Card Bishop of Basketball

Chapter 103 The Infighting Bull

The Bulls are a legendary team, a team with many top [-] players in history, and they are all in their prime. Such a high match, even the Lakers of later generations are not as good as...

Walking towards them was the Bulls team. They were majestic, sitting on Jordan, the god of basketball, Pippen, the best second player in history, and Rodman, a crazy rebounder.They are in their prime, and they will give heavy blows to all challengers.

Not only that, but on the Bulls' bench, there are many old players who are sure to be selected into the Hall of Fame. The starting center, the Australian high tower Luke Longley, and "Obaro Magician"-Tony Kukoc, etc...

The slogan of the Bulls team is that we are not only stronger than you, but also crush you in terms of honor. Even the leader of your team may not be able to enter the Hall of Fame, and all of us on the bench are eligible to enter...

Well, what followed was the Lakers Sunset Red Senior Symphony Orchestra. Their slogan is, the soul of the veteran is immortal, the feelings are not separated, the ball in the hand strikes the iron, and the symphony is played...

The conductor of this symphony orchestra is Davis, the thick-browed brother who eats well and sleeps well after winning the championship. He is fat as far as the naked eye can see. Desperately, I like to throw one from a distance, and if I don't go in, I just wander back to the defense.The performance of this 75th National Congress is subject to discussion...

The main musicians include but are not limited to Lao Zhan, who has a gray beard and can still average 20+ per game, Awei, who is inspiring and wants to play without the ball but the result is a strain on his hips, and Bazemore, who can't make offensive shots and can't keep up defensively. , Master Huo who made it to the Lakers three times, Jordan, whose old arms and legs are too lazy to move, and the old Melo Anthony, who seems destined to never win a championship in his career...

Well, it is also a team composed of many historical players. The Bulls obviously have a much more reasonable lineup than the Lakers. Not only do the players complement each other, but their ages are also at the peak of their careers. Unlike the Lakers, they are all at the end of their careers. Retired old man...

However, the current situation of the Bulls is not very good. The reason is that the Bulls' important star Pippen is having trouble again.

In the original time and space, Pippen caused trouble because the team planned to trade him in exchange for a potential rising star McGrady. Now McGrady was deceived by Shi Yong into Georgetown University.

But this does not affect the determination of general manager Klaus to sell Pippen. General manager Klaus glanced at him, and there are countless young heroes in the league.

The Lakers considered for a long time, but chose to refuse. After all, Pippen, he likes to come out with nothing to do. The 1.8-second refusal to play back then can be said to have caused many team management to give him a big blow. the cross...

Of course, it's not just a matter of trading rumors. We can look at a bunch of data to understand Pippen's situation back then: the team averaged second in points per game, second in rebounds per game, second in playing time per game, second in average First in assists, first in steals per game, but ranked sixth in salary in the team, and 122nd in salary in the league.

Do you feel pitiful?I think that for such a great player like Pippen, why does he have so little money? There is another reason. It goes like this:
In 1991, during his rookie period, Pippen only won the best defensive second team and an All-Star substitute. It seems that this product has nothing to do with the word super giant.

At this time, Pippen insisted on signing a seven-year, 7 million contract. This contract was, well, relatively large at the time, but the problem was that after the league was suspended, the salary space increased significantly. On.

Originally, Pippen was the number one player in the league at that time, and his contract was always among the top five. Suddenly, it became a contract that was difficult for the top five in the team. The same as Pippen was the old rock Richmond. Both of them signed long-term contracts with an attitude of seeking stability. As a result, the original high-pay long-term contract suddenly became a low-pay long-term contract and a child labor contract.

In other words, Pippen, who used to be one of the best in the league, has now depreciated. The current contract is really cheap, and it may be a little bigger than the rookie Iverson's contract.

But Pippen felt that it was a loss, saying that I have fought for so many years and made great contributions to your Bulls. You have to follow the example of Philadelphia, buy me out, and then re-sign a big contract.

Then the problem comes again. The Philadelphia coach only signed a one-year contract at that time, and it was $50. There is no problem in directly buying out and cutting him at this price, and then re-signing him, which just fills Philadelphia's poor line.

There are still two years left until the end of Pippen's contract. Although this contract is not big, for the Bulls boss, it is still unacceptable to buy it out in one go. Others only see that he made a lot of money using Jordan. But no one noticed the dollars that Jordan took away from the head every year.

Because of the special situation of Jordan, the league specially set that Jordan's contract can not be included in the Bulls' salary space, but if they buy out Pippen and then re-sign, then they will not only have to face sky-high player contracts , and the horrible luxury tax to be handed over to the league.

Originally, Pippen's ankle surgery has been delayed in the offseason. The purpose is to put pressure on the team's management to get a contract that is more worthy of his current level, but the Bulls' management rejected Pippen's unreasonable request .

Well, it’s okay if you don’t re-sign the contract for me. Since the injury was during work, then I choose to receive treatment during work. He's sick, and he's going to play, but he's going to have surgery.

Of course, it's okay to say that there is only one Pippen thorn in the Bulls, but the biggest problem for the Bulls right now is actually their general manager, Jerry Krause.

Klaus, who has mixed reputation and reputation, took over the Bulls, insisted on trading for the rookie Cobra Grant, and resisted all opinions, rejected Jordan's request, and chose Pippen. At that time, Jordan was angry and asked Klaus. Who is it. (Hype, you are very mua)
Including the hiring of the Zen master and the formation of the first-generation triangle, all thanks to Klaus, the Bulls' second three-peat, lobbying Rodman to join the Bulls, signing Cole, Kukoc and others, all of which were done by him. .

It is undeniable that this guy is quite talented, but this general manager who is ridiculed by the players for his short stature is an extremely conceited person.The success of the Bulls made him eager to get more attention from the outside world.

Just like what was said in the Bull Dynasty documentary, "The Last Dance", he just couldn't control his desire to be praised...

The success of the Bulls dynasty made everyone praise Jordan for his omnipotence, Pippen for his hard work, Rodman for his hard work, Zen Master for his triangle offense, and calmness on the field...

No one paid attention to him. As the assemblyman of the Bulls dynasty, he believed that he should be respected and should stand in the spotlight and be praised by people. This insecure guy always wanted to do his best to make people feel that he was a great person. managers.

So this guy told Zen master before the season started: "Jackson, this will be your last season in the Bulls. After this season, you can leave." The tone has been set. After this season, our Bulls will tear down and rebuild.

You can also understand it this way, this guy feels that he is invincible, and the alliance challenge is boring, so he decided to rebuild another wave, so that people can see his strength...

And Jordan also made it clear that if Jackson doesn't come back, then he won't come back either, whoever he loves.

Therefore, Jordan’s second retirement is not only the suspension of the league, but also the re-enactment of salary rules. It also has a certain relationship with the departure of Zen Master. However, we don’t know if Krause has the support of the Bulls boss behind him...

And right now the team is in chaos, Rodman has also started training twice in three days, his heart is scattered, the team is not easy to lead, Zen Master is looking hopeless for the championship, and he is gasping for breath.

The current bull has internal conflicts in a mess, a bunch of messes, the last dance, whether the dance is peerless or a mess, it all depends on Jordan...

(End of this chapter)