The news of Jordan's comeback to join the Clippers spread, and after the Clippers confirmed the news and announced the time of the press conference, it detonated the world sports scene.

All sports media and fans are talking about this matter, not only them, but also economic, entertainment, social and other news, all reporting on this matter, large TV stations, newspapers, brokerage companies, basketball equipment companies, transportation and tourism industries...... 's stock prices have risen.

On the Internet, major sports forums have been down countless times, and the enthusiasm of fans to discuss is higher than the impact of the Twin Towers a while ago.

The basketball god is back, this news is sensational enough, and it's actually the Clippers?

Including Clippers fans are ridiculing: God of basketball, if Spider-Man threatens you to join by breaking your ribs again, you can call the police!

At 3 p.m. on September 21, 2001, the Clippers held a press conference on time.

Clippers majority shareholder Ballmer, owner Caesar Kanter, general manager Wally Walker, head coach Gentry and members of his coaching staff...... And all the players on the team are here.

David Stern personally came to the press conference to watch the ceremony and got a lot of footage.

Ballmer announced that he has signed a one-year, $13.314 million contract with Michael Jordan.

This is the highest starting salary for an 11-year-old non-bird right veteran under the salary cap in the new season, 30% of the salary cap, that is, the maximum salary contract, which gives the basketball god enough face.

Looking at the expectant eyes of his young teammates, Jordan faced the media cameras gathered from all over the world and said the sentence again: "I'm back!" ”

Hearing this, everyone on the Clippers, including some of the reporters who came to the scene, began to cheer loudly.

Big Q is so nervous that he forgot about his work, and the boss standing behind him kicked him in the ass, so he quickly ran to Jordan and Ballmer, took off the No. 23 jersey he was wearing, and handed it to Ballmer.

Ballmer took the jersey and straightened it up, handed it to Jordan and said, "Welcome, our No. 23." ”

Jordan took the jersey and said with a smile: "I can actually wear number 45." ”

The ESPN reporter took the opportunity to ask: "Big Q, there are rumors that you were originally the first choice to start the starting point guard next season, and now you may lose the starting opportunity and be forced to give up the No. 23 jersey, will you be unhappy because of this?" ”

When Da Q heard this question, he was angry, but he was too excited and didn't know how to refute it for a while, so he yelled loudly: "The god of basketball is always No. 23!" ”

Born in Chicago in 1980, he has been watching Jordan's games for as long as he can remember, and he is naturally a Jordan fan, and the first choice for choosing the jersey number from childhood to adulthood is No. 23.

When he came to the Clippers last summer, someone wore the No. 23, the veteran Derrick Strong, he could only choose other numbers, so he took a 3 out of the No. 23, before the start of last season, Derrick Strong, the veteran small forward, was cut because the forward position was crowded, he wanted to change to the No. 23 jersey, but he didn't dare to tell the team, the boss knew about it, and took the initiative to find the team to help him change the number to No. 23.

I didn't expect idols to become teammates! Not to mention the No. 23 jersey, if it weren't for the boss saying it was unsightly, he would have wanted to take off his pants.

After this episode, the Clippers handed over all the camera to Jordan, and there were no other people's interviews, all of which were in the background, and Ballmer, the majority shareholder, said that everyone can't steal the limelight from today's protagonist.

It's definitely not a defense against a dumb handsome guy, everyone is treated the same, and Ballmer doesn't have an interview session of his own.

Jordan, on his side, began a half-hour Q&A session.

When asked if his comeback had anything to do with the 911 incident, Jordan replied, "I came back because of basketball, which can give people courage and hope. ”

The two-meter man in the last row is crazy and shameless!

Although I didn't admit it, I didn't deny it either.

When asked if he hadn't played for 3 years and was coming back at this age, and wasn't worried about being beaten by young players, Jordan replied: "I kept winning before I retired, won to the end, and retired directly, which is unfair to young players, I regretted it for a long time, and I felt that I should give young players a chance to beat me."

From Russell to Abdul-Jabbar, from Owen to Magic, from Magician and Big Bird to me, the torch of basketball is constantly being passed and the ruler needs to be defeated in order for a new ruler to be born.

Now I'm back, right here. ”

These words once again sparked cheers.

Li Ao "tsk" two sentences, defeated two of the four centers head-on in the playoffs, and the two who were not defeated were because they didn't meet, and defeated the second quarterback, two generations of No. 1 forwards, and two generations of No. 1 point guards in the finals...... This year's goats are very different.

