NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 190 Tragic Celebration
When the final whistle blew, Armstrong and Ed Nery rushed into the court dancing. It was their first championship, and unlike other Bulls players, they were very excited.

"Oh, you haven't seen the world." Grant snorted.

"I remember you were more excited than them when we won the championship last year. You seemed to have cried."

Everyone laughed after Meng Jin finished speaking. This was the most relaxing moment for the Bulls this entire season. They had been through a lot this season, with core players quarreling, record fluctuations, and the coach being fired...

But these experiences are nothing at this moment because they are the champions.

All the Bulls players took turns to lift the championship trophy. Coach Bach had tears in his eyes. He was the least understood one. The outside world thought it was easy to win the championship with the ace duo of Meng Jin and Jordan. Only he and the people around him understood the difficulties and bitterness. Just putting Meng Jin and Jordan together to play made Bach exhausted.

Trail Blazers fans generously applauded the Bulls. There is no grudge between the Trail Blazers and the Bulls. They lost this series convincingly. There was a clear gap in the lineup between the two sides.

The playing styles of the two teams are very similar. Adelman had not yet started using the Princeton tactics during this period. He also played the whirlwind fast-break tactics. The Trail Blazers' average points per game has been ranked third in the league this season.

Before the start of the finals, Trail Blazers fans were full of confidence. They felt that the Trail Blazers' firepower was not inferior to the Bulls, but they overlooked one point, which was that the Trail Blazers' average points per game ranked third in the league because their firepower was only third, and the Bulls' average points per game ranked first in the league because there was no higher ranking than first.

The Bulls have more firepower than the Trail Blazers. They have two superstars, which means that the Bulls rarely have a scoring drought in a game. The two superstars have extremely strong hard-solving capabilities, and they can take over the game when the team's tactics fail and the run-and-gun strategy doesn't work.

The Trail Blazers' lineup is very balanced. All five of them can shoot and have strong running ability. All of them have scoring ability, but there is no particularly outstanding scoring point. Drexler is the Trail Blazers' most outstanding player in terms of individual ability, but he averaged only 21.5 points per game in this year's playoffs, which is a level lower than Meng Jin and Jordan.

After the Bulls won the championship again, the fans' view of basketball has changed. In the past, everyone thought that basketball was a game for five people, but now fans think that basketball is a stage for superstars. There is a concept in the fan circle that only with superstars can you win, and team basketball is out of date.

This kind of atmosphere makes old-school coaches hate it. Without exception, old-school coaches advocate team basketball. This is the kind of basketball they have been exposed to since childhood, and this concept is difficult to change.

David Stern is happy that fans have such an idea. He advocates personal heroism in basketball. The reason is very simple. Only stars can attract box office and the basketball market. Team basketball may be a more orthodox basketball, but personal heroism is undoubtedly more suitable for the current development of the NBA.

The fans of team basketball blamed all the faults on Meng Jin and Jordan. What they hope to happen most now is that Meng Jin and Jordan have a fight and then officially break up.

After the game, Trail Blazers players including Drexler hugged and greeted the Bulls players one by one. They had no grudges against the Bulls players and they lost this series with conviction. Trail Blazers fans also gave them applause generously.

Meng Jin was not very familiar with the Trail Blazers players, so he just said a few polite words to each of them and skipped this step.

Then came the awards ceremony. All the Bulls players took turns to hold up the championship trophy. Armstrong asked everyone like a fool: "Where is my championship ring?"

Grant patted his head and said, "Rookie, the rings won't be given out until next season. Are you an NBA player or not?"

Armstrong was so overwhelmed with happiness that he became dazed and his face flushed, as if he had just had an orgasm.

Jordan got the FMVP trophy as he wished. He no longer had to take out the trophy and admire it secretly while Meng Jin was asleep. Jordan said in an interview: "I have now won all the honors an NBA player can get. I am the regular season MVP, I have won the All-Star Game MVP, I have won the best defensive player, I have been in the best team, I have been in the best defensive team, and now I have won the finals MVP. Don't be surprised if I announce my retirement tomorrow. Maybe it's just because I feel there is no challenge anymore."

