CIATB Chapter 360 Announcing "Retirement"
Chapter 360 Announcing "Retirement"
Chapter 360 Announcing "Retirement"
When Li Wan heard what Chris Bosh said, he thought he didn't hear clearly, and subconsciously asked, "What?"
He really never thought that Chris Bosh would have the idea of retiring.
Although he is 34 years old.
You know, in the just-concluded G5 of the finals, Chris Bosh's data was fixed at 33 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, and his shooting percentage was about 50%. This is undoubtedly a super giant data.
Contributing such data on the stage of the finals, you tell me, are you going to retire?
Chris Bosh looked at Li Wan's astonishment, and smiled wryly, "Dude, I can't help it either... The doctor told me that my blood clot is out of control! Either retire, or..."
"Dragon King" didn't continue, but Li Wan understood what he meant.
But when Chris Bosh mentioned blood clots, Li Wan was no longer so surprised.
Although it is not common for players in the league to get blood clots, it is not so rare.
Judging whether a player can continue his career and the difficulty of controlling the further deterioration of the blood clot mainly depends on one point: where in the body is the blood clot.
Like "Little Kevin Durant" Ingram, his blood clot is on his forearm, which is the type that is easy to control.
And those like Chris Bosh who appear on the calf can be controlled, but not completely controlled. How long they can play depends on how long they can be controlled.
What the doctor said is that if you want to continue playing, you can, but you still have to come back after resting for most of the season as before, so that your body can recover from the critical value.
The problem is, Chris Bosh is 33 years old...
You let any star retire at this age and a half, and then come back, the sweat that needs to be paid is hard.
Especially for Chris Bosh who has a blood clot.
It is very possible to rest for more than half a year. After coming back, in order to find the state as soon as possible, I will train hard for a month. As a result, the well-controlled thrombus will "run away" again. This is very likely to happen. If this is the case, there is no need to continue to persist .
Life……
Bigger than a basketball!
Moreover, even if he retires at this time, Chris Bosh does not have too many regrets.
In Miami, he became the team's "blame man", but in the next four years and three championships, he was able to "redress his innocence". Including the championship ring he won this season, he also won a total of three championships in his career. He won several championship rings, and all of them were obtained as the "second master".
Achievements are not low.
At least it's better than he was.
And the data of this last game also proved that he can still continue to play in this league.
"I didn't walk by myself, I just lost to injuries..."
What Chris Bosh said made Li Wan sigh.
Compared to him, Li Wan is so lucky.
However, now Li Wan understood everything.
Why Chris Bosh looks so tired in this round of finals;
Why did he say hello to Li Wan before the start of G5, hoping to have more shots in the fifth game...
I don't want to compete with the junior Anthony Davis, because this is the last game of his career!
"Dude, you left a curtain call to prove your worth!"
Li Wan patted Chris Bosh on the shoulder, and the "Dragon King" also showed a smile on his face. He also very much agrees with this point.
33 points and 12 rebounds, couldn't be better...
The championship awards are over, but the "sleepless night" belonging to the Columbus people has just begun.
Ok……
The "sleepless night" that belongs to New Yorkers has just begun.
Li Wan was interviewed after the game.
He appeared in front of the media with the championship trophy and the finals MVP trophy. Before he could speak, the media people in front of him got busy, and the sound of "click, click" kept ringing.
This shot is definitely going to be recorded.
Because this is not only the first championship of Columbus, but also the championship that Li Wan officially surpassed the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan in the number of championships.
In fact, there are more championships than Michael Jordan, but very few.
Frank Ramsey, Robert Horry, Jim Roskatov have 7, Sam Jones has 10, Bill Russell has 11...
Of course, this is the original time and space, and now we have to add Kwame Brown who has already won 7 crowns and is about to win 8 crowns!
Except for these 6 people, before Li Wan, no one in this league has more championships than Michael Jordan, at most it is equal.
And if you count the boss who won the championship MVP trophy, then among these five people, I am afraid that Bill Russell can compete with Michael Jordan.
I didn't mean to question Bill Russell's ability. Naming the "Finals MVP" trophy after him already shows his gold content, but there was really no such thing as a championship MVP in that era.
