I really play basketball

Chapter 134 Jordan: I'm back!
"The holiday is over, and the migrant workers are going to start working again..."

On the first day of the training camp, Lin Xing got up at six o'clock.

Since the life of part-time job has begun, you must work hard.

There is a very simple sentence: If you don’t work hard today, you will be eliminated from society tomorrow.

Early in the morning, Lin Xing yawned and greeted Tim Glover, who was also listless, in the indoor basketball court of Seaside Manor.

Then, I took the initiative to pick up the medicine ball and started the breakfast club practice.

Medicine ball training is mainly about the body. For Lin Xing, the effect of medicine ball training is still very significant.

He practiced for half a month before the World Championships, and he was in full condition.

And the stamina attribute has been rising all the way, and it is now 87.

Although Tim Glover is very expensive, expensive things often have only one disadvantage, that is, expensive.

"Sida, you are practicing, let me tell you something..."

When Lin Xing was sweating profusely, Glover spoke suddenly.

This is different from the usual Glover. During Lin Xing's training, Glover is usually silent from the beginning to the end.

Therefore, Lin Xing stopped for a while: "What's the matter, tell me."

"Oh, it's not important, it's just chatting, you continue..."

Lin Xing froze for a moment, then continued.

"That's right, Michael called me yesterday..."

"Mike? Who is it?"

"Michael Jordan……"

"Jordan? What is he calling you for?"

Lin Xing stopped what he was doing as soon as he heard Danzi's name.

His first reaction was that Danzi called Glover, probably already planning to come back?

"He asked me if I had a job now, and if I was interested in returning to Chicago to help him practice for a while..."

Glover shrugged his shoulders, but Lin Xing felt that it was not that simple: "He asked you to practice for a while... Could it be...he is coming back?"

"He didn't say it, but...I have the same opinion as you. I think there is a high probability that he already has plans to come back."

"And you, Tim, what do you think?"

What Lin Xing said was whether Tim Glover was tempted to go back in the face of Danzi's invitation.

Glover spread his hands: "I have clearly rejected Michael, and I told him that I have a five-year contract with you, and I have just fulfilled the second year."

Lin Xing's eyes lit up, he really didn't expect Glover to reject Danzi.

You know, at this time, Danzi, although he has not yet won six championships, is already a GOAT recognized by the public.

Knicks legend Willis Reid's opinion——

"I think it's okay to say Michael is No. 1; Bill Russell won all the championships, you can't deny that, but if you're only talking about the game itself, Michael is the best."

The easy-to-understand translation is: Although the Lord of the Rings has more honors, Danzi is still number one in hard power.

It means "JKL and Lwx are the champions of the S game, but Uzi is the best AD in LPL".

Lord of the Rings teammate Bob Cousy also commented -

"Bill is the most efficient center I've ever seen. He has all the talents our team needs most, but you can say that his shooting is not good or something."

"Michael doesn't have those problems, he's flawless, his talent is above all else."

And Dominique Human Film Essence Wilkins, he only gave a very simple sentence——

"Nobody does it better than Michael."

It takes courage for Glover to reject GOAT's invitation for Lin Xing, or for the five-year contract between him and Lin Xing.

Although Lin Xing gave a lot, Danzi could give more if he really wanted to.

To put it bluntly, the current Lin Xing is really not as rich as Dan Zi.

Danzi has been the most profitable athlete in the world since 92.

Even another Mike Tyson named Mai is not Danzi's opponent.

Right now, even though Danzi has retired, he is still the most profitable athlete in the world.

Last year, Lin Xing only received 1500 million US dollars, but Dan Zi earned a full 3600 million US dollars.

Lin Xing's annual salary of one million to Glover is just a blink of an eye for Danzi.

"But you won't go, what if Michael really wants to come back?"

"I recommended a trainer to him, not much worse than me."

"So, Tim, do you really think he's coming back?"

"To be honest, if he doesn't come back and continue to play baseball, he doesn't need to find a trainer at all, because his baseball level is terrible, and it is useless to find a trainer."

Glover was actually pretty sure—

"So, with a high probability, he is coming back."

……

In Chicago, Tanko is very angry.

But he's not the type to vent when he's angry, so he's just sulking.

The white man with the bald head, that is, his agent David Falk came.

When he saw Danzi like this, he knew that Danzi was not happy today.

David Falk, who was used to it, didn't care at all. He came today because he had a business to do.

"Mike, are you in a daze again?"

"Ah."

"No, why is the TV set hot?"

Otherwise, Falke is the manager of GOAT. He is too smart. He touched the back of the TV and knew that Danzi was watching TV just now.

