So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 137 You have a son like this

In addition, the popularity caused by this "China Game" also included Meng Lang's words before the game. Because it was broadcast live across the United States, the entire United States saw these words.

In addition, Meng Lang has become famous in the American Sports League in the past two years, so more and more attention is focused on him.

It’s not just David Stern’s “globalization” strategy that succeeded this time.

"China" has also been mentioned frequently recently.

Of course, this is not the credit of Meng Lang alone, but a torrent formed by the promotion of the entire era. They converged together, and Meng Lang's words were like one of the valves being opened. This torrent, which has been building up for a long time, gushes out through this valve at once.

And this "flood" is only a small part of the entire "big flood of the times".

However, the impact did occur.

And this impact happened in the United States, so...

"Dream, you would never guess who called me just now!"

The day after the "China Games", which was hotly discussed in the United States, Tai Lun called Meng Lang. He told Meng Lang that "Times" was going to conduct an exclusive interview with him!

If "Sports Illustrated" is the best-selling magazine in the American sports world, then "Time" is definitely a magazine that only attracts attention in the United States. Anyone who can have an exclusive interview in this magazine must have had some influence. people!

Business politicians, celebrities and socialites...

There are snares in every walk of life.

"Not only is it an exclusive interview, but we also have to shoot the cover of this issue of Time for them!" Tai Lun was very excited.

This can definitely increase Meng Lang's influence.

According to the news leaked from inside "Time", Meng Lang was originally on the list of "Time" magazine for exclusive interview, because he has been so famous in the NBA in the past two years, scoring 60 points on Jordan, and in the playoffs. Sweeping Jordan, these are legendary stories that can be written into the NBA chronicles.

How could the United States not pay attention to such a person?

However, before Meng Lang, there were still a few people promoted by "Times". It would take more than a month at the earliest for Meng Lang to catch up with this wave. Now this "NBA China Game" has brought this matter forward.

After Meng Lang heard what Tai Lun said, he couldn't help but mutter:

Knew it!

Times create people!

If it were 10 or even 20 years later, if he said those words again, it would be absolutely impossible to cause such a stir.

And now...

It’s not even the time for Macau to return!

China has not yet entered the World Trade Organization.

As a focal figure in the United States, the commotion caused by Meng Lang's words like this will definitely not be comparable to that in 10 years.

News that "Times" was about to conduct an exclusive interview with Meng Lang soon spread, and now the outside world paid more attention to Meng Lang. It is worth mentioning that Meng Lang later arranged to meet with WR Deng, who had retired and came to the United States for inspection.

To be honest, this was the most exciting time since Meng Lang traveled through time.

And his confident look fell in the eyes of the great man, and he was extremely satisfied: "If you have a son like this, why not be happy!"

When these words came out, not to mention Meng Lang, some of the people accompanying him were also stunned.

They didn't expect that a great man would give such an evaluation.

As for Meng Lang, he didn't recover from his daze until he left the residence.

Brother can...

It's so arrogant!

Meng Lang really didn't expect that his feelings at the time would cause such a big commotion.

If word of this gets out...

Meng Lang felt that he was not so excited even if he won the championship.

However, the mark has been set, and Meng Lang is also very aware of what he is carrying.

The next day, Meng Lang accepted an exclusive interview with "Times" and spoke eloquently: "Every generation has a mission. Our generation is to remind people all over the world that there is an ancient and ancient world on this planet. The mysterious Eastern country has just suffered a heavy blow, but it has recovered, and China will grow again, and grow well!"

People from "Times" told Meng Lang that they decided to publish this issue as the last issue of the year.

The last issue of every year is very important to any magazine. Meng Lang was placed in this position, which shows the quality of this interview.

Meng Lang knew that in the next 15 years, if he talked about the year that meant the most to him, he could be sure that no matter what happened in the future, it would be the period before and after his interview with "Times" this year...

Significance.

During this time, the Magic's preseason games are also continuing.

The outside world has paid a lot of attention to the Magic's "China Game", and domestic fans are also very satisfied with the NBA game they witnessed with their own eyes and the performance of the Magic players in such a game.

Orlando fans were not very happy.

Since the round trip lasted 24 hours, the Magic's entire preseason schedule was quite strenuous. Therefore, in the two games after returning to Orlando, Chuck Daly only gave the starting players 10 minutes of playing time. Not two games in one game, not three games in four games, but five games!

Until the end of the entire preseason, in the next five games, Meng Lang played the most playing time for 5 minutes, and the least playing time was an outrageous 20 minutes. He came up and shot two goals. Immediately left the field to rest.

The situation is similar for other players.

This made Magic fans very unhappy.

Since the Magic have become a historic team, the prices of the Magic's season tickets and various tickets have increased sharply this year. Even the ticket prices for preseason games are almost catching up with the regular season tickets in the past. .

Some fans finally gritted their teeth and bought two tickets, only to watch a bunch of substitute players struggle on the field. This...

How can they accept it?

But Chuck Daly didn’t pay attention to these dissatisfactions because...

Those dissatisfactions disappeared on the day of the Magic's opening game.

On October 10, the Magic faced the Pacers, their opponent in last year's Eastern Conference Finals, at home, which was the opening game of the entire league this year.

Witnessed by Reggie Miller, the Magic raised the second championship banner in team history, and Meng Lang also wore the second championship ring of his career. Looking at Meng Lang showing his ring to the camera, Reggie Miller frowned.

It was an unnatural expression of his dissatisfaction.

He felt heartbroken when he thought that he was the one who sent Meng Lang to the finals for two consecutive years!

From this we can see the difference between Reggie Miller and other players.

