This Forward is Not Serious

Before the Suns faced the Lakers again, Big Ben returned first.

Although he has not officially signed a new contract with the Suns, he can't wait.

After spending a week with his family for a short vacation, he returned to Phoenix without stopping.

Like Stoudemire before, adding Butler gave him the hope of winning this season.

Of course, because he didn't sign the contract, he definitely couldn't play.

However, he can train with the team!

Maintaining form is one aspect, and more importantly, it helps Lopez improve his defense.

Before he was there, Lopez was the 11th or 12th person in the rotation.

The normal rotation of the Suns is 9-10 players, so it is generally difficult for Lopez to get any playing time.

But now, Daben hasn't signed the contract yet, so he will definitely replace Daben in the round.

Lopez is also a typical offensive and defensive player. Although his talent is a bit worse than his brother, he is quite sufficient as a backup center.

It's just that his card position, defensive position, including pick-and-roll prevention, need to be improved.

Fortunately, the Suns still have time.

A day later, the Lakers arrived in Phoenix.

In the evening, Lin Ying carried Butler and drove to the door of the hotel to pick up Kobe.

Kobe went straight to the back seat and chatted with Butler, and they had a hot chat.

Lin Ying couldn't speak in front.

Well, there is a feeling of being an electric light bulb.

I finally arrived at the Yao restaurant, and when I discussed the eating environment, I started to enter his home court.

Kobe obviously has tried Chinese food, and if he is interested in something, he will first ask what Lin Ying is.

Then it may be because he grew up in Italy, he especially loves pasta.

Under Lin Ying's recommendation, he was going to try the sliced ​​noodles.

And he also chatted with Lin Ying about an interesting story between him and Butler.

Because he is usually busy training, especially when O'Neal just left the team, he basically declined all leisure activities.

So the impression he gave to others is: a training freak who has no social other than training.

It was against this background that Butler had a party and invited Kobe and Odom.

There were dozens of people attending that party, and they were shocked when they saw Kobe.

And Kobe took the pork ribs handed over as soon as he sat down, and chatted with Odom Butler while eating.

At this point, everyone else was dumbfounded:

"Oh my God, Kobe actually eats ribs!"

There is a background here. Because clenbuterol is a banned drug in the NBA, and pork contains a lot of it but has not been detected, NBA players generally do not eat pork.

Then Kobe responded very interestingly, he smiled and replied:

"Yes, Kobe still drives to the gas station to refuel by himself!"

Butler imitated Kobe's tone and said.

This immediately drew a burst of laughter from Kobe.

Lin Ying looked at the two, and the contact time with Kobe was not short, but this was the first time he saw Kobe like this.

It can be seen that the relationship between Butler and Kobe is extraordinary, completely beyond the scope of ordinary friends.

"Lin, don't you want to know Karon's story?"

Because it takes time to serve, Kobe took advantage of this time to speak.

Lin Ying was also sitting in distress, listening respectfully.

Everyone knows the story of Iverson, because Iverson stood on the stage of the NBA Finals.

In that story, Iverson was in a difficult situation when he was a child, dealing with drugs violently every day, but his hobby of cleansing was not contaminated.

That made him eventually become the NBA No. 1 pick, and played his own natural enemies.

Butler is also in a difficult situation, but he is on the opposite path of Iverson.

He was born near Lake Michigan, a small town only 22 miles from Milwaukee.

His father also abandoned him and his mother early, and his mother needed to do two jobs in order to support him.

Unlike Iverson, he has no stepfather.

So he is more like the role of Iverson's stepfather. In order to keep himself and his mother alive, he has been trafficking in drugs since the age of twelve.

In the United States, this is a high-risk, high-reward job.

But it is obviously difficult for a teenager to do this well.

He worked until he was 15 years old and was arrested 15 times.

For the last time, the local police finally realized that this young man would die on the street sooner or later if he continued like this, so they threw him into the juvenile control station.

He needs to serve a year in prison there.

This sounds like a wonderful story.

But like many American stories that are packaged, its interior is not visible.

According to Butler's words, the juvenile office may be more dangerous than drug trafficking, and every day there is "life and death".

