NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Rose was actually quite unlucky.

If it weren't for that injury, Rose would have had a great chance to contend for MVP this season.

Before his injury, he had topped the MVP rankings, and his team's record and personal statistics were quite competitive.

Unfortunately, missing 20 games due to injury had a huge impact on him. He was already at a disadvantage, and his statistics did not show an overwhelming advantage. Rose, who was just one of the main competitors, completely lost his chance to compete for MVP after missing more than 20 games.

Fortunately, the 10-game winning streak at the end of the season was a significant boost to him. Although the MVP award was almost impossible, he had a chance to beat Kobe, Paul, and others to make the All-NBA First Team.

Even if they don't make the first team, making the second or third team shouldn't be a problem at all!

This is one of the best compliments he could receive.

As for the MVP, maybe next year?

After all, he has already demonstrated the strength and potential to compete for MVP this season.

本赛季，罗斯出战59场，场均能够贡献全队最高的25.6分和7.8次助攻5.1篮板，是全联盟唯二能够拿下25+7+5数据的球员。

The other one is LeBron James.

Apart from Rose, although no other player on the Bobcats team can average 20 points per game, the team is by no means lacking in offensive firepower!

Yao Ming averaged 17.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game, while also achieving a 35.3% three-point shooting percentage, making him the team's second-leading scorer. In addition to developing a new offensive weapon for his career—the three-point shot—his number of blocks also set a new career high.

Weight loss did significantly reduce his one-on-one ability under the basket, but it greatly improved his mobility. His ability to move and help defend increased significantly, resulting in a noticeable increase in blocks.

布泽尔场均15.6分9.8篮板，德罗赞场均14.4分4.1篮板，林书豪场均也有13分6次助攻入账。

In addition, although Odom only averaged 9.8 points per game, he also averaged 8.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists, demonstrating his all-around ability.

Although the Bobcats have a clear core this year, they play a team-wide, all-out attack strategy, with five players averaging double figures in scoring. Their offensive options are quite diverse, and the team places great emphasis on ball sharing.

Regardless of whether fans and experts agree that the Bobcats have the strength to contend for the championship, or whether they think they can challenge for the title this year, there is one thing that everyone can agree on: the Bobcats' chemistry and unity are absolutely top-tier in the entire league.

Under Lin Tian's leadership, this group of people truly resembled one big family.

No one doubts that if anyone wanted to spar with them, even if the Lynx team didn't have any exceptionally strong individual fighters, it would be no easy task for them to gain the upper hand.

Well, of course, no one calculated Lin Tian's combat strength.

If Lin Tian's fighting ability is taken into account, then this team is basically invincible.

Considering Lin Tian's situation, it's best to hope that they don't initiate any trouble or fight.

Provocation?

That way, we might see Lin Tian in a suit, giving everyone a demonstration of what it means to be a suit-wearing thug and a violent gentleman.

It's best not to mess with this team.

The Bobcats, ranked third in the Eastern Conference, still have home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Although this is likely to be their only series with home-court advantage, at least in the first round of the playoffs, they can start the series from Spectrum Center.

Between the regular season and the playoffs, the league thoughtfully provides each team with 2-3 days of rest. So no matter how hard each team fought in the final stages of the regular season, at least when the playoffs begin, the players all look energetic and full of vitality.

The Knicks are all set to go, and you could tell how excited they were during their warm-up.

"I didn't expect it to be so soon!" Old Nelson still had that squinty-eyed, smiling look, just like Coach Anzai: "I really didn't expect that we would meet in the playoffs so soon."

"You said the same thing when we first met in the regular season." Lin Tian disrespectfully reached out and grabbed Old Nelson's big belly, giving it a good rub before laughing and saying, "Drink less beer, this belly is about to burst."

"Get lost! Believe me or not, I'll give that Rose thing a flagrant foul as soon as the game starts!" Old Nelson slapped Lin Tian's hand away, making him quite uncomfortable.

"I don't believe you," Lin Tian said with a grin. "But you should be worried about something else now."

"worry about what?"

"If I remember correctly, your salary ranks second on the coaching list, right?" Lin Tian said with a wicked smile, "Second only to mine."

"But after I left, you guys were eliminated in the second round and then in the first round, and Messi and Ronaldo just ran away."

"Aren't you scared or insecure taking this salary? Should I talk to James for you and ask him not to fire you? It would be so embarrassing to be fired at your age!"

"Then why don't you deliberately lose to me and save my coaching career? How about it? My dear disciple, my most outstanding disciple, my proudest, favorite, and most prized disciple, would you be willing to help me?"

"No." Lin Tian shook his head without even thinking, indicating that he couldn't do this.

"Then why are you meddling in other people's business! Get lost." Old Nelson kicked Lin Tian's shin in annoyance. He originally wanted to kick his butt, but he was too old to reach, and his knee couldn't even reach it.

