I really play basketball

Chapter 68
In Chicago, a group of NBA executives are preparing to get on their own planes and go back to their respective homes.

While they were chatting, suddenly, the mobile phones of four general managers rang.

They took out their mobile phones and glanced at them, their expressions immediately changed and became very ugly.

"what happened?"

Originally, Jerry West was chatting vigorously with the Kings general manager Jerry Reynolds. He wanted to persuade Jerry Reynolds to accept the Lakers' No. 11 pick, plus the young shooting guard Doug Christie, and then get the King's No. 7 pick.

But Jerry Reynolds has always disagreed. Why, who hasn't thought about Lin Xing yet?
While chatting, Jerry Reynolds' cell phone rang, and when he picked it up and looked at it, his expression became very bad.

Jerry West pretended to be very concerned and asked.

Jerry Reynolds quickly adjusted his state, and he forced a smile on his face: "It's nothing..."

Then, tilting his head, he suddenly mentioned: "By the way, what did you just say? No. 11 plus Doug Christie for No. 7? Can you add Eldon Campbell?"

But as soon as these words came out, Jerry West was silent, but narrowed his eyes.

Who is Jerry West?Although he doesn't have the nickname of a magician or an old fox, everyone knows that he is very shrewd.

Seeing this change in Jerry Reynolds' expression, Jerry West already roughly guessed what happened.

"Sta Lin rejected your invitation for trial training?"

He is very direct, because at this time he knows very well that only by directly piercing Jerry Reynolds can the price of the No. 7 pick be suppressed.

The No. 7 pick is only the first step in trading the No. [-] pick. For the Lakers, who have few chips in their hands, it is too difficult to truly succeed in getting the No. [-] pick from the Timberwolves.

Every step, Jerry West had to operate carefully.

Even so, even if it is Jerry West who operates the operation, he does not have any confidence in the ultimate success.

……

Soon, Lin Xing received 7 invitations for trial training, but the news that he rejected 4 of them leaked out.

Everyone knows that Lin Xing is only willing to go to the Warriors, Lakers and Magic.

The Lakers are his hometown team, Los Angeles is a big city, the Magic has Sharks, and a center who is tied with Big Dream, General and Gorilla in a rookie season.

As for the Warriors, there is Lin Xing's good friend Tim Hardaway.

At the same time, although the Warriors are located in Oakland, they can be counted as a team in a big city if you count San Francisco next door.

As a result, the American media increased their evaluation of Lin Xing——

"He is very shrewd and knows what he wants, whether it is a big city, or a wealthy family with a very deep background, or a superstar-level teammate. Once he joins, he can launch an impact on that gold cup."

At this moment, Lin Xing, who was already in Orlando, scratched his head.

Does the word shrewd belong to him now?

It's everywhere...

The special car arranged by the Magic quickly took Lin Xing to the Magic training hall, where Lin Xing met John Gabriel and Shaquille O'Neal.

"Welcome, Sta..."

"Welcome to Orlando, Sta, I really hope you are my teammate now, so that we can fight side by side."

John Gabriel gave a simple welcome, but the Sharks were overly enthusiastic.

He directly gave Lin Xing a big hug, as if Lin Xing was already his teammate.

There was nothing to say about the next trial, and even John Gabriel, at the beginning of the trial, said:
"It's just going through the motions, Star, you just dunk a few baskets and shoot a few baskets, and it's OK."

In the end, Lin Xing still made a big one.

He directly let Magic put on a tool for measuring height, and then, with a run-up, he rushed forward and jumped up.

Snapped!
At this moment, John Gabriel, the Sharks, the coaching staff and staff of the on-site Magic, including Aaron Goodwin, all opened their mouths in surprise, their faces full of disbelief.

What happened?

Lin Xing jumped up with a surprising run-up, and his fingertips passed the height of the top of the backboard.

"This...he touched the top edge of the backboard?"

"Touch... touched it!"

"How did he do it? No, I mean, he's the first guy to actually touch the top of the backboard?"

"..."

