Chapter 177: Rodman's Declaration of Retirement

Due to Phil Jackson's cooperation today, the reporters began to gear up, intending to add fuel to the fire in the subsequent questions, and completely ignite the press conference, but the appearance of just one person quickly made them forget these original intentions, and also made the theme of the conference deviate, not only the headlines of the major newspapers the next day, there were temporary changes, but also set off a national craze in the United States, and even made those who criticized Bill Fitch a lot less. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Me! Dennis Rodman has decided to end his career as a professional basketball player after this season. Today is a special moment because the two managers here have worked very well with me, and to be able to announce this decision in the presence of both of them, I think it means a different thing to me. It's actually easier to make this decision than I believe, I thought I would be sad and reluctant, but the moment I really made the decision, I don't think it's really difficult, you know, I'm 40 years old, and it's time for a basketball player to say goodbye, and I've been a lot luckier than many people. The last two years with the Clippers were very, very different for me, I was always a bad boy that everyone knows, but here, I learned a lot, and it really made me grow a lot, and the memories of this period will become one of the best memories of my life. After Phil Jackson finished speaking, Rodman suddenly stood up, picked up the microphone in front of him, and announced his decision to retire, without giving the reporters on the scene a chance to continue to ask questions, which he decided before the end of the game, in order to divert the attention of the media.

"Mr. Dennis Rodman, what made you suddenly announce this decision?" A reporter at the scene, after reacting, preemptively asked a question.

"There was no particular reason, it was decided before the start of the season, and when Tiger found out, he talked to me for a long time, but I was very adamant this time, and finally Tiger firmly told me that he would let me wear a championship ring again as a farewell gift before I retired. If I had to find a reason, I think maybe I saw the shadow of this season's championship today! You know, I didn't believe Tiger at the time, but I was looking forward to it, and now that we're close to the championship, I think it's going to happen soon. Guys! It's so exciting to imagine that I can end my career on championship night. Rodman was pleased with the reporter's question, and he achieved his goal.

"So Mr. Rodman, when do you plan to hold a special retirement ceremony? After all, your jersey is meant to be hung in the Chicago Bulls' arena. The news was digested by the reporters, after all, Rodman has indeed reached the age of retirement.

"There's no special retirement ceremony, my jersey won't go back to Chicago, he's going to fly over the Los Angeles Clippers' home court, and the team told me that the opening ceremony of the Clippers' new arena will be dedicated to me, and I think it's just a cool proposal, so the real ceremony will be after the Clippers' new arena is built." An evil smile leaked from the corner of Rodman's mouth, and that was the biggest news of the day.

Sure enough, after Rodman's words, not only the reporters on the scene, but also Phil Jackson looked at him in surprise, you must know that Rodman's glory period was with the Chicago Bulls, and when people mentioned Dennis Rodman, the first thing that came to mind was the Bulls dynasty, not the Los Angeles Clippers.

"Mr. Dennis Rodman, is this a deliberate decision you made? You know, this decision of yours is too much for you to think. "A reporter from Chicago immediately couldn't sit still.

"Yes, it was my own decision, in fact, I proposed it myself, hoping to retire my jersey with the Clippers, and the team chose to hold a jersey retirement ceremony for me when the new arena opened in order to show respect for me. I know a lot of people, they think I'm going to go back to Chicago, I don't deny that time in Chicago is important in my life, but it's not the only thing there, you know, the place where my dream started was in Detroit, where I also won championships, I divided my career, started with Detroit, glory in Chicago, ended in Los Angeles, since Los Angeles is the place where it ended, what's the problem with the jersey staying here? ”

Dennis Rodman threw a bomb at the press conference, so that the press conference ended hastily, although his retirement is very sensational, but it is definitely not to the point of a bomb, the real bomb, is that his jersey will finally settle in Los Angeles, which is absolutely something that no one expected.

The next day, when Rodman's decision spread throughout the United States, the incident really took effect. The first people to stand up against it were the Chicago Bulls, who not only strongly stated that Rodman had made a stupid decision, but also sent a fax to the Los Angeles Clippers to protest and blame it.

Many Chicago fans expressed their dissatisfaction and protests about this matter, the Bulls Dynasty is a period of Chicago fans, forever proud, even with the retirement of Jordan and the dissolution of the Bulls Dynasty, everything has begun to leave them, but the memory will not say goodbye, in their opinion, no matter what kind of development these players will have after the dissolution of the Bulls Dynasty, the jersey will return to Chicago in the end, drawing the most perfect end to this glory, but Rodman betrayed them, betrayed Chicago, Betrayed the Bull dynasty.

All the public opinion in the United States has shifted to the ownership of Rodman's jersey, although the local Los Angeles is still shouting for the shark cutting tactics, but the voice is too small and does not make much waves.

"Although I think Dennis's decision is a bit immature, it is his personal freedom to choose to retire his jersey there, and as a friend I would advise him to return to Chicago, but I can't question his decision, and I will send my best wishes to his decision to retire. Old guy, you have also arrived at this day, life after retirement, it is really very boring, I hope you can live well! ”

Jordan's words have been recognized by some people, but there are still many other people who don't think so, and continue to stand up and protest sharply, but Rodman hasn't made any noise since that day's press conference, as if everything has nothing to do with him. (To be continued.) )