米奇实际上很早就中意小林了。

A quote from Mike Brown, the head coach of Lakers in 2012.

"I knew who [Lin] was because when he was floating out there, I know Mitch [Kupchak] had some interest in him and he brought his name up to me," coach Mike Brown told the L.A. Times earlier this month. "We brought up a million names. This was back before we had the team together. I know that Mitch liked the guy and thought highly of him, but I didn't know anything about him back then."