Paul is an important role in the Players' Union. He had talked to Lin Rui about the labor-management agreement before, and the two kept their contact information.

Lin Rui has a great influence now, and he can influence many specific contents of the customization of labor-management agreements.

However, Paul did not come for the labor-management agreement.

Paul: "Brother, I want to go to the Knicks, can you make the progress of this?"

Paul is a very direct player, and he doesn't care much about the news reports from outside. He chooses to communicate directly with Lin Rui.

Paul also knew very well that the key point of this matter was Lin Rui. As long as Lin Rui spoke, the Knicks' management would directly promote the transaction.

Lin Rui said: "Chris, we were the champion before you came. If you come here, there will be no challenge for you and me. I don't recommend you come here."

Lin Rui used Green's classic quotes.

What Lin Rui wanted to express to Paul is that you and me are super stars, and it will not be beneficial to other teams in this way.

Lin Rui continued: "Besides, now is an important period of labor-management negotiations, and you and I need to maintain your external image."

....

Paul chatted with Lin Rui on the phone for more than half an hour, but in the end, Paul still failed to convince Lin Rui.

Lin Rui could feel that Paul was unwilling to give up!

But Lin Rui was in the Knicks, so he couldn't go to New York.

No matter how much the Knicks management wants to promote the transaction, Lin Rui said no, that is not possible.

.............

The Knicks, who have won 7 consecutive games in a row, undoubtedly became the top team on the latest team strength rankings.

The Miami Heat did not make as rapid progress as the outside world expected. On the contrary, they struggled, their winning rate was around 50%, and then they lost to the weak team.

The morale of other teams playing against the Heat Big Three is similar to that of the Knicks, and they also want to push this giant team to the friction.

I can't beat the Knicks, but I often have unexpected surprises when I hit them.

In the West, the Thunder became a big dark horse. After they entered the playoffs last season, they looked even stronger this season. They lost one of the first six games, and like the Knicks, the teams they won were basically strong teams, with very high gold content.

In the first week of November, Lin Rui also successfully won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month. Lin Rui averaged 55 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds per game this week, and it is undisputed in terms of personal performance and team performance.

The player of the month in the West is Durant, who averaged 37 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

Durant began to become unsolvable, and his ability to stand up and play singles was improved by another level compared to last season.

November 9th.

Pre-match news interview hall.

The Hornets visited New York for the only time this season.

Lin Rui and Paul are about to face each other again.

Both are hailed as the league's top point guards, plus recent online transaction rumors.

There have been many rumors on the Internet these days. There are news that Paul calls Lin Rui but is still rejected, and news that Paul calls Lin Rui but Lin Rui directly suppresses...

The outside world basically doesn't know whether this matter is true or not, and whether Paul and Lin Rui had any conversations.

In this game, the Knicks also ushered in Curry's comeback, which also increased the attention of this game.

The Hornets' players slowly came in.

Paul's expression was very serious.

The media moved.

"Chris, did you call Lin?"

"What do you think of the recent trading rumors?"

"What do you think of the Knicks now?"

"If you join forces with Lin Rui, will you rule the alliance?"

"Will it be suspended this year? How is the progress of the labor-management agreement?"

....

....

The media kept asking Paul questions.

Paul also had great experience in sending reporters various questions.

Paul said of the rumors about joining the Knicks: "I won't pay attention to these things now, I will focus on this season."

Paul was dissatisfied with Lin Rui's refusal, so he gave up his plan to continue to promote joining the Knicks.

This refusal also made Paul feel that he was not respected, and he wanted to defeat the Knicks on the court.

Paul knew very well that it might be difficult to defeat Lin Rui, but he felt that there should be no big problem for him to handle Curry.

Although Paul was experienced in the face of the media, he still allowed reporters to capture the details.

The reporters also confirmed that Paul had communicated with Lin Rui, but the communication was ultimately fruitless.

The reporters used their brains to create their various speculations about this matter...

After the Hornets entered the locker room, the Knicks' players also came in from the other side.

The reporter stopped Lin Rui and continued to ask questions about his views on Paul's transaction.

Lin Rui emphasized again: "We are the championship team. We don't need to make any changes. We only need all members' health. Then they should be the ones that should be troubled."

Lin Rui sometimes feels very annoyed. These media will not listen to what you say seriously. They just want to listen to what they want to say.

But they want to listen, but they can't talk nonsense.

.....

TNT commentary station before the game.

Barkley said: "Stephen Curry will make a comeback tonight, and his comeback is good news for the Knicks, and they won't be that hard."

"It seems like the Knicks' game is quite difficult, but the end result is they win, so they can't be ignored," Smith said.

Barkley said: "I look forward to what kind of performance Stephen Curry will play against Chris Paul tonight."

"The Hornets have a good record, they're enough to cause trouble for the Knicks," Smith said.

In the Knicks locker room.

Curry, Tucker, Danny Green, Stephenson and others surrounded Lin Rui's wardrobe.

"Stephen, we support you, you're going to beat Chris," Tucker said.

"Just shoot three points on his head, just like the boss." Stephenson shouted.

"I'll do my best." Curry smiled shyly.

"How is the injury recovering?" Lin Rui asked.

"The impact is not big at the moment." Curry replied.

Curry's injuries are old injuries and always likes to sprain repeatedly.

"Have you made progress in exerting your hips when you practice?" Lin Rui said.

Lin Rui also gave himself advice based on Curry's injuries in his previous life.

One reason for Curry's injury is his own body, and the other is the problem of exerting force.

Now you need to see if this will happen after changing the force, otherwise you will have surgery next time you are injured...

"Well, it's basically consistent." Curry nodded.

"Stephen, every time you make a three-pointer, I will do this celebration." Stephenson said, walking to the top of the locker room with three spans!

"Hahaha!"

"You rookie, I like your move. If you are called a technical foul, I will give you money."

"Lin Jin, you can take a look at it."

"That won't work, I'm afraid I'll get rid of it."

"If it's abolished, it's useless anyway, hahaha."

“Management is useful!!”

Stephenson was the pistachio in the locker room, and everyone was teasing him.

Lin Rui smiled, he did not participate in these jokes.

As the boss, you still have to be a little bit stylish.

Lin Rui was watching videos of the Hornets game, which was a habit that Lin Rui developed.

The Hornets' style of playing revolves around Paul and West, and are accompanied by powerful role players such as Ariza and Landry.

Judging from the previous few games, their results were pretty good.
To be continued...