Chapter 1000: The Age of Legends (Guess if it's the finale)
The Spurs won the championship 14-15, which allowed them to make it three in a row and finally complete the dynasty.
When the buzz sounded at the end of the game, the fans in the stadium cheered, finally becoming a real dynasty, and the Spurs are no longer the team that is jokingly called "odd-year dynasty" and "pseudo-dynasty".
This championship made too many Spurs realize their dreams, and at the same time, it also allowed many people to get a very good ending.
On the second day of winning the championship, the soul of the Spurs Tim Duncan announced his retirement, from 1997 to the present, 18 years of career, Duncan spent all his time in the Spurs, during which there were countless awards, and he won the championship ring 7 times, although the last three rings he has changed from the protagonist to a supporting role, but Duncan's role is irreplaceable, as long as he does not retire for a day, he is San Antonio's eternal big brother.
This time, though, he can leave with peace of mind because the Spurs have found a new leader, and this man is doing very well.
The day after Duncan announced his retirement, Spurs veteran coach Popovich also announced his retirement, and the old man fulfilled his promise to the media that year and left the Spurs with Duncan.
The news in the past two days has of course made the whole league boil, what is the Spurs doing? It's just a dynasty, and the boss and soul are gone?
For a while, other teams expressed confidence in next season, and without Zhuge Vic, the threat of the Spurs would have to drop at least one notch! And it's hard to say whether the new coach can control these people.
However, just when the teams complained that the Spurs coach left was a pit, soon another news came out on the Spurs' official website, which once again set off a monstrous wave in the league.
Manu Ginobili, a legendary Spurs scoring guard, leader on the bench, 6-ring winner, and superstar ability but willing to sit on the bench, also announced his retirement, becoming the second Spurs to retire this season. At the same time, starting next season, Ginobili will take over the position of head coach of Popovich and officially make his debut.
David Blatter, who was originally speculated to be likely to take over the position of head coach, became the new general manager of the Spurs, and in a sense, he also took over Popovich's class (after all, the old coach wears two hats).
Three people in a row? Popovich and GDP are the golden partner of Parker all of a sudden, is this the end of the old era of the Spurs?
But in this way, there is one person who is a little embarrassed, that is the "P" Tony Parker in "GDP", and many fans have specially run to Parker's social media to @ him and ask him when he will retire?
In response, Parker said that he is still young and can play for a few more years.
However, the media still has some criticism about Ginobili's acceptance of Spurs, and they think that Spurs are taking a risk and may lose if they are not careful.
Ginobili said, don't work in vain, let's just use the results next season.
After the Spurs won the championship and opened up the dynasty, there was a lot of news, two weeks after Ginobili took charge, Leonard finally signed his second contract with the Spurs, 4 years 100 million, this contract is much better than the last rookie contract, although Leonard's agent uncle's expectation is more than 150 million in 4 years, but in the end, in the face of the Spurs' strong strength, the uncle also had to bow his head!
Leonard's contract renewal, coupled with Whiteside's contract renewal last year, the Spurs' "second son" has been firmly tied to the team's chariot, as long as Qin Yan can be retained next year, then everything will be fine for the Spurs.
In the eyes of the media, Qin Yan, who already has three rings, is likely not to stay at Spurs and go to some big cities, because there can maximize his value.
Well...... The media is right, but the problem is that Qin Yan, who has already received Adi's sky-high contract, is not short of money. Therefore, just when the media was discussing who Qin Yan's next home would be, the slap in the face came again, and Qin Yan and Spurs completed the appointment in advance! The two sides signed a 4-year contract of 130 million US dollars, and Qin Yan's salary level went up all of a sudden!
Qin Yan, Leonard, Whiteside, and the Spurs' new trident have all been renewed, and Jokic, who is showing his star ability, is in a rookie contract state, so the main force of the Spurs in the future is now basically formed! There's no room for digging corners!
Sure enough, after changing the boss, he was a local tyrant, and he signed a contract with 230 million at once, you must know that the net worth of the little fat man who sold tractors was only 200 million US dollars......
Well, of course, all this has nothing to do with Qin Yan for the time being, because after winning the championship, this guy slipped away to South Korea to see his girlfriend, and his little object Mina successfully passed the draft in the summer of 15 and officially debuted as an idol.
Well, of course, in the summer before her debut, Mina was finally eaten by Qin Yan, according to the grapevine, what was the scene too much...... Anyway, in Qin Yan's words, it was hard to endure it for three years and finally be able to eat it, and it was really hard to endure it, of course you have to taste it well. (I'll see you about these hahaha)
Thanks to the two of them, they have taken defensive measures, otherwise TICE, a fourth-generation trending girl group, may die directly because of Qin Yan's existence.
Well, actually, in the eyes of billionaire Qin Yan, it doesn't matter if his daughter-in-law makes her debut or not. If it weren't for being too troublesome, with Qin Yan's current worth, it would have been easy for him to buy most of JYP's shares and become a big boss.
