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发帖数: 3172 | 1 NEW YORK -- On July 1, 2016, as he contemplated his basketball future with
nearly a dozen others inside a room in his hometown of Palo Alto, California
, Jeremy Lin ended up pulling an all-nighter.
"I couldn't sleep," Lin said. "I was too excited."
After meeting with the Brooklyn Nets and New Orleans Pelicans at the start
of the NBA's free-agency period at 9:01 p.m. PT, the unrestricted free-agent
point guard sat down with his agents, family members and close friends to
decide his future.
Hours of discussion and prayer followed.
At 7:02 a.m. PT, Lin announced on Twitter that he was signing with the Nets,
reuniting with Kenny Atkinson, Brooklyn's head coach who had been Lin's
mentor when Atkinson was an assistant with the Knicks.
Lin said he made up his mind sometime in the middle of the night.
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"This is where I want to be," said Lin, who inked a three-year, $36 million
deal with Brooklyn that includes a player option in the final year. "I feel
this is the best place for me to become the player I think I can become. I
want to see how good I can become and be a big part of an organization, and
that's what they gave me here."
And to think, most teams didn't want anything to do with him last offseason.
Hitting a low point
Exactly a year earlier, after a season gone wrong with the L.A. Lakers, Lin
had no suitors.
He felt the way he had felt before "Linsanity," when he was simply trying to
hang on for his NBA life. His joy for the game had evaporated.
"I couldn't even get the minimum from certain teams," Lin said. "That showed
me how low my market value was. Obviously, I was offended. I just couldn't
understand it."
The Nets had targeted Lin with their mini-midlevel exception, sources said,
but according to Lin, "they were never legitimately a contender in terms of
where I wanted to go."
Brooklyn wound up splitting its mini-midlevel between Shane Larkin and Wayne
Ellington.
Lin wanted to play in Dallas, but the Mavericks brought in former Nets guard
Deron Williams after Brooklyn completed a buyout with the three-time All-
Star point guard. Lin settled for a two-year, $4.3 million deal with the
Charlotte Hornets, which included a second-year player option.
"I could count so many players that had a higher market value and a higher
contract. It was just like, ‘Wow,'" said Lin, who was the 246th-highest
paid NBA player last season, according to ESPN contract data. "I didn't
realize that my value had dropped so much during my one season with the
Lakers."
In Charlotte, however, Lin flourished. Empowered by a defined role (
sparkplug reserve) and a coach (Steve Clifford) who believed in him, Lin
revitalized his career and rediscovered his passion for basketball, helping
the Hornets make the playoffs.
"If you look at the season with the Hornets and my season with the Lakers,
statistically, they're pretty much the same," Lin said. "And maybe it's
perception or whatever happened with the Lakers, and the fact that we were
getting blown out on national TV consistently -- I don't know what it was.
Was it fair? Do I think I'm worth more than that? Yeah, I think I'm worth
more than the veteran's minimum."
Lin proved as much with the Hornets. His value had been restored.
Jeremy Lin helped drive the Hornets to the playoffs last season. Streeter
Lecka/Getty Images
The Kenny Atkinson factor
Atkinson won't take credit for the Nets landing Lin. But the truth is, he
should. After all, Lin has admitted he wasn't really considering Brooklyn
until Atkinson came aboard.
Atkinson and Lin go back to their days in New York when Lin wasn't known yet
and Atkinson was an assistant trying to develop end-of-the-bench players.
Early on, Atkinson wondered, "Is this kid any good?" Especially after Lin
got torched in a 3-on-3 practice game by another assistant coach while the
Knicks were on the road. But the two kept after it, their bond growing
stronger with every workout.
It all paid off as Lin went from nearly being released to captivating the
world, causing Atkinson to become emotional with each big shot Lin hit.
The offseason after "Linsanity," Atkinson and Lin reconvened in Palo Alto
for nearly a month to work out. During that time, Atkinson -- who brought
his family with him to the West Coast -- learned of Lin's backstory: from
underdog high school state champion to Harvard to undrafted D-Leaguer. They
went to the local mall and ate the same deli sandwiches Lin had enjoyed as a
kid.
