Peja has an entire Serb team standing behind him, and his performance is really impressive, so he has a good chance of being selected as an All-Star.
In addition, Lin Yu will definitely be the coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team this year. After all, with the Wizards' record, they will definitely still be No. 1 in the Eastern Conference by the time of the All-Star Weekend. Lin Yu will naturally be qualified to lead the team.
During the last All-Star Weekend, Webber was targeted by Pat Riley, and he was not rude. If Lin Yu gets the qualification to lead the team this time, the Heat players will definitely be frozen in his hands.
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Next, the Wizards started their road trip again. Webb and Rose still had one game left before they could return, so this time they also went to the road together.
Big Ben's suspension has already expired, and he can only stay in Washington and wait patiently.
It is worth mentioning that Snow has successfully joined the team, and Lin Yu's Galaxy Battleship has officially taken shape.
When every team in the league heard that the SuperSonics had traded fringe player Snow for Childs from Lin Yu, they all regretted it.
Of course, Childs is not a star, but for such a qualified starter, Snow is definitely not something that Snow can exchange for alone. A reasonable price would be for Snow to be paired with a team with the bottom draft pick in the first round, or for a first-round starter. former second-round pick.
Obviously the SuperSonics are making a bargain this time.
The general managers of each team have begun to think about whether they should lie and claim that the 76ers also approached them about a trade, and then go to Lin Yu's style of play.
No matter how bold a person is and how productive the land is, maybe he can take a pile of garbage to Lin Yu in exchange for the injured Tracy McGrady?
As a result, seven or eight teams actually called Lin Yu, saying that Billy King was looking for a deal with them.
Lin Yu is not a fool. The players mentioned by these teams are weaker than the last, and many of them are even players with cancer contracts. Billy King is so full that he can replace these people.
What's even more outrageous is that Golden State Warriors coach Carlesimo said that the 76ers want their Todd Fowler. If Lin Yu also wants it, he will trade McGrady, Kobe or Peja.
Fowler was the 11th pick in 1996, higher than Kobe and Peja.
Lin Yu was so angry that he was half-dead. These people were really outrageous. They dared to charge high prices for junk items. Although this Fowler was also a member of the 1996 golden generation and was a lottery pick, not all of the 96 golden generation had become talented. Fowler is one of the worst lottery picks.
Because there are only 29 teams in the league right now, the lottery picks are from 1st to 13th, and Kobe is the last one.
Among the 13 rookies, eight have grown into All-Stars. There is one who has All-Star ability but has not emerged due to injuries, namely Corey Kidders. And among the remaining four players, Fowler is the career All-Star. The one with the shortest years and the worst average per game has played in the NBA for five years and averaged only 3.7 points and 3 rebounds per game.
Originally, after Lin Yu received the call from Carlesimo, he was still thinking about whether to remind Carlesimo to have a minimum of respect for the madman and be careful not to be choked and beaten by the madman.
After the phone call, seeing Carlesimo's behavior, Lin Yu didn't care about his life and death. He even wished that the madman would give Carlesimo a chokehold tonight.
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The first game of the road trip is against the Detroit Pistons.
When Lin Yu saw the Pistons' lineup after entering the court, he was startled. Stackhouse was actually on the Pistons. It seemed that the Pistons and the 76ers had reached a deal.
"Hey, awesome Lin."
Pistons coach Doug Collins stepped forward to say hello to Lin Yu. He had a great impression of Lin Yu.
On the one hand, the unscrupulous media called Lin Yu Collins II, because there are only two coaches in NBA history who rushed onto the court to fight with opposing players, one was Doug Collins, and the other was Lin Yu.
In the 1988 regular season, the Bulls faced the Bad Boys of the Pistons. Jordan's layup was blocked by Rick Mahon and fell to the floor. Collins, the head coach at the time, rushed onto the court to fight with Rick Mahon.
Ma Hong is the ace thug of the Pistons Bad Boys. If Laimbeer hadn't been protected by Ma Hong, he would have been beaten to death a hundred times.
The frail Collins was no match for Mahon and was pushed to the ground with a slap. However, Collins jumped up and hugged Mahorn's neck without letting go. Then he was thrown onto the technical stage.
If it hadn't been for the intervention of Oakley, Jordan's bodyguard at the time, Collins would have been beaten badly by Mahorn.
