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Chapter 293 Start with the Jazz and end with the Jazz!

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As the new NBA season approaches, the Lakers' training has become stronger and stronger in recent times. There is no way. In recent times, the team's performance in the preseason is indeed a bit unsatisfactory. Facing the most trashy teams in the West, this Lakers can't win a single game under normal circumstances. In the continuous failure of the preseason, the satirical and sarcasm of many media across the United States have almost become the biggest lock-up on the Lakers.

This season, the Lakers' changes are indeed too big. This situation has occurred. Although most people in the Lakers have expected it, when things happen and things happen more violently than they imagined, it will still make people feel almost speechless.

The Lakers used the entire team to exchange Lin Han from the Jazz. Such a deal was full of controversy at the beginning. In addition to Jerry West's confidence in Lin Han, a player who looks beautiful, the others from the Lakers were actually not very satisfied with Jerry West's decision. The team owner won't say that even the fans of the team were similar to the media in Los Angeles. However, Lin Han was indeed the hottest player in the league at that time, and he just won the MVP of the Finals in the Finals. In addition, he had the magician's skills, and seemed to have a close relationship with the Magician. In this case, although many Los Angeles did not have him, it was really cold to deal with Lin Han, and they did not brag or derogatory. Anyway, let's take a look first. After all, in Los Angeles, Jerry West's prestige is indeed very strong.

The decision of this Lakers godfather, whether it is for the media in Los Angeles or Lakers fans, has great authority. Since Jerry West trusts Lin Han so much, although they are not optimistic, you can also think about observing it. After all, Jerry West's vision is much stronger than that of them.

And what is the final result?

When the Lakers' preseason started, the team's performance in the preseason made the Lakers even less sure about what to say.

After losing to the Trail Blazers at home on October 20, the team even heard the booing of the home team fans for the first time this season. In the following three games, the team lost to the Warriors, Mavericks and Clippers one after another!

At the end of all eight preseason games of the Lakers on October 26, the team lost eight consecutive games in the preseason and did not win any game. The team lost an average of 18 points in eight games. It can almost be said that they were beaten by other teams in every game!

Although for NBA teams, preseason games do not actually represent anything, and will not be included in the team's regular season record and ranking. However, for many NBA fans and media, the performance of a team's preseason can be said to be the most important situation to predict the team's new season trend. In the history of NBA, there are not many teams that have lost all eight games in the preseason. It can even be said that except for the Lakers, no fan has found such a team!

In this case, Lakers fans are quite dissatisfied with such a record as the Lakers, and the media in Los Angeles are also quite dissatisfied. After all, this is simply like a shame, and the team has not achieved such a record in history. Although the Lakers are so terrifying as they are now, they have little to do with Lin Han in terms of performance.

After all, although Lin Han doesn't play so much in the preseason, Lin Han can average 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists per game in eight games, which is actually very good. Even the all-round young men Hardaway and Grant Hill who have been blown up recently, these two have more playing time than Lin Han, and their data is similar to Lin Han, and even worse. With Lin Han's data, there is really nothing to criticize. Just look at it alone, the Lakers have eight consecutive losses, even if they lose 80 consecutive losses, if Lin Han's data is taken out, the team's loss has nothing to do with him.

In fact, according to statistics, in all the 180 minutes of Lin Han playing in all 8 games, the Lakers did not lose the game, but won the game. When Lin Han was on the court, the Lakers won the opponent by 4 points in 180 minutes!

In other words, when Lin Han was not on the court for more than half of the time, the Lakers lost an average of 18 points per game! When a team averaged 18 points per game per 26 minutes per game, is this team still an NBA-level team?!

After all, if this is converted into the whole game, if the Lakers don’t have Lin Han and other teams play for 48 minutes, it will be a game with an average loss of 35 points!

Even a slightly stronger NCAA team is probably not as miserable as the Lakers!

Judging from such data, Lin Han seems to have nothing to do with the Lakers' losing streak, but as many people said when mocking the Lakers, if other elite players of the team were not exchanged for Lin Han, other Lakers' players would not have become like this now. Isn't the reason why the Lakers' overall strength has declined to this extent because of Lin Han?