Some are raped, some are murdered, but no one will bother.

A teenage child, surrounded by the darkness of the world, can imagine what kind of desperate environment it is.

At this time, he grabbed a life-saving straw, basketball.

Just like the description in American movies, basketball courts do not require a lot of investment and occupy a small area. Generally, there will be one in the prison.

It was at that time that he discovered his love for basketball.

In fact, in a sense, Butler and Laue are the same kind of people.

Laue is crippled by the body, but Butler is crippled by the mind.

But the same thing is that they both saved themselves through basketball.

After fighting with other people and being imprisoned for two weeks, he finally figured out that he was going to play basketball!

So after coming out of the juvenile management office, he began to put all his love into basketball.

"They still looked for me."

Just then Butler interrupted Kobe.

"Shortly after I got out from there, they found the thing near my house, and then suspected that I did it because of my previous conviction."

Kobe looked at Butler in surprise at this time. Obviously he hadn't heard Butler said this paragraph.

"They are going to take me to jail for ten years."

Butler's expression was obviously a little afraid when he said this.

If he really wants to sit for ten years, let alone his basketball career, he will be completely ruined if he finally returns to a regular life.

Of course, now Butler is sitting here, as an NBA player, that obviously didn't happen in the end.

"But at the time, Officer Rick Geller communicated with me and confirmed that I had nothing to do with that. He saved me."

Butler continued with emotion.

Accidental arrest is very common in the American police industry, and Iverson’s riots were similar.

So the policeman named Geller can be regarded as Butler's reinvention benefactor.

Kobe hasn't recollected it yet, but Butler tells the story himself.

Although he embarked on the path of basketball, he didn't start playing basketball until he was 15 years old, and with those bad records, his basketball path was destined to be bumpy.

In the beginning, he was forced to move away from the original block with his mother.

Because of those bad records, the local school refused to accept him.

Then he was forced to enter a technical school, and then began to upgrade all the way to fight monsters.

He first entered the Maine Preparatory School through hard work.

During that time, in addition to training and competition, he spent the rest of his time working at Burger King to make money.

After that, he entered Washington Park Middle School through hard work and began to realize his basketball talent.

He helped the team improve from 3 wins and 19 losses last season to 19 wins and 3 losses, and contributed 30+10+5 in 98 consecutive games.

It was this kind of competition that allowed him to finally enter the AUU league, complete the college promotion two years later, and finally enter the University of Connecticut.

He was 20 years old as a freshman, and then he contributed 15.6 points and 7.6 rebounds in his first year.

By the sophomore year, he raised this stat to 20.3 points and 7.5 rebounds, helping Conn to become the Big East League regular season and championship double champion, and reached the elite eight in the same year.

That year, he knocked on the door of the NBA and was selected by the Heat with the 10th overall pick in the first round.

At this point, Lin Ying probably also knew the following story.

The Heat debuted at their peak, losing their position in the second year as a bargaining chip for O'Neal. When the Lakers became the second boss and became friends with Kobe, the Wizards finally started their trident career.

Listening to the whole story, Lin Ying's mood was still very shocking.

In the stories he had heard before, whether Iverson or Durant.

As they grow up, there will always be someone who cares for them and guides them, either the stepfather or the godfather.

But Butler did it step by step by abruptly on his own.

Now I'm just going to talk about some bland words, but if you really put yourself in it, most people may not survive the three episodes in the TV series.

Give a very simple example.

A drug dealer who went to work at Burger King would definitely be mocked by his former drug dealer.

It is even possible that they ran to the restaurant to give Butler some color, and it was foreseeable that they wanted to pull him back.

But he persisted in the end.

This story seems to explain a lot of things.

Why does his character go straight, because there is no father/godfather role to teach him how to get along with people better.

Why does he have a big heart ability, because of his experience, no one on the court can make him afraid.

The same kind of person is worthy of Kobe as a good friend or even a close friend.

The prodigal son returns to the gold not to change, the NBA inspirational model!

And Lin Ying can better understand why Butler has such a strong desire for a championship.

Because only if he succeeds, can someone understand his story, and he doesn't need to be like when he first arrived in the Suns, the first thing he saw in the locker room was to say that he was not a stab.

