Chapter 83 Why do you ask me to do chores again?
For example, Horace Grant, the Cobra. In the 1987 draft, Jordan was interested in his North Carolina alumni Joe Wall, or it would have been better to choose Kenny Smith. He even joined forces with North Carolina head coach Dean Smith to put pressure on him, but he did not give in. Instead, he firmly chose Grant. In the past few seasons, Grant has become the third point besides Jordan and Pippen, and has become a key member of two championships.
Another example is Pippen. Pippen was also selected by him in 1987, but was implicated by him, so Jordan disliked Pippen. When he saw Pippen for the first time, he said to him, "Great, another country bumpkin." He handled the relationship with Pippen very badly. Then Pippen and Grant, another rookie selected by him, huddled together for warmth and became best friends on and off the court.
In the first two seasons, the Bulls won consecutive championships with the help of the Iron Triangle, but ironically, the relationship between Jordan, the most important member of the Iron Triangle, and the other two was average off the court, and they basically had no contact. Even now, Jordan and Pippen have improved their relationship, but off the court, Pippen and Grant have the best relationship.
Some time ago, he wanted to sign Wang Tiejun and intended to replace the team's main center Bill Cartwright, which made Jordan dissatisfied with him again. He was not in a good mood towards him and even insulted him in some public occasions.
The Bulls arrived at the hotel and held a press conference.
An ESPN reporter asked, "Michael, K said you dunked over a lot of people, but you couldn't dunk over him. What do you think?"
Jordan laughed and found the question very interesting. He knew that the reporter might be exaggerating, but he didn't care. Ever since Krause wanted to replace Bill with that Chinese guy, he had disliked that Chinese bumpkin. What's more, that Chinese bumpkin openly scolded him at the airport.
"I've never seen such a stupid person asking me to dunk on him. You can tell him that I will fulfill his request tomorrow night."
He stared at the reporter and said.
"OK, I'll pass it on."
The reporter said with a smile on his face.
By that afternoon, Jordan's words about dunking over Wang Tiejun had spread throughout the United States. There was no need for reporters to convey them, and they naturally reached Wang Tiejun's ears.
"Jordan, you bastard, how did I provoke you? Are you trying to eat me alive?"
He was resting at home when Barkley called to tell him the news and asked him to be careful tomorrow night.
In the evening, he received a call from Zhang Heli.
"Brother Zhang, how are my family arrangements going?"
"First of all, your two sisters have been arranged. My two cousins who are lecturers at Beijing Normal University will tutor them personally. They will also eat and live at Beijing Normal University. You don't have to worry about this. In addition, I have also arranged several professional tutors, all of whom are of high quality."
"That's fine."
"The construction of your house has already started. I have asked a childhood friend of mine who works in the Second Construction Company to keep an eye on it. He will definitely finish it for you, so you can rest assured. In addition, your father has also prepared the medicinal oil you requested. There are two large barrels in total, each barrel weighing 80 kilograms."
“What about that ad?”
"I was just about to say this, but it doesn't work, Tiejun. I've been receiving hundreds of calls a day these days, but none of them are useful. I've wasted all that advertising money. This is my fault."
"Forget it, come and help me when you're done over there." Wang Tiejun said dejectedly.
"Tiejun, this is what I'm thinking. Why don't we publish it in national newspapers for a few days? We've already spent the money, so it doesn't matter if we make a little more money. Maybe we'll get lucky," Zhang Heli advised.
"It's up to you."
Wang Tiejun no longer held out hope. If that woman didn't stand up back then, how could she stand up today? He just thought of it as saving a bastard.
"Okay, I'll come over when I'm done with this."
"Okay, I'm short of help here. No one buys clothes or shoes for me. No one cooks at home. We just eat takeout. Come and help me."
“…”
Zhang Heli was stunned. That's not right. Didn't you say I should be a trainer? Why do you want me to be a handyman? This is what happened. We have to talk about it when we meet. You can't fool me!
January 24th, Bulls vs. Suns, game day.
The America West Arena was packed.
The Bulls arrived at the stadium in the afternoon. There were many Jordan fans waiting outside the stadium. These fans were either from Chicago or locals from Phoenix. Some people from nearby areas drove here. Jordan's influence is now not limited to Chicago, but spread all over the United States.
In the evening, the Suns also arrived.
At seven o'clock, the two teams announced their starting lineups.
Chicago Bulls: Bill Cartwright, Grant, Pippen, Jordan, B.J. Armstrong
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Cedric Ceballos, Dan Majerle, Kevin Johnson
Today's game, in addition to regional broadcasters, will be broadcast live across the United States by TNT, with Lighterme and Dort as the commentators.
Lighter got the starting lineup and laughed, "Klaus wanted to replace Cartwright with K. Jordan disagreed, but I think Krause was right.
Judging from Lao K's performance, even though he was beaten to pieces by the Admiral in the last game, he was a super center and it was expected that he would be beaten.
In fact, David Robinson was also quite troubled by him, and was even forced to use the ugliest defensive method on the defensive end to deal with K's strong low-post play. "
Dort continued: "If the Bulls replace Carter-White with K, their inside strength will definitely improve, that's for sure.
K is actually a good match for Grant. Grant's position is outside, so he can play outside and doesn't take up K's space. "
"So man, now I'm very curious, what level is Lao K at, can you tell me? The media's reports on him have always focused on his violence and other negative news, and his strength has not been presented to the public." Lightham said at this time.
Dortmund thought for a moment and smiled, "He scored 20+10 against Dream. Of course, Dream scored 33 points against him and he was still the one being beaten, but the 20+10 data still shows his potential and strength.
However, his performance was obviously not as good as the one against Dream, which shows that his performance is extremely unstable. He was even beaten by second-rate center Ronnie Seikali before, which shows that he has a huge weakness, which reduces the evaluation of his potential and the expectations for him.
Overall, he should barely be considered a second-rate player at the moment. It is hard to say about his potential. Given that he has great weaknesses but excellent static talent, I think he has the potential to be a quasi-first-rate center. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. ”
"Nearly first-class?"
Lighter smacked his lips and said, "Man, I gotta say, you had high expectations for him."
"Don't you agree?" Dottedo said.
Lighterme laughed and said, "What I'm saying is, man, considering his athleticism, he can't defend his opponents at all. You can count them. He has played more than a dozen games. Who can he defend? No matter what level of opponent, he can't defend. He is a sieve. With such a guy, you actually think he has the potential to be a quasi- first-class center?"
Dortmund laughed and said, "Luc Longley was guarded by him."
Lighter was stunned, and said angrily: "Longley is not qualified to play in the NBA. He just has enough weight and height. He is a placeholder under the basket. Don't talk about him."
"Haha..." Dortmund laughed.
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