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Chapter 1982 On the road of growth

"As early as I signed Jordan, I told you that Jordan is not an ordinary star, nor is he a superstar." Yin Jun said, "He is a man who can represent basketball in the future! We, Nike, must tie him up and use his strength and influence to rush to the whole world!"

"Is it possible?" Phil Knight said helplessly, "Jordan's achievements must be great, I admit it. But can basketball be popular all over the world? Can it compare football, baseball, rugby, ice hockey?"

"What is ice hockey?" Yin Jun coughed lightly, "I tell you, Lao Fei, what is important is not the present, but the future! Look at the current N.BA president David Stern, who is so stunning and capable of him? Since he took office last year, he has been to more than 30 countries to promote our basketball. With him, are you still afraid that basketball will not be popular all over the world?"

Basketball is a good sport, but something strange is that its huge influence is actually maintained in China and the United States.

Especially China, it is like n.ba’s super overseas market, with a lot of die-hard fans.

Jordan, Rodman, Barkley, Karl Malone and others created the first N.BA fans.

Later, Iverson, O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Duncan and others continued to win over the second batch of Chinese hardcore basketball fans.

Even in another ten years, James, Paul, Curry, Durant, etc. can still make countless Chinese basketball fans obsessed with it.

Among these people, superstars emerge, but in terms of global influence, Jordan is the most famous one.

The name Jordan has gone beyond the scope of basketball, and no matter which industry, there are fans.

Compared with the king of football Maradona and others, they are more famous and admirable.

In fact, Jordan has many shortcomings, but he knows how to be a human being. David Stern and his agent know how to pack, so Jordan became a god.

Yin Jun didn't ask about the various twists and turns in the middle, he just needed to know that Jordan was the God of Basketball in the end. No one except him could reach his level, which was enough.

With Jordan to support Nike, it gradually became the world's number one sports goods company.

The boy who knew the result, of course, wanted to completely win over Jordan before he had established his position.

However, Phil Knight's meaning was still a little uncertain.

Even if Yin Jun moved out of David Stern, the same is true.

"Let's watch this matter slowly." Phil Knight pondered for a moment, but still insisted on his own words. "A 20-year contract is definitely not short, wait until he has greater value! Nike will not dare to sign a contract with him because of his high price."

The price of Jordan is probably high as you can't imagine!

Yin Jun felt in his heart, but in fact he had no intention of forcing Phil Knight.

After all, Nike is still in charge. Although Yin Jun took 20% of the shares, he did not interfere with his ideas.

While the two of them were talking, the DJ on the scene had already started to build various momentum, and the atmosphere on the court was gradually becoming hot.

Especially when the players of their own team came back, there were bursts of screams and applause, which made people think it was a party.

Looking at such a lively scene, Phil Knight felt a little envious, "Jun, have you considered adding another shareholder to the New York Kirin team?"

"No."

Yin Jun refused without thinking, "But Lao Fei, I can tell you in advance that my players, you should hurry up! Not only Jordan needs to renew his contract, but the same goes for others! A three to five-year contract is really not enough for others to poach."

"Don't worry, am I such a stupid person?" Phil Knight laughed, "Everything is at your control! We will renegotiate the contract after the holiday after this game."

Speaking of this, Phil Knight patted Yin Jun on the shoulder, "Jun, thank you, you have brought us such a group of energetic geniuses!"

He said this with sincerity.

Anyone can see that whether it is Michael Jordan, Barkley, Stockton, or Karl Malone, they all have the strength of superstars.

Although the latter may not be as radiant as Michael Jordan, there is no problem in becoming a first-class superstar in the future.

Such a group of people were included in Nike's command just after they debuted, which made Phil Knight feel confident and ready to promote them.

He was just quarrel with Yin Jun. In fact, Phil Knight had already discussed Nike's global promotion with David Stern, and both of them would spend a lot of money to cooperate with the promotion.

One is for the n.ba alliance and the other is for Nike, but the purpose is the same, of course it is to cooperate sincerely.

The two of them were talking here, and the competition had already begun.

Michael Jordan is worthy of being the future basketball god. He made two forced breakthroughs at the beginning and scored five points in a row.

