On Lin Yu's first day of training in New York, not far away in Cleveland, the Cavaliers had their first regular season game.
Without Lin Yu, new players Jamal Crawford, David Lee and Quentin Richardson also did not play. The Cavaliers put up a remnant lineup, and Damien Wilkins entered.
Started the game, replacing Lin Yu.
Facing the Hawks, the Cavaliers could only rely on LeBron James to support them. They quickly lost and ushered in their first defeat without Lin Yu.
At the same time, Lin Yu, who was still living in the hotel, had nothing to do, even if he wanted to practice more, he couldn't find a place.
"The training facility is across the river in Queens. If the new residence doesn't have a basketball court, I'm afraid I will have to go to Queens to find another residence."
Shaking his head, Lin Yu, who had nothing to do, turned his attention to the knight's game.
The Cavaliers' loss was expected by him. Without him, even if they added Jamal Crawford, a scorer who averaged 20 points per game, the Cavaliers' strength would be greatly reduced.
In the memory of the previous life, the Cavaliers' record in the 2007/08 season was not very good, and they were no longer among the favorites for the championship very early.
In this time and space, in the first half of the season, the reason why the Cavaliers were among the favorites to compete for the championship was obviously related to Lin Yu.
Now, with Lin Yu leaving, if there is no follow-up transaction, the Cavaliers' lineup in this time and space, compared with the previous life, is equivalent to Larry Hughes being replaced by Jamal Crawford, and Drew Gooden being replaced by...
Wei Li, his offense has improved somewhat, but his defense is a little worse. Compared with his previous life, the overall level is similar, and he is not considered a favorite to compete for the championship at all.
"When Danny Ferry trades draft picks and trade exceptions for Ben Wallace, this Cavaliers will be even more similar to the Cavaliers of the previous life."
Lin Yu is quite looking forward to Danny Ferry using the Knicks' first-round pick to make the next move, because in exchange for Ben Wallace, there is no doubt that the draft pick that originally still had some value will become
It becomes another negative asset.
It can be said that since Danny Ferry chose to complete the deal with the Knicks, the Cavaliers' successful operation last summer has been completely nullified and declared a failure.
"The contracts of Big Ben, Big Z, and Jamal Crawford will lock up the Cavaliers' salary space. It will be difficult for them to have room to operate. The next step is to repeat the mistakes of the previous life step by step and use garbage contracts.
Exchange junk contracts, sign useless veterans one after another, and finally wait for James to make a decision..."
An An sighed: "Looking at it this way, I can't steal the plot that determines the series..."
It's too late in terms of time. James will definitely leave in 10 years, but Lin Yu may not.
On Reddit, the Cavaliers' defeat did not trigger much discussion, because in this game against the Hawks, the new players had not yet appeared, so the defeat was somewhat natural.
But Lin Yu knows very well that even if new players come on stage, the game between the Cavaliers and the Hawks will be very difficult, with the win or loss being only a 50-50 split.
And if he had not left the Cavaliers and had sufficient ball rights, he could guarantee that this young Hawks would not be a match for the Cavaliers, and this is what he and Jamal Crawford, David Lee and Quin
The difference between Ting-Richardson and this bunch of random cards.
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One night later, on the day of the Knicks game, Lin Yu started his morning training early. He had already confirmed with Dav Hopla that he would play in this game.
The Knicks' opponent was the Bucks, a bad team that was also stuck in the lottery. Lin Yu still had some old grudges with the Bucks' main center, Andrew Bogut.
It couldn't be better for Lin Yu to encounter such an opponent in his first game after joining the Knicks. He needs a victory, a good start, and a game that can prove his ability to lead the team to win.
So, early in the morning, he warmed up his hands.
"This is too quiet..."
About an hour later, Lin Yu noticed that the time had reached past eight o'clock, and there was less than an hour left before the training started at nine o'clock.
The training hall was still empty, and he couldn't help but complain to David Alexander.
David Alexander also shrugged helplessly. He told Lin Yu: "Many of the bottom teams in the NBA are like this. Everyone clocks in to work, especially on game days like this. Everyone knows that the morning training is a warm-up.
The nature of the training is not important, so if you can be late, never be early."
Lin Yu shook his head and sat on the sidelines to rest. After thinking for a while, he thought of an anecdote about Kobe Bryant.
In fact, it's not really an anecdote, because it was Byron Scott who broke the news. The time was when the Lakers were in the rebuilding stage and had just selected D'Angelo Russell, a combo guard with high hopes for the No. 2 pick.
