This Forward is Not Serious

"Stop playing basketball and become a star!"

Sun Yue rarely envied people, but looking at Lin Ying with her hair cut, she couldn't help but say.

Lin Ying finally stood up and took a look, and nodded with satisfaction.

"You play basketball? This hairstyle also needs to be taken care of, otherwise most of it will be ruined if you wash it during the game."

It turns out that this little barber shop really has a hidden personality.

"Do you have a business card? The one with your real name."

Lin Ying finally asked the young man for his business card.

The young man moved quickly and took out the business card from the inner pocket of his jacket.

When I handed it over, I didn’t forget to remind:

"Please be sure to find me next time you come again."

Lin Ying took the business card and saw the young man's name.

Eh? Wu Liuqi?

The surname Wu is one of the hundreds of surnames in China. The most famous one was Wu Zixu of Wuyue.

But this Wu Liuqi.

Young man, could it be that you also traveled through time like me?

Did you get a haircut because you were bored?

This is unknown.

But Lin Ying remembered something.

His team is recruiting, and seems to be missing a hairstylist?

And the guy’s name matches his nickname very well!

…

When Lin Ying and the national team moved from Sanya to Beijing for training, the NBA playoffs were also in full swing.

The first person to lay down the gun was Chris Pao.

Although leading 2-0, after 7 games, the Hornets encountered a reversal from the Jazz and were eventually eliminated 3-4.

This Western Conference floor is really hard to touch!

Of course, the floor in the Eastern Conference Finals was also difficult. The Celtics only defeated the Cavaliers by 5 points in the second tiebreaker.

If the Eastern Conference semifinals were to overturn, let alone the Big Three comforting Auerbach's soul, Auerbach would probably be so angry that he would crawl out of the coffin.

The conference semifinals were a blast, but the finals were much smoother in comparison.

Two 4 to 2, the Celtics and Lakers expected to meet in the finals.

The Lakers "made it into June" as Kobe Bryant said when he won the MVP speech.

This is also the first time in 21 years that the NBA has staged the "Yellow-Green War."

Lin Ying followed the national team to Ningbo Beilun for training, but also paid attention to the finals.

As mentioned before, he is curious whether this Lakers team can win the championship.

The final result of the game: reasonable.

The Celtics defeated the Lakers 4-3 to win the championship and bloodbathed the Lakers in the seventh game.

More running-in will give the Lakers a better understanding and higher combat effectiveness.

But many details in the game determine that it will be difficult for the Lakers to win this year's finals.

Referees, home advantage, injuries, fitness, etc.

Among them, injuries and physical fitness are the most important factors.

Kobe's wrist won't get better immediately after playing with the Nuggets.

This greatly affected Kobe's status in the finals.

Coupled with the Celtics' historical defensive intensity, his shooting percentage fell below 40%.

Then there's Gasol's physical ability.

Thinking about Lin Ying being able to fuck him up all night, as a former first-rounder, he had never experienced such a high-intensity and long-term game.

Moreover, he faced Garnett, who was still at the end of his prime, and his performance was greatly restricted.

So after watching this finals, Lin Ying was still very touched.

The most direct point is: winning the championship is not a matter of the finals, but lasts throughout the playoffs.

In addition to strength, injuries, physical fitness, and state are all things that need to be overcome.

The dream of a championship is extremely difficult to realize without taking shortcuts.

One week after the Finals is the draft and free agency.

Lin Ying continued to pay attention while training.

He certainly doesn't have the ability to influence the management now, but with a better record than the same period in history and reaching the second round earlier, reinforcements are inevitable.

And after a round with the Lakers, the Nuggets' problems are clearly on the table, and improving perimeter defense is inevitable.

In fact, before the draft started, there was news that the Nuggets were going to send Martin away and replace him with a qualified outside 3D player.

Martin's current situation is rather embarrassing. The Nuggets have a better Lin Ying, and his price/performance ratio appears to be relatively low.

Especially since Lin Ying and Anthony will definitely be the starters next season, it will be a waste for Martin and Nene, who have two million-dollar contracts, to come on the bench.

Young Nene has proven that even if he is missing one ball, he is still a strong man, so Martin becomes the best bargaining chip.

There is a question mark over who this chip can be exchanged for in the end, or whether it can be exchanged.

A big contract, injuries, and things to clean up will all cause his trade value to plummet.

On June 27, the 2008 NBA Draft took place in New York as scheduled.

