Championship awards, locker room celebrations, championship parades...... For the third year in a row, the Portland Trail Blazers won the NBA championship for the second time in a row. After Jordan, Angel is the second player to create two dynasties in the league.

Moreover, there was only a two-year gap between the two dynasties. It can be said that in the second decade of the 21st century, the basketball world is dominated by Anjie. Even though there are many excellent players in this era, none of them can be greater than An Jie.

Jordan has become a thing of the past, and Anjie has taken over the title of "God of Basketball". From now on, Jordan is no longer the only legend, because a living legend has been written by Anjie and his Trail Blazers.

Undoubtedly, in the summer of the end of the season, the Portland Trail Blazers officially announced that they will build a bronze statue of Anjie outside the Moda Center. Paul Allen even bought back the naming rights to the Trail Blazers' home arena, making the name Moda Center history.

Of course, Alan didn't want to resurrect the name of Rose Garden. The reason why he is willing to invest a lot of money to regain the naming rights of the stadium is because in addition to erecting a bronze statue for Anjie, Allen still feels that it is not enough.

He wants to name the home of the Portland Trail Blazers as the Anjie Center. In NBA history, Anjie is the first player to receive this honor. And most importantly, An Jie has not yet retired, he has become a living banner of the city of Portland!

Speaking of retirement, An Jie once promised Catherine that when she won three more championships, she would withdraw from the basketball court and accompany her family wholeheartedly.

But when An Jie really won three championships again, he realized how difficult it was to let himself give up basketball.

Although Catherine did not take the initiative to talk to him about retirement, An Jie felt that she should still communicate her thoughts to his wife.

At 31 years old, this is not young for a professional athlete. But there is no doubt that this is far from the point of retirement.

The Trail Blazers have just created a legend, and God knows what more they can do. If you choose to retire at this time, An Jie will definitely be very unwilling.

So in the interval of today's dinner, An Jie suddenly brought up this topic. He decided to confess to Catherine that he wanted to keep fighting!

"Hey baby, I still have one year of contract with the Trail Blazers that must be executed, so the retirement thing ......" An Jie is not a dishonest person, so it is not easy for him to break his original promise.

"Why do you want to retire?" and Catherine's reaction was beyond An Jie's expectations.

"That...... We said it was good......"

"Haha, I know you're not going to leave the basketball court, Ann. I know that even if your contract expires next year, you will still have other excuses not to retire. Actually, you don't have to make excuses, I won't force you to do that, even if you continue to play, you can accompany me and Xiao Ke very well. If you want to continue, then keep fighting on the basketball court, and I'm still rooting for you. When you get tired one day, let's talk about retirement again, and I will respect your choice. Catherine's gentle eyes made An Jie feel warm.

Yes, living with this woman for so many years, can Catherine not know the little flowery intestines in An Jie's heart?

Although in recent years, Anjie has greatly reduced the time for his own training and spent more time with his family. But that doesn't mean Anjie's passion for basketball has diminished. If there is no basketball, An Jie's life may not be complete......

This summer, Anjie still spends a lot of time with his family. Even when he participated in the Olympics, he took Catherine and An Xiang with him.

In this Olympic Games, the Chinese team made a historic semi-finals, but was defeated when they met the dream team. In the end, he won third place. The third place in the Olympic Games is a result of Chinese basketball's take-off. Yao Ming is the chairman of the Basketball Association, and An Jie is the basketball captain. The unusual combination of these two giants at the Olympics really surprised everyone.

People even asserted that if it weren't for the early encounter with the Dream Team, the Chinese team might even have reached the final. But there are no ifs in this world, let alone third place, which is already a miraculous result.

While Yao Ming enjoyed the victory, he was also very envious of An Jie. I think I couldn't play anymore when I was his age. And An Jie can still lead the team to success. If he was a monument to Chinese basketball before, then An Jie is an insurmountable legend in the history of Chinese basketball. Yes, leading the Chinese team to the top three in the Olympic Games undoubtedly raised Anjie's historical status a lot.

An Jie has become a phenomenal figure, and in the ranking of athletes' annual income, An Jie ranks first among the others. Every topic of his can always be in the news, even what color underwear he likes to wear, can become a topic of conversation among fans.