At the same time, Bill Russell is a typical weak offensive and defensive player. The highest number of rebounds is often his number of rebounds. Among the Celtics who won the "eight consecutive championships", the average score in the finals is higher than him. Not a lot.
Therefore, Bill Russell is bound to win several "Second Champions".
Because this "eight consecutive championships" has too many Hall of Fame players.
In addition, the league as a whole was not on the right track at the time, and the overall level of the league was open to question. What was even more exaggerated was that the "cardinal" controlled most of the trades in the league. As long as he wanted the player, he would definitely be able to get it. , In terms of competitiveness, there is also a lot of controversy...
This also makes there is no obvious gap between Michael Jordan and Bill Russell in this regard.
Of course, from the dialectical point of view of "your honor is honor, isn't my honor not honor", there is no problem if you want to put Bill Russell in the first place in history.
The title "Lord of the Rings" is not for nothing.Playing in this league, isn't it all about working hard for the championship?
It can also be seen from this why the "big champion" has become a rigid standard for selecting a player's historical status. It is to evaluate these things first, and then evaluate those bits and pieces.
After all, if the stars who are so great at this stage are really compared to the data, no one else has the data that others can’t beat. You are the “No. Forced?
Besides...
Who has nothing to do with the accumulated data!
not to mention……
Even if you have 4 points, it is just over 3 points more than the next 8 points. Is this a huge difference?
In terms of the gap, the difference between "two consecutive championships" and "three consecutive championships" is called a gap, and one "two consecutive championships" and two "three consecutive championships" are called gaps!
As for the accumulated data...
This is the gap between one "scoring champion" and ten "scoring champions"!
Li Wan is now considered to have surpassed Michael Jordan in terms of hard honors, plus he has some "statistic honors that Michael Jordan does not have", it is not an exaggeration to say that he has surpassed Michael Jordan...
As for completely squeezing Michael Jordan to the "second child" position, it's a little bit worse.
but……
At the age of 29, he has already surpassed the "God of Basketball", what more bicycles are needed!
A reporter asked Li Wan how he felt, and Li Wan still said the same words when he gave the finals MVP speech: "This is the beginning, but not the end..."
Inside and outside the words, it reveals his ambition.
What he wants is not just such a small leap, but a big leap like Allen Iverson did in the 01 Finals!
Another reporter asked an interesting topic: "Man, so you haven't considered retiring?"
Like Barkley's inner thoughts between games, this is a very real question:
When there are no opponents in front of you, or the opponents still in front of you are already at a height that you cannot reach, the motivation will naturally decrease. Under such circumstances, retirement will naturally be mentioned.
Although Li Wan is still young, what he has achieved is enough for him to stop running.
Just kidding, when Michael Jordan won the "three consecutive championships", he felt that this league had no opponents, but what about Li Wan now?A "4 consecutive championships", a "2 consecutive championships", a total of 7 championships, Michael Jordan is even more than Michael Jordan at the time, some similar thoughts, what's so strange!
But Li Wan said: "Dude, as I said just now, this is the beginning, but not the end..."
The reporter asked again: "In your heart, is there already a time to retire?"
Li Wan couldn't laugh or cry: "Are you so looking forward to my retirement?"
This remark caused the audience to burst into laughter, and Li Wan said: "I don't have a precise idea about the future, but I know one thing very well. I will not use my retirement as a gimmick. When I say that I will Retirement, that means, it must be a certain point in time. I won’t say, I may retire, I don’t know, I might do it, similar, I think it’s disrespectful to the fans, I have a lot of Love my fans, so... at least for now, I am still looking forward to next season, I hope I can bring an era to Columbus!"
This statement received a warm response from Columbus reporters.
No one hopes that Li Wan can play for a long time more than the people of Columbus. Whether this city can become a new "Super First Line" depends to a certain extent on how long Li Wan has played in the NBA!
Although this is not a nationally popular sport like rugby, it is undeniable that the NBA has an influence different from rugby in the entire United States and in the entire world.
The cross-age players in this league can change the status quo of a city's existence!
Columbus...
Proud of Li Wan!
Early the next morning, the news that the Columbus Explorers won the championship spread across the United States.
