basketball forever

Chapter 77 Goodbye, my NBA!

Beep beep beep! ! !
Coach Del Harris' whistle blew.

The main players of the Wizards, and a dozen or so players gathered on the training ground.

Today's training session ended after Harris' speech.

"Roar!"

Hearing this whistle, the happiest players are naturally the official players of the Wizards.

Everyone scattered and went straight to the locker room.

While walking, they were also discussing lunch at noon, or where to have the dance at night, shoulder to shoulder.

As soon as the dozen or so official players disbanded, the scene became silent.

There are only a group of young people left here, and these are all young people called by the Wizards management.

It is now the end of October, and the 15-man rosters of the major NBA teams must have almost been established.

The Wizards are definitely set.

Today, although the team's roster has not been announced, the work of some temporary workers can stop here.

Obviously, there is no such group of young people in this big list.

A black-clothed scout from the management team stood in front of everyone, looking very stern, ruthless and cold-blooded.Like the cruelty of this society.

He spoke directly.

"Okay, guys, today's practice is over here, and your practice days with the Washington Wizards have come to an end today. Thank you, thank you to everyone here. You have given us this summer. I saw the beautiful things that belong to you young people. Your vitality infected every one of our staff, and your hard work infected every one of our fans. I sincerely thank you young people for being invited to our Washington MCI center ball Hall, thank you for participating in the training camp organized by us. Although it is a pity that none of you were able to be selected for the Washington Wizards to become NBA players this time, your performance is very good in the eyes of everyone, and it is very worthy of recognition And approved. Next, some of you will enter our NBDL team as scheduled. Last night, our staff has contacted you. Where in the NBDL league, I sincerely hope that you can continue to work hard and play today The same fighting spirit as in this arena. To fight for it, you must fight hard. Even if it is a one in ten thousand chance, you must work hard. If you shine there, then you have a good chance to return to our NBA arena Come. We welcome you anytime, anywhere, as part of my Washington Wizards team. Finally, my heartfelt wishes and good luck to you.”

The man in black uniform said some scene words and a lot of beautiful words, but in the end these young people still had to leave.

In the NBA preseason game, these young people only got a few minutes of playing opportunities, or even a few seconds of playing opportunities, and their NBA experience was over.

Although it is short, this is their life.

The NBA is not a stage for everyone, it only belongs to the strongest group of people.

These young people in front of them are not suitable.

When they left the arena, these people rang out what Wang Xiaohui had said before.

Compared with the uniform team member, they felt that Wang Xiaohui's words were more humane and more valuable for reference.

"Goodbye, MCI, goodbye, my NBA."

The young man was a little unwilling.

However, they have no regrets.

There is still such a seed planted in their hearts.

'Maybe, if I show in other games, the NBA will still see me. '

'One day, I'll come back again and shine! '

'NBA, I'll be back! '

After the young people left, the sound of playing ball sounded again in the arena.

"Old man, do you think they'll come back?"

"Hen~ Impossible. A chicken is a chicken, why can't it fly on a branch and become a phoenix."

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10 month 28 day.

The new preseason season is about to begin.

At this time, NBA teams have reported their 15-man squad.

Of course, the Washington Wizards' 15-man roster was settled early.

The new big list disclosed in the media is:
Point guards: Wang Xiaohui, Tyronn Lue, Courtney Alexander;

Shooting Guard: Michael Jordan, Hubert Davis, Bobby Simmons

Small Forwards: Richard Hamilton, Poopeye Jones, Tyron Nesby

Power forwards; Jahidi White, Edon Thomas, Lloyd Ott
Centers: Kristen Laettner, Kwame Brown, Brandon Haywood,
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Although the performance of the Wizards in the previous eight preseason games fluctuated somewhat, what everyone saw was the resilience of the Wizards.

There are many young people.

The rookies include Wang Xiaohui, Kwame Brown, Haywood, and Simmons.

In addition to the young old players Hamilton White and others, and the newcomer Tyronn Lue and others, generally speaking, this Wizards team is full of vitality and vigor.

Of course, there are also old people in this team.

The oldest is Jordan, followed by Lloyd Ott in his thirties and others.

Of course, there are also Alexander, Davis, these Mesozoic players in their prime.

The configuration of the Wizards is very reasonable.

A combination of old, middle-aged and young.

Young people are aggressive, old age is stable, and the backbone is full of fighting power.

Such a team is a team with very deep potential, a perfect combination to create a new team combination.

