Two Hundred and Eighty: The Bigger the Card, the Different

Tonight, no matter who wins Link or Jeremy Lin, a certain woman in Memphis will have to endure a few centimeters of pain. "

Jason Whitelock admitted that he said this sentence at the beginning, just wanting to make a splash, and by the way to make fun of Jeremy Lin and Link. Of course, this ridicule is indeed discriminatory.

Anyway, he believes that no one will speak up for the two Chinese players.

As a result, Whitelock was out of luck the day after the Knicks' game with the Grizzlies.

Jeff Austin contacted several friends in the media, and the matter became more and more popular. And the wonderful confrontation between Link and Jeremy Lin really made them both gain a lot of fans. Among them, there are even many non-Chinese fans.

Reasonable fans are still in the majority after all. What reason do they not like two players who can play wonderful duels?

So the fans denounced together, and Whitelock was pushed to the forefront. As soon as he arrived downstairs of the office building this morning, he was surrounded by a large number of media.

Faced with the doubts of his peers in the media, Whitelock didn't pay much attention to it at first. He insisted that he did not make a mistake and was just joking.

But the influence of this matter, to be precise, the influence of Chinese-American players, is obviously beyond Whitelock's imagination. This matter continued to ferment over time, and it fermented to the point where even the entire Fox Sports was affected.

At this time, Whitelock realized that Link and Jeremy Lin were no longer the ones he wanted to bully.

So, that afternoon, under the pressure of public opinion, Whitelock finally apologized, completely different from his attitude in the morning.

Unfortunately, his apology was too late. After the apology, Whitelock immediately received a letter of dismissal from Fox Sports.

"We are very disappointed by your remarks, and in order not to have a negative impact on the company, we have decided to fire you."

When Whitelock saw this sentence, he almost couldn't help but cry. This guy would never have imagined that he would be so hilarious that he would actually set himself on fire.

After Whitelock was fired, Fox Sports also publicly apologized in an official capacity, and the matter finally subsided.

Jeremy Lin never thought that this matter would ferment so much. Later, he learned that it was Link who deliberately contacted his manager to make things bigger.

When Jeremy Lin learned the truth, he smiled and shook his head.

Link is not only on the basketball court, but also off the basketball court.

It's easy to say anything if you don't provoke him, but if you provoke him, he will definitely take revenge. Such is the game, such is life.

This thing is all over. But Link is still playing seriously, and Jeremy Lin continues to create his magic. The yellow storm that swept through the alliance is still raging.

On February 14, the Grizzlies beat the Rockets by 10 points at home. Link had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and his performance was still strong. On the same day, Jeremy Lin beat the Raptors with 27 points in Toronto. Although the magic was interrupted by Link, it was not ended.

On the 15th, the Grizzlies faced the Nets back-to-back. In this game, Mayo scored 17 points and shot 37.5% of the three-pointers, which was a strong response to the Grizzlies' abandonment. Delong also scored 26 points, and the Nets' double guns in the backcourt seemed unstoppable.

However, with 5 players scoring in double figures and 3 players scoring 20 points, the Grizzlies narrowly eliminated the Nets with a difference of 5 points.

The Nets' defense is simply better than nothing, especially the perimeter defense. All of them are ATMs. Marshan. Brooks, Mayo and the already aged Deshaun. Stevens and others are all big colanders on the defensive end.

Under this kind of defense, Gay and Tony Allen scored 25 and 23 points respectively. Link scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, made 10 of 13 shots, and scored 20 points without free throws, bringing Mayo to shame.

On the other hand, Jeremy Lin led his team to a rout of the Kings at home, and won another game, bringing the Knicks' winning rate to 50%!

Unaffected by public opinion, the two crazy Lin are still striding forward.

So a day later, Link received a call from Jeff Austin, "You and Jeremy Lin are going to be in Time Magazine!"

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On the morning of the 17th, Link received the Asian edition of Time Magazine from Austin.

