Basketball Fanatic: Genius Is on the Left

The largest contract in history was born!

After the new labor agreement was finalized, Zuo Li once again dominated the basketball headlines everywhere.

As the most successful junior in history, Zuo Li finally got a big contract that can match his achievements.

All of a sudden, the outside world was turbulent, envious, jealous, congratulatory, congratulatory...

All kinds of emotions were stirred up because of Zuo Li's contract.

"Zuo Li has a chance to become the highest paid player in NBA history!"

ESPN's report added fuel to the flickering flames as fans wondered how much Zuo Li would be paid when he retired.

But as the center of the storm, Zuo Li was not as excited as people expected.

This is normal, after all, just two days before he signed with the Knicks, he just completed a blockbuster deal worth 1 billion US dollars. It's just a little bit of a big deal.

And earlier, Zuo Li had a net worth of hundreds of millions, and now this contract is nothing more than icing on the cake, proving Zuo Li's strength on the basketball court.

Of course, being able to prove himself with his salary is already one of the highest honors on the basketball court. It would be hypocritical to say that he is not happy at all, but Zuo Li really cannot be happy at this moment.

Because although it was delayed by some time compared to the original universe, what is coming will come after all, and the big event in Zuo Li's memory still happened according to the original inertia.

At eight o'clock in the evening on December 6, Zuo Li received a phone call.

Half an hour after putting down the phone, Zuo Li opened his INS and saw the number one hot search.

Open the trending search, and what appears is a fat man's iconic smile. The provocative movements combined with the fat figure make people laugh.

However, the text that matches this picture makes people unable to laugh out loud, because on this day, the most dominant center in NBA history, the eternal "big shark", Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement, ending his 19-year career. years of career.

"This day has finally come." Zuo Li silently nodded his likes and opened the comments, wanting to give the legend and big brother his retirement blessings.

But the finger stopped on the screen.

What can I say?

Zuo Li was lost in thought.

How to describe this legendary player?

Zuo Li silently opened O'Neill's career data.

Shaquille O'Neal's 19-year NBA career averaged 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game; his total career scoring totaled 28,596 points, 13,099 rebounds, and a shooting percentage of 58.2%.

In the past 19 years, O'Neal won the NBA championship 4 times, was elected to the NBA regular season MVP 1 time, was elected to the FMVP 3 times, was selected to the NBA All-Star team 15 times and was elected to the NBA All-Star MVP 3 times, and was selected to the NBA All-NBA Team 8 times. , Selected to the NBA All-NBA Second Team 4 times, 2 times to the NBA All-NBA Third Team, 3 times to the NBA All-Defensive Team 3 times, and was elected to the NBA scoring champion 2 times. And in 1996, he was selected as the NBA's top 50 historical players.

The data is perfect, and it is the dream of any center to get such data in his whole life.

But unfortunately, data is not all that O'Neal left to the NBA.

He's an offbeat big man in the NBA. He is amiable, with a big grin, and a silly smile but always a non-stop silly smile. He flirted with players and fans, joked wildly in front of the camera, and let kids ride him like a teddy bear.

Whenever he sees O'Neal's naive smiling face, Zuo Li always sees such a scene in front of his eyes. O'Neal holds the ball, his back to the basket, his center of gravity is pressed down, and he leans back slightly. Defensive players pushed and shoved desperately, trying to keep the Sharks away from the basket. The defense team made up in time, and two, three, or even four surrounded O'Neal. Suddenly he turned back, a turning speed that was not commensurate with his huge body, strode to the basket with more than two defensive players on his body, took off, dunked, and the ground shook.

Sharks sit on the basket and bring disaster to the world. Every night, every player he played against was a torture. The shark's body is extremely strong, but its feet are fast and flexible, and its back turn is especially fast. Defensive players often push and block with all their strength, but suddenly their eyes go dark, and then they hang on the giant beast involuntarily and take off.

But it's not all good, at least they have the opportunity to appear in the major highlights and become alternative highlight fighters.

O'Neal is a legend in the NBA.

Thinking of this, Zuo Li no longer struggled. He didn't need to evaluate O'Neal's career. The outside world had its own opinion, and what he had to do was to bless Shaq.

"Happy retirement, start a new stage, old man, it's my regret that I didn't play against you at the peak, I wish you happiness in the days to come, bless you, my friend."

After Zuo Li finished his evaluation, he put down his phone and let out a breath.

The legend will eventually come to an end, and he will also have this day in the future. All they have to do is to not leave any regrets in their limited career.

However, it is so difficult not to leave any regrets. Although countless people feel that O'Neill is a waste of talent, his achievements have killed 99% of the players in seconds. What is even more valuable is that he has completed 99% of his goals as a player.

Big contracts, popularity, championships, personal honors... O'Neal has everything.

But not everyone will have the opportunity like O'Neal.

On December 10, 4 days after Ao Pang announced his retirement, just as people were sighing for the end of an era, another news came.

Dayao, who was far away in Shanghai, held a press conference. At the press conference, Dayao announced his retirement, ending his short and brilliant basketball career.

For a while, the public was in an uproar and the fans lost their voices.

The two legendary centers announced their retirement at the same time within a week, making all fans overwhelmed.

Some fans even exclaimed: "The era of center forwards ended so suddenly?!"

As a friend of Dayao, brother UU reading www.uukanshu.com, Zuo Li also knew about this matter early on. In fact, the two had discussed this issue many times last season. Zuo Li even invited Dayao to the Knicks. Si, but was rejected by Dayao.

He has his pride, and for him, so far, that's enough.

Yao Ming was selected by the Rockets in the first round of the 2002 draft. He has always played for the Rockets in his NBA career. He represented the team in 486 games, including 476 starts. He averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage was 52.4%. The rate is 83.3%, 8 times selected to the All-Star, twice into the second team of the best team of the season, and 3 times of the third team of the best team of the season. Yao Ming scored a total of 9,247 points, 4,494 rebounds, 920 blocks, 3,380 free throws and 2,485 free throws for the Rockets. All five statistics entered the Rockets' top ten. Yao Ming led the Rockets to the playoffs 4 times and reached the Western Conference semifinals in 2009. Yao Ming averaged 19.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game in the playoffs.

Although in terms of career, Dayao cannot be compared with O'Neal, but also, what Yao brings to the NBA is not just the data itself.

What Zuo Li remembers most is that before every game of the Chinese men's basketball team in the 2008 Olympic Games, Yao Ming would call his teammates to his side and shout loudly: "Today, we entrust ourselves to the motherland, and we will go all out!"

It is undeniable that because of Yao Ming, many Chinese fans began to pay attention to the NBA, and because of Yao Ming, many Chinese fans have the Rockets complex. He has also become a bridge between China and the United States, making countless Chinese young people fall in love with basketball and the NBA.

Dayao is a legend, well deserved.

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