In the previous eight preseason games, the most outstanding performance was the Michael Jordan that everyone hoped for.

Jordan chose to come back with the Washington Wizards, which is to give the Washington Wizards face.

Everyone wants to see Jordan perform very well.

And the Wizards and Wizards players are doing that on purpose.

Although Jordan has not recovered the super strength of his peak period, his performance on the court can be regarded as a standard performance of a star player.

出场8场比赛，场均出战24分钟，拿下了25.5分5.5篮板6.5助攻。

From the data point of view, Jordan's performance is good.

Of course, if you delve into it deeply, you will naturally attack from Jordan's shooting rate of about 40%.

However, this is Jordan, no one cares whether he is really good at playing, everyone only cares whether he is playing on the court or not!
Everyone knows very well that Jordan of the Washington Wizards is different from him of the Chicago Bulls.

Michael Jordan, who was in the Bulls before, was an omniscient and omnipotent god.

He can enter the finals 6 times, win 6 championships, and FMVP 6 times. He can still play incredible games even when he has a fever of [-] degrees and is almost dehydrated.At that time, only the Legion of Bad Boys could drag him down from the altar.

And now?After retiring for a few years and returning to the game, is he still the same?
Apparently, he wasn't anymore!
He still bears the name of a god, but he is no longer a god.Like a tiger without fangs, he can no longer be fierce.

Now Jordan, in everyone's eyes and in the eyes of his opponents, is a docile kitten.

His actions are so simple and so easy to destroy in the video repeatedly watched by the opponent.

In the past, Jordan liked to solve problems alone. Even in a one-on-two situation, he could score points.

Now he can't do it anymore, the movements he chooses are more relaxed and simple, he pays attention to the cooperation between himself and his teammates, and chooses to pass more.

Obviously, this is degeneration.

Even giving up the opportunity to attack to young people, this is the degeneration of God, he no longer has the desire to attack before.

It is a good thing to assist teammates, but in the eyes of many people, this is not a good thing either.

In a lot of TV news, in the game highlights made by some people, fans can clearly see that Jordan is really old.

There are many signs of aging on Jordan.

He doesn't jump high, he hardly dunks, his turnaround jump shot is blocked, his offensive options are almost all shooting or passing, the beautiful air of attacking the basket is no longer seen, his speed It's so heavy, his body is still not at its best, he still seems to be fat...

"Jordan is dead!"

This is the true evaluation of Jordan by outsiders

However, even if these are true, they cannot affect everyone's belief in Jordan.

Fans all over the United States and all over the world still firmly believe that Jordan is still the god of basketball and our Jordan.

Among them, the craziest ones are naturally the Washington fans.

After Washington fans experienced what happened in September, their belief in Jordan has reached an unspeakable level. Perhaps, Jordan has become their real Jesus.

"You bastards are farting!"

"Michael will always be our God!"

"Wizards Championship!"

Jordan was not just their god, but also the unwavering belief of Wizards fans in their championship aspirations.

Having Jordan is equal to having championship hopes.

For Jordan's attention, the whole United States is very eager.

Will Jordan be able to do what everyone wants in the new season?
Jordan has almost occupied all the attention, while Wang Xiaohui and the rest of the main players are only a few bits and pieces.

Wang Xiaohui and Kwame Brown are still very hot in summer.

However, in the face of the general trend, they are nothing.

Although Wang Xiaohui's performance in the preseason was very stable and very good, he is one of the popular candidates for the best rookie, although Kwame Brown became a butter player in the preseason and is known as the number one parallel importer in history.

However, their popularity still cannot match Jordan's popularity.

However, professionals do make their own analysis of the Wizards.

In the Wizards, they believe that the combination of Wang Xiaohui and Hamilton is the most worthy of attention.

The attack firepower of this two-person team is very fierce.If one doesn't pay attention, maybe they will be sieved by the Wizards.

Moreover, some experts have concluded that the Wizards are two young marathon players who can't run to death.

It takes a lot of effort to think about the combination of Wang Xiaohui and Hamilton.

Many experts have given the Wizards the tag of a playoff team.

As for where the Wizards can go in the end, we can only look at the new season.

The Wizards' program battle in the new season is an away game against the defending champion Lakers.

The attention of this game can be said to be unprecedentedly high.

The defending champion is strong again, but the god of basketball has fallen into the sand. Everyone is waiting for the game.

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(End of this chapter)