"Kobe, aren't you afraid that we will win you?"

Knowing Butler's story, Lin Ying is more confident in defeating the Lakers this year.

Nash, Stoudemire, Hill, Tony Allen, Butler, and himself, they have assembled a group of people who have an infinite desire for victory!

"No, you can't win."

Kobe's can't win theory is here again.

...

The Suns lost to the Lakers 103-113.

Gentry chose a stable play, and this result is acceptable to the coaching staff.

And what excites the coaching staff is Butler's performance. His first game of the start was 17 points and 5 rebounds.

And he shot very efficiently, shooting 6 of 11 and 4 of 8 three-pointers.

Such a performance made the Suns fans couldn't help but love him.

...

The time came to March 18, a month has passed since the trading deadline.

The two signings that broke out on this day caused a shock to the league.

One is Ilgauskas signing with the Cavaliers, and the other is signing with the Suns.

Coincidentally, these two trivial deals completely caused dissatisfaction with other teams.

According to the game, this is obviously a bug here!

For example, the operation that does not pay attention to the actual and only talks about the theory:

The Cavaliers traded James for Kobe, then the Lakers cut James, the Cavaliers signed back 30 days later, and 23+24 took shape.

This is obviously a loophole in the rules.

Finally, under pressure, the alliance issued relevant regulations.

Unlike the previous Gary Payton terms, this time it is a patch on the league rules, which stipulates that a player cannot be signed back for a season after being traded.

So there is no specific name for this clause, but in order to let people know what happened later, the fans named it:

Well, Big Ben-Big Z clause.

It was exactly the same as Lin Ying had thought before.

Of course, this clause only applies to the following teams, like the Cavaliers and Suns two teams belong to the final beneficiary.

Speaking of the Suns, after signing back the big, the team's 15-man squad for the playoffs was finalized.

Point guards: Nash, Barbosa, Holiday

Shooting guards: Tony Allen, Quentin Richardson, Gerald Green

Small front: Caron Butler, Hill, Dudley

Big front: Lin Ying, Frye, Jalen Collins

Center: Stoudemire, Robin Lopez, Big Ben

The reason why the Big Ben is placed behind Lopez is because the team rotation has changed in a month.

The previous Gary Payton clause seemed useless, but NBA players who haven't played a formal game for a month, especially veterans, will take time to recover.

The big Z next door is similar.

If there is no impact at all, the Gary Payton Clause will not last that long.

...

The NBA playoffs are getting closer, and the competition for the playoffs is getting more and more intense.

This month belongs to Durant.

Well, Durant who is broken in love.

To the end of the Cold War, Monica finally broke up with Durant.

In order to help the Thunder grab a spot in the playoffs, and to vent their disappointed relationship, Durant has already become popular.

His monthly scoring average has soared to 35 points directly, and he has entered the "reaper mode" ahead of schedule.

The same thing happened to Rose.

In order to help the team get the final playoff spot, Rose is also blooming in Chicago.

Looking at the Suns at this time, it seems a bit like an unhurried, unhurried old man.

However, in the two key games, with the excellent performance of the team, they all won.

One against the Lakers, one against the Nuggets.

There are tight and loose, Gentry's coaching level has also been greatly tempered in this special season.

...

Lin Ying and Brooke's relationship has been heating up.

Lin Ying gave Brooke's favorite dessert, Brooke will also wear tight jerseys and Lin Ying for ball control training in the training hall.

They pay attention to each other and express their love for each other.

Even Lin Ying customized a batch of special fireworks through China~www.wuxiahere.com~ to make a surprise on Brooke’s birthday.

Of course, Lin Ying also slowly changed from a boy to a man during her time with Brooke.

Once I met Lin Ying and gave Brooke a fitted JK, it seemed that some magical door was opened.

cough.

This is also part of love.

It's just that because the two people don't meet very often, this kind of scene usually only occurs in overtime.

And for Lin Ying, that didn't affect his court state, on the contrary, it had a great increase effect.

Lost and passionate love can sometimes be an effect.

...

After the last game on April 17, the regular season of the 2009~2010 season came to an end.