Healing Basketball

   Liu Xiu came back again, and Anthony submitted a trade application.

  The relationship between the two is too good. After the new season, Anthony will face the issue of contract renewal.

  He doesn't want to get along with Liu Xiu as an employee + brother, because there will inevitably be disputes over salary and benefits.

   Talking about feelings at this time will hurt money.

  Liu Xiu did not force it, this is indeed a problem.

  Neither of them thought that the year they worked together would be the last year.

   It can only be said that life is unsatisfactory nine out of ten.

   But it is very lucky to have the opportunity to work together for a year, and in that year, they also completed the so-called "most legendary" championship journey.

In the end, before the start of the 2013-2014 season, the Trail Blazers reached an agreement with the Lakers to exchange Anthony for Bradley Beal, who was selected by the Lakers with the second pick in 2012 and with the No. 8 pick in 2013. Kentavious Pope, small forward Trevor Ariza, who averaged 10.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in the 12-13 season, the Lakers' unprotected first-round pick in 2014 and the top three picks in 2016.

   Renewing Deron's contract, trading for Anthony, and signing Howard, who was too expensive to sell from the Magic, the Lakers formed the new Big Three.

For the Trail Blazers, Bradley Beal, a talented shooting guard who averaged 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in his rookie year, joined. Ray Allen took the initiative to apply to the bench. Last season, at the age of 37, he had already played the worst performance of his career. Performance, playing 30 minutes per game, only got 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. In this summer's "Kobe Bryant Training Camp", he also felt that the gap between him and the top players became more and more obvious.

Liu Xiu gave Ray Allen a two-year contract extension, hoping that Ray Allen can play until he is 40 years old, and increase the record for the total number of three-pointers made, so that a certain elementary school student will not surpass it too easily. The elementary school students don’t know who they learned from. In the second grade, they averaged 3+ three-pointers per game. Last season, they averaged 4.1 three-pointers per game, becoming the first super three-pointer in NBA history with 300+ three-pointers in a single season...but Unfortunately, Ray Allen refused.

Ray Allen thinks he is old. Hill also retired with peace of mind after the Trail Blazers traded three players who could play the second and third positions. He joined the coaching staff and became a member of the trainer team. I hope Use his 'injury experience' to help the Trail Blazers, the team that brought him back from the ashes and allowed him to win two championships.

  When veterans grow old, there are young players who stand up.

In the 13-14 season, Ariza played a top-level 3D performance, averaging 14.2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals per game, and averaged 2.1 three-pointers per game with a 41% three-point shooting rate, becoming the strongest player next to Liu Xiu A lineman and a wing shooter.

Although Bradley Beal is the starter, his playing time is about the same as that of Ray Allen. He plays 22 to 25 minutes per game, which is not as much as his rookie season, but he plays more honestly than when he was next to Deron. They are all bosses, and he chose to learn how to win.

As a substitute, Ray Allen averaged 10.2 points per game, a record low in his career, but his three-point performance was still top-notch, averaging 1.9 three-pointers per game with a 44.2% three-point shooting rate, second only to the team. Liu Xiu, who averaged 3.3 three-pointers per game, and Ariza, who averaged 2.1 three-pointers per game.

  Bosh has completely adjusted his style of play and has become a silver horn king with enhanced defense and athletic ability but weakened singles and catch-and-shoot. He averaged 16 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

Gasol, who just won the best defensive player in the 12-13 season, officially formed a dual-core with Liu Xiu in the 13-14 season, averaging 11.7 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, the second consecutive year Won the best defensive player award.

Two years after the warden retired, the extrajudicial lunatic originally planned to retire. In the 12-13 season, he only averaged 8.2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.5 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, which is the lowest data since he changed to the sixth man. .

   Liu Xiu came back, and the wow maniac immediately stepped up. In the 13-14 season, he averaged 13.2 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, and was elected the best sixth man.

  In the first year of Liu Xiu's comeback, some people questioned how capable he was after boxing for two years and at the age of 31?