If the Lakers hadn't used the team's elite players to exchange for Lin Han, how could the Lakers be so miserable in the preseason? Except for Lin Han and Dominic Wilkins, there were almost no one to score. Those who could score were Van Eksel and Eddie Jones. One of these two people lost their own rhythm after the start of the season, and the other was a rookie player who had not found the NBA rhythm. As for the players who should be Lin Han's biggest helper, Dominic Wilkins is still in the clock in and only focused on his own affairs, regardless of the team's situation.

In this case, the Lakers are in this situation, with weak scoring and poor defense, which is actually understandable. They can only score about 90 minutes per game, but they can almost lose 110 points in each game. The Lakers' scoring and losing points in each game are simply stable, which makes Lakers fans and Los Angeles media feel terrible.

So, at this time, Lakers fans and Los Angeles media took the team's current situation toward Lin Han, and there was almost no problem. Jerry West introduced Lin Han, which was no problem, but Lin Han not only had the Lakers exchange the entire team for him.

Therefore, when the Lakers' preseason ended, many media have defined the Lakers' Lin Han's deal as the worst deal in Lakers' history, and even one of them can be removed.

Especially compared with the Jazz losing Lin Han to make up for Stephen Smith and Hornersek, the team's eight wins in the preseason, the situation between the Lakers and Lin Han is simply terrible.

"Basketball is not a sport that can be played by one person. Jerry West and Lin Han should understand. I remember that this summer, Lin Han had many choices, and he could even come to the New York Knicks. I remember David Chekts once lobbying Lin Han, hoping that Lin Han could come to New York, and Patrick was willing to give Lin Han enough team status for this, but unfortunately, Lin Han chose the Los Angeles Lakers. If he came to the New York Knicks, when his teammates had teammates like Patrick, he would definitely not have the struggle like this now. Of course, I think he would definitely regret it now, but I think that when one season or two seasons ends, when Lin Han still wants to come to the New York Knicks, he is no longer worthy of this team. The New York Knicks will never let the boss of a bottom team dominate, hahahaha."

"The Jazz made a good deal. They exchanged Lin Han for two players who could replace Lin Han. Both Stephen Smith and Hornersek were excellent. From the current perspective, Lin Han is not that important to the Jazz. Lin Han without the Jazz is nothing, and the Jazz without Lin Han is still winning one victory after another. So I am very good now when Carl Malone and Stockton talked about Lin Han's issue the day before yesterday. Malone said it well. Basketball is a sport of five people, and Lin Han is just one of the players who won the Jazz last season!"

"How many people still remember that Lin Han called me when he won the championship last season and I was conquering me? I think this super rookie has forgotten the feeling of being arrogant now, right? Perhaps, he is just a player who doesn't deserve to carry shoes to Caesar!"

"The Road of Glory will be released at the same time as the Sky Dunk in half a month. When we cooperate with Lin Han's shameful road this season, it may be particularly delicious. So, Lin, don't be discouraged. I will contribute a movie ticket to you. I believe this movie can bring me laughter."

When the Lakers' preseason ended and the preseasons of other NBA teams also ended, Lin Han and the Lakers were unimaginable. In fact, according to the tradition of always pursuing winners, this season's preseason has completely won teams in the east and west due to David Stern and the league's arrangements. Both the Bulls and the Jazz have won all the preseasons. According to the record of these two teams, the media across the United States should report more about these two teams. Even if the Jazz lost Lin Han, their popularity plummeted again, but after the Bulls have Jordan, their popularity is always extremely high, right? In addition, Jordan's comeback, averaged 27 minutes per game in eight games. Such offensive efficiency simply makes him unable to see that he has not played in any year. With such record and data, the entire American media should always be the same as before, and they are all staring at Jordan.

But what surprised everyone was that when Lin Han and the Lakers lost eight consecutive games, Jordan and the Jazz all went on. Even before the preseason began, Glen Robinson forced the Bucks to sign a 10-year, $68 million news and became a supporting role. You know, Glen Robinson's contract made him the highest-paid player in the NBA. Similarly, Kidd also forced the Mavericks to sign a 9-year, 54 million contract. Although smaller than Glen Robinson's, it was also because

The annual salary I remember in this contract will be the third largest in the NBA, second only to Admiral David Robinson and Glen Robinson. Grant Hill is not as greedy as Glen Robinson and Kidd. The 6-year, 31 million contract is actually nothing in front of the annual salary of rookie players who shout higher and higher. The average annual salary is only 5 million. With Grant Hill's popularity, even if he calls 100 million in 10 years like Glen Robinson, I am afraid that the Pistons will eventually be forced to satisfy his annual salary of at least 8 million.

