dognovel Chapter 664 The complete end of an era 【Subscription】
Chapter 664 The complete end of an era 【Subscription】
After the big win, the Celtics players hugged each other and celebrated that they made it to the Eastern Conference finals again. Although this is not interesting and new to them, at least for Payton and Jackson , this is the first time they have reached the Eastern Conference finals!
And the members of the Raptors, after such a miserable series, their eyes also lost the look they had before the game, and everyone's eyes were filled with confusion and helplessness.
Why do we usher in reinforcements in the middle of the season, and also play a style, but we are still so powerless to fight back?
That's the biggest question on almost every Raptors player's mind.
Except for two people.
One is Aaron, this little man who will never admit defeat, sits lonely on the technical stage, staring at the big screen with blank eyes. He wants to be a hero, and he almost became a hero, but he still lost to his old man. guys.
It wasn't until Lin Long came to him and hugged him warmly that Aaron's expression recovered.
"Aaron, you've made great progress in the past two years! Although I already knew that you could stand in any NBA team, you are still better than I thought! Lin Long patted Aaron happily. Shoulder, this good brother who almost did not enter the NBA because of his height and who fought together can become the starting guard of the eastern tyrants, which is definitely something to be happy about.
Big Ben and Rashid also smiled and ran to Arondese, looking around, the three of them, plus Lewis, who didn't like talking very much, were already the most in this Celtic team. long time man!
Lin Long watched the non-stop jokes between Aaron and Shuang Wallace, and couldn't help but think of Billups who entered the league with him, Big Ben and Bowen who came later, and Buck Leigh, Sprewell and Rasheed, who joined the team the following year, and Payton and Jackson, who joined the team this year.
Even the Celtics, the king's division, can't escape the division and closing of the lineup. Their lineup is always changing. Some people come and some people leave.
That's why those veterans come to the end of their careers and always find their mates and fun on the road.
Maybe that's what the league is really about.
Saying goodbye to these bad feelings, Lin Long saw Olajuwon sitting on the bench and ice compressing his knees.
The league's once-best player, a two-time champion and Finals MVP, has also come to the end of his career.
Lin Long sighed, walked over to him and said, "Hakim, what are your plans next?"
Olajuwon smiled and looked at Lin Long and said: "I originally planned to play here for two more years, to see the growth of young people, to use their residual heat, in the words of those people, as the leader of the locker room, Lead the team to another championship.""
"But for now, I just decided, this is my last series! I'm retiring."
Lin Long looked at Olajuwon's eyes full of unwillingness and stubbornness, knowing that his heart was far from being as indifferent as he said, and at the same time suddenly thought, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, now Olajuwon .
These three members of the NBA's greatest golden generation, their retirements are all related to themselves. Among them, Olajuwon and Jordan were both beaten to retirement by themselves.
At the same time, Lin Long thought of those people who also entered the league in the 1980s and killed the Quartet in the 1990s.
Pippen was disheartened last year because of injuries and the pain of being traded by the team, and chose to retire early.
Richmond, the second-best shooting guard of the 1990s, is playing soy sauce with the Celtics, and because of his age and form, the famous 'The Rock' now only gets a measly 10 minutes per game as the season goes on. The playing time, the contribution is less than 5 points, has been completely marginalized.
Since Ewing was abandoned by the Knicks and happened to be plagued by injuries, he has only played less than 10 games this season, and hastily announced his retirement after the end of the season. Karl Malone and Reggie Miller are still there. Fighting for the championship, but their state and age are no longer at their peak, and Miller was not even selected for this year's All-Star.
There is only one opportunity left for them to retire.
The rest of David Robinson, David Stockton, etc., have long since declined significantly and entered the end of their careers, and they are no longer the top players in the league.
There are others that Lin Long has not encountered much, like Drexler, Wilkins, Pistons backcourt duo Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, 'Golden Left' Corris Mullin, they have all chosen to retire.
These once-famous tyrants have all left the alliance.
With the complete abandonment of Olajuwon tonight, a group of players who entered the NBA in the 1980s or earlier will basically officially bid farewell to the league.
A great era is over.
An era that belongs to the center, but the strongest is the guard, is over.
An era of heroes and lords standing together, with countless stories, blood, tears and legends, has come to an end.
Lin Long suddenly felt a burst of honor.
It is indeed a very interesting thing to witness the end of these legends.
"々. Hakim, what are you going to do after retiring?" Lin Long broke away from his thoughts and asked softly with a smile.
"I don't know (money), I don't have any ideas, maybe I will serve my Lord more wholeheartedly." Olajuwon smiled, he is an NBA superstar and a devout believer: "There are also Maybe some training classes or something. This year, many people asked me if I would like to teach classes and pass on my dream footsteps.
"Congratulations! I wish you all the best." Hearing this, Lin Long couldn't help laughing.
He was afraid that Olajuwon would see his smile and hurriedly ended the conversation.
Olajuwon's words reminded him of the most famous footstep training class in the league more than ten years later. Kobe, James, Howard, and Dayao all took classes in that training class.
But the result is really indescribable.
Except Kobe Bryant, everyone else's classes gave people a feeling that they were paid in vain and their money was wasted in vain.