Chapter 485 Ding! Your Gift Bag Has Arrived!

Popovich invited Lin Yi to eat a famous taco from the Holy City family. After supper, the two went for a swim along the riverside streets of San Antonio.

Compared with the bustling New York, the holy city is less noisy and more peaceful.

When the two were hanging out, Popovich also pointed to a river and said to Lin Yi: "When we won the championship parade in 2007, the fans were dancing on both sides of the river. At that time, the host asked me how I was feeling, and I said: We are too good."

Looking at Popovich immersed in memories, Lin Yi couldn't help feeling in his heart: Fortunately, the Knicks won the championship last year!

Otherwise, if it was James who came to hang out with Popovich tonight, Lin Yi estimated that the old man's words would break James' heart to pieces.

In 2007, the Spurs swept the Cavaliers led by James 4-0 in the Finals to win the trophy.

Lin Yi and Popovich didn't talk too much about basketball when they were eating, but when they were hanging out, Popovich felt a little emotional, "Lin, you know? I used to think that if you were under my command , how will I cultivate you?"

Lin Yi glanced at the old man curiously, and Popovich said unhurriedly: "I think you will play with more rules than now, but who can say whether you can still reach the current level?" What about height?"

Popovich is a very interesting person. Many fans know that the Spurs are a strictly disciplined team, but it happens to be such a team, but there is a strange knife hidden in the team.

You must know that in order not to suppress Ginobili's imagination in playing, Popovich turned a blind eye to Ginobili's unreasonable shots.

When talking about Gino Belgium, Popovich made a famous remark: Before he shot, I think we can still trade him, but after he puts in, I want to prepare for him tomorrow. breakfast.

Under the leadership of Popovich, the Spurs fought the bayonet with the Pistons, ran and bombed the Suns, and shot the Heat with a three-pointer...

In addition, Popovich appreciates Lin Yi not only because of Lin Yi's talent, but because Lin Yi is really suitable as the cornerstone of the team.

Although Lin Yi is usually amiable, Lin Yike will never back down when it comes to issues of principle. For example, when Lin Yi responded to the Celtics, Popovich felt that he did a good job.

Popovich himself has a bad temper, and he yelled at referees countless times in the game. You must know that Steve Kerr, who will be deeply influenced by him in the future, is also a big money-generator for the league.

To put it bluntly, in the NBA you have to learn how to defend your own interests.

Bowen and Horry were once the ruthless corners of the Spurs.

In this cold and ruthless alliance, where can there be any good people?

This is just like what Lin Yi said in an interview before, here, no one will care how you succeed, because no one will listen to the losers explain the truth.

At the end of the chat between the two, Popovich also specifically talked about Lin Yi's unreasonable ultra-long three-pointer, "Lin, I heard that you usually deliberately practice ultra-long three-pointers during training?"

Lin Yi nodded frankly. Lin Yi knew that no one would believe him even if he said that he didn't specially practice ultra-long three-pointers. After all, Lin Yi hadn't made a good three-pointer in the new season...

In fact, Lin Yi felt very bitter, because this was completely forced!

How can he now get easy open shots like he did in his rookie season?

Lin Yi had no choice but to be pushed further and further away by the "Anti-Lin Alliance".

"Interesting, if the league introduces four-pointers in the future, I believe you will be able to win the scoring champion." Popovich joked.

Lin Yi looked up at the sky... Does this seem to be the evaluation of Curry and Clay in the future?

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After hanging out with Popovich for half an hour, Lin Yi said goodbye to the old man happily. When he went to the airport to join the team, Lao De looked at Lin Yi worriedly.

"Don't worry, coach, I really can't get used to living here." Lin Yi said to D'Antoni.

In order to appease Lao De, Lin Yi chatted with D'Antoni about tactics for a while.

Only then did D'Antoni feel relieved, and Lao De reminded Lin Yi that Popovich is not a good person, remember to keep a distance from him.

Lin Yi knew that D'Antoni cared about him, so he nodded repeatedly.

On the 9th, the Knicks flew back to the east. In Milwaukee, they tasted a delicious venison feast and slaughtered the bucks led by Iron King Jennings.

Speaking of which, the Knicks won four consecutive victories in this wave of devils. This is something that the entire Knicks team never expected before the expedition.

In addition, in the second half of the game, the playing time of Wilson Chandler and Battier has also increased. Old Germany has already begun to prepare for the playoffs. Now as long as there is a chance to train, D'Antoni will Let everyone go up and play a game to find the feeling of the game.

Mr. Tony, the Knicks champion last year, also returned to the rotation, which made the Knicks' rookies suddenly full of a sense of crisis.

Recently, Clay seldom goes out to play before the game. The Knicks' competition within the team is so fierce. Either he can get on the job according to his ability, or he can go to the water cooler.

On the 11th, the Knicks returned home to Madison Square Garden and easily defeated the 76ers.

After the game, Iguodala, the star of the 76ers, was very dissatisfied with the current situation of the team and believed that the team lacked aggressiveness.

It's a pity that the salary of the first brother in this period is too expensive, otherwise Lin Yi would definitely consider poaching the corner of the 76ers.

On the 12th, the Knicks challenged the Bulls in back-to-back away games. The Bulls are currently ranked third in the Eastern Conference. Before the start of the game between the two teams, the Bulls star Rose has been applying ice packs to his legs.

Lin Yi feels that Thibodeau is really trying to kill... Although Rose's playing time has dropped to an average of 36 minutes per game in the new season, in some key games, Rose's rest time is pitifully small.

And besides liking to kill the main force, Thibodeau is also very fond of corners... In the new season, all NBA teams have begun to increase the number of three-point shots, and only the Bulls are the same team.

The Bulls averaged only 16.7 three-pointers per game this season, ranking second to last in the league. If it weren't for the Bulls' strong defense, Lin Yi felt that even if the roses hadn't withered, they wouldn't be able to achieve their current results.

How rigid is Thibodeau?

In Lin Yi’s memory, in the 2017/18 season, when the number of three-pointers made by all teams in the league broke through the 30 mark, only the Huskies led by Thibodeau could be called a clean stream. They only made about 22 shots per game. As a result, the Huskies almost fell out of the playoff team's sequence after Butler was injured.

Closer to home, before this game, Lin Yi also discovered that Thibodeau had prepared a big gift package for himself.

Because the player Thibodeau arranged to defend him turned out to be Noah...

As for why Lin Yi knew that Noah would defend him?

"Wait, I will let you know what defense is in this game!" Before the game started, Noah said fiercely to Lin Yi.

Just like D'Antoni likes to study offensive tricks, Thibodeau always has his own whims in defense.

Nuoa's eyes were wide open, as if he was about to eat Lin Yi during the jump ball... Lin Yi decided that it was time to help Nuoa plant the B-tree in his heart!

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PS: The first update!