Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

It is normal to be criticized for being a poor performer, especially when the performance is continuously sluggish and terrible.

As for past honors, they were achieved in the past.

Of course, being constantly criticized and even having his past achievements smeared also made Duan a little angry.

But it was only a short while, how did he win the previous championship? Others didn't know, but didn't Duane know it himself?

Two consecutive championships, three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships, we have everything we need.

Perhaps some individual champions show signs of some stars banding together.

But the team is strengthening normally, and Duane did not take the initiative to cut his salary to make room. The remaining players are those chosen by the team themselves, stars who have been leveling up season after season. Can this still be considered a team?
Of course, there is no nomadism, and no hard push based on the alliance whistle.

Duane actually won 13 championship rings and brought 12 championship trophies and 12 championship banners to the Bulls.

At this point, Du En would not open a smurf account to argue with the online trolls or get angry.

For some things, it's fine for fans to criticize them, but it's unlikely that stars of the same generation will suddenly jump out and question them.

In fact, Jordan was just like Durant. He defeated his opponents of the same period, but he did not manage his teammates well. Oh no, he did not manage his son well, which led to his son's outspokenness every day.

As for Duane, not only did his former teammates not jump out and talk nonsense, but even the opponents who were defeated praised him one by one.

Except for the past two years, Duane showed signs of decline. Some stars said that Duane should have retired long ago, but there was no other explanation.

……

"Get better!"

Time turned to early November. With the Bulls losing four games in a row at home and starting their road trip, after Anthony's retirement tour, the Bulls finally broke the losing streak.

This change occurred because, on the one hand, the league officials had confirmed that the Bulls were really in a bad state and were going straight for the No. 1 pick, so they deliberately gave the Bulls better treatment.

On the other hand, away teams also want to use the gimmick of Anthony's retirement tour to increase the overall home ticket sales for the entire season.

In order to make home games more attractive, home games should be as less one-sided as possible.

The best situation is that both sides are evenly matched, keeping the suspense of the outcome of the game until the very end.

The Bulls have been relatively weak this season, so most away teams will choose to let them go.

The referee is also helping...

The first three quarters were a bit more Bullish, but most players didn't mind.

However, when the fourth quarter came to a stalemate, if the referee still took sides, the players who felt they were being treated unfairly at home would become unbalanced due to the unfavorable refereeing and perform poorly.

Not all players on the Bulls are without ambition.

Many people actually want to win, and of course a large number of them want more impressive statistics.

In short, these people play basketball very hard.

Then he helped the Bulls overcome difficulties and win the game.

It is precisely these factors combined together that have led to the Bulls' record being so different from that of other teams.

Home games often end in failure, while away games have more wins than losses.

It was also thanks to one away game victory after another that the Bulls' record slowly began to improve, and in less than a month, they were on the verge of the Eastern Conference play-offs.

However, it becomes extremely difficult to go further.

The league is clearly consciously controlling the situation, and this behavior may even continue until the end of the regular season.

In a way, it is good and long-term news that a team with four of the top 75 active superstars has to start the playoffs from the play-in rounds.

The question is, are the Bulls players willing to accept this fact and be manipulated by the referees and the league?

In the short term, the Bulls players seem to be content with the status quo. Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, half a season of regular season has ended.

It is February 20th, the All-Star Weekend, and the celebration of 75 superstars is about to begin.

Almost the entire Bulls team is here this year.

After all, the venue is Rockets Lending Center, the home court of the Cavaliers, and Cleveland and Chicago are both in the Great Lakes Industrial Zone, not far apart, and transportation is relatively convenient.

Also, Durant, Anthony, Curry, and Jokic must attend the 75th celebration.

Wiggins was once the No. 1 pick selected by the Cavaliers and just won the championship last year. He will definitely take this opportunity of the All-Star Weekend to return home in glory.

The remaining rookies have basically signed up for various competitions, and some who did not sign up also chose to come together to join in the fun and feel the atmosphere of the All-Star Weekend.

Of course, this year there are 75 superstar celebrations, and the excitement is even greater than in previous years.

It wasn't just the Bulls' rookies who couldn't contain their excitement. Most of the players from other teams in the league basically chose to hang out at the Rockets' Loan Arena.

Because of this, Cleveland, which was originally a bit dilapidated, suddenly had full hotels and the streets were full of tourists, making it seem even more lively and festive.

However, even during the day, you can still hear the sound of sirens coming from the streets from time to time.

The Bulls players are not unfamiliar with this. Located in the Rust Belt, the public security issue is the biggest problem here, not to mention the second biggest problem, not to mention the Chicago gangs, which are world-famous.

He is used to it, and the slight noise from the outside world has not affected Duan's interest in participating in this All-Star Weekend.

To be honest, Duan was a little nervous about reaching the summit in public!
It’s not that Duane has never participated in official NBA events, nor has he never seen the world, nor does he think he can’t compare to Jordan.

The 12 championship rings he won with the Bulls alone gave Durant enough confidence to stand in front of Jordan and even look down on him.

It’s just that he didn’t play against Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, or Larry Bird. He just leapt up, surpassed one great star after another, stood at the center of the stage, and enjoyed everything with peace of mind.

This situation made Dunn feel somewhat... regretful.

Dunn was confident that even if he landed ten years earlier, with the system's insignificant help, he would be able to successfully ascend to the highest throne of the alliance.

Of course, Duane himself has wondered if he would have been frustrated at first if he had played in that era, and if he would have won fewer championships in his career.
It is a pity that Dunn was unable to experience that wonderful era in person.

There are some things that Dunn, the GOAT of the 21st century, cannot predict.

Fortunately, everything that Duan experienced was exciting enough.

Being teammates with O'Neal and Kobe, being teammates with Garnett, Curry, Harden, Leonard, George, Butler, Jokic...

Most of the strong men of his generation had been teammates with Dunn, and of course they had also been opponents.

Spurs, Celtics, Lakers, Heat, Thunder, Clippers, Duane defeated strong opponents one after another and led the Bulls to defeat strong teams.

It’s not that Duan’s opponents were not strong enough, but in the end, only Duan won the most honors and achieved the highest achievements.

Looking back now, Dunn deserves to step step by step to the center of the stage and enjoy the treatment of being the center of attention.

However, after Duane came on stage, he pulled Jordan up from the next step.

The seventy-five superstars are not about being the only ones, but about carrying on the tradition and opening up the future!
"Before I came, Michael had already won the championship with the Chicago Bulls!"

"Before I came, Michael had already won three consecutive championships! He had already won six championships!"

"Michael was already the GOAT before I came along!"

“Compared to Michael, we are just successors.

We have carried forward the technology of our predecessors. We have stood on the shoulders of our predecessors and achieved better, more and higher achievements.

This doesn't mean that we are stronger than our predecessors, it's just because our predecessors have been here before!
They have already done the hardest work! They have paved the way!
We follow the path they walked, do some relatively simple things, and then begin to enjoy their legacy!

I hope that in the future there will be some people who can inherit what I have learned and what I can do, and then surpass my achievements." (End of this chapter)