This Forward is Not Serious

After three days of rest in Phoenix, the Suns embarked on a road trip in the Eastern Conference.

According to the latest news from the team, Nash will continue to miss these three games.

In addition to personal matters, Nash also had some problems with his mental state.

This undoubtedly casts a huge shadow on the Suns' defense of the title.

Of course, those are not what Lin Ying is thinking about now. What he has to do now is to help the team win as many games as possible.

In the first game of the road trip, the Suns' opponent was the Heat.

Riley used Plan C to put together a lineup for the Heat, but there were many problems. For example, O'Neal Jr. was deeply troubled by injuries and played intermittently, and Jefferson's defensive problems were seriously underestimated.

However, Beasley and Kevin Martin performed very well.

Beasley's scoring average finally reached 20, while Martin averaged a career-high 23 points per game.

The two also performed very well in this game, scoring 58 points together and maintaining a stalemate with the Suns.

In the end, the Suns narrowly won the game 103-101.

Lin Ying was flanked by everyone in this game and scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 16 assists. The number of assists set a new career high.

Although Stoudemire's state has declined, the Suns have blossomed more, with Tracy McGrady, Frye, Barbosa, Hill and Landry all scoring in double figures.

After defeating the Heat, the Suns rushed to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks.

Reid has suffered serious knee injuries in the past two years, and the core has turned to Jennings.

Jennings scored 55 points in a single game last season and was very explosive in scoring, but compared to Reed, his scoring stability is relatively poor.

You can see him scoring 35 points in the last game, and you can see him scoring single digits in the next game.

Gentry's restrictions in this game were very specific. He used Barbosa to play the starting point guard to restrict Jennings.

Jennings lost his speed advantage and struggled.

Unable to score from the outside, the Bucks could only rely on the inside to attack, and Lin Ying's defensive performance in this game was absolutely outstanding.

He once blocked Bogut's three shots in a row in one round!

However, his offensive touch in this game was very average. He only made 5 of 17 shots in tribute to Mamba.

Who hasn’t had a slippery night yet?

After the whole game, Lin Ying only scored 14 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 blocks!

However, the Bucks' offense was also very weak, and the Suns still won the game 79-76!

The Suns have won three consecutive games without Nash!

This is exciting news for Suns fans.

Although Lin Ying's statistical performance is not that dazzling, he can help the team win!

And just when the fans here were excited, Lin Ying scored 41 points in the Bobcats game! Once again set a new record for the highest score in a single game of the season!

Data, right? This is coming!

Speaking of the Bobcats, they previously sent Okafor to the Hornets for Chandler, and then Chandler was traded for Dampier, and then Dampier was waived!

After a set of combos, Charlotte didn't even have a decent center!

Therefore, it is reasonable for Lin Ying to score high.

In this game, Stoudemire also recovered again and scored 20+10.

What’s more interesting is that Bobcats owner Jordan watched the game from the sidelines!

Looking at the inside that was riddled with holes, I don't know how Jordan, who became the team's boss for the first time, felt at the moment.

Just two days later, the league announced last week's Player of the Week.

Best of the Week in the Eastern Conference belongs to James.

In the past week, James led the Knicks to a 3-0 record, averaging 30 points, 7 rebounds and 11.67 assists per game.

Although they were defeated by the Bulls in the opening game, the Knicks quickly adjusted and so far are only behind the Bulls with a record of half a game.

The Best of the Week in the West belongs to Lin Ying!

This is also Lin Ying’s first career Best of the Week award!

He led the Suns to a 4-0 record in the past week, averaging 26.75 points, 6.5 rebounds, 9.75 assists and 2.5 blocks per game!

In the days when Nash was away, Lin Ying carried the team!

The record and statistics are very beautiful, but Lin Ying actually feels a little painful and happy.

The first thing he did when he returned to Phoenix was throw himself into a cryostat.

For the first time, he felt the danger signal released by his body.

This past week, because Nash is no longer available, he has been under tremendous defensive pressure.

This also requires him to make more breakthroughs on the field than ever before.

The burden brought by too many breakthroughs on ankles and knees is also the biggest since he entered the league.

