Chapter 82 Selfish Bottom Line
"Hi, Lin, can you sign an autograph?"
On November 25, 1993, on the bench of the Jazz team at the Utah Delta Center Arena, Lin Han was watching the game on the court aimlessly, and from time to time, some front-row Jazz fans would squeeze towards Lin Han.
Some players in NBA cannot sign autographs to fans at will, such as Jordan. Jordan's signature has a number and a certificate, which is an important product. However, Lin Han does not have such concerns now. Although many manufacturers are in contact with him now, he still has not signed contracts with any commercial company.
But at this time, Lin Han signed autographs to the Jazz fans around him from time to time and watched the game on the court from time to time. This situation really made him very embarrassed.
From the beginning of this game, Lin Han was very unhappy by Barkley, and his mentality was completely messed up by this fat man. In this case, although Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan was still using him normally in the first half of the game, after the second half, Lin Han sat on the bench as soon as he came up in the third quarter. Obviously, Sloan meant to let Lin Han sit on the bench and calm down.
This is also the first time that Lin Han has experienced such a situation since he became the Jazz's starter. Although Lin Han was placed in his first NBA game for a long time, it was not because Lin Han performed too poorly and impatiently, but because Lin Han performed too well. Of course, whether it was the first game or now, Sloan's approach is indeed protecting him.
But even so, Lin Han was still very embarrassed at this time. Of course, what surprised Lin Han was that the Jazz fans at the scene had no objection to him about the game he had become like this.
"Lin, don't take it to heart. No one in NBA can always perform unparalleledly. We will always support you. Can you take a photo?"
Now because Lin Han is sitting on the sidelines, the Jazz's bench has become very lively. As NBA fans, they are all very professional fans. They know when to find players and when they can't find them. If Stockton and Malone are sitting on the sidelines at this time, then this is the real rest time for the team and they are not allowed to disturb them. If only Lin Han is only, it is obvious that Lin Han will be difficult to play in this game, so there will be no such Gu Lue.
So after Lin Han was surrounded, other Jazz players were far away from Lin Han, whether they were willing or not. Even Jazz players who were unhappy with Lin Han would laugh at Lin Han for a few words. This Chinese rookie was taught a lesson by Barkley today, which made them feel very happy.
As the head coach of the Jazz, although Jerry Sloan is also paying attention to the game, he will also look at Lin Han from time to time, as if he wants to figure out what Lin Han's psychological situation is now. Jerry Sloan is not a very inspiring head coach. He is serious and even sometimes very rigid. This time, he is still on the bench, and he is also worried about it. He is not a head coach with a close sister type. He is not very clear about whether Lin Han's psychology understands his intentions.
At the same time, in his heart, he was looking forward to Lin Han being more mature. Although Lin Han's performance was very outstanding in the first nine games, he even felt uncontrollable. Although Sloan was very pleased and happy, he was always full of worries. Lin Han's rookie season was really smooth, and it made people feel terrible. If Lin Han did not have super psychological adjustment ability, he would sooner or later encounter difficulties. Today he met Barkley, and what he might encounter in the future would be Drexler or Scott Pippen, etc.
He wanted to let Lin Han suffer some setbacks and return to reality, but he didn't want Lin Han to over-influence his confidence because of these things. Jerry Sloan was really unsure. After all, whether it was Stockton or Malone, although these two people have followed him for a long time, these two have never made him so worried. To put it bluntly, Sloan is also the first time to train such a core player in the team.
"Hahaha, boy, why? Are you not going to come in the second half? I'm still waiting to fight you one-on-one. Come on, I want to play with you again."
Because of Lin Han's performance in this game, the atmosphere on the Jazz bench is very special now. Even Jazz players who don't like Lin Han did not expect such a thing to happen in today's game. At this time, Barkley, who had just completed an offense and directly pushed Jeff Malone into the inside and then completed a layup, did not forget to provoke Lin Han on the bench when he retreated.
At this time, Lin Han looked at this arrogant fat man and felt so angry that he was so angry that he was not only shameless but also very worthy of a beating. When he was on the court in the first half, Lin Han wanted to kick the fat man in the buttocks more than once, but in the end he still held it back. Now Lin Han felt a little regretful that he hadn't kicked this fat man before.
"Hahaha, boy, we're sure to win this game."
Worrying your sister, Lin Han cursed secretly in the end, and his face was not very good-looking. Although Lin Han performed poorly in this game, it has to be said that the Jazz's strength is not that fragile. Although the Jazz's team playing the three centers may be suppressed, the Jazz are never afraid of playing against the Suns team that does not have super centers. Even if Lin Han performs poorly, isn't Jeff Malone still on top?
For the Jazz, Lin Han has never been an irreplaceable player. Of course, without Lin Han, Jazz will have no three-pointers at most, and their explosiveness in scoring is not that strong. However, Jeff Malone is also an All-Star player with still strength, and his style is the same as Lin Han. So although the Suns have the upper hand in the score at this time, it is really not that simple to win.
Moreover, both Stockton and Malone are in good condition in this game, especially Stockton. This Jazz point guard rarely suppressed the Suns point guard Kevin Johnson. You know, this Sun point guard has been one of Stockton's miserables in the previous few seasons. It has to be said that after the start of the new season, the Jazz leader seems to have a little bit of the first point guard posture, and it is not that pitiful in the strong dialogue between point guards.
"Lin, don't be influenced by others. It is a very rare thing to have the opportunity to sit off the court and watch your teammates play. You need to observe the dynamics and thoughts of your main teammates on the court. This is very important for your future."