Touching the edge of the backboard, many people claim to be able to do it, or it is rumored that they can do it.

For example, it is rumored that Ralph Sampson has a touch height record of 12 feet 11 inches, roughly converted, it is almost the top of the backboard of 395cm.

As another example, Lord of the Rings Bill Russell also boasted that he can touch the top of the backboard.

And the myth of the streetball legend "The Goat" jumping up and putting a coin on the edge of the backboard.

But none of the above was witnessed by bystanders.

But at this moment, Lin Xing touched the height of the top of the backboard in front of a group of people.

The legend was confirmed, but Lin Xing's bounce became even more terrifying.

"But it's obvious that in his physical test at the Chicago United training camp yesterday, he didn't reach the height of the top of the backboard, did he stand up and touch the height and run up and bounce?"

The Magic's chief scout still couldn't believe it, John Gabriel shook his head: "There is only one explanation, he is hiding his strength."

On the training ground, Lin Xing raised his arms high, and Aaron Goodwin rushed up directly.

"Fk, Sta, how did you step on the horse?"

"Huh? Obviously you only jumped 392cm yesterday!"

Lin Xing spread out his hands: "I'm hiding my strength."

As soon as these words came out, Aaron Goodwin's question marks became even bigger.

"Didn't you agree not to hide your strength?"

Lin Xing continued to spread his hands, he really didn't want to explain, or he couldn't explain.

Can he say that after the Chicago United training camp last night, he found that his run-up reach reached 392cm, which is only 3cm away from the top of the backboard.

So I turned around and counted again--

如果NBA处子赛季，他能拿到全明星扣篮王（10）、新秀赛MVP（5）、常规赛最佳新秀（10）、最佳新秀一阵（5）、最佳阵容（5、8、10）和最佳防守阵容（5、8）不管几阵。

As long as the above ones are not lost, according to the regulations in the system, he can get at least 40 honor points.

And he now has 85 honor points, plus the above honor points, if he changes the ball feel or flexibility, he will have 25 more honor points.

So, he gritted his teeth and bought a 2cm hand length directly.

After buying it, he discovered that he had also got stuck with a system bug.

If you buy the length of the arm, what he increases is the length of the arm span.

If you buy 3cm, the arm span will increase by 3cm, which will be divided into two arms by 1.5cm each.

But the length of the buyer's hand is calculated on the basis of a single lot.

With this purchase, his arm span directly increased by 4cm.

and so--

"The length of the hand is twice the length of the arm. Who would buy the length of the arm?"

But after buying it, he found that he was still 1cm away from the top of the backboard.

After hesitating, he gritted his teeth and bought another 1cm hand length.

Although it cost 5 more honor points to buy it like this.

But as long as you work hard in your rookie season and make up for these 5 honor points, it is still possible.

Or if you really haven’t saved enough, it’s okay to postpone a season for things like ball feel and flexibility.

After all, the achievement of touching the edge of the backboard can be said to be legendary.

After buying it, his hand length reached a little over 27cm, really big hands.

His wingspan has directly increased by 6cm, reaching 228cm.

The height of the standing touch increased by 3cm, and the run-up touch height also increased by 3cm when the run-up bounce remained unchanged.

As long as you are in peak form, you can jump a 395cm run-up and touch the height, there is no problem at all.

"Choose him, choose him!"

John Gabriel was mad, he had decided to do anything.

"I'm already imagining the picture of us teaming up. With you here, even if I make a three-point shot, everyone will think it will be a wonderful pass-because you will directly dunk the ball in the air!"

What's even crazier is O'Neill, who is already imagining the picture after joining forces.

……

On the next trip to the Bay Area, Lin Xing was still picked up by a special car. Under the leadership of Donnie Nelson, the son of the old Nelson, Lin Xing entered the training hall.

Then he saw old Nelson and Tim Hardaway, and...

"Hey, isn't this Bobo the dog thief? Why is he in the Warriors?"

Soon, all the unfamiliar faces in the training hall introduced themselves, and Lin Xing confirmed that this guy was Popovich.

