After playing against the Pistons, Lin Yu led the team to fly to California, and their next opponent was the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors' home stadium is not far from California's Silicon Valley, which is one of the reasons why the market value of the Warriors in later generations has soared to that extent.
As soon as he got off the plane, Nash received a call, and then found Lin Yu with some embarrassment.
"Boss, my coach really wants to meet you. Can you make time to have a meal together?"
Lin Yu was stunned. Aren't I your coach? Do you really think of me as the leader of the copycat?
"Is he your college coach?" Lin Yu remembered that Nash was a student at Santa Clara University, which is located near Silicon Valley.
Nash nodded and said: "Dick David, my college coach. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to enter the NBA."
What else could Lin Yu say? He had already talked about this. It would be disrespectful to Nash not to meet him.
Nash's favorability is currently at 90 points, and Lin Yu thinks that he might be able to maximize his favorability this time.
In the evening, Lin Yu met Dick David.
The academic level of Santa Clara University is good, and it can be regarded as a famous school in the United States. However, it is very inconspicuous in basketball. There have been some NBA players in the team's history, but they are generally not high in the draft, and they cannot be said to have any achievements.
Nash is the highest draft pick in team history, but his record was later broken by Jaylen Williams, the 12th pick in the first round of 2022.
This Jaylen Williams is also one of the examples of the Thunder management's keen eye for drafting. He played shooting guard in his rookie season, and his statistics were not bad. He was selected to the All-Rookie Team. By the time he is in his second year, which is the 2023-2024 season , he actually switched to the fourth position. You must know that his height is 196 centimeters, and he plays well, averaging 17.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
Lin Yu has seen people from the first position to the second position, and he has also seen people from the third position to the first position. This is the first time he has seen someone from the second position to the fourth position. It's like a knife stabbing his butt. Eye-opening.
"Lin, it's an honor to meet you."
Dick David was wearing a slightly old-fashioned casual outfit. I don’t know whether it was because he was poor or because this style of clothing was popular in Silicon Valley.
Maybe poverty is the main reason.
The salaries of NCAA coaches are extremely polarized. Coach K from UCLA can earn millions or tens of millions a year, but a coach like David may not earn more than 100,000 a year.
"Hello, Mr. David." Lin Yu politely greeted Dick David to sit down.
This is a very high-end restaurant. A bottle of red wine costs 1,200 US dollars, and even Lin Yu feels aching.
After finishing the meal, Dick David glanced at the bill quietly and was shocked. The meal cost nearly three thousand dollars.
Lin Yu stopped Nash, who was about to pay the bill, and readily paid for it.
After David left, a new system prompt sounded in Lin Yu's mind. Nash's favorability level increased to full value, and Lin Yu's charm value also reached 28 points.
Originally, Lin Yu thought that this charm value might be difficult to obtain because David was Nash's mentor. Lin Yu thought that David wanted to get a teaching assistant position through Nash's relationship.
Going from NCAA head coach to NBA assistant coach doesn't sound good, but it actually means you can make more money.
And David didn't mention it, so Lin Yu certainly wouldn't cause trouble for himself. Nash's favorability was already at full value anyway.
…
The next night, the Golden State Warriors hosted the Washington Wizards.
Bus, Webb, Rose, Kobe and Peja are the starting lineup sent by Lin Yu tonight. At least until Nash reaches his peak, Lin Yu will not be able to keep him in the starting position.
Warriors fans looked at the Wizards' starting lineup with envy. Take any of these five people and they might be able to replace Sprewell, the head coach of their Warriors!
Warriors coach Carlesimo was drooling when he saw the Wizards' starting five, especially Buss. He felt that if he could get Buss, he could at least lead his team into the top four in the Western Conference.
There is nothing to say about the game. All five positions are overwhelming. How can we lose this game?
Because he was disgusted by Carlesimo two days ago, Lin Yu simply didn't hold back in this game and gave as many minutes to the core players as possible. After the game, he defeated the Golden State Warriors by a terrifying 36 points.
Right now, the teams in the Western Conference are really strong, and the weak ones are really weak.
The Kings, who are ninth in the Western Conference, currently have a worse winning percentage than the Philadelphia 76ers, who are second to last in the Eastern Conference. The Warriors are not as good as the Kings, who are ranked eleventh in the Western Conference.
The strength gap between the two teams is like a chasm, so the Wizards certainly won in a casual fight.
With such a huge point difference, Carlesimo was so anxious about losing that he led the players out of the field angrily after the game without even looking at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu laughed. This little guy really took himself seriously and dared to embarrass himself.
After returning to the locker room, before Lin Yu could cover his buttocks, he heard the roar of people outside. Who didn't like to watch the excitement? Lin Yu and the Wizards rushed out of the locker room one after another.
