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Although there is no connection between the Nuggets' center Mutombo and Lin Han, and there is no relationship between them, as a new young player, Mutombo naturally will not have any innate dissatisfaction with Lin Han because of salary or other reasons like the veterans in the NBA.

In addition, the two are not players in the same position at all, such hatred is even more impossible. Therefore, when Lin Han saw the Nuggets' head player challenge him in the newspaper, Lin Han was really confused. It was not until he read all the reports that he understood a little bit why the Nuggets player suddenly launched a seemingly impossible challenge to him.

It's not because he did something that was sorry for Mutombo, but because Mutombo was dissatisfied with this year's All-Star lineup.

You know, Mutombo was the No. 4 pick in 1991. He became an All-Star player as soon as he entered the league's first season. However, he is a rookie All-Star, which is the same as Lin Han and Hardaway this year.

Moreover, the Nuggets' record that season was simply terrible. Under such circumstances, as a rookie, Mutombo was able to enter the All-Star, which shows how amazing he was at that time.

However, since the rookie season, Mutombo, who does not have much offensive ability, has fewer and fewer opportunities to take action due to the needs of the team. Many times his teammates no longer give him the ball when attacking. If he wants to have an offensive opportunity, he has to grab the frontcourt rebounds, so in terms of data, Mutombo is really declining year by year, although the Nuggets' center has always withstood one of the best defensive inside lines in the league.

However, since the All-Star rookie, he has never entered the playoffs again. Mutombo, who has averaged 12 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks this season, is currently the blocking champion on the NBA block list. In this case, although he also knows that it is indeed difficult to become an All-Star starter, it is always no problem to be a substitute. After all, his data is not bad, and the team's record is not bad.

But what disappointed him was that the league didn't like him at all. Although the All-Star substitute lineup was chosen by the coach, without his name, he didn't have his name. Although this year's All-Stars are known as the All-Stars, such as Lin Han of the West, Spreville and Clifford Robinson, are all newcomers, of course, he can't grab Lin Han's position even if he wants to grab Lin Han's position. What makes him dissatisfied is why Clifford Robinson, who only has offensive inside can enter the All-Star, while he, the peak defensive insider, cannot enter the All-Star?

You know, although Clifford averaged nearly 20 points per game this season, other offensive levels are much worse than Mutombo's defensive level, so in a sense, Clifford was selected, but he was not selected was really exciting.

What will happen if one of the best defensive players in the league is stimulated? Of course, it is to find an opportunity to prove himself. Are the current NBA players looking down on defensive players like him? So it is very good that he proves that he can not only enter the All-Star, but also defeat the best offensive players in the league. It is a huge mistake for the league not to choose him to enter the NBA All-Star.

With such a plan, Mutombo naturally challenged Lin Han directly, because now the best player in the league's offense is Lin Han. As long as he can prove that he can greatly reduce Lin Han's scoring efficiency, then he will succeed.

Of course, after understanding these situations, Lin Han really sympathized with the young center. Although the league has never admitted it. However, as a commercial league, the All-Star Game is the peak of the commercial league's business game. In such a game, the chances of defensive players entering are naturally far lower than those of offensive players entering, unless a team can achieve the same like the Pistons or the Knicks now, Rodman of the Pistons and Oakley of the Knicks now, because the team is so famous that even the defensive butcher can still enter the All-Star Game.

However, although the Nuggets are a strong Western Conference team, they are not the same level as the Pistons or the Knicks in the past. In this way, it is difficult for pure defensive players in the team to enter the NBA All-Star. Unless Mutombo's popularity and reputation are indeed so high that others cannot refuse. With the current Nuggets ranking of eighth, if they beat the Jazz, the number one Jazz in the playoffs and Mutombo performed very well, then the reputation and popularity of this defensive player will rise. No matter how unwilling others to let him enter the All-Star, they will not be able to forget him.

It's just obvious that at present, Mutombo, who has never played in his career in a playoff game, is really too early to compare himself with Rodman and Oakley, although his strength seems to be no less than these two people, and may even be stronger than these two people.

