NBA Backer King Chapter 456

   At 9 am the next day, Pharaoh woke up, and the outside world was already in chaos.

   "The Bulls are coaxing, the disintegration is imminent." Phoenix Sports.

   "The Flying Man Retires, The NBA Will Lose Its Signature Star." The New York Times.

   "The era of trapeze men is over, and the era of giant monsters is officially here." The Washington Post.

  The headlines of countless media are full of bull news, not only the American media, but also many media from all over the world participated in the report.

   Among them, the report of the Phoenix Sports News is the most interesting, and the sales volume of the sports newspaper has soared by three times.

The reason for    is that the sports newspaper included a few photos. It was the moment when the bull bus was pulled, and Jordan could vaguely be seen clutching the front of Claus's shirt.

   These photos have been reprinted by countless media.

  Jordan was rude at the general manager, and countless media criticized him in various ways. All of a sudden, Jordan was sprayed into a dog.

   He has always been sprayed by the media. Any bad deeds cannot escape the accusation of the media. Just like Michael Jackson, everything will be magnified by the media a hundred times.

   Now that there is evidence and evidence, the media's accusations against him are more reckless.

   At this time, Chicago, the headquarters of the Bulls, has been blocked by a large number of Jordan fans, and Jerry Krause has become their venting target.

   Even Krause's house was surrounded by angry fans, the glass was shattered, and his family had to call the police.

   If it wasn't for the fans who couldn't enter the community where the Reinsdorf mansion was located, I'm afraid even his home would be surrounded by angry fans.

   At 9:30 am, the New York stock market opened as scheduled.

"boom!"

As soon as    Nike's stock price opened, it was hit by a large amount of selling. Five minutes later, it fell by three percentage points and traded in the red.

   At ten o'clock, Phoenix, outside the hotel where the Bulls stayed, was crowded.

   "Jordan, why are you hitting Klaus?"

   "Jordan, did Krause offend you because he wanted to rebuild the team?"

   "Michael, will you be traded by the team?"

   "Michael, will you retire?"

   "Michael, the Bulls are in an infighting, aren't you worried that you will be swept again by the old K?"

   "Jordan..."

  “Michael…”

   At 10 am, outside the hotel, from the gate to the bus, it took Jordan nearly ten minutes to get into the bus under the protection of several staff and hotel security personnel.

   At this time, Pharaoh also arrived at the airport in the team bus.

   A group of guests at home had already left before him. Li Lianjie flew to Los Angeles alone, and a large group of others flew to Chicago.

   After one o'clock noon, the planes of the Bulls and the Suns arrived at the Chicago airport one after another.

  David Frank has arrived in Chicago from New York and picked up Jordan directly from the airport.

   "Michael, have you communicated with your teammates?" Frank asked as soon as he got in the car.

   "We talked a few words before breakfast, and there are some questions." Jordan said with a bad expression.

   "Let's talk then, be sure to stabilize the locker room before the G3 battle."

   Frank said this and suggested: "Michael, I'll arrange a party for you in the afternoon, just at dinner time, at your house, invite all your teammates over, and everyone can communicate better at the party."

   "OK." Jordan nodded.

   "We'll talk about other things after the finals. Don't think about those issues now, OK?"

   "OK."

   "In terms of management, I will talk to them, you don't care about this, the most important thing for you now is to play well in the finals."

   "OK."

Seeing Jordan's attitude is so good, David Frank is also very emotional. Once upon a time, Jordan was also very rebellious in front of him. The current change is the reason for the management of the Bulls, perhaps more to face the old K. stress?

   He is also a pity for Jordan. After two consecutive championships, Jordan was really in his prime. In the 92/93 season, he pointed to the dynasty. Unfortunately, the old K appeared, which made Jordan's sword break, and the dream of a dynasty came to an abrupt end.

   In the next few seasons, although he also won the championship once, after all, with the growth of the old K and the strong lineup of the Suns, he was no longer able to pursue a dynasty, and winning the championship became an extravagant hope.

   This season, with two consecutive losses in the finals, he couldn't see how much chance Jordan had to win the championship. No matter how amazing Jordan played, he couldn't make up for the hard injury in the center position.

  Jordan, really missing one... Mutombo.

   He is also Mutombo's agent, but unfortunately he couldn't get Mutombo to the Bulls last season, because it was completely impossible to accommodate such a large contract.

   In the evening of June 5th, all Bulls players attended a dinner party at Jordan's house.

   With Jordan's leadership and prestige among his teammates, he basically reunited the Bulls' hearts with this party.

   Of course, it's impossible to go back to the past, it's just a pause and a gathering. When people's hearts are scattered, they are scattered.

   At this time, David Frank was visiting the Bulls owner Reinsdorf, and the two talked about Jordan in detail.

   Frank said: "Mr. Sinsdorf, Michael is having a party now, and the most important thing for him at the moment is the finals, and I think this is also in your interest.

