So I am the god of basketball?

But thinking about the fact that this was done by Meng Lang, Barkley felt that this result was actually very normal.

The 26-year-old Meng Lang has entered his true peak period. He also has a group of teammates who are also in their peak period. Barkley thinks it is normal for him to dominate in any way he does.

Even though the Lakers now have a regular season record of 74 wins and 8 losses, and a playoff record of 15 wins and 0 losses, he thinks this is normal and good!

because……

This is Meng Lang!
Meng Lang is so awesome!
Not only were the commentators surprised, but when the final whistle sounded, the Lakers players were also extremely shocked. They were surprised that they had really created such a miracle:
Whether it was the 4-0 sweep of the Chicago Bulls or the 15-0 record to win the final championship, everything seemed so incredible!

But they did it!

All the Lakers players rushed towards Meng Lang. At this moment, he was the center of the world.

The eyes of the entire stadium, as well as the fans around the world who were watching the game, were all looking at Meng Lang's close-up shots.

A year ago, he lost on this stage and lost his first career Finals trip. At that time, he said that no team would want to face us next season.

Everyone knew at that time that the Lakers would be extremely terrifying this season.

But even so, they didn't expect that Meng Lang would lead the team to achieve such results in the new season...

This is no longer something that can be described with just the word "horror".

Just like Meng Lang's career, he entered the league in 93, in 7 years, he reached the finals 6 times and won the championship 5 times!
He has broken the record of "the most successful player in the first six years of his career", which is really exaggerated.

It's a pity that there were fewer cheers at such a moment. Of course, from the player's perspective, the feeling of silencing the entire stadium and receiving the championship trophy was actually very good. Anyway, Meng Lang enjoyed such a moment.

David Stern showed up with the championship trophy. Seeing Meng Lang win the championship again, and this time his performance was so impressive, he was really a little scared...

He planned to ask someone to check to see if Meng Lang had any other interests or hobbies.

He was really afraid that Meng Lang would become the second Jordan, and retire at the peak of his career to participate in other sports.

He had originally planned to add a "three-second defense" last summer to limit the interference of players under the basket on outside breakthrough players.

But now, he has changed his mind and decided to let the Philadelphia 76ers' "twin towers" maintain their current defensive deterrence under the basket, let them try to snipe the Lakers, and let Meng Lang feel that this league is still challenging. This is what David Stern feels now is more important than making the game more entertaining!
If the deterrence under the basket is gone, he really doesn't dare to imagine what kind of performance Meng Lang will put forth.

It is worth mentioning that...

Because each team now attaches more importance to three-pointers, and now each team uses space more thoroughly than they did in the same period, the scene does not look so dull, which is why David Stern is not in a hurry.

Lifting the championship trophy again, Meng Lang really felt like he had regained what he had lost.

To be honest, losing in the finals is enough to experience once!

David Stern then announced the MVP of this finals.

Without any surprise, Meng Lang became the final MVP with an average of 36.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 11.5 assists per game.

This is the sixth time he has won the "Finals MVP" in his career!
He said: "It feels more comfortable to win this trophy after winning the championship trophy!"

This made the reporters on the sidelines laugh, they understood what Meng Lang wanted to express.

“This is the beginning of the 21st century. What I want to say is that the first dynasty of the new era must belong to Los Angeles!”

Just one short sentence and the whole Los Angeles is boiling!
They were also extremely confident that Meng Lang could do what he said and help Los Angeles gain its first "dynasty" in the new century.

While there was singing and dancing here, on the other side, Michael Jordan appeared in front of reporters again 20 minutes after being in the locker room. Some reporters noticed that his expression was much calmer, as if he had come out of his depression.

But this calmness frightened them.

They seemed to have anticipated something.

Michael Jordan said: "I don't think there is a better time to announce this. I will retire directly this summer, or I will finish the new season and then announce my retirement. In short, I still need to discuss with my team what the final result will be. This result will not take long. I will tell you the final result as soon as possible!"

Shock, surprise, and a variety of other expressions appeared on the faces of these reporters.

Even though they had guessed this would be the result, when Michael Jordan actually said this, they still couldn't believe it. The former "No. 1 player in the league" was actually going to announce his retirement.

McGrady soon got the news from the reporters. He said with regret: "I think I messed it up!"

If he had performed better, if the Bulls had won even one game, would Jordan not have retired?

From his point of view, Jordan's retirement was closely related to their 0-4 sweep.

The next morning, the news that the Lakers won the championship was a hot topic across the United States. At the same time, the news that Michael Jordan announced his retirement also attracted discussion throughout the league.

When Meng Lang saw the news, he was stunned. Did both the "goat" and the "deputy goat" do the same thing?
Give them a haircut and they use "retirement" as an excuse?

However, after carefully reading the subsequent news, Meng Lang suddenly realized that the fake "goat"'s statement about retirement was also false, but the real "goat" said that he was going to retire, and it was not just a casual remark.

First of all, according to the news from the Bulls, Michael Jordan did not discuss anything related to the contract renewal with Krause.

Then there is Jordan's team, which keeps reiterating what Jordan said: "Michael Jordan hopes to end his career with a normal heart. Even if there is one more season, he will not go for the championship."

This mentality is very similar to when he announced his third retirement in 03.

It looks like he really wants to retire Jordan.

Sure enough, just five days later, Jordan's team announced Jordan's final decision: "After careful consideration, Michael has decided to retire again and officially end his NBA career, but he will not leave the NBA. He will continue to stay in this league with a new identity."

At this moment, all the speculation turned into remembrance of Michael Jordan.

Of course, there are also shows that are less respectful.

For example, ESPN has specially opened a topic to discuss whether Michael Jordan's second comeback is necessary.

