The rest is just noise

Jordan isn't the only old star to bid farewell to the court this summer.

Scottie Pippen, 38, becomes a free agent this summer.

At the end of his career, he is an unpopular veteran. The most important thing is that he has no roots.

Since being traded to New York by Louis in the summer of 1995, he has embarked on a road without roots. He has been at odds with all the teams he played for. This annoying ability was only achieved by Kyrie and Irving twenty years later.

Can be compared.

Now, Pippen wants to find a place to retire, but the only big contract he got is a fat contract from the CBA league in a big eastern country. With Pippen's character, it is naturally impossible for him to lower his status and play in some CBA.

Pippen, who had no team to support him, chose to retire.

Despite the hasty ending, Pippen will still be remembered as one of the top all-around wings in history. In the first half of his career, he served as a deputy to assist the Magic to reach the Finals several times but encountered the Knicks dynasty in its heyday, so he failed. But he

He did not fail like Jordan. In the 1995-96 season, he won the championship with the Knicks and became a member of the championship club.

Louis never thought that Pippen in this life would make the words of the brainless Jordan in his previous life come true - Jordan can't win anything without Pippen. Another former superstar who bid farewell to the game is Hakeem...

Olajuwon.

Olajuwon's final wish was not the championship, but the total blocks record. The year before last, Ewing announced his retirement after breaking Sampson's total blocks record. But Olajuwon accepted a basic salary to play for another year.

He used this year to overtake Ewing.

When Olajuwon broke Ewing's record, the orangutan who was broken said proudly: "If I care about basic data, I will play until the age of 45 before retiring."

When Louis attended the lunch meeting, he made a sharp comment on Ewing's words: "If he doesn't care, he should ignore it instead of telling everyone that he doesn't care."

No matter what, Olajuwon succeeded.

He topped the list of blocked shots and set a record that no one has come close to until 2023, as is known to future generations.

However, Olajuwon and Jordan, the two favorites in the 1984 draft, have become championship-less players in this world. One has to lament how strong the effect of a certain loyal butterfly is.

The most ironic thing is that the representatives of the championship clubs in the 1984 class became Stockton and Barkley. The former was the chief guard of the Knicks dynasty, and the latter was the best sixth man of the Lakers dynasty.

Another star player who said goodbye to the fans was Karl Malone, who had a successful career with the Lakers.

As the Lakers failed in the 2003 playoffs, Malone, whose dream of consecutive championships was shattered, no longer had any pursuits. Then there was John Stockton, who directly announced his retirement after helping the team acquire Wilson through a sign-trade.

In addition to Jordan, Pippen, Olajuwon, Malone, and Stockton, two other stars that no one cares about have also retired. They are Spurs center David Robinson and Timberwolves power forward Danny

Manning.

Needless to say more about the former, the latter is entirely due to his losing control of his body shape at the end of his career, his strength plummeting, and his poor popularity. Like Pippen, he has no team to welcome him, and he has no choice but to retire if he can no longer survive.

The faces of the older generation have gradually changed.

The few who are still playing are basically semi-retired.

There is no one like Benjamin Wilson who can still win the championship. Even Wilson has a very clear plan for the future.

Before the new season even started, Benj sent an obvious signal through his agent: next season will be his last. The 36-year-old Wilson is no longer young.

Returning to New York, his goal is to win another championship.

Regardless of success or failure next season, he will choose to leave.

As he gets older, he can clearly feel his degradation and inability to handle the game. The Knicks have excellent competitiveness. If he cannot lead this team to win the championship, it only means that he is not strong enough and should retire.

Already.

If he succeeds, he

Will shed tears of satisfaction and announce his retirement with the most graceful gesture in history. It is not advisable to play until the age of 40 like Sampson, Ewing, and Jordan did.

At that age, the pride of youth has become a slave to the accumulation of statistics, as if that is something more important than the championship. If Jordan can resist the temptation to win the total scoring title, Wilson will not be attracted by that kind of thing.

Already.

He just wants to use a championship to make his perfect ending. Ewing has been in frequent contact with Louis recently.

Not since Louis left New York has his relationship with Ewing been so close.

It wasn't that Ewing suddenly realized how good Louis was, but that he had more important things to ask Louis for advice. After retiring, Ewing, unwilling to be lonely, took a media job at ESPN.

He wants to make sure his name doesn't disappear in the industry. His goal is to become the owner of an NBA team. The problem is, he doesn't have enough financial resources.

Although he has dominated New York for many years, he does not know how to use his success to fill his pockets like Wilson. In the early and middle stages of Ewing's career, he even actively refused sponsors who wanted to give him money.

It wasn't until Wilson made a lot of money through New York, one of the largest markets, by relying on his performance and achievements on the court that he became jealous and wanted to follow suit.

But at that time, Ewing's money-making opportunity had passed. So he had no choice but to accept everyone who came, including the endorsement of Pepsi-Cola.

Of course Pepsi-Cola is not bad, but Ewing is very aware of Louis' admiration for Coca-Cola and his disdain for Pepsi. He was often laughed at by Louis because of this.

But after all, who can have trouble with money?

Even if Ewing's subsequent performance was recognized by some sponsors, the commercial value of center players will never be comparable to that of strikers like Wilson.

What's more, he has double digits of illegitimate children.

It is remarkable that he can insist on being responsible for his own profits and losses after retiring, ensuring that his assets do not shrink, and even having spare money to consider buying an NBA team.

However, although he is rich, with Ewing's financial resources, it is almost impossible to own an NBA team. At most, he will become a minority shareholder of a certain team.

Next summer, the NBA will expand with a new team in Charlotte. This is Ewing's goal.

He is thinking about recruiting a few old brothers to join him in running the team together.

"You'd better not take advantage of Charlotte's new team." Louis reminded him. Ewing was puzzled: "Why?"

"Because you have no money and no qualifications to run a team, the league will not allow people like you to own a team." Louis mocked, "How can anyone like you go to the Olympic Games to compete in the Olympic Games before you can walk?

A meter racer?"

"Then where do I learn to walk?" "Come to Boston." "Boston?"

"The Gaston family has financial problems, and they are planning to liquidate their shares in the team to plug the hole in their business." Ewing hesitated.

The expansion team's value is less than half that of the Celtics.

With Ewing's financial resources, he can hold at least 30% of the shares of the expansion team. If he invests in the Celtics, he may only hold a little over 10% of the shares.

"But... Celtic shares are very expensive..."

Louis snorted, "I didn't ask you to invest all your money. What I mean is, you invest some money in the Celtics first, become a small shareholder, and then consider other things. You don't understand anything now,

Even if you become the team owner, you can't run the team well."

To put it bluntly, Ewing was finally moved. Louis didn't have to insist on Ewing.

It's just that Ewing just had this idea now, so he pulled him over. If it doesn't work, let him take over when Benj retires next year. The reason why Louis wants an influential star like Ewing to be a small shareholder of the team

It's all about the future.

Although Louis' plan is close to bankruptcy, if Wade unfortunately encounters a season-ending injury in the future, then Louis will have a window to form a black-free team.

At that time, if someone accuses him of racism, he will take advantage of the situation and play the Ewing card.

, tell the little guys to shut up.

President Lu can accept others saying that he is racist, and after all, he is really a bit racist, but can Ewing still be racist to his own ethnic group? With him as a former NBA superstar and the adaptive No. 1 center in history,

The guarantee of a heavyweight who is also the pride of the black community can at least give Louis a window of one season.

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