This made Lin Xing very surprised. In his memory, Popovich has always been a Spurs.

So much so that he didn't know that Popovich at this time was actually an assistant coach of the Warriors.

Because of the friendly cooperation with Nelson during this period, he later returned to the Spurs and became the general manager of the Spurs. He also invited Nelson to coach the Spurs.

As a result, the Warriors did not let anyone go, so the trip did not take place.

Lin Xing quickly skipped Popovich, because he knew: Soon, Popovich will return to the Spurs.

The intersection between the two is probably only this trial training.

Soon, the trial training began.

Lin Xing once again performed touching the top of the backboard, and was shocked again.

Then he played a one-on-one game with Tim Hardaway and won.

Like John Gabriel, the Nelsons kept repeating: "Pick him, pick him!"

The last stop was the Lakers. Like the Magic, Lin Xing touched the top of the backboard.

Then he dunked a few baskets, scored a few mediocre three-pointers, and ended the trial.

On the sidelines, Aaron Goodwin has been communicating with Jerry West.

At the end of the exchange, Aaron Goodwin came back and told Lin Xing——

"Jerry West asked you to speak out publicly, and the Lakers will not join, so as to dissuade other teams who are interested in you."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xing frowned.

Isn't this a trick that Kobe played in the draft later?I didn't expect it to be the masterpiece of Logo Man.

This manual operation is actually quite tricky.

Lin Xing shook his head and refused.

"Tell him not to think about it."

To be honest, he is more inclined to join the Lakers. The reason is that more money and less work are close to home.

But at the same time, there was another voice in his mind telling him that the Warriors or Magic were better choices than the Lakers.

Compared with the Lakers, the Warriors should have a little less money, a little more, and a little farther away from home, but the lineup is much stronger than the Lakers.

As for the Magic, with the Sharks around, Lin Xing only needs to grow up a bit. In the next few seasons, they will definitely be the favorites for the championship.

In contrast, the Lakers' current lineup is almost rotten, without two or three years of rebuilding time, and the championship should be missed.

Lin Xing even felt that since he went, the Lakers didn't have a lottery pick.

If you want to rise, you have to wait for the Sharks to vote freely in 96.

In this way, for the sake of honor, the Lakers are not as good as the Magic and Warriors.

If the Lakers traded to the No. [-] pick by their own ability and selected Lin Xing, Lin Xing would definitely go there.

But let him speak out and lower the price publicly?

Forget it...

After all, he's not really a must-have for the Lakers.

The Lakers want him to be a licking dog?Don't even think about it!
After the trial training was over, Lin Xing and his party turned around and left.

Behind him, Jerry West shook his head—

"We have no chance, tell the scouting department, execute plan B..."

……

Lin Xing did not spend too much time in the three trials.

After all, his strength doesn't need much proof anymore.

In this case, he also showed off something that can only be done in legends, such as touching the edge of the backboard. There is no suspense in this draft.

In the following time, while waiting for the official start of the draft, he cooperated with Aaron Goodwin and negotiated a sneaker contract with Nike.

As far as Goodwin is concerned, he still has some strength.

In this sneaker contract negotiation, he was the one who pulled Adidas and Reebok to raise prices in various ways.

At the end of the day, it's time to sign the contract.

In front of Nike executives, Lin Xing performed a touch on the top of the backboard.

Amidst the cries of "Fuck", Lin Xing got a 7-year $8000 million sneaker contract with a real sky-high price.

Lin Xing knew that more than half of the 7 million US dollars in the past seven years came from him touching the top of the backboard, and the remaining half was due to Aaron Goodwin.

"Not to mention those weird brain circuits, this guy is still good at negotiating."

Originally, Lin Xing was thinking that after the expiration of the two-year manager contract, he would see if he could change to a white manager with a normal mind.

Now, he has changed his mind.

He thinks that Aaron Goodwin is the best agent, because he can personally control the overall situation.

And a master of business negotiation is hard to come by.