So, when you understand everything, although Lin Han sympathizes with the Nuggets center, he is also speechless. If you want to prove yourself, go to Clifford Robinson who has snatched your position, or go to Olajuwon and the Admiral who suppressed you, why are you eyeing an outside player like yourself? Although Mutombo's idea is good, this idea is a bit extreme no matter how you look at it.

"Dickenbe is a very outstanding defensive player. We have played two games with the Nuggets before. His abilities are impressive. The Nuggets are also a very good team. This team deserves an All-Star spot. If I were a coach, I would vote for Deekenbe. I admire him very much."

On February 7, 1994, on the day of the Jazz's away game against the Nuggets, at the pre-match press conference, as Lin Han expected, these good reporters focused almost all their focus on the relationship between him and Mutombo. These guys have always wanted to dig out some information about Lin Han's dissatisfaction with Mutombo, and then use it to provoke the Nuggets' center. It would be better if the two of them had a conflict in this game.

You know, the Nuggets are a very young team, not only their leader Mutombo is very young. The other players of the team are also very young, as long as their fighting spirit is rising, the momentum is rising. Any team in the league will be afraid of them when they see them. This is a bandit team that is not dirty but full of banditry.

But these reporters were thinking very well. They wanted to continue Mutombo's dissatisfaction with the All-Star roster and provoke the relationship between Lin Han and Mutombo, but what made these people speechless was that they were always arrogant and never suffered losses. The tyrant, who was full of Lin Han, actually smiled when facing Mutombo's provocation, and kept showing goodwill to the Nuggets center at the press conference before the game. This almost made all the reporters on the scene confused for a moment.

Did this kid take medicine today?

Almost for a moment, these guys were all wondering why Lin Han was so abnormal today.

"Will you have any dissatisfaction with Deakinbe's remarks? I don't think this will make me dissatisfied. I don't think Mr. Jordan will have any dissatisfaction with me because of my previous joke. We are not a group of narrow-minded people who like to hold grudges."

When Lin Han was asked if he would be dissatisfied with Mutombo's remarks, the Jazz rookie's rookie's answer made the uncrowned kings on the court feel anxious. This guy was clearly choking them. So seeing that Lin Han didn't want to do what they wanted today, these reporters also understood that it was almost impossible to provoke Lin Han to take the initiative to attack Mutombo.

As for whether Mutombo can provoke Mutombo to take the initiative to attack Lin Han, this is also very lingering. Although Mutombo is dissatisfied with the league and wants to challenge Lin Han, the Nuggets player also admitted to some extent that Lin Han is indeed the strongest offensive player in the league. In this case, it can be seen that the Nuggets' leading player actually has no intention of being dissatisfied or contemptuous of Lin Han. It may be difficult to get Mutombo to take the initiative to attack Lin Han.

This is also why Lin Han was speechless but not angry after Mutombo challenged him. Compared with the challenges of Pippen and Barkley, Mutombo's challenge was not aggressive to Lin Han. The Nuggets player simply wanted to prove his defensive ability. In this case, there was nothing wrong with him challenging the strongest offensive player in the league. Just like Lin Han had been challenging Jeff Malone on the team in order to get the team's stable start. If Lin Han couldn't even tolerate such things, then he was really a villain with a small amount of energy and deserved to be hacked.

"Lin, what do you think about the fact that Kobe Bryant, a sophomore in Philadelphia high school, said in recent times that he can beat Jordan in a single fight? Do you think he is really capable of participating in this year's All-Star Rookie Game?"

At the pre-match press conference between the Jazz and the Nuggets, after seeing that these reporters could not provoke the relationship between Lin Han and Mutombo, they did not continue to pester this issue except for some disappointment. These guys quickly turned the topic to this year's All-Star Rookie Championship.

I have to say that although the All-Stars are getting closer and closer, the focus of everyone's discussion is slowly shifting to this aspect. What makes David Stern very happy is that the All-Star Rookie Challenge he led has indeed been successful. Since high school players can participate in the NBA All-Star Rookie Game, it can be said that the popularity of the All-Star Rookie Game can simply cover up the All-Star Game.

