Allen Iverson recently (October 7) gave an interview, revealing his hope that he can serve in the 76ers after retiring: "I have retired for 11 years. I don’t understand why I didn’t somehow become part of the 76ers staff. If I could serve in the 76ers, I would be the happiest person in the world. As for money? It has nothing to do with it. I want to be the team. Help. I don’t understand why I’m not recruited. I always love the 76ers, it’s all love, I just don’t understand (failure to serve) this thing."
Iverson is undoubtedly one of the greatest stars in the history of the 76ers. The fact that a great player is not recruited by the team is not the only problem Iverson has faced. In the 1997-1998 season, Michael Jordan won the 6th NBA championship for the Chicago Bulls, but he still couldn't enter the team's management. The reason is that when the Bulls won their second three consecutive championships that year, Jordan thought he was qualified to stay with the Bulls forever like Magic Johnson and get some shares in return. But the Bulls management broke off Jordan's conjecture. They insisted on rebuilding the team despite Jordan's opposition, and traded away Pippen and head coach Phil Jackson, which eventually led to Jordan's second retirement.
The relentlessness of the Bulls forced Jordan to choose the Washington Wizards when he returned for the second time in 2001, because the then Wizards owner promised to give Jordan a part of the shares, provided that Jordan played for the Wizards. Jordan's second comeback not only saved the sluggish American market and economy after 9/11, but also made the market value of the Washington Wizards soar. But at this time the boss of the Wizards turned back and refused to give Jordan the promised shares. The angry Jordan finally understood that "talking about human relationships" with the team's owner and management is no different from seeking skin with a tiger! So determined to buy and manage his own team independently,So there is now Charlotte Hornets ( Bobcats )!
Jordan, who is the boss, has a lot of stinky "cards". Whether it is a team draft or a player transfer, there is no style of playing time! In 2019, in order to save the luxury tax, Jordan let go of the team's all-star guard Kemba Walker , who has been carefully trained for many years. The current Jordan is exactly the same as the boss of the Bulls and Wizards back then. There is no "human touch" at all. It can be said that he has lived what he and the NBA fans hated!
NBA's money game is destined to be players only tools for the team to make money. Among them, Dern Wade is the most typical representative. In 2010, Wade took the initiative to cut his salary to retain the old captain Haslem, and together with James and Bosh created the Miami Heat The glory of the team's 2 crowns in three years! In 2014, in order to retain LeBron James, Wade stepped out of the contract and took the initiative to cut his salary again, but he was still unable to recover the idea of James returning to his hometown (for details, see my other article "Looking at the NBA from the "Wang Zhelin Transaction Event"" Business Nature and Human Feelings " ).
The house leaked in the evening rain. In February 2016, Bosh suffered a blood clot and declared an indefinite truce. Dern Wade has returned to a state of fighting alone. Also in the summer of , the Flash, who became a free agent, hoped to get a 15 million contract with the Heat, but the president of the team, Parker Riley, did not give enough respect to the Heat's meritorious player! If you want to stay in the team, there is no problem, up to 10 million dollars, don't fall. Later, the Nuggets and the Bulls successively signed more than 20 million contracts. Wade, who was extremely aggrieved in heart, followed the example of James and chose to return to his hometown of Chicago to try to reproduce the glory of the Bulls in Jordan: "I never thought Riley was there. Things are correct, but everything has its own reasons, so I am happy to be able to play for my hometown team. But you know, I learned a lot from it. I learned to grow and improve. I hope to get better because of this."
Everyone knows the following story. Wade, whose competitive state has declined, turned back to the Heat and retired, which is what the team can give to the past. The only star is "human touch"! The 76ers and Celtics let Iverson and Pierce return to their old club. Retire is essentially the same as Wade. When your immediate combat power does not help the team, it is when you are "disgusted" by the team! Letting you come back and retire is considered the best! Like Jordan, Wade didn't get the corresponding respect in the Miami Heat, but in the end the Flash owned his own shares in the Utah Jazz, and it was much easier than flying Jordan's "can't ask for it".
Compared to the Bulls, 76ers and Celtics, the Dallas Mavericks, Lakers and Spurs can be regarded as the three most "humane" teams in the NBA. In 2014, Nowitzki once rejected the Rockets’ four-year 97 million contract and accepted the 3-year 25 million contract from the Mavericks. It is precisely because of the initiative to cut the salary of the German tanks that the joining of the "high, rich and handsome" Parsons was completed. In his 21-year career, Nowitzki has cut the salary of Lone Ranger by US$194 million.At the end of his career, Lone Ranger boss Cuban gave him the greatest respect in his career. In 2016, the 38-year-old Dirk , who was in a complete decline, still had an annual salary of 25 million, and Cuban could have been as cruel as Riley treated Wade.
April 11, 2019, Dern Wade ended his career at the Heat’s home game farewell. When the fans were still immersed in grief, Another tearful news came from the lone ranger on the other side. Nowitzki also announced his retirement. In the last home game of his career against the Suns, Cuban made a solemn gesture to Nowitzki. Commitment: " I promise you will have a job for the rest of your life, no matter which position you like. I promise that your jersey will be retired, and I promise to create the largest statue in history for you, right at the entrance of the stadium. Thank you, Thank you to everyone on this journey. We have had peaks and valleys, but we will never meet someone like you again, thank you, Dirk! ”
2019, Magic Johnson resigned from the post of President of Lakers Operations, Kobe's name appeared in the list of successors, although the Lakers eventually abolished the setting of this position, it also reflects how high Kobe's position in the Lakers is. NS. On January 27, 2020, the great Kobe Bryant left us forever. If nothing else, he could have assumed an important position for the Lakers at some point in the future.
2016,In order to show respect to Kobe, the Los Angeles Lakers lost half a season of rebuilding time and the opportunity to train young people to give way to Kobe Bryant, who brought them 5 championships, to perform a retired performance! May be afraid of facing the same retirement journey as Kobe, Duncan chose to retire quietly in the offseason of the same year, but the San Antonio Spurs did not forget the contribution of the minister. After retiring, Duncan took the time to return to the team and briefly became a member of the Spurs coaching staff in the 2019-2020 season. In September of this year, Ginobili also returned to the team as a special consultant for basketball operations. According to the author's understanding, the Spurs' approach to meritorious players should be the treatment Iverson wanted to get with the Philadelphia 76ers at the beginning of the article! (end)
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