Of course. No matter what, after the three rookies signed contracts this year, they became the first average annual salary per game. After the third and fourth players, the veterans of the NBA and the bosses of the NBA finally couldn't stand it anymore. If the rookies' greed and uncontrollably expand, the NBA would stop playing. After all, most players could not recognize their true value in front of money. So this was a big deal before the start of the preseason, but after the Lakers' terrifying eight consecutive defeats, they were still suppressed in terms of momentum, even if a major rule of the NBA has changed this year. The league's three-point line distance has been shortened to 6 this year.

Mi70, this incident was originally a major event that could change the situation in the league. After all, shortening the three-point line is not only beneficial to outside players, but also very beneficial to many inside players. Shortening the three-point line means that the range of defensive players is compressed, and the assisted defense and replacement of inside players will become easier. Especially for those players with strong assisted defense. For example, David Robinson and Olajuwon, the three-point line that was previously unattainable is no longer so unattainable. As long as they are willing, these guys can really cover the entire half. This should have been discussed wildly, but it still cannot make headlines in front of the Lakers and Lin Han.

When the preseason began, the Lakers made headlines crazy. Although this aristocratic team had long been very familiar with the headlines. However, at this time, no one could be happy to be on the headlines in such a way.

"Lin should not be concerned about the opinions of these people outside. We have just started working together. The team's pre-season performance has nothing to do with you."

As the NBA regular season gets closer, the entire Lakers team is a little nervous and tense now. Now there are really not many people who can get up easily. The team's record is like this. Although they don't think that the Lakers can enter the playoffs this season, even if they have never thought about entering the playoffs or fighting desperately, if they perform too ugly in the game, it will be embarrassing to lose too much.

What's particularly good at dying is that the team's first game in the regular season was the defending champion Jazz. As long as they think of the seven pairs winning all the preseason and eight games, the team crushed their opponents almost throughout the preseason, then the Lakers players were a little guilty.

For the Jazz team, the preseason is indeed very suitable for them. The team's lineup is extremely strong because of the trade of Lin Han. In this case, in the preseason where the core players will not play for more than 30 minutes, who can compare with the Jazz team in the league in terms of player thickness? In addition, the main body of this team is very stable. At least in the intensity of the preseason game, not many teams can force this team to lose Lin Han.

In this case, the Jazz is the first team in the preseason, and they are just killing whoever they see. The Bulls actually meant almost the same. The team's lineup is actually very strong, and their opponents are both weak teams and ordinary teams.

Therefore, although the Lakers know that they may lose more than 30 when they meet the Jazz in the preseason, but they may not really lose so much when they encounter the Jazz in the regular season. However, the Jazz is indeed very fierce intimidating, and when both sides end the preseason, when the focus of the whole United States is on this NBA opener, especially when several core players of the Jazz said they will not hold back in this game, these Lakers players are indeed very guilty.

Everyone can see that Lin Han had said something that was not familiar with Ma Long before, and he could be said to be provoking Ma Long Hongguo. As for Ma Long, although he felt a little guilty about Lin Han, he felt that he was not so authentic. If Lin Han felt that Ma Long would show mercy to the Lakers or his subordinates because of his guilt, it would be absolutely wrong. With Ma Long's funny personality, if he really had that kind of shame, what he had to do first was not to compensate Lin Han or show mercy to the Lakers, but to recognize his illegitimate children first.

Therefore, Ma Long was indeed a little guilty and a little guilty towards Lin Han, but it came and went quickly. As for now, I am afraid that Lin Han's contempt for Ma Long made him more angry and unhappy towards Lin Han.

Therefore, before the opening match of the Jazz and Lakers this season began, and after the preseason ended, Malone was impatient and tone when he was interviewed, as if he had defeated the Lakers and humiliated Lin Han. He was quite arrogant.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Lakers to make the Jazz merciless to them because Lin Han and the Lakers have many former Jazz players. In this case, many Lakers players are already desperate about the away game against the Jazz two days later. It must be an inhumane defeat, which is something that you don’t have to think about.