   Then he averaged 35 points, 8.8 rebounds, 7.6 assists, 3.1 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 53.4% ​​from the field, 44% from the three-point range, and 90% from the free throw line, playing the best performance of his career.

  After 82 regular season games, Liu Xiu led his team to a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, beating the two consecutive defending champion Spurs with 58 wins and winning the regular season championship!

  After a reincarnation of several years, after a 10-year reshuffle, it has been the fourth season, and the strengths of the major teams have gradually become balanced. The Heat, the No. 1 Eastern Conference team, only scored 56 wins and 26 losses.

   Liu Xiu won the regular season MVP by relying on his amazing personal performance and the league's first record!

In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers were in full swing in the first two rounds, sweeping the eighth Rockets in the West 4-0, and the Grizzlies fifth in the West 4-1. In the Western Conference Finals, they defeated the Spurs 4-1 and ended the Spurs. The team's two consecutive championships shattered the dynasty dreams of Dashen and Shifo.

  In the East, the Pistons and the Heat have taken turns to enter the finals for three consecutive years. This time, it is the turn of the Pistons!

But whether it is the Pistons or the Heat, they have reached the end of their strength. Although the Pistons introduced Pierce to strengthen the front line, they also defeated the Heat. In the finals, the Trail Blazers defeated the Pistons 4-1 cleanly. The 6th O'Brien Cup in team history!

   Liu Xiu also won the finals MVP for the 5th time in his career!

  Darkness, come again!

  …

  After the end of the season, Ray Allen, who won five championship rings, announced his retirement. Liu Xiu said in an interview that he would retire Ray Allen's No. 34 jersey when the championship flag was raised in the opening game of the new season.

  At the same time, as the team's No. 0 player, he will retire the jersey for former boss Paul Allen.

  Hearing the news, Paul Allen got up that night and went to make an appointment with a Cuban model who was as old as a wolf and a tiger, almost draining himself...

   Bosh jumped out of the contract after the season to test the free market.

  In order to avoid risks, Liu Xiu chose not to renew the contract with Bosh, and helped Bosh find a new home.

  In the end, Bosh joined the Rockets with the largest contract in history of 140 million US dollars in five years.

  The Trail Blazers got Markieff Morris, Marcus Morris brothers, and a future first-round pick in return.

By mid-July, David Stern had struggled for a year. In the end, he chose not to retire and continued to serve as NBA president, but he delegated a lot of power, and the one who received these powers was not the next president in Liu Xiu’s impression. Joke, but Stu Jackson.

   According to rumors, David - Stern is afraid of jokes screwed up because of personal grievances.

   There are rumors that the NFL wants to try to find Liu Xiu to play games for fun. The warden in his thirties still seems to be in a state of physical fitness.

  By the end of August, Liu Xiu, who had just regained the top of the NBA, led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the third Naismith Cup in his career and the first Basketball World Cup championship trophy.

   But for Chinese basketball, an era may have ended this summer.

  In the World Championships... No, it was the Basketball World Cup for three consecutive championships and after creating a dynasty, Yao Ming also chose to retire from the NBA!

  After winning the men’s basketball gold medal at the London Olympics in 2012, Wang Zhizhi was pardoned by the Knicks, retired from the NBA, and returned to the CBA Bayi team to play.

   After retiring from the NBA, Yao Ming did not return to play in the CBA and completely retired.

Yao Ming, who just turned 34, averaged 16 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3 assists, 0.5 steals and 1.8 blocks per game in the runner-up year last season, but his footsteps are no longer light. For the center, the frame guard has begun to show flaws.

  Although his statistics and offensive and defensive performance are still top-notch, his health has gradually begun to fail. The number of appearances is only a career-low 58 games, which is even lower than the 59 games he played in the suspension year.

  Therefore, Yao Ming chose to retire bravely, leaving behind the image of "the world's number one center" to retire.

   Taking advantage of Dongfeng’s victory in the first Basketball World Cup, Yao Ming joined the basketball management center and became an executive member, participating in the construction of the domestic basketball industry...

