Back in 84, he became Jordan’s lifelong enemy!

Chapter 214 Danzi returns!

"Beep! Beep!"

In the training hall, a rapid whistle sounded, interrupting the training of the players on the field.

Bulls coach Stan Albeck stared at Mike Holden with evil eyes and shouted: "Mike, where is your position?"

"Have you ignored what I said before?"

"NO!"

When he saw his aggressive questioning look, Holden shuddered and wailed secretly, but murmured: "Sorry, Stan, I forgot."

Albeck glared at the opponent, then glanced at George Gervin who was warming up on the sidelines, "George, go up and replace him."

"When does he memorize the tactics, when does he go on the field?"

George Gervin nodded and walked onto the field without saying a word.

When his left foot landed, he frowned slightly, but immediately put on a confident expression, "Look, nothing happened at all."

He looked at Jordan's face seriously and comforted him in a gentle voice: "We are tracking your rehabilitation process. You obviously haven't reached the standard to participate in training yet."

In other words, he is obviously not very talented and has average scoring ability, but without Jordan, another general in the team, Ulrich, has also been absent due to injury recently. He was pushed out of the game by the coaching staff.

Of course, in his rookie season, he only averaged 8.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. He is considered a qualified rotation player.

Holden sat on the sidelines with lowered eyebrows, breathing heavily, but his eyes drifted to the figure opposite.

Training continues.

All of a sudden, he went from a rotation player to a main part-time substitute who can contribute 48 minutes of playing time with George Gervin.
In fact, Stan Albeck's offensive tactics are very simple, it is the general public's positional warfare pick-and-roll coordination system. His philosophy is to grind the opponent into positional warfare as much as possible and use pick-and-roll coordination.

Therefore, he became the most scolded person in the team.

"I feel like I'm healed and there's nothing wrong with me."

In the evening against the powerful Philadelphia 76ers, Albeck, who was under great pressure, behaved very impatiently. He was disliked by everyone. As long as he ran out of position, he was immediately scolded.

He can't do it!

But his talent is limited. Although he entered the league in the same class as that player, he is not taken seriously whether in the Suns or here.

He is so hardworking!

He is quite envious of such a team status.

After Michael Jordan was injured in the third game of the new season, the team's general manager Jerry Krause traded him, which was quite a bit like treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

He is a person with limited talent and limited brain capacity. He has been traded for a week or two, and he still doesn't understand the tactical manual and is confused. He is assigned to the most important rotation of the second position.

However, fifteen minutes later, when the coach announced the end of training, the guy he admired suddenly walked up to him and asked: "Stan, when can I return to training?"

Holden looked at Jordan, who had been immersed in personal practice, and sighed secretly.

The purpose of the management bringing him back from the Suns was to replace Michael Jordan.

However, the talents and abilities between the two are so different that they cannot be compared.

Holden was acquired by the team management in exchange for a deal with the Phoenix Suns during the All-Star Weekend.

"No." Albeck immediately refused: "Your current physical health is not good enough for you to do this."

Holden felt a little frustrated.

"Don't lie to yourself."

"I want to get back on the field as soon as possible."

This is not the first time he has been scolded today.

That guy was not only a high-ranking player, but also valued by the management and coaching staff. Even Albeck didn't dare to say harsh words to him.

It's just that the running requirements are quite demanding. After the pick-and-roll, you must quickly find your position, and it is very restricted, regardless of whether there is a defender in that position.

But Mike Holden came down dejected like a defeated rooster.

Holden was now envious of the guy opposite who was leisurely practicing dribbling by himself.

But the more idiotic you are, the more you don't think about flexible tactics and the ability to adapt on the spot, the more stringent your requirements are. If you move into the wrong position, you will get an angry response.

The person on the opposite side who is slowly doing dribbling training and running back and forth with the ball to a certain extent is the core that their team wants to rely on most.

Albeck looked at his feet for a long time, looking at the injured area on the other's ankle and the traces of the bandage that had just been removed. When he stood up straight, he still refused, "No."

He is 193cm tall, weighs 84kg, and is in the second position.

