Chapter 56: Before the Big Four(1/2)
After the game, the camera was directed at Jamal Mashburn.
Facing the reporter, Mashburn said: "Star is very powerful. He is the strongest person in this NCAA. I am very sure and sure;
It’s not that I haven’t fought with Chris Webber and Grant Hill, and they haven’t put a lot of pressure on me;
Stah was the only opponent who put a lot of pressure on me. In this game, my defense could not withstand his offense at all;
If the draft is held at this time, the No. 1 pick must be him and he can only be him!"
Lin Xing never expected that in this battle, he directly defeated Jamal Mashburn.
The praise or even flattery of the opponent will be more valuable.
Especially, as Marshburn said, he did not fail to fight Webber and Hill.
As a traditional prestigious NCAA school, it is normal for Kentucky to have a few more strong teams in the preseason.
What Marshburn means, let’s analyze it—
Weber and Hill are the same as him, and Lin Xing is one level higher.
Lin Xing, a first-class senior, is not the top scorer, who is the top scorer?
Neil Nak, editor of the Sport Illustrated Simulation Draft Column.
He is a mixed-race man, and after he gets mixed up, he becomes a black man.
He has been in a bad mood recently.
Starting with various suggestive reports from the Los Angeles Times,
When it comes to the NBA general manager who did not want to be named, everyone speculated that it might be Logo Man Jerry West.
Then to ESPN's draft expert Chad Ford, he directly defeated the unspoken rule of inside-leading in the draft.
Finally, it was Jamal Mashburn's praise after the Elite Eight, and Lin Xing became the only one.
In this case, even if the NBA general managers still respect the inside supremacy, they have to think about it:
Is Lin Xing really the only one among the NCAA rookies as Jamal Mashburn said?
If Lin Xing is really unique, Chris Webber, and Sean Bradley, who has shown her American center in the Australian League, are not worth mentioning.
But the problem is that Neil Nak does not want to see Lin Xing become the No. 1 pick.
This is also the reason why Lin Xing, who was fierce in sports pictorials, never took the throne of the prediction lead in the previous simulation show.
As for the reason, the reason on the table is—
“Star-Lin is a defender, a defender player, and it’s too difficult to get recognition in the draft.
One data: The top picks in the draft over the past decade, including Larry Johnson, are all inside players and not a single outside!"
“And, Star-Lin’s technical shortcomings are very prominent. He only has one breakthrough on the offensive end, and at most he has recently developed an unstable three-pointer;
His passes are not as good as most traditional point guards. To put it bluntly, he is a fake point guard.
It’s just that his playing style requires the ball in hand, so he can only focus on the point guard position.”
The reason hidden on the back is—
Lin Xing is a yellow man, an Asian, or a Chinese among Asians.
Neil Nak didn't want to see Lin Xing become the No. 1 pick, he didn't want to see the NBA make a new history and welcome the first yellow-skinned No. 1 pick.
In response, his white colleague joked: Neil, you must be a race knight!
He changed his face directly: fart, I'm not!
"Then why did you refuse a yellow man to become the top scorer?"
"Because basketball has always been a black sport, at most, and some white people who can fly and be good at slacking,
As for the yellow people, they have never had success on the basketball court!”
After a very high-sounding reason, my colleague could only shake his head when he heard this.
To be honest, the NBA was still the world of white people at the beginning.
George McCann started the NBA superstar era, and then Bob Pettit, Bill Shaman, Bob Cusi, Dolf Shayce...
But they were all white, and none of them were black, until Cardinal Auerbach's Celtics brought Bill Russell.
The Lord of the Rings ruled the NBA's inside line, led the Celtics and swept out an eight-game championship.
The most interesting and embarrassing thing is-
One year, Bill Russell was voted as the regular season MVP of the season by players.
The best lineup of the media vote was monopolized by white men such as Petit, George Yadley, Shayce, Shaman and Cousy.
"Even though more than 30 years have passed, black players have spread throughout the NBA, and racial discrimination is still everywhere..."
"The most ridiculous thing is that the black people who were originally discriminated against actually began to discriminate against yellow people!"
...
Lin Xing didn't know that Sports Illustrated has a talent show expert who considers himself not a racial knight but is a racial discriminatory talent.
He was just strange, before the final quarterfinals, the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, a simulation draft column.
Not only did he not go further, he squeezed to the top throne.
On the contrary, compared with the second place in the previous issue, another one fell swoop.
"Damn, what's going on? I'm a Tanhua again?"
Chris Webber, who is at the top of the list, doesn't have to look at him anymore, Lin Xing directly aimed at the man above the second throne.
He wanted to see who was pushing himself down.
"George Lynch? trampled on horses..."
At this moment, Lin Xing's face was covered with swearing question marks.
Who is George Lynch? The head of the University of North Carolina, a senior and striker.
An ordinary player has no shortcomings and no highlights.
Lynch's draft prediction ranking has always been around the middle of the lottery and has never entered the top five.
This time I suddenly rushed into the top three and overwhelmed Lin Xing. No matter how I look at it, there are problems.
Of course, Sports Illustrated gives a good reason-
In the quarterfinals, University of North Carolina narrowly defeated Cincinnati.
In this game, George Lynch scored 21 points, 14 rebounds, 6 steals and 1 block with a large double-double.
A key mid-range shot at the last moment, plus four consecutive free throws.
Sports Illustrated directly gave him the title of Mr. Big Heart, and he praised him in various ways.
Lin Xing looked at the question mark: It is not worth bragging for the Long Beach branch to sweep each game. North Carolina scored a narrow victory and then bragged directly to the sky?
Let’s talk about George Lynch’s data, let’s not talk about the data from Lin Xing’s first three rounds.
Just like this game, he suffered from strict defenses -
9 of 18 shots, 50% of the shooting percentage, 23 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists and 4 steals, what's worse than George Lynch?
Although Cincinnati has Nick Van Exel and Cory Blunt, Kentucky is not weak either.
Jamal Mashburn's momentum is even more fierce than Van Exel and Cory Blunt combined.
Not to mention, Kentucky is the No. 1 seed, and Cincinnati is the No. 2 seed.
Long Beach School is below the gram, and North Carolina is just a normal ingredient.
No matter how you look at it, it is Lin Xing's victory that is even more valuable.
He couldn't figure it out, but soon...
"Wait, is North Carolina the opponent in the semi-finals against our top four?"
Rod Hannibal, who was standing by, thought for a moment and nodded: "By partition, yes."
"Then I understand, there is definitely something wrong with this sports pictorial!"
Lin Xing thought that before the quarterfinals, Jamal Mashburn had temporarily suppressed himself.
This time, before the semi-finals, the one who overcames himself became George Lynch.
Even counting further, Penny had pushed himself several times before he fought with Penny head-on.
"This sports pictorial, the butt is definitely crooked. The only problem is that I don't know why their butts are crooked..."
Lin Xing shook his head. He couldn't understand Sports Illustrated and decided not to read it.
No matter how it ranks, it will not affect Lin Xing's talent show market.
Just like ESPN, Chad Ford launched ESPN's simulation draft rankings like a stadium.
In the first issue, he directly placed Lin Xing on the throne of the top scorer.
To be continued...