If Zhang Hao hadn't said something similar when he explained why he wore the No. 8 jersey a few years ago, fans might have believed it this time.

There is a sentence in what Zhang Hao said, probably because he was the truth. I don’t know that Jordan suddenly made a comeback.

There is really no news about this. After the labor-management agreement was reached, Jordan showed no sign of a comeback in the shrinking season.

Jordan disappeared even more during the offseason.

The Hawks announced Jordan's comeback before training camp began and held a press conference, which was very sudden.

Even the management of other teams did not know about this, so it was normal for Zhang Hao not to know about it.

But if you think about it carefully, Zhang Hao's change to the No. 24 jersey has nothing to do with Jordan's comeback.

Zhang Hao wants to surpass Jordan, what will happen if Jordan returns or not?

It just so happened that Jordan made a comeback, and this topic was particularly popular.

But Kobe Bryant, the new No. 1 pick of the Bulls, chose the No. 24 jersey and said that his goal is to be the best in team history.

Originally, the Hawks had no live broadcasts with the Bulls four times this year. Not only did the game with the Bulls not live broadcasts, but the Hawks had a total of 4 games live broadcasts this season, one of the teams with the least live broadcasts.

The Hawks traded last season's second-defense player Murch Brecklelo in the offseason, and 30-year-old star Steve Smith also traded and returned to the draft pick. They only signed Jim Jackson with a starting salary of 1.93 million US dollars in the free market with a total of 4.26 million US dollars in two years.

Last season, Jim Jackson lost his position with the 76ers. Although he won the championship ring, he averaged only 8.4 points per game, and only averaged 5.5 points per game in the playoffs.

This is just to use Jim Jackson's former Dallas 3J name to perfunctory Atlanta fans.

Even Mutombo, the three-time best defensive player, has put it on the shelves.

Obviously, the Eagles management once became dissatisfied with their performance that was neither up nor down and sought change.

The change direction is very simple. The 76ers achieved such a huge success through several years of bad performances. The combination of Iverson and Duncan's two No. 1 pick is at its peak.

Despite the unfortunate examples of the Clippers, who doesn’t think they will definitely win in the next game?

The Hawks decisively turned on the bad mode.

But at this time Jordan is going to join... Of course, the Hawks management will not refuse. If you make a bad move, you can delay the time. One year or two years, and not that time is not enough, use Jordan to make money first.

Now it looked like the Hawks sent away Murch Breckle and Steve Smith, traded some role players, freed up cap space, and signed Jordan and Jim Jackson.

Jim Jackson didn't play well last season, but it was still OK in the 1997-98 season. Now he is 29 years old in his year of playing. If Jordan had not made a comeback, no one would have noticed him, but now he has become a good helper for Jordan.

In addition to Mutombo... Although Jordan's comeback this time is 36 and a half years old and there are doubts, there are still quite a lot of people who believe that Jordan will still return as the king.

So, major TV stations rushed to broadcast four games between the Hawks and the Bulls. No one cared about the Supersonics and the Hawks' two matches, and now they have both games.

...

Jordan's comeback has become the hottest topic at the moment.

Zhang Hao originally thought no one would bother him. During the media day, he was asked about Jordan and Hu Weidong. He felt that he could develop in a vulgar way.

During the training camp, their Supersonics team was having a smooth life, and Zhang Hao also received good news from Jiangsu Blue Association and China Blue Association to agree to release the person!

With the help of Corangelo's connections, on October 4, Hu Weidong joined the Suns with a minimum salary of 650,000 US dollars in one year!

According to the Suns, the contract of $650,000 is only $150,000, which is a guarantee contract. At the latest, Hu Weidong can be cut before January 31, 2000 without paying the remaining salary.

Zhang Hao successfully "signed" Hu Weidong, and four national team members started!

There are three reasons for this to be successful. First, Starbucks and Blue Association renewed the sponsorship agreement. The current sponsorship is at the end of the Olympic cycle in 2000, and now it is renewed in 2004. Second, X Sports will be named A A, which has spent a lot of money, and of course this money is not a loss.

At present, A A is in a stage of rapid development. Although it will be damaged by the Blue Association in the future, it has developed very well between the establishment and restructuring of A A to CBA.

In terms of the Chinese men's basketball team, Zhang Hao returned to the national team and paid great attention. He just achieved the third place in the world. He pointed to the medal in the 2000 Olympics. If nothing unexpected happens, he is still expected to compete for the medal in 2004.

Many sponsors want to grab these two names, but in terms of money, Howard Schultz and Zhang Weidong spend a little more.

The last one is Corey Benjamin and Paul Westfal.

These two are both related members of the Jerry Colangelo, the general manager of the Suns.

This did not make Zhang Hao too much fun. Hu Weidong's American agent is Zhang Hao's agent Henry Thomas...

As early as 1995, the Magic team gave Hu Weidong a 10-day short contract that would not require a trial. He wanted to try it, but he had no choice but to be reimbursed when Hu Weidong was injured and was unable to go to the Magic team. In 1997, the Eagles also invited Hu Weidong to participate in the trial, but at that time the A-level had been established and the Blue Association would not let anyone go.

After wasting time for a long time, when Hu Weidong finally entered the NBA at the age of 29, which caused a violent response in the domestic sports world.

In addition, Yao Ming, who followed Wang Zhizhi's footsteps, and Bater, who is even less likely to be restricted when traveling abroad, has said that he is rushing to the NBA...

If Hu Weidong can gain a foothold in the Suns, play until January 31 next year, and continue to stay in the NBA in the future, then at most 5 Chinese players may appear in the NBA at the same time!

