When the next day's physical examination was over, Pippen glanced at his physical test data and looked sluggish, this is really his own physical test data?!

This is really the physical test data of a 39-year-old man?!

Pippen felt that his physical test data a few years ago, that is, when he was thirty-five years old, was slightly inferior to this data.

What's going on? I don't seem to have done anything special this offseason......

Jordan was not far away, and Pippen walked towards Jordan with his body measurements.

"Michael, look at my physical measurements, God, it's unbelievable." Pippen was pleasantly surprised.

Jordan glanced at the data as a result, and he was also confused, he was quite familiar with Pippen, and he also knew Pippen's situation quite well, so it was unlikely that such a data would appear on Pippen.

"You can't be mistaken, right?" Jordan asked, confused.

Pippen also had this feeling, and went to do the physical test again, and the results did not change much.

"It's pretty much the same as my 33-year-old physical measurements, God, what the hell is going on!"

"Michael, I take back what I said, in my current state, I can start and even lead the Pirates to the playoffs this season!" Pippen said confidently.

At the age of 33, Pippen was in the '98-99 season, his first season with the Rockets, and he had just won his sixth championship ring with Jordan with the Bulls.

Although it has entered the end of its peak, its strength is still quite good, and in terms of comprehensive strength in terms of offense and defense, it can almost rank among the top five in the league.

Of course, we're talking about pure small forwards, not the swingmen.

"Starters? Richard's idea, old man, is what Richard is up to, and I don't know what he's going to do right now, but since you're in such good shape, I don't think there's a reason why he shouldn't give you a starter. ”

"As for the playoffs, I've talked to Richard before, and we're going to put a lot of money in this first season and try to get a reliable point guard player in next year's draft." Jordan frowned and said to Pippen.

"Huh? Michael, you mean, now you have to listen to Richard? ”

"No, certainly not." Jordan waved his hand.

"I'll discuss this matter with Richard in a moment, and I'll let you know."

……

"No way!"

"Absolutely not!"

"It's completely non-negotiable!"

Jordan just told Richard about Pippen going to start, and Richard directly came to refuse the triple.

Richard was not prepared to give Pippen the slightest chance.

Even Mourning, Richard was not prepared to let him start, but instead played a substitute position for Milicic or Vallejo......

As for Payton, it's because the Pirates really don't have a point guard to use, and there is no way to let Payton get the starting No. 1 spot.

There are a lot of players on the Pirates' forward line right now, and even if Iguodala or Ariza aren't mentioned, Richard would rather let Capono start than let Pippen get in the starting position.

"Lee, why is that? Is it because of the conflict you had with Scotty before? ”

"You should know that in Scottie's current form, he is completely at the level of one of the top 10 small forwards in the league, and it would be a shame not to use it." Jordan said suspiciously.

"Michael, first of all, Scotty has no trade value at all, he's almost forty years old, do you expect any player to be willing to trade him with big chips?"

"Impossible! No foolish team is willing to spend big chips on a 40-year-old veteran, even if it's just a first-round pick, and no one is willing to give it. ”

What Richard didn't say explicitly, let alone Pippen's toxic attitude, after leaving the Bulls, basically wherever he went, which team collapsed.

Other teams are not unaware of this, unless they have a player like Jordan on their team who can suppress Pippen, otherwise, who can cure Pippen when he is playing the game.

A team in the rebuilding period will not want a 40-year-old veteran, and a team that is aspiring to compete for the championship will not want this time bomb.

Pippen's strength must be very strong, but in terms of personality, this has not to be washed.

No one is perfect, and this sentence is actually true.

Those supergiants who crisscross the alliance, there must be something wrong with them.

For example, Jordan is too domineering, Kobe Bryant is too paranoid, James is too hypocritical, and Duncan is too stupid......

Well, there's nothing wrong with Duncan.

Acknowledging the strength of these players is certain, but you can't just ignore their shortcomings as blind eyes, if you really want to ignore them, that's typical......

Jokes are not nonsense, change is not nonsense, when Richard wrote basketball in his previous life, although he said something, most of the things were not nonsense, but there was evidence.

This can sometimes irritate the hearts of some vulnerable fans......

But Richard has a clear conscience, and what he has done, is no one allowed to say it?

Anyway, it's right to bloom twice......