No one thought Jordan would really retire, everyone knew he was just pretending.

When celebrating in the locker room, Jordan picked up champagne and clinked glasses with Meng Jin. It is said that victory can resolve all conflicts, and this is true. Meng Jin and Jordan looked extremely harmonious tonight.

The day after winning the championship, Krause came personally to talk to Meng Jin about early contract renewal. Meng Jin currently has one year left on his contract with the Bulls, and the contract between the two parties will end in the summer of 1991.

Meng Jin asked Falk to talk to Klaus. Klaus wanted to sign a 7-year, 2500 million contract with Meng Jin. This figure is definitely a top salary in this era. Currently, the highest salary in the league is 375 million per year. The price offered by Klaus is slightly lower than this figure. This is the fat man's usual style of doing things. His style of doing things is to save money wherever possible and leave some room. Falk decisively rejected the offer. They all agreed that the price was too low and the term was too long.

Meng Jin wanted to sign a 2-3 year maximum salary contract. At the end of 1989, NBC, the National Broadcasting Corporation, became the new partner of the NBA with a price of $4 million for four years, beating CBS's price of $6.01 million for four years. It should be noted that CBS's previous broadcasting contract was only $5.3 million for four years. The sharp increase in the broadcasting contract will inevitably lead to a sharp increase in wages. This is why Meng Jin did not renew his contract with the Bulls last summer.

Moreover, as a time traveler, Meng Jin knew that NBC would sign a new contract with the NBA in a few years, and the players' salaries would further inflate at that time.

The income of NBA players is basically linked to the broadcasting contracts. From 1946 to 1973, which was the barren era of television broadcasting, the team's income at that time was only through ticket sales, so the players' salaries were naturally not very high.

1973年到1990年，CBS哥伦比亚广播公司对NBA进行了垄断，经过第二任总裁沃尔顿肯尼迪的不懈努力，1973NBA告知各家广播公司将不再单独售转播合同，后续电视转播必须以整个NBA为整体，随后经过竞标后CBS哥伦比亚公司以3年2700万美元代价击败NBC、SNI、ABC等对手拿到了NBA第一期全美直播权，随后76到78年两年2100万、78-82年7400万、82-86年9190万、86-90年1.73亿美元，从73到90年连续五份合同都被CBS抢了下来，这期间也正是因为有巨额电视转播合同傍身，所以76年NBA才顺利吃掉了长期以来的竞争对手ABA联赛。

The NBA has now entered its third stage, which is the most prosperous stage since its inception.

In the next few days, Klaus was arguing with Meng Jin's team. He felt that the reason Meng Jin was reluctant to sign the contract was because of the salary issue. In fact, in addition to years of service and salary, Meng Jin had another thing to consider, which was whether he wanted to leave or stay.

He can no longer find his initial feeling with the Bulls this season. The internal struggles in the team make him a little tired. This is not the atmosphere he likes. Falk also supports Meng Jin to move to other teams. If Meng Jin stays in the Bulls, he will have conflicts with Jordan from time to time. As their common agent, Falk feels uncomfortable being caught in the middle.

A week later, the Bulls held a city-wide championship parade. This year's parade in Chicago was unprecedentedly grand, with the streets and alleys flooded with a sea of ​​red. Meng Jin sat at the front of the open-top bus, smiling and waving to the fans with his three children in his arms. He brought his three sons on the float today, and also on the float with him were Madonna, Julie Thompson and Mira Sorvino.

The fans are all jealous. Not only is Meng Jin handsome and a good basketball player, he also has three girlfriends!

Actually, Meng Jin didn't want to be so high-profile. He just wanted to share the joy of winning the championship and announce that he had three sons. Meng Jin had done a good job of keeping it secret before, and most fans didn't know that he had children. However, Madonna and Jolie both expressed their concerns about letting Meng Jin take care of the children alone. Meng Jin is a king on the basketball court, but a rookie in taking care of children, so Meng Jin had no choice but to let them get on the float together. Meng Jin lifted his son above his head, and Grant came over at this time: "Meng! Guess what gift I just received? A bra from a beautiful big-breasted blonde girl."

