On the afternoon of the 16th, Toyota Center became increasingly busy.
The official staff of the league did not leave, but more staff poured in and began to arrange the venue for the afternoon game.
More and more media reporters are pouring in, and the only ones leaving may be the group of star players who participated in the main game. After taking their makeup photos, they left in groups of two or three.
Lin Yu stayed in the arena for a whole day. After taking makeup photos, he accepted interviews from some media.
"Dayu, let's talk about the afternoon game. Are you interested in the MVP of the Rookie Challenge? Or will you give up this rookie game for the next regular season?"
"After the rookie game, I will have two days to rest, so why should I give up this rookie game that will not have any negative impact on me at all?"
"That is to say, you are very interested in the MVP of this Rookie Challenge?"
"Of course, no one will ignore a very important personal honor, especially when you only have two chances to win it."
During the interview, Lin Yu made no secret of his desire for the MVP of the rookie game.
Most media reporters also believe that Lin Yu has a high possibility of winning the rookie game MVP.
Lin Yu, who averaged 14.8 points per game as of the All-Star Game, is already the second player in the 2005 rookie class. If Paul gives up this rookie game, Lin Yu will be the first player in the first-year team, giving football rights.
Under such circumstances, it is not impossible to rush for MVP.
The head coaches of the Rookie Challenge are the assistant coaches who are number one in the East and West. The number one in the East is the Pistons. Flip Saunders sent his right-hand assistant Michael Curry. The number one in the West is the Spurs. Greg-
Popovich sent Mike Budenholzer.
One coached the second-year team and the other coached the first-year team. Budenholzer was the head coach of the first-year team.
As soon as Lin Yu finished the interview, he was called to the locker room by Budenholzer's assistant.
The Rookie Challenge, as the name suggests, is for rookies to challenge veterans. Therefore, the locker room used by the rookie players is the visiting team's locker room.
When Lin Yu pushed the door open, more than half of the first-year rookies had already arrived. He walked straight to a cabinet facing the door.
"Hey kid, this isn't your place!"
Lin Yu put down his bag and looked up at the voice that sounded a bit unbeatable. It was Andrew Bogut, the Australian center.
"Andrew Bogut? Why can't I sit here?"
Lin Yu wanted to laugh a little. Is a parallel import No. 1 draft pick from Australia qualified to take charge of some things in the NBA locker room?
"Because you are not a rookie, you should go next door. There is no place for you here."
Lin Yu couldn't help it anymore and laughed out loud: "I can understand you, our parallel import No. 1 pick. Because of my appearance, I'm afraid you will become the No. 1 pick in another rookie season that won't even make the All-Rookie Team.
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Lin Yu poked Bogut's sore foot. He was right. After Lin Yu came out, Lin Yu and Paul locked two seats in the best rookie team. Charlie Villanuo had better statistics.
Watt and Channing-Fry basically locked up the other two seats.
The only remaining spot is the competition between Deron Williams, Raymond Felton and Andrew Bogut.
Judging from the current performance, Felton is ahead of the other two, and Bogut should be at the bottom.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I just know that you are a rookie in the 2004 draft and you should go next door."
Boggart blushed instantly, but Lin Yu ignored him and sat down on his own.
"Chinaman, don't you understand English? This is not the place for you to sit!" Bogut's original plan was to humiliate Lin Yu. In his impression, Chinese people are very shy. If
If he talks harshly, China Lin will definitely not reply.
But now, it was more like he was humiliated by Lin Yu. He was furious, standing aside and shouting hysterically, even waving his arms as if he wanted to take action.
Lin Yu suddenly took off his training jacket, revealing the strong muscles he had developed in the past two months, and then said to Bogut in a threatening manner: "What, No. 1 Scholar, are you going to do something? Don't blame me for not warning you.
You, I studied under Bruce Lee, and if I deal with a clumsy idiot like you, within three moves, you will be lying on the carpet in the dressing room."
"And, I'm warning you, if I hear the word Chinaman again, I will definitely sue you for racial discrimination."
Boggart suddenly became scared. In the United States, fists and even guns are not the hardest weapons. The cauldron of racial discrimination is the hardest weapon.
No one is not afraid of racial discrimination. If someone really commits a big mistake of racial discrimination, it is not a big deal to pay some money. The worst thing is to lose his job because of racial discrimination and be criticized verbally and verbally by public opinion.
Boggart shut his mouth, and the episode in the locker room ended.
Chris Paul, who was sitting on the other side, stretched out his right hand in a very friendly manner, gave Lin Yu a high-five, and took the initiative to talk.
"Hey Lin, how long are you going to play in today's game?"
"Of course I can fight as long as I can."
"Don't you need to rest?"
"It's just a rookie challenge."
"I don't plan to play for too long. When coach Budenholzer comes later, I will propose to play only one game."
Paul quickly said that he would give up this rookie game, and Lin Yu suddenly became very happy. If Paul doesn't play, no one in the starting lineup will compete with him.
"If cp3 doesn't play, we can give the ball to Lin. In this game, we must defeat the second-year team and let them know that they are not even as good as a group of rookies!"
It was Luther Hyde who said this. Lin Yu was a little surprised. Luther Hyde could be regarded as the host of this rookie game, but the young man was very smart and knew who should give the ball if Paul didn't play.
He threw a grateful smile towards Hyde, and Hyde smiled back.
Because he was on the same team as Dayao and performed well in his rookie season, Hyde won the favor of the Chinese market. After making money, he naturally had a great impression of Chinese players.
Now, he is conveying his goodwill.
"Then let Lin take charge. We want to watch Lin Crazy in an All-Star game!"
The black friends had friendly exchanges with Lin Yu, and Andrew Bogut became even more angry. Originally, he wanted to isolate Lin Yu on the grounds that Lin Yu was a cross-class rookie.
Looking at it now, he seems a bit isolated.
He turned around to ask for help from his white friend, but another white European king, Jaskovicius, was sitting in the corner of the locker room, minding his own music and seemed completely uninterested in contesting the ball in the locker room.
competition.
When Mike Budenholzer pushed through the door, the rookies in the locker room had already distributed the ball.
"In this game, our goal is obviously to win. We are a group of rookies, but we also want to let the second-year veterans know that even rookies are not easy to mess with!"
Budenholzer quickly arranged everything, and after spreading a wave of chicken soup, he announced the starting lineup for this game: "The starting lineup has been determined before the game, point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Lin Yu,
Small forward Danny Granger, power forward Channing Frye, center Andrew Bogut."