This is also the difference between small forward and power forward. The power forward's style of play is relatively static. As long as he doesn't follow the raptor style like Stoudemire Griffin, he is relatively more healthy.

But the small forward, or the organizational swingman, requires too many breakthroughs and changes of direction.

It's no wonder why so many of Jordan's successors are useless. Most people really can't bear to play like this.

Of course, he didn't say he regretted changing his position because of this.

That is a decision with long-term goals.

And Grover's plan is actually fine, and his transition at the beginning of the season was smooth.

It's just that Stoudemire's struggle to change his style of play, as well as Nash's divorce, all came together, and he was in an overloaded state in advance, which caused some reactions in his body.

From this perspective, James' physical talent is really a historical bug.

The good news is that Nash is finally back.

…

This past week, the Dolan incident continued to unfold.

In fact, compared with the Sterling incident in history, Dolan's words on this matter were relatively light.

So after Dolan brought out evidence that he had been hiring black people, the league's investigation stalled for a time.

Moreover, Dolan's team began to raise the topic of who leaked the recording at this time, diverting a lot of attention.

But this situation did not last long.

Because the parade in New York has been upgraded!

As mentioned earlier, there were demonstrations, smashing, looting, but no burning, but now the burning has started!

During a demonstration, a building on the street was completely burned down, and its ruins looked like a battlefield in Afghanistan.

This incident quickly escalated.

You must know that this is no longer public security, but national security.

Even President Ao Guanhai condemned Dolan's racial discrimination at the press conference.

What, punish people for marching?

Anyone who dares to do this at this time will hit the muzzle of the gun!

Otherwise, why do you think this kind of demonstration in the United States is completely out of control?

Although this wave of Ao Guanhai does not threaten Dolan, the head of state expressed his stance, and the New York State government immediately accelerated its actions.

Then, without knowing what means were used, some other scandals about Dolan were also exposed.

Even the history of drug abuse in his youth was revealed.

What a breathtaking offensive and defensive drama!

Lin Ying was watching this too.

Regarding Dolan, he had seen some news before.

Essentially, Dolan is incapable of being willful, but he is indeed not a bad person, and can even be considered a good person.

The "9·11" terrorist attacks, hurricanes Katrina and Sandy...when these disasters occurred in the United States, he would organize charity concerts to donate money;

In history, he even lent his private jet to Tyson Chandler so that he could often go home to visit his mother who had terminal cancer during away games. You must know that Chandler was no longer a Knicks player at that time. ;

Including his own examples of appointing black people as senior executives, there are also a large number of female employees, including the most typical "Smiling Assassin" Thomas. He paid more than 10 million US dollars in compensation for Thomas's sex scandal.

But some things are not determined by how good or bad you are as a person.

There was such a joke.

Two American friends were chatting, one of them had a sad face.

"Brother, what happened?"

One person asked with concern.

The other man was silent.

"Is there a relationship problem? There are so many women in the world, don't miss a forest just because of the tree in front of you!"

The other man shook his head.

"Are you having financial problems? It doesn't matter. We are brothers. Tell us how much money you are short of and I can help you!"

The other person still shook his head.

"Brother, it's a work matter."

The other man finally spoke and sighed.

"I'm fired!"

"What a lousy company. They fired you. I know your abilities. You are just a talentless person working there. Why did they fire you?"

"Just because I called him nigger."

"What?"

"Just because I called nigger! These sons of bitches!"

"No, I'm talking about what you said in the previous sentence."

"Am I fired?"

"No, we still have to go ahead."

"Brother, it's a work matter."

"I'm sorry, I'm not your brother."

…

The topic of racial discrimination should not be too sensitive in the United States. It is ten times more dangerous than drugs or guns.

Just like Dolan, you don’t have to scold, just complaining can take you away.

And this matter is actually not Dolan’s fault, because he is very familiar with Xiao Hua, and he never thought that Xiao Hua could record.

Of course, Xiao Hua didn't expect that his original purpose was just to grab some information about Dolan as a bargaining chip for coming to power in the future, but he didn't expect it to be leaked!

