On October 28, 2014, the opening game of the 14-15 season, San Antonio played at home against the Dallas Mavericks, because before today's game, the Spurs club and the NBA league will hold a championship ring award ceremony for the Spurs, as well as the jersey retirement ceremony of the meritorious player Meng Xu, so there are still two hours before the start of the game, the AT&T Center Arena is already full.

As the king of an era, Meng Xu has won 9 NBA championships, 8 Finals MVPs, 6 regular season MVPs, four All-Star MVPs, and four Defensive Player of the Year in his 11-year career.

And in his eleven-year career, Meng Xu was selected to the best team ten times, the best defensive team eleven times, and also won eleven steals, four scoring titles, and one assist king, with a career total of 23,763 points, 6,736 total rebounds, 7,122 total assists, 3,017 total steals, and 1,583 total blocks, and a career average of 27 points, 7.6 rebounds, 8 assists, 3.4 steals, and 1.8 blocks, shooting 53% from the field and 42% from three-point range , shooting 87% from the free-throw line.

Although in addition to steal data, none of Meng Xu's other data has entered the top ten in history, but Meng Xu is the only player in the entire NBA history who has scored 20,000+, rebounded 6,000+, stealed 3,000+, and blocked 1,000+, and even many experts regretted that if Meng Xu did not retire halfway, or played until he was 38 years old and retired, there may be a player in NBA history with 30,000+ points, 10,000+, and 10,000+. Players with 5000+ steals and 2000+ blocks.

In the four seasons that Meng Xu played for the Spurs, he helped the Spurs reach the finals three times and was crowned the champion, it is no exaggeration to say that without Meng Xu, there would be no current five-crown Spurs, especially when the Spurs fell into a trough, the 32-year-old Meng Xu chose to make a comeback in the Spurs and help the Spurs win two championships in two years, which is a good story and miracle in the NBA, perhaps it is for this reason that Meng Xu has also become the shortest player in the history of the Spurs, but has been treated as a retired jersey.

"I heard you're the boss behind the acquisition of the Hornets? Is it true or not? Just when all the lights in the AT&T Center Arena went out and the big screen in the center of the stadium began to play video footage of Meng Xu playing for the Spurs, Duncan, who was sitting on the sidelines, gently pushed Meng Xu next to him.

The New Orleans Hornets, which have been hosted by the league for several years, finally have a new owner this summer offseason, a consortium from Indiana, who has the last laugh in the tug-of-war with several competitors that lasted for more than a year and a half, and the behind-the-scenes boss of this Indiana consortium is said to be Meng Xu, and then think of Meng Xu disappeared for a long time for no reason after the finals, and Meng Xu told Duncan more than once that he wanted to buy an NBA team after retirement, So Duncan couldn't hold back his curiosity and wanted to ask Meng Xu if this rumor was true.

"We wanted to buy the Knicks, but they didn't sell them, so we bought the Hornets?" All the procedures for 5M's acquisition of the New Orleans Hornets were completed last month, so after listening to Duncan's questions again, Meng Xu answered him without hesitation.

"Nix? Yours is the real thing. After hearing Meng Xu's answer, Duncan was also amused, the relationship between Meng Xu and the Knicks is not an exaggeration to describe it as endless, even if the owner of the Knicks is willing to sell, the media in New York will not agree, the power of public opinion is very terrifying.

While Duncan was still talking to Meng Xu in a low voice, after the short video on the big screen was played, a beam of floodlight shone into the center of the court at the AT&T Center, where Holt, the owner and CEO of the Spurs club, appeared with a microphone.

"Today is a very special day, we will have a championship ring ceremony here later, but before that, we have to hold a jersey retirement ceremony for one of the greatest players in the history of the Spurs club, Meng Xu."

"Although Meng only spent four seasons in San Antonio, but here, we have witnessed Meng Xu's growth, witnessed his journey from an inconspicuous rookie to a superstar, Meng Xu's career started at San Antonio and also ended in San Antonio, I feel very lucky that our team can have such a great player as Meng!"

After Holt's opening speech, a burst of violent cheers erupted in the AT&T Center Arena, and then the light shrouded Holt's body was transferred to Meng Xu's body, and when Meng Xu appeared on the big screen in the center of the court, the applause and cheers on the scene became more and more enthusiastic.

In the cheers of the audience, Meng Xu got up and walked to the center of the court, took the microphone from Holt's hand, and the moment Meng Xu took the microphone, the light that shrouded Meng Xu began to spread around, until David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Avery Johnson, Sean Elliteo and others who were sitting on the side were all illuminated.

After brewing his emotions a little, Meng Xu began to make his retirement speech.

"I have so much to say about San Antonio, I started my career here and met a lot of teammates here that I will never forget."

"Of course, the first thing to thank is Pete, for giving me the opportunity to play for this great team and to know so many teammates who are quite important in my life."

"Secondly, I want to thank Greg for bringing me into this league, and Mike, who guided me to grow and instilled in me the belief of winning! And of course David, but also Tim, Avery and Sean, when I first came into the league, they took care of me like my brothers and made me feel the warmth of this team, which played a crucial role in my later career. ”

"And in my professional career, every time I come here, I feel like I'm coming home, and when I'm in the tunnel, I can imagine what's at the end of the tunnel, and they're guiding and motivating me to beat everyone here, including San Antonio, so thank you, thank you to all the great fans."

After a series of thanks, the two of them personally appeared next to Meng Xu with the framed No. 5 jersey, and Popovich was followed by He Hui and Meng Xu's three-and-a-half-year-old son Meng Hao.

When Meng Xu and He Hui personally raised Meng Xu's No. 5 jersey to the sky above the AT&T Center Arena, in the cheers of the audience, the lights on the scene were turned on, and nearly 19,000 spectators at the AT&T Center Arena, all wearing Meng Xu's No. 5 jersey, shouted Meng Xu's name in unison.