In the winter of 1999, a sudden TV picture made TNT's ratings explode.

In the past, the Lakers were in charge, and they knelt directly on their knees during the live broadcast of the show, and then as if worshiping the Buddha, they kept kneeling and bowing with their hands folded.

All he could say was one sentence:

"Please, Shay, come back, come back. Please, come back! ”

The highly respected magician actually knelt down on the TV program broadcast across the country and begged Shay to make a comeback!

So don't say anything about the shame of the super giant kneeling, it's not his magician's beginning!

The magician hasn't changed much over the years, he's always been a giggle and a very joking person. He is always polite to other supergiants, and most of them are praised.

It gives people a very easy-going, very unstructured feeling.

But there is no more racking, and he is also the second point guard in history after Shay.

He is also a Hall of Famer and one of the NBA's top 50 superstars.

I don't know where higher than the status of a certain New York's fifty-one superstars.

Just such a man, willing to temporarily put down his dignity and kneel in front of the camera, is enough to show his sincerity.

No way, if the magician doesn't kneel anymore, the entire basketball industry will be finished!

At the beginning of Shay's retirement, there were many team owners who were complacent, feeling that the league had finally been balanced and was no longer a monopoly.

Next, the rivers and lakes have no leader, and everyone has the opportunity to compete for the championship and make a lot of money.

The result? In just half a year since Shay went into hiding, the NBA's ratings returned to the 80s overnight, and the Lakers' attendance was cut in half.

Attendance at some smaller teams has also been affected, and in the past, when Shay went to play away games in the cities of small teams, which team could still get his hands on Shay's light and sell out to a full house.

But right now, they haven't had any attendance peaks all season.

The NBA's off-court business is shrinking rapidly, and the top 10 active players in jersey sales combined, are not as many as Shay's shirt sales in the past.

The alliance's international influence also declined rapidly.

Sports TV ratings have been greatly affected, the stock market of sports-related industries has plummeted, and Wall Street has performed trapeze at intervals.

Even the fruit plates in Los Angeles are unsalable, because old Bass, a large fruit farmer cooperative, has reduced the number of times he eats fruit because of the sharp drop in income!

I thought that Shay would retire and everyone would have an equal opportunity to make money.

It turned out that as soon as Shay retired, everyone had no money to make!

I have to say that this is indeed another way of "balancing".

As for the devil, his main business after retiring is also related to basketball, and he still has a little stake in the Lakers.

When the Magic retired, he didn't execute a full 12-year contract with the Lakers. So in order for the Magicians to agree to the buyout, the old Bass was willing to give up 4.5% of the shares to the Magicians.

Of course, not directly, but just willing to let the magician spend money on the 4.5% stake.

Therefore, Magic has always been a small boss for the Lakers.

Now that the Lakers' attendance has been cut in half, the entire league is not profitable, and it must have affected the Magic's income.

Do you think he can not kneel? Do you understand the hardships of middle-aged men having children?

Behind the Magic, Barkley and Kenny. Smith couldn't laugh either.

With Shay retiring and sports ratings decreasing, TNT is starting to consider lowering the salaries of their price presenters!

In this current market, instead of paying a former professional player like Barkley, the TV station should spend a small amount of money to hire a few beautiful hosts in tights, which can attract more attention!

In short, Shay's retirement is not just a sporting event, but a social event.

No way, Shay's influence in the basketball world is too great, more than anyone expected.

The matchup between Shay and Jordan was the foundation of the NBA's brilliance in the 90s.

After Jordan retired for the second time, because Shay is still there, he has not seen any impact for the time being.

But when Jordan and Shay both retired, the league suddenly went into a state of inactivity.

In the entire league, there is no longer a player with commercial value, strength, and comparable to Shay and Jordan.

And the NBA is something that doesn't have a star and doesn't have an appeal.

It's like an art movie, no matter how fanciful your posture is or how twists and turns the plot is. If the protagonist is not good-looking, it is not attractive.

Shay and Jordan are both retired, which is equivalent to the two load-bearing walls being smashed, so can the building not collapse.

The NBA is now in a stagnant pool, not only the Magic, but also the owners of the teams who were still proud half a year ago, now want to kneel down and beg Shay to come back.

Actually, Stern didn't fail to act.

Half a month ago, he was ready to talk to Shay face-to-face, trying to persuade Shay to come back.

After all, Shay's retirement is not involuntary, his life has not changed, and his age is not too old.