Anjie's training camp is popular all over the world, and BA's players have a rich summer training, and their level is also improving day by day. AnJie has brought more than just NBA championships to China, not just a celebrity.

What he brings to China is hope for the future.

Now, more and more Chinese kids are starting to show up at the Nike summit. More and more Chinese youngsters are beginning to be called geniuses by American scouts.

Yellows don't know how to play basketball? Come on, that's the ignorance of the past. Because the greatest player of this era is a guy with yellow skin and black hair.

An Jie's beard grew more and more, and the wrinkles on his face began to slowly appear. Now when An Jie sees the old photos of the Whirlwind Team in the bearded restaurant, he will envy his young appearance back then.

The season starts again, and the season ends again. His parents are aging like himself, and An Xiang is thriving day by day.

The season after the second triple championship, the Trail Blazers did not continue to win the championship. Antetokounmpo, a monster, successfully completed his revenge on An Jie in the finals. What he did made another great small forward who always wanted to take revenge on An Jie but never succeeded.

An Jie's knee began to become more and more inconvenient, and the injuries left by his youth began to attack at this time. The doctor said at the beginning that An Jie's knee may not last long. It's not easy for him to continue to play until now.

That year, the 32-year-old Anjie completed the largest five-year contract of 202 million in NBA history. But after that, Orsi quickly announced that he would continue to renew his contract with Anjie at an ultra-high price of 40 million a year. As for why the contract was only renewed for one year, this is actually Anjie's request. Because he jokingly told Orsi, "Maybe one year, I suddenly don't want to fight?"

In the season after the second three-game championship, Anjie still averaged 24.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.8 blocks per game. However, An Jie knows that his data may begin to decline year by year.

In his third year, Anjie averaged 21 points per game, and the Trail Blazers were gradually controlled by George and Lillard. That year, Anjie suffered a knee injury midway through the playoffs and was out for the season. The Trail Blazers' playoff journey came to an end.

Even so, An Jie was reluctant to retire. He smiled and said to Catherine, "Let's play for another year." That year, An Jie was 34 years old.

In the fourth year, Orsi renewed Anjie's contract for 39 million a year. People say that this general manager is crazy. An Jie, who is so old and has experienced injuries, is not worth the price at all. But Orsi didn't care about that, he also told reporters: "As long as Anjie wants to fight, I can open the next high-value contract at any time!"

Yes, how can Anjie's value be measured by a few data?

This year, the 35-year-old Anjie miraculously played all 82 regular season games and the playoffs. It's just that his knee is already full of holes, and he can only average 18.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. But at the age of 34, how many centers can still play such statistics? Even so, Anjie is still the best interior player in the league.

An Jie feels that it is becoming more and more difficult for him to play, and the Trail Blazers have not won any honors for four years. Maybe it's heaven telling itself that it's time.

At the age of 36, Anjie accepted Orsi's contract of 37 million a year. After signing his name on the contract, An Jie smiled.

"What's the matter, Ann, what are you smirking at the contract?" Orsi withdrew the contract, thinking that Ann Jie was happy with the veto on the contract. After all, although An Jie is no longer as vigorous as he was back then, and although he is already older, the team rushing to ask for him is a big deal. As long as Orsi wants to, he can always trade Anjie out when he gets old, and then trade for a lot of great guys in an instant to complete the rebuilding of the team. But he didn't. In order to reassure An Jie, he even added a veto to the contract.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to tell you......" An Jie's smile suddenly disappeared and became serious.

"It's very likely that this is the last time I signed the contract you offered......" The 36-year-old Anjie stared at Orsi, who was also no longer young, and Anjie did not want to accept the veteran's base salary and wait for death in the league when he was at his worst. This is unacceptable for a highly competitive guy like An Jie.

He's won all the accolades he can take, and he's feeling very tired right now. While he can still play the last residual heat now, he just wants to leave with honor.

Orsi's mouth twitched, and the day had finally come. He couldn't even imagine what the world would be like when Anjie officially announced his retirement.

"When are you going to tell everyone about this?" Orsi tried to calm his tone.

"Who knows, anyway, let me finish the last season. After An Jie finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of Orsi's general manager's office.

This turn, in Orsi's eyes, represents too many things......

It's the last season, so many years have passed......