Li Wan's name also appeared in the headlines of major media. This is his seventh championship. This championship ring allowed him to surpass Michael Jordan in the number of championships.
Originally, he and Michael Jordan had achieved "55 open" when "Guan Gong fought Qin Qiong", but now, almost most of the media believe that Li Wan surpassed Michael Jordan and became the new "goat" of the NBA !
The "Time" news of the United States even put this matter as the headline on the front page, and the big headline read:
"The development of the times is that the "new king" is better than the "old king"! "
"The "miracle" you thought was destined to be broken by an even bigger "miracle" in the future. And the record you thought could never be broken, someone will eventually write the first name on this record , no matter how difficult this record is, and how unimaginable the process of completion is, there will always be such a day!"
Some media already believe that Li Wan's name will appear in the list of "21 Human Beings Who Changed the World's Perception" in the 100st century.
People in Columbus and New York were extremely excited on this day, and comments from netizens in these two places can be seen everywhere under various news about Li Wan.
It's just the general manager's office of the Grand Voyager Arena. Griffin's smile froze the moment he received a call from Chris Bosh.
"Dude, I'm getting ready for my retirement, so...you gotta get ready!"
Griffin: ...
He wanted to yell:
No, brother, are you playing with me?
Have you forgotten the stats you just played in the last game of the finals?
Such a performance, at the age of only 33 years old, wouldn't it be nice to continue to win the championship with Li Wan?
Retiring so early, can you sleep at night?
But when Griffin knew that Chris Bosh's blood clot was difficult to control, he was silent again.
This is……
life!
It seems that there is no rest this summer!
Originally, there were a lot of things for Griffin this summer. The first was Li Wan’s contract, which has already completed the first three years of the contract. The last year is a player option. Li Wan can announce that he will jump out of the contract in advance and sign a bigger contract. .
At present, Li Wan has not announced whether he will jump out or not.
It's just that Li Wan didn't say anything, he had to be sensible, considering Li Wan's current status in the league and his contribution to Columbus, his contract of more than 2 million in the last year was really too small. ——Columbus generated more than 4 billion in GDP a year because of Li Wan's arrival. The Columbus Cavaliers also made a lot of money.
It is the same reason that the league allowed the Bulls to give Michael Jordan a 3 million contract that does not count towards the salary cap.
Status in the rivers and lakes, sometimes, must be given a corresponding worth.
Then Wiggins, who entered the league in 14, officially completed the third year of his rookie contract. Given his one-year progress rate, giving him a contract extension is also a sign of respect!
Except for these two "big guys" in the team.
After coming to the Cavaliers for three years, he worked hard. Adams, the absolute main force of the championship lineup, also finished the last year of his rookie contract. This summer, he became a restricted free agent and needed to negotiate a new contract.
This is in the main lineup, and the contract needs to be negotiated.
In the substitute lineup, Kwame Brown finished his 3-year contract and now needs to negotiate a new contract. This guy has nothing to say. Although the statistics are not very good, the overall state of this season has also begun to decline, but...
As far as the relationship between him and Li Wan played from the Magic to New York, and from New York to the Cavaliers and Columbus, it is necessary to continue to give a contract, and at the same time, the period cannot be shortened, otherwise, it will be disrespectful to Li Wan!
Not only that, Barbosa will definitely leave this summer. How to make up for the vacancy left by Barbosa after signing these people also requires Griffin to seriously think about it.
You must know that Li Wan has already spoken, this championship is not the end, but the beginning...
Even if the current Griffin took Gilbert's words as fart, he couldn't ignore Li Wan's needs.
So this summer, being able to do these things well is considered Griffin to complete the task with quality and quantity!
The result is now...
Chris Bosh is about to announce his retirement!
Suddenly lacking such a great strength, how do you ask Griffin to make up for it!
He has a headache, but in the case of Chris Bosh, he can't force him to stay.
The time has come to test whether he can manage the family well.
Griffin could only wish Chris Bosh better and better days in the future. The moment he hung up the phone, he called Li Wan and reported the situation to him.
Li Wandao: "Dude, Chris Bosh told me this matter last night, and I wanted to remind you, but after thinking about it, I still think it's better for Chris to tell you this matter himself!"