Originally, if Lin Ying had not returned to China, he would have followed Durant to the scene.

One is for Augustin, and the other is Beasley, another good friend of Durant.

Both will be running this year, and both are in the Little Green Room.

Let’s talk about Augustine first.

After the twin stars Lin Ying and Durant left the team, the University of Texas recruited McDonald's All-Star high school student JJ ​​Hixon with its championship title.

They continue to be favored because of this.

However, in the invitational game against the University of Memphis, Augustin was limited by Rose to only 16 points, and the team lost by 18 points.

In the Big12 finals, the University of Texas also lost to the University of Kansas again.

It seems that the threshold for this wave of "thousand-year-old second player" can only be crossed by Holiday Butler and others.

Then, the hottest rookie this year is Derrick Rose.

Rose joined the University of Memphis in his freshman season and averaged 14.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. As the core, he led the team to the Crazy Three Finals!

His non-slowing dribble and fast break speed amazed NBA scouts.

This is also the first defender in 12 years since Allen Iverson in 1996 who is favored by the outside world and has a chance to become the No. 1 pick.

It's a pity that Rose finally lost to the University of Texas' old rival, the University of Kansas, in the finals.

Old rivals such as Chalmers, Rush, Arthur, and Cowen will enter the NBA one year later than Lin Ying, Durant, and others.

Lin Ying watched this draft on TV.

Roughly the same as in history.

Rose was drafted No. 1 overall by the Bulls;

Beasley went to the Heat with the second pick;

The Thunder took Westbrook with the 4th pick, and Durant welcomed the "Defensive Player of the Year";

With the 8th overall pick, the Bucks selected "China boy" Joe Alexander, who had lived in China for 6 years;

The Bobcats selected Augustin with the 9th overall pick. It is unclear whether Boss Joe looked down on Lin Ying and fell in love with Augustin, or missed out on Lin Ying and selected Augustin.

The Trail Blazers selected Rush with the 13th overall pick and then sent him to the Pacers;

The Raptors took Hibbert with the 17th pick and then sent him to the Pacers;

The Rockets selected Batum with the 25th overall pick and then sent him to the Trail Blazers;

The Timberwolves selected Chalmers with the 34th overall pick and sent him to the Heat;

The Thunder drafted Cowen with the 56th overall pick;

…

And then there was this draft night, and there were a lot of trades happening at the same time.

The Clippers traded a second-round pick to the Bulls for Marcus Camby.

Bulls: Do I look like a fool to you?

Everyone: No way! You are!

Camby, who was acquired with the No. 9 pick a year ago, was sold to a second-round pick the next year.

Tihua Show!

But there is nothing that can be done about it. After using Camby for a season, the Bulls also realized that this is a cancer in the world.

Although Camby was still selected to the defensive first team, he was still the best defensive player last year!

Only after using it will you know that it is nothing.

Of course, it is inevitable that this transaction will be criticized.

After all, when Lin Ying reaches the second round, the psychological gap is not as big as usual;

The Bucks packaged Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons and acquired Richard Jefferson from the Nets.

Although Yi Jianlian has a slightly better record than in history, the Bucks still don't have enough patience with him.

In addition, Yi Jianlian’s agent Fei Gan had always hoped to help Yi Jianlian leave the Bucks, and the deal was finally reached;

The day after he learned that he had been traded to the Nets, Yi Jianlian looked very happy.

New Jersey is located on the east coast of the United States and is very close to New York.

He was finally able to leave the small, cold place in Milwaukee and go to a place with a large Chinese population.

…

Not two days after the draft ended, the more lively free agent market followed.

There are theoretically a lot of big fish in this year's free market, because many players' contracts have contract termination options this summer.

This includes Duncan, Iverson, Arenas, "Captain" Brand, Baron Davis, etc.

Duncan: Don't look at me. When I left, I went to the Magic to team up with Tracy McGrady!

After the free market opened, Arenas renewed his contract with the Wizards for 6 years and 110 million, Baron Davis went to the Clippers for 65 million in 5 years, Brand joined the 76ers for 82 million in 5 years, and Iguodala also 76 people renewed their contracts for 80 million in 6 years.

The summer of the NBA is the summer of throwing checks.

Back to the Nuggets.

The Nuggets let go of Najera, who went to the Nets for 12 million in four years and joined Yi Jian as a teammate.

This is expected. After signing Anderson, Najera basically had no playing time.

