In Charlotte under the faint sunlight, Michael Jordan sat on his Maybach.

The cars rushed all the way, the familiar streets, the familiar buildings, and the familiar trees and flowers all passed through the car windows...

Soon, Jordan arrived at his destination, the Bobcats' training hall.

The training hall is a bit old, and you can only see from the outside. The gray exterior walls, the railings at the entrance are covered with rust, and the parking lot is also overgrown with weeds.

Although the Bobcats were newly built in 2004, their facilities and stadiums are all old.

This is related to their original intention of building the team. In 2002, the Hornets moved out of Charlotte. As compensation, the league agreed to form a new team in Charlotte, with multiple consortiums participating in the bidding, including a consortium led by Larry Bird.

But in the end, the bid was won by the investment group led by Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment TV. Robert Johnson also became the first black boss in NBA history, which was a bit politically correct.

After the plan was put forward for the formation of the team, the Charlotte Municipal Government also began to promote a proposal to build a new stadium in order to show its sincerity, but unfortunately it was not passed.

As compensation, the City of Charlotte decided to adopt another plan to increase taxes on the Charlotte hotel and leisure industry, providing funding for possible future stadiums.

emmm… Everything is just a promise, nothing practical.

There is no new stadium, nor a new training hall, everything about the Bobcats must be used by the Hornets.

Entering the training hall, Jordan began his work.

First, he went to the training ground, stood on the sidelines, and watched the team's training for a while.

Bernie Bicksdaff is the current head coach of the Bobcats. Since the Bobcats started, he has been the head coach of the Bobcats. This year is its third season.

In three seasons, the Bobcats have not entered the playoffs, and they can't even see a slight improvement.

This made Jordan, who had taken over the team to manage for a season, was very dissatisfied. He already had the idea of ​​changing his coach.

After staying in the training ground for half an hour, Jordan turned around and left.

On the way to the office, he met Robert Johnson, the big boss of the team who had not appeared in Charlotte for a long time.

"Long time no see, Michael..."

"It's true that I haven't met for a long time. You suddenly came to visit. Is there anything wrong?"

Robert Johnson nodded slightly.

"Okay, then go to the office and say."

In the office, Jordan's long-haired, big-wave assistant brought coffee, and when he went out, he brought the door with him.

"Tell me, Robert."

"I went to the city government and the proposal for the new stadium was rejected again. Sean Thomas of the Sports Department told me that if the new stadium passes the vote successfully, the Bobcats' record will not be so bad..."

Jordan nodded: "I know, so, I'm already starting to change my handsome guys."

"Swap Bernie? Indeed, Bernie has been working for three years and has made no progress. It's time to replace him, but what I want to say is that changing coach is just one step."

Robert Johnson took a sip of coffee and continued:

"We need an All-Star, an All-Star player who can lead the Bobcats into the playoffs."

Jordan shook his head: "A All-Star player? It's easy to say..."

"No matter how difficult it is, we have to work hard, right?"

"That's all-star, not the street girl on Seventh Avenue, grabbing a lot..."

Jordan still shook his head, but Robert Johnson came up with a specific trading strategy: "I have an idea."

After a moment, Jordan protested loudly: "Absolutely not possible, Robert, I'm very useful in this lottery ticket!"

"Listen, Michael, I'm very optimistic about Jason Richardson. His average number is enough to get him to the All-Star. The reason why he doesn't is because he is in the Golden State Warriors, in the West, if he changes to the East, he will definitely be the next All-Star player!"

"It's just a mid-lottery pick. Think about last year, we had a Tanhua lottery, but we chose Adam Morrison who was useless!"

"This year, we can completely avoid making such mistakes again. We can directly use this draft pick to exchange for a current prospective star player and a future All-Star. This is definitely a good business!"

Jordan was silent for a while and had already begun to shake:

"Let's talk about it, Robert, there are three months left before the draft, and we still have time to hesitate and consider..."

After seeing Robert Johnson off, Jordan was stunned and opened the newspapers and magazines in front of him.

"A 17-point victory over the University of Arkansas, and the University of Texas entered the Sweet Sixteen!"

Subtitle: Gemini stars show their power, Kevin Durant and Sheldon Lee scored 57 points together!

"Has the University of Texas entered the Sweet Sixteen? The 16-to-8 game will be held in Winston Salem..."

After thinking about it, Jordan called Big Wave Assistant in: "Please help me order an NCAA game in Winston Salem 4 days later, well, the University of Texas."

...

Spokane, the longhorn was about to set off and headed to Winston-Salem.

As the plane was about to be boarded, Xiao Du stood at the door of the airport shop, staring at the TV inside, and was immersed in the mood.

"The West Side game, Kansas vs. Kentucky?"

Li Ke glanced at it and found that it was the game of his old opponent Kansas.

"Who do you think will win?"

"Of course it's Kansas, and we haven't played Kentucky before, it's vulnerable."

Xiao Du touched her chin: "Do you think Kansas has a chance to rush out of the West Side?"

West End?

Li Ke thought for a moment and thought that there was UCLA in the West District.

UCLA is also an old friend, because Russell Westbrook, Li Ke often pays attention to them.

Although Ben Howard did not give Westbrook a little playing time at the beginning, as the season progressed, Westbrook gradually became a substitute for UCLA and gained some time to play in every game.

Then there will be no problem!

“I support UCLA!”

"Why?"

"Because of Russell Westbrook, I hope to meet him in the final four."

"Okay, then I also hope that the University of North Carolina can give some strength to the other half of the district..."

The other half of the area Xiao Du mentioned refers to the lower half of the east area.

In the upper half, the University of Texas beat Eastern Kentucky and Arkansas to meet with the University of Southern California in the semi-finals.

The second half of the area, Georgetown University with No. 3 seed, met with No. 2 seed University of North Carolina in the semi-finals.

If you fight with each other, the winner will enter the East District final.

The team that won the final will become a member of the final four.

Du Xiao pointed out that the University of North Carolina was because of Ty Lawson. Li Ke wanted to meet Westbrook in the final quarterfinals. Du Xiao naturally wanted to fight Ty Lawson to the death in the finals of the East District.

"Hey, I will prove that my choice is the right one."

In the store, Li Ke bought a sports pictorial.

After boarding the plane, during the long flight, he used the sports pictorial in his hand to learn about the opponents of the next game.

The University of Southern California Trojans, a team that once recruited Li Ke, have also achieved extremely outstanding results this year.

In the Pacific Ten League, they won the third and second place in the regular season and the playoffs.

With the second overall record in the league, they entered March Madness.

Then, in the first two rounds of Crazy Three, they defeated Texas State University and Boston College one after another.

In these two games, Nick Young and Tagibson performed well, one inside and one outside, and performed very well.

"Nick Young... As long as he doesn't go crazy, it shouldn't be a concern. But Tagibson doesn't know who Coach Barnes is going to use to deal with him..."
Chapter completed!