Harrington only sold a first-round pick and 6 million in cash. It seems that Lin Yu didn't make any money at all, because Harrington's peak data of 20 points and 7 rebounds was definitely a top combo forward, and he also had He is not the kind of player who is strong in offense and weak in defense. His defensive level in the early stages of his career was still very good.
However, Lin Yu still feels that he has made a profit, mainly because the Chicago Bulls' first-round pick is high enough.
Can a Harrington really save this bull? Obviously it's impossible. At most, he can only help the Bulls win a few more games.
Under normal circumstances, the Bulls got the No. 1 pick in 1999, and then used the No. 1 pick to win Captain Brand.
Now that the Bulls' record can be improved, the possibility of the No. 1 pick is probably low. However, even if he can get the top five picks, Lin Yu will still make a lot of money.
"Lin, why don't you just cancel the flight and we'll have a trade conference in the afternoon, so Harrington won't leave Chicago." Klaus was itching and wanted to make a deal as soon as possible to avoid a long night of dreams.
Lin Yu refused, "Let's wait until we finish this round of away games."
The reason why he doesn't want to keep Harrington in Chicago is because Harrington's favorability task has not yet been completed.
After finally choosing Harrington, Lin Yu felt like he was at a loss if he let him go without collecting some charm points.
In last night's game, Lin Yu let Harrington play and performed very well. He gave him a lot of shooting rights and raised his favorability to 70 points.
His draft pick was not high, and Halprin, who was drafted higher than him, is still in the Development League. After being reused by Lin Yu, he was naturally grateful.
As for Harrington's favorability task, it's nothing special. It just requires a luxurious fight.
After the favorability score is completed and reaches 90 points, Lin Yu will use his sharp tongue to influence him, and he will get a little charm value immediately.
…
The night he arrived in Toronto, Lin Yu's halo was refreshed.
"We are randomly drawing halos every week, please wait for thirty seconds!"
"Passive Halo ①: "Desolation", the effect is that when there are no teammates within three meters of the opponent's defensive player, the shooting percentage of your own offensive player will increase by 5%."
"Passive Halo ②: "Isolated", the effect is that when the opponent's defensive player has no teammates within three meters, the defensive player's speed and jumping attributes will be reduced by 10 points."
"Passive Halo ③: "Concentration Halo", the effect is to improve the concentration of players on the court, which is helpful for predicting rebound placement, steal timing, and shot blocking timing, and improves rebounding, stealing, and shot blocking attributes by 3 points."
This is the first halo refresh this season. There was no halo effect in the previous two games.
Lin Yu became happy. The two auras of desolation and isolation had similar effects, and they appeared at the same time. When these two auras are superimposed, the effect is definitely 1+1 greater than 2. Players who are good at singles are lucky.
In the evening of the next day, Lin Yu summoned all the generals to him in the locker room.
"Brothers, I have two things to announce."
"The first thing is I'm going to start Al Harrington at the three tonight."
"The second thing is that a lucky guy on our team tonight may be able to produce epic statistics."
As soon as Lin Yu finished speaking, all the generals turned their attention to Kobe.
Kobe looked ecstatic, who else could that lucky guy be if he wasn't himself? Except for the newcomers, most of the other players in the team already have their own records, but he is the only one who still has no results.
McGrady and Peja were unable to start tonight, but they both understood Lin Yu's arrangement. They felt that Lin Yu put Harrington in the starting three position just to improve Kobe's statistics.
When Lin Yu saw this posture, he couldn't help but be speechless. He had decided that the lucky one would be Harrington, not you Kobe!
"Come on, kid, you have to score at least sixty points, right?"
McGrady was sincerely happy for his good brother Kobe, hugging Kobe and laughing.
Lin Yu was even more speechless. The atmosphere was heightened to this point. It was a bit unreasonable not to let Kobe be the lucky one.
"Well, the lucky guy is Kobe."
"Remember, everyone should stay away from me tonight and stay away from Kobe within four meters. Don't let him face double teams and create one-on-one singles opportunities for him." Lin Yu said with a wry smile.