"I really got to know him and started to appreciate him more," Atkinson said
. "It was really a friendship. Your coach is usually your mentor, but we'd
go out and mix it up a bit, playing a lot of one-on-one during my younger
days. I think he liked my energy."
But their paths diverged.
Lin was a restricted free agent and assumed he'd be back with New York.
Rivals weren't clamoring for his services, figuring it was a formality that
the Knicks were going to match. But they never even gave him an offer. The
Houston Rockets gave him an offer sheet the Knicks couldn't reasonably match
, and that was that. Atkinson, meanwhile, headed to Atlanta to become an
assistant coach for the Hawks.
"I was open to it," Lin said of a reunion with New York. He even prayed
about returning to the Big Apple. "But the Knicks haven't really shown an
interest the last few years, and that's fine. There are no hard feelings,
but I personally would've been open to it."
Lin is playing on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge now, and Nets fans
can thank Atkinson, who pushed extremely hard to be able to reunite with his
old project player.
Why do the two mesh so well?
"His dedication, his focus, his stubbornness," Atkinson replied. "His love
and passion for the game, and him always playing with a chip on his shoulder
."
The connection Nets coach Kenny Atkinson developed with Lin as a Knicks
assistant paid off. Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images
Being a top priority
After a season in which Jarrett Jack (before his season-ending ACL injury),
Larkin and Donald Sloan split duties at point guard, the rebuilding Nets --
under new GM Sean Marks -- identified point guard as their top need and Lin
as their top target.
Lin took three weeks to clear his mind after the Hornets were eliminated
from the postseason, and then met with his co-agents, Jim Tanner and Roger
Montgomery, before departing for a three-week trip to Asia.
Re-signing with Charlotte was not an option because the Hornets did not own
Lin's Bird rights -- which prohibited them from exceeding the salary cap to
sign him -- and needed to give raises to starters Nicolas Batum and Marvin
Williams in order to keep them.
The Rockets inquired about his services, sources said. They had recently
hired offensive mastermind Mike D'Antoni -- Lin's coach with the Knicks --
but talks with Lin never advanced.
In Houston, Lin struggled to mesh with James Harden. Then-Rockets coach
Kevin McHale ripped Lin in the playoffs. His two-year tenure ended when he
was traded to L.A., and things certainly didn't improve alongside then-
Lakers coach Byron Scott and Kobe Bryant. After Lin's season with the Lakers
, he told The New Yorker he gained 21 pounds in 21 days.
Jeremy Lin started all 82 games in 2012-13, his first season with the
Rockets, but his tenure alongside James Harden lasted just one more season.
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Yet, as July 1, 2016 neared, after one season in Charlotte, Lin was drawing
interest from other teams again. He said being a wanted man in free agency
was "stressful, but a good stressful."
During the Nets' meeting with Lin, which included Marks, Atkinson, other
front-office people and franchise center Brook Lopez, the Nets made a
compelling pitch featuring their ever-evolving system and culture.
"We were showing the positives of playing out here," Lopez said. "Obviously,
he knows that firsthand from playing with the Knicks, but just how we can
benefit from him and how he can benefit from us -- that sort of symbiotic
relationship. We just kept harping on the differences in our organization
and the franchise as a whole from the top down."
Marks and Atkinson did most of the talking, Lopez said, but the Nets left
unsure of where they stood, according to sources.
Lin was highly intrigued about the possibility of teaming up with Pelicans
star Anthony Davis and playing for Alvin Gentry in New Orleans' D'Antoni-
inspired offense, sources said. But the Pelicans weren't willing to pay what
the Nets were, paving the way for Lin's return to New York.
Brooklyn also made sure Lin knew he was their top priority, and they treated
him that way, sources said. Lopez said Lin texted the center before making
the move public.
"It's so huge for me, just having a guy who's such a downhill driver," said
Lopez, the other half of Brook-Lin's pick-and-roll tandem. "He draws so much
attention that it makes it easier for everyone else on the floor since he's
such a willing passer."
