Chapter 66: You told me this is forty-six years old?



One thing Xu Yong could be sure of was that Jordan definitely had an impression of him in the NCAA final a month ago.

So Jordan is a forgetful person, so he has forgotten about him completely?

How is that possible!

No matter how busy Jordan is, his memory of such a big occasion cannot disappear so quickly.

So the only explanation is that Jordan did it on purpose.

It was also at this moment that Xu Yong remembered the media's reports on Jordan's narrow-mindedness.

He originally thought that it was a daily media report to discredit Jordan, but now it seems that media reports are sometimes not completely groundless.

Xu Yong... gladly accepted Jordan's unreasonable request.

Even though the other person is his idol, if he doesn't dare to accept the invitation from a 46-year-old and 3-month-old guy, then he is not himself.

Even after he walked up to Jordan, he didn't forget to ask, "Do you need some time to warm up?"

Jordan was stunned.

Every summer, he returns to the United Center to play a few times, which has become a part of his retirement life.

It would have been later in previous years, but this year Grover was holding a training camp at the United Center and invited him in advance as a mystery guest.

He may not give face to others, but since this old friend invited him, he naturally would not refuse.

Of course, in order to better support the performance, he trained for more than a month in advance to recover his body.

As someone who never gives up, he will embrace challenges at any time and in any place and take them seriously.

Unexpectedly, he met Xu Yong here.

Don't even mention why it is impossible for him not to know what Xu Yonglai said. For him, who makes millions every minute, he would only care about who will participate in this training camp when he has nothing better to do.

So when he saw Xu Yong for the first time he was very surprised, and then he became excited.

This guy lost North Carolina a month ago, and it was done in front of him. Afterwards, he was ridiculed by the media for a while. He used to "lose every time he gambles", but now it has become "lose every time he plays".

As the great god of basketball, he certainly would not keep these little things in mind, but since there is such an opportunity, he naturally would not let it go.

So he called Xu Yong a caddy, wanting to give Xu Yong a warning, at least to see Xu Yong's helpless look.

After all, Xu Yong had already said that he was his fan.

But he never expected that Xu Yong was not panicked at all, but asked him if he wanted to warm up?

You are a fake fan!

"No, there's no need." Jordan came wearing training clothes today, and he didn't even take off his training clothes when he said this.

So, on one side, Xu Yong thought "I can't beat a 46-year-old man", and on the other side, Jordan thought "I need to take off my training clothes to beat a college student like you", the two men walked to the half court and started a one-on-one bullfight.

Then soon, expressions of surprise appeared on both of their faces.

What surprised Jordan was Xu Yong's ability to fight.

Since becoming a minority owner of the Bobcats, Jordan has developed a habit of competing with Bobcats players during the season, so he has a relatively good understanding of the abilities of current NBA players.

It can only be summed up in one sentence: Why have today's players become so soft?

But after a while, he found that Xu Yong's confrontation was actually stronger than most of the Bobcats players.

What surprised Xu Yong was Jordan's mobility.

Xu Yong was not surprised at Jordan's skills, because skills are mostly muscle memory, and judging from Jordan's appearance, he should have continued training after retirement.

The key is mobility, this swift breakthrough and smooth mid-range shot, you're telling me this is 46 years old?!

The situation is quite tense.

And after realizing that it was difficult for either of them to win easily, both of them began to subconsciously engage in physical confrontation.

So the bullfight quickly turned from a tense situation to a physically intense one.

Jordan: Damn it! If word gets out that I lost to a college student, how will I, the God of Basketball, keep my reputation?

Xu Yong: Damn it, if word gets out that I lost to the 46-year-old Jordan, I’ll never play in the NBA again!

Because the game was so intense, Jordan started to talk trash: "What kind of post-up technique is this? I used it better than you when I was in elementary school!"

Xu Yong was naturally not willing to be outdone. It is true that you are my idol, but let’s be honest, no matter who talks trash to him on the court, he will talk back.

"Is this the level of the basketball god? If you hadn't retired early, I would have definitely defeated you on the court!"

