The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

Chapter 461 Lin Dong’s Basketball Movie

Nash?

Bob hesitated a little.

To be honest, this guy who has worked hard for the Mavericks for 6 seasons is now in his prime.

And since he was selected by the Suns in 1996, the data of this short point guard has been increasing every year. His growth path is different from Lin Dong's debut and the sudden explosion after silence like Sakuragi Hanamichi. Instead, he has always been moving forward step by step, firmly and non-stop.

Until last season, he averaged 14.5 points, 8.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game in the Mavericks, becoming the league's first-class point guard and was selected into the All-Offensive First Team for the first time in his career.

But the problem is... Nash has no defense.

He is too thin and too short. Facing the superhuman physical fitness of NBA players, Nash's defense is almost a sieve, which is why the Mavericks have never paid attention to him.

And what kind of team is the Supersonics? It is a team that invented the second gear of running and gunning and is famous for rotation defense!

Don't think that Lin Dong's average of 45+ points per game is the only reason for the Sonics to win. What really makes the Sonics invincible in the league is their overall balanced defense!

The rotation defense organized with Payton as the core blocked the offense of almost all teams in the league for the Sonics, which made the Sonics not only the highest scoring team last season, but also one of the lowest-scoring teams, second only to the Pistons!

Indeed, getting Nash can release the Sonics' offensive power to a greater extent. Not only can Lin Dong be fully released on the offensive end, even Sakuragi Hanamichi and Chandler may become All-Stars of the cake king type under Nash's dispatch. The overall firepower of the Sonics will inevitably be greatly improved, even stronger than the peak Payton.

But the defense is destined to be unbalanced because of this. It's not just Nash's defensive loopholes, but the rotation defense on which the whole team depends will no longer exist, and the Sonics will completely become a run-and-gun team.

There are gains and losses. Bob can't weigh them himself. He can only buy the fastest flight back to Seattle overnight and discuss with the core members of the team.

Lin Dong was woken up by a phone call, as were McMillan, Payton and others. Of course, there was also Yang Dong. All the core management of the Supersonics were there.

After listening to Bob's report, to be honest, everyone gasped.

The Olympic team of O'Neal + Kidd + Wade + LeBron, while on the other hand, the Supersonics even have Payton planning to retire...

Unless Payton is rejuvenated, how can this be played?

Not to mention that the combination of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Chandler is enough to check and balance O'Neal, Yao Ming beside Lin Dong in the Olympics also fought against the entire American super giant team's inside line for 3 quarters. Is it useful?

Not to mention the other people in the Supersonics, even Lin Dong couldn't help but wake up a little bit and stopped yawning.

But unlike the anxious state of others, Lin Dong showed an excitement that was a bit difficult to conceal.

"What are you excited about!" Payton patted Lin Dong's buttocks with a smile: "Don't you want the fourth consecutive championship?"

"No, no, no," Lin Dong said with a smile: "It's mainly because it's too boring to win this season, so I suddenly feel very challenged."

"This is not a challenge, it's a destruction." McMillan is extremely eager for this four consecutive championships. He won the championship for the first time in his career as a coach, and then won three consecutive championships. If he can win four consecutive championships again...

It will be the same as Lin Dong surpassing Jordan. By then, Chuck Daly, Phil Jackson, Popovich, and Old K, all these famous coaches in the history of American basketball will completely become his background!

And he is indeed not young anymore, and he lacks some of Lin Dong's passion for challenges. The only thing he desires is victory.

"Let's not talk about anything else. The combination of O'Neal and LeBron will destroy our inside line. Sakuragi and Chandler can deal with one of them alone, but they are still too naive to face the combination of these two! They can't occupy the inside line, and they can't limit the Cavaliers with Kidd on the defensive end... Can you imagine O'Neal with the best passer in history? How to block? Not to mention that they also have Wade. I have watched the recent game videos of that guy. He has improved so fast. His breakthroughs are so sharp that I feel that he is not inferior to Jordan in his prime. Even compared to Lin, he is not much worse! How can we defend such a team?"

