Chapter 325: The Age of Loyalty Depreciation

Although Chen Zhi did not continue to play after 66 points in the half, unfortunately failed to break the NBA all-time scoring record, but after this game, Chen Zhi's performance still shook the entire basketball world.

In the major online forums, there have been arguments about Chen Zhi being another basketball god, but there are not many supporters, and most people think that Chen Zhi is indeed amazing, and he is likely to become a supergiant player in his rookie year, but he has not yet reached the position of the god of basketball.

This time, the performance of the Hornets with 66 points in the half, coupled with Jordan's remarks about Chen Zhi, was naturally reported, and the call of Chen Zhi's new generation of basketball gods became higher and higher!

However, there are still many opponents, and Chen Zhi has only played less than 20 games after all, which makes the basketball god seem too hasty.

But the reasons of the supporters are simply irrefutable, do you know basketball better than Jordan?

In fact, Jordan also said in an interview that it may be too early to call Chen the god of basketball.

It's a pity that the female reporter thought that Chen Zhi was denying the voices of those Chen Zhi god-level players on the Internet, and finally did not mention it in the report.

Chen Zhi naturally noticed these arguments, but after looking at it, he just smiled, he didn't know that it was too early for Jordan to say what he said before, he just thought that Jordan was cheering for himself.

The title of the god of basketball was earned after Jordan's absolute domination of the league for many years, and he is indeed far from this title now.

I haven't won a weighty honor, how can I be called the god of basketball.

When there was a lot of noise on the Internet, Chen Zhi had already stayed out of the way, and soon arrived in Chicago with the Mavericks to play the Chicago Bulls on the road.

After playing against Jordan's Charlotte Hornets, the Mavericks played Jordan's parent team again, and it's no wonder that Chen Zhi and Jordan have been mentioned at the same time on the Internet lately.

Chicago Bulls, Lakers, Celtics is another top dynasty team, although the Spurs are also officially recognized by the NBA dynasty team, but compared with these three teams, it is obviously a little worse, because these three teams are the only three teams in history to have achieved three consecutive championships.

Although the Bulls are slightly inferior to the Lakers and Celtics, there are only six championship trophies, which is a fraction of the top two giants.

However, the huge number of fans of the Chicago Bulls is not inferior to those two giants, and the popularity is not inferior at all, because the Bulls team in the Jordan era is too legendary, and it can be said that it is the most legendary team after the formation of modern basketball, even the Lakers are slightly less popular, and the Celtics are even worse.

Chicago has always been one of the top three metropolises in the country, second only to New York and Los Angeles, and there is no shortage of sports teams in the vast basketball market.

Before the Bulls, Chicago had two professional basketball teams.

The first was the Chicago Bucks, one of the 11 founding teams of the NBA's predecessor, the BAA, but a poor record led to their early disbandment. After the formation of the Chicago Packers, they were not successful enough in Chicago, and after several name changes and relocations, they are now called the Washington Wizards.

The Bulls' journey in the NBA began in the '66-67 season, which happens to be the 50th anniversary.

Rooted in Chicago, one of the nation's top three metropolises, the Bulls are a veritable big-ball city, and the history of the Chicago Bulls is much better than those miserable small-ball teams, and they have been a league-level team for most of the 50-year history, and the playoffs are commonplace.

Most of the time, though, their record has been mediocre, and they've been playoff regulars, but they've never had a particularly standout performance.

It wasn't until the 1984 draft that the Trail Blazers "gifted" Jordan to the Bulls that the Bulls finally embarked on the most legendary journey in NBA history.

The top three in the draft, champions, lists, and Tanhua, it is said that the rank of Tanhua is not low, but the god of basketball was selected in this pick, which is absolutely outrageously low.

That's right, Jordan, the most legendary player in history, is only in third place in the draft!

The '84 draft was full of talents, and the big dream Olajuwon, Jordan, Stockton, Barkley, etc. were all from this draft, which can be said to be one of the strongest drafts in NBA history, and the 96 golden generation and the 03 super platinum generation.