As far as I know, the average ticket price for the G3 game tomorrow night is as high as about $1,600. The higher the future, the higher the average price. You can earn at least an additional $15 million in operating income for each additional finals. Yeah? "

  Reinsdorf sighed and said heavily: "I want to thank Michael for everything he has done for the Bulls, I'm sorry, Mr. Frank."

He also hopes that Jordan will die in the Bulls, because the profits of the playoffs are really high. The first three series of each game are millions of income, not to mention the finals, after handing over 45% to the league, every game All have tens of millions of dollars in income.

   But Jordan is getting older and older, and the lineup is getting older. He is really worried that there will be times when he will not even make it to the playoffs in the future.

   Now there are no strong teams in the East, the Pacers are a great threat, especially the Knicks still have a behemoth, the Bulls, which are getting older and older, can they pass the Knicks level next season?

  David Frank stared at Reinsdorf and made sure of one thing.

  From the management of the Bulls until now, there has been no public commitment not to trade Michael, and now Reinsdorf's words, he can be sure that the Bulls are really planning to trade Michael and prepare to rebuild.

  If Michael wants to continue to pursue the finals, in fact, this is for sure, otherwise Michael will definitely choose to retire directly and continue to stay in the league, of course, in order to defeat the old K, compete for the championship, and work hard for future historical status.

  In this case, the best way is not to let the Bulls trade Michael, but to threaten the Bulls with retirement, forcing the Bulls to buy out Michael's contract, and then according to the rules of the league, sign other teams with the veteran's minimum salary.

  Although this will deceive the Bulls, the Bulls have benefited too much from Michael, and now they still want to rebuild by trading Michael to extract his residual value. This is the end of the Bulls.

   After thinking about it, he said goodbye and left.

  Reinsdorf looked at the back of David Frank leaving, and had a bad feeling in his heart.

   On June 6, the finals G3 battle.

   "Klaus, shit! Klaus! Fat pig! Klaus, step down..."

   Throughout the United Center, countless Bulls fans were roaring in anger, and the sound was earth-shattering.

   "They're going crazy!" Buckley shook his head.

   "It's crazy! No one can beg for Michael or the management now." Da Meng said.

   "Old K is cheap!" Barkley said enviously.

   "As he said, even if you win this championship, the gold content is not enough." Da Meng said.

Barkley glanced at Da Meng like an idiot, and said angrily: "You're stupid, Michael scored 51 points and couldn't win against Old K. Who dares to say that this final is not worth the money? How many times in the history of the league? Can an individual hit 50+ in the finals?"

  Dameng stayed for a while, I was so stupid, I actually believed the words of that idiot K, is my IQ not as good as that of a primary school student?

   Two people sit in the second row, and the second row costs thousands of dollars. The first row is too expensive, and they are reluctant, and the bull will not give them expensive first row tickets for free.

For the Bulls' finals, the price of the front row tickets is as high as 20,000 US dollars. The best VIP private seats in the front row are as high as 40,000 US dollars, and the most expensive ones are behind the Bulls bench and behind Jordan's seat. Seats cost as much as $60,000.

   is such an expensive ticket, and it is hard to get a ticket. The rich people all over the world are concentrated in the United States, and many people even drove their own private jets to watch the finals.

   Behind the two are Lei Gong and the glider, and their three-row fare is also as high as more than 3,000 US dollars.

  Cheng Long and Dayao did not sit here, they sat together with more than 2,000 Suns fans, forming a huge phalanx.

  Cheng Long got a front row seat. Now this group of people is what he needs to have exposure opportunities in the United States. Pharaoh specially asked Little Colangelo to arrange it.

   Next to him is a group of big Hollywood stars. On the right is the big director Spielberg, and Arnold sits on his left. The three are VIP customers of the K martial arts hall, and they met at the martial arts hall before.

   His status in Hollywood is not enough now, that is, the red zone is a hit, and there are no movies released in Hollywood later. The status of the three is somewhat different.

   "Jack Cheng, your jump is great, aren't you afraid of falling? Why don't you use a substitute? Did you fasten the safety rope?" Arnold asked.

   "A special effect?" Spielberg asked.

Cheng Long was also very happy. The world-shaking jump made him famous in Hollywood. He said, "Of course I did it myself, not special effects. There was an eight-meter drop on both sides, but when we were practicing, it was only three or four meters. I jumped. In the past, I couldn't see the landing point, and the two sides were too far apart, so I couldn't use Weiya, it was the safety rope, and there was no such thing."

   "My God, it's over if you fall." Spielberg said in surprise.

   Arnold shook his head in admiration: "Jack Cheng, you're too bold."

  Cheng Long smiled and nodded and said, "Indeed, after jumping over and landing on the balcony over there, my legs became weak."

   At this time, just at eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

  Sun: Wang Tiejun, Rasheed Wallace, Robert Horry, Kidd, Kevin Johnson

   Bulls: Rick Schmitz, Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, Ron Harper

   Although the Lightning was in a bad state in the finals, after consulting the coaching staff and Pharaoh, Colangelo Jr. believed that the Bulls had collapsed and there was no threat, and decided to let him start.