Did Joe, the wizard of the original plane, stain God's career? Li Ao had always thought so before, but now he feels that it may also be another kind of greatness......

If nothing else, it's just basketball itself, and you have to put aside the operations of his team in those two years.

When a reporter asked Jordan why he chose the Clippers, all the players on the Clippers were focused.

Jordan laughed: "The management gave me enough respect and they gave me a maximum salary so that I could get back on the field with dignity.

There's my favorite pitcher, Steve Kerr, my favorite coach, Doug Collins, and I've been in touch with Doug for so many years, and he's been an inspiration and a strength to me whenever I've had setbacks and he's struggling in my career, and I'm excited to work with him again.

And there's Spider-Man, he's the most talented young player I've ever met, and I hope to get the torch of legacy into his hands......"

When Li Ao heard this, he finally understood.

It's all strung together!

In mid-August, Ruben Patterson's contract extension with his parent team SuperSonics collapsed, and the SuperSonics gave up Ruben Patterson's parent team contract extension, and their Clippers did not make a move to acquire the blue-collar who performed well last season, and was finally signed by the Trail Blazers for 6 years and 34 million US dollars.

He initially thought that the team was worried about the thorn in the side of Ruben Patterson affecting the team's atmosphere, which was reasonable, they had a big Q to develop towards the 3D line, younger and more talented.

But in retrospect, no!

Ruben Patterson is just a thorn, and it's not that he doesn't play well, and their team is still afraid of thorns?

And he was worried about affecting the development of young players like Big Q, but he sent out two players who were still on rookie contracts and exchanged them for veteran Lafonso Ellis.

The arrival of Lafonso Ellis will inevitably occupy the part of Matt Halprin and his Spider-Man playing power forward, and they will have more time to go to the backcourt, which will also compress the playing time of Big Q

Signing Steve Cole, signing Doug Collins......

These operations are all preparing for Jordan's comeback! Even a necessary link!

Wait a minute!

Li Ao's pupils were shaken, what should he do about his plan to punch the nursing home?

The number one boss of the nursing home has become a teammate!

…

The god of basketball has returned, and the clouds hanging over the head of Eagle Sauce's family have been washed away a lot.

Fans of other NBA teams are coming alive to buy tickets to the Clippers at home and see the basketball gods back again.

Transportation, Hospitality, Food & Beverage, Retail...... and other industries have also benefited.

The biggest beneficiary is of course the Clippers, not counting the preseason and playoffs, there are 41 home courts, they have opened the ball market last season, and the ball market is even hotter this season.

At the beginning of last season, the average ticket price of the Clippers ranked 17th in the league, averaging $27 a ticket, which is almost one-third of the Lakers' average ticket price of $79, and the cheapest tickets at the top of the stands can be bought for $5.

By the end of the season, the Clippers averaged $45, which was a little more than half of the Lakers' average ticket price of $89 in the later season.

The day after Jordan joined, the Clippers announced the ticket price for the new season, and some media calculated and reported that the average price was 91 US dollars, exactly the same as the Lakers next door, second only to the Knicks with an average price of 99 US dollars.

The most expensive is the opening game ticket, with an average price of more than 300 US dollars.

In mid-September, other teams have already announced ticket prices for the new season, except for the Knicks and Lakers, who have increased their prices, and all others have lowered their ticket prices to lower than at the beginning of last season, naturally because of the three planes.

Not only the sports industry, but also all industries of the Eagle Sauce family have shrunk because of this incident, except for the group of people who sell firecrackers.

Even if Jordan came back, the teams raised the ticket price, and it did not return to the level of last season.

Here the Clippers, good guys, directly doubled!

But the pricing doesn't feel too expensive, and with Spider-Man, a super-popular new star, and the basketball god, the Clippers have overshadowed all teams at this moment.

While the Clippers are the hottest team at the moment, there are two other teams that have been mentioned repeatedly by fans.

One, it was the Bulls who forced Jordan to retire in '98.

Another...... The Spurs lay the gun.

The Clippers gave Jordan, who retired for three years and will turn 39 in the second half of the season, a maximum salary contract, and the Spurs gave Duncan 3 years and 30 million for three years.

The Clippers' salary situation has made fans of other teams scold the streets.

gave Jordan a top salary, and their salary didn't even fill the salary cap.

