The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Summer 2029.

Before he knew it, Li Xun had retired for five years.

In the past five years, he has been working on his Las Vegas Saber Tigers.

Because it was an expansion team, most of the players in the Saber-toothed Tigers at that time were obtained through the expansion draft.

The so-called military expansion draft, that is, the league's existing 8 teams make a list, which can contain up to [-] players. These eight players are protected and will not participate in the military expansion draft.

As for the players not on the list, Li Xun picked them at will.

It seems to be quite good, there is a lot of room for choice.

But players with a little bit of value are all put on the list, and those who are exposed are either weak and marginal players, or players with very low cost performance.

For example, some players with high salaries and low abilities can only play at the level of ordinary starters with an annual salary of tens of millions.

Of course, Li Xun would not choose these players with high salaries and low abilities. He randomly selected a few cheap players in the military expansion draft.

Because the poor line of the new team was very low in the first three years, Li Xun didn't have to worry about how to pass the poor line.

In addition to the military expansion draft, the league also gave draft rights to two new teams.

Li Xun got the No. [-] pick in the first round and the No. [-] pick in the second round. With these two picks and the template generator binding a young Chinese player, the Saber-toothed Tigers almost have a strong team. team model.

In the first season of the team's establishment, the total salary of the Saber-toothed Tigers was only 700 million U.S. dollars. Such a salary is not as high as the annual salary of a top-paid player in other teams.

But with such a salary, Li Xun actually brought the Saber-toothed Tigers into the playoffs.

Although it was only the first round of the playoffs, it was shocking enough.

It is worth mentioning that Li Xun has been serving as the team's head coach and president of basketball affairs in the past few seasons.

As for the position of general manager, he hired Hornacek Sr.

The old Hornacek's coaching ability is not very good, but he still has two brushes in running the team.

The first round of the playoffs in the first season.

In the second season, two more rookies were added, plus the young players bound by the template generator.

This season they made it to the division finals. Although they failed to get a ticket to the finals in the end, the teams in the league were still terrified.

They have a hunch that the big devil who has ruled the alliance for 16 years may now rule the alliance in another way.

Wait until the third season, this time the Saber-toothed Tigers directly reached the finals.

In the end, it was a pity to lose to the opponent with a big score of 4:3.

At this time, Li Xun resigned as the head coach of the team.

The team is already on the right track, and Li Xun doesn't care much about whether they can win the championship in the future, at least for a few years.

Of course it would be better to win the championship, if not, such a record would be enough for Saber-Toothed Tiger to gain a lot of benefits.

During the few years in charge of the Saber-toothed Tigers, the team's net income has skyrocketed every year.

Net profit of $3000 million in the first season.

The second season directly skyrocketed to 5000 million US dollars.

By the time it reached the finals in the third season, it had already risen to the level of [-] million US dollars.

It is not an exaggeration to say that besides the Saber-toothed Tigers, the only teams in the current league with a net income of more than [-] million US dollars are the Lakers and the Knicks.

The Saber-toothed Tigers have become the third most profitable team in the league today in just a few years.

This is because they didn't win the championship. If they can build a dynasty and cultivate a group of loyal fans, their profitability will definitely be even more terrifying.

In the past five years, Li Xun has witnessed the retirement of many contemporary players.

After all, when Li Xun retired, he had already played for 16 years, and now it has been another five years, which is 21 years. The teams of the same generation as Li Xun, no matter how long their careers are, they have basically bid farewell out of the arena.

At the end of last season, Curry officially announced his retirement.

With Curry's announcement of his retirement, Li Xun's old brothers in the Pistons have all left the game.

Five years have passed, and Li Xun is now eligible to be nominated for the Hall of Fame.

Li Xun still attaches great importance to the Hall of Fame, which means that his name has truly left a mark in the history of basketball.

Although it is unlikely that future fans will forget Li Xun even if he does not enter the Hall of Fame, Li Xun still cherishes this opportunity to be nominated.

If you want to nominate, you need to find at least one and at most three referrers to recommend.

One to three referees must themselves be Hall of Famers.

The first referrer Li Xun invited was Iverson.

This is Li Xun's agreement with Iverson at the beginning. When he retires, he will definitely find Iverson as his referrer.

Until now, Li Xun is also full of gratitude to Iverson.

