Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really what happened.
He originally wanted to play a bigger role in Utah, but failed and made Sloan angry.
Although Sloan excused him before leaving, he still became the target of public criticism.
Jazz fans sprayed him bloody.
In the end, the Jazz sent him to New Jersey, but he found himself acclimatized again.
So in the eyes of the outside world, he is a system player, and he can't do it without Sloan.
Then the experience this season has made the fans even more convinced.
Warken Dean's persuasion is just an accelerator, he must have some psychological problems to some extent.
After finishing the conversation, Lin Ying felt that this issue was still a bit tricky.
He and Deron don't have a close relationship, and they don't have Yao Ming as a mediator like they did with Nash.
So if you ask him to persuade Delong, the effect will definitely not be very good.
Not to mention he is not a psychiatrist!
This is the current situation, and he has to consider how to solve this problem.
Not to mention that there is no better point guard than Deron on the free market. In this league now, who can say that the point guard position is stable for Deron except Rose?
Paul DeLong was beating Paul while he was eating and sleeping!
What's more, anyone who has ever speculated in stocks knows that there is no such thing as selling at the lower limit. Delong's trading value is now at its lowest.
Unless there is really no other choice, the Nets will not trade Deron.
So instead of waiting for the team to trade, how to adjust Deron's mentality is the big problem.
He doesn't want to have another injury problem like last season!
After arriving in Utah, Johnson immediately arranged team training.
Harsh is really harsh.
That is, during training, Lin Ying was observing Delong's condition.
He found that compared to the beginning of the season, Deron's condition was actually much better.
Especially the shooting feel looks very good.
This is also a reasonable thing.
Super stars may have some fluctuations at the beginning of the season, but they will always get their touch back.
Classic representatives: Anthony, Harden, Lillard...
So now Delong is really competing with himself and deliberately not taking action.
It was at this time that Lin Ying remembered a saying: A heart disease requires a heart medicine.
Isn't this the best way to beat the Jazz this time?
If Deron can play a "good" game in Utah, his mentality will definitely be very different!
And he is the doctor who can prescribe it!
Here we have to talk about the characteristics of Johnson’s coaching.
In addition to his poor on-the-spot adaptability, which has always been criticized, he also has a characteristic of single offensive tactics.
What tactic? Singles tactic!
Some Mavericks fans may have experienced this before, Dallas' five sets of tactics.
Sets one to five are: Nowitzki singles, Josh Howard singles, Terry singles, Stackhouse singles, Devin Harris singles.
After so many years, he has remained consistent on this point.
So there were originally two sets of tactics, one for Lin Ying's singles and one for Delong's singles.
Now that Delong is no longer fighting, only Lin Ying is left.
How to play, Lin Ying can choose after holding the ball.
This is also an important reason why Lin Ying became both a father and a mother, and his offensive and defensive statistics exploded.
But this also means that Lin Ying now has absolute control on the court.
Things seemed to become easier to handle all of a sudden.
…
That night, Utah Energy Solutions Arena.
The attendance rate at the venue is close to 90%!
Since Sloan and DeLong left one after another, this place has not had such a high attendance rate for a long time.
No need to guess, this attendance rate is naturally due to Deron.
Of course, if you think they support Deron just like Suns fans support Lin Ying, you are totally wrong.
They are preparing to come to visit Delong!
It has been almost a year since Sloan resigned. This year the Jazz had a dismal record, and they put all the blame on Deron.
"If Deron hadn't forced him to leave, the Jazz would have still been a strong player in the Western Conference."
This is what most of them think.
Therefore, every time Deron returns to Salt Lake City, he will automatically become the target of fans' venting.
The two teams were warming up before the game. When the live camera showed Deron, there were already sporadic fans booing.
When the warm-up is over and the entrance ceremony begins, Deron of the visiting team appears.
The boos from the fans at the scene were so loud that it hurt people's eardrums.
Salt Lake City’s canyon-like “devil’s home court” is well-deserved.
Lin Ying frowned slightly.
The fans in Salt Lake City went a little too far.
In the case of Sloan, Delong was at fault and could not escape, but this man also worked hard to fight for this city for five years.