As a veteran in the league, Gervin has a good understanding of the Bulls' tactical manual and quickly integrated into the system on the field.

In order to prove that his injury was healed and that his rehabilitation training was very effective, Jordan deliberately jumped on the spot.

It’s not him who just arrived, nor the Iceman, the former four-time scoring champion, but that Michael Jordan.

He has only been with the Bulls for more than a week, and his head is not very bright yet, but Albeck wants him to know the tactics thoroughly and use his fingers like the back of his hand in such a short period of time.

Albeck is not a pick-and-roll master like Jerry Sloan, he is a bit of a fool.

The foot injury was obviously fine and he was still in the recovery period, so he came to the training hall every day and asked to participate in training with the team. He admired people who worked hard like this.

He is a newcomer to the Bulls, but he is not considered a strong support.

"You have to be responsible for your own health and your own future career, do you understand?"

"Even if you don't pay attention to your health, we still have to be responsible for you!"

"It's impossible to let you come back now."

"I have obviously recovered, why do I still need you to be responsible?" Danzi was very stubborn and was not willing to listen to the coach's earnest persuasion. He wanted to return to the team as soon as possible. "I know my own feet, so you don't have to worry."

Seeing him boxing so kindly and eager to fight, Albeck felt a little shaken in his heart.

But after pondering for a while, he still shook his head and refused, "Michael, we can't joke about your feet, and neither can you."

"We must be responsible for your physical health!"

"This is non-negotiable!"

"you"

He tried hard to convince himself that his foot injury had healed, but the head coach still refused to agree. Danzi was very angry, but had no choice but to leave in an angry mood.

That night, he still could only sit on the sidelines in a suit and tie, watching helplessly as his team was defeated by his opponent 122:108.

Even though this game was their back-to-back home game, he felt very aggrieved to see the team lose so easily.

Their Bulls are now 19-40. If they keep losing like this, they really won't be able to make the playoffs.

No!

I must play!

He decided to continue talking to the coach tomorrow.

Especially when he thought of Su Wen's embarrassed look after leading the team to defeat them two days ago, he became even more determined to return to the game.

However, Albeck's request to return to the team the next day was still rejected.

"Even if we can't make it to the playoffs, we can't agree to your comeback casually. We won't make fun of your body." Albeck refused firmly!

Helpless, Jordan had no choice but to continue to endure.

For two days, he was unable to return to the team for training. Then on the evening of February 2, he sat on the sidelines again, watching his teammates and Cavaliers fight.

Different from the result of the previous game, they won this night, 116:96, winning by 20 points.

With such a big victory, Albeck turned down his application to return to the team more calmly.

Danzi continued to endure.
On March 3, the powerful second-placed Celtics in the league attacked, and then the Bulls, who had just won a big victory in the previous game, suffered another fragile defeat.

Without their two core scorers, they are no match for the Celtics, who are at the forefront of the league on both offense and defense.

And with this loss, they also lost the second back-to-back away game.

108:97
Similar to the last game, they once again lost to the Celtics by 11 points.

After two consecutive losses, seeing that the team was about to fall into the abyss and compete with other teams for the No. 1 pick, Danzi couldn't bear it anymore and applied again when he returned to the home court the next day.

This time when he applied, his attitude was extremely tough. He kept Albeck blocked in the locker room and looked like he would not let him go unless he agreed to return to the team.

Unfortunately, the reply he got was still: NO!

Despite his poor coaching ability, Albeck is a conscientious and considerate person for his players.

If he says no, it means no.

Finally, Danzi broke out and had a big quarrel with him.

"What on earth do I have to do to get you to agree to my return to the team?"

Even though Danzi stared at him with a cannibalistic expression, Albeck still shrugged calmly and said, "Not very good."

"Unless we get a positive response from the doctor."

Danzi saw that he was not getting enough, so he had no choice but to roar and leave.

But the next day, when he returned to the training hall, he blocked Albeck at the bathroom door and refused to let him in.

"If you don't return to the team for me, don't even think about using this toilet!"

