Chapter 581: The Creator of the Legend (The End of the Flowers)
"The number of tourists in Los Angeles has been a bit scary recently, I heard that the number of passengers at Los Angeles Airport has exceeded 10 million in the past month, and the number of passengers at Los Angeles Airport is only more than 80 million a year."
"Travelers are full, hotels are full, Lakers commemorative merchandise stores are full, and the Lakers No. 24 jersey has sold more than 10 million pieces in Los Angeles in just one month!"
"Not to mention these tourists who come here, they are just Los Angeles locals, if they don't collect a Lakers No. 24 jersey this year, they will regret it for the rest of their lives, after all, this is the last Lin Han jersey!"
"Yes, I heard that the genuine full set of jerseys in Lin Han's career on the Internet has been auctioned for a sky-high price of 500,000 US dollars! Lin Han has worn 150 jerseys in his career, 150 pieces of half a million dollars, which is equivalent to more than $3,000 a piece! ”
"I knew that Lin Han's jersey was so valuable, so I would have collected more, I am an old fan of Lin Han for more than 20 years!"
"There are more collections, the jerseys of Sir Lin Han's career and the jerseys of the Chinese national team are not easy to collect"
"It is also said that the price of Lin Han's Jazz No. 8 genuine jersey is at least 10,000 US dollars, and the price of Lin Han's 1996 Olympic champion commemorative No. 10 jersey of the Chinese national team even exceeds 20,000 US dollars!"
"After all, Lin Han's career in the Jazz is just at the beginning of his career, and the number of genuine jerseys is scarce, and the Chinese national team did not sell many genuine jerseys in the early days, and the number is even rarer, and now, there are too many rich people in China."
"After all, Lin Han's achievements are not only in the NBA, but in the Olympic Games, he is the champion of the 96, 00, 04, 08, 12, 16 Olympic Games!"
"This year's Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games men's basketball finals are the most legendary and touching Olympic basketball games I have ever seen.
"With Lin Han's form in this year's Olympics, he can not retire so early, he averaged 35 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists per game with the Lakers last season, and finally the Lakers beat the Miami Heat again to win the championship."
"Didn't Lin Han already say it? It's a new era for young players, it's time for his time to come to an end and he needs to be there for his family."
"Spend time with family? Well, we can't forget that Lin Han is the most enviable man in the world, and he is accompanied by six of the most beautiful women in the world. ”
"Seriously, Lin Han was able to dedicate his 23 years to the NBA and basketball, which is rare enough in itself, if it were me, I would definitely not be able to do it"
On October 25, 2016, the outside of the Lin Han Memorial Arena in Los Angeles was already crowded.
Today's opener between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics has the most special significance.
Because, this regular season game will be the NBA's last NBA game for the greatest player in NBA history, the 19-time NBA champion, the legendary player of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz Lin Han!
This is also the first game of the Los Angeles Lakers' new home of the Los Angeles Linhan Memorial Arena in Los Angeles!
At the same time, he is also the son of Lin Han, an NCAA champion and Olympic champion from UCLA University in Los Angeles, Lin Ke's first official NBA game.
The Boston Celtics, who won the No. 1 pick in 2016, did not hesitate to select Linco with the No. 1 pick.
According to the current head coach of the Boston Celtics, a legendary star of the Celtics, a 2005 NBA champion, a two-time regular season MVP, and a Finals MVP Allen Iverson.
The reason why the Boston Celtics messed up last year was because of Linko.
It should be said that the whole NBA, the whole world is looking forward to Lin Han's son entering the NBA!
Last season, 20 out of 30 teams in the league were rotting!
In the end, six of the twenty teams that were in a bad swing made it to the playoffs in great pain.
Lin Ke, a 19-year-old point guard with a height of 1.91 meters, entered the NBA not with his father Lin Han, but Iverson.
Speed, breaks, and a variety of difficult scoring tricks shine at last year's NCAA and this year's Olympics.
"Lin Xiaozi's son is really promising, and my family's Sherif is a little bit worse"
In the VIP seat of the Lin Han Memorial Arena, the legendary center Shaq O'Neal, the 1999 NBA champion, a Finals MVP and a regular season MVP, was a little envious.
He didn't have such a legendary moment of father and son on the same stage, and his retirement was not too early, but he certainly couldn't wait for his son to enter the NBA.
"Perry, I've always felt that Lin should finish this year's NBA and then retire, he has won three five-game championships, one four-game championship, why not make up the number of championships to 20? If it were me, I would definitely do it! Isn't Kobe's kid still holding out in Philadelphia now? also wants to take Philadelphia to win the fifth championship, to be honest, in 10 years, Kobe Bryant's kid and Maddie can beat the four-person Heat to reach the finals, and defeat Duncan's Lakers to win the championship is also a real miracle"
After O'Neill finished speaking with emotion, Hardaway nodded.
After 14 years in Philadelphia, from an 18-year-old to a 32-year-old veteran, Kobe Bryant is indeed worthy of admiration, and of course, his partner Maddie.
Lin Han has left the NBA three times in his career.
The '98-'99 season, the '04-05 season, the '09-10 season, all three seasons were all due to the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements.
Every time a collective bargaining agreement is negotiated, in order to firmly stand on the side of the players and strive for the best interests of the players, Lin Han will threaten to withdraw from the NBA.
In the end, although the management has been persistent, the time for each insistence has become shorter and shorter.
In the 98-99 season, the NBA regular season played 50 games, which is equivalent to 32 games for the management.