But the script is too domineering president, and Park Jin-young has worked hard for so long, saying that if he buys someone's company, he will buy it, why does this sound so obscene......
Putting these things aside, in the summer of the Spurs dynasty, Qin Yan's good buddy Harden may have received the stimulation of the Spurs dynasty, so he did not indulge in Kardashian as in history, but trained hard all summer, and Howard, who returned from injury, was moved, and with him, the two occupied the practice room in Houston in the summer, and at the same time, Howard also strengthened his belief in staying in Houston.
Another good brother, George, was also reborn from the ashes, recovered well from the broken leg, and soon returned to training, George wants to prove to everyone that he is still the future of the Pacers!
In the 15-16 season, the Spurs continued to play their dominant strength under the command of Ginobili, and Jokic, who replaced Duncan's starting position, has grown rapidly this season, and his ability is even about to surpass Whiteside, which has to make people feel that the Spurs have picked up Bao'er in the low pick (in the book, he won the teacher in the first round of 28).
And Qin Yan continued to use his omnipotent performance to withstand the impact of stars such as Curry, the three-point god Curry, the successful Harden, and the Durant who scored like chopping melons and vegetables, although he failed to win his second regular season MVP (to Curry) in the end, but he helped the Spurs keep the position of the leader of the West, and at the same time stood out again in the Western Conference playoffs that year, and then cleaned up James' Cavaliers in the finals again......
4 Consecutive Championships! After beating James for four years in a row, it is quite doubtful that James has a psychological shadow later.
And after this battle, Qin Yan won the FMVP trophy for the third time, and the three consecutive FMVPs made him officially established as the first person in the new alliance!
However, in the 16-17 season, the league changed dramatically.
The first is that Xiao Hua and Qin Yan ended their honeymoon state, Qin Yan can't get used to some of Xiao Hua's practices, plus the spurs are strong enough, so they don't need too much care, Xiao Hua has a feeling of hot face sticking to cold ass.
Therefore, he began to support another team against the Spurs, and this team he chose was the Warriors!
This summer, Durant left Oklahoma to join Oakland, and the two MVPs (Durant and Curry) joined forces, plus Green, Thompson, Iguodala and others, the Warriors are unprecedentedly strong! This year they became the No. 1 in the West, and although the MVP was not on their team (Willis' triple-double MVP), they had a terrifying 73-9 record! Broke the Bulls' record of 72 wins!
The most terrible thing is that they introduced Pachulia this year, this seemingly inconspicuous reinforcement made the Warriors have the last laugh this year!
In the Western Conference finals in 16-17, Pachulia used the cover of his teammates and his own small cleverness to successfully play a black foot on Qin Yan and Leonard, causing the Spurs' two aces to be seriously injured.
The Warriors, on the other hand, solved the aging James in the Finals, winning the championship with 73 wins!
The Knights' Royal Guards were a bit miserable, and although they made it to the finals three years in a row, they all hated to lose.
And James also won the embarrassing data of five consecutive runners......
The Warriors won the championship with 73 wins, Durant won the FMVP, and they were in the limelight for a while. And here Qin Yan and Leonard fell one after another, and the season was reimbursed, which hit the Spurs hard, and everyone was worried about whether they would collapse.
For Ginobili, he faced the biggest challenge of his coaching career, and in the 17-18 season, the Spurs could only rely on the twin towers to move forward in the wind and rain.
Before the start of the 17-18 season, there was also an earthquake in the league, the Eastern Cavaliers Royal Guards broke up, Irving took Monroe to the Celtics to reorganize the Green Army, Redick defected to the 76ers' Peter the Great, leaving James with the injured Love to guard the broken door of Cleveland.
To the west, the Thunder welcomed George and Anthony, and Wei Shao had good partners again, but with their style, the future of the Thunder was worrying.
At the same time, Paul flew from Los Angeles to Houston in the summer of that year, and formed a "light bulb beast" combination with Harden and Howard, and brought Bamot, Stephenson and other powerful players.
Coach D'Antoni also reflected on his tactics this year, so this year belongs to the Rockets, they played very well in the regular season, Harden won the regular season MVP, they defeated the Spurs without Qin Yan and Leonard in the Western Conference semifinals, and then played seven games with the defending champion Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and finally Paul sent the defending champion home to fish with a killer ball.
And then the finals...... Unfortunately, the Cavaliers became a supporting role again, James was aggrieved to win six consecutive runners-up, Paul won the FMVP, and at the same time, he and Howard's championship dream was fulfilled.
The Spurs missed out on the championship for the second year in a row, and the second eldest of the team was injured again, which made many new fans forget about their existence and the fear of being dominated by the Texas Rangers.