The main thing is that Chris Bosh hasn't actually announced it yet, and Li Wan still has a glimmer of hope.
As a result, now, there is no possibility at all.
The good news is that Chris Bosh immediately told Li Wan and Griffin his thoughts. The 16-17 season has just ended, and the free market is still half a month away. Griffin The situation is not too passive.
Griffin, who accepted the reality, also officially started his summer work. Taking advantage of this phone call, he said to Li Wan, "Dude, Gilbert wants you to jump out of the current contract, and we will prepare a new one for you... ..."
Although Li Wan has only played for the Cavaliers for 3 years, these three years just triggered the "Bird Clause". In addition, he has already played in the league for 10 years. , then he will get a contract with an annual salary of more than 3500 million. Griffin did not hesitate, and directly gave the maximum 5-year 2.01 million!
This contract is much lower than Mike Conley's staggering "5 million yuan contract", but Mike Conley's 2.5-year 5 million contract includes a lot of incentive mechanisms. Looking at the annual salary of 3 million, but In fact, Mike Conley finally got more than [-] million last year.
The contract that Griffin offered to Li Wan is also the largest number of contracts that the league can offer at present.
If this contract is signed, Li Wan's annual salary next season will be close to 4 million, which is the highest annual salary in the league for the new season.
It's not that Griffin doesn't want to give Li Wan an incentive mechanism, but the salary cap of the league next year will be around 9 million, and the luxury tax threshold will be around 4 million, but...
This team does have a lot of people who need to renew their contracts in the summer.
Li Wan is also aware of this.
He never thought that he took all the meat and broth, so he had to save some food and drink for his brothers, and he said that he would be as rich as his own thick rice!
He is not a person who says one thing and actually does another...
So he readily agreed.
To be honest, although it is a 5-year contract of 2.01 million yuan, Li Wan is not very excited...it is just the performance fee for filming "Li Wan"... If you compare it with PG1's one-year profit, it will be even worse. Can't compare!
So nearly 4 million, it seems like a lot, but for Li Wan, whose annual income is over 2.5 million, or even nearly [-] million, it's really not a big number.
"This is a difficult decision, but what is due will come. After careful consideration, I have decided to end my 14-year career and officially retire this summer!"
On June 6, the third day after winning the championship, Chris Bosh officially announced his retirement.
This shocked the entire league.
It also managed to grab the headlines of most sports news.
The "New York Times" counted Chris Bosh's many honors in his career for the first time: 14 years of fighting, 11 selections to the All-Star Weekend, 3 best teams, and 3 championship trophies!
This can already be regarded as a historical player.
The Columbus media were shocked. As for the Columbus fans, they immediately went to Chris Bosh's Twitter to leave messages, a bunch of crying emoticons, expressing their dismay and surprise.
This incident was really unexpected. Three days ago, he was still on the stage of the finals, playing a super giant performance. Unexpectedly, he announced his retirement in just three days.
without you……
Didn't Li Wan lose another "big help"?
Columbus management then also thanked Chris Bosh on the official website for his contribution to the team, and said that he will retire Chris Bosh's No. 1 jersey in the new season.
Although Bosh only played for one year in the Columbus Explorers, even with his predecessor, he only played for three years, but he won two championship trophies in three years, and he was still the team's second child, which is completely worthy of this honor.
Sometimes, it really doesn't matter who has been there for a long time. No matter how old your qualifications are, if you can't survive a dominant era, then it's useless to say anything!
Even if you have ten media companies, you can't boast the position of "best in history"!
On the contrary, it will cause resentment due to more and more coquettish operations, causing the current status to be lost!
Under Chris Bosh's retirement statement, Li Wan left a message saying: The best partner!
Soon, Chris Bosh left a message with a "swish": The best brother!
The introduction caused a burst of interpretation.
And the wave caused by Chris Bosh's retirement statement is far from that.
Ever since he officially announced his retirement, I haven't heard any calls from Griffin's office. All kinds of calls have various purposes. Those who want to trade with Columbus, and their clients want to come to Columbus. In short, it took an afternoon. , Griffin's anxiety is gone.