But Johnson, the Lakers spiritual leader over there, did not panic. He began to organize the offense at his own pace, interspersed, ran, responded, and shot... With this, he actually made the New York Kirin team 27:18 at the end of the first quarter.

The New York Kirin team was 9 points behind in the first quarter, which was completely unexpected.

But even Yin Jun, a half-baked fan, could see that Johnson is in very good shape today. He led all Lakers players alone. Out of 27 points, 5 of them were all accounted for, and also created two fouls for Barkley and one foul for Jack Sikma.

On the New York Kirin team, Jack Sikma and Karl Malone's cooperation today was very unsatisfactory, and they were repeatedly restrained by the opponent and could not cooperate.

Stockton was forced to break in on the wing and could not break in. He could only rely on Michael Jordan's strong personal ability to score.

However, when everyone was expecting Michael Jordan to turn the tide, the super rookie really couldn't beat him.

Although he scored 10 points in the first quarter, scored 9 points in the second quarter, and scored 15 points when he was seriously lagging behind by more than 20 points in the third quarter, he also scored 15 points, but this was guaranteed by sacrificing the offensive ability of all teammates.

The repeated breaks into the rebounds and the repeated attacks cost Jordan a lot of energy, so that he only scored 3 points in the fourth quarter.

However, under the leadership of Johnson, four players scored more than 20 points. In addition, Johnson suddenly started his own performance in the fourth quarter, and scored 20 points alone.

In the end, the New York Kirin lost the seventh inning of the finals with 103:123 points, and finally sent the Los Angeles Lakers to the throne of this year's championship.

When David Stern handed the trophy to Johnson, Jordan, who was sitting off the court, hugged his head and cried.

This scene was shown on the big screen on the scene, and all the audience was moved.

Even after seeing this, Johnson walked over, hugged Jordan, patted him on the back, and said something loudly to him.

No matter how Johnson comforted Jordan, in this finals and the efforts of this year, Jordan and the entire New York Kirin team did not win the biggest victory.

Yin Jun was not surprised by this accident.

Under the leadership of Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers have entered the finals for several consecutive years, and are very skilled and experienced in cooperation.

No matter how strong the New York Kirin team is, it is not as familiar as others' light cars, let alone Johnson now, which is much stronger than Jordan.

Young people always make mistakes, not to mention that when they fought against the Celtics before, they played seven games, which had already consumed a lot of energy.

But Yin Jun was not very satisfied with the coach of the New York Kirin team.

Because when the team was behind and when Jordan fell into a single fight, he didn't have a good arrangement at all.

For example, if the team is behind, he should keep his position stable and do a good job of defense.

But the coach just shouted desperately to let them attack again, but Johnson led the rhythm and could only circle around them.

When Jordan was in a single fight, he should send players who could play pick-and-roll with Jordan and make room for Jordan.

But he still doesn't. He just believes in Jordan's ability and hopes to watch Jordan turn the tide himself.

If it was Jordan 10 years later, there was nothing to say that Jordan himself could be better than Johnson today on the court, and even better than him.

However, Jordan today was the first season of his career. Where did he have such rich experience and so many leaders’ talents have been revealed?

So when meeting a superstar like Johnson, he had to fight with them, and he had no chance of winning at all, but the head coach did it.

Yin Jun looked at Phil Jackson on the coach's seat. This Zen master who was not a bearded man was looking at the stadium in a daze, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Still too young!

The boy resisted the hope of letting him get on the run next season, and decided to let him hone his skills for another year and observe Jordan and the others for more than one year off the court, so as to tailor-made tactics for Jordan and others.

To put it bluntly, it is the "triangle tactic", which is known as the most suitable tactic for Jordan.

With the existence of Pippen and Rodman, this tactic is invincible and brings great glory to Jordan.

Jordan's helpers are no worse than Pippen and Rodman in this life. There is no reason why a champion coach like Phil Jackson cannot find a tactic that suits them!

As for those players, those geniuses...

Yin Jun also felt that failure was not a bad thing for them.

A high spirit and talent are all very good.

But if you look down on the heroes of the world because of this and think that success will come easily, that would be bad.

It's pretty good now.

The Los Angeles Lakers gave them a good moment to let them know what the real championship team is!

With such a lesson on the road to growth, I think they will learn from their experiences and continue to grow next year!
Chapter completed!
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