984 The team that ended the winning streak (thank you for your support)
After playing against the Lakers, Iverson also wrote a tweet saying that made his fans tremble: The slum kid, who has walked so far, encountered many things on the road, met many friends, and finally got tired. I want to go home, mom, I don’t want to wander anymore.
Although Iverson later explained that he was just hot-headed and deliberately pretended to write such words, everyone knew that Iverson was considering retirement.
The Warriors are now considering the substitute on the outside.
This incident had a great impact on Chamberlain, which made him feel depressed and hesitant throughout late January. Billups' departure caused the team to have a point guard gap. Although Carter came, he did not help the team in organizing the offense.
Iverson's career is considered to be more shooting guard than organizational guards, but no matter what, he is better at organizing offense than Carter. In this way, Billups left, Iverson's ability declined, and the overall organizational situation of the Warriors suddenly became a crisis.
At the end of the month, seeing Chamberlain frowning every day, Li Qun asked: "What do you think now? What kind of guard should you find?"
Chamberlain said helplessly: "Now the team has lowered the standards. As long as it is a substitute guard who can organize, we don't have much time for him, so the best result now is to find a veteran with poor physical strength, but after searching, we can't find a suitable candidate."
Li Qun thought about it for a while and said, "I'll give you a call, can you call me and try it..."
"Do you recommend a player? Who is it?" Chamberlain asked happily.
Li Qun smiled bitterly and said, "You may not be able to like it, but I think that young man is really good. This is not what I found myself, but the contact information given to me by Cao Nan. He has asked me to blow the pillow wind to you since the beginning of the season, but I have not done this."
A day later, a middle-aged white man with slightly curly hair entered the office of Old Nelson. He sent a series of information to everyone present, and then said passionately: "Gentlemen, my name is Roger Montgomery, please let me say a few words to my boss."
"My boss is not the kind of guy with great physical fitness, but he has excellent skills. The key is that I bet he has the best minds of the defenders in the league. My boss participated in last year's draft. Of course, he was not selected. If the draft was successful, he could be the first Ivy League player to be selected by the NH after Jerome Allen of the University of Pennsylvania. This would be a good story, right?"
"He is definitely a smart passer. He can provide your big guys with the ball he needs anytime, anywhere. He has fierce defense, decisive offense, and hard training. Of course, he is not a perfect player. His jump shots are flawed and his body is a bit thin. He may not have enough strength and athleticism to fight against his opponents, but I can guarantee that he can create his own shooting opportunities or break into the penalty area to attack the basket, and bring your team the energy that is much needed now."
"My boss is Jeremy Lin. He is like his husband, and he is also a Chinese. It's a coincidence that his hometown is in San Francisco. Yes, he is a fellow villager. He really hopes to play for his hometown team. My boss's Chinese name is Jeremy Lin."
What Li Qun helped Chamberlain find was Cao Nan's friend at Harvard University. Jeremy Lin and Chamberlain had watched his game video. He really had no highlights. He was very flexible and could always find gaps and problems. However, his physical fitness was too average and he couldn't solve the problem even if he found it. So he did not mention Jeremy Lin in the draft last summer.
After all, Chamberlain is just a player, not anyone in the uniform group. He can suggest to the uniform group who he wants to come to the team, but it is difficult to intervene in the draft, because none of the guys at the draft have proved himself in NHAf. The general managers are betting that if Chamberlain expresses his opinion again, it will be Yuzhao's professional judgment of the uniform group.
"The last Ivy League player to play in NHAfTI was Chris Dudley from Yale in 203, and the last Harvard player who works for the NH can be traced back to 1954 after BB Smith graduated from Harvard University. More than 50 years have passed since Harvard University. No other guy has stepped into the NHAR spoon arena. Do we need to give such a newcomer a chance?" Old Nelson looked at the managers under his command and asked such a question.
So far, Jeremy Lin has few opportunities to perform in the NHA.
Before the start of the season, the Warriors also paid great attention to him because of his Chinese identity and his market appeal in San Francisco.
Nelson Jr. is still the director of scouts. He said: "I don't know anything about the regular season. I have observed Lin's performance in the summer league. He performed well. He averaged 18.6 minutes per game and was able to score B points, B2 rebounds, B assists and .2 steals, and ranked first in the team in the shooting percentage of 54.0."
"What impressed me was his duel with No. 1 pick John Wall. In that game, Jeremy Lin and Wall scored 13 points and 2l points respectively, but Jeremy Lin played for 2 minutes, with 6 shots of 2 shots; Wall played for 33 minutes, with 4 shots of 19 shots. When he appeared to introduce the players, Wall received the highest cheers, but when the game ended, the crowd dedicated the cheers to Jeremy Lin." Nelson Jr. said.
Old Nelson nodded, looked at Chamberlain with a tentative look and said, "What do you think?"
Chamberlain smiled and said, "I noticed that according to Lin's agent Mr. Montgomery, Lin had the opportunity to play in Europe after the Summer League. He received an invitation, but decided to stay and be confident that he could find a team that suits him - just for this confidence, I think we should give him a chance to try it."
