"LeBron, congratulations, you've finally got your wish."

"And you, Dwyan, congratulations on finally bringing a championship to Miami."

On June 21, 2012, when the Miami Heat defeated the young Oklahoma City Thunder with a score of 4-1, Meng Xu, one of the representatives of the NBA sponsor team, appeared at the award ceremony after the game, and shook hands with the members of the NBA championship one by one, and sent his blessings.

As one of the fourth largest shoe sponsors in the NBA league, among the two teams participating in this Finals, the Heat Big Three and the Thunder Three Less, among the six main players of the two teams, Dwyane Wade, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, are all Odin's signed stars, so after the Finals began, the management of the Odin brand has been in a very busy state, of course, they are all busy and happy, And Nike's senior management has also begun to help behind it, because as long as Odin surpasses Adidas, then the NBA will completely become Nike's world, because whether it is Jordan or Odin, they are all Nike sub-brands.

In the past few seasons of Meng Xu's retirement, the NBA's pattern has undergone earth-shaking changes, with Meng Xu's retirement, the Pacers' dominance of the NBA has also collapsed, and the NBA has ushered in the post-Meng Xu era of the competition, Lakers, Mavericks, Thunder, Magic, Celtics, Heat, in these four seasons, six different teams have reached the finals, the Lakers have won two championships, and the Mavericks and Heat have also won the first championship trophy in the history of their own teams.

"Meng, although I have won the championship trophy, I have not yet fulfilled my dream of entering the league, so when are you going to come back?" Just when Meng Xu was congratulating with a smile and shaking hands with LeBron James, James asked Meng Xu inappropriately, when will he come back? The implication is that after Meng Xu returns, he will be able to defeat Meng Xu.

After LeBron James's words fell, the Heat players standing around James all stopped celebrating and stared at Meng Xu nervously, and the vice president of Nike who was in charge of basketball behind Meng Xu, the smile on his face instantly froze, and it seemed that he was also waiting for Meng Xu's answer.

Meng Xu chose to retire after completing the second triple championship in the 07-08 season, but Meng Xu's various sponsorship contracts have not ended, and even the remaining 3 years and $53 million contracts between Meng Xu and the Pacers are still being executed, and the Pacers did not hold a retirement ceremony for Meng Xu, let alone retire Meng Xu's No. 5 jersey, because everyone, the Pacers club, and the sponsors behind Meng Xu, are waiting for the news of Meng Xu's comeback.

And Meng Xu's closest to a comeback season is the season when Kobe's Lakers completed two consecutive championships, Kobe, who defended his title, announced to the world that he is the best star in the league, and even shouted Meng Xu in the air, hoping that Meng Xu can come back sooner and let the Lakers step on the corpses of him and the Pacers to complete the triple championship, and the New York media who sprayed Meng Xu at the beginning also published an article, hoping that Meng Xu can come back and teach the stupid Angelenos a lesson.

But just when the Pacers' official website began to sell Meng Xu's No. 5 jersey again, Meng Xu held a press conference to publicly say that he would not choose to come back in the new season, and the reason given by Meng Xu was that he was going to be a father, and he was going to be a qualified husband and a qualified father in the next period of time. It was not until after the birth of Meng Xu's son that Meng Xu returned to the United States and became the president of Odin.

Although Meng Xu was reluctant to make a comeback because he was going to be a father, a person familiar with the matter broke the news that just when Meng Xu decided whether to make a comeback, Meng Xu and Larry Bird, then vice chairman of the Pacers club and president of basketball affairs, had a big fight in the office, and then the two broke up, and Meng Xu also gave up the decision to make a comeback.

As for why Meng Xu quarreled with Larry Bird, it has something to do with Larry Bird's series of operations after Meng Xu's retirement, after Meng Xu's retirement, the Pacers patiently waited for Meng Xu's comeback, while looking for Meng Xu's successor, in order to be in need, and those meritorious veterans who were not in good shape were also sent away by the Pacers one by one, in the season of Meng Xu's retirement, James Posey was signed first and then traded to the Grizzlies, after James Posey, Jermaine O'Neal, who was out of state because of a major injury, was also sent to the Raptors, and when Meng Xu was considering whether to make a comeback, the Pacers were planning to send away NN Hilario and Tyshawn Prince, so Meng Xu was angry and simply gave up his plan to come back.

Sometimes it's such a coincidence, and it's still so ridiculous, 20 years ago, Larry Bird chose to retire because he was dissatisfied with the way the Celtics handled the meritorious veterans, and then left Indiana because of the conflict with the management, and 20 years later, Larry Bird's own team fell out with his own players because of the way he handled the meritorious veterans.

"We kept trying to make ourselves better, but in the end, we became the person we hated the most."

When Meng Xu said this to Larry Bird, Larry Bird knew that Meng Xu would also go down the same path as himself, yes, I used to hate the management of the Celtics so much, I hated Danny Angie's gang, but unconsciously, I have now become the same person as them.

"LeBron, I won't let you wait too long, don't look at me now that I'm 32 years old, you all think I'm not at my peak anymore, I'm no longer good, and some people even say behind my back that I don't dare to come back because I'm scared, but, LeBron, I sue you, I can still kick your ass now, you, you, you, even if the three of you go together, I can beat you all over the ground looking for teeth."

After Meng Xu said this with a smile, the atmosphere at the award ceremony suddenly reversed, and James, Wade, and Bosh, who were named by Meng Xu, all looked at Meng Xu with a smile, and it could be seen that their eyes were full of expectation, and they were looking forward to Meng Xu's comeback, looking forward to removing the mountain that was pressing on their hearts.

"Meng, you've decided?" After shaking hands with the Heat players on the podium one by one, Meng Xu walked off the podium with the sponsor representatives, stood not far from the podium, and watched the Heat players on the stage lift their O'Brien Cup, but when applauding and celebrating the Heat who won the championship, the vice president of Nike, who was standing next to Meng Xu, also asked Meng Xu quietly.

"It's decided, but I don't want to think about where to go for the time being." After saying this, Meng Xu turned his head and continued to pat his forehead palm, but the thoughts in his mind had already left the arena.