The generals cheered loudly. After Nash's double 30, I don't know what kind of data Kobe can produce tonight.
…
At eight o'clock in the evening, the starting players of both sides began to take the field.
Daba, Xiao Ou, Harrington, Kobe and Ganash.
Lin Yu looked towards the Raptors' starting lineup, and what he saw was a starting lineup that was not as good as the Bulls.
In fact, under normal circumstances, the Raptors, led by young head coach Butch Carter, have a good record this season. Carter and Tracy McGrady in the team have been trained well by Butch Carter, and they seem to be a promising team. A dynamic team.
However, the current Raptors look lifeless. There is not a single decent player in the team. The only player who can catch Lin Yu's eye is the fossil-level player Old Oakley.
Lin Yu looked at Raptors head coach Butch Carter again. This man was as ruthless as Hou Guifen'er.
Under normal circumstances, he led the Raptors to a good record, and it stands to reason that he could continue to be the coach of the Raptors. However, people were so dissatisfied that he actually thought about the position of the team's general manager.
The Raptors general manager is not Thomas Sr., he is the team's vice president, and the general manager is his college roommate Glenn Grunfield.
Butch Carter used various methods to drive Glenn out of office so that he could ascend. As a result, not only did he anger Thomas Senior, but even team owner Richard Petty couldn't stand it anymore and directly fired him. Fired.
If it were Lin Yu, he would definitely make the same choice. For example, one day in the future he would step down as the head coach and the new head coach would hire Unseld. Lin Yu would definitely not be used to it, so he could do it that night. Let him pack up and get out.
"Uh-huh!"
After the crowd spread out on the court, Kobe singled out Alvin Williams and made an easy hit.
This Alvin Williams is also a rookie, a second-round pick in 1997. There weren't many promising players in 1997. He was still a second-round pick, so you can imagine how poor his strength is.
In the Raptors' offensive round, Oakley made a mid-range shot, but O'Keeffe almost missed it. After Bus collected the rebound, the Wizards started a fast break.
Kobe received a pass from Nash, and before Oakley could reach the basket in time, he dunked directly on his opponent Alvin Williams.
Two consecutive rounds of matchups gave Lin Yu the feeling of a lion fighting a rabbit. Kobe was naturally the lion, and Alvin Williams was naturally the rabbit.
In fact, even without the blessing of the halo, Kobe is still able to control Alvin Williams.
Nash stopped passing the ball to the bus tonight and started to pass the ball to Kobe.
After playing for a few minutes, Lin Yu suddenly began to feel sorry for the Raptors. This team had suffered a lot from him. It was supposed to have Tracy McGrady and Carter, but now it only allows players of Alvin's level to play. Starter.
Not only that, Kobe has already scored 11 points in these few minutes. As long as there are no accidents tonight, 60 points will be a piece of cake.
By the ten minutes of the first quarter, Kobe had taken 17 shots and made 11 of them. There were no three-pointers. They were all fadeaway mid-range shots and breakthrough shots to the basket. He also made 3 of 4 free throws.
25 points, Kobe has already scored 25 points in a single quarter.
Lin Yu thought about taking Kobe off the court and taking a rest. After all, playing for ten minutes in a row consumes a lot of physical energy.
As a result, Kobe said he didn't want to end the game. In his opinion, he finally encountered this kind of opportunity, and he didn't want to waste even a second.
Lin Yu simply stopped trying and kept fighting if he wanted to. Anyway, he didn't want to do Harrington's favorability task tonight.
There is an away game next, and Harrington will start another game in the next game.
In the remaining two minutes of the first quarter, Kobe scored 4 more points. Although his 29 points in a single quarter did not break the record, it was exciting enough and made Kobe smile from ear to ear.
His joy did not last long. In the second quarter, his hand began to decline rapidly. Even with the blessing of singles halo, his shooting rate was poor. He performed at least two four-legged and three-iron games.
Fortunately, he had enough shots, and Kobe still scored 13 points in this quarter, and his personal score in the first half reached 42 points.
However, when the second half started, Kobe, who had rested for a long time, regained his energy and scored 20 points in the third quarter. The total score of this game has reached 62 points!