The Bulls coach has always had this kind of fighting tradition. Collins' former coach Al Baker also fought against the Pistons' bad boy godfather Chuck Daly on the sidelines when he saw Jordan being raped. Come on, this is the only case in NBA history where a head coach from both sides was expelled due to a fight.
Lin Yu almost got into a fight with Larry Brown on the sidelines before, but the fight didn't start after all, and it was only after the game.
In addition, Steve Kerr from the Bulls also had a bad temper, but he was not hitting the players or the opponent's coaches, but the referees on the field, which was simply outrageous.
To this day, Collins and Lin Yu are the only ones who rush onto the court to fight with opponent players.
The difference is that Collins suffered a big loss when he came on the field and was beaten by Ma Hong. Although Lin Yu also suffered a loss when he came on the field, he kicked his aunt after all.
As the saying goes, people are divided into groups, and Collins felt that Lin Yu was on the same page as him.
Lin Yu also smiled and hugged Collins. He also had a good impression of Collins. For a coach who works hard for his players, what bad intentions could he have?
"Have you made a deal with the 76ers?" Lin Yu asked curiously.
Collins smiled bitterly and nodded, "Damn it, I thought those words you said were angry words, so I didn't go to you before trading with the 76ers."
"If only I were as crafty as George Karl."
"Lin, if I come to you for a deal with the chips I gave to the 76ers, what kind of chips can you give me?"
Lin Yu smiled, "Bus? Weber? Tracy McGrady? Kobe? It's all possible."
When Collins heard this, he felt regretful. He pinched his thigh hard and wished that tonight's game would not be played. He wanted to send Stackhouse back to the Philadelphia 76ers as soon as possible.
Take any one of these four people, and Collins feels that the Pistons can at least reach the top four in the Eastern Conference!
The current situation of the Pistons is actually very bad. They have played 15 games since the start of the season and lost 9. They only have a record of 6 wins and 9 losses. They are currently ranked third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.
Tonight against the Wizards, even if he is a disabled Wizard, Collins has no confidence in winning.
Even with the remnant formation, the Wizards still have Bus, Kobe and Peja!
If they lose again tonight, they may fall to the bottom three in the Eastern Conference, which would be too embarrassing.
With such a record, Collins had a hunch that he would not be far from being laid off.
What Lin Yu just said was actually a casual remark. The Pistons gave Ratliff and others, how could they exchange for one of them, unless they exchanged Grant Hill for it, which would be about the same.
Even if it is Hill, Lin Yu may not change it. After all, Hill will soon become a glass man.
But Collins didn't know that Lin Yu was joking. He really thought that he had missed a good opportunity. After all, Snow, who was unable to play on the SuperSonics side, could be exchanged for Childs.
After a while, the game on the field began.
Peja played against Hill tonight. Facing Hill's harsh defense, Peja was unable to find comfortable shooting opportunities and became sluggish on the offensive end.
However, Bus is still invincible under the basket. Kobe faced veteran Joe Dumars tonight and had an absolute advantage.
In the second half, Ma Jian came over again and said he wanted to play and give it a try.
Lin Yu hurriedly asked him to wake up. The Pistons' No. 4 position was Bison Deller. He was not considered a top No. 4 position, but he was also a veteran who had played in the league for seven or eight years. He was No. 10 in the first round of the draft that year. sign.
This season with the Pistons, Ma Jian averaged 16 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. You, Ma Jian, can't even achieve this in the CBA, so why should you go out there and compete with others?
The Wizards' advantage on the field is not big. If Ma Jian plays, there is no guarantee that the Wizards will lose tonight.
Waiting until the end of the game, Ma Jian didn't get a chance to play. He could only sigh helplessly. When Weber came back in the next game, he would have no chance to play.
98:91, the Wizards won by 7 points. This point difference was completely within Collins's acceptable range.
After the game, Collins stepped forward and hugged Lin Yu for several minutes.
"Man, are you interested in Stackhouse? How about I sell him to you?"
Lin Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Not interested at all. We have too many candidates for the second position, and each of them seems to be stronger than Stackhouse."
Kobe, McGrady and Jaylen Rose are all capable of playing the second position, and none of them is better than Stackhouse.
"Okay, if you have any good deals in the future, be sure to contact me."
Collins said with a grimace. He felt really bitter because he was unable to trade with Lin Yu and felt that he had missed out on 10 billion.