He also somewhat understood why Deron was so anxious to prove himself.
Just like falling in love, you broke up with your ex-girlfriend, but you are still in the same company because of work needs. How could you not be eager to prove yourself?
However, the boos were not entirely a bad thing, because Lin Ying could see that Delong was clenching his fists.
Desire is the key to breaking through mental shackles.
The opening ceremony ended and both sides followed.
Nets: Deron, Jimmy Butler, Lin Ying, Yi Jianlian, Chandler
Jazz: Devin Harris, Ben Gordon, Gordon Hayward, Millsap, Favors
When the game started, Chandler jumped to get the ball for the Nets.
As soon as Deron got the ball, the familiar boos came again!
And indeed, just as Lin Ying thought, they were no longer booing because Delong had done something wrong, but purely to vent.
Or to put it another way, they regard Deron as a "trash can", and every boo is "garbage" thrown in.
If it were in ancient times, Delong would be paraded through the streets right now!
Deron dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, hesitated for a moment and turned around to hand the ball to Lin Ying.
But at this moment, Lin Ying reached out and made a tactical gesture, signaling everyone to press forward, and then he also sank to the bottom line.
Delong was stunned for a moment, because Lin Ying's tactical gesture just now was to let him play alone!
Obviously, this is a trust.
Even though his performance since the start of the game was poor, even if he chose not to attack willfully in the past few games, Lin Ying still chose to believe in him!
And Chandler also pulled up a high pick-and-roll in the next second!
Chandler's pick-and-roll was very solid, blocking Harris solidly.
His signature mid-range jump shot after the pick-and-roll.
"Dang!"
Unfortunately not!
The fans at the scene put too much pressure on him.
For an ordinary shot, he faces the same pressure as a buzzer beater.
Favors protects the defensive rebound.
In the transition between offense and defense, Harris directly changed direction in the frontcourt and broke through Deron.
Harris was the No. 5 pick in 2004. He made his debut with the Mavericks and became famous with the Nets. He is known for his speed.
Deron is heavy, so guarding such a fast defender is not his strength.
What he didn't expect was that Harris would change direction drastically when he broke through.
As a result, he stumbled, lost his center of gravity, and was knocked down!
Harris quickly got to the basket and scored 2 points.
The whole place was filled with laughter.
Look, Delong is really dead!
The opening offense and defense immediately put the Nets into a passive position at the start.
Facts have once again proven that without Sloan, Deron is just a third-rate defender!
Delong sat on the ground, feeling as if he had fallen into an endless abyss.
Is he really unable to prove himself anymore?
At this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out in front of him.
When he looked up, he saw the familiar face of the person who was still chatting with him on the plane to Utah.
Lin Ying grabbed Delong's hand with one hand, and then after Delong also grabbed the other hand, he pulled him up from the ground with force.
"You can do it."
And after pulling Delong up, Lin Ying said something.
You can do it!
Delong was startled when he heard this.
It was a very ordinary sentence, but it touched his heart.
It may be hard to believe, but this is the first time someone has encouraged him since he left the Nets.
Before that, just like what Walken Dean said that day, everyone around him was putting pressure on him, and no one cared about his feelings at all.
Deron advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and the crowd was still filled with boos.
But at this moment, his heart was unexpectedly calm.
Lin Ying is still organizing, using a similar tactic as before.
The difference is that this time it was Yi Jianlian who pulled out the pick-and-roll.
Yi Jianlian's current style of play is 3D. After disassembly, he directly bounces outside, and Delong takes advantage of the trend to break through.
The person the Jazz switched to defend him was Millsap, his old teammate.
He broke through to near the three-second zone and directly chose to throw with an emergency stop.
This is one of his best ways of scoring.
Millsap's hard-fought defense was a little slow.
"Whoa!"
There was a crisp sound.
Deron scored the first 2 points tonight!
The booing at the scene stopped abruptly.
Lin Ying nodded after seeing it.
As he observed before, Deron's touch and condition have been greatly improved compared to the beginning of the season.
As long as you adjust your mentality, scoring is not a problem.
Not a bad start.
And if Deron can score, he can safely allocate his energy to defense.