Just when Lin Han was thinking Barkley was a little bit clenched, the team assistant coach Feier Johnson on the side reminded Lin Han gently, obviously, Lin Han's mood stabilized slightly after listening to the reminder of his team's assistant coach.
Feier and Johnson said it was indeed correct. Since Lin Han joined the team and played as the main player, he and Malone Stockton were basically the same as the same as the same side, which made it difficult for him to really sit on the sidelines and watch the two teams’ heads. When Lin Han really began to pay attention to their performance on the court, Lin Han was also shocked. The cooperation between these two guys was too tacit, and Lin Han could not believe it.
He had never thought before that when he was brushing data on the court, it seemed to break the balance between the two, or that his crazy data swiping made Malone and Stockton unable to truly cooperate with each other without gaps like before, because Lin Han's disregard, Stockton needed to adjust the on-court relationship between him and Malone. In this case, although the Jazz kept winning, they also sacrificed a lot of things.
"Lin, your playing style can be selfish, but when you stand on the court, your ideas cannot be selfish. You cannot think that you are the only one who can lead the team to win on the entire court. In fact, your teammates are not that bad. Even if you are defeated, it does not mean that the team is defeated. You have to believe in the companions on the court who stand with you."
Feier and Johnson didn't know if Lin Han could understand this, but he knew very well that Lin Han was sitting on the bench now not because of how bad he performed on the court, but because of his excellent performance in the previous period, he became more and more selfish in his mind. He might even think that Stockton and Malone and even the entire team were not on the same level as him. Such ideas are common for young players, but they are also very dangerous. The Jazz allowed Lin Han to play extremely selfishly. Lin Han could also open the fire alone on the court, but he had to stand with his teammates. He could not have the idea of cutting from other players in the team.
However, at this time, seeing Lin Han really seemed to be thinking about these things, Fei Er and Johnson were a little relieved. In fact, Jordan and even Olajuwon and many other superstars had Lin Han's entanglement before. For example, when he was young, Olajuwon was famous for saying: "My shooting rate is much higher than that of teammates, why should I pass the ball to them?" The focus of this sentence does not care about Olajuwon's selfishness, but is that Olajuwon believes that his strength is much higher than his teammates, and his teammates are no longer worthy of standing with him.
Lin Han is more relaxed than Jordan and Olajuwon for this change of mentality. After all, Olajuwon and Jordan's teammates were not as strong as Lin Han's teammates in the past.
"Ah, it's too difficult to catch up with the Suns. This team is simply impossible to have a scoring drought."
"Yes, it's really tormenting that such a difference is going back and forth."
Lin Han is now cooled by the team's two coaches on the sidelines. After the third quarter, Stockton and Malone, who came off the court, looked helpless. No matter how outstanding they performed, they seemed to be unable to bring back the advantages laid by the Suns in the first half.
In fact, the Suns did have nothing to say on the offensive end, and it was almost difficult to make them have a low point, even if the opponent was the Jazz. So when Stockton and Malone continued to play and prepare to start the final battle in advance at the beginning of the fourth quarter, many Jazz fans at the scene even began to not think that their team could win.
Even as the broadcaster of this game, he began to point more TV cameras at Lin Han, who was sitting on the bench. This player who scored 8 points in 3 of 9 shots in this game seemed not to be ready to play in this game.
"Lin looks like he is in a good mood, I think he shouldn't have too many problems."
As the commentator of this game, former Bulls coach Doug Collins also said with a smile that he is different from others. As Jordan's coach back then, he understood what Lin Han's problem was at this time.
"The Jazz's situation is very dangerous now. Jerry Sloan should not suppress Lin Han. Even if Lin Han performs well, he will replace Stockton and Malone to become the leader of this team. This is also the Jazz's advantage. Sloan is too cautious."
"That's right, the Jazz are chasing points now, Lin Han is indispensable. Even if he was indeed slightly suppressed by Barkley in the first half, this does not mean that Barkley is better than Lin Han in the normal game."
Of course, Doug Collins seemed to understand some of Lin Han's situation, but Su Kuan and Teacher Sun, who are the live commentator of the Celestial Dynasty, don't think so. After they blackmailed Barkley and Malone in the first half, they kept blackmailing Sloan in the second half. If Sloan knew, I'm afraid the Jazz coach would be depressed to death.
At this time, after the fourth quarter of the Jazz and the Suns started, the score difference was constantly tug-of-war between 5 and 7 points. The Suns wanted to widen the score difference to more than ten points, and the Jazz wanted to indent the score difference to within 5 points, but neither side could do it.
Even so, as the game time decreases, the Jazz's situation becomes increasingly dangerous.
Just as the game entered the last four minutes, Lin Han, who had been sitting on the bench for the whole half, suddenly stood up and walked towards Jazz coach Sloan in front.
"Huh? What is Lin trying to do?"
At this time, the broadcaster who kept pointing the camera at Lin Han was also a little surprised. Of course, the same was true for many fans and commentators on the scene. Even the Jazz's assistant coach, Feier and Johnson, was a little puzzled when he watched Lin Han walk towards Sloan. What does this kid want to do? Could it be that he was going to complain to Sloan?
"Coach, I still want to play in this game."
Sloan, who had been completely attracted by the situation on the court, looked at Lin Han who was standing in front of him with a very firm expression. After hearing Lin Han's request, the Jazz head coach was stunned for a moment.
Going on stage? Now? Is this a joke? Lin Han's whole body is cold now? Feier and Johnson, who was about to step forward to pull Lin Han away, was also stunned after hearing Lin Han's words.
But what surprised and speechless Feier and Johnson was that Sloan actually nodded after looking at Lin Han deeply.
"Go and warm up first"
Chapter completed!