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Chapter 33 I refuse! (New book, please collect monthly tickets and recommend tickets!)

Two days later, Qin Yue met Grover and his team.

At Grover's request, Qin Yue demonstrated shooting, dribbling, passing and back-to-the-basket skills to him on the training ground.

"Your shooting point is high enough, but your jumping method cannot fully utilize your speed advantage." Grover said when commenting on Qin Yue's shooting.

Then, Grover commented on Qin Yue's dribbling and said, "You always stare at the basketball when you dribble. In my opinion, even my grandmother can prevent you from breaking through."

After a pause, Grover added: “Of course, I have to commend your focus when you dribble.

This is incredible, do you have any secret to training coordination and flexibility?

Even Kevin Garnett can't dribble as coordinated as you do.

You dribble like 6-foot-11 Grant Hill to me."

As for passing and back-to-the-basket play, there wasn't much Grover could teach Qin Yue about these two areas.

Because the former cannot be taught just because you want to.

As for the latter, Grover noticed that although he could find many flaws in Qin Yue's back-to-the-basket skills, he had already done a good job in the most critical aspect of rhythm control.

"How come ESPN uses Andrei Kirilenko as a model for you?

I'm definitely offending 'AK', but based on my first impression of you
Charles Barkley, that asshole, was more accurate in his assessment of you.”

In the training hall, after touching Qin Yue's arms that looked like cast iron, Grover, who had a morbid obsession with perfect muscles, said, "Judging from your muscle lines, you must go to the gym a lot."

Grover admired Qin Yue's muscles.

At this moment, looking at this handsome oriental guy with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, Grover smiled and said, "The 20-year-old Michael Jordan was definitely not as handsome and upright as you are today."

That day, after spending several hours gaining an in-depth understanding of Qin Yue's basketball skills and dynamic and static talents, Grover was not in a hurry to develop a training plan for Qin Yue.

Because usually, Grover would first get to know the employer's character and their ambitions through some contact.

As a legendary trainer, Grover has coached hundreds of top athletes from all four major U.S. sports leagues.

Past experience has taught Grover that if you want to help an athlete grow, in addition to understanding his talent, you must also understand what kind of athlete he wants to be.

Back then, what Grover saw in Michael Jordan's burning gaze was his endless hunger for basketball.

Now, after half a day of contact, Grover can be sure that he has found another young player similar to Jordan.

At this moment, Grover couldn't stop getting excited when he thought about how he could torture Qin Yue and squeeze his limits through various high-intensity training.

Of course, before torturing Qin Yue, Grover did not forget his other mission.

"My boss, or my former boss, has already arranged a time and place."

Although he already knew through Rachel's "hidden line" that Jordan wanted to see him, when Grover told him the specific day Jordan wanted to meet him, Qin Yue was still shocked to a certain extent.

"What day does he want to meet me?"

"Tomorrow." (Note ①)

……

In 1998, after leading the Chicago Bulls to three consecutive NBA championships, Jordan once said to the world: "For me, there is no burden in retiring. I have nothing else to ask for, otherwise I would not think about retiring."

But soon, Jordan discovered that the world after retirement was completely different from what he had imagined.

Although, he once said very generously that there has never been a perfect player in the world, and he does not believe that he is the only "greatest player".

But when the media compares him with those rising stars in the NBA, he still can't control his heart.

Just like when he first retired.

To the outside world, he is Michael Jordan who has left the basketball world.

But those who are familiar with him know that whenever he has the chance, Jordan will ask his Bulls teammate B.J. Armstrong about the rising stars who have recently emerged in the NBA.

Even when Armstrong was praising those up-and-coming players, Jordan would always ask Armstrong to compare himself with these up-and-coming players on the phone.

And he would only stop this endless questioning when he heard an answer that satisfied him.

This is Michael Jordan.

He never hides his competitive spirit.

In the future, there will be many explanations for why Jordan chose to return to the Wizards.

But there is one thing that even Jordan himself admits.

That is, in people's eyes, this basketball god must have been inspired by young people such as Kobe and Carter to choose to make a second comeback.

However, looking back at the Wizards career
If he could go back in time, Jordan would definitely slap himself first.

NFL star Ray Lewis once revealed in an interview that Jordan had privately expressed to him more than once that he regretted wearing the Wizards jersey.

At this moment, looking out the window with deep eyes, no matter how many cigars he lit, as long as he thought of the pain he suffered in 2003, Jordan felt that the invisible scar on his chest would never heal.

Yes, it will never heal.

On the court, the only thing he proved through his career with the Wizards was that he was no longer the omnipotent Michael Jordan of the past.

Off the court, things are even worse.

After breaking up with the Wizards, Jordan chose many ways to ease his mood.

But neither the golf that made him feel at peace, nor the parties that lasted until dawn, nor the unscrupulous gambling in the casino could ease Jordan's mood.

