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Chapter 34 Bird's Reincarnation (New book, please collect monthly tickets and recommend tickets!)

Humble and polite, yet arrogant and self-righteous.

Jordan didn't understand.
Why do these two completely different attributes appear in the same person?

But when Qin Yue said seriously, "I'm really worried that I might hurt you," this was the most direct impression Qin Yue gave to Jordan.

At this moment, meeting Qin Yue's eyes, all Jordan saw was honesty and sincerity.

But when Jordan thought of this, he became furious.

Because doesn't this mean
Does this child standing in front of him really think that he will hurt himself?
If you are afraid of getting injured, don't play basketball.

In the 1980s and 1990s, this sentence was the golden saying of the NBA at that time.

For Jordan, who has been struggling all the way since that era
If he was afraid of getting injured, he wouldn't have continued to charge forward despite the tackling and fouls of the "Detroit Bad Boys."

Fear of injury will only make you a coward.

Jordan has been telling himself this for a long time.

But now, I have only been away from the basketball world for a year.
"You don't have to care about my identity and status. From now on, just use all your skills." After forcibly suppressing the anger that had begun to burn in his chest, Jordan said to Qin Yue on the training ground.

Seeing this, Qin Yue, who knew that refusing Jordan again would most likely cause him to be hospitalized due to high blood pressure, finally nodded under Jordan's unquestionable stare.

Immediately afterwards, Grover, who had a tacit understanding with Jordan, immediately assigned the four trainers in his team to Jordan and Qin Yue's teams respectively.

However, before the start of this half-time three-on-three game
Out of kindness, Qin Yue pointed at the floor and said something to Jordan that made him even more crazy, "Then I will shoot here later, and you will defend me here."

No, man!
I've told you to use all your strength. How can I, Michael Jordan, be as delicate as you think?
Also, what do you mean I'm going to shoot here later?
You think you're Larry Bird?

On the training ground, looking at Qin Yue's sincere eyes, Jordan became more and more angry and made up his mind.

When this three-on-three match starts, he must show some real skills and let the young people of today know what it means that your uncle is your uncle after all.

However.
What Jordan never expected was
As soon as the game started, Qin Yue, who won the ball by tossing a coin, shot from the place where he had just pointed, despite his own furious defense.

Compared to his peak, Jordan's jumping speed and mobility have declined a lot.

Even though he was still playing in the NBA last April.

But a year of unemployment had already caused his physical functions to be no longer as good as before.

If he was a few years younger, even if Qin Yue had the height advantage, Jordan would most likely be able to use his cheetah-like reaction speed to cut off the basketball before Qin Yue's shot reached its highest point.

But at the moment when Qin Yue just made a forced shot in front of him, Jordan did not expect Qin Yue to do what he said. No matter how furious he was, all he could do was to interfere with Qin Yue.

Swish-!
Inside the training hall, as Qin Yue made the shot from the position he had previously designated, the entire training hall suddenly fell silent.

In fact, as the person involved, Qin Yue did not expect that his shot would go in.

Qin Yue knows very well that his shooting is still in an unstable state at present.

This can also be seen from the visual data provided to him by the [Mountain Top] system.

After all, he had just modified his shooting motion a few months ago.

Moreover, during the weight loss period, he has to make constant adjustments as his weight changes.

In addition, in order to obtain more perfect muscle lines and power confrontation in the later period, he also had to re-form new muscle memory.

Therefore, although Qin Yue never slacked off in his shooting training, he still had to follow the objective laws of the basketball world.

It's just that basketball is a sport.
Since Jordan just gave Qin Yue the opportunity to force a shot, Qin Yue would naturally have a chance to hit the target.

After scoring the goal, in order to show that he had just hit a lucky shot, Qin Yue subconsciously shrugged at Jordan on the court.

As a child who grew up reading Jordan's biography, this unconscious shrug has long been deeply engraved in Qin Yue's DNA.

Every time he plays basketball, when he hits some lucky shots, he always habitually uses this action to express his helplessness to the opponent.

But today, Qin Yue obviously forgot.
The man standing in front of him at this moment was Michael Jordan.

In the 1992 NBA Finals, Jordan made 6 three-pointers in the first half of the first series against the Trail Blazers. After making the sixth three-pointer, Jordan shook his head and shrugged at Magic Johnson who was watching on the sidelines. Later, this game was called the "Shrug Game."

Since then, shrug has become one of Jordan's trademarks.

it is good!
very good!

First I said I would shoot here later.

Then after scoring the goal, he even dared to shrug at me.

You're so arrogant before you even enter the NBA
At this moment, Jordan, who was so angry that he laughed, suddenly thought of the figure he had always loved.
He was convinced
Qin Yue, that's the person he's been looking for!
Modeled after Andriy Kirilenko?

In the same vein as Tim Duncan?
Charles Barkley's successor?
No, no, no.

In Jordan's mind at this moment, Qin Yue is like Larry Bird's reincarnation! (Bird:?)

As we all know, in the NBA, you can question everything about Michael Jordan, but even his haters will not choose to question his love for "Bird's successor."

In 2006, although before Adam Morrison entered the draft, the Bobcats already knew that Morrison had to take regular insulin injections to maintain his health due to congenital diabetes.

Moreover, Morrison's college teammates have long revealed that this guy never takes a shower and only wears three identical T-shirts a year. He is the kind of player who truly "smells great, but doesn't need much salt."
Jordan still resolutely recommended that the Bobcats use their third pick to select Morrison, who was modeled after Larry Bird.

This is Michael Jordan's obsession with "Bird's successor". No matter how many shortcomings you have.

