"Looking forward to the blockbuster Linsanity in the new season!"
In the next day's report, Yahoo Sports ran a headline like this, reporting on the Cavaliers' media open day.
Lin Yu became the protagonist of the whole article, and the interview he gave after taking the makeup photo was directly written by Amanda Gray as a unique kind of confidence.
"Lin Yu, who created many miracles last season, joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference in the new season. He will partner with LeBron James. In the interview before the start of the pre-season training, he expressed confidence
Looking forward to the new season.”
"When a reporter from ESPN questioned his confidence that he could win against the Big Three Celtics, Lin directly said that he would break out in the new season and he would make greater progress."
"In fact, we can see that Lin's confidence is not without reason. We saw his performance in the World Championships. In the group stage against the United States, he played no worse than LeBron James.
His personal performance with Carmelo Anthony, and even one-on-one, slightly suppressed Dwyane Wade."
"Although the rules of Fiba are different from those of NBA, there are not many restrictions on outside players. Lin's performance against the US team can give us some reference. We can see that he seems to have developed a midfielder above the level.
cast."
"In addition to his mid-range shooting and his already top-notch three-point shooting, passing and defense, in the new season, he will definitely be even better than the last driver."
This article by Amanda Gray was reposted to the reddit forum, and the first comment was
"If you can't beat it, join it!"
The comments after that finally became normal.
"Amanda is like the weather in San Diego. It's always cloudy and sunny. On the front foot, she's still criticizing China Lin for not being able to beat it, so she joins in. On the back foot, she starts to praise China Lin again."
"China's Lin did play well in the World Championships, and we can indeed look forward to him in the new season."
"Here-yu."
"..."
Lin Yu is already the spokesperson of reddit, so soon, he appeared below this reply, and then repeated the words he said in the interview: "I said, I will let everyone who doesn't think favorably of me
Surprised!”
At the beginning of October, pre-season training sessions for major NBA teams began one after another, and time has finally entered the preparation stage for the new season.
Major media outlets in North America have also released their predictions for the new season.
In his prediction, ESPN's Zach Lowe ranked the Cavaliers second in the Eastern Conference, second only to the Celtics, who make up the Big Three.
"There is no doubt that the Cleveland Cavaliers are stronger than last season. They got Lin Yu, a shooting guard who is more suitable for LeBron James than Larry Hughes."
"Last season, even if he didn't get many opportunities at the beginning, China Lin's final scoring average reached 17.2 points. In the four months from January to April, China Lin's scoring average was even more
Infinitely close to 20 points, in the 71 games he played, he averaged 3.2 three-pointers per game, and he has proven that he is a top three-point shooter."
"LeBron finally got the top three-point shooter he wanted most, plus Zarunas Ilgauskas, and two power forwards with completely different styles in Drew Gooden and Donyel Marshall.
This Cavaliers team only needs one capable point guard, but with LeBron here, Damon Jones is enough."
"So, in the new season, the Cavaliers, whose strength has increased, will be even better than last season. They will surpass the Pistons and Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference rankings, second only to the Celtics who form the Big Three."
The Celtics have become a well-deserved favorite. Zach Lowe believes: "After forming the Big Three, the Celtics' paper strength is undoubtedly the first in the league. Their only problem is that the team
Whether the integration can be successful, and whether the three giants can coexist."
In addition to the Celtics, in the Western Conference, Zach Lowe is optimistic about the Suns, Spurs and Mavericks.
"The Phoenix retain their main team from last season, which is enough. With Steve Nash, Shawn Marion and Amar'e Stoudemire, they will still compete for the O'Brien Trophy.
The biggest hit.”
"The same goes for the San Antonio Spurs. The GDP combination continues to move toward the top. They are still very strong."
"As for the Mavericks, they just won the championship and don't seem to need to make any changes, but they still signed Devin George and Austin Crohill to strengthen their bench."
Then there are the Rockets: "The addition of Sean Battier is crucial. The Rockets have gained strength on the perimeter. Tracy McGrady can finally be liberated from the heavy perimeter defense. Yao's continued improvement will also help."
They have achieved better results, and in the new season, they should be able to enter the playoffs."
Different from Zach Lowe's prediction, USA Today's Sam Amick believes: "We can't rank the Pistons behind the Cavaliers just because they are one year older, nor can we rank them behind the Cavaliers just because the Heat failed to win the championship.
, just rank them after the knights."
"In my opinion, the Cavaliers' real ranking should be third in the Eastern Conference. They have a chance to squeeze out one of the Pistons or the Heat, but cannot surpass both at the same time."
At the end of October, the Cavaliers, generally ranked in the top three in major predictions, embarked on the preseason journey.
In the first two games of the preseason, they played against the Knicks.
The Knicks made some changes in the 2006/07 season. They changed their head coach to Isiah Thomas, hoping to rely on the NBA's legendary point guard to activate Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury.
As a result, in two preseason games, the Cavaliers directly taught the Knicks a lesson.
At the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers relied on James' sudden points to gain an advantage. Larry Hughes performed poorly and gave his opponent Steve Francis some opportunities.
But Lin Yu, who came on as a substitute, quickly pushed Boss Fu back.
On the contrary, Jamal Crawford, who came on the scene later, played well, but Lin Yu came on the scene and also pushed Jamal Crawford back.
In two preseason games, the Cavaliers easily won two consecutive victories, making the Knicks realize the reality.
Then, they defeated the Chicago Bulls home and away, until they faced the Magic, ending their winning streak with one win and one loss.
In the last two games of the preseason, the Cavaliers faced the Pacers and won two games in a row.
In this way, the Cavaliers achieved a record of 7 wins and 1 loss in the preseason.
In 8 games, Lin Yu didn't have many opportunities to perform. He only played 19 minutes per game, averaging 11.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.5 blocks.
Although this kind of data performance cannot allow people to see everything clearly, it has made Cleveland fans look forward to the help Lin Yu can provide in the new season.
Especially when Larry Hughes is playing shit, Cavaliers fans want to see Lin Yu appear in the starting position.