In the 04-05 season, the NBA played 60 games, and the management persisted for 22 games.
In the 09-10 season, the NBA regular season played 66 games, which is equivalent to 16 games for the management team.
In the NBA, Lin Han is the most helpless person in the management, because they love him and hate him for hating.
For NBA players, Lin Han is the person they respect the most, and the total salary of the NBA can go from less than $20 million at the beginning to $250 million now, all because of Lin Han's promotion and contribution to the NBA and standing on the side of the players to fight for their interests.
In the current NBA, Lin Han is the godfather of all players!
This dominance is not limited to the outside of the field.
The same is true inside the arena!
In the NBA with Lin Han, no one can snatch the championship from his hands.
Lin Han left the NBA three times, and the Lakers reached the Finals in the 1998-1999 season under the leadership of Tim Duncan, Mutombo, Eddie Jones and others.
However, in the finals, they lost to the Magic led by O'Neal and Hardaway.
In the 04-05 season, the season when Lin Han was away for a short time, it became Tim Duncan, Ben Wallace and Ginobili and others who led the Lakers.
The Lakers, who only lacked Lin Han, still reached the Finals, but lost to the Boston Celtics led by Iverson and Pierce O'Neal Jr.
As for the 09-10 season, the Lakers reached the Finals again under the leadership of Tim Duncan, who was named the greatest power forward in NBA history at the NBA 60th anniversary celebration in 06.
In this battle between the Lakers and the 76ers, the Lakers have veterans such as Duncan, Ginobili, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Ben Wallace, and the 76ers are veterans such as Kobe, Maddy, Nowitzki and Carter.
With this victory, it is like the previous Iverson, Hardaway and O'Neal and other people who were crowned gods.
Kobe Bryant, Medi, Ginobili and others also achieved the miracle of being crowned a god!
"In Lin Han's era, anyone who can win even one championship from the Lakers is a commendable thing"
"Even if Lin Han is not there, led by Duncan, the second leader of the Lakers, this team is almost invincible, because even if Lin Han is not there, this team also has the mark left by Lin Han, and even this mark has been completely integrated into the culture of the Lakers!"
"This game is Lin Han's last game in the NBA, after this game, he will leave the NBA stage, when he leaves, the NBA sky that has been shrouded by him for more than 20 years will be clear again."
"This is an opportunity for all players in the NBA, will the Heat's Big Four have new opportunities? Can James take over the NBA flag from Lin Han? Can the 32-year-old win his first NBA championship trophy like Kobe Bryant, who was 2 years old when he was Chinese New Year's Eve? ”
This opening game between the Lakers and the Celtics was a game full of sadness.
Even if many active NBA superstars such as James, Curry, Durant and others came to the scene, their feelings are extremely complicated now.
LeBron James' nickname is 'Little God'.
God is the all-powerful Lin Han.
Can he, who has always carried the word 'small', win the championship this season and remove the small words?
If you can defeat Lin Han directly, you will undoubtedly remove the word 'small' more thoroughly.
However, Lin Han has now left......
Thinking of falling in front of Lin Han in the finals countless times, James remembered Jordan back then......
Many people say that Jordan was the closest to beating Lin Han back then.
Although Jordan has not won a game against Lin Han, when facing Jordan, Lin Han is extremely thrilling in every game.
And what about him?
Whether Lin Han's strength is getting stronger or not, or other reasons, he didn't put so much pressure on Lin Han!
He didn't live up to everyone's expectations of him......
James felt great regret in his heart......
And Durant, who Curry is sitting with him, although the two also have regrets now, they are more sad.
Curry followed Lin Han at the age of six, and Durant also followed Lin Han at the age of ten.
The two are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and they are also good brothers who vowed to catch up with their idol Lin Han together.
Curry is known as the NBA's 'little miracle', miracle is one of Lin Han's nicknames, and Curry's magical three-point is a little miracle.
The two entered the NBA together in 07 and were drafted by the Golden State Warriors, and it has been almost 10 seasons now.
Because of the Lakers who have been lying in front of them, they have fallen on the stage of the Western Conference Finals for five consecutive years since 12.
However, this successive failures did not make them feel regretful.
They love basketball more than champions, and they enjoy the feeling of standing in front of Lin Han and being educated or taught by their 'Uncle Lin'.
When Lin Han leaves, they will no longer be able to enjoy this pleasant feeling.
126-120, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Celtics in the opening game of the 2016-2017 season.
"Xiao Ke, this is for you!"
Looking at the picture of Lin Han and Lin Ke hugging each other again after the game, the fans shouted the slogan that had resounded in Los Angeles for more than 20 years for the last time!
"Miracle! Marvel! Marvel! ”
"Miracle! Marvel! Marvel! ”
"Miracle! Marvel! Marvel! ”
"He is the greatest legend in the NBA, he is the greatest legend creator in the NBA, he is the miracle of the NBA, Lin Han!"
On this day, Lakers players, Lin Han, Duncan, Garnett, Nash, Ray Allen, Ginobili, Ben Wallace and others announced their retirement at the same time.
One of the greatest players in NBA history, and the greatest head coach, Magic Johnson has announced his retirement!
One of the greatest players in NBA history and the greatest general manager, Jerry West has announced his retirement!
The era that belongs to Lin Han and the Lakers came to an end on this day!
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that the team will be rebuilt with the team's eight-leading small forward Leonard!
And on the same day, legendary president David Stern, who has worked for the NBA for more than three decades, announced his retirement!
Legend, end!