Chapter 996: 324: Arrogant Person (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_2
Jordan was filled with hatred. Nine years later, his second coback was completely different from the first.
During his first coback, the entire league thought the Chicago Bulls would rise again. The whole world thought Michael Jordan could continue to dominate everything.
But now? They’re saying he’s too arrogant.
And what about Roger, who said, “In front of as the King, he’s only fit to be a Knight”? Why is no one calling him arrogant?
Fueled by intense hatred, Michael Jordan pushed himself even harder. He brought Tim Grover back to rebuild his ga-ready body and fine-tune his skills.
Tim Grover suggested that Jordan transition into a traditional second position player like Richard Hamilton next season, playing more off the ball.
“Your fitness and body can no longer support you controlling everything in the ga, so we need to focus on priorities. Offensively next season, your moves need to be more concise. Take the shot when the opportunity arises without holding the ball. Defensively, you need to conserve your energy and not go head-to-head with the opposing star player.
Don’t worry, with LeBron and Eric Snow, you won’t miss the passes. They are great organizers.”
Michael Jordan accepted all of Tim Grover’s advice, even though it felt like a defeat.
It was very painful for a once-glorious player to attempt to transform. Apart from aging, he had to let go of his pride and abandon his established routine as much as possible. No matter how hard you try, every step you take is still a downhill road, incomparable to your peak period.
However, Michael Jordan overca this pain. He was already 40 years old, yet he still wanted to battle against the world. He rembered the days of fighting against the Detroit Bad Boys in the late ’80s, and it was perseverance that allowed him to scale that high mountain.
Jordan’s determination even astounded Tim Grover. During the offseason, he trained almost every day, no longer ssing around behind Juanita and young models, not even tempted by sexy dealers.
His focus was on training, just like the young man in the Breakfast Club who wanted to conquer everything.
Why did Michael Jordan make a coback? Actually, it was the sa as the LeBron father-son show 20 years later, just for the hype.
He wanted to make the Cavaliers the center of attention and bring Nike’s players back into the spotlight.
But when he really returned, he wanted more than just hype and comrcial value.
He still wanted to win.
This was sothing engrained in Michael Jordan’s bones, and what set him and Roger apart from the other GOATs.
As ti passed, the dia’s praise for the Cavaliers continued, but so did the doubts.
With the new season approaching, the NBA released the schedule for the next season.
Jordan was taken aback: “What is David doing? We’re not even on the opening night’s list?”
Clearly, the man’s pride was once again challenged.
He couldn’t believe it. He was now with the highly anticipated LBJ but couldn’t even play the opening night.
Not only couldn’t they play the opening night, but the Cavaliers’ first opponent wasn’t even Roger—it was the Knicks.
Yao Ming and Dwyane Wade? Can those two rookies be my first opponents upon my return?
In fact, the Cavaliers and the Warriors would not et until mid-November, rather than the highly anticipated new season opening week.
It seed like Warriors vs. Cavaliers wasn’t a blockbuster matchup.
Tim Grover comforted: “No one said that the opening ga features the best teams of the season.”
“You’re right, Tim, but he should have chosen the best teams for the opening night. David will regret it; he’ll regret it soon enough.”
anwhile, Roger looked at the opening ga opponent and felt that David Stern was really anxious.
The first ga of the new season had the Warriors facing the defending champion Pistons.
A team eliminated in the second round playing against the defending champs in the opening ga, without major roster changes, is very rare.
Roger could guess why David Stern did this. He wanted to tell the world, tell the fans and sponsors: The finals being boring is not NBA’s problem; it’s those players’ problem! Don’t believe ? Watch Roger play the Pistons. If it’s not exciting, you can take it out on !
In June, when seeing the finals’ viewership completely collapse, David Stern had already planned for this opening night.
When the league was in trouble, David Stern’s first reaction was: Quickly, get King Roger!
It turned out that the opening ga’s arrangent was very successful, with the hype even eclipsing that of Jas and Jordan.
Although last season the Warriors only made it to the second round, fans were still curious, curious if Roger could defeat the current champion.
Playing against the defending champion right in the first ga would also clearly show fans if the Warriors were championship contenders in the coming season.
Roger also started his personal training camp a month before the preseason training camp began.
The holiday break needed to end; letting Scarlett Johansson eat too well daily wasn’t good either.
Every year Roger would invite a friend to join his training camp, and Big Ben hardly ever missed it.
This year was no exception, but different from previous years, Big Ben also brought a friend this ti.
Seeing Ron Artest at his training camp, Amar’e Stoudemire grew wary.
He feared Roger and Artest might fight.
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