After kicking Lin Tian, ​​old Nelson suddenly said, "But you're right, I am indeed preparing to retire."

"My contract expires next season. Although James is an idiot and stupid, he is very generous. He wanted to re-sign with me in the middle of this season, and wanted to re-sign with me with a new contract that was only $1 less than yours."

"Guarantee my income, and I can guarantee my expectations of you. If I didn't see this idiot bringing different women back to his room almost every day and never bringing any man in, I would have doubted that he truly loves you!"

"FUXX!" Lin Tian quickly waved his hand to disperse the filth that Old Nelson was talking about.

too disgusting.

"But you still rejected his contract extension offer and decided to retire after next season?"

“Yes.” Old Nelson nodded and said, “I have gotten everything I wanted, I have achieved everything I desired, I have achieved unparalleled success, and if I were to stay here any longer, I would be an old man who has no respect for his elders.”

"It's time to make way for the younger generation!"

"That's what I think too." Lin Tian nodded quickly and said, "I retired to make room for younger people. I don't want to become an old geezer, and I also want to get rid of some old geezers who want to occupy positions and refuse to leave!"

"You should just die." Old Nelson gave Lin Tian the middle finger and then stopped wasting words with the guy.

Talking to Lin Tian always puts Old Nelson in a good mood. The kid always knows what he wants and what he wants to hear, which suits his taste! Their temperaments are in sync.

Unfortunately, you can't talk to Lin Tian too much, because talking too much can easily cause a cerebral hemorrhage.

At his age, Nelson can't withstand this kind of turmoil.

"What do you think Michael is feeling right now?" Miller asked Jackson beside him on the sidelines. "Do you think he's happy or angry?"

"Of course I'm happy," Jackson said. "This is the first time the team has made the playoffs, the first time we've won 50+ games, the first time we've had two All-Star starters, and the first time we've been able to perform in the playoffs. This season, the Bobcats have been incredibly successful!"

"I can't think of any reason why he was angry."

"But this season's success has nothing to do with him!" Miller said with a wicked grin. "Did he build the team? No! The team he built was reduced to only 3 or 4 players by Lin's purge?"

"Of the remaining players, Rose and DeRozan were chosen by Jordan after listening to Lin's advice. This means that of all the players on this team, only Augustin and Williams were brought in by Jordan."

"Unfortunately, these two are now the team's third point guard and third small forward, respectively, and their combined playing time is barely over 10 minutes per game."

"He had nothing to do with the team's development! He was completely uninvolved in any of the team's decisions. If you had to say anything, he was just a mascot and assistant coach during training."

At this point, Miller had a complete idea of ​​what he was trying to say.

"So, seeing the team so successful this year, setting all sorts of team records, yet Jordan himself feels completely uninvolved, especially when he recalls those years when he didn't listen to Lin and messed things up, causing the team to slump and never recover." "Jordan must be feeling very conflicted right now. Is that what you're trying to say?"

Jackson looked at Miller and said, "If Jordan were a petty, vindictive, narrow-minded, stubborn, extremely competitive, proud, and self-important guy, he would be quite conflicted right now, and might not even be able to sleep at night."

"So, is he that kind of person?"

At this point, Miller and Jackson, the two former partners, looked at each other and then burst into laughter at the same time.

“This guy has been like this since he was 3! He won’t change when he’s 80!” Miller laughed heartily, clutching his stomach. “I think I can introduce Michael to a psychologist.”

“I think he needs alcohol more right now. I have a few good bottles of wine I can give him.” Jackson added with a smile, “Mullin loved my wine collection back in the day! He said mine was the best! Certified by the NBA’s number one alcoholic, it definitely won’t disappoint Michael!”

"You two bastards! You're so smug!" Inside the VIP box, Jordan, holding a cigar, glared fiercely at the two old bastard commentators, wishing he could grab a golf club and smash one of them over the head!
What's most frustrating for Jordan right now is that almost everything those two guys said is true!
His feelings were indeed conflicted and distressed, painful and filled with self-doubt.

Am I really inferior to Lin? Is the gap between us really that big?
I've been coaching him for so many years with no improvement, and this guy took over and got 50 wins right away?
If Rose hadn't been injured, they could definitely have won 55 or even 60 games!
Am I really that much worse than Lin?
Why?! Why am I so unlucky while this kid is so lucky? Why do I always lose to him in my life?
Jordan was muttering to himself in the VIP box, looking extremely conflicted.

How do you describe this feeling?

I'm afraid my brother is suffering, and even more afraid he's driving a Land Rover.

Jordan certainly wants Lin Tian to do well, wants the team to do well, and wants the Bobcats to improve, make the playoffs, and win the championship.

but……

This feeling of having nothing to do with myself, and being able to only hold others back and sign checks, is absolutely awful.

It's so frustrating, but I have to hide it all.

It’s so uncomfortable!
The problem Jordan is facing now is the problem that men all over the world face.

What should I do if my brother drives a Land Rover?
Miller and Jackson actually asked Lin Tian this question!

