The press conference was not large in scale, with only a dozen reporters present, except for Brian Windhorst, a well-known reporter from Cleveland's local media, The Cleveland Tribune, and Bob Finnan from the Willoughby News-Herald.
There are also ESPN team reporter Duff McMenamin assigned to the Cavaliers, Yahoo Sports team reporter Amanda Gray, Fox Sports team reporter Gian Heller...
Basically, all the major media outlets in the United States were stationed in Cleveland with the team reporters, and no top names from across the country were present.
Lin Yu saw Amanda Gray, a beautiful reporter from Yahoo Sports who is very smart. She now understands that she can make a living by relying on Lin Yu.
Danny Ferry stood in front of the microphone, behind him was a background wall covered with NBA and Cavaliers logos.
Aiming at the microphone, Danny Ferry said hello to reporters who were familiar with him off the court, and then cleared his throat: "Here, I want to announce a deal that everyone already knows. We have a deal from the Boston Celtics.
In exchange for Lin Yu, who performed crazy last season!"
Jeff Schwartz patted Lin Yu on the back: "Come on, Lin."
With a smile on his face, Lin Yu stepped onto the steps and walked to Danny Ferry.
The clicking flashlights flashed Lin Yu's eyes intensively, and Danny Ferry continued to announce: "In the new season, Lin will wear the No. 0 jersey and represent the Cleveland Cavaliers!"
The staff brought an unnamed No. 0 jersey to the stage. Lin Yu held up the No. 0 jersey and took a photo with Ferry.
More intensive flashes appeared, and reporters had already thought of the subtitle for tomorrow's report. As for the main title, of course, it cannot be determined now.
After the official announcement process was completed, it was time for Lin Yu to be interviewed.
Lin Yu sat on the stage, and reporters assigned by the press officer asked questions.
The first person to ask the question was Bob Finnan, a well-known reporter from the Willoughby News Herald. Lin Yu knew that this guy was a Cavaliers fan and was equivalent to the Cavaliers' official reporter.
"Hello, China Lin, first of all, welcome to the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is a young team on the rise. Having LeBron James makes us extremely competitive. What do you think about joining such a team?
Do you want to say something?”
A fair question, Finnan is indeed one of the Cavaliers.
Lin Yu's answer was also very formulaic: "I am very happy to join the Cavaliers. I believe I will spend a great career here."
"How do you evaluate your new teammate LeBron James?" The next question was Brian Windhorst. He asked a question related to James, which directly exposed his dog-licking attributes of James.
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"LeBron is one of the top players in the league. He is very strong. I believe I can perform better with his help."
Lin Yu's answer was also very cheesy, but he only licked it briefly and then pointed to the next reporter.
Amanda Gray didn't know why Lin Yu asked her to ask a question that was a bit embarrassing for Lin Yu himself, but when it was her turn to ask, she asked anyway.
"In the playoffs last season, you were beaten by LeBron James on both offense and defense. During the transfer period, you had the right to choose your next club, but in the end you chose the Cavaliers, an opponent who just defeated you.
, can you tell me the reason for your choice? Did you join because you couldn’t beat me?”
Here comes the question Lin Yu wanted.
This is the advantage of having a royal reporter. Lin Yu can steal whatever he wants.
In the audience, Gian Heller glanced at Amanda Gray in surprise. In her impression, Amanda Gray should be a die-hard supporter of Lin Yu. Why did she propose such an aggressive proposal now?
question?
Moreover, if you can't beat it, then join? This sounds very interesting. To be precise, it's very interesting. Gian Heller has already thought about how to write the main title of tomorrow's report.
Lin Yu avoided the standard answer. His answer was: "I am just choosing a team that suits me best, and I don't think too much about it."
He didn't admit that he couldn't beat the team and join because he knew very well that if he really admitted that he couldn't beat the team and joined, Lin Yu's career would be in trouble. Joining if he couldn't beat the team would be a black spot for him forever.
But now, he joins without admitting that he can't beat him. In the future, he will become a guest and turn himself into a big partner. Therefore, no one thinks that Lin Yu really joined because he can't beat him.
The situation between Lin Yu and Durant is different. The Warriors had already won the championship before Durant came.
Before Lin Yu came, the Cavaliers didn't even have experience in the finals.
Therefore, if he becomes a big player in the future and brings championships to Cleveland, he can even say: "I came to Cleveland to teach LeBron to win championships!"
When he left Cleveland, he could still say: "I went everywhere just to teach so-and-so to win the championship!"
Another meme comes to mind...
After answering this key question from Amanda Grey, the next part of the interview is to go through the process.
Lin Yu answered a few more questions and quickly ended the interview session of the official franchise announcement press conference.
Lin Yu officially announced that he had joined the Cavaliers, and Lin Yu finally got the headlines the next day.
The meme "If you can't beat it, then join it" still helped Lin Yu. Amanda Gray directly used the headline "If you can't beat it, then join it" to report the news of Lin Yu joining the Cavaliers.
Gian Heller also used the same words and phrases to report this news.
Then, everyone was flooded with the message “Join if you can’t beat them”.
"If you can't beat it, join it. If Amanda Gray hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have even thought of this!"
"China Lin joined his opponent two months ago. He really joined if he couldn't beat him. I can only say that this is a good choice."
"Although the Celtics formed the Big Three, I still have to say that they sent away the only two players who performed well in the playoffs and sent him to an opponent who defeated them. Such a trade choice is really not worth it.
good."
"Upstairs, if we judge by the performance of a single game, China Lin is even the best among the Celtics in the playoffs. Without China Lin, the Celtics would have been swept by the Cavaliers."
"Although China Lin made a good choice, what I want to say is that he really should not have joined last season's opponent."
"..."
Lin Yu also joined the discussion. He defended himself: "I am just choosing a relatively best choice. As for joining if you can't beat it, this is not what I want."
And his self-justification only further encouraged the anti-fans in the reddit forum who were crazy about the meme "join if you can't beat him."