"It's so unfair for them to form a team like this! O'Neal and Kidd were both in the first team last year. , Wade is also in the best second team, LeBron is also in the defensive second team... and these two young guys are still improving, which completely violates the league's rules on forming a team, Article 27, Section 3..."

"It will be published in the newspaper tomorrow. The league restrictions you mentioned do not exist. They have studied the system, and there is also the league's endorsement. You have to know that it was Kidd who voluntarily gave up his bird rights to enter the free agent market... If you really look into it, they did not violate the regulations." Bob interrupted McMillan's endless complaints. Stern had already warned him about everything that was about to happen this year. He had expected all of this, so it was naturally easier for him to accept it than McMillan and others.

"Don't worry about these things anymore. It won't change anything at all. What we have to consider is whether to have Nash! And how to get it. "

"Nash still has Bird Rights. Although it was only 7 million last year, if we want it, he will definitely seek a five-year big contract, at least 12 million per year. We have to consider Lin and Sakuragi after next season. The issue of wage inflation.”

Bob got to the point.

Frankly speaking, as the son of the team owner, Lin Dong would never leave even if the team only offered him 2 million and another team offered him 20 million.

At the same time, based on the team's core management's understanding of Sakuragi Hanamichi, there is a high probability that they will make the same choice as Lin Dong.

But from the current series of actions of the alliance, it can be seen that this is not a question of whether you want it or not, but that the alliance will not allow it.

It is foreseeable that when the 3+1 contract between Lin Dong and Sakuragi expires, if the SuperSonics cannot provide a maximum salary that matches their worth, the league will definitely stop the SuperSonics directly, and even use Lin Dong's As the son of the owner of the Sonics, it is not known that he will directly dismantle the Sonics on the grounds that he got the maximum profit from this salary deal.

Sakuragi Hanamichi can do something about it, but when someone's child treats you with all his heart, you deduct his salary because you are reluctant to bear the luxury tax, and your conscience can't bear it. Will Sakuragi Hanamichi agree on the surface, but think too much in his heart? People also have to support their families and children...

Things like feelings are mutual. You can't rely on the favor card to always make others reciprocate and pay for you. The more generous they are, you have to match them, otherwise you are worthy of the love between each other. Friendship?

Once Nash and Nash sign a five-year maximum-salary contract, Sakuragi and Lin Dong's salaries will directly reach the maximum salary next season, and the SuperSonics' salary cap will instantly exceed the upper limit and reach the fourth level.

"At the same time, Nash also has defensive problems, and..."

"But we have to strengthen. With the way the Cavaliers are doing, if we don't strengthen, we will definitely not win this fourth consecutive championship! I think we still have to..."

"The league is determined to mess with us this time!" McMillan was still struggling with the league's decision: "Maybe the referee will be biased when the time comes..."

A group of people were chattering in the room, arguing with each other.

In the end, it was Lin Dong's words that ended everyone's dispute.

——This Cavaliers has indeed reached an ultimate balance of offense and defense. It is impossible to temporarily form a team that can compete with them in all aspects. Then it is better to go to extremes and run to the extreme. Boom, use the most offensive attack in the entire history to destroy that Cavaliers! Just compete with them to score! The addition of Nash can unleash the Sonics' offensive power to the greatest extent, and going to the extreme in one direction is also a way to win.

——Secondly, although Nash's defense is a loophole, don't forget that in addition to the nickname of "Engine", Kidd also has another nickname called "Ji Bu Gong". This is all about "basically not attacking", how can the "not defending" against him be missed? It's nothing more than a five-on-five defensive rotation, adjusted to 4-on-4.

——As for the salary issue, don’t worry too much. On the one hand, you can sign a salary clause with Nash with a relatively even increase and spread it out equally, so that the salary pressure in the next few seasons will be much less. On the other hand, you can also wait. After winning four consecutive championships, we will slowly take a look at the situation. The SuperSonics have made a lot of money in the past two years. If they really have to bear the luxury tax, they can afford it. At worst, they will make less or at most no money. Four consecutive championships Can the team still lose money? In short, let's win four consecutive championships to spend this season first, and then go back to looking for changes.

