Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 427 - 142 This Team Has No Place for You (11,000 words in a single day, begging for subscriptions and monthly tickets!)
Chapter 427: Chapter 142 This Team Has No Place for You (11,000 words in a single day, begging for subscriptions and monthly tickets!)
Will Jordan participate in the first BIG3 league?
As Qin Yue quickly established the framework of the BIG3 league and detailed the specific rules of the event, known for his fast actions.
In a dramatic turn of events, the God of Basketball, Michael Jordan, submitted his application to the BIG3 league at the last minute.
Taunting from old rivals is likely the main reason for Jordan’s decision to participate this time.
For instance, Payton, who signed up immediately, mocked Jordan saying, "Michael is already old, how can he still play basketball now?"
Barkley, known for being where the commotion is, said after submitting his application to the league committee, "Michael doesn’t have the guts to participate in the BIG3 league? Believe me, if he dares to join, he won’t score even a single point, remember, I said he won’t score even one!"
Pippen, also signing up for the money, quipped, "Michael used to be a lion, but now...I could handle him even without using my hands."
There’s also Reggie Miller, eager to experience the "four-point shot" in the BIG3 league.
During an interview, the legendary sharpshooter, who notoriously had a bad relationship with Jordan, said, "Even though the BIG3 league only allows retired players to participate, it is still a professional event. I don’t believe Michael Jordan has the ability to participate in this event now."
Knowing Jordan’s personality, can he tolerate his old rivals mocking him like this?
Of course not!
Therefore, after discovering the commercial potential of the BIG3 league and deciding to invest, Jordan, who must seize the moment while still able to play, to re-educate those former underlings, submitted his application.
Thus, this senior event that Qin Yue originally just wanted to organize for fun, exploded with unexpected energy.
In Qin Yue’s previous life, the BIG3 league indeed brought substantial profits to Iverson and his partners.
But with no shortage of money, Qin Yue never intended to make money from this event from the beginning.
His aim was simply to let these retired players feel his blessings and to gain fame for treating old comrades well in the community.
But now, as this event became an "affair of grievances" among a group of old comrades...
The attention on the first BIG3 league was immediately stirred up.
Moreover, for this event held only in the off-season and allows participation only by retired players, the league even helped promote it.
Why did the league help promote the BIG3 league?
Because during the off-season, these retired NBA players can help maintain attention for the NBA and the entire basketball world.
Besides, the BIG3 league, which needs to rent NBA venues for matches, will also yield significant ticket revenue sharing for each team.
Therefore, such good business where teams earn money, and the NBA can hype up sentiment using former NBA players, is naturally welcomed by the league.
According to the schedule, the first BIG3 league will feature four teams led by Jordan, Barkley, Payton, and Pippen, competing in a total of six regular-season games, followed by playoffs based on the rankings to determine the final champion.
Watching this fun senior league unexpectedly became Qin Yue’s chief entertainment during this year’s holiday, apart from training.
The regular-season opening game.
Seeing firsthand how Barkley’s team defeated Jordan’s team, Qin Yue had roughly determined that Jordan’s team might finish at the bottom in the first competition.
In the game, older Danzi’s skills were still impeccable.
But...
In the BIG3 league with a four-point shot, just asking, how many shots does Danzi need to drill to beat Barkley’s team with Reggie Miller?
"Three-point shots are already ridiculous enough, which bastard came up with the four-point shot idea?" After the game, Jordan, who even made two more shots than Barkley’s team based solely on shooting numbers, angrily complained about the rules.
To this, Barkley taunted Jordan, "We’re not the only ones who can shoot four-pointers. If you have what it takes, you shoot them too, why, can’t hit it?"
If Qin Yue remembers correctly, in his memory, those who could dominate the BIG3 league were mostly players with excellent long-range shooting ability.
After all, in a league with limited intensity, where everyone’s physical condition was not as good as before...
Shooting instead would become the easiest way to score.
Especially the highly cost-effective three-point and four-point shots.
But these two...
Happen to be the Achilles’ heel of Jordan’s entire career.
However, in the following games, Jordan still slapped Qin Yue in the face.
Because except for the Barkley team with the Miller bug, the teams led by Payton and Pippen were all taken down by Jordan with a magnificent two-point show.
The fact was, in the previous regular-season opening game, Jordan’s team only lost to Miller, who frequently nailed four-point shots in the game.
Yet...
In the second encounter between Jordan’s team and Barkley’s team, Jordan, who had thoroughly learned from his experience, gave Qin Yue a good lesson.
In limited defensive intensity, Jordan specifically assigned a team member to stick to Miller.
Although under the default BIG3 league defensive standard, Miller could still obtain some shooting space, at ultra-long range, even Miller couldn’t achieve perfect accuracy.
As a result, this revenge battle was indeed won back by Jordan using two-pointers.
After the game, Jordan poked at Barkley’s incredibly round belly, "Fat slob, didn’t you say I wouldn’t score even a point? How come I scored nearly 60 points in two games?"
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