Chapter 62 Michael Jordan Challenges!
"Michael, watch this!" Scott Pippen pulled Michael Jordan and came to the locker room of the Bulls Training Hall. The TV was replaying Joni's second round dunk against the Spurs.
They were watching the espn channel, and the camera that Joni called was exactly the camera set up by ESPN. ESPN Sports TV has been playing back the goal and Joni's subsequent calls.
"Your dunk is too weak!" Michael Jordan knew that Joni's words were just shouting at him, and some media also thought of it. After all, Joni's second-round dunk is an enhanced version of Michael Jordan's iconic Carolina Windmill. If Joni's shouting was to provoke someone, then that person must be Michael Jordan.
Looking at Joni's Carolina Windmill's enhanced dunk, Michael Jordan tightly pursed his lips and said nothing without saying anything. Joni's dunk already has a new name, because it was dunked in Boston. Referring to Michael Jordan's dunk, Joni's dunk was called the Boston Windmill by Michael Bryn.
Michael Jordan looked at Joni's provocative look and listened to Michael Bryn's various praises to Joni, Michael Jordan gritted his teeth: "Scott, I heard that Joni Lee signed up for this year's slam dunk contest?"
"Yes." Scott Pippen said, then suddenly reacted, shocked: "Michael, you are not going to participate in this dunk contest, are you?"
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Michael Jordan didn't say anything. Scott Pippen knew that Michael Jordan was still hesitating at this time, but Scott Pippen felt that Michael Jordan could not participate in this year's dunk contest. Michael Jordan can be said to be at the end of his career now. In fact, Michael Jordan retired for the second time after the end of this season. Now Michael Jordan has reached the worst period of his career in his physical condition and is now participating in the dunk contest. Obviously, the disadvantage is too great.
However, Michael Jordan is a very competitive person. Scott Pippen knows that if Michael Jordan continues to think about it this way, he will definitely choose to participate in the dunk contest in the end.
Scott Pippen quickly persuaded: "Michael, you can't participate! This is Joni Lee cheating you!"
Michael Jordan glanced at Scott Pippen, turned around and left the locker room without saying a word.
Scott Pippen also stood there blankly. He knew that this was bad, and Michael didn't listen to his advice at all. Perhaps this time he really wanted to make Joni Lee come true.
Just as the Bulls were worried that Michael Jordan was about to decide to participate in the dunk contest, Joni began the next game.
In the last game, Joni's Hulai made the team lose the game, but he didn't lose much, just lost 7 points. But if he lost the game, he lost. The Celtics won their eleventh loss of the season. However, for Joni, he still gained a lot.
After several attempts by Joni, he tried the Boston Windmill dunk. Then the hip-changing hand-turning dunk was much easier. This was a relatively simple dunk. Joni just found an opportunity for a fast break and successfully completed the hip-changing hand-turning dunk.
These two dunks were exposed by the media after the game, which gave Michael Jordan a chance to make up his mind. Without everyone's knowledge, Michael Jordan had already made up his mind to participate in this dunk contest.
Joni no longer cared about Michael Jordan. Joni thought about it later and felt that it was indeed a bit immoral to provoke a retired veteran to participate in the dunk contest.
Relatively speaking, it is quite good to provoke young players like Kobe Bryant.
So in the next game, facing a weak team like the Vancouver Grizzlies, Joni chose to try Kobe Bryant's special skills, 360-degree dunk, folding dunk, reverse folding dunk, hip-down switch dunk, and use a 360-degree dunk that Joni is best at. This dunk obviously combines Kobe's two dunks.
This time, Jonny did not provoke Kobe in the game. He knew Kobe's personality. Jonny knew that even if he didn't say a word, Kobe would face the challenge. After all, Kobe Bryant is a more competitive person than Michael Jordan.
When Joni performed a dunk show again, the media naturally bragged hard. Of course, some media also dug out these several dunks of Joni. They found that Joni's dunks were actually the dunks that Kobe Bryant won last year. With such a stir-fight, Kobe, who was very competitive, announced his registration for this year's dunks!
Kobe signed up for the dunk contest again! Last year's slam dunk contest champion announced his appearance again. Joni's slam dunk contest against Kobe suddenly pushed people's expectations for the dunk contest.
Kobe is no longer the Kobe at the beginning of the season. Kobe's All-Star votes are now second in the Western Conference defender! Second only to Gary Payton! Of course, the difference between John Stockton and his votes behind him is not very big, but as a substitute and a sophomore, Kobe can do this, which shows his current popularity and recognition.
The expectation of the dunk contest was suddenly increased, and David Stern's idea of using a mixed shooting contest instead of the dunk contest was also postponed. The savvy David Stern decided to look at the situation again.
As a result, I was about to see the situation and exploded all of a sudden.
Before the Celtics' home game against the Indiana Pacers, Michael Jordan directly announced that he would participate in this year's All-Star Dunk Contest!
All of a sudden, the NBA was detonated! Michael Jordan announced his participation in the slam dunk contest again? What does this mean? Many people can hardly imagine that Michael Jordan, who is about to retire, would choose to challenge a slam dunk contest at the end of his career!
Michael Jordan's action suddenly made David Stern give up the idea of canceling the dunk contest, and Michael Jordan came out to participate in the dunk contest! Such a dunk contest can be said to have surpassed the All-Star Game! Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, as Jordan's successor, has become popular! And Joni Lee, who can already compete with Michael Jordan, only these three people, the starlight of the dunk contest shines to an unimaginable level.
What bothers David Stern even more is that one day after Michael Jordan announced his participation in the slam dunk contest, many NBA stars announced that they would participate in the slam dunk contest! However, because the quota is limited, many NBA stars actually need to compete for the job! Because there are only 3 places left in the slam dunk contest!
Even Clyde Drexler, who is troubled by injuries, said he wants to participate in this year's dunk contest, which shows how popular this year's dunk contest is. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!