Legendary star

Chapter 855 The End of an Era
"Meng, have you really decided? Don't you think about it?"

On June 2014, 6, in the chairman's office of the San Antonio Spurs, the owner and CEO of the Spurs Pete Holt, the general manager RC Buford, and the chairman and head coach Gregg Popovich all had faces He looked at Meng Xu who was sitting on the sofa with regret and disappointment.

The two-year, $2012 million contract that Meng Xu signed with the Spurs in the summer of 2 officially expired after the finals of this season, and just after the Spurs' championship parade ended, the Spurs management handed over the contract to Meng Xu. Signed a 4060-year contract extension worth 3 million US dollars, hoping that Meng Xu can stay and help the Spurs achieve their three consecutive championships. However, when the two sides were negotiating the contract renewal, Meng Xu said that he had decided to retire.

After defeating the Heat last season to reach the top, the Spurs swept the Mavericks and the Warriors in the first and second rounds of the playoffs this season, and then eliminated the Thunder in the division finals, joining forces with the Heat again In the finals, 4 to 1, the score was exactly the same as in the last finals. The Spurs once again defeated the Heat with the Big Three, completed the defense, and won the fifth championship trophy in the history of the Spurs.

And Meng Xu also won the ninth championship trophy in his personal career, and the eighth finals MVP. Not only that, at the end of the regular season, Meng Xu was also elected as the regular season MVP of this season, and entered the The best team first team, and the best defensive team first team, although Meng Xu is now 34 years old, but with Meng Xu's current state, there is no problem at all until he is 40 years old, and the Spurs also hope to take advantage of Meng Xu's good form , Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, these veterans can still fight, and the team's Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, these young people can also take on important responsibilities, once again take the opportunity The next few championships, but Meng Xu suddenly decided to retire.

Meng Xu's decision to retire will undoubtedly disrupt the Spurs' deployment for the next few seasons. Without Meng Xu's Spurs, although they will not sink quickly, it is basically impossible to complete the three consecutive championships. Pete Holt, Gregg Popovich is now repeatedly persuading Meng Xu, hoping that he can stay, not three years, two years, one year is fine!

Under Popovich's repeated persuasion, Meng Xu smiled and said to Popovich: "Always give young people a chance."

Although Meng Xu is now 34 years old, Meng Xu's physical condition has not declined like a cliff. In this season's regular season and playoffs, Meng Xu can still contribute 25+8+7 and 32+8+ 8 data, after winning the Finals MVP for two consecutive seasons and being crowned the regular season MVP this season, Meng Xu has overtaken James and once again boarded the No.1 position in the league, so Meng Xu is still under this pressure. A big mountain on the heads of all young players in the league.

Nine championships, for an NBA player, is already a very terrifying amount, plus Meng Xu's eight finals MVPs, six regular season MVPs, four All-Star MVPs, and four best defenses Players, with so many honors, Meng Xu can no longer compete with those young people, and for the Chinese, nine is already the ultimate, it is complete, and he is helping the Spurs win two championships After that, the last bit of regret in Meng Xu's heart was gone, and David Stern was about to announce his retirement, so Meng Xu could leave with peace of mind.

"Then will you come back in the future?" Seeing that Popovich's repeated dissuasion failed to shake Meng Xu's determination, RC Buford knew that the Spurs should prepare for Meng Xu's departure, but RC Buford Ford still asked Meng Xu, wanting to see if Meng Xu will make a second comeback like Jordan.

"Probably not anymore. This season will be my last season as a player in the NBA." After hearing RC Buford's question, Meng Xu answered his question with a smile on his face, but soon, Meng Xu added another sentence with a mysterious face: "However, maybe one day, as the head coach, I will lead a team and come to the AT&T Arena as an opponent to play against you." ass off."

"I really hope there will be such a day." After Meng Xu's voice fell, Popovich's office fell into silence. It was obvious that Meng Xu's joke was not very funny, but after the silence, Popovich Qi still responded to Meng Xu's "challenge". Xu's coaching career is very promising, and he even thinks in his heart that when Duncan and Meng Xu retire one day, he will retire together, and then pass the coaching whip to Meng Xu's hands, but now it seems that that day seems to be will not appear.

There was no grand farewell ceremony, nor a grand press conference. After the finals, Meng Xu seemed to disappear. It was not until the NBA announced the schedule for the 2014-2015 season that Meng Xu might retire. It was spread out, and when reporters from all over the United States flocked to San Antonio to get first-hand information, the Spurs officials also held a press conference, announcing that they would be in the opening game of the new season. Meng Xu held a jersey retirement ceremony.

The Spurs held a jersey retirement ceremony for Meng Xu, which means that Meng Xu is indeed going to retire. After the news of Meng Xu's retirement was stone hammered, Pat Riley, who hadn't appeared in public for a long time, also publicly stated that the Heat will Retire the Heat's No. 23 jersey like they retired the No. 5 jersey to pay homage to a player who dominated an era.

After the Spurs and Heat, the Pacers, who played for Meng Xu for 7 seasons and won six championships, also announced that they will hold a jersey retirement ceremony for Meng Xu in the new season. In addition to Meng Xu, the Pacers will also A jersey retirement ceremony was held for Jermaine O'Neal and James Posey. After leaving the Pacers, Jermaine O'Neal, who has wandered around many teams, announced his retirement after the end of this season's playoffs made a decision, while James Posey retired after the end of last season.

Meng Xu's retirement marked the complete end of an era!The end of an era belonging to Meng Xu!
The collective retirement of Meng Xu, Jermaine O'Neal, and James Posey also marked that the team that once dominated the league and created countless records has since become history!

　Thanks to Emiya Wei Gong for the reward, thank you.

　　
　
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