But after contacting Shay's agent, Falck, Stern learned that Shay had already returned to China.

Stern immediately asked Shay about his specific whereabouts, China is China, and Stern has not experienced the days of looking for people to do things in China.

But Falck told Stern: "Shay probably didn't want to be disturbed, and he told me that he didn't want to be in public for a while." Moreover, there is a very important job to be busy. ”

Stern was puzzled, very important work?

Even if Shay doesn't play, his personal brand income and various endorsement income can make him tens of millions of dollars a year.

In this kind of life, most young people can't lie down too late, what important work can Shay be busy with?

Stern's search for Shay was over.

But really, when you think about it, it seems like it's been a long time since I've heard Shay's news.

At this time, Shay was in the office of the Liuzhou National Basketball Training Base, busy and sweating.

Snail powder.

"Oh, why don't we say that the food here is delicious? In the realm of Americana, it's either fried or fried, they know what a fart delicacy! Director Jiang, would you like to do it too? ”

Opposite Shay, Jiang Xingquan pinched his nose with disgust: "You eat, you eat, I'm not hungry." ”

Shay smiled, then continued to gulp down.

After all, he doesn't eat this high-fat and high-carb thing all the time, and he only eats it once in a while.

Although he has retired from the NBA, Shay is still very careful about his physical condition.

After all

He still wants to do a big thing in Sydney in 2000!

After eating the powder, Shay looked out the office window.

Several players are training their own under the guidance of professional trainers from abroad.

At this time, the CBA, that is, the A-League, is still in full swing.

But every month, the Chinese men's basketball team will conduct a short training camp at the Liuzhou National Team Training Center.

Not enough people on the coaching team? It didn't matter, Shay paid out of his own pocket to move all of Glover's team directly from America.

In normal times, the team is responsible for helping Shay stay in shape, and during the short training camp, he is at the service of the whole team.

Old training equipment? Shay said "aiming to win gold", and the equipment was all updated.

For half a year, Shay has been doing this.

Help train the players of the Chinese team who were unable to play abroad!

Da Yao, Roughly, Da Bus who play in the NBA and the second male blind man in "Fast Pursuit 4", they don't need Shay to worry about.

Over there, they get the best training and workouts.

But if you want to fight the Dream Team, they alone are not enough.

Role players must also have a certain level of playing ability.

So, Shay came back to help the others with special training.

Of course, it is certainly unrealistic to train all these players who have not been able to play abroad to wrestle with the players of the Dream Team in just one year.

But Shay didn't need everyone to be extremely strong, he only needed to let one or two of them show their strength far beyond the original history.

And at present, Shay's focus is on the heavy lover of diamond horns, Li Nan.

After eating the powder, Shay stepped into the training ground, walked in front of Li Nan, who was training for three points, and waved his hand to let the trainer back first.

Li Nan didn't talk much nonsense, he had gotten used to it in the past six months. Once Shay appeared in front of him, he wanted to fight himself alone.

So, Li Nan picked up the ball and began to dribble in front of Shay.

Everyone else also temporarily stopped what they were doing and entered the "melon eating mode".

Li Nan suddenly started and broke through to Shay's left hand.

But before the ball hit the ground, the whole audience heard a crisp sound of "bang".

Li Nanren broke through Shay, but the ball was gone.

He turned his head to see that the basketball was spinning on Shay's fingertips.

Li Nan immediately lowered his head and did not look at Shay. Because as is customary, Shay's trash talk is coming:

"Are you serious? Please, I just finished eating noodles and my stomach can't hold my weight. As a result, you still can't get past me? Have a snack, Grandma Shaq can stop you! ”

Li Nan didn't speak, just stood in front of Shay with open arms, ready to defend.

However, Shay stood there and didn't move, didn't jump, just threw the ball casually with one hand, and Li Nan heard the sound of "brushing".

"Defense, do you know what defense is? Why are you so far away from me? Confrontation, confrontation! ”

Li Nan clenched his fists, took the ball from the trainer, and it was his turn to attack again.

After that, everyone in the Chinese team was happy to see Li Nan being impersonated, seeing Li Nan being broken, and seeing him being beaten by Shay in various ways.

A member of the dignified national team and the main force of the Bayi team, he was abused like a schoolboy by Shay at this time.

No, elementary school students will still be violently deducted.

After today's round of heads-up, again, Li Nan didn't score a point!

