Chapter 166: Joint Center

The great Union Center Arena is home to the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks.

The largest stadium in the United States can accommodate more than 20,000 spectators at a time.

Michael. Jordan's sculpture is erected on the east side of the United Center.

And Jordan has never been back here since his last retirement.

Today this is the destination of the "Cradle of Dreams", and this bus carrying 60 geniuses is slowly coming.

"Look, Union Center." From a distance, a huge building is slowly showing its full view to the players.

It is worthy of the place where the god of basketball was born, and you can feel the great atmosphere of this arena as far as the eye can see, where the greatest dynasty in history was born, and the greatest stars in history were born.

However, there are also withered roses.

In the post-Jordan era, Derek. Rose is undoubtedly the Bulls' biggest trump card, and the youngest MVP in history lost to injury and will never win a championship.

Three years ago, the Bulls signed back the wandering "Rose" from faraway Salt Lake City on a one-day contract, and held a grand retirement ceremony for him, and retired his "No. 1" jersey at the same time on the day of retirement.

In the same year, James, who has the "best talent in history". Bryant came out of nowhere and broke Rose's record for youngest MVP.

Today, the campers are training with the Chicago Bulls players to get a feel for what the real NBA is.

At that time, 70-year-old Dennis. Rodman and the 66-year-old Pippen will also be on the training ground.

It's a pity that the bull trident of the year couldn't get together, and it's a pity.

At present, the Bulls are steadily playing in the East under the leadership of the new generation of star Barrett, and are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 28 wins and 24 losses.

"I'll show you something good." Henry leaned on Mu Chenfeng and showed him the picture played on his mobile phone.

In the video, Barrett, who wears the Bull's "No. 9" jersey, completes a century split, and the background of this split buckle is wearing a purple and gold jersey. Bryant.

This made Mu Chenfeng very interested, and he couldn't help but watch it again.

Barrett's physical fitness is very strong, but his dunk is different from James's violence, and he is more inclined to be flowing, looking like the former Bulls star Zach . LaVine, the slam dunk who completed 360 turns at the free throw line at the slam dunk contest.

But his dunks are as good as LaVine's.

"What's so rare about this?" Cannavaro in the back seat poked his head, "There is no star in the league who has not been deducted by Barrett, and no one who has not been deducted is not a star." ”

Barrett, as his name suggests, is powerful and lethal.

"I should see him today." It's exciting to think about being able to train with such a star.

"And you can still see Rodman and Pippen today."

These two old guys have only seen them on video, and it was a long, long time ago, and now both of them are 6070 years old, worthy of the name "grandfathers".

The organizers also specially arranged to "learn" with the stars, but the specific details were not revealed too much.

"I dare to pack a ticket, if I am asked to fight with the two of them now, I will definitely win." Henry began to brag about himself.

"Just brag, do you know what it means that an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse?" Cannavaro poured a basin of cold water over him.

"I'm not bragging, if you think about it, they're all 70 years old, they're all old men, and they won't be able to outrun us." Henry's self-confidence is not unreasonable, 70-year-olds have indeed reached a very slow level in terms of physical fitness, and coupled with their tall size, the reduction will be even greater.

Maybe you can win.

"Don't be blushing when I win them." That's Rodman and Pippen, the ones who can't finish the championship ring with one hand, and if they can win one of them, it will be enough to blow for a lifetime.

"Good luck." Mu Chenfeng added fuel perfunctorily.

"You don't want to touch them?" Henry asked curiously, that was a historical superstar, and these people's reactions were too calm.

"I don't want to." Mu Chenfeng shook his head gently, he didn't want to make a simple comparison with these two old bones, the opponent he wanted to fight was the big boss of the Bulls, Barrett.

Compared with the 70-year-old Rodman, Barrett, who is still 25 years old, is more attractive to Mu Chenfeng.

As the players discussed who they wanted to play against, Rodman and Pippen received extremely high votes, while Barrett, who was stronger, was rarely chosen.

The bus slowly drove into the parking lot, and at 6:30 in the morning, the outfield of the United Center was very calm.

"Are we early?" Seeing the empty square, it was a little different from the imagined bustle, only tourists were taking pictures, and then muttered a few words and left in a hurry.

"Tomorrow the Bulls are going to play the Knicks at home, and today is a closed day, as long as the team's staff, players, and coaching staff can enter."

"Then we ......"

"Rest assured, we are invited, so we can enter."

invited, and instantly felt that Bei'er had face.

The players got off the bus one after another and gathered and entered the stadium under the leadership of the camp representatives.

As soon as you enter the stadium, you can smell the championship team, and despite the fact that it has been 33 years since the last championship, the championship breath is still there.

Although Chicago hasn't won another championship in 33 years, they have twice come out of the East and lost in the Finals.

In the players' tunnel, there are two huge posters that record the glorious history of the Bulls.

The poster on the right symbolizes the glorious past, from the inception of the team to the two triple championships, the glory of the bulls 2000 years ago.

The poster on the left represents the revival, from Derek. Rose to Barrett, 30 years after the millennium, the Bulls have been looking for a revival, hoping that the hero will one day lead the team back to the top.

Rose's bloom to wither took only three short seasons, after which the team also tried to revolve around Jimmy. Butler and Zach. LaVine built a team, but was never able to make a breakthrough.

Until Barrett came to Chicago as a "Tanhua", the Bulls seemed to see history repeat itself, and the last one who brought glory to the team was also a "Tanhua".

Under the expectation of everyone, Barrett has fulfilled his talent, won the scoring title, the second place in the MVP, the All-Star, the dunk king, the United States national team, and now Barrett is very much like Michael before becoming a god. Jordan.

In the new era of double stars, big three, and even four and five big stars, it is not easy for Barrett to lead the team to such a record as a single core.

However, a single core cannot win the championship.

This is also the reason why Chicago invited training camps to come to the training camp, and after having the "new Jordan", Chicago is also looking for the "next Pippen".

At the end of the tunnel is a transparent cabinet embedded in the wall, which houses six championship trophies and eight Eastern Conference championship trophies, which gleaming in the light.

"I'll go, it's a real trophy." Henry couldn't wait to stick his head in, this glorious history was too dazzling.

"That's?" Before entering the main stadium, I saw a commemorative wall full of honors, on which hung six championship flags and seven retired jerseys.

The highest place belongs to Jerry. Sloan's No. 4 jersey, the legend of the decade-long career for the Bulls, is best known for his coaching career, which became his old club's biggest rival after he retired, leading Utah to two Bulls, both defeats, but earning respect.

It's a pity that the legendary coach followed in the footsteps of Kobe and Stern in the "evil 2020" and left us.

Number 10, Bob. Love, the second largest presence in the history of the Bulls after Jordan.

The jerseys of Jordan and Pippen, the strongest duo in history, are next to each other.

There is also a "No. 1" rose, which was retired three years ago.

The other two retired jerseys do not belong to the players, but to the decorated head coach Phil. Jackson and General Manager Jerry. Klaus.

One formed the Bull Dynasty, and the other created the Bull Dynasty.

"What sound?" A familiar voice came out of the arena, looming.