  Wang Zhizhi also retired from the national team after winning the Basketball World Cup with the Chinese team as a substitute.

  Seeing that the two retired, the 32-year-old Liu Xiu also chose to retire from the national team.

   In the Chinese men's basketball team that won the World Series for the first time in 2006, only Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian were left.

   At this point, the first golden age of the Chinese men's basketball team came to an end.

  But the development of domestic basketball and the overall performance of other players in the national team are far better than Liu Xiu's impression!

  For the Spanish Basketball World Cup in 2014, the Chinese team was able to win the championship. In addition to the performance of several stars who played in the NBA, those players who played in China and went to study in Europe also played a huge role.

  Liu Xiu can’t be said to be retiring with confidence, but he has done what he can and fulfilled the responsibility of a basketball player.

  How to develop Chinese basketball in the future depends on the efforts of the younger generation of players.

   Whether to continue the glory or become a shame, he can't say.

  In the next 14-15 season, the Trail Blazers, who lost Bosh, drove low and went high, and finally achieved a record of 57 wins, ranking second in the Western Conference after the Grizzlies.

In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers went all the way, defeating the Jazz led by Paul, the classic car Spurs, Curry who won the first regular season MVP in his career, and the Grizzlies led by Oden who was the first best defensive player. Team, and finally met KING who returned to his hometown to play in the finals again, swept 4 to 0, and completed the defending title!

   Winning this championship, Liu Xiu surpassed Michael Jordan, won 7 championships, and became the first person in the modern basketball era, 7 finals MVPs, the first in history!

In the 2015-16 season, Bradley Beal made great progress, Gasol Jr. reached the peak, plus Ariza, Korver, Morris Brothers, Dragic... and other role players, in Liu Xiu's Under the leadership of the Blazers, the Trail Blazers played a bright season, won the regular season championship with 66 wins, won the scoring title for 3 consecutive seasons, and Liu Xiu, who won the scoring title for the 8th time in his career, won again after a lapse of one year. He won the regular season MVP, tied with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and ranked first in history with 6 regular season MVPs!

In the playoffs, Liu Xiu defeated the Hornets led by Guigui in the first round, and the Grizzlies in the second round with Oden's injury. In the Western Conference finals, he faced Kobe, who was selected to the second team this season and averaged 24 points per game. Duncan, who averaged 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game in the three teams, led the Spurs, and the Trail Blazers advanced 4-2.

  Great God’s dream of the 6th championship, Shifo’s dream of the 5th championship, both shattered!

  After the Western Conference finals, Dashen and Shifo, who have won two consecutive championships together, announced their retirement.

  24 and 21 retired. Garnett, who returned to the Timberwolves to play for two years, McGrady and Andre Miller, who failed to hold their thighs in the Spurs, announced their retirement.

  The only players who entered the NBA in the 1990s are Silver Horn Kings, Jets, Demigods, etc., and there are only a handful of them.

  In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Bulls led by Paul and Harden in the finals, completing the dynasty for the second time, and Liu Xiu won three consecutive FMVPs for the second time!

   Without having to wear a crown for himself, he has also become the goat in most people's minds.

  In the 2015-16 season, the NBA's new broadcast contract came into effect. Compared with the 2014-15 season, the NBA's total revenue soared by nearly 40%.

  Under the insistence of Paul, the chairman of the players union, the players union refused to gradually increase the salary cap and distribute the increased income to active players according to the existing contract ratio, and insisted on directly increasing the salary cap.

  As a result, the salary cap for the 16-17 season rose from $81 million in the 15-16 season to $109 million.

  The 31-year-old Paul, his contract expires in the summer of 2018, and he has the right to jump out of the contract next summer.

After the new labor agreement was reached, Paul and the Bulls renewed a four-year $180 million contract in advance. In the final 2021-2022 season, his salary will reach $51.22 million, making him the first player in NBA history to receive more than $5,000. A player with a $10,000 contract.

However, Paul's 11-year veteran's designated clause contract is still rare at present. The Grizzlies and Oden have reached a five-year $160 million contract, which is already the majority of players under this salary cap. maximum salary.