With 62 points in three quarters, Lin Yu was dumbfounded.
As we all know, Kobe's two most explosive scoring performances in his entire career were 81 points in the game against the Raptors and 62 points in three quarters against the Mavericks.
Lin Yu never expected that the Raptors would be so miserable and were beaten by Kobe by 62 points in three quarters.
He even thought that Kobe might repeat the miracle of scoring 81 points tonight. After all, Alvin Williams was really weak. He just never thought that Kobe could score 62 points in three quarters.
Because the Wizards scored very few points in the second quarter, the Raptors' disadvantage was not particularly great. Kobe was still able to continue playing in the fourth quarter.
"Damn it, you guys aren't going to score 70 points tonight, are you? It's really more uncomfortable than killing me!"
McGrady truly demonstrated how he was both afraid of his brother’s hardship and fear of his brother driving a Land Rover. If Kobe Bryant scored 60 points tonight, he would be happy for Kobe. If Kobe Bryant scored 70 points tonight, McGrady’s face would be twisted. It's time to transform.
"70? Who do you look down on?"
"There is still a whole quarter of the game. Even if I throw with my eyes closed, I can still score 8 points."
"I want to hit 80 points!"
Kobe's face was full of excitement. He had been in the league for more than two years, and he finally got a chance to become a god in a battle.
Old Qiao's heart was pounding. He knew very well that it would be extraordinary if his son achieved the feat of eighty percent.
It seems that there is still a big gap compared to Chamberlain's 100 points. However, in terms of difficulty, in modern basketball, especially in this era, it is too difficult to score more than 60 points, let alone 70 or 80 points. .
The development level of basketball is definitely getting higher and higher. There is no doubt about this. Fans who have actually watched the game videos of the 1960s should know how weak the players were at that time.
Because wages are so low, many players work part-time jobs. Their main jobs are newspaper delivery, cooks, plumbers, etc. After get off work, they come to the stadium to play ball.
Most of them are white players, and they are either the kind of white people with great athletic ability, or just average people with a slightly taller height.
It is no exaggeration to say that the starting point guards of many teams are far inferior to the current CBA defenders. They are not so smooth in handling the ball, and many of their shots are 38-30.
For example, Hu Weidong, if we go back to the 1960s, he would really be a killer.
Chamberlain's physical condition was like that of aliens attacking the earth in the league at that time. He was not in the same dimension as most players.
Even if he has no skills at all, he just stands next to the basket. As long as he doesn't run into Russell, the King of the Rings of his generation, he can easily score three or forty points and twenty or thirty rebounds.
However, the level of basketball development is not something that can be quantified after all. Even if everyone knows that the players of that era were weak, because it cannot be quantified, it is difficult to say that Kobe's 81 points are really more valuable than Chamberlain's 100 points. This thing is a matter of opinion.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kobe continued to play.
Lin Yu was sitting at attention. He didn't know whether Kobe could achieve the feat of 80 points. After all, he was still 18 points away from 80 points.
After coming on the field, Kobe tried a three-pointer, but unfortunately he failed to score. After the rebound was collected by Bus, Bus had a chance to make a second attack, but he didn't take it and passed the ball out again. It was obvious that he was I want to take action against Kobe.
Kobe's second shot was a fadeaway mid-range shot.
In the next few minutes, Kobe's shooting percentage was not high, but Daba and Xiao Ou grabbed a lot of rebounds, all of which were given to Kobe.
Relying on high shots, Kobe's score is still rising.
Just halfway through the fourth quarter, Kobe's personal score has officially exceeded the 70-point mark.
The referee actually gave an official timeout. This was the tenth time in NBA history that he scored 70 points in a single game. Of the previous nine times, Chamberlain alone accounted for six times, and the other three were Baylor, General and Skywalker Thompson. once.
The most recent 70+ in a single game was the General's in 1994. In order to compete for the scoring title, he spent the whole night and finally got 70+.
Raptors fans were speechless. What kind of evil was this? Why were the Raptors so unlucky? Kobe Bryant, who had been playing for more than two years, had never had a scoring outburst. As a result, the first outburst happened to the Raptors.
