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

Jason Whitelock admitted that he wanted to take advantage of the popularity when he said this sentence at the beginning and tease Jeremy Lin and Link. Of course, this kind of joke is indeed discriminatory.

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

As a result, Whitelock was in trouble the day after the Knicks' match with the Grizzlies.

Jeff Austin contacted several media friends and made the matter more and more popular. The wonderful showdown between Link and Jeremy Lin really allowed them to harvest a lot of fans. Among them, they even included many non-Chinese fans.

After all, rational fans still account for the majority. What reason do they have to dislike the two players who can play a wonderful showdown?

So the fans condemned each other, 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 media colleagues, Whitelock didn't care much at first. He insisted that he had not made any mistakes, but was just joking.

But the influence of this incident, to be precise, is the influence of Chinese players, obviously beyond Whitelock's imagination. This incident continued to ferment over time, fermenting to the point where the entire Fox Sports was affected.

At this time, Whitelock realized that Link and Jeremy Lin were no longer bullying him if he wanted to.

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

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

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

When Whitelock saw this sentence, he almost couldn't help but cry. This guy would never have thought that he would be so excited that he would actually cause trouble.

After dismissing Whitelock, Fox Sports also publicly apologized as an official capacity, and the matter finally subsided.

Jeremy Lin didn't expect this matter to ferment so swell. Later, he found out that it was Link who deliberately contacted his manager to make the matter bigger.

After learning the truth, Jeremy Lin smiled and shook his head. Link was not only on the basketball court, but also on the basketball court.

It’s easy to say anything if you don’t mess with him, but if you mess with him, he will take revenge. This is the game and life is like this.

This matter is all over here. But Link is still playing the game seriously, and Jeremy Lin is continuing to create his magic. The yellow storm that swept the league is still raging.

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

On the 15th, the Grizzlies played against the Nets back-to-back away. In this game, Mayo scored 17 points and shot 37.5% of the three-point shooting percentage, which was a strong response to the Grizzlies' abandonment. Deron also scored 26 points, and the Nets' double guns in the backcourt seemed unstoppable.

But the Grizzlies defeated the Nets with five points in double digits and three players scored 20 points.

The Nets' defense is simply better than nothing, especially the outside defense, and everyone comes out with ATMs. Marshan Brooks, Mayo, and the elderly Deshen Stevens and others are all colanders on the defensive end.

Under this kind of defense, Guy and Tony Allen scored 25 points and 23 points after the comeback. Link scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, made 10 of 13 shots, and scored 20 points without free throws, which made Mayo look shameless.

On the other hand, Jeremy Lin led the team to beat the Kings at home, and won another game, pulling the Knicks' winning rate to 50%!

The two crazy Lins were not affected by public opinion and were still strideing forward.

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

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On the morning of the 17th, Link received the Asian version of Time magazine sent by Austin.

Like original history, Jeremy Lin is one of the cover characters. Photos of him taking a layup with the ball against the Lakers occupied the right half of the cover.

That's right, it's just the right half. And the left half, this is different from the original history.

The left half is a photo of Link celebrating a three-point goal in advance! This issue of Time magazine also has two cover characters, Link and Jeremy Lin!

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

Link and Jeremy Lin have become a new meaning of the word "Lin Crazy". This word is no longer exclusive to Jeremy Lin.

The Chinese players overturned the entire NBA, which naturally caused a considerable sensation. However, in this history, it was not only Jeremy Lin, but also Link!

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

But this is also good. As the influence gradually increases, your value will also be greatly improved.

Link was in a good mood and smiled throughout the afternoon during training. During the media opening hours during the training interval, the number of reporters who came to the Federal Express Arena to interview was a record high.

Today, not only local journalists in Memphis, but also many European and Chinese journalists came from all the way to ask Link a few questions.

Originally, being able to appear on Time magazine means that your influence is no longer limited to the sports circle.

Of course, as usual, Link is not floating. Competitive sports are cruel. No matter how awesome you are now, as long as you can no longer do it, all the honors will disappear with the smoke and rain.

Today I will be on the cover of Time magazine. If the performance is bad tomorrow, it will still be questioned.

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

Chris Wallace, who was sitting in the office, was very pleased that the arrival of Link allowed the Grizzlies to achieve dual progress in basketball and business.

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

There is no need to say much about the progress in basketball. They were still worried about the playoffs last season, but this season, the Grizzlies are targeting the top four in the West.

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

Wallace glanced at the caller ID and frowned immediately.

The phone number was called from the Alliance Office.

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After changing his clothes, Link walked to the administrative district of the basketball arena and headed straight to the office of the team general manager Chris Wallace.

To be honest, Link usually has little contact with the management. After all, at this stage, he only 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 suddenly saw him. Could it be that he was on the cover of Time magazine?

When Link walked into the office, sure enough, Chris Wallace was holding a book called Time magazine. Wallace was naturally very happy that the Grizzlies players could appear in magazines of this level.

"Congratulations, Link, this is a great feat!" After seeing Link come in, Wallace stood up and hugged him, extremely enthusiastic.

"Thank you, Chris. But you asked me to come, probably not just to congratulate me, right?" Link sat across from Wallace easily. He still remembered that when he first met Wallace, he came here to sign a ten-day contract.

At that time, Link was so nervous that he was afraid that Wallace would suddenly regret returning the goods. But now, facing Wallace again, Link was very relaxed.

So, in this alliance, if you have stronger strength, your waist must be harder.

"Yes, not just congratulations. In fact, I have one thing I want to ask for your opinion. An hour ago, I received a call from the league office. Due to an accidental injury of Hawks player Joe Johnson, the league needs to invite another player to replace him in this year's All-Star 3-point competition. The first thing the league wants to invite is you, they think your popularity and strength will bring a lot of attention to the three-point competition. So they asked me to ask if you would."

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

Some players can’t even go to the game, but whether Link goes to it depends on his mood.
Chapter completed!