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Lin Dong did not participate in the subsequent negotiation strategies, salary pricing, etc. It was not what he was good at, not to mention that he had something to do these days.

I want to go back to the Dragon Kingdom.

First, the 2005 Asian Basketball Championship is about to begin.

Although Lin Dong did not participate in this event, he still wanted to take a look at the Doha Asian Championships. On the one hand, he had made an appointment with Dayao, Sun Yue, and Lao Zhu to get together, and on the other hand, he also wanted to take a look. Look at the Japanese team.

Japan failed to qualify for the Olympics last year. After a lot of criticism in the country, with the efforts of Coach Anzai, the two major domestic professional leagues have now completed the integration, and FIBA ​​has also lifted restrictions on Japan's participation in the World Series. .

As his teammates, Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede, who is still unknown due to lack of playing time, Lin Dong is very aware of the current strength of these two people.

Frankly speaking, if they want to play against the Dragon Kingdom men's basketball team currently led by Dayao, with their own "internal information", Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede have no chance of winning. After all, both of them lack independent offense. Ability, their performance in the SuperSonics is based on their own connection, not to mention the overall foundation of the Dragon Country men's basketball team is still much stronger than Japan.

But Lin Dong really wanted to see what Sakuragi and Rukawa could do without him.

This is the main purpose of returning to the Dragon Kingdom this time.

In addition, there is another thing, that is, the movie that was promised to Stephen Chow has been started for more than a month, and the script has been read to Lin Dong.

Different from the previous Shaolin Football, this time it tells a movie that is more in line with the current imagination. It tells the story of a young man who practices martial arts in a martial arts school. Lin Dong, who is now the number one player in the basketball world because of his star chasing, becomes a lucky man on the court. The fan was drawn and shook hands with Lin Dong, and then all of Lin Dong's 'basketball skill package' was transferred to the young man.

The boy suddenly became the most powerful player on the planet. He could throw a super three-pointer directly from the baseline to the other side at the beginning of the game. When passing by, there would be a special effect afterimage, and he could directly pass through the five-pointer.

Then the boy's life was like a mess. He led his sports school martial arts basketball team, easily averaging more than 100 points per game, and directly reached the Dragon Country College Basketball Finals.

But Lin Dong has become a rookie who can't make a shot at the basket. The SuperSonics went from an 82-game winning streak last season to a five-game losing streak after the start of the next season. They couldn't score a point in every game. Under attack and doubt.

Two completely different life trajectories have undergone earth-shaking changes, until the boy saw his idol's sadness and embarrassment, and saw his lonely idol practicing shooting on the basketball court again and again, trying to regain the touch he once had.

He saw his idol's perseverance and hard work, and also saw the honors and trophies that did not belong to him become "ghoulish". The young man finally realized that he had to rely on himself for everything, so he took the initiative to return to the stadium to shake hands with his idol again. In an instant, the skill package returned to Lin Dong, leading the Sonics to restart a new round of winning streak, and finally won the championship.

The young man also relied on his spiritual sublimation and his familiarity with Lin Dong's skills during this period, relying on the perseverance and never giving up learned from his idol, combined with his own kung fu to create his own style of play, and also led The team won the championship in domestic colleges and universities, and they are determined to go to the NBA to play with their idols...

It's a very simple story, but the process is full of weirdness and Zhou's nonsensicalness, and it's still very enjoyable.

The filming has already begun. For example, the scene of "shaking hands" with the teenager. As early as the finals, Stephen Chow's crew had already taken the actor to Seattle and filmed it directly, which restored the scene absolutely authentically.

What Lin Dong was responsible for was to spend about seven or eight days between watching the Asian Championships and go to the studio to shoot the whole scene for about ten minutes.

So, to be honest, the whole month of July was quite busy... Nash and the like can only be left to Bob and the others to worry about.