He really didn't expect that after Li Wan won the first championship in Columbus and surpassed Michael Jordan, his influence in this league has risen to another level. Now those depressed stars all want to come to Columbus to rejuvenate their careers The second spring of my career.
Like that who, or that who...
Such a big environment made him feel like an ancient emperor "choosing a concubine", which was really beneficial for him to carry out Xia Tian's operations.
So...
Instead, he was not in a hurry, but first communicated with those Columbus Explorers players whose contracts were about to expire and those who had already expired, by phone one by one, and carried out basic contract renewal communications.
Because of Li Wan's core leadership in the team, these players did not ask for extravagant prices.
In fact, they also know very well that following Li Wanyou, every point they get in the championship team is priceless, and they are not afraid that there will be no more contracts in the future.
"Champion coach" is not afraid of not having a job, in fact, the "champion puzzle" of the championship team is also not afraid of not having a job!
But for any team that needs experienced players to dominate the field, it will definitely consider those who have entered the finals and won the championship, especially Kwame Brown. Don't look at 35 next year. Now throw it in the free market, that's still the same It was a large group of people looting there!
With qualifications, it is easy to find a job...
At the same time, in a luxury villa in Brooks, Carmelo Anthony, who is getting rounder and rounder, is sitting solemnly on the sofa in the living room, his eyes are fixed on the TV in front of him.
It's not the Godfather or Lala on TV, but the news of Chris Bosh's retirement.
His expression was fairly calm, but the constant flashes of light in his eyes showed that he was not at peace at the moment.
Chris Bosh surprised everyone, including Carmelo Anthony, by announcing his retirement suddenly, while realizing that it might be his only chance in a lifetime.
Once Columbus has a new "second head" who is too young, then he really has no chance.
After all, the Columbus Explorers still have a Wiggins stored in the future!
but……
Originally, he wanted to join after the loss of the Columbus Explorers this season, so that he would not be shouted "before you came, we were already champions".
and……
The first person to say this is now also in the Columbus lineup.
Therefore, he is very tangled.
Should his agent contact the Columbus Explorers...
He was hesitating, but his agent called at this time with a very impatient tone: "Dude, do you know? Dwight Howard's agent has already put pressure on the management, wanting them to trade himself to Columbus..."
WTF?
Hearing this, Carmelo Anthony, who was originally sitting like a boss, couldn't help it, stood up impatiently, and unconsciously exerted force on the hand holding the mobile phone, testing the endurance of the Apple mobile phone.
He didn't expect that Howard, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, had the idea of going to Columbus to "pay tribute" without saying a word!
No!
He couldn't continue to think about it anymore. If he continued to think about it, by the time he finished making a decision, Columbus' new lineup would have been officially announced.
"Dude, if this is the case, then you can tell Billy King my thoughts, I... also hope that I can be traded to Columbus!"
Carmelo Anthony no longer hesitated, he planned to stud directly!
The agent was a little dazed when he heard what he said. Although he knew that Carmelo Anthony wanted to leave the Nets, he really didn't expect that Carmelo Anthony's favorite object was actually the Columbus Explorers!
between……
It doesn't fit his perception of Carmelo Anthony.
However, if you think about it carefully, it was probably Chris Bosh who announced his retirement that stimulated this guy.
Also entered the league in 03, when he retired, so many all-star lineups, so many best lineups, so many rings...
If the first two items are not enough to make Carmelo Anthony feel envious, then the championship ring is definitely something that reaches into his heart. As a member of the league's 6th best team, Carmelo Anthony is absolutely One of the best scorers of the era, if he finally retires without a championship ring, let alone Carmelo Anthony himself, even others will think it is a pity!
From this perspective, it is not surprising that Carmelo Anthony wants to join Columbus.
and……
This is definitely the best opportunity!
In the next three years, Columbus will never need a "Second Master" more than now!
Today's game is really...
Now, it depends on g7 whether the Celtics have used up their last bit of luck, or the Heat have lost their last chance.
But no matter what, it looks much better than the Western Conference Finals, at least there are more stories to tell.
Finally, there is one more sentence, the Celtics are stupid than the coaching staff, they are the ones who should give White the most praise. How about this stupid challenge?
(End of this chapter)