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A training session started at 11 o'clock. Russell didn't arrive until 10:55. He took off his formal clothes and started training directly on the sidelines.
Kobe was dissatisfied with this and became furious, lashing out at Russell.
Thinking of this, Lin Yu was thoughtful.
Perhaps, facing the Knicks, who are rotten to the core, he has to learn from the paranoid Kobe.
Ten minutes later, Lin Yu stood up: "Forget it, I won't practice anymore, let's go back."
David Alexander nodded and followed Lin Yu away.
Some teammates had already gathered in the locker room. Lin Yu didn't take it seriously and found his seat to sit down. But soon, he discovered a problem.
His cabinet was empty, and the jerseys, sneakers and training jackets in it were gone.
Lin Yu was not stupid, he immediately understood that he might have been pranked.
I turned around and scanned the locker room. Some of my teammates looked normal, while others were snickering.
Those who looked normal were the young people, those who snickered were a few dawdling ones, and the one who laughed the happiest was Eddie Curry.
But Lin Yu judged immediately that it was not Eddie Curry who caused the trouble.
Because the person who really caused trouble would not be too obvious, but Lin Yu was sure that the person who caused trouble must be one of these gangsters.
At this time, David Alexander pushed open the door and came in, carrying an ice bucket used by the team to store physical therapy ice. Lin Yu's jersey, sneakers and training jacket were soaked in the ice bucket.
Lin Yu immediately walked to the center of the locker room, pointed at the ice bucket, and asked, "Who did this?"
No one answered, but those gangsters laughed even louder. Lin Yu knew their purpose very well, they wanted to anger him.
Lin Yu sneered and turned towards David Alexander: "David, did you bring your cell phone?"
David Alexander nodded, and then handed his Nokia to Lin Yu.
"Amanda, call and ask Steve Mills. I want to retrieve the surveillance video from the locker room passage of the training facility."
Lin Yu dialed Amanda Gray's number. After saying this in public, Lin Yu finally saw Jerome James stand up, put away his yellow teeth, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
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"No need to look for it. What I did is just a ceremony to welcome new teammates. If you accept it, from now on, we will be brothers fighting side by side on the same team."
He walked up to Lin Yu and stretched out his hand to pat Lin Yu's shoulder, acting as if he was very familiar with Lin Yu.
Lin Yu dodged away, still with a cold face, and suddenly started to move and walked to Jerome James' cabinet.
David Alexander followed with an ice bucket, and Lin Yu began to throw Jerome James' jersey, training jacket, sneakers, and even mobile phones, car keys, etc. into the ice bucket one by one.
Jerome James immediately became ferocious and stared at Lin Yu: "Are you looking for trouble?"
Lin Yu ignored him, lowered his head and returned to his cabinet, took out his mobile phone from the bag he carried with him, then lowered his head and fiddled with something.
"You're done! This is New York, do you know who you've offended?" Jerome James stretched out his hand to push Lin Yu, but David Alexander took a step and stood in front of Lin Yu.
Other teammates in the locker room also reacted and stood up to mediate.
What Lin Yu could hear was Eddie Curry's voice: "It's just a prank, don't take it to heart."
Nate Robinson's voice: "Hey, hey, guys, the coach is coming soon. Is there anything that can't be resolved after training?"
And more teammates who are watching the show...
Amid the noise and chaos, Lin Yu's voice sounded again: "Steve? I'm Lin. If I remember correctly, not counting this season, Jerome James and we still have two years of 12.8 million US dollars."
contract?"
Steve?
Jerome James immediately thought of Steve Mills, the team's assistant general manager who has temporary general manager duties.
Why did this guy mention my name and my contract?
Soon, Jerome James knew why Lin Yu mentioned him and his contract.
"Before this afternoon's game, tell him to get out... Yes, that's right, cut him off directly!"
Jerome James was stunned. What he didn't expect was that after hanging up the phone, Lin Yu continued to rub salt into his wounds: "Congratulations, Mr. Jerome James, before the game in the evening at the latest, you
You'll lose your job."
Jerome James trembled but pretended to be calm: "But I can still get a two-year salary of $12.8 million."
"Yes, you can still get the $12.8 million, but there's only so much."
After saying this, Lin Yu could clearly find that the atmosphere in the locker room had changed again, and the gangsters seemed to have become more honest.
But Lin Yu still shook his head secretly. His ultimate goal was to drive away all the bastards from the Knicks.