Why watch TV and avoid people?Needless to say, it was unhealthy TV and definitely not a basketball game.

Danzi's black face was so red that he couldn't see it when he was exposed.

"Is the TV hot? Is it broken? Well, it's been used for almost two months. It's time to change it. I'll ask John to throw it away later and buy a new one."

Danzi quickly solved the embarrassment in front of him boldly.

Falk shook his head secretly, and without completely revealing Danzi, he took out an itinerary.

"Jerry Krause called me today. The Bulls have confirmed that the first day of the new season, which is November 11th --

The Bulls' new home, the United Center, is inaugurated. At the same time, your bronze statue will be unveiled outside the United Center, and, for the home game that night, the Bulls will host your jersey retirement ceremony. "

In the new season, the Bulls will have a series of big moves.

The opening ceremony of the new home stadium, the unveiling ceremony of Danzi's bronze statue, and the retirement ceremony of Danzi's jersey will all be completed on the same day.

"So Michael, you will have a lot of things to do that day, remember to make time for it."

David Falk just informed Danzi of the arrangement for November 11th, which was agreed upon by everyone after Danzi retired last year.

There will be no variables in this matter, and there should be no variables.

He wasn't a roundworm in Danzi's stomach, of course he didn't know. At this time, Danzi was even more hesitant when he heard that the Bulls were going to retire his jersey.

"Should I come back? Sigh..."

With hesitation and confusion, Danzi's expression became very complicated.

David Falk didn't take it seriously, because Danzi had always had this expression during this time.

……

In the Bay Area, Lin Xing and Glover finished chatting, and seeing that the time was almost up, they went straight to the backyard.

In the new year, he received another sum from Nike, bought a small speedboat, and parked it on the pier in the backyard.

During his return from Canada, in addition to daily training to maintain his condition, he also took some time to get a yacht driver's license.

So, now his journey to the training hall is not so difficult.

Driving a speedboat across the bay, we arrived at a pier restaurant on the coastline of Auckland.

Parked your speedboat, took the keys, and went to the restaurant to buy a breakfast.

Then I started the car parked in the restaurant parking lot, and went to the Warriors Training Hall, which was only three or four minutes away.

This trip took a total of more than ten minutes.

Fast and safe.

When he arrived at the training hall, Lin Xing found that he was not the first one, and the one who came the earliest surprised Lin Xing.

"Robert Parrish?"

On the training ground, the tall, rugged chief turned his head.

When he saw Lin Xing, he immediately stretched out his sweaty right hand and shook Lin Xing.

"Sida, I finally see you. I didn't expect you to come so early."

Lin Xing was stunned for a moment. It wasn't that there was something wrong with what the chief said, but that when he stepped on the floor of the training hall, the system released a main task.

But at this time, the chief was eagerly holding his hand, and he had no chance to enter the system to check, so he had to deal with the chief first.

"No, Robert, I'm not too early, you're the one who came earlier."

"I?"

The chief shook his head, "Don't take me today as me in normal times. This is my first time participating in training, so I came here early to see the way."

"Understood, Robert, you are welcome to join the Warriors."

"Welcome? I was a warrior before you were a warrior."

The chief smiled, and Lin Xing was taken aback, isn't it, can this also be based on Green's formula?
As expected of all warriors...

Before his teammates arrived, Lin Xing got into the toilet and checked the newly released main missions in the system.

【Main task: The first season of Dancing with God. 】

[Michael Jordan is still hesitating, but his comeback is irreversible.In the new season, the host will wrestle with God for the first time.The system will still comprehensively evaluate the host's performance this season, but the performance of wrestling with the gods will be decisive. 】

"Is this a spoiler for Jordan's comeback?"

Lin Xing complained, but with the communication with Tim Glover, Lin Xing is not so surprised and surprised that Jordan will come back immediately.

His focus remains on—

The main task is still based on a season, but the performance of playing Jordan will be more important.

"Playing against Jordan, the defense may not be able to defend, but the offense should still be fine, right?"

Lin Xing shook his head and exited the system.

……

When he came out of the bathroom, his teammates were all there.

"So you're on the toilet, Si Da."

"I also said that the person who is the least likely to be late in the team, why did he come so late today?"

"Going to the bathroom on the first day of the new season, you must be hypocritical, right?"

The teammates greeted warmly, and Lin Xing also responded enthusiastically.

"Fuck off, Tim, don't say anything if you don't know how to say it."

"I'm riding a horse without a lie, and you will know later."

There are only two new teammates in the new season, one is the chief who has met once before, and the other is the thin and small Charlie Ward in the corner.