Shay shook his head and muttered:

"It's been half a year, and you haven't scored a single goal in front of me. Seriously, don't stay in the men's basketball team, go save the men's team, the '02 World Cup needs you.

Oh, you can go straight to the '99 Women's World Cup. ”

Speaking of this, Li Nan couldn't hold back any longer.

Whatever Shay said about him before, he could bear it.

But now Shay actually scolds herself for being like a?

Feeling humiliated, he suddenly rushed to Shay and threw a punch directly: "You are too much bastard!" ”

Again, the Chinese men's basketball team will not necessarily play, but it will definitely box.

Several vicious battles in the history of Chinese basketball have Li Nan's participation.

But Shay did this professionally before he switched careers to play basketball.

So he easily dodged Li Nan's fist, but then stumbled on the soles of his feet, pushed his hands, and directly pressed Li Nan to the ground.

Seeing that the two were fighting, the other players around hurriedly went to pull.

But Li Nan was still very excited, and kept trying to break away from the crowd to attack Shay.

Shay, dragged by another group of people, showed a disdainful smile:

"It's okay, it's okay, you let him go and see what he can do."

"Enough!" It wasn't until the respected Jiang Xingquan shouted that Li Nan stopped struggling.

Subsequently, both Shay and Li Nan were called into the head coach's office.

Li Nan's emotions are still excited:

"Coach Jiang, I know he's the best player in the NBA.

Well, he's the strongest player on the planet!

But this does not mean that he can wantonly trample on the dignity of other team members!

He was clearly targeting me on purpose!

There are so many people in the whole team, why does he only look for me to fight alone every day?

There are so many teammates, he is polite to everyone, why do you speak disrespectfully to me?

I haven't offended him, have I? ”

Shay hurriedly smiled at Jiang Xingquan: "Wrong, wrong, I was wrong for Jiang Xingquan." ”

But soon, Shay changed his mind:

"It's okay, then let him be trampled on by foreign players. In the Olympic Games, wearing the jersey of the Chinese team, he was laughed at by the players of the dream team.

Isn't that how comfortable you are? Or are you used to being slighted by players from ugly countries?

At your current level, you fight against the Dream Team, can you play?

You can't beat it, you don't have that ability at all, you know!

Maybe you are used to being the second place, and you are used to the so-called 'ugly country is the first in the world' remarks.

But I'm not fucking used to it!

After so many years as a runner-up, haven't you been enough!?

Why can't it be us who wins!

In the arena, the opponent's words will only be more difficult than mine.

They will only be more ruthless towards you!

If you become a breakthrough on the field, then congratulations, you will be caught and beaten to death!

At that time, you also yelled at the referee, you cried and told the referee, ah, they trampled on my dignity.

Fuck it, dignity is made by yourself! ”

Shay's words made Li Nan stunned.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand why Shay only looked for himself alone, and why Shay only spoke disrespectfully to himself.

Director Jiang also knew that Shay hated iron but not steel.

Shay recommended Li Nan in front of Jiang Xingquan more than once, wanting him to play the starting role in the 2000 Olympic Games!

In Jiang Xingquan's expectation, the starting five tigers in 2000 must be the NBA Five Tigers, such as the Blind Man, Shay, Chasing the Wind Boy, Bus and Yao Ming.

But Shay believes that Wang Zhizhi is too slow to play the No. 3 position in the international arena and suffers too much defensively. He is more suitable to play the starting No. 4 position to help Yao Ming open up space.

Battle is better suited to play the sixth man and bring the bench lineup. Moreover, Battelle playing as a substitute can also allow Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming to have time to rest at any time and maintain the world-class inside advantage of the Chinese team.

So the starting No. 3 position, Li Nan is the most suitable!

The outside world's evaluation of a person is often based on his appearance when he was last successful or unsuccessful, and defines his existence by this.

Li Nan's achievements when he became the head coach of the national team in the future made him a sinner referred to by Qianfu.

The meme of "diamond horns" also often appears in major basketball forums.

But on a flat chest, Li Nan is not useless, at least Li Nan was still very good when he was a player.

He may be the earliest 3D small forward in the history of Chinese basketball, and in the domestic league, the three-point shooting rate is in the range of 40%-50% all year round!

In international competitions, Li Nan's three-point shooting is also very stable, with a shooting rate of more than 35%.

In the 2000 Olympic Games, against Italy, he scored 25 points on 6-of-7 three-point shooting. In the '02 World Championships against New Zealand, he scored 8-of-12 from three-point range and scored 33 points.