Meng Jin smiled and said, "What did I tell you at the beginning? As long as you play well, you will have everything. You can choose any Chicago girl in the city!"

Grant said with a touched look on his face: "I did it."

Meng Jin touched Grant's head and said, "Yes, you did it. I'm proud of you."

At this time, a voice came from behind: "Damn it @, get that dirty thing off my son's head!"

Grant turned around and saw Madonna rushing towards him aggressively. It turned out that when Grant hugged Meng Jin, she covered her bra on his son's face.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Madonna, I wasn't paying attention." Grant apologized quickly.

"Put that damn thing away. If I see you waving it around my son again, I'm going to kill you!" Madonna yelled at Grant.

"boom!"

At this moment, a gunshot pierced the sky.

Meng Jin turned around fiercely: "Madonna, are you serious?"

Madonna looked horrified: "It's not me."

"Get down!" At this time Meng Jin's bodyguards quickly held down the two men. Meng Jin regretted sitting in the open-top bus today. His mind was full of memories of Kennedy's wild imagination.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the second gunshot rang out, and then there was a commotion among the crowd!

The parade ceremony was forced to stop, and Meng Jin evacuated the scene under the protection of private bodyguards and police. Subsequent speeches and party celebrations were also forced to stop.

Meng Jin could never have imagined that such a bloody scene would happen at the team's championship celebration. Later, the news of the shooting at the Bulls parade celebration quickly appeared on TV. According to the latest statistics, the shooting caused 11 deaths and 5 injuries. One of them was shot to death, and the remaining 1 died in a stampede. Later, the police announced the results of the investigation. The murderer's reason for shooting was very outrageous. He actually wanted to take advantage of the celebration ceremony to rob, but the gun went off accidentally.

ESPN and many other sports media also called the Chicago Bulls' championship parade a "tragic celebration."

After returning home, Meng Jin was still in shock. Madonna said that she would no longer participate in the NBA's celebration parade, and would not let her two sons participate.

Jolie and Mira Sorvino returned to Meng Jin's apartment in Chicago with him.

For the whole day, the entire apartment was filled with a low-pressure atmosphere, and the three of them expressed fear because the shooting took place less than 100 meters away from the float where Meng Jin was.

The next day, Meng Jin received calls from many friends including Donald and Michael Jackson. After hearing about the shooting at the celebration, they all asked about Meng Jin's situation.

Julie Thompson stayed in Meng Jin's apartment for three days, and Mira Sorvino got along well with her, which was beyond Meng Jin's expectations.

On the third night, Meng Jin pulled the two people into the room. He noticed that they were still afraid. Meng Jin was a man of action. He didn't know how to comfort women with words, so he decided to use a 1V2 basketball game to eliminate their fear.

After the battle, Meng Jin chatted with the two. Julie said that she seemed to have become a different person after meeting Meng Jin. Meng Jin released her nature and the beast imprisoned in her heart. Now Julie is no longer the good wife and mother of the past. From time to time, she wants to try something exciting, such as the 1V2 basketball game just now.

Mira Sorvino talked about her dreams and said she has always wanted to act in a movie.

Meng Jin immediately said after hearing this: "I can help you. I have some resources in Hollywood."

Meng Jin does have some resources. He has met a lot of people at parties in recent years, and he also plans to invest in movies. Meng Jin now has more and more spare money in his hands. He is not satisfied with just investing in real estate. He now wants to become real capital.

Some time ago, he discussed with Donald about buying a media company together. Meng Jin did not want to control public opinion to promote himself, but sometimes if you don’t control public opinion, others will control it, and then you will be passive.

As a Chinese, it is still very difficult to buy an American media company, so Meng Jin thought of Donald. He wanted Donald to be in the spotlight while he could hide behind the scenes. In this way, the target would be much smaller.

Mira Sorvino rejected Meng Jin. Mira Sorvino said: "I just like filming. I don't want to be a big star. I have been interested in acting since I was a child. I can start as a small role, slowly accumulate experience, and slowly hone my acting skills."

(End of this chapter)