If it weren't for Iverson, his start would definitely not be so smooth.

It can be said that Iverson is his own Bole.

After so many years, Li Xun has always maintained contact with Iverson and is also paying attention to Iverson's dynamics.

Knowing that Iverson's BIG3 league is booming, Li Xun is also happy for Iverson.

"Li, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"I've been waiting for your call."

"I knew that when you were eligible to be nominated, you would be the first to call me."

After Iverson received Li Xun's call, he was as excited as a child.

Even now that he is older and looks fat into a ball, Iverson still maintains a pure heart.

"Of course, Allen, we have agreed that when I am about to enter the Hall of Fame, I will be the first to call you."

Li Xun said with a smile.

Recalling the past, it is vivid in his mind, and sometimes Li Xun feels that he may be really old, and he always thinks about the past.

After calling Iverson, Li Xun called Yao Ming again.

Li Xun was going to let Yao Ming be the second referrer.

Iverson is the guide of Li Xun's career.

And Yao Ming is Li Xun's big brother. He was the most successful player in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team before Li Xun.

"Okay, I'll be leaving in a few days."

"In the past few days, I'll think about the speech carefully, and being your referrer is really not an easy task."

"The whole world is watching. I estimate that there will be at least hundreds of millions of fans watching the live broadcast."

Yao Ming was very happy. Li Xun found himself in this kind of matter, which meant that he had a special status in Li Xun's heart.

The third referrer, Li Xun approached Jordan after pondering for a while.

Former basketball god, former basketball No.1, Jordan!

"What? Your kid asked me to be your referrer?"

"Well, I don't seem to have a reason not to agree."

"If I don't go, I'm afraid everyone will laugh at me for my lack of tolerance."

"To be honest, since you won the seventh championship, I have never thought about the issue of historical status."

"If it's not No.1 in history, what's the difference between second or third?"

Jordan said with a wry smile.

Sometimes, he felt like he was dreaming, an extremely long dream.

He couldn't figure out how it was possible for a player to establish five dynasties in five teams and achieve fifteen consecutive championships.

After Li Xun finished the phone call with Jordan, he was satisfied.

If Yao Ming was No.1 in the Chinese men's basketball team before Li Xun, then Jordan was the No.1 in the world's men's basketball team before Li Xun.

Now all three referees have been found, one guide Iverson, and two senior big brothers.

Li Xun was extremely satisfied with his choice of the three referees.

After the three of them submitted letters of recommendation to the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, Li Xun received the notification in just two days.

He was nominated for the Hall of Fame.

Next, a 24-member team will review his profile to see if he is eligible to enter the Hall of Fame.

This review is undoubtedly a formality.

If Li Xun can only be nominated, but was not selected into the Hall of Fame in the end, then this Hall of Fame has no meaning of existence.

On September 9, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony was officially held.

There were hundreds of people sitting on the scene, most of them were the top stars of the league with great achievements.

On the field, Barkley and O'Neill volunteered to be the host tonight.

"Tonight is a very special day. In order to prepare for tonight's host, I deliberately lost 20 pounds so that I can look younger."

O'Neill laughed at the beginning.

"Yes, tonight is a very special day."

"In the blink of an eye, that man has been retired for five years, and my mind is still full of scenes from his playing time."

It was also rare for Barkley not to argue with O'Neill, and said with a sigh.

After the two finished their opening speeches, it was the turn of the nominees and referees to give speeches.

First came Garnett, then Pierce.

He was Rondo's referrer.

In addition to the championship that Rondo won in Green Kai, he followed Li Xun to win three championships with the Knicks and Pacers.

Four championships in hand, multiple All-Stars, multiple defensive lineups, steals king, assists king, and three teams of the best team.

With such an honor, there is no suspense in entering the Hall of Fame.

After Rondo played, his face was full of bitterness, "To be honest, when they let me play first, I was very reluctant."

"Because everyone knows whose night it belongs to tonight."

"I'm so excited to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, this is the happiest moment of my life."

"However, I am also very clear that my achievements are not worth mentioning compared to his."

"When I was young, I hated him, envied him, even hated him, but now I have nothing but respect for him."

"He's a great player, a great leader."

Unknowingly, Rondo directly became Li Xun's referrer.

After Rondo's side is over, it's the turn of the old trapeze Carter.

