I fell in love with Toutiao and became the GOAT.

A day earlier, when Lin Bei left Miami, he posted a message saying, "You wait, I will be back."

Like the previous tweet, "Don't underestimate a young person's potential," this tweet was met with a barrage of sarcastic remarks.

Many people believe that Lin Bei will never come back.

One of the most typical comments was: "We should take the initiative and send this Asian monkey back to its home country."

This comment combines elements of mockery and racism towards Lin Bei with "expectations" for Lin Bei's future.

As a result, just one day later, Lin Bei announced: "I'm back!"

Although it was a tweet that had just been posted, Lin Bei couldn't wait and immediately refreshed the page.

About three minutes later, after refreshing the page, there were already more than ten comments under the new tweet.

"The Warriors? The Warriors actually gave this guy a contract! He actually came back!"

"Is Bob Myers having a bad time? Doesn't he take my anger seriously?"

"Signing the contract is just the beginning. We'll talk about it again when you're ready to play, bro."

"..."

The surprise expressed in comment one gave Lin Bei a sense of satisfaction. After thinking for a moment, he replied with: "(Sunglasses emoji)"

The second comment was sarcastic towards LeBron, to which Lin Bei replied with: "LOL!"

The "LOL" here is not the game League of Legends (the simplified Chinese name), but rather an abbreviation of "Laugh Out Loud".

Comment three wasn't exactly friendly, but it was the truth.

Signing a contract is just the beginning, and even playing a match is just the beginning.

"To compete with LeBron, I need at least one more effective headline."

With this signing with the Warriors, he probably won't be making headlines anymore.

To be precise, it may be possible to get headlines, but it's very rare to have five or more authoritative media outlets simultaneously giving it top coverage.

No valid headline means no chance to win a prize.

"If you want to make headlines again, you'll have to wait until the season starts."

After thinking for a while, Lin Bei clicked refresh again.

A bunch of comments appeared under the new tweet, and he immediately noticed one that stood out.

"The Bay Area truly lives up to its reputation as having the most monkeys in Asia; they really deserve a little boy."

This comment is utterly disgusting, containing both racial discrimination and regional attacks.

Lin Bei frowned, ignoring the opinions of these keyboard warriors.

But his understanding of the United States has gone a step further.

"There are an absurd number of racial knights here."

He squinted: "For me, this might be an opportunity."

After dinner, Lin Bei had nothing to do, so he used a VPN to access a popular basketball forum in China and browsed around.

Unlike the body that was originally in this body, he didn't care about the flood of negative comments and ridicule from the fans back home.

It wasn't because of his rebirth or the system, but because he was a very optimistic person.

When he first transmigrated, in order to understand his predecessor, he specifically went back and scanned the negative comments from the fans in China.

"The shutdown is finally over, and the fraudsters in the north are about to be exposed."

"When he comes back, I'll definitely buy a ticket and go to the scene to yell at him for being such a idiot."

"A disgraceful embarrassment that's embarrassing on the international stage!"

"..."

When I went back this time, the style of the negative reviews had changed.

"Oh, they were cut before the season even started?"

"Turning over, we got concrete news: Da Linzi offended James, so he was cut..."

"This son of a bitch has such low emotional intelligence. It's fine to dunk on LeBron James, but the problem is you can't just shout it out to everyone."

"James's keen eye is astute; his attempt to swindle the North has failed—good!"

"@Shanghai Men's Basketball Team, when is Lin Bei coming back? I want to buy tickets for his first game back."

"..."

It's clear that domestic fans haven't heard the news of his re-signing with the Warriors yet, and the fan who wanted to buy a ticket seemed to be very supportive of Lin Bei.

Actually, she was probably seething with anger and wanted to yell at Lin Bei in the face.

Lin Bei glanced at the negative comments and laughed, "Too bad, you guys don't have a chance."

……

The next morning, Lin Bei got up early.

He checked the distance from the hotel to the training hall on his phone map. It would take more than ten minutes by car, but forty or fifty minutes to run there.

He decisively chose to run over, just as a warm-up.

Before leaving the hotel, he went to the front desk to extend his stay.

Yesterday, Bob Myers suggested that he use the afternoon to find a place to stay.

Lin Bei did not follow the advice. He planned to find a place to stay close to his teammates. He planned to ask one of his teammates when he went to training today.

I jogged for a while and worked up a light sweat; the warm-up was quite effective.

When he arrived at the training facility, he practiced three-pointers for a while.

The three-point shooting style bolstered by Steve Novak has a clear characteristic: a slow release and a lack of subsequent adjustments.

While practicing, Lin Bei wondered if he could disregard Novak's characteristics and force himself to increase the speed of his shots.

So, after a slow release and eight consecutive three-pointers, he quickened his shooting pace.

Then, a series of clanging sounds were heard...

"It really didn't work."

Once his shooting speed increased, Lin Bei's three-point shooting percentage dropped significantly.

Keep in mind, this was a non-contact three-point shot; imagine if there were some contact involved...

Lin Bei shook his head, thinking to himself that this road was temporarily blocked.

Why is it temporary?

At this stage, his primary task is to earn playing time in official games by using accurate three-pointers.

Once he gets consistent playing time, he can consider improving his three-point shooting ability, which he relies on external aids, in his own way.

As Lin Bei was pondering, a sound, as if something was choking him, came from the sidelines.

"Are you practicing three-pointers?"

Lin Bei launched a soft three-pointer, swish—!

Hearing the crisp sound of the basketball swishing through the net, he turned his head and looked at Curry, who was standing on the sidelines with an unsteady posture and a nonchalant attitude.

"That's right."

"Looks pretty accurate, shall we have a competition?"

When Curry challenged him to a three-point shooting contest, Lin Bei's first reaction was to refuse. He couldn't compete with Curry in three-pointers.

But he spotted a group of figures in the distance, including the team's head coach Mark Jackson and assistant coach Mike Malone, who seemed to have arrived as well.

Lin Bei immediately sensed an opportunity to rise to power.

"Okay, let's play three-pointers, shall we? Let's keep it simple: ten balls each, set up positions, defend and interfere with each other, and see who has the higher shooting percentage."

Curry paused for a moment, his idea being that whoever made the most baskets within the time limit would win.

But Lin Bei made the suggestion first, leaving the competitive Lin Bei with no choice but to agree.

Seeing Curry nod in agreement, Lin Bei chuckled inwardly.

In a standard three-point shooting contest, he's bound to lose.

Therefore, he suggested adding defense and spot-up shooting, as his height and wingspan advantage would make up for the gap between him and Curry.

In this three-point contest, he had a chance to beat Curry.

The two stood in the corner, and Lin Bei tossed the basketball to Curry: "You go first."

Curry realized that his new teammate was somewhat cunning.

Lin Bei let him throw first, not giving him even the slightest chance to warm up.

Curry's gaze was intense, but he couldn't refuse. He could only take the ball, glance at the basket, and then raise his hand.

Then, Lin Bei, who was 2.05 meters tall and had a wingspan of 2.20 meters, wearing sneakers, completely dominated him.