In this way, before the draft, Nike officials announced that they signed Lin Xing for 7 million US dollars in 8000 years.

Suddenly, the entire United States was shocked.

"Isn't this the biggest sneaker deal outside of Michael Jordan?"

"Is Nike crazy? Or is there really something magical about Stalin?"

"The sneaker contract from Nike can only show that Stalin is the real superstar and the Chosen One!"

"Although the No. [-] Scholar position has long been out of suspense, but now, it is even less suspenseful."

"The same thing that has become less suspenseful is that it is even more impossible for Stalin to go to the Timberwolves. Even if he changes his mind and wants to go, Nike will not agree."

"..."

In this atmosphere, on June 1993, 6——

In Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, the arena where a tragic player beat a fan happened in the future, the draft has begun.

Lin Xing entered the small green room, and with him, Lin's father and Lin's mother, Gary Payton who was eliminated from the playoffs, and Jason Kidd who shouted to come and feel the atmosphere of the draft.

At the same time, he also invited his high school team coach Darryl Lope, and invited his college team coach Seth Greenberg.

In this wave, the word "gratitude" was directly written on the face.

The camera scanned Lin Xing's area over and over again, and then found the high place on the stand over and over again——

Timberwolves general manager Jack McCloskey, everyone wants to see what choice he will make when he has the No. [-] pick but is rejected by Lin Xing.

Magic general manager John Gabriel, public opinion believes that Magic is Lin Xing's team with the best chance.

Lakers general manager Jerry West, Warriors management Nelson and his sons, 76ers general manager Jim Lynam, Kings general manager Jerry Reynolds...

The biggest question in this draft, where is Lin Xing going?
Soon, David Stern stood in the center of the stage, and he aimed the microphone.

Amid boos, he announced—

"The 1993 NBA draft begins now. The first thing to choose is the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. 5 pick in the first round. They have [-] minutes to choose."

Generally speaking, the 5 minutes of selection time is endless, and most teams will make their selections after one or two minutes.

Because the selection has been determined before the draft, all they have to do is fill out the slip and hand it in.

But today, time flies extremely slowly and takes an extremely long time.

One minute and one second, more than three minutes passed quickly.

No one knows what the Timberwolves are doing.

Some people even wondered: "Did the Timberwolves just want to disgust Stalin?"

Someone was very sure: "Is this not obvious? The choice of the No. [-] lottery has long been suspenseful. Just write Stalin's name and hand it in. After so long, the Timberwolves just want to give Stalin a false impression that we will not choose you."

Someone put forward an unreasonable hypothesis: "What if the Timberwolves really don't choose Stalin?"

"Then they're out of their minds."

"Magic will just laugh it off."

"..."

At the last second of five minutes, David Stern stepped onto the court and announced:

"In the 1993 NBA draft, the first pick in the first round, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected - a [-]-foot-[-] point guard from California State University, Long Beach, Lin Xing!"

With a bang, the audience cheered.

Lin Xing got up, and the first thought that popped up was: Why is there cheering?

Because most of the fans on the scene are Pistons fans, the Pistons also have a chance to get Lin Xing.

He hugged his parents, hugged the two coaches, hugged Payton, hugged Kidd, and hugged the agent.

Then, he put on the green and white Timberwolves hat, and walked up to the high platform step by step.

"Congratulations, young man, you are now the No. [-] pick in the NBA."

After shaking hands with the old man and taking a photo with the camera, Lin Xing walked down quickly.

You ask him why so fast?Why else, he wanted to know who it was, the trade got him.

Not long after standing under the stage, a phone call was made to Aaron Goodwin.

"Ok, I see."

With one quick word, Aaron Goodwin hung up the phone.

Turning his head, he told Lin Xing: "You went to the Warriors."

　The second change, 5k, totals 10k today, removes the guarantee of 8k, and adds 2k words.

　　In addition, Yi Wen changed the data about bouncing and touching heights in the previous article.

　　It was unreasonable (too high) if I didn’t calculate it carefully before, but now it’s very reasonable after the modification.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)