I'll choke you to death, you old bastard!
Albeck covered his crotch and jumped anxiously at the door, but was firmly blocked by Danzi.

Finally, out of desperation, I threw the blame directly to the fat man Jerry Krause.

"You go to the management and the general manager of the team. They strongly requested that we not let you return to the team."

"Ok?"

When he heard that it was the fat man who was responsible, Danzi's eyes widened in anger, he rolled up his sleeves and immediately ran to find someone in an aggressive manner.

After the surgery, a period of recuperation, and a period of rehabilitation, he approached Jerry Krause and asked to come back.

But at that time, the fat man disagreed life and death, and they quarreled back and forth, and the two parties broke up unhappy.

Danzi was so angry that he left the team and ran back to his alma mater.

When he came back this time, he thought he could return to the team, but he was blocked by the opponent.
Tolerable or unbearable!
Danzi was so angry again that he ran to find the fat man, ignoring Albeck who was about to wet his pants.

Unexpectedly, when he ran into Fatty's office angrily, the other party shook his head as if he knew his purpose in advance.

"Just give it up, Michael. You don't want to return to the team this season."

"Give us a good recovery!"

Good guy, you refused before I even opened my mouth?
How could Danzi be so happy? He suppressed his overwhelming anger, walked up to the other party, and said word by word: "I'll say it again, Jerry, I want to return to the court!"

The fat man turned a blind eye to his fire-breathing eyes, sneered, and said fearlessly: "NO!"

"You are a great asset to our team!"

"We must be responsible for you!"

"Shit, an important asset of the team!" Danzi saw him looking at her with such contempt and stubbornness. Finally, he couldn't restrain his anger and roared, "I'll say it again, I want to return to the court!"

"I want to play the game!"

"I will not let my team lose the playoff qualification!"

"What's your team?" Fatty looked at him disdainfully, "This is our team!"

"You are just." When he wanted to emphasize that the other party was only an asset of the team, he saw that the other party had clenched his fists and his veins were bulging out. He looked like he was going to kill someone, so he immediately changed his words: "No matter what, it won't work. no!"

"We haven't gotten the consent form from your treatment team yet!"

Ahhhhh!
Danzi was so angry that he wanted to raise his fist and punch that disgusting fat face, but he still held it back and asked through gritted teeth: "You really don't agree?"

The fat man shook his head, said nothing, and didn't even pay attention to him anymore. He just looked down at the documents.

This attitude is very clear, he doesn't agree with anything!
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Danzi laughed angrily, and when he turned to leave, he said coldly: "If you don't agree, I will go find the boss."

"Get Jerry Reinsdorf!"

The fat man shrugged noncommittally, the expression on his face always very calm and full of disdain.

Danzi really does what he says.

He said he was looking for his boss, and he actually came to see him that night.

That night, Reinsdorf was obsessed with him and couldn't get away.

Moreover, Danzi also used a magic weapon to make him agree even if he didn't agree.

That is when Danzi signed a contract with them, he clearly wrote a clause: love basketball clause!

This means that he can play basketball at any time and anywhere without any reason, and the management cannot stop him!
I can only call Fatty in front of him.

After giving the order and finally getting the consent from the other party, Jordan left Leinsdorf's home with a victorious smile.

Early the next morning, Jordan showed up again in Jerry Krause's office.

With the team owner's sword, Fatty finally relented, but he gave his own conditions.

"Say it!"

At this time, Danzi already looked like a winner and spoke in a pleasant manner.

The fat man looked at his left ankle and said coldly: "Although I agree with you to participate in training with the team, the training volume cannot exceed one hour every day!"

"OK!"

Danzi nodded in agreement, indicating that there was no problem.

"The second point is that you must obtain our consent before you can play."

"And the playing time is limited by us!"

Limited by you?
Danzi frowned, feeling quite unhappy in his heart, but when he thought about finally getting back to the team, he didn't want his efforts to be in vain, so he could only endure his dissatisfaction and nodded in agreement.

So, 143 days later, Danzi finally appeared in the Bulls' team training.

(End of this chapter)