Nowhere to go but up?
With the Nets, the word "playoffs" has been replaced by "progress."
Even internally, members of the organization wonder about the lack of talent
on the roster.
Brooklyn gave restricted free agents Allen Crabbe and Tyler Johnson massive
offer sheets, but Portland and Miami matched.
But Lin, already having endured the extremes of an up-and-down career, has
what he wants -- the keys to a franchise and significant responsibility --
along with the backing of his die-hard fans, who point out that statistics
show he performs better as a starter than as a reserve.
This is the 28-year-old veteran's chance to change the perception that he
isn't just a three-week wonder.
"I'm just embracing it," Lin said. "There are days where I come back from
practice and the only thing I do is I just start thanking God for this
opportunity. It just feels good to be a leader, because when you say
something there's a different level of respect and guys look to you to lead.
"That's kind of what I've been my whole life, is the starting point guard
and the leader of the team, and for me to be back in that position, I'm just
like, ‘Man, this is really cool.' And it feels natural again. The last
three years, I've kind of been a backup or lost in the mix. Here, everything
just seems so much more clear." | l*****i
发帖数: 20533 | | s********e
发帖数: 11693 | 3 2016年7月1日（美国时间），2016-2017赛季NBA自由市场正式开启，此时身处家乡加利
福尼亚的林书豪，正谨慎思考着自己的未来，“我太兴奋了，根本睡不着。&
rdquo;
当晚9点01分，在参加完与布鲁克林篮网以及新奥尔良鹈鹕队的会面后，林书豪渐渐平
复了自己激动的心情，他坐了下来，与自己的经纪人、家人、以及好友一起决定自己人
生的下一站。
次日早上7点02分，林书豪在个人推特上宣布将加盟布鲁克林篮网，“旅程继续，
感谢新的篇章。”在那里，他将与恩师阿特金森相遇，4年前，当林书豪上演林疯
狂奇迹的时候，阿特金森正是尼克斯队的助理教练。
接下来3年，篮网队将为其支付3600万美元的薪水，其中第三年林书豪将有权自己决定
去留，对于加盟篮网的决定，书豪表示，“这就是我想去的地方，我感觉在这里
我可以成为自己想要成为的球员，同时，我想知道自己在这样一个集体中到底能变得多
么的优秀。”
事实上，去年休赛期，很多球队根本没有把他作为考虑的对象，但今年，完全不一样了。
跌至谷底，丧失信心
一年前，林书豪刚刚结束了一个糟糕的赛季，他和湖人队一起越陷越深，一时间，他变
