The day after beating the Pacers, the entire Cavaliers flew to New Orleans.
Lin Yu gradually developed the habit of buying one or two newspapers and magazines before getting on the plane. On the one hand, in this era before smartphones, newspapers and magazines are still the best and most convenient way to pass the time.
On the other hand, Lin Yu needs to maintain a persona in which he pays close attention to the media and fans' comments. In the future, he can use this to continue to steal jokes.
Before boarding the plane, he bought a copy of the latest issue of Sports Illustrated and a copy of the Willoughby News-Herald.
Then, at Phil Handy's call, he boarded the airline's special plane specifically for NBA players and sat on the extra wide seats.
The teammates in the back row were already noisily playing cards, which was one of the few pastimes on the plane.
When I was with the Celtics, the card games on the plane were just for fun, but with the Cavaliers, the card games on the plane included money.
Therefore, Lin Yu will reject all card game invitations from his teammates. Unlike Michael Jordan, he does not like to gamble.
Lin Yu sat quietly in his seat and unfolded the Sports Illustrated in his hand.
He scanned the catalog page.
The first page was a Sports Illustrated expert's summary of 2006. Lin Yu flipped through it and took a quick glance. He discovered that the Rookie of the Year in 2006 summarized by Sports Illustrated was actually not Chris Paul, but Lin Yu.
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"In 2006, Lin Yu played 82 games without missing a single game. In 82 games, he averaged 21.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.6 blocks per game."
"Chinese Lin's only competitor is Chris Paul. Throughout 2006, Chris Paul played 71 games and averaged 16.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.1 blocks per game."
"Compared to China Lin, he has advantages in rebounds, assists and steals, but his scoring is far lower than China Lin, and his game wins are also far lower than China Lin."
"So, based on the record and personal data, the 2006 Rookie of the Year should belong to Lin Yu."
The content on the first page is a bit biased towards praising Lin Yu. He paid special attention to the name of the author of this article, Lee Jenkins.
Then, Lin Yu saw another article that was related to him at first glance. Ranking of Eastern Conference Shooting Guards.
"How could a reporter do such a boring ranking?"
But the next second, he understood why reporters ranked this Eastern Conference shooting guard.
"It's still about the All-Star voting!"
He turned to that page with some curiosity and took a look at his ranking.
"Seventh place? Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Lin Yu held his chin: "So, according to this ranking, I am not even qualified to be an All-Star substitute?"
"Okay, let me see who's ahead of me, Dwyane Wade, Gilbert Arenas, Vince Carter, Michael Reed, Joe Johnson and Ray
Lun?"
"Who made the ranking?"
Ben-Gulliver, such a name was written at the front of the article. Lin Yu shook his head, he already knew what to do next.
Lin Yu finished reading the Sports Illustrated in his hand, and then lent it to Andre Miller, who was a little sleepy next to him.
Then he opened another copy of the Willoughby News Herald, and Lin Yu found the news he wanted to find, a preview of the Cavaliers' game against the Hornets written by Bob Finnan.
It mentioned the comparison between Lin Yu and Chris Paul.
"In his rookie season, relying on his accumulation in the first half of the season, Chris Paul defeated Lin Yu, who exploded in the second half of the season, and won the Rookie of the Year trophy."
"After a summer, if we compare Lin Yu and Chris Paul, we will find that Lin Yu has already completed his counterattack in just one summer."
"In the new season, in terms of data, Lin Yu and Chris Paul are about the same, but in terms of team record, Lin Yu has already taken a substantial lead..."
A pre-game preview that somewhat flatters Lin Yu, which is also part of Lin Yu's plan to canvass votes.
After the Pacers game, he found Amanda Gray, met Bob Finnan, and then asked Bob Finnan and Amanda Gray to write several articles to promote Lin Yu.
This pre-season preview for the Hornets is the first one.
The content of this article means that in the evening game, Lin Yu must achieve a complete victory from the game process to the result.
As a result, during the evening game, LeBron James unexpectedly pulled his hip.
The Hornets' Cedric Simmons was like a surprise player, withstanding James' impact from beginning to end, coupled with Tyson Chandler's complementary defense in the penalty area.
After the entire game, LeBron James made 7 of 18 shots and only scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. His performance was completely unsatisfactory.
The Cavaliers lost the game as a result.
But Lin Yu's personal performance was the winner. In the entire game, he was the only one among the Cavaliers who performed as normal, even a little extraordinary.
He made 10 of 19 shots and scored 27 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals.
But there is no choice but to deceive teammates and hold them back. It is difficult not to lose in this game.
Lin Yu, who lost this game, could not continue his plan. He could only be thankful that fortunately, his data in this game was good. Although he lost the game, the North American expert reporters who were watching him closely also chose
Nothing goes wrong.
Even ESPN's Zach Lowe ridiculed the Cavaliers' loss in this game in the post-game show: "Whether the Cavaliers lost or not, at least China's Lin in this game deserves to be a starter in the All-Star Game."
After returning to Cleveland from New Orleans, Lin Yu was surrounded by public opinion. According to the real-time counting system of the NBA official website, Dwyane Wade's vote count increased rapidly and was about to surpass Lin Yu.
Fortunately, the NBA official did not filter votes by IP, and eliminated the idea of over-the-wall voting proportions. Lin Yu's position is relatively stable thanks to the strong domestic fans.
But the problem was still unresolved, and Lin Yu thought about the current predicament.
"After Yellow Mamba, I only got one reference to the ll combination. As a result, the permanent improvement was only a Lin x connection, and 5 useless random attribute points. I haven't improved myself for a long time."
Lin Yu felt that he was in urgent need of a major promotion now.
"Now I have two memes that are almost ready, one is about the nightclub, and the other is about Zhan Lin's connection. I will complete one of them as soon as possible, and then get the attributes or characteristics that will greatly improve my own attributes or characteristics, and completely solve the current dilemma."
Lin Yu thought of a solution. He only needed to go to the nightclub two or three more times to get the meme posted in the nightclub.
The story of Zhan Lin's connection should be available in one or two more games.
Before the All-Star voting ends, he has two more opportunities to significantly improve himself.
Lin Yu reviewed the rest of January's schedule and combined it with the Eastern Conference shooting guard ranking list from Sports Illustrated, and he quickly came up with a specific plan.
“The remaining games in January include a Bucks game, a Nets game, and a Heat game. They have to face Michael Redd, Vince Carter and Dwyane Wade respectively, and the difficulty happens to be increasing.
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As for the untouchables Gilbert Arenas, Joe Johnson and Ray Allen, Lin Yu suspected that the reporter who made this ranking did not watch the games in November and December.
Lin Yu played two games against the Wizards in November and December, and both games ended in victory for the Cavaliers. In one of the games, Lin Yu scored a season-high 33 points.
In the three games against the Hawks, Lin Yu and Joe Johnson were at each other's throats. His own condition was not good, but he also defended Joe Johnson like crazy. Overall, he was even better. After all, the Cavaliers
It's the winning side.
Finally, regarding Ray Allen, the Christmas Day game with the Celtics had just passed not long ago. Lin Yu clearly remembered that after the game, the media's evaluation was that Lin Yu completely outplayed Ray Allen.
Lun.
In another game against the Bucks, Lin Yu also slightly suppressed Michael Reid in the matchup. Therefore, overall, the success rate of his plan was extremely high.
Specifically, he first suppressed Michael Reed and then stole the show.
Rely on stealing tricks to improve your strength, and then suppress Vince Carter, who is more difficult.
In the end, there was a big battle with Wade. If he won, all the problems would disappear, and Lin Yu's plan would be successful.