In the short time before the match, these two guys found Lin Tian and asked him this question.

Lin Tian said easily, "That's too simple! If you drive a Land Rover, you drive a Rolls-Royce; if you drive a Rolls-Royce, you drive a Tank; if you drive a Tank, you drive a Gundam!"

"As long as you run a better business than your brother, you won't feel conflicted or jealous."

"That's how I always do it, and I've never lost!"

Jordan: ...

I don't want to drive a tank? I don't want to drive a Gundam?

Damn it, it can't be opened...

Jordan was getting angrier and angrier. If it were anyone else in the world who led the Bobcats to success, he wouldn't feel this way. But it was Lin Tian, ​​and Lin Tian was someone he had to visit three times to invite.

It was extremely uncomfortable.

Subconsciously, he actually hoped that Lin Tian would fail, that Lin Tian would hit a wall and suffer some losses, so that he could appear like an older brother, pat Lin Tian on the shoulder, encourage him, cheer him on, share his experience, and tell him that managing a team is not so easy.

Then, Lin Tian succeeded again.

This is Jordan's script.

But who would have thought that Lin Tian actually did it in just one offseason?

Jordan was suffering inside, but he couldn't say it out loud.

Even he, someone as fearless as him, couldn't say such a thing.

He himself knew that saying this was too embarrassing and petty.

Unfortunately, Jordan couldn't help but keep thinking that way.

And obviously, those three guys below, including many old bastards who know Jordan well, know how Jordan is feeling right now.

I know he can't bring himself to say it.

So this group of people suddenly fell into a frenzy of revelry.

For example, on TNT's end, Barkley slammed his fist on the table and said, "I just ordered a case of the finest brandy to be sent to Michael's office. I'm sure he needs it!"

“I’m Michael’s best buddy, hahaha, I know him too well. I know how much he needs these treasures right now, otherwise he definitely won’t be able to sleep!”

O'Neal said, "If someone can break into Michael's office or home right now and take a picture of him, showing everyone his expression and condition, I'm willing to pay $10!"

"$10 for photos, $30 for videos! As long as everyone can see what Michael looks like now, I, Shaq, will cover all that money!"

"I suddenly remembered when we lost to Michael and the Bulls in the Finals." For the first time in his life, Payton brought up the 1996 Finals: "Lin scored 45 or 55 points against me, I forget."

"But I remember the look in Michael's eyes at the time."

"Let me put it this way, I've never seen such complex emotions in anyone's eyes in my entire life! Never! Michael's emotions back then must have been exactly the same as they are now!"

“What you’re saying is a bit of a contradiction,” Kenny laughed, trying to smooth things over. “Are you saying that Michael is a petty and jealous guy?”

"Yes, that's exactly what we mean!" The remaining three burst into another fit of wild laughter; they were having the most fun tonight!
Although the Bobcats' success this season was foreshadowed and seen by everyone, people gradually accepted the Bobcats' rise.

But the fact that both commentators suddenly brought up this topic at the same time tonight and started mocking Jordan has made it the hottest topic in the entire basketball world tonight.

Would Jordan really be jealous of Lin?

"Of course he'd be jealous!" Who knows where Krause has disappeared to in recent years, having long since left the NBA circle and living a very low-key life, was dragged out of nowhere by reporters.

Upon hearing this topic, Klaus seemed to have finally found an opportunity, a chance to vent, and his words flowed out like a torrent.

"He was jealous that Patrick got more than him, he was jealous that Scott had bigger stuff, he was jealous of everything around him, he was jealous of guys who were better than him. He was arrogant to the point of being conceited. He was not a hero, he was a brutal tyrant!"

"His biggest jealousy was of course Lin. After he learned that Lin could earn 30 million a year, he changed the contract overnight and earned just one dollar more than Lin."

"He's jealous that Lin is more handsome than him, and that he has more beautiful female celebrities as girlfriends. He's jealous that Lin became a heartthrob in his rookie season. He's jealous of everything about Lin!"

"Why do you think he didn't draft Yao Ming but Kwame, didn't draft Durant but drafted Oden, and then traded Aldridge after drafting him?"

"He's jealous! He's jealous that Lin can see things so accurately!"

"He wants to prove himself! He wants to prove that he is stronger than Lin!"

"If he hadn't been completely desperate, if the team hadn't been so bad that it was impossible to watch and there was absolutely no improvement, do you think he would have hired Lin?"

"Bullshit! If he wasn't completely desperate and under immense pressure, he would have preferred to hire me rather than Lin!"

"I know Michael better than any of you! I know better than any of you that Michael is a selfish, petty, narrow-minded, incompetent, and good-for-nothing idiot who can't do anything but play basketball!"

Krause's outburst allowed him to release the anger and dissatisfaction he had harbored for many years towards Jordan.

I wonder if this fatso will feel better after being released, and maybe live a few more years... (End of Chapter)