Millsap played Yi Jianlian in the low post and turned around beautifully for a layup.
"Bang!"
Lin Ying immediately gave him a big hat!
Yi Jianlian picked off the defensive rebound.
Deron continued to advance with the ball, and the boos continued.
Lin Ying continued to signal Delong to play singles.
This time it was Chandler who pulled out the pick-and-roll, and Deron took advantage of the mid-range shot after the pick-and-roll.
"Dang!"
Although the previous floater went in, he seemed to have not found his shooting touch yet.
Lin Ying rushed inside and grabbed the offensive rebound.
Moreover, he did not attack at the basket, but waited until the Jazz defense shrank and threw the ball to Deron on the outside.
This is it, look for Delong tonight!
The moment he caught the ball again, Deron was sure what Lin Ying was going to do tonight.
Lin Ying wants to help him and help him prove himself in front of Jazz fans!
For a moment, he felt that something deep in his heart was touched.
When he fell into the abyss and everyone was laughing at him, now someone threw a rope to him. Why didn't he climb up?
The moment he caught the ball and took action, his eyes returned to the firmness he had during the Jazz era.
He has always been a player with a big heart!
"Whoa!"
With a crisp sound of hitting the net, the basketball fell into the bag!
Deron's three-pointer went in!
There was an uproar at the scene.
Deron! Why is it Deron who scores the goal again?
Counting the previous throw, Deron has scored 5 points in a row!
They are here to vent their emotions, not to cause trouble for themselves!
During the retreat, Lin Ying took the initiative to find Delong and gave him a high-five, and then said with a certain tone:
"I told you, you can do it."
Delong felt as if he was hit by electricity, and the pores all over his body exploded.
When he returned to the defensive end, Lin Ying directed the defense and had already asked Butler to guard Harris.
Butler lived up to his expectations and directly stopped Harris' breakthrough.
He trained with Lin Ying during the lockout summer, and with Battier as a new teacher, his defense improved significantly.
Harris finally tried to pass the ball, but Butler snatched the ball away.
After a fight for the ball on the floor, Butler finally controlled the ball and the Nets had the ball!
From the moment Deron made that floater, the situation on the court began to shift towards the Nets!
Deron continues to hold the ball in the frontcourt and continue to play singles!
Now the Jazz finally reacted. The Nets are going to clear up Deron's name tonight.
But how could they be willing to be this backdrop?
If Deron really does it, they will be the ones scolded by the fans later!
Under the shouts of head coach Tyrone Corbin, Deron was directly flanked in the pick-and-roll.
He released the ball very quickly and hit it to Chandler one by one. After Chandler got the ball, he cut in and scored a dunk with both hands.
7 to 2.
The Nets have taken the initiative on the court.
However, the Jazz's reaction to Chandler's dunk was not great.
It feels like as long as Deron doesn't score, everything else is acceptable.
This is also reflected in the next offensive round.
Hayward hit a three-pointer after running without the ball from the outside.
The Jazz's young players are not bad in talent.
7 to 5.
A difference of 2 points!
This goal also made the fans at the scene excited again.
When Deron held the ball in the frontcourt again, the boos were even louder than before!
Deron asked them to add more trouble, and they booed even more vigorously!
They don't believe Deron can still score!
Deron signaled the pick-and-roll this time to go back.
After glancing at Harris, Deron calmed down and started...dancing!
Compared with Lin Ying, he is the master of this kind of breakthrough step!
It's like a cheetah playing with its prey!
At the moment when Harris' center of gravity was unstable, Deron suddenly accelerated and rushed past him.
It was like a strong wind blew by, and Harris turned into a fallen leaf and was blown backwards!
Deron was knocked down by Harris earlier, and now he is back!
Moreover, no one else on the Jazz team expected that Deron would suddenly attack so directly, and it was too late to help defend.
Of course, the most important thing is that Lin Ying blocked Favors, who was most likely to help defend him!
There is nothing between Deron and the basket.
Deron jumped up with the ball.
Lin Ying looked up at Delong who was flying into the sky.
Go ahead and prove to them with your own hands that you are still the same Deron!
"Bang!"
Chapter completed!