Capítulo 1368: Chapter 543: The Latter Half of the Season
After the All-Star ga, the next day at noon, the three young Bobcats, along with Hill and Tyronn Lue, who went for the fun, flew back to Charlotte.
They rushed back because today is Boss Qiao’s birthday. Over in Dallas, Boss Qiao doesn’t own any property, and he’s relatively less popular there—Texas is the territory of Arican football, so the birthday party is held in Charlotte.
However, this ti, Jordan wasn’t so happy by noon on his birthday.
The major dia had just put his birthday on the headlines, replacing the news of Zhang Yang winning the AMVP, but within an hour, it was taken down and replaced with new news: Iverson retired…
At noon on February 17, 2010, Iverson held a news conference in Dallas to announce his retirent.
“Returning to the 76ers was like coming ho to ; everyone loves , and everyone expresses their affection for . You have to believe this kind of love is mutual; I love you all too.
But I have to admit to myself that I’ve been dragging everyone down. I hate this feeling. I kept trying to prove myself, but I failed.
Yesterday, a group of young players told they wanted to help win the MVP. I mustered my courage again to fight for it, but the truth proved I’m no longer who I used to be, so I chose to let go.
However, I’m not in pain because I tried my best.
I once thought leaving the NBA would be a tragedy for . I never imagined a day like this would co, but when it really did, I felt happiness instead, pride in everything that happened before. I don’t regret any decisions I’ve made, including now.
This season, on the court, I felt a powerlessness I’ve never felt before. I knew it was basketball telling it was ti to say goodbye.
Actually, I heard basketball telling this even earlier, but I wanted to wait, to play one more ga with those young guys. Being on par with them is an honor for . Thank you to the fans for fulfilling this wish of mine.
Every great player says sothing to advise the younger generations upon retiring. I think I might be considered a great player? Then let say sothing too.
Don’t emulate .”
For Zhang Yang, after returning to his ho in Charlotte, he put down his luggage and went to the study to check the news.
After watching the clip from Iverson’s retirent news conference, he inexplicably felt a sense of loss.
At the airport, when Felton told him that Iverson had retired, his first response wasn’t surprise; it just felt sudden.
Yesterday he was still happily playing the All-Star ga, passing the ball when he couldn’t score, and today he’s retired?
After the loss, the feeling that another symbol of youth had faded lingered in Zhang Yang’s mind, lancholy replacing the initial sadness.
However, the last sentence of the retirent speech video felt very Iverson-like to Zhang Yang.
As for not fully following through with helping Iverson win the MVP last night, forgetting about Iverson as the ga went on, Zhang Yang didn’t feel regret or sorrow about this. Soone has to win, and since Iverson couldn’t, it would be him.
Pushing an already worn-out Iverson to fight against those stars in the West, making Iverson fight until he was bloodied and still lose, that’s what would have made him regretful.
He didn’t deliberately suppress his feelings of lancholy and sadness; doing so would just make it more uncomfortable. He went to Jordan’s party and joined in the discussions with his teammates about Iverson’s retirent.
On his own birthday, his team mbers were discussing soone else—Boss Qiao was trembling with anger!
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The next day, Zhang Yang didn’t get up until noon. The heat of Iverson’s retirent still lingered today, but he was no longer feeling sad or conflicted about it.
The Answer’s basketball career has been written. Where he might go afterwards to prospect, or perhaps reappear in the public eye with various negative news about money…
But Zhang San’s basketball career is ongoing!
Enjoying the competitions with his current opponents, striving to defeat these adversaries, is what he most wants to do now.
Originally, the team had practice scheduled for the afternoon, but after having a nutritious lunch at Tuhang Stadium, Zhang Yang received a notification that the practice was canceled.
He rembered, last night quite a few people got drunk. Although he restrained himself and didn’t drink too much, he did play until late and thus slept until noon.
It wasn’t a big deal for him; the team practice was canceled, so he would practice shooting more. Becoming the first historical level three-point shooter is a key fundantal goal for him right now!
Setting this goal not only because Nowitzki and Kobe have already reached the later stages of their careers, with only a few peak years left, but also because his three-point talent improved to 98 after his last adventure. Currently, his three-point shooting is at 94, with ample room for improvent!
Of course, he won’t neglect mid-range shots and related skills. He has to practice those as well; the improvent difficulty is inherently higher than three-point shooting, and the talent is lower, so the progress will inevitably be slower. No use rushing, just have to grind it slowly.
Improving free throws also beca a goal for him. Previously, he didn’t think his free throws were bad. Since his sophomore year, he had an 80 % success rate, and in his junior year, it was 85 %, which is actually very high. Wanting to improve further is very difficult; heavy investnt doesn’t yield high returns, so starting his junior year, it turned into maintaining training.
But this season, he wants to make progress. Although his current success rate has dropped to 48.9%, he maintained a rate of just over 50% in the first two months of the competition. His three-point success rate is still 41%, and he has hope of becoming a mber of the 180 club!
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