Right now, the only thing that makes Jordan feel comfortable is...
Perhaps the only thing was the Charlotte Bobcats' upcoming entry into the league. Although he had not officially become a minority shareholder of the Bobcats at this time, he had already reached a private agreement with Robert Johnson, and at least he had one more basketball-related job in his spare time.

That is, to use his unique vision as the God of Basketball to help the Bobcats, a new NBA team, to recruit talents everywhere.

In 2005, no one would doubt that Raymond Felton and Sean May were favored by the Bobcats because they were from the same school as Jordan.

In 2006, no one would doubt that it was because of Jordan's almost perverted obsession with the identity of "Bird's successor" that the Bobcats selected Adam Morrison.

In short, using his unparalleled vision to select one talent after another for the Bobcats is undoubtedly the happiest thing for Jordan in a long time.

"Hey, Michael, there he comes."

In a private basketball training hall in Charlotte, after being interrupted by his assistant, Jordan, who had already changed into sportswear in advance, raised his lips slightly and said, "I hope he can live up to Henry James's evaluation of him."

……

How to describe Qin Yue’s first impression of Jordan?
From the appearance point of view
Qin Yue noticed that he seemed to have gained 20 to 30 pounds compared to last year when he was playing for the Wizards.

The face became rounder, the waist became wider, and even the thighs felt a lot thicker.

In the training hall, after examining Qin Yue for a while.
Jordan deliberately called Grover to his side first.

Then, Qin Yue, who had no idea why Jordan wanted to see him, soon got the answer.

"Lynn told me that Henry James said you were an athletically enhanced version of Larry Bird."

After finishing questioning Grover, Jordan looked up and continued to examine Qin Yuedao.

At this moment, Qin Yue immediately understood why Jordan wanted to meet him so eagerly.

Because as a person who has experienced it, Qin Yue knows very well that the current Jordan is still the Michael Jordan who is full of curiosity about the rising stars in the basketball world, especially has a special liking for the "Bird's successor."

In the future, as time goes by, perhaps Jordan will reduce his attention to these basketball geniuses.

but not now.

Moreover, Qin Yue knew very well that during this period, as long as a genius appeared who could impress Jordan, he would try his best to verify it personally with his unique vision.

Especially when he saw those up-and-coming players being at a loss for words when seeing him, Jordan always had a satisfied expression on his face.

For example, when LeBron James was 16 years old, Jordan deliberately created an encounter with him while he was playing in Chicago.

James, who was receiving guidance from Grover in Chicago at the time, was suddenly told by Grover that he needed to wait a little longer after the training.

Then, James and his good friend Carter were stunned.

Because after a high-end sports car drove into the parking lot, the person who got out of the car was Michael Jordan.

This encounter was definitely Jordan's masterpiece.

Although in James' story, this encounter greatly inspired the young him at the time and filled him with motivation to play basketball.

But in fact
For Jordan, this encounter was more like a spur-of-the-moment "prank".

Jordan likes young people with extraordinary talents.

But he also liked to admire the expressions of disbelief and wonder on the faces of those young people when they saw him.

However.
Completely different from what I thought before meeting Qin Yue, after examining him for a few minutes.
Jordan found that the young man standing in front of him today was not nervous about meeting him.
And there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes?

In the training hall, Jordan was anxious.

It turns out that Qin Yue is indeed of the same lineage as Duncan.

Because when it comes to breaking other people's defenses, Qin Yue, like Duncan, doesn't even need to speak.

“I know that the outside world has a very high opinion of you now, but there are some things that can only be verified by seeing you in person.

How about it, are you willing to play a game with me, an old man who has retired? "Looking at Qin Yue's calm expression, Jordan decided to use his ultimate move in advance.

In Jordan's eyes, even though he has retired, if he extends an invitation, probably half of the young players in the league would want to play a game with him.

However, to Jordan's surprise, Qin Yue did not show the expression he imagined, but
"Do you want to test my strength through a match?" Qin Yue asked politely and sincerely.

"Of course, after all, competition is the best way to test the strength of players." Jordan replied, suppressing his displeasure.

"Then I refuse."

"Uh-huh?"

The next second, looking at Jordan who looked at a loss, Qin Yue gave his reason, "If you want to test my strength, then you should at least call a few players who match my strength."

At this moment, Jordan couldn't believe his ears.

But he immediately recovered from his shock and said, "Hey, kid, don't you think I'm not qualified to test your strength?"

After examining Jordan for a while, Qin Yue said, “If it was you as a player, it would definitely be my honor to play a game with you.

But please forgive me for being frank, given your current status and position
If I go all out in the game, I'm really worried that I'm going to hurt you."

Jordan: “.”

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Note ①: There was a problem with the first edition of Chapter 31. The original text was "Let yourself go to Charlotte during the summer vacation", which has now been changed to "Let yourself take time to go to Charlotte". In order to avoid misunderstandings among readers who are following the book as soon as it is published, it has now been corrected.

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