得无人问津，林书豪称当时自己的感觉就好像回到了林疯狂前，那种得不到赏识的愤懑
，而这样的遭遇甚至令林书豪对篮球都渐渐开始失去兴趣。
“没有一支球队能够给予我稳定的上场时间，现实让我明白原来我的市场价值那
么的低，显然，我非常的生气，我不能理解为什么会出现这样的情况！”
篮网队为其开出了迷你中产的合同，然而在那时篮网并不是林书豪想加盟的球队，书豪
想去达拉斯，但达拉斯最终和德隆·威廉姆斯签约，最终，林书豪和黄蜂队签约
2年，总额仅为430万，其中第二年包含了球员选项。
林书豪表示，“我无法拿自己的合同和其他球员进行比较，因为那只会让我惊呼&
lsquo;哇（太少了）’，我没有意识到仅仅为湖人效力了一个赛季后，我的价值
竟下滑了如此之多。”
加盟黄蜂后，林书豪迎来了重生，在这里他成为了球队替补席最重要的球员之一，在这
里，他遇到了信任他的教练克利福德，在这里，他重新找回了对于篮球的那份激情，并
帮助球队重返季后赛。
林书豪对自己的遭遇依旧愤愤不平，他表示，“其实你仔细看，我在黄蜂队的表
现和在湖人有很多方面是一样的，只不过在湖人，有很多比赛被全美直播了，我不知道
这意味着什么，但我想说这公平吗？我不配拥有比这更高的合同吗？好吧，我认为我应
该拿比老将底薪更高的合同。”
林书豪凭借自己在黄蜂队的优异表现，让人们重新估算了他的市场价值。
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阿特金森 | h******n
发帖数: 2795 | 4 常规赛还未开打，现在心情很好。一旦进入常规赛，就不好说了。如果球队能符合预期
，赢一些比赛，那么，Lin的地位会巩固。但是，如果球队连续输球，就像上赛季那样
，那么，各种责疑声就会来了。 | s********e
发帖数: 11693 | 5 阿特金森并未因林书豪的加盟而获得什么奖励，但他配得上一份奖励，因为林书豪自己
也承认，在阿特金森确定成为篮网新主帅前，他并没有将篮网放在考虑范围之内。
阿特金森和林书豪相识于尼克斯，当时林书豪还只是一个无名小卒，而阿特金森的工作
恰好是发掘位于板凳席末端的球员，最初，阿特金森也怀疑过林书豪的实力，尤其是当
林书豪在一次3对3训练中被另一名助教替换掉的时候，但这个小插曲并没有切断二人的
练习，久而久之，他们成为了一对亲密无间的朋友。
林疯狂过后的那个休赛期，他们在一起共事了一个月，阿特金森甚至把自己的家人接到
了加利福尼亚和林书豪一起生活，朝夕相处，阿特金森走进了林书豪的世界，知道了林
书豪更多的背后故事，有一次，他们一起去吃三明治，林书豪笑得像个孩子。
“在那之后，我才真正了解了他，我开始欣赏他，你知道吗？我们亦师亦友，在我精力
充沛的时候，我们会进行单挑，我认为他喜欢我的力量。”
然而，二人的缘分戛然而止。
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那年夏天，林书豪成为受限制自由球员，他曾以为自己会回到尼克斯，但事实上尼克斯
从未向他开出正式报价，而在火箭队为其开出报价后，尼克斯队也并没有选择匹配，就
这样，林书豪离开了纽约，巧合的是，阿特金森也走了，老鹰助教成为了他新的身份。
今夏，林书豪表示对于回归尼克斯自己一直是开放的态度，然而这么些年，尼克斯似乎
从未考虑过让他回归。现在，林书豪去到了布鲁克林大桥的另外一边，阿特金森是这样
形容自己的爱徒的，“我喜欢他的奉献精神、他的专注、他的固执、他对比赛的激情和
热爱，他总是喜欢把责任扛在自己的肩上。”
过去的一个赛季，杰克赛季报销，拉金和艾林顿难堪大用，因此，篮网总经理马克斯将
寻找控卫作为球队重建的首要目标，而林书豪则是该目标的首选。
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下家？黄蜂队并没有在考虑范围之内，因为他们并没有林书豪的鸟权，这意味着，球队
必须动用薪金空间才能留下他，然而薪金空间，黄蜂队首要目标是留住巴图姆和马文威
廉姆斯。据悉，火箭队也有意重新引进林书豪，毕竟林疯狂时期的教练丹特尼刚刚成为
球队的新任主教练，然而双方的谈判一直没有进展，很大的一个原因是，林书豪并不想
再次在哈登身边打球，他曾与这位火箭当家球星共事了两年，然而双方始终没能形成良
好的化学反应，时任火箭主帅麦克海尔在2013-2014赛季季后赛更是将林书豪贬为了替
补。