Carter has actually retired for seven years, and he has just been nominated for an All-Star this year.

Under normal circumstances, fans are also arguing about whether Carter can enter the Hall of Fame.

But now because of Li Xun, Carter also has four championship rings in his hands, which guarantees that he will definitely enter the Hall of Fame without any suspense.

"Rajon said everything I wanted to say, and I don't know what to say."

"I have a long career and have seen too many legends."

"You may not believe me when I say it. If Iverson stopped me back then, I might have beaten the young Li Xun."

"Thinking about it now, I have to thank Iverson, he prevented me from making a fool of myself at that time."

"To borrow Rondo's words, Li Xun is a great player and a great leader."

"By the way, I think if the current Li Xun sells the team and returns to the court, he can still easily score 40 points per game."

"Yeah, I don't think I'm the only one with this idea."

Carter's words made many celebrities in the audience nod their heads.

This is not just bragging. You must know that there was a video from the Saber-toothed Tigers before.

In the video, Li Xun played a training match with the players in the team. As a result, those stars who led the saber-toothed tigers to the finals were still vulnerable to Li Xun.

If he has not retired, even if Li Xun is 42 years old now, he can still rule the league.

Li Xun is the finale tonight.

The people in the audience waited for more than an hour, and finally looked forward to Iverson's appearance.

Iverson's appearance means that it is Li Xun's turn.

"I'm very glad that I helped my little brother at that time."

"It's an honor for me, and an honor for the entire NBA."

"He has all the perfect qualities to be a great player. He is the most perfect player in history."

"His great achievements, I don't think I need to repeat them, there are his glorious achievements on the big screen behind me."

Iverson smiled and pointed to the big screen behind him and said.

The achievements of Li Xun's entire career are scrolling on the big screen.

A total of 16 years in his career, 16 finals, 16 finals and [-] championships, and [-] consecutive championships.

14 regular season MVPs.

15 Finals MVPs.

7 All-Star MVPs.

15 best team first team, one best team second team.

16 All-Defensive First Teams.

14-time Defensive Player of the Year.

The 16th rebounding champion.

The 15th block king.

14 steals king.

The 13th scoring champion.

10 assists king.

A rookie of the year, a first-team rookie, and a Most Improved Player of the Year award.

43 POMs, or Player of the Month.

He has scored 40007 points in his entire career, ranking first in NBA history, and is also the only player in NBA history with a total score of more than [-].

The total rebounds of the entire career are 25123, ranking first in the NBA's historical total rebounds, surpassing Karl Malone's 23924.

With 16453 assists, he ranked first in the NBA's historical assists list, surpassing Stockton's 15806.

With 3745 steals, he ranked first in the NBA's historical steals list, surpassing Stockton's 3265.

With 4102 blocks, he ranks first in the NBA's historical block list, surpassing Olajuwon's 3830.

The average field goal percentage in more than [-] appearances ranks first in history.

The true hit rate ranks first in history.

Defensive efficiency value and defensive victory contribution value rank first in history.

Offensive efficiency value and offensive victory contribution value rank first in history.

The rebound rate, block rate, steal rate, and assist rate rank first in history.

The single-game scoring record, single-game rebound record, single-game block record, single-game assist record, and single-game steal record were all rewritten into Li Xun's name in the last few years of his career.

Because he knew that he was going to retire, in the last few years of his career, Li Xun completely turned on the berserk mode.

Wherever there are records, there is Li Xun.

Many celebrities in the audience sighed silently.

Originally, they could get one or two of these records, but now they are all occupied by Li Xun, and none of them are left to others.

The most frightening thing is that Li Xun raised the height of these records by more than a notch.

If there is no accident, it is impossible for anyone to break Li Xun's various records in the future.

Next, Yao Ming and Jordan played one after another.

Both of them like to be sensational, and Li Xun's eyes are red in the audience.

But Li Xun is restraining himself, he doesn't want to cry on stage like Jordan and make emoticons for people.

Soon, it was Li Xun's turn to play the finale.

"There are so many things I want to say, but I don't know what to say after I take the stage."

"Thank you to many people, without you, I would not be where I am today."

"I dare not say that I am a perfect player, I can only say that I have done everything I can."

"..."

"Hopefully my career as a boss can be as successful as my career as a player."

"..."

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and Li Xun stepped off the stage slowly.