A while ago, the news that major super geniuses across the United States recommended Hardaway, Barkley and Larry Bird were overwhelming, and Kobe Bryant, the former "old acquaintance" of Lin Han is naturally one of them. Especially in recent days, after the league announced the four-person list of Garnett, Iverson, Carter and Raheem, many other high school geniuses already knew that they had no chance and had already stopped, or were looking for opportunities for the next year. However, Kobe Bryant, a second-year high school genius from Philadelphia, is really unwilling to give up the 16-year-old high school student, and directly said that there is something wrong with the NBA's selection this year, which is not fair. NBA should let all players who are interested in participating in the rookie match gather together, and then everyone will fight together, and whoever wins will be selected.

Of course, these media who like Kobe are naturally very happy and agree with this statement. Some unconventional media even contacted the Philadelphia 76ers, hoping that the 76ers would send a player to fight Kobe to try it. The result was. With the attention of many media, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Fred Carter really agreed to the invitation of these guys. And let the team's super young rocking forward Witherspoon, the 1.98-meter-high all-around forward, come to Kobe alone with Kobe.

Choosing, although Witherspoon is only 1.98 meters tall, this 76er player, known as Barkley's second in the league, is really outstanding in terms of strength. As a swinger in the forward position, he averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds in his rookie season, and this season he averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game. This player who plays as a small forward in the 76ers is actually not very concerned about it. Who knows that this forward player who doesn't care much about it actually lost in the competition with Kobe.

Witherspoon and the 76ers were really boring. The team's record this year is like this. Basically, the season is over, so the 76ers' players are not thinking about the game, so they regard Kobe's challenge as a remedy. It's just that the 76ers and Witherspoon are just playing, but Kobe is not playing. The boy directly knocked Witherspoon out of the circle as soon as he got up. The Philadelphia high school student almost beat the short and fat Witherspoon with his own speed and skills. Although it was too late to wake up and prepare to go all out in the end, he still lost. After that, after Kobe defeated Witherspoon, he directly challenged the boss of the 76ers, Hornersec, who is now the boss of the 76ers, and it is not known whether it is intentional. Hornersec actually agreed, and he really lost to Kobe in a one-on-one fight with Kobe.

This almost made Kobe the boy really full of confidence at that time. When the reporter at the scene asked him if he could defeat Lin Han by one fight, the boy's words made all the reporters on the scene happy.

"Don't tell me Lin Han, I can beat Jordan by one-on-one!"

Lin Han doesn't know whether Kobe can beat Jordan in a single match, but it's obvious that Kobe, who is still a teenager, is really popular, and there's no way to stop being popular. He defeated the 76ers' two leading players, one-on-one. Although anyone with a discerning eye can see that when he played against Hornersek in the second single match, Hornersek must not want to play with this young man, but it's always true that this guy beats Witherspoon. For a time, this young player in the second high school year has really become the focus of the American basketball world in recent times, and even David Stern was alarmed.

In the end, David Stern said that the list has been confirmed, and no matter Iverson, Carter, Garnett and Raheem, these people will not change anymore. They will consider inviting Kobe to join next year.

For David Stern, this is a relatively good answer. As the president of the NBA, he has the right to ignore Kobe, but in the end he still paid attention. However, no one expected that the Philadelphia boy was just unhappy and directly said in the media that he was willing to accept the one-on-one challenge between Iverson, Carter, Garnett and Raheem, whoever wins and whoever loses, whoever loses. Especially this Philadelphia boy is quite despised Iverson who was selected by Lin Han, and said that if Iverson is willing to fight him one-on-one, he can even give in.

Obviously, when the young man was asked by a reporter whether he had the confidence to defeat Lin Han, he directly disdained Lin Han, but said that he could defeat Jordan. It seemed that he had a lot of resentment about Lin Han choosing a useless man like Iverson and not choosing him. The key is that Lin Han didn't know that Kobe was now a senior high school player. Lin Han was never very clear about some things in the basketball world. If it weren't for the United States today, Lin Han would even give his choice to Larry Bird and let the Celtic legend help him make his choice.