From the time he officially announced his comeback in 94 to the summer of 00 when he announced his retirement, it was a total of 6 years and 5 and a half seasons. During this period, he reached the finals three times and won the championship once.

Compared to other players, he is undoubtedly successful.

But compared to himself, especially when he announced his comeback after winning the "three consecutive championships", his influence at that time was almost like that of God.

After returning under such influence, he only won one championship...

It can only be described as unsatisfactory.

Even if you are a Bulls fan, you wouldn't be looking forward to his comeback just because you want to see him win a championship, right?
Of course, who made him meet Meng Lang, a top star who "crosses the times"?
Now, the consensus among the outside world is that... only Jordan in his prime can compete with Meng Lang.

Jordan in other periods would have had no choice but to give in if he had met a Meng Lang like him.

Facts also prove this point. Jordan lost to Meng Lang twice in the finals, and each loss was more miserable than the last.

What no one expected was that the Adidas Menglang team suddenly paid tribute to Michael Jordan through their media channels about two days after Jordan announced his retirement.

The title is:
I will never meet such an opponent again!
This tribute video has aroused heated discussion from the outside world.

Because it not only contains highlights of Meng Lang and Michael Jordan's several matches in the NBA, but at the end of the video, there is also the training match between Meng Lang and Jordan, which has always been in the legend but has never been revealed.

After seeing that content, all the fans were still shocked, even though Meng Lang has already achieved success and fame.

After all, Meng Lang was only 18 years old at that time!

How could it not be surprising that the 18-year-old Meng Lang fought back and forth with the 29-year-old Jordan on the court and was not at all inferior?

At the end of the video, there is a personal interview with Meng Lang, and the reporter asks questions outside the screen:
"What is your biggest regret in your career so far?"

Meng Lang repeated the reporter's words: "The biggest regret?"

His eyes turned to the camera: "My biggest regret may be that I didn't get to play against Michael in his prime in the NBA Finals in 93."

Even though he had played against Jordan in 93 in a training match, everyone knew that it was not the same thing.

It was the Bulls' Jordan that everyone wanted to beat, not the national team's Jordan.

The heated discussion about this video continued until the 6 draft on June 25.

Interestingly, before this year's draft, Yao Ming had a special chat with him.

Yao Ming intends to participate in the 00 draft.

Meng Lang did not object. In his opinion, no matter whether it was 00, 01 or 02, the No. pick could only be Yao Ming.

Even in the 03 draft, if Yao Ming had participated, the Pistons would not have chosen Milicic with the second pick in the first round, but Yao Ming.

This is Yao Ming's situation at the draft.

There is no way, the talent is there, "Big Bamboo Pole" can be ranked in the top two among the "93 Generation", not to mention Yao Ming.

But in the end, Yao Ming did not participate in this draft.

Meng Lang didn't ask much. He would not take the initiative to change anything for domestic players. He would only chat with them if they came to him on their own initiative.

But to be honest, it was very reliable for Yao Ming to participate in the 00 draft.

Whether the Nets were in New Jersey or later in Brooklyn, one thing remained the same, they were constantly working towards a championship lineup, and in the next decade the team produced five All-Star players.

From Kenyon Martin to Devin Harris to Lopez, this at least proves that this team is capable of training its own players.

Moreover, they successively traded for All-Stars such as Vince Carter, which also proved that they were willing to make big trades to win the championship.

It’s a pity that Yao Ming’s team did not choose to participate in the end.

This "butterfly" did not flap its wings, and no accidents happened in this year's draft.

The No. 00 pick in was the "inside beast" Kenyon Martin. In fact, before he went to the Nuggets and got injured, Kenyon Martin was once the representative of the league's violent power forward, even more violent than Stoudemire.

Unfortunately, an injury took away a lot of his athletic ability.

Like most "violent power forwards", his rough skills became his weakness due to his declining physical fitness.

But he has been able to maintain the level of the league's main power forward for many years.

In terms of strength, there is nothing wrong with the title of "top scholar".

The second pick in the first round was Stromile Swift.

There are many physically fit guys who don’t have that much talent, but have a bad temper. Swift is one of such players.

The Magic selected Jamal Crawford with the third pick in the first round.

Crawford was originally selected by the Bulls.

This time the Bulls made it to the finals, and the record of this season is there, so Crawford can be said to have escaped a small "nightmare".

Originally, he met Michael Jordan because he was selected by the Bulls.

Jordan took him to the casino, and he almost lost all his money.

From then on, whenever I saw the casino gate, I would immediately choose to take a detour.

The Clippers selected Marcus Fizer with the fourth pick in the first round;
The fifth pick in the first round was Mike Miller.

The sixth pick in the first round was DeMarre Johnson…

Now you know what a “small year for talent shows” means, right?
Among the first six, there were two whose names were unfamiliar to Meng Lang and he almost didn't know where they came from.

Not only are the names of the players in the first half of the first round unfamiliar, but the same is true for the newcomers in the middle and late stages.

Meng Lang only knew a few names:

Keyon Dooling, Hedo Turkoglu, Desmond Mason, Quentin Richardson, DeShawn Stevenson...

Dooling later became the vice president of the players' union, Turkoglu was the "offensive starter" of the 09 Magic, Richardson was one of the best three-point shooters in the league, and Stevenson was a member of the "King Catching Army" in 11.

The most accomplished player is Turkoglu. This also shows that the overall level of the 00 draft was not high.

The situation was like this in the first round, but Michael Redd appeared in the second round.

This is not an isolated case in 00. In 01, Arenas was selected in the second round. In 02, the Cavaliers also selected Boozer, a rookie with good potential, in the second round... (End of this chapter)