Then, they signed Tony Allen with part of the mid-level salary of 5 million in 2 years!

Lin Ying didn't expect this wave at all!

But this also shows how low Martin's current trading value is.

Compared with Camby, Martin basically has no choice but to lose his hand.

Let’s talk about Allen’s signing.

Originally, the Nuggets' targets were James Posey and Michael Pietrus, but the final annual contract salaries of these two players exceeded 5 million.

The Nuggets have no cap space, and the midlevel is unattractive.

So they have no choice but to poach.

Originally, they wanted to poach the Spurs' Michael Finley, but he was unwilling and only wanted to follow Popovich to do big things.

So they had to settle for Tony Allen.

Strictly speaking, this is Plan C after AB.

Of course, players are divided into periods. At this time, Tony Allen was far from the "best defensive player" in Kobe's words. He was still just a young player who could barely gain a foothold in the NBA, but his playing time was limited.

Last season James Posey was on the team and he had no chance to play. This season the team signed Marbury, and with the addition of Eddie House before, the backcourt is still bloated.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Nuggets have more opportunities.

If nothing else, a starting position is within easy reach!

This is what many young players dream of.

Of course, Lin Ying also knows that Allen still needs time to grow up, but at least he has a reliable helper!

If he meets the Lakers again, he will finally no longer have to guard Kobe Bryant as a power forward!

In addition to Allen, the Nuggets also signed two people.

One is Shaun Livingston, with an unguaranteed base salary.

Livingston was originally the proud son of God, the successor of the "Magician", but he was basically useless after that accident that he didn't dare to watch.

His rookie contract expired this year and no one is interested.

The Nuggets want to scratch the lottery ticket.

To be honest, Lin Ying didn't know what Livingston's physical condition was like during this period.

But this is also something to look forward to.

After all, after many ups and downs in history, Livingston finally showed his self-worth with the Warriors.

This shows that as long as his physical condition is okay, he can survive in the NBA.

And no matter how weak he is, he should still be stronger than old Carter.

The other one is Duntay Jones...

This Lin Ying cannot be evaluated.

It can only be said that Carl found a better tool man than Weaver.

But overall, the Nuggets' operations this offseason are quite good.

Oh, by the way, Iverson also chose to exercise his player option and play with the Nuggets for another year.

In this way, the Nuggets lineup for next season:

Point guard: Allen Iverson, Carter Sr., Livingston

Shooting Guards: Tony Allen, JR Smith, Abrams

Small forward: Anthony, Kleiza, Dante Jones

Da Qian: Lin Ying, Martin

Center: Nene, Anderson, Petro

This lineup will add a striker into the season, and its competitiveness will be much better than last season.

Of course Lin Ying was not in a hurry.

This just tells him to play well in the Olympics and there will be a better season waiting for him later!

Of course, how can free agent signings be short of transactions?

One of the trades that shocked the league the most came from the Rockets.

They sent Bobby Jackson, Dante Green and a 2009 first-round pick to acquire Artest from the Kings.

This is a robbery deal similar to Gasol. The Rockets used a bunch of change to exchange for a quasi-All-Star small forward who averaged 20+5+5 per game last season!

After the deal is completed, the Rockets also have their own "Big Three"!

Yao Ming heard the news during training, and he immediately laughed into a big "囧" character!

After so many years, the management of Soso Sou has finally found a powerful helper for him and Mai!

He feels that the Rockets are really going to win the championship next season!

Lin Ying couldn't say anything.

But if Tracy McGrady didn't get those few injections last year, he would be better off.

In the new season, the Rockets, who have reached the Western Conference semifinals and reached the tiebreaker with the Lakers for the first time in history, add Tracy McGrady to the team. It is really not impossible to win the championship.

But there are no ifs in history.

Of course, Lin Ying himself doesn’t know how history will turn out now.

Because the longer he enters the NBA, the butterfly effect is expanding.

It's just the tip of the iceberg that has melted now, and it might turn into an avalanche one day.

On July 14th, NBA free agent signings were almost in progress, and each team's lineup was almost complete.

At this time, the incident that had attracted much attention from fans around the world finally had an answer.

After a long period of deliberation, Kobe finally announced that he would participate in the Beijing Olympics.

The headlines of major media outlets in the United States published Coach K’s original words:

"Our best player is here!"

Thank you for the time-consuming reward that goes down your throat like wine~