Legendary star

Chapter 701 New Season

"Meng, congratulations!"

On September 2006, 9, the 4th Men's Basketball World Championship had just ended, and he returned to China from Japan non-stop. Meng Xu, who participated in various celebration ceremonies, just turned on his mobile phone when he received a call from Larry Bird Telephone.

"Haha, Larry, isn't he the champion of the World Championships? What's there to congratulate?" Hearing Larry Bird's congratulations on the other end of the phone, Meng Xu felt a little embarrassed, even though the World Championships was only The international honor that is second to the Olympic Games, also has the title of world champion, but the U.S. men's basketball team has never paid much attention to this world champion. Most of the U.S. men's basketball teams participating in this World Championship are second-tier players in the NBA. There is not even a veteran who can hold the line, so in this World Championships, the American men's basketball team stopped in the semi-finals again, and Meng Xu always felt that the World Championship champion without the strongest dream team participated. Something is missing.

"That's not what I'm talking about. Haven't you heard about the selection of the top 50 players?" Larry Bird on the other end of the phone obviously didn't care about Meng Xu winning the World Championship. The attitude of the entire American basketball world towards the World Championships can be seen in the attitude of Germany.

"Is the result out?" 10 years ago, in 1996, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the NBA, the NBA officially took the lead, with retired NBA players, team management, and major media across the United States. Vote together to select the 50 greatest players in NBA history, called NBA 50 stars, and in this season, which is the 60th anniversary of the birth of the NBA, the NBA officials decided to select 10 stars again to enter the 50 The list of big stars.

After Meng Xu won the championship this season, his historical status has reached the point where he has won five championship trophies, four finals MVPs, three regular season MVPs, four best defensive players, and three scoring champions. Seven steals champions, one assists champion, seven first-team best defensive team, six first-team best team, whether it is team or personal honor, Meng Xu is properly selected into the top 50, but the selection of the top 50 may be Hard honors alone are not enough, the selection of the top 50 also involves the cooperation of various teams in the league, and even those shady transactions behind the scenes, otherwise there will be no Dominique Wilkins and An embarrassing situation where a veteran superstar like Bob McAdoo was replaced by a fledgling rookie O'Neal.

Although with Meng Xu's current honor, there is no need to worry about being hacked like Dominique Wilkins and Bob McAdoo. After all, Meng Xu is now recognized as the top three players in history. It is not news that a player at the top level is selected into the top 50, and it is big news that he is not selected in the top 50 selection. However, after Meng Xu heard this selection, he was still itching in his heart. There is no player who does not want such an honor.

"The voting results came out yesterday. Both you and Reggie were selected for this selection." As a veteran with connections all over the league, Larry Bird naturally has his own special channels and connections. When the selection results were announced, Larry Bird already knew the results in advance. Perhaps Reggie Miller's selection to the top 50 this time is also the result of Larry Bird's constant push behind the scenes.

"By the way, there is one more thing. This summer the team has some new faces. If you have nothing to do, you can come over to participate in the team training earlier. Now it is not long before the start of the preseason." After a big pass, Larry Bird began to urge Meng Xu to return to Indiana this morning.

"Well, Larry, I'll be there as soon as possible."

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Although the Dream Team did not send the strongest lineup to the World Championships, and although the Huaguo men's basketball team perfectly avoided Argentina and the United States, these two super teams, the champion is the champion, let alone the World Championships Championship.

After winning the World Championships this time, the Huaguo men's basketball team became the fourth team to win the Olympic and World Championships at the same time after the United States, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. The celebration party prepared for the basketball players and the celebration ceremony are not inferior to the 04 Olympic Games. Even the leaders of the two countries met and expressed condolences to all the members of the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team at the RMDHT. As for other various There are countless rewards. As the head player of the Huaguo men's basketball team, Meng Xu has received millions of RMB in rewards.

After one victory party after another, Meng Xu finally returned to Indianapolis 10 days before the start of the preseason, and now it has been almost a month since the Pacers team assembled, so Regarding Meng Xu's late arrival, the Pacers were "quite critical". In the end, on the day Meng Xu returned to the team, Meng Xu bled profusely.

"Dako, PJ, Ronnie, welcome to join the Pacers family." After the all-night carnival, Meng Xu and these newcomers were basically familiar with each other, although they were traded by the Pacers After coming, or after being selected by the Pacers in the draft, Larry Bird and Rick Carlisle said similar things to them, but as the boss of this team, Meng Xu still needs to repeat it again In this sentence, the NBA is not just a professional basketball league. It is also a place with strict hierarchy. Without Meng Xu's approval, their future life in the Pacers will definitely not be easy.

Darko Milicic, the Pacers traded Sarunas Jascovicius from the Kings, and Ronnie Brewer was Larry Bird's No. 30 pick from the Pacers , and the No. 7 pick from the Kings in the second round and after swapping picks with the Jazz. As for PJ-Tucker, the Pacers used their own second-round pick plus some cash to trade from the Raptors. After Sarunas Jascovisius was traded and Anfernee Hardaway chose to retire, the Pacers selected two shooting guards in this year's draft to make up for Sarunas The gap after the departure of Jaskovicius and Anfernee Hardaway.

Among the three new players, the Pacers' management valued most is undoubtedly Darko Milicic, the No. 16.1 pick in the same class as LeBron James. Darko Milicic's talent and strength are undoubtedly Undoubtedly, in this World Championship, Darko Milicic averaged 9.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, and [-] blocks per game. Leading the way, head coach Rick Carlisle even treats Darko Milicic as a nephew and prepares to focus on training.

And Darko Milicic is undoubtedly very excited about being able to return to Rick Carlisle. After Darko Milicic participated in the NBA draft, Rick Carlisle, who was still the head coach of the Pistons at the time, contacted him personally. Dakko Milicic, tailored a series of development plans for him, but God’s will, after Dakko Milicic was selected by the Pistons, Rick Carlisle was fired, and in Rick- After Carlisle was fired, Darko Milicic, who joined the Pistons, also sat on the bench and was sent to the Kings last season. It is precisely because of this that Rick Carlisle has always felt ashamed of Darko Milicic strange.

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