Just in time to see the madman Sprewell strangle Carlesimo's neck, like crazy, it seems that he is definitely going to kill Carlesimo.
Even a group of people can't stop him.
The enthusiastic Weber wanted to help, but Lin Yu quickly pulled him back.
The madman choked Carlesimo. I really can’t say whose fault it was. Carlesimo probably lost too badly and was in a bad mood. After returning to the locker room, he couldn’t stop his bad mouth. Yes, catch the madman and scold him.
The madman is not sane to begin with. If you give him such a stimulus, who can you beat him if you don't beat him?
Lin Yu never expected that his casual abuse of the Warriors would lead to the birth of a classic NBA scene.
The warriors fought desperately to rescue Carlesimo from the madman.
Carlesimo had red claw marks on his neck and was breathing heavily. At that moment, like Stackhouse, he might have seen his deceased great-grandmother.
After taking a breath, Carlesimo suddenly saw Lin Yu and a group of Wizards players watching the fun. He glared at Lin Yu coldly.
Lin Yu's little temper got up in no time. The madman pinched you. Why are you glaring at me?
"Hey, PJ, don't leave."
"Come on, come on, tell me, why are you staring at me?"
"If you don't give me a reasonable reason today, I will choke you too!"
Lin Yu smiled evilly and led people to surround Carlesimo. He didn't have any good impressions of this guy at all. He was disgusted with himself two days ago and left the game without even saying hello after losing tonight.
What made Lin Yu most angry was that this guy was choked by a madman, and in turn he glared at himself, who was just looking at the fun.
Whoever can bear it must ask for an explanation no matter what.
"What are you going to do, Lin Yu!"
"Damn, this is the home arena of our Warriors!"
Carlesimo roared loudly, and it seemed that he was really not afraid of Lin Yu.
"We don't care about the Warriors playing at home or the Knicks playing at home. Why do you still care about the Warriors playing at home?"
"I count down to three. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I will really pinch you."
Lin Yu continued to take a step forward.
This step frightened Carlesimo. He really couldn't afford to embarrass this person. If he choked the madman with his front foot, it would definitely be on the news tomorrow. As a head coach, he was humiliated and sent to his grandma's house.
If a coach can't even control his players, then there must be something wrong with his ability.
I have never heard of Duncan choking Popovich, nor have I heard of Kobe jumping up and beating up Jackson.
After being choked by the players and choked by the opponent's head coach, Carlesimo will become the laughing stock of the entire league.
The key point is that he feels that he can't beat Lin Yu. He is not a player. He is just an ordinary old man wearing glasses who looks like an office worker. If he has a body like Unseld, how can he talk nonsense to Lin Yu.
"Don't move, I'm not glaring at you!"
"I was glaring at him!"
Carlesimo pointed at the security guard at the door of the visiting team's locker room and said, he is too conscientious.
Lin Yu glanced at Carlesimo with disdain and said, "Be more honest from now on. Don't say I want to beat you. All the players under you probably want to beat you too."
"When you enter the locker room one day, someone might be covered with a black cloth and beaten. You don't even know who hit them."
After that, Lin Yu led the wizards and generals away.
Carlesimo glanced at the Warriors players with defensive eyes. He may have really begun to doubt his players.
…
At the press conference in the evening, Carlesimo directly revealed that he had been choked by a madman and showed his neck full of claw marks on the spot.
Of course, he didn't mention Lin Yu. After all, Lin Yu didn't really strangle him, he was just trying to scare him.
The reporters gasped, this incident was so bad, it was enough to ruin the madman's reputation!
The relationship between the coach and the players is that of master and apprentice. The apprentice almost strangled the master to death. This is against ethics no matter which country it is in.
Stern didn't sleep well that night and was woken up by Xiao Hua in the middle of the night. After learning about this, he gave the madman a one-year suspension on the spot.
This is definitely an attempt to scare the monkeys. If the madman is not severely punished, some thorny players may imitate the same and beat up the coach in the future. Then the NBA will directly become a league of traitors.
Stern has always wanted to improve the image of NBA players in the public eye, and he cannot tolerate the behavior of madmen.
The Madman also held a press conference the next morning, stating that he was dissatisfied with the verdict and planned to ask the players union for help in arbitration, and also mentioned Lin Yu.
"P.J. Carlesimo is a damn villain. If you heard what he said to me, you would definitely do it too."
"Even a gentleman coach like Lin Yu can't tolerate him. Even if I don't take action, I think Lin Yu will definitely do it."
The madman's words confused the reporters at the scene. Why was Lin Yu involved again? And we must know the same Lin Yu? gentleman?