Of course, no matter how this happened before, but for now, as an American media, Kobe is really standing opposite Lin Han, facing Kobe challenged Iverson, and Iverson has not yet responded. Now these reporters have all pushed the problem to Lin Han. As long as Lin Han supports Iverson to fight, this young man who is considered a useless person can't escape no matter how much he hides. After all, this is the quota given to him by Lin Han. If Lin Han asks him to face off against Kobe to decide the outcome, even if Iverson is unwilling, he must bite the bullet.

However, this fair showdown is really unfair to Iverson. He hasn't played a regular game for almost half a year and is still practicing hard to find a sense of ball. With his current feeling, how could he be Kobe's opponent? Naturally, these media will not care whether Kobe can really join the All-Star Rookie Championship with his own singles match. They only want to prove one thing, that is, Lin Han's vision of selecting people is problematic. They just want Lin Han to make a fool of himself.

So after being asked this question, Lin Han sat there with a serious face and didn't move. He didn't even move his mouth, so he sat there tightly for 15 minutes. Then when the press officer said that the time was up, the Jazz defender stood up and left. The guys who wanted to plot against Lin Han and deliberately designed Kobe and Iverson to fight alone when they saw Lin Han leaving, almost all of them gritted their teeth.

"Hmph, no matter how much you avoid this problem, a useless person is a useless person. Even if Kobe cannot prove that he is a useless person, the day of the rookie game will also prove how poor your vision is and how useless the players you choose are!"

At this time, almost all those who had crazily blackened Iverson and were unwilling to rise with Lin Han's help almost all had this idea in their hearts.

In fact, Lin Han was in a good mood today. If the questions asked by these guys were not too vicious, he would not have sat there for 15 minutes without saying a word. Will he be willing to support Kobe and Iverson's single-handed fight? If he answered, he would definitely be fooled. If he answered, he would also be interpreted by these people as Lin Han was afraid that Iverson was not as strong as Kobe. Although Lin Han didn't know what kind of personality Iverson was, as a former genius who urgently needed to prove himself, he might not be able to fight by being stimulated like this? Therefore, the best answer is to say nothing and pretend that this thing does not exist.

Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, two players who have almost given him the strongest skills inheritance, now they stand opposite him. Kevin Garnett won’t say that because he doesn’t count Ronnie Fields, this future No. 1 high school student in the United States may not have any good face to Lin Han. As for Kobe, he uses his disdain for him to express his dissatisfaction.

Of course. Today, the Jazz and Nuggets match, facing Mutombo’s challenge, Lin Han naturally couldn’t focus more on the issues between Kobe and Iverson.

"Look, the Jazz guys are out. Lin Han is out!"

"Hahaha, this game is interesting, Deakinbe said that this game will challenge Lin Han!"

"Who do you think can win these two people? Deakinbe or Linhan?"

"Of course it's Deakinbe, is that going to be said? He is the league's blocking king. Although Lin Han's breakthrough is very good, I don't think he can gain the upper hand in Deakinbe's face."

On the evening of February 7, 1994, the Nuggets' home court, McNichols Arena, was really packed at this time. Judging from the content of this game alone, the team in the West ranked eighth place in the West, and the two teams in the front two matched each other twice, and the Jazz won all of them. There was almost a very obvious gap in strength between the two sides, but it was obvious that this game was not as simple as it was on the surface, because all the new players of the Jazz were about to appear in this game. At this time, Drexler went to the Rockets and got on the quit. As one of the two most concerned deals in the past, since Drexler could not pay attention to it, naturally everyone was looking at the Jazz.

Moreover, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan is also very good. He said at a press conference before the game that four new players of the team will play in today's game, and even Polinis will appear as the team's starting center.

"I didn't expect to get the starting opportunity today, and I was a little unacceptable for a while."

When the Jazz players came out of the player channel, as the Jazz starter in this game, Polynis, the rebounding monster nicknamed Haitian monster, had been shaking his hands. In his career, he had basically never been able to play as a team as good as the Jazz to start. It has to be said that this experienced rebounding monster has been recognized by Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan in the past few days of team training. The starting point in this game is a reward for his recognition.

