Chapter 65 Jersey controversy!

Angie was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Teacher, then should we continue to clear the salary space?"

"Why not? Keep cleaning up! The Kobe and Shaq drama will definitely have an end in the summer."

"It would be fine if the Lakers could win the championship, but as long as they lose in the finals, conflicts will inevitably break out, and that will be our chance!"

"As for whether Lin Yu wants to team up with Kobe or not, that's a small matter. As long as Kobe can come to the Celtics, plus Paul and Lin Yu, the championship will come."

The Celtics' current salary cap space naturally does not allow them to sign Kobe directly.

But the cardinal has already started discussing various deals through his connections.

At this time, the Celtics have quite a few good trading chips.

Like Ricky Davis.

Because he hindered James' growth, he was sent directly to Boston by the Cavaliers management.

Ricky Davis was a quasi-All-Star player in his prime.

In order to let the Celtics' star player Pierce take a break from the game.

Although Ricky Davis led players such as Chucky Atkins and Reeve LaFrentz to lose games continuously, the statistics are indeed still pretty good.

Plus the cardinal is out at this time.

How could his former disciples, such as Mavericks head coach Nelson and Timberwolves general manager McHale, not buy into his account?
Except for Lin Yu, Paul and Pierce, the entire Celtics are basically within the Cardinal's trading range.

After dealing with one part of the trade, the Cardinal then began to think about the issue of the head coach.

"Danny, do you have any ideas about the head coach for next season?"

The Celtics' head coach last season was fired by Ainge a long time ago. In the original history, Rivers became the Celtics' new head coach.

"There are two candidates, but they may need to be interviewed."

"Well, I'll go with you to see it during your interview."

After discussing the new season's head coach, the cardinal called his former disciple.

"Teacher, I know why you called me. Give my jersey to Lin Yu!"

"Jones, I thank you on behalf of Lin Yu for this."

As the top team in the NBA, it is no joke that the Celtics are filled with famous players.

The Celtics' No. 25 jersey has been retired. It belonged to KC Jones, a Celtics legend.

When it comes to this name, most fans have never heard of it.

He is not as famous as 'Lord of the Rings' Bill Russell, 'Big Bird' Larry Bird, and 'Red Cardinal' Arnold Auerbach.

KC Jones is also a Hall of Fame player.

He won eight championships during his career following 'Lord of the Rings' Bill Russell.

After retiring, Jones became the head coach of the Celtics, where he coached Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale.

During his tenure as head coach of an NBA team, Jones won 522 regular season games with a winning percentage of 67.4%.

In 1989, Jones was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Jones won 12 championships in his career: 8 as a player; 2 as an assistant coach; and 2 as a head coach.

The Celtics also retired Jones' No. 25 jersey.

Although Lin Yu did not mention the jersey to the Cardinal, the Cardinal still chose the No. 25 jersey that Lin Yu wore during his college years.

Normally, a jersey will not be used again after it is retired.

However, you can continue to use it as long as you obtain the consent of the original owner.

For example, Aldridge joined the Spurs, but the No. 12 jersey had been retired at that time. After getting Bruce Bowen's consent, Aldridge put on the No. 12 jersey.

And this news soon spread to the outside world.

In order to catch the attention, some media outlets directly started to sing the opposite tune, saying that Lin Yu did not respect the famous players and insisted on wearing the jerseys of the famous players.

The Celtics forced the legend to give his number to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu should choose a new number.

……

Among them, the person who criticized Lin Yu the most was Los Angeles Times columnist Samantha McCarthy.

Directly use the title "Celtics respect Lin Yu, but Lin Yu does not respect Celtics legends" to criticize Lin Yu.

The article talks about why Lin Yu should not wear the No. 25 jersey and how disrespectful it is to the famous player.

Lin Yu, who was training, was also confused at this time.

I didn’t seem to say which number I wanted to choose, right?
However, Lin Yu also guessed that the only person who could make the Celtics legend give up his number willingly was the Cardinal!
Then he ignored it and continued training with Joe Abassa.

"Lin, you have a strong learning ability and have developed some basic post-up skills, but you still need to continue practicing more. I would like to give you some other suggestions."

In fact, it is not difficult for any NBA player to practice a skill.

Take the jump shot for example. Not to mention NBA players, even on the basketball court, aren’t there a lot of people who can do it?
Lin Yu’s biggest golden finger is that the system will give additional bonuses to these skills, so these skills will become extremely powerful.

"You have excellent physical talents, excellent jumping ability and jumping speed, plus the advantage of your wingspan, which prevented your jump shots from being blocked during your time in the NCAA."

"Your outstanding talent makes it difficult for opponents to block you even in the NBA, but just because they can't block you doesn't mean they can't deal with you."

"So you need to protect yourself and avoid being tripped. Kobe did the best in this regard. He was able to remain unscathed even when facing Bruce Bowen."

Joe Abaza saw that Lin Yu's training was almost done, and gave his suggestions to Lin Yu in the NBA.

If NCAA is college basketball without money involved, it is pure and beautiful.

Then NBA is commercial basketball linked to money.

Bruce Bowen is a microcosm of the NBA.

There are players like Bowen in many teams in the NBA.

Like the scum of the future.

Even a coach with thousands of wins like George Karl once wanted Iguodala to destroy Curry.

"I understand. I will pay attention to this."

Lin Yu nodded, knowing that Joe Abassa's suggestion was correct and that he really needed to be careful to avoid being played dirty.

"Also, there is one more thing, Lin. Some of your current defense is too clean. I suggest you learn from Chris in this regard."

“I’m not saying it’s bad to be clean, but I think it’s better to add some confrontation when you’re defending.

This is the way of the era, advocating iron-blooded defense and confrontation.

Kobe has the nickname "Little Malone of Los Angeles", which shows that the defense in this era is actually not clean.

At least in terms of confrontation, it is normal to get hit once or twice for no reason.

……

While Lin Yu was training, the discussion from outside was getting louder and louder.

Finally, the Lord of the Rings himself showed up.

"Lin Yu, don't even mention wearing the No. 25 jersey. It's my jersey. As long as Lin Yu wants to wear it, he can take it off at any time!"

...

"Lin Yu is the future of the Celtics. Let alone wearing a jersey, even if he changes his number every season, the Celtics legends will have no objection!"

The Lord of the Rings' words instantly made the outside world's discussions disappear without a trace.

After all, the Celtics legend himself has no objection, so what else can others say?
(End of this chapter)