A gentleman would not run onto the field and kick the aunt on the head during a fight.
Not to mention standing on the sidelines and throwing leather shoes at Witherspoon's head!
Judging from the madman's serious look, it seems that he really thinks Lin Yu is a gentleman?
Lin Yu was speechless after hearing the news. He said that the madman's head was abnormal and he was really not wronged. Why did you drag me along?
That afternoon, Lin Yu received a call from Stern.
"Lin, what role did you play in this chokehold incident?" Stern on the other end of the phone asked in an interrogating tone.
Lin Yu shouted that he was wronged. Does this have anything to do with him? Even if he didn't travel through time, Carlesimo would still have to be choked by a madman, even at this point in time.
Under normal circumstances, the madman choked Carlesimo on December 1, 1997, and yesterday was November 30, 1997. There was only one day difference!
"Mr. Stern, I swear on the life of my boss, Abi Paulin, that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me."
Stern was startled. He had never heard of Lin Yu's swearing. How could anyone swear on his own boss's life? Isn’t this self-inflicted?
"Forget it, whether it has anything to do with you or not, I don't want to pursue it anymore."
"The reason why I'm calling you is because I want to have a good chat with you, but I find that I don't know you at all."
Stern's attitude was excellent, which made Lin Yu a little flattered.
"Lin, you have so much money, you must have a very complicated background in China, right?"
"At your age, you can easily spend more than 60 million US dollars. Even if you put it in the United States, you can't find a lot of it."
"Can you tell me about your background?"
Stern's words frightened Lin Yu. Did he have a Maoist background? In the previous life, my father was a cleaner, my mother was a nanny, and I was a security guard. I knew a few leaders of the Jixiang Sanbao Home and the Poverty Alleviation Office...
"Ahem, isn't it convenient to talk about this?" Lin Yu coughed lightly.
It's not that he doesn't want to say it, but he really has no background. Even if Lin Yu has a father who is the director of the village committee, he can still show off.
If the director of the village committee were in a big village, he would have to manage tens of thousands of people. In the United States, he could be considered a small mayor.
Unexpectedly, Stern became overjoyed when he heard this.
Unable to talk about the background? Boy, what a classy background that must be!
"Lin, you must help me! The future of the NBA depends entirely on you!" Stern suddenly said this.
"Wait, what are you talking about, Mr. Stern, with a fever? Drunk?"
Lin Yu really felt that Stern had drunk too much, otherwise how could he have said such strange words.
"No, I'm normal. Lin, do me a favor and let your TV station broadcast our NBA games live through your connections!"
"I am very optimistic about the Chinese market. It is a vast and huge market that will definitely help our NBA reach a higher level!"
"I don't even need any broadcasting fees, it's just free of charge!"
"Think about it, if big companies like Nike or Adidas want to enter the Chinese market, how much money will they have to spend on us?"
"What about Coca-Cola and Pepsi? We can definitely make a lot of money."
Stern discussed his grand business blueprint with Lin Yu with great interest, leaving Lin Yu speechless for a moment.
After all, Lin Yu had never been exposed to these things in his previous life. He had also wondered before why Chinese TV stations did not need to spend money to broadcast NBA games, while TV stations here in the United States had to pay tens of billions of dollars in broadcast fees.
Now Lin Yu understands that Stern is really smart. It is no wonder that his business acumen can make the NBA more impressive, much better than his predecessor O'Brien or his successor Xiao Hua.
"That's a good point, but don't say it again."
"Mr. Stern, I really can't help you."
Lin Yu didn't even know where to open the door of the TV station. At least Stern had been to the TV station's broadcast room. At least he knew the boss of the broadcast room. This alone made him more connected than Lin Yu.
"No, Lin, you can definitely help me, I believe in you." Stern didn't know what the evil was, but he was sure that Lin Yu could help him.
Lin Yu frowned and thought about it. In his memory, it seemed that the TV station had started broadcasting NBA broadcasts in the past two years. Why not just pretend?
"Okay, but it's not that easy. It will take some time."
"Can you wait patiently?" Lin Yu said with a sigh, as if he had made some determination to use the connections and background behind him.
Stern was so happy that his voice began to tremble.
"Brother, I definitely have enough patience. Just do it. No matter what help you need, I can provide it to you."
"I know you can't reveal your identity and background, so only you and I know about this."
"You are a noble person to everyone in the NBA circle, and they will benefit greatly from your generosity!"
"I owe you a huge favor!"
Stern said tremblingly that he was really excited. The NBA's current business situation is very bad. If the Chinese market can be successfully developed, he is confident that the NBA can reach a higher level.
Lin Yu complained crazily in his heart, good guy, Stern has become my brother?