"Hahaha, if you don't adapt, I think PJ will be very happy to take your position. However, you are under a lot of pressure in this game. Mutombo is not a good person."

"Hahaha, don't worry, I have experience in dealing with this kid, by the way. Lin, you can go to the basket with confidence in this game. I promise that Mutombo will never interfere with you."

Faced with the Nuggets fans, the Jazz players were all at ease at this time. After all, the booings of Nuggets fans are not that crazy. Moreover, because this Jazz is a brand new team, everyone is actually looking forward to what kind of sparks can be erased with their new teammates in this game.

Of course, facing Polynis who was a little stinky at this time, Lin Han was speechless. Looking at this guy, it seemed that he knew Mutombo very well, and Lin Han knew very well. The old players who have been in the NBA for many years have a very good verbal skills. Whether it is trash talk or bragging, they are definitely awesome. Polynis is a bragging player, which is something Lin Han has discovered in recent days.

Lin Han is not a little short of whether his teammate can cover Mutombo from letting his assisted defense ability interfere with his offense. However, it is still very good for the team to have such a meat shield blue-collar center, at least it will not make Lin Han feel uneasy.

"Dickenbe. You won't be playing this game really, do you really want to fight that rookie?"

Of course, after the Jazz came on, the Nuggets players also appeared one by one from the player channel. However, compared with the Jazz's ease, the Nuggets are actually very nervous. After all, they lost all the first two games against the Jazz. Lin Han and Malone are basically two points that they cannot control at all. The team's starting power forward Reggie Williams is shorter than Malone. With Malone's characteristics, the opponent is shorter than him, which basically means that the Jazz's power forward is invincible. As for the Nuggets' first release Ryantestic, not only is Lin Han shorter than Lin Han, but he is not as strong as Lin Han. Although he can keep up with Lin Han in speed, he is basically crushed by Lin Han. As for the team's starting small forward Lafonso Alice, he is indeed taller than Lin Han, but he does not have the speed of Lin Han, and his defensive ability is not first-class. After all, not every 2.03-meter-03 small forward is Pippen.

Therefore, for the current reputation of NBA, almost all young people in the NBA are looking forward to. A young man like Lin Han actually has a high prestige in the Nuggets. At least, both Lafonso and Stich have a good impression of Lin Han. As a young team, in the current mood of "Qiuqing" in the league, this team has always been very difficult. Almost every player in the team has been repaired by many other veterans in the league. In this case, if there is a player like Lin Han who vents their anger for them, even as an opponent, Lin Han has a low status in their minds. This is also the reason why Mutombo is willing to challenge Lin Han instead of Olajuwon or the general, because these old guys are simply crazy when they fight young people. At least, Lin Han should not be so crazy.

Although I thought so, the Nuggets were not so sure. After all, Lin Han’s reputation is too prominent. Look at the players he has been ‘played with’, whether it is Barkley, Ritchmond, Pippen or Draxler, these people are all a group of superstars. Not long ago, Lin Han staged a pre-celebration of the winning streak that was rated as the ‘first shot in the century’ by many media and fans.

So especially when Stitch, who faced Lin Han in this game, felt that his legs were a little out of control at this time, especially when he walked onto the stadium to warm up for the next game, looking at Lin Han who looked like a bloodthirsty smile not far away, the young shooting guard felt a little unable to withstand it.

"Bryant, calm down. It's me who angered him, not you who angered him. What's there to be afraid of? He won't do anything to you."

Although Mutombo is also very young, he is already a "veteran" in this team. After all, everyone else has entered after 1992, and he entered the league in 1991. However, although he is a little dissatisfied with his teammates' guilt now, he has to admit that he is not so sure about his single-match with Lin Han this time. Lin Han is indeed very strong.

Of course, Lin Han and his teammates were relaxed when they walked onto the court at this time, so they kept smiling. If Lin Han knew that his smile was regarded as a bloodthirsty smile like a demon king, I wonder if Lin Han would feel even more speechless.