Of course, Star Charlie Waddling also met, and the two greeted each other during the pre-draft workout.

Therefore, there is no need for this year's Warriors to introduce each other in the locker room.

As soon as Old Nelson came, he said a few words, and called everyone to do the pre-season physical examination.

In the pre-season physical examination, some people have to worry about it. Lin Xing knows who it is, but he just doesn't say it.

emmm... He looked at Xiao Chong with a gloating smile.

Xiaochong's body management has not been done well, sometimes in the regular season, he can get a bit fat.

Not to mention letting go of his offseason completely, Xiao Chong has gained a lot of weight compared to when he was out of the playoffs a few months ago.

The physical test was carried out quickly, and Lin Xing got his physical test data first.

"Height barefoot 204.5cm, wingspan 229cm, weight 111kg..."

"The run-up reached 396cm, the three-quarter sprint was 3.01 seconds, and the 84kg bench press was 10 times."

Lin Xing didn't measure the standing height and [-]-yard speed, because it was unnecessary.

Old Nelson is very satisfied with Lin Xing's physical measurement data.

"Still don't need to worry, he is working hard."

but……

"How is Tim?"

"He's almost a hundred kilograms."

"I know, he's almost fat like a tank. What I'm asking is, does he have the determination to lose weight?"

"This... Even if he doesn't have it, he must have it."

"Then give him strength!"

So, when Lin Xing was leisurely shooting the basket, Xiao Chong ran around in circles.

After running for a short time, Xiao Chong began to gasp for breath.

Lin Xing went over and mocked: "Tim, who is it? Ah, who is it?"

Xiao Chong was powerless to refute, he could only roll his eyes and continue running.

……

Because the core lineup has not changed, the old Nelson has no idea of ​​​​changing his tactics.

Of course, fine-tuning still exists.

For example, the successful experience of the playoffs last season, the pick-and-roll offense, was introduced by the old Nelson.

As for defense, he still doesn't pay that much attention.

Systematic defense, pseudo-zone defense like the Knicks and Spurs, or the zone defense of the same offensive team as the Sonics, the old Nelson does not have it.

Lin Xing very much agrees with the Warriors' offense, but he does not agree with Nelson's defensive philosophy.

"If there is a systematic defense, we should be able to play the Rockets to Game [-] in the Western Conference Finals last season."

But Lin Xing does not agree that it is useless. He is a player and has no control over the head coach.

Even if he wants to give himself a personality as a coach killer, with his current status and old Nelson's status in the Warriors.

Public opinion would kill him before he got rid of old Nelson.

"Crazy scientist, shouldn't sit idly by and ignore the team's problems, right?"

Lin Xing really guessed right, Nelson has already taken specific measures to improve the Warriors' defense.

About a week after the training camp started, old Nelson called his old friend.

"Greg, how are you doing? That's it, I heard that Dennis missed your pre-season training camp..."

When he hung up the phone, Old Nelson had a disappointed expression.

But the disappointment was only for a moment, because he knew that in the end he would get his wish, because the Spurs couldn't control that guy.

Now that the deal cannot be reached, it is a good thing.

The longer it drags on, the less valuable that guy becomes.

……

When the training camp is in the middle, the preseason schedule will be released.

Two Lakers, two Clippers, two Trail Blazers, and two Nuggets, a total of eight games.

The opponents are not strong, and the Lakers and Clippers are both lottery, so I won't mention it.

Both the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers are teams on the edge of the playoffs, especially the Trail Blazers.

On the media day of the pre-season training camp, Glider Drexler said cryptically in front of reporters:

"I'm disappointed with the Blazers in the new season, if I can, I hope to leave..."

Tracing back to the source, we have to talk about a deal at the end of last season.

The Blazers sent away Kevin Duckworth, and the glider expressed dissatisfaction.

Pioneer's management gave him an explanation: We have decided to rebuild.

Without this explanation, maybe the glider would have endured it.

But it was the phrase "we have decided to rebuild" that made the glider very dissatisfied.

I'm still on the horse, and you're ready to rebuild. Doesn't that mean you're not treating me like a dish?
So in the past two years, the glider has always wanted to go.

This season, his contract is about to expire.

Anyway, he was going.

So now, the Blazers are uncertain, maybe even the playoffs are in danger.

The preseason is not difficult, and the Warriors also have an idea of ​​training.

With the core lineup not much different from last season, Old Nelson decided to give the substitute lineup more opportunities.

Just when the Warriors were ready for the preseason --

A big news, detonated the entire NBA, detonated the whole United States, even the whole world!

……

"What are you talking about, Michael?"

"No, Michael, why are you talking now?"