For the Trail Blazers, after the salary cap skyrocketed, they immediately signed the Hornets' expiring free agent Aldridge with a five-year, $120 million contract. Er, Bradley Beal, who renewed his rookie contract for 127 million dollars in 5 years, renewed his contract with Ariza for 15 million dollars in two years, plus the nominal maximum salary player Liu Xiu...formed the Super Five again!

  But this summer, Dragic left the Trail Blazers and joined the Heat for 90 million in five years.

  The dream of the dynasty came true, and Dragic also went to pursue a big contract.

In the 2016-17 season, the Trail Blazers won 67 victories and won the regular season championship again. Liu Xiu, 35, beat Russell Westbrook, who averaged 32.4 points per game, with an average of 33 points per game, and won the first game of his career. 9 scoring champions.

   And overwhelmed Turtle, who averaged a triple-double per game, won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, and the number of MVPs reached 7 times! Surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and monopolized the first place in history!

In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers worked hard and overcame obstacles all the way. In the first round, they narrowly beat the Hornets led by the Turtles 4-3. In the second round, they defeated the Hornets led by Oden and Curry, who had just received big contracts, 4-2. The Grizzlies, in the Western Conference finals, narrowly beat the Thunder of the super foursome of Rose, Roy, Durant, and Ibaka 4-3.

  The Thunder overdrawn the first-round pick and the right to swap the first-round pick for the next 6 years, and exchanged Roy from the Timberwolves.

On the Timberwolves side, Gasol left and joined the Knicks. The Timberwolves sent away Roy, who was over 30 years old, and overthrew the team, revolving around the "point guard version of the little emperor" who averaged 28+8+8 per game Tyreke Evans rebuilds.

   In the finals, it was the Knicks led by Antetokounmpo, Harden, and Gasol who broke through the East this time.

  The finals are always easier. The Trail Blazers beat the Knicks 4-1 and won 4 consecutive championships!

   Liu Xiu won the 9th championship in his career!

   In the 17-18 season, the Trail Blazers ended their 4 consecutive championships and won 58 regular season victories

  But Liu Xiu averaged 31 points per game in the regular season, beating Guigui, who averaged 29.8 points per game, and won the scoring title for five consecutive seasons.

This year, Harden signed the Grizzlies naked and teamed up with Curry, Klay Thompson, and Oden; the Lakers traded Deron for Paul George, James bought a school district house, joined the Lakers, and , Paul George teamed up.

The two teams fought fiercely in the Western Conference finals. In the end, Curry, a primary school student known as the strongest three-pointer in history, led the Grizzlies to the finals, defeated the Bulls led by Paul 4-1, and won the regular season for the second time in his career. Curry, the MVP, won the finals FMVP and became the second active player to win both MVP and FMVP in a single season after Liu Xiu.

In the 18-19 season, Liu Xiu was under the spotlight and averaged 28.6 points per game, beating Durant, who joined the Bulls and averaged 27.9 points per game with Paul, and won the scoring title for 6 consecutive seasons. The scoring champion surpassed Michael Jordan and became the player with the most scoring titles in NBA history.

  But this season, the Trail Blazers he led only achieved a record of 49 wins due to injuries, fatigue and other reasons. It was also the first time in his career that the regular season record was less than 50 wins, ranking only fifth in the West.

  He has turned 37 years old, and in people's eyes, he has already stepped down from the altar.

   This year, his scoring has set a new low since his comeback. It is also the first time in five seasons that his shooting percentage has fallen below 50%, and his three-point shooting percentage will also reach 40%.

During the All-Star Weekend, he packed up the Trail Blazers, the Rose Garden Arena, and the Willamette Garden training facility for $5.5 billion, and sold them to Phil Knight, the founder of the Hook, and the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Alan Smolinjski left only the 'Rose Bay Museum' next to the Rose Garden Arena as a memorial.

  This museum will also continue its long-term cooperation with the Trail Blazers to exhibit various trophies.