As long as you are labeled as "Bird's successor"
After Jordan personally verified with his keen eyes that you were the "Bird successor".
Then your shortcomings will become advantages in his eyes.

In the training hall, Grover, who felt the air was a little oppressive, wanted to temporarily stop the game and pull Qin Yue to his side to remind him a few words, but Jordan, who noticed this, suddenly roared at Grover: "What are you doing? The game has just begun!"

Then, turning to look at Qin Yue who looked innocent, Jordan said, “Very good, show your confidence just now.

If young people don’t have vitality, what kind of young people are they?”

Seeing this, Grover, knowing that he had just misunderstood Jordan, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although his former boss always had a hot temper, Grover knew that if he really liked a young player, no matter what the other party did to him, he would pretend nothing happened.

On the training ground
In the next hour, Jordan's favorability towards Qin Yue soared.

When Qin Yue cleverly circumvented his defense and completed an aerial relay with a trainer, Jordan clearly felt that his lonely heart was hit hard by this big bird from the East.

Then, when he noticed that Qin Yue was taking advantage of his good touch and firing frequently from the outside, and looked at his heroic and upright shooting movements, Jordan suddenly felt as if he had gone back decades and turned back into the person he had never been in love.

The heartbeat is getting faster and faster.

My breathing became more rapid.

On the court, even when Qin Yue turned around and backed him up, Jordan saw his elbow support as full of the bloodiness of his era.

Therefore, after Qin Yue was called for a foul on his back-to-back play, Jordan immediately turned around and scolded the trainer who was acting as the referee, "You call this a foul? I, Michael Jordan, don't have to win this game.

Please open your eyes, this is just a normal confrontation!"

However, soon after criticizing the trainer, Jordan felt a sharp pain in his right ribs.
But after gritting his teeth, he willingly acquiesced to Qin Yue's continued efforts in the next game.

On the side, Grover was stunned by Jordan's performance tonight.

Because whether it was Kwame Brown back then or LeBron James who had just become famous all over the United States.
These are the young players who have been valued by Jordan.
Qin Yue had never made Jordan look so happy like he did at this moment.

Jordan enjoyed this hour of competition and confrontation.

Even after the game, when Qin Yue was about to change clothes and take a shower, he left the other party alone and taught him by example for about ten minutes, and took the initiative to invite the other party to have dinner together.

At that moment, Grover even felt that Qin Yue had drugged Jordan today when no one was paying attention.

In the training hall, after Qin Yue left, Grover looked at Jordan who was sitting alone under the basketball hoop and stroking his chest. He hurried forward and asked caringly, "Boss, do you need to go to the hospital?"

Jordan flew into a rage when he heard this: "Hospital? I just played basketball for an hour and I have to go to the hospital?"

Seeing this, Grover changed the subject and said, "Boss, do you like this kid very much?"

In this regard, Jordan said without hesitation: "Although he is still a work in progress, you have seen his agile skills. It is incredible. His offensive skills do need to be honed, but I like the ease with which he handles the ball and his observation of the game. He is very smart and knows how to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses at a young age. And through this game, I saw in his sincere eyes a desire similar to mine back then. He does not completely regard basketball as a tool to make money, but is eager to improve himself through repeated confrontations and defeat himself. Tim, you should know how I judge people. In my opinion, this kid is likely to become another 'greatest player' after me."

In fact, Grover didn't take Jordan's last comment to heart.

Because usually, when Jordan meets a young player he likes, he gives him a similar evaluation.

When Jordan said this, the meaning was roughly the same as Duncan's "The future is yours."

In Grover's opinion, what really surprised him was that through Jordan's evaluation, he saw that Qin Yue had already established an unshakable position in Jordan's mind.

"Boss, if he participates in the NBA draft next year, will you suggest the Bobcats to select him?" Grover, who always knew how to flatter Jordan, continued according to Jordan's meaning.

Jordan nodded in agreement and said, "There is only one option, one possibility, for the Bobcats' first-round pick next year."

"But boss, you should know what I mean, I mean just in case.

What if the Bobcats don't get him in the first round? "Grover reminded.

At this moment, Jordan was stumped.

Because according to the relevant regulations for new teams joining the NBA, even if the Bobcats played badly in the following season, they had no chance of getting the 2005 NBA No. pick.

Under the basketball hoop, looking at Jordan who had fallen into silence, Grover continued, "Boss, I'm not saying that Qin will definitely be the No. 1 pick next year, because his draft stock this year is probably around the lottery.

But if he is given another year, until everyone realizes his talent,

At this moment, turning his deep gaze to Grover, Jordan knew very well that what Grover said was very likely to happen.

That is, accompanying Qin Yue's growth.
How can the Bobcats, who have no chance of getting the No. 1 pick, ensure that they will be able to select Qin Yue next year?
"Looks like I'm going to have to go look for Bernie (Bernie Bickerstaff).

We must prepare the chips in advance before we can go to the gambling table to participate in this big gamble." Jordan said after thinking about it in his mind.

Seeing this, Grover nodded and said, "That's what I mean, Boss. It's always better to prepare for the worst in advance."

After rolling his eyes at Grover, Jordan said, "Next, you should know what your mission is."

Grover patted his chest and said: "When the NCAA competition starts next season, the entire American college basketball will be shocked by the progress he has made."

On this day, after meeting with the basketball god Jordan, playing a game of basketball, and having dinner together
Qin Yue didn't know how much of an impact this would have on his future, but what had a huge impact on him at the moment was that soon after he returned to Winston-Salem, a notification from the Mountaintop system came into his mind.
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