The predicted 5 starters, there are 3 rookie contract players, O'Neal Jr., a center who averages a double-double per game, has a salary of more than 6 million US dollars for two years, Li Ao's annual salary of 3.67 million US dollars is the third highest on the team, and the fourth highest is the newcomer Lafonso Ellis.

Judging from the current salary structure of the Clippers, by next summer, if Jordan, who has been playing for a year, retires again, the Clippers will be able to free up a maximum salary space! Even in 2003, with the retention of Odom and O'Neal Jr.'s bird rights, there were still conditions to create room for maximum salary.

And the Clippers had 51 wins last season!

The most lively discussion among fans now is - how much success does the basketball god still have? How much improvement can it bring to the Clippers?

Anyway, fans of the Lakers, Pistons, Knicks, Pacers, Trail Blazers, Suns, Jazz and other teams have belittled Jordan, who hasn't played for 3 years.

and made a well-founded but malicious speculation - the god of basketball and Spider-Man will have a conflict over the ball, and the god of basketball will be retired, broken ribs......

…

The outside world is constantly in the hustle and bustle, Li Ao's side, after attending the press conference yesterday, he went home and entered the training mode to make up for the time wasted in the afternoon.

After training, he called his next-door neighbor to make an appointment for a training time, but the other party rejected him, saying that he wanted to train with his teammates.

What about liars!

Does anyone on the Lakers want to train with Exploding Head?

Specify what kind of temper again.

Without a sparring partner worth 50 achievement points, Li Ao could only regretfully call Jordan to make an appointment to train together, and the other party gladly accepted.

This morning, Li Ao came to Jordan's club again, this time, there are a lot of vegetarians here, except for the welcome and bar, the other waiters have all become serious people.

Li Ao is very regretful, although he doesn't want to be a fellow believer with Jordan, he has to say that this LSP has a good vision, and those swimsuit models are very eye-catching.

This LSP actually fired those people because he was worried about weak legs, phew, the god of basketball, can you be a little more confident.

Li Ao entered the training ground, James Worthy, Skywalker, Xavier Johnson are already preparing with trainers, Kerr put on the training uniform today, he also has to prepare for the new season, although it is predictable that he will not play many games, but he has to contribute on the court.

Jordan raised his chin and said to Li Ao: "Isn't it a surprise to be a teammate with me?" ”

"A little."

"Only a little?"

"Well, it's more of a pity that I didn't have a chance to beat you on the court."

Cole, who was on the side, was really sorry when he saw Spider-Man's expression, turned his eyes to the former boss, and saw that the former boss's fists were tight, and his heart instantly relaxed.

Jordan was a little stingy, but he felt very relieved, pointed to the court with a dark face and said, "Go to training!" ”

Li Ao pursed his lips, went to prepare for the warm-up, and began the intensive training of pass control, back play, and mid-pitch.

In the afternoon, it's time for sparring.

Li Ao's interest is not so high, and when he becomes a teammate, he can't trigger the individual sparring mode, only the team sparring mode, which he 'can't look down on'.

After training with the explosive head for so long, the reward for guarding against a dozen balls is higher than that of the team sparring mode.

However, the elderly Joe began to reserve physical strength for the new season, and the training time was shortened to one hour, in order to help the veteran teammates find their state, Li Ao chose to accept it, he cheered up and warmed up to prepare.

When he finished the warm-up and came to the court, he unexpectedly received a sparring prompt from the system!

"Excellent sparring partner:

Sparring Partner: Michael Jordan.

Rating: 5 stars.

Sparring content: one-on-one defense.

Sparring Rewards: 1 hour of sparring time will be rewarded, 10 achievement points will be awarded for each basket attack blocked, and 20 achievement points will be awarded for each medium and long-distance shot blocked.

Because the host is a 5-star player sparring partner, there is a chance to gain additional insight, and after judgment, the direction of perception is: back-to-back singles, backward jumpers.

Note: Because the host has enough time to train with players on the same team and learn from players on the same team, the host is a teammate sparring partner, and the individual sparring mode can be turned on only when the rating is 5 stars, and the team sparring mode can be turned on if the rating is 5 stars. ”

Li Ao was instantly energetic!

Although it is not as expensive as the 50 achievement points of the exploding head, God is a teammate, and there are more opportunities to make an appointment to train, and the exploding head is still next door, and when the exploding head is awkward, you can still make an appointment to train together!

"Michael, how can 1 hour of sparring be enough, we will fight until dark!"

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