  Before the start of the playoffs, in order to give back to the new owner who bought the team at a high price, Liu Xiu admitted in an interview that he will retire after this season.

  This has made basketball fans, boxing fans all over the world, and even passers-by who didn't watch basketball before, focus on this year's playoffs.

  In the last season, Liu Xiu didn't have much pressure, and played very relaxed in the playoffs.

Although, when the "second growth period" has passed, his healing value has been used to "extend life" for his athletic ability, but at the age of 37, his athletic ability has dropped to the average top level, although it is still He can run and jump, but his style of play has completely become a floor style.

  But it is such a low-level player who made the whole league feel fear in the playoffs!

  He showed what is called the number one technician in basketball history!

  He took the 34-year-old Aldridge, 34-year-old Gasol Jr., 34-year-old Ariza, 35-year-old extrajudicial fanatic...

   And the 28-year-old Morris twins…

…

   Go all the way in the playoffs!

   In the first round, relying on the performance of all members, they defeated the Thunder team led by Rose alone 4-1.

   In the second round, relying on Bradley Beal's key ball and Gasol's frame protection, they defeated KING's classmate and the No. 1 Lakers in the West led by Dong Ge 4-2.

  In the Western Conference Finals, Liu Xiu averaged 41 points per game and defeated the defending champion Grizzlies led by Curry, Harden and Oden 4-2.

  In the finals, Liu Xiu met Brother Pao again!

  Now Paul is no longer a small cannon, but an old cannon with the highest salary in the history of booking!

  34-year-old Paul looks much older than 37-year-old Liu Xiu.

  In the finals, Liu Xiu scored 28.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2.5 steals in 6 games. He led the Trail Blazers to defeat the Bulls led by Paul and Durant 4-2, won the championship, and won the finals MVP!

   In 2017, after completing four consecutive championships, Liu Xiu did not retire. He failed to win the championship in the 17-18 season. Many media said that his "legendary" was affected.

   But at the age of 37, with a group of old-fashioned teammates, he counterattacked and won the championship all the way when he was not favored... making the legend even more legendary!

  During the playoffs, the major media exclaimed that the warden is still the best basketball player in the world.

   But after winning the championship, Liu Xiu handed over the championship trophy to Bill, and announced his retirement again without the slightest hesitation.

14-year career, 7 regular season MVPs, 10 championships, 1 3 consecutive championships, 1 4 consecutive championships, 10 finals MVPs, 11 scoring titles, 2 assists titles, 6 steals titles, 13 1 first team, 1 third team, 8 first defenses, 5 second defenses, 14 All-Star starts, 11 All-Star vote winners, 6 All-Star MVPs...

  Career regular season played 1136 games, with a total score of 34387.

   Averaged 30.67 points per game, first in history!

  Played 245 games in the playoffs in his career, scoring a total of 8741 points, ranking first in history!

   Averaged 35.67 points per game, first in history!

  3 basketball world championships, two Olympic men's basketball gold medals, and one Olympic men's basketball bronze medal.

  When Liu Xiu retired, his historical status as the number one player in basketball history was well established!

  The time came to June 26, 2019, the day before the draft, the NBA officially held a press conference, and David Stern announced that the regular season MVP trophy will be named the Jess Senator Cup!

  After the award was announced, David Stern also officially announced his retirement, handing over the position of president to Stu Jackson of "Xiao Guicao Sui".

  Liu Xiu brought the influence of basketball in the world to a whole new level. At this time, Stern did not choose a successor with the ability to make things happen, but chose a moderate.

  The major branches of Time magazine temporarily adjusted the cover and front page to Liu Xiu's retirement at the same time, making fun of it—the darkness that shrouded the basketball world in the world has finally dissipated.

   Also made an evaluation of Liu Xiu's career - with his own efforts, the Trail Blazers became a basketball giant comparable to the Lakers and Celtics!

   As for the national team, he also led the Chinese basketball in the golden age and became the overlord of an era!

  …

  Little Jay.