As in the original history, Jeremy Lin is one of the cover characters. A photo of him with the ball for a layup against the Lakers occupies the right half of the cover.

Yep, just the right half. And the left half, this is the place that is different from the original history.

The left half is a photo of Link celebrating a three-pointer in advance! This issue of "Time" magazine has two cover characters of Link and Jeremy Lin at the same time!

The cover does not have too many annotations, and the word "LINSANITY" is directly used as the title. But at this time, the word "Lin Madness" no longer only refers to Jeremy Lin, but also to Link!

Link and Jeremy Lin have become a whole new meaning for the word "Linsanity". This word is no longer exclusive to Jeremy Lin alone.

Chinese players overturned the entire NBA, which naturally caused quite a stir. It's just that in this history, it's not just Jeremy Lin, but also Link!

Link looked at the magazine in his hand and smiled with relief. He did not grab the title of "Lin Madness", but "shared" the title.

But this is not bad. After the influence is gradually increased, the value of oneself will also be greatly improved.

In a good mood, Link smiled throughout the afternoon training session. During the media opening hours between training sessions, the number of reporters who came to the FedEx Arena for interviews set a record high.

Today, not only local reporters in Memphis, but also many reporters from Europe and China have come all the way to ask Link a few questions.

Originally, being able to appear in "Time" magazine shows that your influence is not limited to the sports circle.

Of course, as usual, Link didn't float away. Competitive sports are very cruel. No matter how good you are now, as long as you fail, all the honors will disappear.

On the cover of "Time" magazine today, if the performance is smashed tomorrow, it will still be questioned.

So, in the confrontational training in the afternoon, Link was as serious as ever.

Chris Wallace, who was sitting in the office, was very pleased. Link's arrival allowed the Grizzlies to achieve double progress in both basketball and business.

The Grizzlies are no longer an unpopular team that no one cares about. This season, the average ticket price of the Grizzlies has increased by 111.3% compared to last season!

And the progress in basketball is needless to say. They were still worried about the playoffs last season, but this season, the Grizzlies are aiming for the top four in the Western Conference.

Just when Wallace was glad that he had taken down Link decisively, the landline phone in his office rang.

Wallace glanced at the caller ID and frowned.

The call was from the Union Office.

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After changing his clothes, Link walked to the administrative area of ​​the basketball arena and went straight to the office of the team's general manager Chris Wallace.

To be honest, Link usually has little contact with the management. After all, at this stage, he just wants to play well. Generally, those who have more contact with the management are players like Kobe, James and Wade who are enough to influence the development of the team.

Link didn't know why Wallace wanted to see him all of a sudden. Could it have something to do with his being on the cover of Time magazine?

When Link entered the office, sure enough, Chris Wallace was holding a copy of Time magazine. Wallace is naturally delighted that a Grizzlies player can be featured in a magazine of this caliber.

"Congratulations, Link, this is a great feat!" Seeing Link come in, Wallace got up and hugged him with great enthusiasm.

"Thank you, Chris. But you didn't just want to congratulate me when you called me here, right?" Link sat down across from Wallace with ease. He still remembered that the first time he saw Wallace, he came here Sign a ten-day contract.

At that time, Link was so nervous that he was afraid that Wallace would suddenly regret the "return". But now, facing Wallace again, Link is relaxed.

Therefore, in this league, the strength is stronger, and the waist should be tougher.

"Yeah, more than just congratulations. Actually, I have one thing I want to ask for your opinion. An hour ago, I got a call from the league office. Due to the unexpected injury of the Eagles' Joe Johnson, the league needs to invite another Player, replace him in this year's All-Star 3-point contest. The first thing the league wants to invite is you, they think your popularity and strength will bring a lot of attention to the 3-point contest. So they asked me if you would like to. "

"Alliance, ask me if I want to?" Link smiled.

Some players can't go to the game if they want to. Whether Link can go or not depends on his mood.

This card is bigger, it's different.