"Ervin, I don't care about what's going on outside, but the team is really not in good condition now."

When the Lakers' training was suspended, Lin Han looked at the Magician Johnson who was already getting fatter in the training suit and said helplessly.

Lin Han didn't care about the outside world's opinions? Of course, he cared about it. Especially when he saw Ma Long's funny guy being interviewed in the newspaper, he was so upset that he wanted to kill him and prove that he was stronger than Lin Han.

If both sides have equal strengths, Lin Han would not care if Malone really had such arrogance and tone. The key is that even a fool can see that the Lakers and Jazz are completely unequal. In this case, this funny man puts the victory and defeat of himself and Lin Han above the victory and defeat of the Jazz and Lakers. Isn’t this obvious bullying and taking advantage? In Lin Han’s view, Malone’s behavior is a cowardly behavior that he dares not do with him head-on.

How could Lin Han not care about being said by such a defeated general and a coward?

However, compared to Ma Long's arrogance, the Lakers' own problem is the biggest now.

Originally, in Lin Han's opinion, with his strength, it would be easy to succeed in a team. Even when he was forced to leave the Jazz to come to this Lakers, who had already returned, Lin Han was full of confidence. Now, Lin Han is also full of confidence. But in a short time, it is indeed difficult for the Lakers to truly soar as Lin Han thought.

At least, before this team is fully running-in, there is basically no hope. If you want to help him defeat the Jazz? That is almost impossible.

Magic Johnson knew very well about Lin Han's current expression. The Lakers legend can see that this team cannot help Lin Han immediately, which made Lin Han a little disappointed.

Faced with Lin Han's loss, Magic Johnson didn't know what to say for a moment, or did not know how to comfort Lin Han.

Could it be to tell Lin Han that if you accept failure safely, the team will always have a day of running-in and rising? It’s obvious that although this is a fact, it is not suitable to say it.

So, both of them were a little silent for a moment, and although Lin Han was silent, his eyes became more and more firm.

"Even if my team can't help me in this game, I must beat you!"

Thinking of the defeated general who betrayed him, Lin Han secretly thought to himself that looking at his extremely frustrated teammates, Lin Han's hands were already tightly held.

The Lakers need a victory now, and Lin Han also needs a victory at this time, especially facing the Jazz!

"Stephen, you will start in the next game against the Lakers. Don't be stressed, we will definitely win."

As the opening game of the NBA approaches, the entire Lakers team is very nervous, and compared with the Lakers' tension, the Jazz are actually very relaxed.

After the season, Lin Han was sent away by the team, which seemed to have no effect on the team's strength. The team came to Stephen Smith and Hornersek. It can be said that both the starting and the substitute were supplemented, especially the team's thickness became even better.

Moreover, whether it is Malone and Stockton, he is very satisfied with Stephen Smith's young genius, because this guy is so similar to Lin Han, who can make three points, hold the ball, organize and defend. The only difference is that he is a little worse than Lin Han in all aspects. However, for Malone and Stockton, Lin Han is indeed stronger than Stephen Smith, but if he is an obedient little brother, Steve Smith's strength is enough. Lin Han is too strong, so the Jazz will have so many things last season because of Lin Han. Although Smith's strength is not as good as Lin Han, it is enough for the Jazz.

So Malone and Stockton were really satisfied.

Of course, Steve Smith is also very satisfied. He is one of the double-guns in the Heat. He is the third leader in the Jazz. In terms of status, he is one of the double-cores of an ordinary team and one of the three-cores of a champion team. Although there are indeed fewer Salt Lake City and few people can endure loneliness, Steve Smith is different from other black people. His personality is actually very different from black people. Although he is young and frivolous, he does not spend money off the court. This Jazz, which pursues championship, is more in line with his wishes than the Heat in the Flower World. There are too few players like Steve Smith in the NBA. If everyone in the NBA is such a player, the Jazz won't have to worry about their small market.

So, when such a player who has the potential, ability, can endure loneliness and is willing to be younger brothers to the two bigwigs of the team appeared, the entire Jazz team was really excited. Not only did the two elders take good care of him, but the same was true for others, such as the team's boss, head coach and general manager.

However, what makes Steve Smith or Hornersek slightly dissatisfied with it is that although the team's big guys like them very much, many of the team's role players do not like them.