The other players had been defeated long ago after being swept away like this, and they should have been defeated, but Reggie Miller remained stubborn, puffed out his chest, and said:

I don't!

High emotional intelligence:

Can't be defeated!

Low EQ:

"Deadbeat"!

But no matter how invincible he is as a "little strong", the current situation is that no one considers him to be Meng Lang's opponent, let alone an old enemy. Including this game…

The Pacers have not made any changes this summer. This lineup has reached its most saturated time, whether it is the salary that the city can spend or the adjustments that Larry Brown can make.

However, this is also normal. Everyone in the NBA knows something. Not every lineup has an upper limit to win the championship. More lineups do not have such an upper limit!

There were no lineup changes, and there were no surprises. The Magic got off to a good start at their home court with a score of 106 to 94, a 12-point difference, and received their first home victory of the season.

Meng Lang scored 25 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists. This performance was actually very good. At least he played his average performance.

But Magic fans are still not very satisfied because Meng Lang didn't have any dunks in this game...

In the past, when Meng Lang didn't dunk, they once thought that Meng Lang couldn't complete the dunk, so they didn't think too much in this direction.

But in the end, this guy returned to the Chinese stage and immediately made an "alley-oop dunk".

Forget about just "alley-oop dunks", there is actually a "small lever"!

They can't stand this anymore!

Anderson's physical fitness can also complete such an action, right?

In other words, Hardaway can still stabilize the pressure!

With such dunking ability, why not show it in front of the home fans?

Or……

Are we not worthy?

They were quite dissatisfied.

but……

Looking at the flag flying above the arena, they knew very well that there was nothing they could do if they were dissatisfied. Now they had to support these people on this team.

"The dynasty is beginning to show", the Magic team is here to make a big scene!

"I am a player, and I only focus on the court. I will not get involved in other things. I expressed my thoughts, and I just expressed an idea..."

The news of Meng Lang's interview spread like wildfire, and even the great man's evaluation of him also caused commotion in the country.

At this time, some thoughtful people appeared, and their questions about Meng Lang became more and more biased.

Meng Lang expressed his attitude to prevent this matter from getting more outrageous.

Grant proudly showed off his first championship ring with the Magic, and the smile on his face was unstoppable.

Not only because this time he is no longer a spectator, but there is another thing:

After winning this championship, he became the player with the most championship rings in the NBA.

Jordan and Pippen, two old teammates, were both overwhelmed by him.

As the "third boss" of the Bulls, he was the first player to win the championship after the "Bulls dynasty" fell apart. This fact alone was enough to make him excited!

So much so that Grant, who has been worrying about renewing his contract these days, has temporarily let go of his worries.

As long as the Magic continue to win the championship this season, he will still have a high probability of getting a big contract next summer. Even if he doesn't get a big contract with the Magic, he can still get a big contract with other teams.

We all understand, and if we have experienced some things once, there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

Otherwise, everything after hitting base would fall into place!

After being traded once by the Bulls, why should he care about being traded again?

And the benefits of being the "third boss" are reflected.

He doesn't need the sense of responsibility of being a "big boss". After winning the championship, the only thing he needs to focus on is...

How big is the next contract extension!

After suddenly understanding this matter, Grant's goal became very simple. Try to win another championship. If he also wins a "consecutive championship" in another city, then a "champion like him" "Master Jigsaw Puzzle" will never lack the market.

Then it's about where the money goes. At this stage of his career, it's basically impossible for him to rely on championships to enhance his historical status.

Now that you have tasted the feeling of being a champion, just focus on making money!

The Magic raised their second championship banner in team history, and the next team to appear is the Bulls!

As Jordan's first full season back, this summer the Bulls recruited Rodman, a "thorn" that even Popovich couldn't deal with. Everyone doesn't know whether this transaction of the Bulls is a reinforcement. Or the "fatal blow" that caused the Bulls dynasty to collapse!

The most worried among them are naturally Bulls fans.

However, judging from the Bulls' state after their first media open day, the atmosphere of the entire team was very good. Rodman was talking and laughing with everyone on the team.

"I feel very good. This is a team with championship heritage. I like this kind of team. Of course, the one I admire most is Michael. He is trustworthy when he is on the court!"

This is Rodman's speech in front of the media.

These words dispelled all doubts!

At least Rodman still recognizes Jordan.

For Chicagoans, as long as Jordan is recognized at the beginning, he will only become more and more recognized.

This is Jordan. No one disagrees with Jordan’s performance on the court. There is a popular saying in Chicago:

If there's something on the court that Jordan can't do, then no one else can do it either!

This is Jordan in the eyes of Chicagoans.

The "Bulls Iron Triangle" debuted in the first game. ——Yes, it is the "Iron Triangle" rather than the "Big Three". This era prefers to call Jordan, Pippen and Rodman of the Bulls this way.

The media did not recognize the energy of Pippen and Rodman.

Especially this time...

Originally, Pippen made it to the semifinals, but now Pippen was eliminated in the first round, and he has no chance of winning.

As for Rodman...

His rebounding ability and his misplaced defensive ability are indeed good enough, but one thing that cannot be ignored is his offensive ability that can almost become a breakthrough.

Rodman said that he doesn't like to score, which can be completely understood as "in his opinion, he can maximize his value on the defensive end and rebounding end"!

You can't just say "I'm not good at scoring" right?

But what’s interesting is that almost no media now considers these to be the “Big Three”, but in the future they will become the “Big Three” among some people!

You must know that Pippen was already 30 years old at this time, and Rodman was already 34 years old. Considering the career lifespan of players in this era, this is not the right age.

(End of this chapter)