In Athens in '04, he was the only player on the team other than Yao Ming to average a double-double in points per game. In the classic battle against the world champion Serbia and Montenegro, everyone only remembered Yao Ming, who scored 27 points and 13 rebounds, but ignored Li Nan, who hit 4 three-pointers and always stabbed a fatal knife at critical moments.

Compared with the likes of Zhu Boxing and Wang Shipeng in the future, Li Nan's performance in international competitions is obviously more stable.

In fact, from 2000 to 2004, because of the outstanding performance in international competitions, many European giants sent invitations to Li Nan.

If it weren't for a variety of complicated reasons, he would have become the first person to land in European basketball.

Therefore, Li Nan at his peak has strength.

Not to mention becoming a big star in the international arena, but as long as you strengthen your training, there is no problem at all to be a qualified 3D starter.

This is also the reason why Shay always deliberately "finds fault with him".

He hopes that in a year, with better training and more demanding requirements, Li Nan can grow up quickly and make up for the vacancy of the Chinese team in the No. 3 position!

After Shay finished his fire, he left the office directly.

Li Nan looked at Jiang Xingquan, Jiang Xingquan waved his hand and asked Li Nan to sit down:

"Do you know why Shay keeps annoying you?

He's afraid you won't be able to pass me.

He proposed that you start the Olympics, but I think Wang Zhizhi is more suitable.

So, he wants you to come up with a performance that can conquer me.

To be honest, I don't have a decision on the starting list yet.

You behave well, I will seriously consider it.

Shay, he's a person, he's been abroad for a long time, and his speech is really not good. After all, the evil America is a country with no moral bottom line.

Comrade Shay was indeed slightly corrupted by this unhealthy tendency.

But he definitely didn't really have malicious intentions towards you, and it was a little wrong for you to take the initiative today.

Everyone is aiming for the same goal, which is to break through to the Olympic gold medal 0.

So, don't put your energy into infighting, just keep up the good work! ”

Jiang Xingquan's PUA made Li Nan feel a little guilty now.

It turns out that Shay tortured me and scolded me, all for my good?

It turns out that Shay is so optimistic about me?

That. Please step up!

The first shake M of the national team was officially born!

While Li Nan was still guilty in the office, Shay had already run to the canteen without rat heads and watched the fourth quarter of the Yao Shark War.

The Bulls naturally failed to defeat the championship candidate Knicks in the end, but Yao Ming scored 21 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists in the second matchup with the Sharks!

Yao Ming's confrontation ability is stronger, but he is flexible. He has solid skills under the basket and tough defense.

Moreover, there is also a rabbit jump shot that is as steady as an old dog.

At the beginning, Ewing went to teach Yao Ming, but Shay was afraid that Ewing would be useful and not teach, but instead brought Yao Ming into some bad habits.

As a result, Ewing not only taught Yao Ming well, but also quit astringency because he met Yao Ming!

Now Ewing is influenced by Yao Ming, and has changed from an old ruffian to an Internet addicted teenager, addicted to Thor's hammer every day!

Ewing can't figure it out now, where does a woman believe that she thinks it's funr than a game?

I have to say that Ewing did teach Yao Ming a lot of things.

The most important thing is that Yao Ming in this history is very outstanding in handling the ball!

It's no longer the stupid big guy who can't do anything when he meets the bag!

In other games on the same day, Lao Hu came off the bench to score 4 three-pointers and scored 16 points.

Frozen Snow Wolves Wang Zhizhi scored 17 points and six rebounds against the Pacers.

In the Jazz VS Rockets game, because Olajuwon wanted to be distracted to deal with Malone, the bus actually scored 15 points on the big dream with a solid mid-range jumper!

Shay smiled contentedly.

Although there is no one, the Chinese army is still full of presence in the NBA.

With the current strength of a few of them, they will definitely have no problem playing international matches, and they will even be better than most players.

Now, from the perfect lineup in Shay's mind, Li Nan in the third position is just away!

As long as that piece of the puzzle can be put together, the Dream Breaker Team. It's no longer just a crooked fantasy!

I hope that guy can figure it out for himself.

If you can't figure it out. Then give it another beating!

In just half a year, the basketball world declined without Shay.

But after another six months, people will find out

The basketball world will once again make an uproar because of Shay!

The god of basketball is that he can control this basketball world at will~

Today's 10,000-word update is presented, kneeling and begging for a monthly pass!

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