There is Jordan in the United States, Kobe is at the limelight, and Hu Weidong is at the limelight in China. On Zhang Hao's side, during the training camp, he lived a quiet life and trained well with his teammates to prepare for the next preseason and regular season.

I thought I could develop quietly and quietly, but after the training camp, the interview came to me. The focus of the imperial court station was on Hu Weidong's joining the Suns team. Although it was only officially announced that the public knew about this, the matter had already started in August.

After Zhang Hao joined the Supersonics team, domestic media have had countless interviews since the end of April, and this time it will not affect Zhang Hao's reports slightly reduced.

In addition, there are also interviews with Yao Ming, who joined Georgetown University, playing basketball in the United States, Wang Zhizhi's interview, and Zhang Hao's interview is basically only one videographer team left to shoot the documentary.

But the imperial court still did not forget him, so he found someone to interview him...

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"Hello, Zhang Hao, my name is a female reporter named Dong. She is a special correspondent from CCTV. I am very happy to be able to interview you this time."

"Hello."

On October 8th, the morning after the training camp ended, on the rest day, Zhang Hao was forced to open business and came to participate in the live interview.

Sometimes the brain circuits of domestic TV stations are really not understood. Now that people are short of staff, they will have an exclusive interview when they are brothers and sisters!

Since it is insufficient staff but needs to report, there is no need to broadcast live.

But this is the case.

They have already arrived at the Key Stadium to set up all the live broadcast equipment, so let's deal with it.

Zhang Hao didn't care much, it should be a regular interview. On the way to the stadium, Henry Thomas gave him the answers to his regular questions. He has seen them many times and has remembered them a long time ago.

There was not much greeting. After the live broadcast began, the female reporter surnamed Dong had a regular opening for the live broadcast.

Then he started asking questions: "Now Hu Weidong has also entered the NBA. He is nicknamed China Jordan. Wang Zhizhi is the first team of the best rookie. Yao Ming has also entered Georgetown University and has received a full scholarship that you have not received. He is talented. You haven't played for a year. Do you think you can still guarantee the position of the number one player in Chinese basketball next?"

"?" Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment. How wise is this a question that can only be asked?

After looking at the cameraman, the cameraman made a gesture of folding his hands together, looking apologetic.

What's the situation?

During the live broadcast, Zhang Hao started brainstorming and finally squeezed out an answer: "They are all excellent, and I feel a lot of pressure, but this is a good thing, which means that basketball in our country is booming."

Zhang Hao finally came up with a safe answer, and the second wave of attacks is coming!

A female reporter surnamed Dong continued to ask: "You entered the NBA directly after graduating from high school. You have never been to college. Would you envy Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming?"

"..." Zhang Hao was speechless, silent for a moment, and replied directly: "I am now a graduate student at the University of Southern California and have already obtained a bachelor's degree in April."

"South China University of California, right? Do you regret being traded to Seattle because of a conflict with the team?"

Zhang Hao stopped serving: "Why do I regret it? Please tell me what you think."

"It's Los Angeles! You've been traded to Seattle now."

"Oh, that's a sad thing."

It seems that because Zhang Hao's expression is calm, the female reporter surnamed Dong didn't understand that Zhang Hao's tone had changed, and continued to ask: "You are now here to be a team that is only ranked 25th. Do you feel sad in such a team?"

Zhang Hao couldn't even get angry, so he could only respond: "Yes, I'm very sad. I can only come here to get a salary of 17.14 million yuan. It's so sad."

Zhang Hao was ready to continue to greet the other party’s strange questions, but unexpectedly, the female reporter surnamed Dong exclaimed: “17.14 million? So much, RMB?”

This surprised Zhang Hao and replied: "It's US dollars. Do you still think I'm miserable now, so miserable that I'm only left with money?"

Zhang Hao really didn't expect that today's interview would be like this, nor did he expect that the other party would shut up and just talk about his salary, nor did he expect that the other party wouldn't even know his salary.

When I was playing the World Championship last summer, a national teammate said that he might encounter strange interviews, which might be so weird that it was difficult to understand. I didn’t meet them at that time, but now I actually met them!

The camera team is about to collapse, this is a live broadcast!

After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he sat down. The female reporter surnamed Dong seemed to have forgotten to continue the interview because of shock. Perhaps he didn't expect that Zhang Hao would not seem so miserable when he left Los Angeles.

Should I cut it off or not at this time? The hosts of studios in China don’t know what to do.

This female reporter has no idea how many live broadcast accidents have occurred, but she still has work to do.

Domestic athletes are generally used to it. When they meet this female reporter, they admit everything. They just pretend that they accidentally stepped on dirty things.

Zhang Hao seemed to be too reluctant. The studio hosts were ready to fight. But Zhang Hao complained about his salary and actually confused the battle-hardened female reporter.

This cannot be completed!

When Zhang Hao saw the camera team's expression, he had no choice but to feel the pain of Su Bingtian being asked "How would you run if you enter the finals?", and he had to help wipe his butt.

He stood up and stood in front of the female reporter named Dong. The cameraman quickly adjusted the opportunity, and the female reporter named Dong disappeared in an instant.

"After a year of rest, I know, there will definitely be a lot of doubts, leaving the Lakers and going to a rebuilding team, which is not a good choice to many people, but for me, it is a very good choice, I like my current team, I have a really great group of teammates, they may not be that strong, but I will improve with them.

Just as justice of the law may be late but not absent, my time will be late for a year, but not absent!”

After saying that, Zhang Hao looked at the cameraman, and the cameraman quickly cut off the live broadcast.

With the cameraman's apologetic eyes, Zhang Hao left directly.
To be continued...