Chapter 13 I'm Different
Facts have proved that Lin Yang's use of Wayne was really crazy to squeeze. The contract signed with the Knicks was only more than $600,000. According to the broker's commission, Wayne earned at most about $20,000 in Lin Yang's annual income.
The high rent left Lin Yang with little left after moving. He wanted to complain about the benefits of the big ball market that Gren Ward told him not long ago...
The "benefit" of the big football market is probably that the rent is more expensive than other places.
The "normal" expenses in New York made him have no money to hire a private trainer, and improving physical confrontation is the top priority. It is impossible to rely on the system to improve it all the time.
Moving company! Nutritionist! Private trainer! In just a few days, Wayne played various roles as if he had participated in the play, and Lin Yang felt that he had completely made a comeback.
During his studies at New York University, he not only studied law, endorsement, contract signing, etc., Wayne also studied sports medicine, sports nutrition, etc. This came in handy.
Perhaps it was because my life was too ordinary before. After a month of systematic training and nutritional supplements, the physical confrontation, which has always been weak, has grown rapidly in terms of numerical value. In just one month, it has risen to a value of 64, and it has also gone from C- to C. At least in the usual training matches, Douglas can no longer eat him with his body easily.
After this month's running-in, the Knicks' new lineup was basically confirmed, with five starting players, center: Amare Stoudemire, power forward: Danilo Gallinari, small forward: Wilson Chandler, shooting guard: Landry Fields, point guard: Raymond Fieldton.
This result did not surprise Lin Yang. There were too many starters who could play with the ball, so Lin Yang didn't need to go up and share the ball. Besides, his own bad three-pointer allowed D'Antoni to see what a guard who could smash the basket in a crooked way. If the three-point shooting percentage of about 35% is qualified, then Lin Yang would probably barely approach the passing line by adding 10%.
On August 25, the Knicks Summer New Player Conference was held. In the past, this conference would usually be held after signing the contract. This time, it may be because of a major blood change, and the collective shifted the conference to after the training camp and before the preseason.
But this summer, the new players coming to the Knicks include Stoudemire, Raymond Felton, Landry Fields, as well as Lin Yang, Ronnie Toonyav and Mozkov. The number of people is large, so the press conference has been moved to one day.
There is no doubt that almost all the reporters handed the microphone to Stoudemire, even though they had already surrounded him more than a circle.
Lin Yang sat next to Stoudemire with less luck. Well, no one cared about it, what Douglas said really makes sense.
This scene reminded Lin Yang of a picture that was quite famous in later generations. At the 2019 rookie press conference, Zion attracted all the attention of reporters at the press conference, while Pacers rookie center Goga Bitaze, who was close to him, was ignored throughout the whole process, and he could only watch Zion for an interview. Unfortunately, the role he plays now is not Zion.
However, it is also very interesting to see other people's press conferences. Listening to Stoudemire talking about responsibilities, how should he show leadership, unite his teammates, and the excitement after reuniting with his mentors, this season's goal is to regain a series of heroic feats such as Warcraft.
This guy obviously likes dunks the most during training matches. As a substitute team, he can probably see him bombarding the basket every time he plays with him. Now we are talking about unity here. If you want to unite, you should avoid dunks.
"Lin Yang?"
Someone wants to interview himself? I immediately packed up my mindset and turned my head seriously. It seems that Douglas was not completely right? This is not...
What catches your eye is an old acquaintance, and it cannot be said that he is an old acquaintance, but an acquaintance that he often sees on TV in later generations - Zhang Heliu Bryant Weiping.
"Yohe, Director Zhang?"
At least I have heard a lot of his explanations, and I can even recite Wei Ping's quotations. It's understandable to call out Director Zhang?
But Zhang Weiping didn't expect that the Knicks newcomer in front of him would know him. Before coming to do this interview, he fully understood the player in front of him.
My parents smuggled over to work and earn money to support their families very early. After their parents passed away, they have lived in the slums in New York. They have never returned to China and are very famous at the New York Street Stadium.
Later, he had the opportunity to play well in the Drews League and was seen by the Knicks scouts in 5 summer league games. He won a contract with the Knicks with a sharp breakthrough.
Before the interview, I planned to communicate with him in English, but I didn't expect that the other party's Chinese Mandarin was not worse than me, and I even knew myself.
"I didn't expect that your Chinese is so good, so I don't have to try my best to argue with you about my unauthentic English." Zhang Weiping said with a smile. The boy in front of him had never returned to China since he was a child, but his fluent Chinese spoken made him feel good at it all at once.
"You performed well in the summer league and became the best Knicks played in the summer league, but in the new season, the regular season, will your positioning change?"
Look, this TM is called professional! What did the pheasant reporter from the pheasant media ask a few days ago? The same meaning, look, how comfortable it sounds.
"I'm still a newcomer, but I like Coach Mike's recognition of me. In the new season, what I'm going to do is still the same as in summer, tearing apart the defense and scoring."
"So, as one of the few yellow guards who can enter the NBA, do you have any suggestions for the Chinese defenders?"
"Spot three-pointers well, practice confrontation well, do good defense, and maintain teamwork! This is the easiest way to log in to the NBA." Lin Yang thought about the general trend in a few years. This is indeed the best way to log in to the NBA.
But it was a bit strange to say this. Zhang Weiping was a basketball commentator after all. Before coming to the interview, he made up for the lessons and watched the videos of the Xia Lian.
He made good three-pointers, so you made 3 of 14 three-pointers in the summer league in four games?
Practice the confrontation well, so every time you encounter a player with more than 100KG, you start calling for the inside to fill up?
Do a good job of defense, so Xia Lian was shot 48.2% on his head by others, although his shooting percentage was higher?
Keep the team, so as a defender, even at some point guard, I even gave 7 assists in four games, averaging less than 2 assists per game?
"Lin Yang, I remember you don't seem to be the same player?"
"Oh, me? I'm different. My breakthrough is too strong, none of them in billions."
...Okay! After hearing this, Zhang Weiping had to admit that he only talked about breakthroughs. The group of domestic defenders did not even have the ability to follow Lin Yang's butt to eat dust. Otherwise, the Knicks would not have signed this defender without three-pointers, no confrontation, no defense, and no passing. It's really impossible to say that he is shameless.
The interview was generally very pleasant. For Lin Yang who had traveled through time, he had already met an old friend in a foreign land.
Chapter completed!