the rest, only noise

Chapter 1526
The Celtic negotiating team came outside the restaurant, and the media swarmed.

"Coach Lu, is there any result in the negotiation? Will Michael leave Portland?"

"If Michael joins the Celtics, how do you build a championship team around him?"

"MJ has always been considered the ultimate loser, do you really think Boston can help him succeed?"

All kinds of questions were raised.

After listening to Louis, he only said one sentence: "Sorry to let everyone down, Michael will not leave Portland. After today's meeting and dialogue, I think from the bottom of my heart that Michael and Portland are a match made in heaven. Yes, no one can separate them, and I want them to work together until the end of the world."

After speaking, Louis led the negotiating team and left the scene, leaving the shocked media to slowly digest these words.

"Is that the end of it?"

Bird thought the negotiations would fail, because Jordan stayed in Portland for so many years and would not leave easily.

But he didn't expect to fail in this way.

Louis left words of hatred, and in the cruelest way, he uncovered the truth that Jordan didn't want to face.

"It's over." Louie laughed, "We failed."

Pat Riley kept his eyes on Louie.

He felt that the various preparations that Louis made today did not seem to come for negotiations, but more like...to force Jordan to retire.

Louie gave Jordan two choices throughout the process.

Join the Celtics, or retire.

Even if you want Jordan to come to the Celtics, you have to give him a reason, but Louis is too lazy to talk nonsense, he directly pointed out Jordan's current situation.

This approach is cruel and direct, and has no respect for Jordan.

Maybe that's Louie's truest view of Jordan.

He has no respect for a loser who can't see his own place.

"Dad, even if the negotiation fails, you've played too much, right? Isn't the 1993 championship your favorite?"

Louis said lightly: "It's also what I hate the most."

"That's not enough to take the ring."

"Do you really think you're my father?" Louis didn't continue to tease his son, "That ring is fake."

"Fake?!!"

Bird looked at Louis in surprise: "It's really you! Is this kind of thing a joke?"

"Oh," Louis said regretfully, "If Michael decides to come to the Celtics, I will give him the truth. I will tell him to return the ring to me after you win a championship of your own. "

"He won't take it."

Barkley said suddenly.

Everyone looked at him.Barkley went on to say: "Michael will not accept this ring, he will not come to Boston. Coach, you are too hard."

Barkley remembered the idea he had told Louie on the phone before the negotiations.

At that time, Louis still scolded him for being inhuman, good guy, Louis planned to do this himself. Moreover, Louis did more than he thought.

"I believe that Michael did have the idea of ​​​​transfer before. If we lower our attitude, maybe he will really come to Boston to play, but now, it is absolutely impossible." Barkley knows Jordan too well, "the coach reminded him, Who brought him to where he is today. It was himself, his ego and pride that kept him in Portland for years, and the one who kept him in Portland for years without success was the coach. If he chose to go to Boston, It's a betrayal of who he was and a surrender to his own worst enemy. He's too proud, and if he chose to do that, he wouldn't be Michael Jordan."

Lu Wuxia asked: "So, he is going to retire?"

"Not necessarily." Barkley said, "I believe Portland is still willing to renew his contract. Boston can give Ralph a pension, and so can Portland. Besides, Michael is still a few hundred points away from breaking Larry's contract. Golf's scoring record? For that, Portland has to keep him for another year."

Excluding the one and a half seasons affected by injuries, Jordan has played for the Trail Blazers for less than 18 seasons. Currently, his total score has reached 38542 points. Last season, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and ranked second in the NBA's history. .

The distance from Sampson at the top of the list is less than 400 points. As long as he plays for another year, he will definitely break the record next season.

"It's a waste of time." Byrd smiled wryly, "What is this?"

Louis said to his son: "The plan to recruit Jordan has failed, and we will not make more reinforcements in the future. The new season depends on you."

"No, no, I'm just in charge of helping Brother Yao." Shaking his head flawlessly, "I'm still young, and I have a lot to learn."