However, slaps in the face often come so quickly, in the 18-19 season, Qin Yan and Leonard made a comeback, Qin Yan, who had been holding back for more than a year, scored high scores in a row this year, and with the acquiescence of Coach Ginobili, he was 70+ three times this season, 80+ twice, and 90+ once, and refreshed the record of active scoring to 95 points!
As for Zhang Dashuai's 100 points? Qin Yan said that there will be opportunities in the future.
And Leonard's defense is even more terrifying, and his blocks and steals are averaging more than 3 per game this season! As soon as he came back, he won back the best defensive player!
Although the Spurs have not been able to break 73 wins, they have also won 70 games this season, and the remaining 12 games have been lost because of the rotation.
In other words, this season, when Qin Yan Leonard, Jokic and Whiteside are on the floor at the same time, their winning rate is 100%!
Many netizens affectionately refer to this foursome as the "marshal and three generals" of the Spurs.
In the 18-19 season, in fact, there was a lot of pressure in the West, and in order to get rid of this embarrassing situation, James, who was six consecutive runners, came to the Lakers in the West and replaced Kobe Bryant as the king of the Lakers.
Meanwhile, Cousins joins the Warriors to form the Deluxe Five in an attempt to reclaim their glory.
George left the Thunder to come to the defending champion Rockets, and worked with his good friend Harden (in the book, George didn't break his leg because of Harden, you can turn forward if you don't remember), hoping to win the championship.
However, the Spurs finally had the last laugh, and the semifinals and finals defeated the Warriors and Rockets in a row, and the finals against the Green Army was an easy and easy, no difficulty!
Also, capable superstars are all in the west, and the east is naturally very relaxed.
As soon as they came back to be the champion, the Spurs once again showed their fangs in front of fans all over the world!
Then Jokic successfully renewed his contract for 150 million in 5 years, and the Spurs naturally maintained the king lineup of "one handsome and three generals"!
Of course, James is a bit miserable, although he did get rid of the fate of seven consecutive Asia, but after six consecutive Asia, he is not even the runner-up, which feels so embarrassing......
If I knew that the water in the west was so deep, it was better to stay in the east!
In the following 5 years, the black and white Spurs ruled the entire league, and after a crazy six-game winning streak, Qin Yan's hands were already full of rings!
Ten crowns in 12 years! Who else is this efficiency?
However, then Qin Yan briefly retired from the year, and the reason given was to accompany his family, so the Spurs also lost the opportunity to catch up with the Celtics for eight consecutive championships, and this year only two generals (Whiteside has retired) The Spurs unfortunately lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the finals, and Embiid finally became the emperor.
But a year later, Qin Yan made a strong comeback again, completing another triple crown like Jordan at the beginning, and at this time, his 13 rings had already surpassed Lord of the Rings Russell!
At this time, Qin Yan finally officially announced his retirement.
He joined the Spurs in 2012 as a top player and spent a total of 16 years with the Spurs, winning 13 championships for the team. However, after careful calculation, in the past 16 years, he briefly retired for one season, and was reimbursed for one season due to injury, Qin Yan really only played a total of 14 seasons.
In the past 14 seasons, except for the year when he was defeated by Pachulia in the West, he actually won all the championships in the remaining 13 seasons! The hit rate is close to one hundred percent!
And the Spurs, with 17 championships, tied the record of the Green Army!
In his 16-year career, Qin Yan averaged 30+6+6 per game, a single game-high 108 points, 13 championship rings, 6 MVPs, 7 FMVPs and 4 AMVPs, 14 All-Stars, 13 years for a while, 8 years for defense, a best rookie and a rookie team, the best of the week and the best of the month have been counted, in terms of honors, he is already a well-deserved first!
His appearance changed the fate of many people, at least James and the Warriors were miserable because of his existence.
What he created was a legendary era!
When he retired, his teammates who had started the Spurs dynasty and important rivals of his career were in attendance, and when the Spurs' No. 3 jersey was raised and slowly stopped at the side of No. 25, the entire AT&T Center was bidding farewell to the legendary quarterback with the warmest applause.
"Thunderbolt", "Marshal Qin...... From now on, Qin Yan will also remain in people's memories.
Popovich, whose hair was even grayer, and Duncan, who had a greasy middle-aged feeling, watched Qin Yan accept the applause from the audience, and they were also full of emotion in their hearts.
16 years and 13 crowns, this guy is really an animal!
Qin Yan said goodbye to everyone, and then walked over to Duncan, who was going to enter the Spurs' Hall of Fame, and Duncan was his best guide.
"Hey, Tim, thank you for your hard work." Qin Yan, who is already in his 30s, is still smiling like a 19-year-old boy at this moment.
Duncan also smiled, he stretched out his big hand, pressed it on Qin Yan's head, and rubbed it vigorously.
Well, the hair is still so prickly, just like back then.
"Rookie, welcome to San Antonio!"