The Jazz's starting lineup in this game is center Polinis, power forward Malone, small forward Brian Russell, shooting guard Lin Han, and organizational defender Stockton. On the Nuggets, the center is Mutombo, power forward is Williams, small forward Alfonso, shooting guard Sitic, and organizational defender Robert Pike.

After the starting players of both sides warmed up on the court, they all stood at their positions and prepared to jump the ball. At this time, Lin Han was obviously the big center standing opposite who was preparing to jump the ball was looking at him a little less friendly. Obviously, this young Nuggets' center is really full of fighting spirit.

What made Lin Han want to laugh was that when Mutombo was staring at Lin Han, he almost forgot to jump and compete for the ball because he was stunned. This led to Polynis, who wanted to show himself in the first game after coming to the team, grabbed the first ball right in this game. When the basketball passed Russell's hand and came to Stockton's hand, the Nuggets fans booed.

After Stockton dribbled through half the game, he saw Lin Han standing directly in the arc to ask for the ball. The Jazz's head point guard handed the ball to Lin Han without thinking.

Obviously, the Jazz's first goal tactic is Lin Han's singles tactic. Although Malone's opponent in this game is not very good, compared to it, Lin Han's confidence should be higher. After all, although the Nuggets power forward is a bit short, Mutombo's deterrent power is still very strong. It is not easy for Malone to get to the basket. In this case, letting Lin Han rush first is a good choice.

So when Lin Han held the ball, he had almost no hesitation. Facing his opponent Stich, who was hesitant at this time, Lin Han almost directly accelerated and successfully rushed to the basket.

At this time, Stitch, who had just broken through by Lin Han, was still feeling a chill in his heart when he was not knocked down by Lin Han, and he was still not feeling knocked down by Lin Han when he was in contact with Lin Han. He was still stunned.

Nuggets head coach Isel, who had been watching this scene on the sidelines, shook his head helplessly at this time. He can only expect Mutombo, who is in the inside, to be able to turn all the players who dare to enter the Nuggets penalty area as usual.

"This kid is much stronger than the last time he met, it's incredible."

Looking at Lin Han who was almost hesitant to attack the basket. At this time, Iser was also a little worried. He was a little uncertain whether Mutombo could stop him.

"It's absolutely impossible for me to let you pass!"

At this time, Mutombo on the court did not think about anything else. After seeing Lin Han break into the Nuggets' basket almost as if nothing had happened, the Nuggets' inside line who had been guarding the basket had been waiting for a long time. After Lin Han arrived, he flew directly out.

"It's now!"

Seeing that Lin Han was about to take off, Mutombo was also ready to meet and cover Lin Han directly from the side. However, just as he was about to start, he almost instantly felt that his opponent Polynis, who had just been removed from the side, appeared in front of him again lightly. The timing was very good. If Polynis got stuck earlier, Mutombo would have time to get rid of it. Later, Mutombo had jumped up like Lin Han, and he could no longer get stuck in the position.

So, when the Nuggets fans on the scene saw that Lin Han had started and flew up and were ready to dunk, and his center Mutombo was at the main position by Polynisca at that moment. After getting rid of Polynis, he could only watch Lin Han imitating Drexler's gliding and dunking. At this time, the Nuggets fans who were very confident that their team's super center could defeat Lin Han were speechless at this time.

As for the Nuggets head coach Isel, he was a little stunned and shook his head with a bitter smile.

As for Lin Han who was hanging on the basket at this time, he was quite happy at this time, because since entering the league, he has not yet completed the dunk so easily when facing a super defensive center.

"It's so cool."

When Lin Han got off the basket, he gave Polynis a thumbs up directly to one side, and Polynis also smiled and extended a thumbs upward to Lin Han.

看着这个时候有点秀‘恩爱’的两人,一边的穆托姆博几乎愤怒的想要揍人.

Sometimes, a center player does not need much data to help the team, and at this time, Polynis undoubtedly did this.

"It's very satisfying for the team to have a reliable center."

At this time, Lin Hanke completely ignored what Mutombo was thinking now. He only knew that he was very happy now.

However, from another perspective, Mutombo is still a little tender now. If Olajuwon or the other three centers, Polynis may not have a chance to get a straight spot. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!