   Lightning still has one year of contract after this season. He will definitely enter the bench next season and then retire. The starting status of this finals is a reward for him for so many years in the sun.

   After all, winning the championship as the main force is completely different from winning the championship as a substitute.

   Wilkins is so envious of Lightning's treatment that he can't wait to replace him. If he can win the championship as the main force, he will be willing to laugh to death.

  In the ABC live broadcast, Magic Johnson did not go to see the starting list, but said: "The only hot spot in the media in the past two days is Michael Jordan, and even Nike's stock price has fallen by 4 percentage points in the past two days."

   "Nike's stock price has stabilized, I'm still going to buy the dip, it's too late." Larry Bird joked.

   "Puff!"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar laughed: "Although Michael Jordan is very important to Nike, Nike has signed a lot of stars and has occupied a lot of market share, so even if he retires, the impact on Nike will not be as big as you think. Buying Nike, you think too much.

But I still recommend that you go in now, because the times are moving forward, you can see the salary cap of our league, it will increase every year, and it has increased rapidly in the past two years, the same reason, so the stock price of Nike should also Same. "

  Larry Bird said in surprise: "Karim, do you still have research on stocks?"

  Magic Johnson laughed: "Okay, let's go too far, let's not discuss Nike's stock price, let's talk about the impact of this matter on the Bulls? And this finals."

  Larry Bird said: "Michael just had a party at his house last night and invited all his teammates and I think he was getting ready for the finals.

   This shows that he has not given up, so I don't think this matter will have much impact on the finals. More impact will be reflected on the Bulls after the finals, and even affect the future of the league. "

   "Oh, the future pattern?"

  Jabbar froze for a moment and said, "Big Bird, I also said the same thing. With Jordan's leadership, the Bulls will not be so bad in the next finals, but what do you mean by the pattern?"

Magic Johnson said: "If the Bulls really rebuild and choose to trade Michael, then it is indeed possible to affect the future of the league, because if the trade is done, the next team that owns Michael will have his bird rights and can Keep re-signing him with Bird Rights."

   The other two nodded, no team could trade Jordan with the Bulls without bird rights.

   "Guess which team Michael is willing to go to? Or choose to retire directly?" Larry Bird said with a smile.

   "He will definitely stay in the East if he doesn't retire," Abdul-Jabbar said.

"Of course, if he loses to the Suns again this time, he will really be hit by the old K. He loses one, two and three. No matter what, he hopes to get back a game in the finals. It is best to stay in the East. Choose," Magic Johnson said.

Larry Bird nodded and said: "Yes, I think so too. I don't think he should choose to retire, the reason is that old K, he can't retire, at least not now, otherwise with the current momentum of old K, Michael's If the status of the first person in history is not good, it will not be able to keep it.”

   "But how long can he stay in his current state?"

  Magic Johnson said: "I think the reason why the Bulls chose to rebuild is also worried about this?"

  Jabbar nodded and said: "Yes, the Bulls' lineup is too old, the reconstruction is not surprising, the surprise was only exposed during the finals. This matter should be confirmed, because the Bulls management did not deny it."

  Magic Johnson brought the topic back and said: "I think Michael may go to New York, the Knicks have been chasing him, but last year he chose the Bulls."

   "It's possible." The other two said.

  Player channel, ten starters from both teams are waiting to play.

"This guy?"

   When Pharaoh saw Jordan, he felt that something was wrong. This was not going to the court, but preparing to go to the battlefield. His eyebrows were full of murderousness!

   "Shhh!"

  The Suns came out, and Wang Tiejun seemed to get the biggest boo so far.

   He glanced at the audience, with countless middle fingers pointing towards him, and couldn't help but scolded: "Damn, your management wants to rebuild and trade Jordan, why are you mad at me?"

  When it was the Bulls' turn to play, every Bulls fan stood up, raised his arms, and shouted: "Michael! Michael! Michael..."

The tsunami-like cry of    shook the first person at the scene, and also shook the countless Bulls fans in front of the TV in Chicago, and also shook the countless Jordan fans in front of the TV.

  Jordan stood in the center of the court, looking around, his eyes could not help but heat.

   "Bull management is too much!"

   In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili shook his head and sighed.

   His heart is really uncomfortable. He has lived in this city for many years and has been watching Jordan play. Now that Jordan is going to be traded, he can't accept it.

   "Klaus, get out of the bull! Claus, get out of the bull..."

   At this time, another sound rang out from the United Center, getting louder and louder, until it was overwhelming and swept all over the place, almost toppling the arena.

  Pharaoh stood on the sidelines and looked at the bull's posture and couldn't help but sigh.

   For five seasons, the Bulls have been arguably his strongest opponent, but now he has the privilege of seeing this team disintegrate.

   At this time, he suddenly thought of himself, will there be this day in the future?

   Jordan is almost 35 years old and is still at his peak. His peak period should not last for this day. If his strength declines, will the Suns trade him?

   Colangelo and his son are good to him, but that is his value. What if he loses his value? he does not know.

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