"Did you know that the Bulls have already announced to the outside world that your bronze statue will be unveiled on November 11, and your jersey will be retired by the way?"

"You're coming back, why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"Now that the season is about to start, you just told me, what do you want me to do?"

"..."

Chicago, Danzi's mansion, David Falk is thrilled.

While excited, the corners of his mouth kept curling up, revealing a smile.

It really makes people wonder if this guy has a split personality.

Danzi didn't say a word, and kept silent.

Because he knew, don't worry about Falk being so excited now, it's all kinds of blame that he didn't say it in advance.

Actually, this stuff is exciting.

For David Falk, Danzi came back and he made a lot of money.

Danzi, who has retired in the past two years, still ranks first in the world in terms of annual income. If he really wants to come back, his income will definitely increase a lot.

Danzi's commercial value is undoubtedly the number one in the NBA, and Nima is the number one fault.

The fault has arrived. Last season's NBA ratings fell to the bottom, especially in the finals. The ratings plummeted and returned to ten years ago.

Ratings are equal to commercial value, and the commercial value of the NBA has fallen to the bottom.

For the immediate predicament, the idea of ​​​​the NBA is to hurry up and find another Jordan.

Therefore, the alliance favored Lin Xing;
On the other side, young rookies such as Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway were also dubbed as Jordan's successors.

What makes Lin Xing feel relieved is that he is not some kind of Jordan's successor.

"This is the value of performance in the rookie season. I don't want to be the next so-and-so..."

Danzi's comeback benefits many parties.

Don't look at David Falk's various accusations now that Danzi didn't say it in advance, as if you are going to come back now, it is difficult for me to handle.

In fact, if Danzi really wants to come back, one phone call... no, two phone calls are enough.

Soon, he made the first call——

"It's me, David Falk...

Listen, Mr. President, I'm calling you, it must be something important, so I suggest you, it's best not to hang up the phone, otherwise, you will regret it...

It seems that you made a wise choice, that's it, Mike, he decided to come back..."

And then the second call—

"It's me, David Falk, this is Jerry, this call is a notification of a major event, you can guess first... No, you guessed wrong Jerry, well, I will tell you the correct answer-Mike, he decided to come back!"

In two phone calls, Falk solved all the problems.

The league moved, and so did the Bulls.

An impromptu meeting was held in New York, attended by league president David Stern, Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and Bulls operations president Jerry Krauss...

And the protagonists - Danzi and his agent, David Falk.

After some discussion among the people, Falke's idea is: let's keep it secret first, and finally announce it to give everyone a surprise.

But Jerry Reinsdorf disagrees: Hidden?Then how do we sell tickets?
David Stern disagrees: Yeah yeah, how are we going to get the world to focus on this without telling it?
Falk could only spread his hands, agreed to the proposal of the league and the Bulls, announced in advance, and bombed first.

……

NBC TV: "Michael Jordan: I'm Back!"

"ESPN": "Michael Jordan: I'm Back!"

Sports Illustrated: "Michael Jordan: I'm Back!"

Early in the morning, Lin Xing saw Danzi swiping the screen.

Not just watching, but listening.

First, during training, Glover had various emotions——

"That man finally came back!"

Then there are calls from Xiao Chong, Peyton, Kidd and even Shark, all with the same meaning——

"Holy shit, Star, did you see that? Michael is back."

"Okay, okay, I know he's back, can you stop talking nonsense?"

Lin Xing is also helpless, anyone who hears Danzi's "I'm Back!" over and over again in the morning will feel bored.

Danzi is still back, more than half a season ahead of schedule.

Lin Xing, a little butterfly, still influenced the direction of this world.

It was already ten o'clock in the morning, and Lin Xing had worn the cocoons in his ears countless times in the warrior training hall.

However, when his teammates were discussing enthusiastically, he suddenly thought of a question——

"By the way, did Mikey say what jersey size he wears?"

"What jersey number do you wear? No. 23, this thing shouldn't be changed, right? Who would change the jersey number?"

When Xiao Chong heard Lin Xing's idiot question, he rolled his eyes.

Lin Xing also rolled his eyes: "Didn't you just change?"

Xiao Chong really changed. In his rookie season, he wore No. 5.

But the next year, he changed to No. 10 and has been wearing it until now.

"I, my situation is different..."

The situation is really different for Xiao Chong. The reason why he wore No. 5 in his rookie season was that No. 10 was worn by Manute Ball.

The following year Ball left, and he took advantage of the trend to change to No. 10.

As for Danzi, Lin Xing also felt that Danzi, who was wearing number 45, probably wouldn't come out.