Bird snorted softly: "Stop being a good boy, I'll let you take the lead in the new season!"

"I'm still a boy, Uncle Bird."

Hearing this, Louis couldn't help laughing and said: "If your uncle Bird pushes you too much, you can learn from your master and drive him away."

"Can I really do this?"

The bad guy Barkley booed: "What are you afraid of? Back then, your master was just a good friend of Dr. Bass and dared to force the coach away. Now the president of the team is your father. If anyone upsets you, just kick him out of the ball." Team!"

Byrd was pissed off, there really wasn't a single good thing here.

Oakley is still down.

Riley's mind jumped out of the three realms, thinking about the possibility of Jordan retiring.

Afterwards, Louis and the others ate at another restaurant, and left Portland by plane after eating.

In the afternoon, Jordan's agent, David Falk, held a press conference, saying that Jordan and the Celtics did not reach an agreement, and the negotiations went bankrupt.

A few days later, Louis received a courier from Portland.

The delivery was light and inside was a fake NBA championship ring.

Nothing but rings.

April 7

Jordan held another press conference with his family, his agent, and all of the Blazers' executives.

The size of the press conference was unusual.

Generally, this kind of press conference is held, either because Jordan is traded, or because.
Jordan wore a flaxen suit to the press conference.

Then, David Falk said with a sad face: "My employer, Mr. Michael Jordan, has decided to retire today, ending his long and legendary career."

A local reporter in Portland asked tremblingly: "Is it because the contract renewal negotiations with the team are not going well?"

"No, before making this decision, both John (Nash/Trailer general manager) and Mr. Paul Allen had in-depth communication and exchanges with me. We fully respect each other's positions and ideas. When I decided to retire , Mr. Allen is still willing to offer me a maximum salary contract, this is not a matter of money, and there is no disagreement between the two parties, this is my personal decision."

"I should have retired a long time ago, didn't I?" Jordan said, "I grew up loving to win, whether it was playing cards, or betting, or competing with my teammates whose luggage was taken out of the airport first, I wanted to win. Sarcasm The thing is, I played 19 years in the NBA and never won a single game. I realized early on that I couldn't really win, but I never left because I thought as long as I didn't give up, maybe one day, Basque The miracle of Buster Douglas knocking out Michael Tyson will happen to me."

"The negotiation with Legend Lu not long ago was my last hope, but I finally found out that all this is just a dream I thought I was right." Jordan said, "I have had such a dream-I won everything I lost. Finals, led the Blazers to a respected team, and then ended my career with the crowd cheering. Now, my dream is awake, there is no way I can win anything on the basketball court, and I will start with a Being remembered as a total underdog. Even so, I'm grateful for it all."

"After almost 20 years of failure, I can still tell everyone that I'm still who I was. I didn't make it in the NBA, but I gave it my all."

In this way, Michael Jordan ended the most failed and legendary career in NBA history.He played 19 seasons, scored 38542 points, was elected MVP 2 times, was selected to the best team 17 times (14 first team), 11 times to the best defensive team (10 first defense), 5 scoring champions, 2 steals Wang, and in the peak period of Ewing, Sampson, Olajuwon and other legendary centers, they pulled out their teeth and were elected as DPOY.But in the end, those brilliant numbers and glory will be overshadowed by the resume of six overall runners-up.

The world will remember him as a loser, not caring how great he was as a player.

Hearing the news of Jordan's retirement, Louis felt lost.

The goat in the previous life, the Luthor in this life.

Louie changed Jordan's life.

This moment was indeed unreal, Louis shook his head, picked up his cell phone, and sent a text message to Ralph Sampson: "Congratulations, Ralph, with MJ's retirement, in the next 20 years, you No one can shake the total scoring record."

PS: Thank you for your enthusiastic suggestions before, I decided not to accept them all, because it is obvious that I am pure Qiao Mi.

(End of this chapter)