"Then sign him, just half a season. We are the dynasty team, and we don't even have such courage?" Old Nelson made a decision. In fact, his subordinates are really short of defenders.
The white agent Montgomery was overjoyed. As soon as the discussion was over, he called Jeremy Lin and asked, "H6, when can Jeremy come to play basketball?"
"Where is he now?"
"Renault Bighorns, NHDL Development League, and a team in the Southwest Division."
"OK, where is his parent team?"
"It's the Dallas Mavericks."
"Then you terminate the contract with the Mavericks first, and then come to Oakland to sign and prepare to play."
The Mavericks didn't care about Jeremy Lin, a developer who couldn't even play in the regular season. When Jeremy Lin proposed to terminate the contract, their marketing director Lucas thought it was a good thing. You should know that even in the NHDL, Jeremy Lin's salary was paid by the Mavericks, which is $100,000 a season.
When termination of the contract, Lucas asked, "Man, have you found a better way to develop? Why, are you planning to try it in Europe?"
Jeremy Lin smiled low-key and said, "No, sir, I will continue to stay in NH."
Lucas obviously didn't believe his answer very much. After he signed the letter, he left a light sentence with a sentence that the NBA was not so easy to mess with, so he just left it.
Jeremy Lin still had a bright smile on his face, but his fists were clenched like iron stone: As long as I was given a chance, I would never let someone underestimate me so much again
However, Jeremy Lin's luck was not very good. When he arrived at the Warriors, the Warriors' defenders were strong, Carter returned after injury, and he was getting stronger. Curry and West were both powerful and powerful. In addition, Iverson also woke up from the defeat against Kobe.
From this point of view, Jeremy Lin has no place, but Old Nelson is not able to throw him into the NHDL again, so he simply lets him learn from the team.
The Warriors' first opponent in February was the Rockets, who is no longer the Rockets when they had the NN combination. Now the team's goal is to make the playoffs and get a playoff ticket.
The game was held at the Rockets' home court, but the home team started hard, and Lowry missed a jump shot and was intercepted again.
The attack combination of Yao Ming and Martin quickly brought the Rockets out of the predicament. The two scored 6 points in a row to help the Rockets take the lead in B6.
Chamberlain then successfully scored a three-pointer on Yao Ming's head, and Bathir and Martin made jump shots respectively. However, the Rockets did not take advantage of the offensive battle, but instead were overtaken by Curry's consecutive long shots.
There were more than a minute left in the first quarter, Yao Ming was replaced after receiving his second foul. Under Chamberlain's leadership, the Warriors took the opportunity to complete a 15-offensive climax to overtake the Rockets' B points.
Because of Chamberlain, the Rockets' disadvantage in rebounding competition in the second quarter has not improved, but their outside feels very good. Brooks and Lowry made three-pointers one after another, and they even tied the score without realizing it.
Afterwards, the Warriors made every effort to take advantage of their inside advantage and immediately scored a 0-smash.
At the critical moment, Patterson controlled the defensive rebound, Brad Miller assisted Bardinger to make a long shot, Contney Lee steals and makes a foul free throw to help the Rockets chase 4 points in a row
However, Ibaka, who performed well in this quarter, made another jump shot. The Warriors scored 6 points in less than 1 minute, and the gap between the two teams reached double digits for the first time. At the critical moment, Badinger showed his strength again, and the Rockets were one player inside and outside to win the Rockets and then 7 points.
In the last two minutes of this quarter, Lowry and Martin scored 6 points in a row. Unfortunately, the Rockets were not good at defense and were quickly scored consecutively by the Warriors. At the end of the first half, the Rockets were still behind 48-4.
Both sides missed consecutive shots at the beginning of the third quarter. After nearly 1 and a half minutes, Yao Ming broke the deadlock. Then Chamberlain's solo performance began. He used his excellent mobility to score 6 points in a row on Yao Ming's head and widened the score again.
There is no doubt that the Warriors' internal and external offenses are more balanced, and the Warriors remained ahead with 7962 after three quarters.
Before the fourth quarter, the Rockets tried to counterattack, but West and Carter opened fire together on the outside, quickly widening the score difference to more than 2 points. In this way, the game was over. Old Nelson directly replaced Chamberlain and West and other main players, and staged a drama of five or five.
At the end of the game, the Warriors defeated the Rockets by 15 points with l1096, and this is already the Warriors are very polite. Almost the main players are not present in the fourth quarter, otherwise there would be no pressure to score 2 points.
During the whole game, Jeremy Lin sat on the bench and watched his teammates fight on the court in silence, but he had no chance to play.
Chamberlain noticed this, but he could only say that he could not help. The Warriors have now developed a suitable lineup. Carter, West and Curry took turns to be the banker on the outside. From time to time, Iverson and Paul George who played came here, leaving Jeremy Lin not many opportunities.
Chapter completed!