Trash talk, why am I being polite to you?

Just as the bullfight between the two men was becoming more intense, they were completely unaware that two figures had appeared at the door.

One is Tim Grover, the organizer of this training camp, and the other is Vinny DeNagro, the current head coach of the Bulls.

The former met the latter on his way here, and upon hearing that Jordan was here, De Nagro came over to say hello.

At this time, when they saw the two people fighting bulls in the training hall, they were shocked even though they didn't know why.

Especially to Xu Yong.

DeNagro played in the NBA for 14 years, most of which overlapped with Jordan.

As "experienced people", they have nothing but respect and even fear for Jordan.

You have to know that Jordan was not a good person when he was a player. He had a nickname called "Court Tyrant".

But this little guy in front of me was actually trash-talking with Jordan...

Finally, this 21-point bullfight came to the final stage.

Jordan's physical strength obviously began to decline after the fierce confrontation, and although Xu Yong also consumed a lot of physical energy, he was young and strong after all.

With a change of direction, Xu Yong shook off Jordan and quickly broke into the inside. Then he held his breath, jumped high and slammed the ball into the basket.

21 to 18.

Xu Yong became the final winner.

After landing, Xu Yong wanted to roar, but he couldn't catch his breath.

This kind of bullfighting that starts without any warm-up is just like rushing in without any foreplay, which is too fierce.

Fortunately, he won. Although beating the 46-year-old Jordan is nothing to brag about, for him it was enough not to lose.

Jordan's face looked particularly scary.

He took off his training suit and said to Xu Yong in a tone that could not be refused: "One more game."

Although they had consumed a lot of physical energy just now, it was equivalent to a high-intensity anaerobic exercise, so they still had some physical strength.

Xu Yong waved his hand and pointed to the door.

He had already seen the two people standing at the door just now.

Although he didn't know what Grover looked like, he should be one of the two.

Jordan turned around and saw the two of them. He frowned, as if he was quite dissatisfied with their arrival.

However, he did not continue to compete with Xu Yong. After all, if he continued in front of acquaintances, he would seem really narrow-minded.

Seeing that the bullfight was over, Grover and Denagro came over to say hello.

"What is this?" Denagro looked at Xu Yong in confusion.

Jordan did not answer. He could not say that Xu Yong was a caddy because judging from the time, Grover and others should have seen him lose to Xu Yong. If he talked about the caddy again, it would be more embarrassing for him to lose to a caddy than to a college student.

Of course, he didn't say who Xu Yong was. How could he introduce the person who had just defeated him?

Fortunately, Grover guessed Xu Yong's identity because Schwartz was the only Chinese player found for him in this training camp.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be Xu Yong from this year's NCAA champion Arizona State University, who won the MOP this year?" After all, Grover has worked with Jordan for nearly 20 years, so he knows Jordan very well.

Sure enough, after adding these prefixes, Jordan's expression obviously eased a lot.

Xu Yong smiled and extended his hand to Grover: "It's me, hello Mr. Grover, it's an honor to participate in the training camp you organized."

Grover couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

These refreshing words and humble and sunny attitude are completely different from the trash talk he directed at Jordan during the bullfight.

This young man is really interesting.

He smiled and shook hands with Xu Yong and was deeply impressed by him.

Before long, people from the training camp arrived at the training hall one after another, and Grover's training camp began.

The entire training camp will last for three days.

Like Xu Yong, most of the participants in the training camp are college students.

They were all very excited when they saw Jordan.

Jordan was eager to try when he saw them.

So, on the first day of the training camp, Jordan kept coming down to give "friendly" guidance to these college students.

It's a pity for these college students. After being educated by the 46-year-old Jordan, they finally understand the true meaning of the nickname "old rogue".

This made Grover feel helpless.

But there's nothing we can do about it, he's Jordan.

He then turned his gaze to Xu Yong, who was sitting on the sidelines to rest and was already a "free-from-inspection product" in Jordan's eyes, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.


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