After all, in the original historical line, the reason why Danzi wore No. 45 was because No. 23 retired, so he had to change his number.

Now, Danzi has come back more than half a season ahead of schedule, and the No. 23 should not retire.

"If you don't retire on the 23rd, you can still wear it. What about the bronze statue? Will it be unveiled as scheduled?"

"Should it be? It's all done."

"..."

During the heated discussion on the Warriors side, Chicago and Danzi had already decided.

"I have already decided to change to No. 45 for the new season!"

When Jerry Krause heard this, he subconsciously thought——

Danzi means that the retirement ceremony of the No. 23 jersey will continue as usual.

"Then No. 23 will retire as usual?"

Danzi shrugged his shoulders, and did not refuse, which was tantamount to acquiescing.

But in fact, Danzi doesn't want to wear No. 23 anymore, just to commemorate his father.

He promised to play baseball for his deceased father, but he came back after playing for one season.

Danzi felt that even if he came back, he would have to make some changes.

The only change he can make is to change his jersey number.

……

Danzi's comeback ignited the world, and the news reports swept the screen for a full week.

The main reason is that everyone is too excited. During this period of time, Danzi's words and deeds have attracted the attention of the whole world.

For example, three days ago, Danzi drove to the Bulls training hall for the first time to participate in training.

NBC TV station filmed a filming team and followed the filming all the way.

The streets and alleys of Chicago are full of posters of Danzi.

There are also Bulls fans, and even fans of 27 NBA teams holding banners and writing——

"Welcome back, Mikey!"

The preseason also started under this atmosphere.

Danzi will not play in the preseason because he is still recovering.

Emmm, if you have to say that this comeback, there is something unsatisfactory.

Danzi felt that it was the young man in the west who stole his imperial trainer.

He had no choice but to find a trainer who had just entered the industry not long ago, and made do with it.

After a while, his feeling was——

Tim Glover is worthy of being the originator of personal trainers. At this stage, the gap between other trainers and him is a bit big.

So in the past two days, Danzi still called Glover twice with some dissatisfaction.

One time, I asked Glover if he could come to work part-time for two days. After all, we are old friends, so I still have to give him some face.

Glover turned around and asked Lin Xing for his opinion, but Lin Xing didn't make things difficult for him and gave him two days off.

As a result, after being trained by Glover for two days, Danzi felt more and more that Glover was better.

His desire for Glover grew stronger.

The second time, it was Danzi who imposed liquidated damages and asked Glover if he could go.

Glover refused, and Danzi asked Glover, "What magic does that kid have to make you refuse me, Tim?"

Glover did not perfunctorily give a reason for "my commitment", but gave a reason that made Danzi soar:
"Mike, don't blame me for telling the truth, I think this kid's genius level is not inferior to yours, and his future achievements are not inferior to yours."

What Glover said was true. When he was employed by Danzi, Danzi was already mature.

Although Danzi is very strong, but in his hands, Danzi's progress is very small, it can be said that there is almost no progress.

Lin Xing is just the opposite. Glover still remembers that when he first took over Lin Xing, Lin Xing was still a player who could only break through and add a little open three-pointers at most.

One season has passed, and Lin Xing has more post-up skills, and can shoot three-pointers and mid-range shots. He also developed his own double-step-back three-pointer.

This summer, Lin Xing's ball sense and pass control have also improved tremendously.

From Lin Xing, Glover got the pleasure that Danzi would never have.

If you want to talk about the spirit of the contract, paying liquidated damages to leave is also a manifestation of respecting the spirit of the contract.

So in the final analysis, Lin Xing defeated Danzi in this wave.

The first season of Dancing with God, Lin Xing KOs God in the battle of trainers!
……

At the end of the training camp, the team started to compete.

In the team match, Lin Xing's performance really surprised the old Nelson and his teammates.

They all looked surprised, even shocked.

All sorts of surprises—

"Fuck, is this still Sta?"

"Gorgeous, really gaudy!"

"He seems to be one with the ball!"

"Tim Tim, you should ask the magic mirror now: Who is the most gorgeous player in the NBA?"

"It's not you anyway, Tim..."

"Stan is different, he is really different, his ball has improved too much."

Xiaochong was so surprised that he couldn't speak, and his teammates made all kinds of booing, borrowing Lin to demote Chong.

For the coaching staff and the old Nelson, there is nothing to say about the flashy Lin Xing.

What they saw was that Lin Xing's passing became better.

This is a huge improvement...

Coupled with more accurate three-pointers, from Lin Xing, who has improved at the speed of light this summer, Old Nelson has seen the possibility of going further in the new season.

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