   Time goes back to 2016. At the age of 12, Liu Lun, who just graduated from primary school, secretly signed up for the selection of the National Youth Reserve Team organized by an association when Liu Xiu returned to China during the offseason.

  At only 12 years old, he crushes all competitors in all aspects from physical fitness to basic technical skills. Even some players who look almost 20 years old and don’t know if they lied about their age are not as good as him.

   But he lost the district primary! A competitor who looked to be in his 20s was selected!

  The reason was that the organizer called Liu Xiu to ask for money, and the first thing he said was a 100,000 primary election fee, but Liu Xiu hung up on it as a fraudulent call.

  When I got home and found out that the organizer had actually called his father to ask for money, Liu Lun felt desperate for Chinese football on the spot.

   The first place in the trial training without paying money actually failed the primary election!

  The following summer, he didn’t touch football again. His father found that he didn’t seem to like playing football, and he didn’t ask him why. He just asked him if he wanted to play basketball, and he taught him.

   But Liu Lun refused!

He watched a lot of live broadcasts of table tennis matches at home this summer, and saw that a guy with a sleepy face, dark circles under his eyes, who could tell from staying up all night doing bad things or overindulging could win the world championship, and he thought he could too .

  He said to his father: Little basketball, ridiculous, national table tennis is king!

  This summer, instead of going to Portland with Liu Xiu, Liu Lun stayed in BJ to attend junior high school and participated in table tennis training.

  Five years have passed. In July 2021, after the end of his second year of high school, his ping-pong dream was shattered. At the age of 17, he went to the United States, found his father who settled in Portland, and learned to play basketball.

  Playing table tennis is not difficult, but there are too many good people!

  He thought he was already very strong, but in the end, he couldn't even grab the provincial team participation spot in the youth competition!

   This time it’s not that I can’t get it without money, but I really can’t beat it...

  At the age of 17, he is already taller than his father, and may grow longer, which is one of the reasons why he gave up playing table tennis.

  In September, his father found a man nicknamed the Great God, whose jersey was retired by the Lakers and Spurs, to teach him how to strike iron... no, how to play basketball.

  A certain number 24 is a little frustrated... What about teaching me how to play football?

  Although he is a goalkeeper, he thinks he can still play football...

   On the contrary, Liu Xiu's eldest daughter, Liu Na, also became an athlete, and her sports career went smoothly.

   Instead of playing basketball, she became a volleyball player.

  IQ, she is not as high as her brother, although not stupid, but not smart.

  But precisely because of this, she didn't want to 'save the world', but decided to join after seeing the miracle championship of the Chinese women's volleyball team when she was 12 years old.

In 2019, at the age of 15, she has already become a high-profile new star in the volleyball world. Most of her appearance has been inherited from her mother. Before she officially participated in the National Youth Team, she has become a national sports player in China. Idol.

  In contrast, Liu Lun's sports career has been bumpy.

  The time came to April 4, 2023. Liu Lun, a sophomore at UCLA, led the Bruins to defeat the Connecticut Huskies in the final of the NCAA Basketball Championship and won the 12th NCAA Basketball Championship in team history!

   Liu Lun, who practiced basketball for two and a half years, is good at singing and dancing, and is also good at rapping, announced that after winning the MOP in the NCAA Basketball Championship Final Four, he announced that he would end his college career early and participate in the NBA draft!

   On May 15th, the Trail Blazers, which ranked 13th in the West with 30 wins and 52 losses in the regular season, won the No. 1 lottery with a 9% probability!

  The 19-year-old French talented center Victor Wenbanyama, who was already hesitating whether to participate in the draft, announced his withdrawal from the draft.

  On June 28, 2023, in the NBA draft, Stu Jackson announced that the Portland Trail Blazers selected Liu Lun, the son of the first man in basketball history, with the first overall pick!

Bradley Beal took over the class for a few years and took over a lonely, 30-year-old Bradley Beal. After the son of the former boss came to the team, he saw that he was as invincible as the boss back then. Talent, but also has a stronger height of 201 cm, decisively gave up the boss position.

   The basketball era belonging to the warden's son has officially kicked off!