The Jazz traded Lin Han, which was something that the team completed during the offseason. At that time, most of the team's players were on vacation, so when this happened, most of the Jazz players were extremely shocked.

Lin Han's style of playing is very problematic with the Jazz, but it is impossible to make other Jazz players have opinions about Lin Han because of this reason. In fact, most Jazz players are extremely angry about Lin Han's departure.

The direct manifestation is that although Lin Han left, the only faction in the team was left, Malone and Stockton, but in addition to these two, whether it was Russell, PJ Brown, Polynes, Elliott, or even David Wesley, those who previously belonged to Stockton ignored the team's newcomers.

This is not only the arrival of these new players can squeeze their positions, and they are convinced by Lin Han on the bench. Even Elliott is very convinced, but others, whether it is Hornersek or Steve Smith, do not have enough strength to convince these people. In addition, what was Lin Han's contribution to the team last season? The Jazz have sent away such players, which is indeed a great emotional harm to the remaining players. Or the same thing, Yu Private, these guys are here to compete with them. They don't like it. Yu Gong and Lin Han's contribution to the team have caused them to be treated unfairly, and they are not happy. Most of these people have received great favors from Lin Han, such as David Wesley. If it weren't for Lin Han, would he have the current performance and status in the team?

In this case, it was not easy for Stephen Smith to truly replace Lin Han with the Jazz. Even Jazz fans and Salt Lake City media did not have much enthusiasm for him. Lin Han put too much pressure on him. When he came to the Jazz, everyone was looking at him with Lin Han's request, which made Steve Smith very dissatisfied.

"Carl, John, don't worry, I will never be nervous in the next game, I will only be excited!"

Therefore, when the Jazz's new No. 2 starter thought of the Jazz's former No. 8 player, he smiled with a gloomy face. He was very unhappy with Lin Han. This was not just these reasons. When he came to the Jazz, he wanted to wear the No. 8 jersey, but he eventually encountered opposition from the entire Utah Jazz. In addition to the support of the two bosses of the team, the team's boss, general manager and coach were all neutral, while almost all of the other old players of the team were opposed. Even this matter was exposed outside and was discovered by the media and fans of Salt Lake City.

When he saw hundreds of fans surrounding the team training hall and the team building, tens of thousands of fans coming to the Delta Center to shout Lin Han's name and holding Lin Han's No. 8 jersey to express dissatisfaction with him, the former Heat's double guns only realized Lin Han's special status in this team.

In the eyes of Jazz fans and media, no one can wear the Jazz No. 8 except Lin Han!

Similarly, at that time, Steve Smith also swore that he must wear the No. 8 jersey that originally belonged to Lin Han in the Jazz, and the first step in doing this is to prove that he can do not do worse than Lin Han!

In terms of strength, he knew that he was slightly inferior to Lin Han, but in the Jazz, he knew very well that he could do what Lin Han could do!

Now Steve Smith is full of confidence in the opening match with the Lakers tomorrow, and Stockton and Malone on the side are also very pleased to see the team's newcomer be able to do this.

Smith wants to defeat Lin Han, and the same is true for them. As long as they don’t defeat Lin Han, they cannot let Jazz fans come down with peace of mind and support them wholeheartedly. As long as they cannot defeat Lin Han, the Jazz’s beg you will never forget Lin Han!

"John, I must beat him tomorrow!"

Thinking of Lin Han who was about to return to Salt Lake City here, Malone said to Stockton with a little fierce look, and at this time Stockton also nodded with a smile.

“We will do it!”

When the Jazz's Malone and Smith thought of defeating Lin Han, early on November 2, when Lin Han got up early in the morning and was about to follow the team to play the opening game tonight, Lin Han did not go to wash or eat breakfast after getting up, but entered the system space with a small amount of dark circles.

"Ali, I decided that I will take a gamble in this game!"

Looking at the character of her attribute panel, Lin Han gritted her teeth and said, and looking at Lin Han's expression, Aili didn't say anything. She originally wanted to stop them, but at this time she couldn't say these words of blocking them.

"It's good to start with the jazz and end with the jazz."

Looking at Lin Han who was a little haggard due to insomnia at this time, Aili sighed secretly in her heart. (To be continued...)

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