On the rest day after the home game, Lin Yu turned off the alarm clock in advance and fell asleep with his head covered, hoping to sleep until he woke up naturally.
I had just slept until about four o'clock in the morning when my cell phone rang annoyingly.
Lin Yu tried his best to open his eyes and glanced at the caller ID. It was Ricky Davis.
"This guy……"
He struggled to sit up and answered the phone.
"Ricky?"
"It's me, Lin, are you up? Come to the classic bar now..."
Ricky Davis' voice on the other end of the phone was low. Lin Yu realized that something might have happened that he didn't know about. He frowned: "Now? What happened?"
"Didn't you watch the news?"
"No, I lay in bed as soon as I got home last night and have been sleeping until now."
"I was traded and I will take a flight to Minnesota in the afternoon..."
"I know, I'll be there soon."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yu stood up and quickly put on a set of clothes.
More than ten minutes later, at the entrance of the classic bar in Newton Town, Lin Yu stepped out of the taxi that stopped at speed, said hello to the familiar security guard at the door, then opened the door and walked in.
Even though it was early in the morning, the bar was still very busy, and it was so noisy that people couldn't hear anything.
But the corner where Lin Yu and the others often stayed was so quiet that it felt scary.
"Hey, Ricky, and Marcus, Tony, Al...good morning..."
After saying hello, Lin Yu sat down.
The atmosphere was quite gloomy. Ricky Davis silently handed Lin Yu a glass of beer. Lin Yu, who always only drank cocktails, broke his rule and took a big sip with his lips pursed.
On the way here, Lin Yu already knew what was going on. The Celtics completed a deal with the Timberwolves and packaged Ricky Davis and Mark Blount, as well as a 5 million trade exception, in exchange for the Timberwolves.
Wally Szczerbiak and parallel draft pick Michael Olowokandi.
One is the three-point shooter requested by Doc Rivers, and the other is an experienced big man requested by Rivers.
Ricky Davis was sacrificed in this way. In fact, it is not a sacrifice, because going to the Timberwolves, except that the weather may be a little colder, is no different from the Celtics.
But Ricky Davis didn't think so.
"You know, Lin, I resist being traded."
Lin Yu shook his head, and then looked at Ricky Davis, who was already a little drunk, and continued.
"I don't want to be a homeless person, and I don't want to have to think every year about how much money I have to spend to buy a house in the next city, and whether I need to airlift my car to the next city."
"But sadly, I'm becoming a bum."
"In 1998, I joined the Charlotte Hornets as a rookie. After playing for two seasons, I was traded to Miami. After one season, I went to Cleveland, and then from Cleveland to Boston... In Boston, I
I have been here for the longest period of my career, and counting today, it should be more than two seasons."
"Then, now I'm going to Minnesota again. Maybe I won't be able to stay in Minnesota for too long. I will still be traded or given up..."
Lin Yu listened to Ricky Davis's story, and he could understand Ricky Davis.
The memory of his past life told him that Ricky Davis did become a homeless man later. He played for the Timberwolves for more than one season and then returned to Miami.
Played for one season in Miami, and finally transferred to Los Angeles, where he played the last two seasons of his NBA career with the Clippers, and later played in the CBA for a while.
I have played 12 seasons in my entire NBA career and played for six different teams. I am indeed a bum.
Lin Yu also knew that his memory of Ricky Davis in his previous life was wrong.
He originally thought that Ricky Davis was the kind of black man who was not very bright in his mind and liked to have sex and corrupt his private life.
But the reality is that Ricky Davis is a smart man and a very good man.
Everyone thinks that he is crazy. The actual situation is that Ricky Davis said after moving to the Celtics: "I think LeBron James is a supplement that can help me better."
I think there's a connection between the two of us."
Then, the sentence was misinterpreted as: "I thought he was here to help me."
Just like Tracy McGrady said, "I'm already thinking about my opponents in the next round," in fact, they are all victims of the media.
Why does Lin Yu think Ricky Davis is a good person? Not only because this guy takes him high, but also because Lin Yu knows that after games, Ricky Davis focuses on charity, which is a black star in the NBA.
It's rare here.
"Ricky, think on the bright side. You are in excellent shape this season. If you go to Minnesota, you will be the absolute core on the outside."
Lin Yu persuaded, and Ricky Davis reluctantly showed a smile: "You are right, Lin, at least, went to the Timberwolves, my starting position is back, maybe I can produce better data, and then
Get a bigger contract."
In a classic bar, almost everyone drank too much and sent Ricky Davis away in a daze.
Lin Yu, however, remained awake. He knew clearly that with Ricky Davis leaving and Paul Pierce injured, the Celtics' fortunes were about to change.
The Celtics made two official announcements one after another. One was the trade of Ricky Davis and Mark Blount. The Celtics acquired Wally Szczerbiak and Michael Olowo from the Timberwolves.
Candy.
What surprised Lin Yu was that Celtics fans in Boston thought highly of the deal.
"Wally's arrival will give us excellent outside firepower. He will definitely be better than Ricky Davis!"
"I love this deal, we got a star player who should be the Celtics!"
"Actually, the most important point is that Wally is a rare white star in this league. After black people began to dominate this sport, white star players have become increasingly rare. I feel sorry for Danny Ainge's deal.
Thumbs up for the deal!”
"..."
After reading these comments, Lin Yu became more and more convinced that Boston is the most racially discriminatory city in the United States.
As for another official announcement about Paul Pierce's injury, the Celtics officially wrote this: "After last night's home game, Paul Pierce felt discomfort in his foot. After careful examination, it was diagnosed that he had a broken toe. Paul Pierce
I will be sidelined for about a month because of this."
The comments under this official news are not so optimistic. On the contrary, pessimism is already spreading.
"Paul is injured and will be out for a month. We can say goodbye to the playoffs more than two months in advance."
"Let's take advantage of the situation. Although this year's draft is only a small year, it is better than getting nothing at all."
"The dark era for the Celtics has come again. When will we see the light again?"
"..."
The day after Ricky Davis was traded away, the registration procedures for Wally Szczerbiak and Michael Olowokandi had not yet been completed, and Lin Yu only saw the two of them in the training hall.
A new teammate.
"Hey, Wally, welcome to the Celtics. In the next period of time, we may have to partner on the wings. I hope we can cooperate happily."
Wally Szczerbiak thanked him, shook hands with Lin Yu, and then said a few polite words, with a smile on his face throughout the process.
After a few short exchanges, Lin Yu knew that this guy was not difficult to get along with.
Compared with those carefree Americans, Szczerbiak is more like a shy Chinese, and the Lin Yu who contrasts him looks a bit like an American.
On the other hand, Michael Olowokandi, this guy is a bit like Ricky Davis in the past. As soon as he arrived at the training hall, he shouted to invite all his new teammates to come out and have fun.
As a result, all the new teammates rejected Olowokandi because they had a game in the afternoon and no one would dare to go to the bar to have fun at this moment unless they won the game.
Without Pierce and Ricky Davis, and Wally Szczerbiak still unable to play, the Celtics have a 0% chance of winning the game.