Thomas Sr. is also here tonight, after all, this is the home court of their Raptors.
When he saw Kobe Bryant score 70 points, his face turned livid and he glared at Lin Yu.
He felt that Lin Yu was targeting him. In the previous draft, he suffered a lot from Lin Yu. It could be said that he was tricked by Lin Yu. After the two fell out, Lin Yu was going to have an epic game tonight. Contest to humiliate yourself.
If Lin Yu knew what old Thomas was thinking, he would definitely cry out for injustice. How could he have so many bad intentions?
With half a quarter left, Kobe was 10 points away from his goal.
The Raptors started with a double team, but later turned into a triple team. The desolation and isolation had no effect. Even so, Kobe was still able to find scoring opportunities.
72 points.
75 points.
77 points.
79 points.
When there were only two minutes left in the game, Kobe was only 1 point away from the 80-point mark.
The wizards on the field began to create opportunities for Kobe to make this final attack.
Ola came out to do a pick-and-roll. With the help of this high-quality pick-and-roll, Kobe shook off the two defenders and hit Williams for a mid-range shot.
"Snapped!"
Two point hit!
Kobe's personal score tonight has reached 81 points!
Although it failed to break the record, this score still shocked everyone. This is definitely the greatest scoring performance in the past thirty years.
Lin Yu smiled and took Kobe off the field. His goal had been achieved.
After pointing at the ceiling, Kobe kissed his right index finger and walked off the court with a calm expression. There was no trace of excitement on his face, as if everything was under control.
Lin Yu secretly scolded this boy for really pretending. I'm afraid he was already happy in his heart, but his face still looked indifferent.
"Boss, you're not excited?" Kobe asked Lin Yudao in a trembling tone after he came off the field.
Just as Lin Yu guessed, this guy's calmness was really just pretending, and his voice was trembling when he spoke.
"What am I excited about?"
"Ever since you made the first shot, I knew you could score at least 70 points tonight."
"Now you're a little better than I expected, but not to the extent that I'm excited."
Lin Yu's expression was calmer than that of Kobe. Kobe had unlimited firepower tonight and was blessed by a halo. The key is that his opponent was the Raptors. Even if he scored 81 points in a single game, it was within Lin Yu's psychological expectations.
Kobe was stunned. 81 points were not enough to excite Lin Yu?
"Okay, boss, I'll score 100 points next time to make you excited." Kobe's inexplicable competitive spirit was aroused.
The corner of Lin Yu's mouth twitched. This guy really dares to think about it. In this era, if you want to repeat 100 points in a single game, the difficulty is several times more difficult than Nash's 30 points and 31 assists!
"Then I look forward to your 100 points." Lin Yu said with a smile.
Old Qiao was so excited that he danced with excitement: "Kid, don't forget to take the game ball away later. This ball will be worth at least 1 million US dollars in the future!"
After players break records in the game or create some extraordinary achievements, they will choose to take the game ball away, even in away games.
Two days ago, Nash scored 30 points and 31 assists at the Knicks' home court, and he took away the game ball.
"Dudududu!"
The referee blew the whistle to end the game, and the Wizards defeated the home team Raptors with a score of 109:98.
After Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, Lin Yu didn't let him continue playing.
It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle that Kobe came on the court and was about to take away the game ball. However, as soon as he picked up the ball, a black shadow rushed over, like a big black mouse, snatched the basketball from Kobe's hand, and then ran away. Arrive at the stadium locker room passage.
Everyone was stunned, what the hell? The game is over, how about stealing?
Lin Yu saw it clearly. The person grabbing the ball was John Wallace, the No. 18 pick in 1996, who was in the same class as Kobe.
Kobe was so anxious that this man grabbed the ball and fled back to the locker room. Wasn't it obvious that he didn't want to give the ball to him?
Lin Yu was also furious. Taking away the game ball was an unspoken rule. Are you Raptors so poor? Can't even bear to throw a ball?
"Chase me!"
"His grandma is a jerk. Even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, I still have to recover this ball!"
Lin Yu shouted, jumped up from the bench, and led the Wizards towards the locker room passage.
