Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really what happened.

He originally wanted to play a bigger role in Utah, but failed and made Sloan angry.

Although Sloan excused him before leaving, he still became the target of public criticism.

Jazz fans sprayed him bloody.

In the end, the Jazz sent him to New Jersey, but he found himself acclimatized again.

So in the eyes of the outside world, he is a system player, and he can't do it without Sloan.

Then the experience this season has made the fans even more convinced.

Warken Dean's persuasion is just an accelerator, he must have some psychological problems to some extent.

After finishing the conversation, Lin Ying felt that this issue was still a bit tricky.

He and Deron don't have a close relationship, and they don't have Yao Ming as a mediator like they did with Nash.

So if you ask him to persuade Delong, the effect will definitely not be very good.

Not to mention he is not a psychiatrist!

This is the current situation, and he has to consider how to solve this problem.

Not to mention that there is no better point guard than Deron on the free market. In this league now, who can say that the point guard position is stable for Deron except Rose?

Paul DeLong was beating Paul while he was eating and sleeping!

What's more, anyone who has ever speculated in stocks knows that there is no such thing as selling at the lower limit. Delong's trading value is now at its lowest.

Unless there is really no other choice, the Nets will not trade Deron.

So instead of waiting for the team to trade, how to adjust Deron's mentality is the big problem.

He doesn't want to have another injury problem like last season!

After arriving in Utah, Johnson immediately arranged team training.

Harsh is really harsh.

That is, during training, Lin Ying was observing Delong's condition.

He found that compared to the beginning of the season, Deron's condition was actually much better.

Especially the shooting feel looks very good.

This is also a reasonable thing.

Super stars may have some fluctuations at the beginning of the season, but they will always get their touch back.

Classic representatives: Anthony, Harden, Lillard...

So now Delong is really competing with himself and deliberately not taking action.

It was at this time that Lin Ying remembered a saying: A heart disease requires a heart medicine.

Isn't this the best way to beat the Jazz this time?

If Deron can play a "good" game in Utah, his mentality will definitely be very different!

And he is the doctor who can prescribe it!

Here we have to talk about the characteristics of Johnson’s coaching.

In addition to his poor on-the-spot adaptability, which has always been criticized, he also has a characteristic of single offensive tactics.

What tactic? Singles tactic!

Some Mavericks fans may have experienced this before, Dallas' five sets of tactics.

Sets one to five are: Nowitzki singles, Josh Howard singles, Terry singles, Stackhouse singles, Devin Harris singles.

After so many years, he has remained consistent on this point.

So there were originally two sets of tactics, one for Lin Ying's singles and one for Delong's singles.

Now that Delong is no longer fighting, only Lin Ying is left.

How to play, Lin Ying can choose after holding the ball.

This is also an important reason why Lin Ying became both a father and a mother, and his offensive and defensive statistics exploded.

But this also means that Lin Ying now has absolute control on the court.

Things seemed to become easier to handle all of a sudden.

…

That night, Utah Energy Solutions Arena.

The attendance rate at the venue is close to 90%!

Since Sloan and DeLong left one after another, this place has not had such a high attendance rate for a long time.

No need to guess, this attendance rate is naturally due to Deron.

Of course, if you think they support Deron just like Suns fans support Lin Ying, you are totally wrong.

They are preparing to come to visit Delong!

It has been almost a year since Sloan resigned. This year the Jazz had a dismal record, and they put all the blame on Deron.

"If Deron hadn't forced him to leave, the Jazz would have still been a strong player in the Western Conference."

This is what most of them think.

Therefore, every time Deron returns to Salt Lake City, he will automatically become the target of fans' venting.

The two teams were warming up before the game. When the live camera showed Deron, there were already sporadic fans booing.

When the warm-up is over and the entrance ceremony begins, Deron of the visiting team appears.

The boos from the fans at the scene were so loud that it hurt people's eardrums.

Salt Lake City’s canyon-like “devil’s home court” is well-deserved.

Lin Ying frowned slightly.

The fans in Salt Lake City went a little too far.

In the case of Sloan, Delong was at fault and could not escape, but this man also worked hard to fight for this city for five years.

He also somewhat understood why Deron was so anxious to prove himself.

Just like falling in love, you broke up with your ex-girlfriend, but you are still in the same company because of work needs. How could you not be eager to prove yourself?

However, the boos were not entirely a bad thing, because Lin Ying could see that Delong was clenching his fists.

Desire is the key to breaking through mental shackles.

The opening ceremony ended and both sides followed.

Nets: Deron, Jimmy Butler, Lin Ying, Yi Jianlian, Chandler

Jazz: Devin Harris, Ben Gordon, Gordon Hayward, Millsap, Favors

When the game started, Chandler jumped to get the ball for the Nets.

As soon as Deron got the ball, the familiar boos came again!

And indeed, just as Lin Ying thought, they were no longer booing because Delong had done something wrong, but purely to vent.

Or to put it another way, they regard Deron as a "trash can", and every boo is "garbage" thrown in.

If it were in ancient times, Delong would be paraded through the streets right now!

Deron dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, hesitated for a moment and turned around to hand the ball to Lin Ying.

But at this moment, Lin Ying reached out and made a tactical gesture, signaling everyone to press forward, and then he also sank to the bottom line.

Delong was stunned for a moment, because Lin Ying's tactical gesture just now was to let him play alone!

Obviously, this is a trust.

Even though his performance since the start of the game was poor, even if he chose not to attack willfully in the past few games, Lin Ying still chose to believe in him!

And Chandler also pulled up a high pick-and-roll in the next second!

Chandler's pick-and-roll was very solid, blocking Harris solidly.

His signature mid-range jump shot after the pick-and-roll.

"Dang!"

Unfortunately not!

The fans at the scene put too much pressure on him.

For an ordinary shot, he faces the same pressure as a buzzer beater.

Favors protects the defensive rebound.

In the transition between offense and defense, Harris directly changed direction in the frontcourt and broke through Deron.
To be continued...