Chapter 26: Lin Han's competitors

　　October 5th, 1993, one month before the start of the November 5th regular season of the NBA regular season. In the last one or two days, almost all the NBA teams gathered again to train for the NBA new season.
And it was early in the morning of such a day, in the locker room of the Utah Jazz Training Hall, at this time all the players of the Utah Jazz with contracts were already gathered here, even if it was the previous team with some injuries The season's main small forward David Bennot has come here. The team's main force last season may not be available for a period of time this season. The 1991 rookie is also Lin Han's main competitor. one.
Of course, Lin Han regarded the team’s main small forward as an opponent last season, but the same young player did not regard Lin Han as a competitor. This year he just signed with the team after the rookie contract ended. A young player with a three-year, three-million-dollar contract is already looking forward to his future, because the team’s willingness to give him a million-dollar contract will naturally not keep him on the team’s bench, but really hope. He can shoulder the position of the team's future main small forward.
In this case, even if Lin Han, a "reputable" player in the United States, competes with him, he doesn't have much idea. After all, most of the media don't say that this kid is a rookie who has gotten a jazz. His views are the same as those in the media. Lin Han will not pose any threat to him. After all, when the All-Jazz players were in trouble with Lin Han a while ago, he did not participate and really didn’t know much about Lin Han.
It is still some time before the team gathers on the training ground in the morning. The players of the Jazz are talking and laughing with each other in twos and threes. Most of the players here are actually teammates from last season. The Jazz are not much this summer. It’s a big move, so the Jazz’s locker room is now extremely stable, and the two team’s two players, Stockton and Malone, don’t have too many contradictions. In this case, the team naturally cannot have many uncontrollable Things, but extremely harmonious.
It's just that the current harmony within the team has put a lot of pressure on the team's new players. At the very least, at this time Lin Han was sitting at the side counter and it was a bit uncomfortable, although Most of the players know each other and have'played hands', but otherwise, there really aren't many encounters.
And if Lin Han looked at the Jazz veterans who were laughing and talking to each other at this time, then the other two rookies next to Lin Han were even more cramped. For example, Lin Han was obviously able to feel this time. My friend Aron Williams is now shaking his legs almost steadily and stepping on the floor, and another rookie, small forward Brian Russell, this young player is also this year. The rookie of the year, but he didn’t enter the team. He lost this year. However, because the strength he showed in the jazz trial was very good, he was valued by the sharp eyed Jerry Sloan, so Jerry Sloan gave him a A four-year 1.2 million contract, which is better than Aron Williams's selected rookie's two-year 600,000, which can also be seen that the rookie is indeed powerful.
Although the relationship between Lin Han and Brian Russell is not very good, it is impossible to compare with Aron Williams, but the two are relatively close. Fortunately, the two trained together for three months in the summer, and this summer The main opponent of Lin Han in the match is him. The strength of this guy also surprised Lin Han. At least in terms of defense, this guy put pressure on Lin Han more than the strongest opponent Lin Han encountered so far, Alan Houston. It is much stronger. This is a very strong and strong defense player. Although he does not show too much talent on the offensive end, Lin Han definitely believes that this solid defensive player definitely has his place in the Jazz and may also become One of the players who competes for the game position.
Of course, if it is just its own competitor, in addition to Russell, who is a rookie like himself, the two most important are naturally the team’s starting shooting guard and the team’s three-headed Jeff Malone. For such An opponent, Lin Han knew that if he could not show great talent and ability at the beginning, it would be difficult to grab the starting position from his hand at the beginning. After all, this is a former All-Star player. Although, according to Jerry Sloan’s abacus, Lin Han was going to replace him sooner or later, after all, Jeff Malone is not too young, but it still takes time, and Lin Han does not want to wait so long, so after coming to the team, Lin Han never thought of going to grab a position with Jeff Malone. This veteran's position is too stable. Lin Han wants to compete with the rest because the team's starting small forward Bennot is injured. The small forward position left.
However, for a team like the Jazz with a championship goal, competition is everywhere, Lin Han is very wise to stare at the remaining small forward position that will produce competition, and other people are not. such? Last season's expensive signing guard Jan Humphries, this guy's performance last season was simply disastrous. Not only did he lose his starting position, but he was also highly questioned. This season, he is preparing to rise and regain his starting position. , And the team’s most important forward-back swingman rotation player Tyron Corbin is also sharpening his hoo. This guy played a bench for a long time last season and still contributed almost 12 points per game, shooting more than 50%. The data is excellent.
Of course, in addition to these, there is the 24-year-old young guard Walter Bond from the Mavericks this season. He averaged 8 points per game in the Mavericks rookie season, although the Mavericks are a fish-belly team. The data will not be recognized by the strong team, but the player introduced by Jerry Sloan as Lin Han's spare tire can't guarantee that he will really be willing to honestly do Lin Han's spare tire.
So, whether it’s Jeff Malone, Bennot, or Jane-Humfries, Brian Lessel, Tyrone Corbin, and Walter Bond, although these guys have all-star levels, there are quasi-all-star levels or The starting level is even a rookie, but none of these guys is a fuel-efficient lamp. Lin Han wants to stand out from these people. It is never a simple matter. After all, how can it be not fierce for 7 people to compete for two starting positions? .
Of course, at this time, Lin Han was deliberately ignoring these rookies because of the team’s veterans, leaving them aside, which made him fall into the team’s future team competition.
　　 And this time has been paying attention to Lin Han, the three rookie team two masters at this time, it is extremely unexpected.
Today the team gathers on the first day. They deliberately create this xenophobic atmosphere in the locker room. Naturally, it is impossible to play casually. There is an unwritten rule in NBA that rookies must follow the arrangement of the team’s old players regardless of the big names. Surprise management, this kind of seniority in NBA is very serious, such as the annual NBA All-Star Game, is the place where the most seniority is mentioned, the great of Jordan was rough out in the All-Star Game that year, Isaiah Thomas was not given to the big man in the east. Dock, Isaiah Thomas finally taught Jordan to be a man in minutes, and he rejected all the Eastern All-Stars. The contradiction between the two has deepened, which eventually led to the great leader of the league last year. When the dream team members were selected, UU read books. uukanshu.com directly refused Isaiah Thomas to join the team, but let Stockton, who was not very qualified, replace him, and eventually let this, the top three point guards in the history of nba miss the dream team. The incident also caused huge controversy last year.
　　 "It seems that this kid is really very suffocated, our jazz will really rise this season"
Lin Guang, who has been using Yu Guang to ignore Lin Han’s postman, looked at the quiet Lin Han with some emotion and said that last year the Jazz suffered a lot of pressure in the first round of the outing, which made the Jazz up and down whether it was management or players. The rapid rise, especially after seeing Jordan after completing three consecutive championships, both Malone and Stockton are thinking about going to the finals to beat Jordan.
This year's Jazz can be considered talented both inside and outside. Especially this year's latest young rookie Lin Han, not only Sloan has great expectations for Lin Han, but also Malone and Stockton. , This guy played a one-on-one game with even a former All-Star player such as Jeff Malone who suffered a big loss, such a player's ability is not said, these two are afraid that his character is not good, now it seems in the character There wasn't much problem with Shang Linhan, which gave the two teams the best test.
　　 "I hope so, but this kid's play still makes me feel a little mysterious"
　　 At this time, Stockton is not as optimistic as Malone. This team's new No. 8 player may bring a lot of instability to this always stable Jazz.
　　 As to whether such instability brings benefits or disadvantages, Stockton cannot confirm.