So in the end, Stern made a decision through investigation and evidence collection, banning Dolan for life, fined him $2.5 million, and required him to sell the team.

This survey result has been recognized by NBA players, especially New York players represented by James, and has also been affirmed by the New York State government.

Or in other words, this is equivalent to a ruling.

Dolan was definitely dissatisfied and appealed, but judging from Ao Guanhai's previous statements, this appeal was destined to fail.

And at this time, even if Dolan offered a sky-high price, no well-known lawyer wanted to get involved in this case.

Because this topic is too sensitive, your lawyer career may end prematurely.

So the final findings came into effect.

But Dolan still refused to do it at this time.

He stated that the Knicks are his personal property and the league has no right to force him to sell the team.

And he also stated that the Knicks' market value is the highest in the league, and it is impossible for him to sell the team.

This is indeed true. The Knicks are a golden rice bowl, which has a different meaning from the Clippers in history.

But at this time, we need to popularize some background knowledge.

The NBA has a league board of directors, which is composed of 30 team owners. Once initiated by the league president and more than 75% of the members agree, Dolan must sell the team.

This is a rule that all NBA owners must abide by.

In other words, Dolan doesn’t want to do anything unless he can convince 25% of bosses to vote against it.

But this is obviously unrealistic at this time.

The Knicks' change of ownership is already irreversible.

The big question is, how much are the Knicks worth, and who can afford to buy them?

According to the latest market value assessment, the Knicks' market value ranks first in the league, reaching US$580 million.

That’s nearly three times as many as the Bucks, the last-place team.

But will Dolan sell for $580 million?

This is absolutely impossible to happen.

Let's take the Sterling incident as an example. It was in 2014, and the Clippers' valuation at that time was a little less than 580 million, 575 million.

The initial transaction price estimated by the outside world was around US$1 billion. After all, the Clippers had a Big Three lineup of Paul, Griffin and DeAndre Jordan at the time.

As a result, the final transaction price was 2 billion!

Nearly 4 times the valuation!

Someone will definitely ask why the difference is so big?

This will involve a question: How does the team valuation come from?

It is based on the most recent sale of the team.

Before the Clippers trade in history, the most recent transaction was that the Bucks were sold for 550 million, so the Clippers' valuation is 5.75.

But the actual situation is that due to the arrival of Paul and the emergence of the "Lob City", the market value of the Clippers has been developed. Coupled with Stern's success in NBA globalization, it is already worth about 1 billion.

In that year's bidding, the other two consortiums' quotations were 1.2 billion and 1.6 billion respectively, but Ballmer was very wealthy and increased the price to 2 billion in one go.

Just like Lin Ying's previous offer to Grover, the other two consortiums suddenly ran out of ideas.

So the current situation is that Dolan directly shouted 2 billion!

Aren’t you forcing me to sell? Then I won’t sell it if I don’t have this outrageous price.

If some of you buy it, I won’t lose money. If no one can afford it, then I, the boss, will continue to be the boss!

This operation is perfect.

This time Stern and the alliance are indeed in trouble.

Because in theory, if you only buy the lower-ranked teams, this is enough to sell seven or eight teams.

And no matter how rich you were, how could you spend 2 billion in one go in 2010?

This is not a manager game!

You have to know that Prokhorov only spent more than 200 million to buy the Nets!

Who is willing to pay for this?

If you can't find it, it will be a long process with many uncertainties.

For example, you haven't finished talking yet. Which team next door sold another 1 billion? The price shouldn't rise to 3 billion or even 4 billion?

This is also very reasonable. The market value of the Knicks is actually inestimable.

Because holding it means making money while lying down.

When Lin Ying saw this, he also felt that the NBA was suddenly so interesting. This group of business elites were really no different from ordinary people.

But just when the outside world thought that this matter would definitely drag on for a long time, Stern found the buyer just a week later.

Of course, he was also the only buyer, because no one else could afford it at this price.

Yes, it's him. In history, he spent 2 billion to buy the Clippers, but now he is still one of the big bosses of Microsoft... Steve Ballmer!