Even with the abundance of talent in the '84 draft, it's clear that Jordan shouldn't just be in the third spot, after all, it's hard to find a man on the planet who is stronger than Michael Jordan, let alone two in one draft.

Olajuwon is also a legend, and it is not surprising that he was able to beat Jordan to win the top pick in an era when center was regarded as the cornerstone of the team.

The Trail Blazers, who held the list of eye signs, chose Sam Bowe, and absolutely regretted it. Sam Bowe didn't make a name for himself in the NBA, and injuries devastated him.

Before the draft, North Carolina coach Dean Smith called Inman, the general manager of the Trail Blazers at the time, and told him that during Jordan's time in North Carolina, a large part of his scoring ability was hidden by the North Carolina team system, and when he was liberated in the NBA, Jordan would have a big bang performance.

But apparently in the eyes of Trail Blazers management, this is just the coach paving the way for a better draft pick for his disciples.

Bob Knight, an NCAA coach who coached Jordan at the 1984 Olympics, also suggested that the Trail Blazers choose Jordan.

"Bob, who do you think we should pick?"

"Choose Jordan!"

'But we need a centre-forward.'

"Then pick Jordan and let him play center."

Bob Knight has obviously done everything he can to get the Trail Blazers to make the right choice, but unfortunately his opinion has not been taken seriously enough, especially if Jordan plays center, in Bob Knight's opinion, it is enough to show how strong Jordan really is, but in the eyes of Trail Blazers general manager Inman, he is joking.

In the end, the Trail Blazers were still limited by the times, and at the same time, with the glider Drexler on the team, they did not follow the sincere advice of the two coaches, and also ignored Sam Bowe's injury factor, and finally missed Jordan and became a laughing stock.

The Bulls, who were lucky enough to get Jordan, quickly built a team with Jordan as the core, 91-93 and 96-98 completed three consecutive championships, and became one of the most successful sports clubs in the world at that time.

After Jordan announced his retirement for the second time, the Bulls began a long rebuild.

Elton Brand, who is well-known as a captain, was selected by the Bulls with the top pick that year, although he averaged 20+10 per game in his rookie period, but he has seen too much of Jordan's leadership temperament of blocking and killing gods and Buddhas, and leading the team to a mess, Brand, who obviously did not enter the Bulls management eye.

After that, the Sharks under Eddie Curry Jr. and the Bulls under Ben Gordon finally began to be attached and were once regular visitors to the playoffs.

When the Bulls got the No. 1 pick with a 1.5% chance and drafted Derrick Rose, the Windy City Rose Derrick Rose gave Chicago hope again.

But now that he's gone to the New York Knicks, the illusions he brought to Chicago have been shattered.

During Rose's years of injury, Jimmy Butler, the current Bulls big man, quietly relied on defense to rise.

Jimmy Butler's draft pick was only the last in the first round, which is nothing compared to the top picks the Bulls got in the years of the post-Jordan era, and it can be said that Jimmy Butler was never in the Bulls' team building plan.

However, this guy who looks like Jordan when he was young and is nicknamed Jordan's illegitimate son has played an All-Star performance during his rookie contract, which can be called an inspirational model.

At the end of last season, the Bulls finally decided to put an end to the illusions that had been pinned on Rose and officially put Jimmy Butler on the throne.

At the same time, he also signed the Flash Dwyanwade after leaving the Heat in frustration, and Rajon Rondo, who played his second spring in the Kings and won the league's assist king again, formed a Big Three without a three-point shooting package in the media has not been optimistic.

The three-point shooting ability of the three is extremely poor, among which Butler, who has the best projection ability, has a career three-point shooting rate of only about three layers, and Rondo and Wade have very few three-point shots, and the three-point shooting rate is even more dismal to less than three layers.

However, although the media is unanimously unfavorable, the Bulls have performed well so far this season, with an 11-7 record in the upper reaches of the East.

What's even more striking is that the three-point shooting ability developed by the Big Three has also performed extremely well in the early part of the season, and the Bulls are now a league powerhouse.

United Center Arena.

Before the start of the game, there was a knock on the door of the visiting team's dressing room.

