The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 1541 trapeze landing
The Celtic negotiating team came outside the restaurant, and the media swarmed.
"Coach Lu, is there any result in the negotiation? Will Michael leave Portland?"
"If Michael joins the Celtics, how do you build a championship team around him?"
"MJ has always been considered the ultimate loser, do you really think Boston can help him succeed?" All kinds of questions were asked.
After listening to Louis, he only said one sentence: "Sorry to let everyone down, Michael will not leave Portland. After today's meeting and dialogue, I think from the bottom of my heart that Michael and Portland are a match made in heaven. Yes, no one can separate them, and I want them to work together until the end of the world."
After speaking, Louis led the negotiating team and left the scene, leaving the shocked media to slowly digest these words.
"Is this the end?"
Bird thought the negotiations would fail, because Jordan stayed in Portland for so many years and would not leave easily.
But he didn't expect to fail in this way.
Louis left words of hatred, and in the cruelest way, he uncovered the truth that Jordan didn't want to face.
"It's over." Louie laughed. "We failed."
Pat Riley kept his eyes on Louie.
He felt that the various preparations Louis made today did not seem to come to negotiate, but more like...to force Jordan to retire.
Louie gave Jordan two choices throughout the process.
Join the Celtics, or retire.
Even if you want Jordan to come to the Celtics, you have to give him a reason, but Louis is too lazy to talk nonsense, he directly pointed out Jordan's current situation.
This approach is cruel and direct, and has no respect for Jordan.
Maybe that's Louie's truest view of Jordan.
He has no respect for a loser who can't see his own place.
"Father, even if the negotiation fails, you have played too much, right? Isn't the 1993 championship your favorite?"
Louis said flatly, "It's also what I hate the most."
"That's not enough to take the ring..."
"Do you really think your father is stupid?" Louis didn't continue to tease his son, "That ring is fake."
"Fake?!"
Bird looked at Louis in surprise: "It's really you! Is this kind of thing a joke?"
"Hey..." Louis said regretfully, "If Michael decides to come to the Celtics, I will give him the truth. I will tell him to return the ring to me after you win a championship of your own. .”
"He won't take it."
Barkley said suddenly.
Everyone looked at him. Barkley continued: "Michael is not going to accept the ring and he's not going to come to Boston. Coach, you are too hard."
Barkley remembered the idea he had told Louie on the phone before the negotiations.
At that time, Louis still scolded him for being inhuman, good guy, Louis was going to do this himself...and, Louis did more than he thought.
"I believe that Michael did have the idea of transfer before. If we lower our attitude, maybe he will really come to Boston to play, but now, it is absolutely impossible." Barkley knows Jordan too well, "The coach reminded him Who brought him to where he is today. It was himself, his self-esteem and pride that made him stay in Portland for many years, and the person who kept him waiting for many years without success was the coach. If he chooses to join Boston, there is no It’s not like betraying who you were, but it’s also surrendering to your worst enemy. He’s... he’s so proud, and if he chose to do that, he wouldn’t be Michael Jordan.”
Lu Wuxia asked: "So, he is going to retire?"
"Not necessarily." Barkley said, "I believe Portland is still willing to renew his contract. Boston can give Ralph a pension, and so can Portland. Besides, Michael is still a few hundred points away from breaking the Golf's scoring record? For that, Portland has to keep him for another year."
A season and a half excluding injuries, Jordan
He has played for the Trail Blazers for less than 18 seasons. At present, his total personal score has reached 38,542 points. Last season, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to rank second in the NBA's historical total scoring list.
The distance from Sampson at the top of the list is less than 400 points. As long as he plays for another year, he will definitely break the record next season.
"Ah... a waste of time." Byrd smiled wryly, "What is this?"
Louis said to his son: "The plan to recruit Jordan has failed, and we will not make more reinforcements in the future. The new season depends on you."
"No, no, I'm just in charge of helping Brother Yao." Shaking his head flawlessly, "I'm still young, and I have a lot to learn."
Bird snorted softly: "Stop being a good boy, I'll let you take the lead in the new season!"
"I'm still a kid, Uncle Bird."
Hearing this, Louis couldn't help laughing and said: "If your uncle Bird pushes you too much, you can learn from your master and drive him away.
"Can I really do this?"
The bad guy Barkley booed: "What are you afraid of? Back then, your master was just a good friend of Dr. Bass and dared to force the coach away. Now the team president is your father. If anyone upsets you, just kick him out of the ball." Team!"
Byrd was **** off, there really wasn't a single good thing here.
Oakley is still down.
Riley's mind jumped out of the three realms, thinking about the possibility of Jordan retiring.
Afterwards, Louis and the others ate at another restaurant, and left Portland by plane after eating.
In the afternoon, Jordan's agent, David Falk, held a press conference, saying that Jordan and the Celtics did not reach an agreement, and the negotiations went bankrupt.
Louis received a courier from Portland a few days later.
The delivery was light and inside was a fake NBA championship ring.
Nothing but rings.
July 25
Jordan held another press conference with his family, his agent, and all of the Blazers' executives.
The size of the press conference was unusual.
Generally, this kind of press conference is held, either because Jordan is traded, or...
Jordan wore a flaxen suit to the press conference.
Then, David Falk said with a sad face: "My employer, Mr. Michael Jordan, has decided to retire today, ending his long and storied career."
A local reporter in Portland asked tremblingly: "Is it because the contract renewal negotiations with the team are not going well?"
"No, before making this decision, both John (Nash/Plazers general manager) and Mr. Paul Allen had in-depth communication and exchanges with me. We fully respect each other's positions and ideas. When I decided to retire , Mr. Allen is still willing to offer me a maximum salary contract, this is not a matter of money, there is no disagreement between the two parties, this is my personal decision."
"I should have retired a long time ago, didn't I?" Jordan said. "I grew up loving to win, whether it was playing cards, or betting, or competing with my teammates whose luggage was taken out of the airport first, I wanted to win. Sarcasm The thing is, I played 19 years in the NBA and never won a single game. I realized early on that I couldn't really win, but I never left because I thought as long as I didn't give up, maybe one day, Basque The miracle of BusterDous knocking out Michael Tyson will happen to me."
"The negotiation with LegendLu not long ago was my last hope, but I finally found out that all this is just my self-righteous dream." Jordan said, "I have had such a dream-I won all the finals that I lost. ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Leading the Blazers to a respected team and then ending my career with the crowd cheering. Now, my dreams are awake, I can't win anything on the basketball court, I will be remembered as a total loser. Even so, I am grateful for it all."
"After almost 20 years of failure, I... can still tell everybody I'm still who I was. I didn't win in the NBA
To be successful, but I have tried my best. "
In this way, Michael Jordan ended the most failed and legendary career in NBA history. He played 19 seasons, scored 38,542 points, was elected MVP 2 times, was selected to the best team 17 times (14 first team), 11 times to the best defensive team (10 first defense), 5 scoring champions, 2 steals Wang, and in the peak period of Ewing, Sampson, Olajuwon and other legendary centers, they pulled out their teeth and were elected as DPOY. But in the end, those brilliant numbers and glory will be overshadowed by the resume of six overall runners-up.
The world will remember him as a loser, not caring how great he was as a player.
Hearing the news of Jordan's retirement, Louis felt lost.
The goat in the previous life, the Luthor in this life.
Louie changed Jordan's life.
This moment is indeed a bit unreal, Louis shook his head, picked up his phone, and sent a text message to Ralph Sampson: "Congratulations, Ralph, with MJ's retirement, in the next 20 years, you No one can shake the total scoring record."
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