离开黄蜂，除了球队没有足够薪金空间签他之外，林书豪自己也想重新品尝当自由球员
的感觉，因为这一次他是很多球队哄抢的对象，林书豪表示，“我喜欢成为自由球员后
有压力的感觉，这是喜闻乐见的压力。”
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马克斯、阿特金森、洛佩斯等主要人员均出席了与林书豪的会面，洛佩斯表示，“我们
告诉了他在这里打球他会受益匪浅。”同时洛佩斯还表示会谈结束后他们也并不清楚林
书豪最终的决定是什么。
据消息源透露，林书豪对于能和安东尼·戴维斯打球感到很兴奋，更重要的是，鹈鹕主
帅金特里的打法和丹特尼颇有几分相似，然而，篮网队最致命的筹码就是他们能让林书
豪再一次回到纽约，回到这个让他一鸣惊人的地方。
除此之外，篮网队还承诺林书豪将成为球队的核心之一，洛佩斯则表示，“他在宣布决
定前就提前给我发了短信，他的加盟对我意义重大，他非常善于打挡拆，并且非常乐意
传球。”
今夏，篮网队接连“失去”阿伦·克拉布和泰勒·约翰逊两位球员，在很多人眼里，以
目前篮网队的整体实力，想要打进季后赛犹如天方夜谭，因此篮网队需要做的就是用表
现狠狠的打质疑者的脸，而这也正是林书豪下赛季主要的一个目标。
林书豪的职业生涯算不上很长，但他已经经历了许许多的起起伏伏，很多人会拿数据出
来证明林书豪只适合担任替补，并不适合出任首发，而有的人则认为林书豪职业生涯的
好运气已经在那三个星期用完了（林疯狂时期），因此，新赛季重回先发的林书豪有机
会证明“林疯狂”并非昙花一现。
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“我只想拥抱这样的机会，当我训练结束后，我做的第一件事就是感谢上帝重新给了我
这样的一次机会。成为领袖的感觉很棒，因为现在我说一些话的时候我又有了被尊重的
感觉。”
“整个职业生涯，我一直渴望的就是成为首发控卫并且成为一支球队的领袖，如今我又
回到了这个位置，这种感觉真的很苦，过去三年，我沦为了替补并渐渐在混乱中迷失了
自己，现在一切又变得清晰了起来。”
: 2016年7月1日（美国时间），2016-2017赛季NBA自由市场正式开启，此时身处家
乡加利
: 福尼亚的林书豪，正谨慎思考着自己的未来，“我太兴奋了，根本睡不着。
【在 s********e 的大作中提到】
: 2016年7月1日（美国时间），2016-2017赛季NBA自由市场正式开启，此时身处家乡加利
: 福尼亚的林书豪，正谨慎思考着自己的未来，“我太兴奋了，根本睡不着。&
: rdquo;
: 当晚9点01分，在参加完与布鲁克林篮网以及新奥尔良鹈鹕队的会面后，林书豪渐渐平
: 复了自己激动的心情，他坐了下来，与自己的经纪人、家人、以及好友一起决定自己人
: 生的下一站。
: 次日早上7点02分，林书豪在个人推特上宣布将加盟布鲁克林篮网，“旅程继续，
: 感谢新的篇章。”在那里，他将与恩师阿特金森相遇，4年前，当林书豪上演林疯
: 狂奇迹的时候，阿特金森正是尼克斯队的助理教练。
: 接下来3年，篮网队将为其支付3600万美元的薪水，其中第三年林书豪将有权自己决定
| M**********i
发帖数: 153 | 6 林书豪真是不容易，赞。华人在美国想出头真是很艰难
【在 s********e 的大作中提到】
: 阿特金森并未因林书豪的加盟而获得什么奖励，但他配得上一份奖励，因为林书豪自己
: 也承认，在阿特金森确定成为篮网新主帅前，他并没有将篮网放在考虑范围之内。
: 阿特金森和林书豪相识于尼克斯，当时林书豪还只是一个无名小卒，而阿特金森的工作
: 恰好是发掘位于板凳席末端的球员，最初，阿特金森也怀疑过林书豪的实力，尤其是当
: 林书豪在一次3对3训练中被另一名助教替换掉的时候，但这个小插曲并没有切断二人的
: 练习，久而久之，他们成为了一对亲密无间的朋友。
: 林疯狂过后的那个休赛期，他们在一起共事了一个月，阿特金森甚至把自己的家人接到
: 了加利福尼亚和林书豪一起生活，朝夕相处，阿特金森走进了林书豪的世界，知道了林
: 书豪更多的背后故事，有一次，他们一起去吃三明治，林书豪笑得像个孩子。
: “在那之后，我才真正了解了他，我开始欣赏他，你知道吗？我们亦师亦友，在我精力
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