Seeing the person coming, Chen Zhi couldn't help but think of the picture of Su Yunshen saying that his cheeks were sexy! Because it was Wade who appeared outside the door.

Wade didn't enter the visiting locker room, instead calling Chen into the hallway to talk.

Regarding Wade's arrival, although Chen Zhi was surprised, he was not particularly surprised.

Both of them are face players signed by Lining Company, and both of them have share awards in their contracts, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the two are business partners.

After arriving in Chicago yesterday, Chen posted a photo and a sentence on social media, "My first pair of shoes in the NBA, Wade's Way, can't wait to play the Flash Wade!" ”

Chen's state was immediately reposted wildly, his popularity in the past two days in the entire NBA is unparalleled, and Wade's signature shoes have naturally received unprecedented attention.

This is probably the reason why Wade came to find Chen Dao on purpose, he has always attached great importance to the promotion of sneakers, and has stepped on the basketball under his feet in many games, and he is very attentive to the exposure of sneakers, after all, Lining gave him Jordan-like treatment.

"Welcome to Chicago!" Wade looked at Chen Zhi and stretched out his hand, "Thank you for promoting it on social media!" ”

Chen Zhi's release of such a social state is obviously of great benefit to the promotion of Wade's way, and Wade will inevitably have a small jump in the sales share of basketball shoes, and the effect is no less than the commercial promotion that costs a lot of money.

"I just stated a fact there." Chen Zhi said with a smile.

"I've already expressed my gratitude anyway." Wade laughed, since Chen Zhi didn't think of himself as such, he didn't dwell on it anymore, and joked, "Your performance in Charlotte is really crazy, you don't plan to do it again in Chicago tonight!" ”

"If the touch comes, I can't stop myself from exploding, haha." Chen Zhi said with a smile.

The outbreak of the Hornets in Charlotte does have a lot to do with the feel, and Chen Zhi feels that it is difficult for him to be in that state again today.

After some conversation, Wade waved his hand to Chen Zhi and returned to the home team's locker room to prepare for the game.

Looking at Wade's back as he turned to leave, Chen Zhi couldn't help but sigh.

Although it seems that Wade is in a very good state now, and he is obviously very happy in Chicago, under the warm smile, Chen Zhi can feel a loneliness that is difficult to hide.

He won the first championship trophy in history for the Miami Heat in the 06 playoffs with a godly performance, although there was a big shark O'Neal that year, but Wade is the soul of the Heat, for the Heat, he is definitely a legendary meritorious player.

When the Heat team was weak, they worked hard to recruit Bosh, the Dragon King who could be called the dragon king who could turn the tide at that time, to join the Heat, and then attracted LeBron James, the chosen son, to join the Heat. In order for James to join the Heat, Wade made the largest salary cut among the Big Three.

It can be said that Wade is the key factor in the formation of the Heat Big Three, under the leadership of the Big Three, the Heat team has entered the Finals four times in four years, and has won two championship trophies in succession.

The Heat's three championships can be said to have been watered by Wade's hard work, and after being blocked by the Spurs, Wade once again took the initiative to reduce his salary, the purpose of which was to allow the Heat to keep James.

But this year, the NBA salary has risen sharply, and a team starter can sign a contract with an annual salary of 20 million, and the Heat only gave a short-term contract of 10 million a year to this team soul who has cut his salary twice and still has combat strength.

Although the contract was later raised to 20 million, the 10 million contract was the biggest insult to Wade's career!

The star, who has always kept a low profile and regards the Heat as his home, finally made the decision to leave Miami and join the Bulls.

He should have had the honor of playing for the first team for life as the soul of the team, but unfortunately the Bulls don't have an owner like Cuban, you know, if Chen didn't join the team, Cuban would have been ready to give Nowitzki a two-year contract of 50 million meters.

Although Wade's competitive form has declined, it is undoubtedly above Nowitzki, an old man, and Wade's contribution to the Heat is not inferior to Nowitzki's contribution to the Mavericks.

Perhaps, the NBA really shouldn't talk about loyalty, Chen Zhi sighed in his heart.