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Chapter 348 The Fragrance of the Dead Hero (End)

The schedule in the shortened season is more intensive, and it is a test and torment for all teams with an average age. Most traditional strong teams will relax slightly in the regular season. Li Wan's great opportunity.

Jeremy Lin seized this opportunity.

Jeremy Lin, who was traded by the Warriors early last season, came to the New York Knicks this season and signed a short-term contract. The NBA's short-term contracts are signed when the team is in urgent need of players. It is destined that the amount cannot be too high, so Jeremy Lin can't even pay the rent, so he can only rely on his teammates' homes.And according to rumors, the Knicks are very dissatisfied with Jeremy Lin and plan to lay off him after his contract expires.

If he is waived by the Knicks, it means that Jeremy Lin will hardly be able to play in the future, and his professional basketball career may be cut off.

When people are in despair, they often burst out with energy beyond imagination. Jeremy Lin finally broke out when he was about to be laid off. He scored high points in the game one after another, and led the team to a series of victories, setting off a wave of "Linsanity". "The upsurge has become an inspirational model.

After Li Du knew about Jeremy Lin's story, he just nodded and said in his heart, "This kid has finally made some progress."

At Li Du's current situation, it is difficult to have any emotional fluctuations towards a player who can only be regarded as an average player in his eyes.Moreover, the goal of the Warriors this season is to defend the title, achieve three consecutive championships, and establish a Warriors dynasty. Unless the regular season is a change in the ranking, it is difficult to attract Li Du's attention.

From the current point of view, it is the Spurs and Thunder that can stand in front of the Warriors in the West this season. Unfortunately, they can only stand in front of the Warriors. In a real fight, neither the old Spurs nor the young Thunder can stop the Warriors from advancing. pace.

On the side of the Heat, James and Wade really worked hard on mid-range shooting in the summer. Their current mid-range shooting percentages are very stable, both around 43%, which is considered very good.

Last season, Li Du thought about this problem before he exploded his physical strength. Now with Klay Thompson and a surprise, Jimmy Butler, Li Du no longer needs to explode his physical strength this season. The Warriors directly They can solve any battle with their rain of three-pointers.

As Li Du expected, they met the Thunder again in the Western Conference Finals.Just as the CCTV commentator jokingly said, the contest between the Thunder and the Spurs can be summed up in one sentence: "If you have a thousand tricks, I have two goblins."It's a pity that after these two goblins met the warriors, they immediately stopped being goblins.

Needless to say, Li Du himself, Durant was defended by him so hard to connect the ball.What made Li Du even more gratified was that Clay did a great job on the defensive end, successfully limiting Westbrook and causing his scoring efficiency to plummet.

In front of such a powerful Warriors, no team in the league can stop them from defending their title. In the finals, the Warriors once again swept the Heat and won the championship trophy.The Dynasty of Warriors is hereby established!

It is a happy thing to be a dynasty team, but Li Du is not happy, because after winning the championship, Yao Ming still decided to retire.The oriental giant who supported the Warriors inside the sky, finally left the NBA arena, and Li Du also lost a good brother who could be completely trusted on the court.

What is surprising is that the strength of the Warriors has not diminished because of Yao Ming's retirement. In the absence of a suitable inside player, the Warriors first let Bogut replace Yao Ming, and then, Nelson and Lee Du created the new Warriors roster based on what Pat Riley described as the team of the future.

The five players on the field are all small men, all of them can shoot suddenly and well, and everyone is good at offense and defense.In this way, they stretched the offensive space infinitely, which is more conducive to the air cut between players, becoming the team with the strongest offensive ability in the league.On the defensive end, under the leadership of Li Du, everyone is not weak. They may lose some points in the interior, but for them, it is harmless.

Now Li Du has really grown into a hopeless player as he said when he first entered the league.It seems that as long as he is on the court, there is no game the Warriors cannot win.

So there began to be a rumor that the existence of Li Du was undermining the fairness of the basketball game, which had seriously affected the balance between the teams.In fact, it is hinting that it is time for Li Du to retire.

This kind of malicious slander of "I am weak but I am justified" naturally does not affect Li Du. He is still very young and can play for another 10 years.

But in the end Li Du decided to retire, which happened after the end of the 2017-2018 season.This season, the Warriors broke the record of eight consecutive championships created by the Celtics, achieving an unprecedented "nine consecutive championships" that is unlikely to come later.

Therefore, Li Du chose to retire after the end of the season. This year, he was actually only 33 years old.At Li Du's retirement ceremony, he said: "I think I should retire. Over the years, I have seen many basketball seniors end their careers. Now it is my turn. Compared with other seniors, I am a I am a very lucky person. I have won the championship for nine consecutive years. The number nine represents the limit in our Chinese culture, and I should not break through this limit. Thanks to my family, Preti, I can every day in the future I am always by your side. Thanks to my coaches and teammates. Without your help, I would not be able to reach the heights I am now. Finally, thanks to my opponents. You are all very strong players. Without you, my The road to basketball is so lonely."

After saying this, Li Du pointed to the teammates in front of him and said: "Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, passed the torch of basketball to superstars such as Kobe and Yao Ming, and I took it from them. This torch, now, my friends, I pass this torch to you, I hope everyone loves basketball, but not only basketball."

Li Du retired, but his story did not end there. After retiring, Li Du, relying on the fame and popularity he had accumulated in basketball over the years, opened schools all over the world, teaching Chinese culture, martial arts and basketball. During this period, Li Du helped countless people who love basketball to fulfill their basketball dreams, and also spread Chinese culture and martial arts all over the world.

Half a century later, Li Du has become a gray-haired old man, but every time he appears on the scene of an NBA game, all the players will respectfully hug him, because these players who are active in the NBA At least half of the basketball superstars are Li Du's students, and the other half have also been taught by Li Du.Li Du has become a symbol of the times, and has also become an important contributor to the spread of Chinese culture in the world.

When Li Du died, there was a line engraved on his tombstone, which was a poem by his favorite poet Li Bai: "If you die with a heroic fragrance, you will not be ashamed to be a hero in the world."

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