I fell in love with Toutiao and became the GOAT.

The following day, the controversy surrounding All-Star Weekend officially began.

The Memphis Grizzlies directly criticized the league's selection process, accusing it of unfairness: "Is it really reasonable for the fourth-ranked team in the West to have zero All-Stars?"

When Lin Bei saw the title of this report, his first reaction was: it is indeed unreasonable.

The Grizzlies had already shown their strength last season.

Although they were only ranked eighth in the Western Conference at the time, they staged a "Black Eight" miracle in the playoffs, eliminating the strong Spurs.

They even pushed the Thunder to a Game 7 in the second round, demonstrating remarkable resilience.

This season, despite the unfavorable situation of having their core player Zach Randolph sidelined due to injury, the Grizzlies have defied the trend and climbed up to firmly occupy the fourth position in the Western Conference.

The team's Rudy Gay and Marc Gasol performed exceptionally well, yet they failed to score a single point in the All-Star Weekend game, which is simply unacceptable.

Lin Beishen agreed and quickly clicked on the report to see the details.

He subconsciously assumed that the Grizzlies would target him.

After all, among the Western Conference All-Star reserves, he was the least noticeable one in terms of overall statistics, record, and experience.

The data, seemingly a large double-double, is essentially blue-collar work.

The Warriors are sixth in the West, the Nuggets are seventh and no one was selected, and the Mavericks are eighth and the defending champion and veteran Dirk Nowitzki was selected. No one can say anything wrong with that.

In terms of experience, he was a complete novice who had only played for a little over a month.

However, upon reading the full details of the report, he discovered that the Grizzlies' target wasn't him, but rather Kevin Love.

"The Western Conference All-Star team only has two All-Star players who didn't make the playoffs. Nash has seniority, but what does Kevin Love have? And what makes him qualified?"

Actually, Lin Bei also harbored some resentment towards Le Fu.

In this season, his most impressive stats were 20+15, or conversely, 15+20.

A few years ago, Lin Bei's performance would have easily made headlines, if not dominated by it, and would have certainly generated a lot of buzz.

But what happened? He ran into Kevin Love, who was racking up stats like crazy.

Lin Bei's team always falls just short of double-doubles, but Love is different. Since the beginning of last season, he has been scoring various double-doubles and double-doubles, or 30+20.

Love's impressive stats led to him being selected as a substitute for the All-Star Game last year due to Yao Ming's injury, making him a substitute among substitutes.

Love faced considerable skepticism after being selected last year.

Because the Timberwolves had a very poor record, ranking last in the Western Conference.

This year, Love was selected directly as an All-Star reserve with 26.0 points, 13.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists.

The Timberwolves' record still places them among the bottom three in the Western Conference.

Lin Bei had previously felt that he would be the target of criticism because Love's stats were better than last season.

But now it can only be said that he underestimated the Grizzlies' ability to distinguish right from wrong.

The Grizzlies unleashed a barrage of attacks on Kevin Love, while Lin Bei calmly remained a spectator.

That same night, in a home game against the Jazz, Jeremy Lin scored 28 points, 8 assists, and 2 steals, leading the Knicks to a winning streak despite Anthony's absence.

A former fringe player in the league has had two consecutive breakout performances, leading the Knicks to consecutive upsets.

After this battle, some people were already chanting, "Linsanity!"

While the Grizzlies were still arguing over Love's eligibility for selection, Lin Bei had already put aside his spectator mentality and started preparing quietly.

He knew he would soon be facing the impact of "Linsanity".

In his previous life, as a Chinese football fan, he knew something about Jeremy Lin.

The true nature of Lin's madness has long been exposed by later generations.

To put it simply, Jeremy Lin's explosive performance was due to the opponents' lack of understanding of him, Mike D'Antoni's run-and-gun system, the high-quality pick-and-roll screens provided by Tyson Chan and other Knicks big men, and his excellent form during this period.

All of these conditions are indispensable for Jeremy Lin.

Lin Bei was even very clear that Lin Crazy's main move was to break through on the right side after a pick-and-roll, and then pull up for a jump shot.

The reason is that later statistics show that during the "Linsanity" period, Jeremy Lin's points from right-side drives and pull-up jumpers accounted for 68%.

If you ask whether Jeremy Lin has the talent, the answer is definitely yes.

At his peak, Jeremy Lin could easily have been a starter in the NBA, but to say that he faded into obscurity later on because he was overshadowed by Carmelo Anthony, James Harden, and Kobe Bryant is just too much of a smear campaign.

The truth is, even during Jeremy Lin's "Linsanity" period, under deliberate targeting, he would still have faded into obscurity.

"Hopefully he can continue his explosive performance, fully sustain this 'Linsanity' firepower, and then I'll be there to finish him off!"

……

On February 7, the Warriors suffered another defeat at home against the Thunder.

Following this game, the NBA official website released its latest rookie rankings, with Lin Bei, averaging 14.5 points, 14.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 0.8 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game, continuing to rank second.

Lin Bei originally planned to take advantage of the buzz surrounding his recent selection as an All-Star reserve to launch a direct attack on Kyrie Irving.

Starting with the battle for the top spot on the rookie leaderboard, the competition between the two for the best rookie was brought to the forefront.

However, his consecutive defeats against the Kings and the Thunder forced him to temporarily shelve the plan.

On February 8, the league held another television program to announce the rosters for the other events of this year's All-Star Weekend.

Prior to this, Lin Bei had received an invitation from the league to participate in this year's Three-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest.

But Lin Bei refused them all. He felt that with his current weak dunking ability, he shouldn't embarrass himself by participating in the dunk contest.

In the three-point contest, his three-pointer came from Novak. If he were to participate, he would have a chance, but only a slight chance.

Lin Bei wouldn't consider participating unless he had an 80% chance of winning the Three-Point King title.

Therefore, the only thing related to Lin Bei in this TV program is the Rookie Challenge.

That's right, he was successfully selected for the Rookie Challenge's first-year team, and Kyrie Irving was also on the list;

Jeremy Lin, who had just had two explosive games that sparked the "Linsanity" craze, was selected for the second-year lineup.

This year's Rising Stars Challenge rules are different. The league invited Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal to serve as general managers for the two teams. These two managers shuffled all the selected players to form Team Chuck and Team Shack, respectively.

This means that Lin Bei has a high chance of facing Kyrie Irving head-on in the Rising Stars Challenge.

"A great opportunity to reveal the Rookie of the Year competition has arrived!"

Therefore, Lin Bei's recent plan has become to first take on Jeremy Lin in the regular season, and then take on Kyrie Irving in the All-Star Weekend.

……

On April 8, the Knicks played against the Washington Wizards on the road.

此战，杰里米·林再砍23分4个篮板10个助攻1个抢断1个盖帽，率队连胜。

With three consecutive explosive performances, "Linsanity" has completely swept the entire league, transforming Jeremy Lin from a fringe player into one of the hottest players in the league.

On the other hand, the Warriors embarked on a road trip, with their first game being against the Nuggets in Denver.

Lin Bei dominated against Nene Hilario, racking up 23 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks to lead his team to victory and end their losing streak.

Then, the very next day, just before Kobe was about to lead his team against the Knicks, he was asked, "Kobe, do you know about Linsanity?"

Kobe shook his head dismissively: "Linsanity, who's that? Why would I need to know about him?"

Linbei, also heading east, observed a moment of silence for Kobe.

"Chatting really gives young people a chance to show off. Maybe I should give it a try next time?"