……

"And, Michael, the plan we've made, you don't know, we're going to mess up this season and focus on developing young players!"

"We are a new army, veterans are not in our team building plan, only those new talents are our hope for the future!"

"Don't mention this matter again, it's impossible for me to agree."

Richard's attitude is quite resolute, he can't give in to this matter, and if he gives in, Pippen, who tastes the sweetness in the future, may be able to kick his nose in the face.

This kind of opportunity to kick his nose in the face, Richard will not leave Pippen.

Maybe let him start this time, and next time he can rely on the old and sell the old to mix in the team's squad construction, which is something that Richard will never tolerate.

If that's the case, what's the point of Richard's boss.

……

Jordan saw that Richard's attitude was extremely resolute, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

In his opinion, although he and Richard have agreed that Richard is solely responsible for the problems of the team's lineup, at least Richard has to save some face for himself......

Pippen is the little brother who follows him, and now he asks for a starting spot, which doesn't seem to be a big deal in Jordan's eyes.

If I were Richard, I'm afraid I would have agreed to it, anyway, the team is going to be messy, and when can't I train new people......

Jordan is not Richard, he doesn't have Richard's insistence in some areas, otherwise, he wouldn't have been in management.

It can be said that in terms of team lineup construction, Jordan can't catch up with Richard.

……

"Lee, why don't you think about it again......" Jordan couldn't help it.

If you really don't give Pippen a chance to start, you will be ugly in front of Pippen......

Now he regrets the promise he made.

That is, to put Richard in charge of the team's roster construction......

He didn't expect Richard to be so resolute and insist on his principles.

If I had known this, I might have allowed myself to leave a little authority to myself, even if it was just the permission to arrange the starter.

"No, Michael, this is something we agreed to before, I won't budge, you can let Scottie die this heart." Richard was not ready to leave Pippen at all.

Jordan sighed and left Richard's coaching office with an ugly face.

……

"BOSS, if you want me to say that you should have found a chance to take charge of the new army by yourself, I feel that there will definitely be no less similar things in the future." Miles was in Richard's office, and when he heard the conversation between Jordan and Richard, he couldn't help but smile.

Miles, who has a very clear position for himself, is Richard's own person.

He was a descendant of Richard......

So seeing this kind of thing happening, he couldn't help but think about it from Richard's point of view.

Richard nodded, not saying anything more.

Of course, he wanted to take charge of the pirate team alone, but the conditions were not ripe before.

The first is that the league is ready to find a black man to be the boss, at least this point does not meet the conditions, and the second is the problem of funds, it is difficult for him to directly come up with $300 million in cash at that time.

Unless it is to smash the pot and sell iron, but the price is too great, and having to sell most of the stocks in his hands will make Richard earn countless dollars less.

……

"What? Did the kid really say that? After Pippen heard Jordan's description, his whole face turned red, obviously a little angry.

He felt that this was Richard's humiliation and contempt for his Chiguoguo, and for a moment he wanted to go to Richard to settle accounts.

"Scotty, calm down, this is not a bull, don't make a big move."

"You're not too young, so you should retire with the pirates......" Jordan said with a sigh.

Pippen was dumbfounded, is this still the Michael Jordan he knows?!

A few years ago, if there was such a thing, shouldn't he take himself to fight with the other party? Why are you so cowardly now?!

It seems that experience can change a person's personality, and that's true.

Jordan has not had a very smooth life over the years, and he has not made any achievements in the management of the Wizards.

personally went off the court as a player, but the result was that the Wizards didn't play any decent results.

Such an experience, coupled with his growing age, made Jordan's style of action a lot more stable.

As Pippen thought, if Richard had rejected Jordan so unhesitatingly a few years ago, Jordan would have gone crazy on the spot.

"Well, Michael, we might be really old."

"It's the world of those young people now......"

"Hey......"

Pippen sighed, which was quite provocative.

Jordan must not have felt very comfortable when he heard this, but he didn't say much, just sat with a gloomy face, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

In the blink of an eye, the training camp that lasted less than a month was over, and the training effect made Richard quite satisfied, whether it was the players selected for the expansion of the army, or the newcomers, the training intensity was very high, and the attitude and enthusiasm were also very good.

As for the veterans, the intensity of the training is certainly not like that of the newcomers......

Mourning and Payton don't train intensively, but they come every day to teach some experience to newcomers.

Milicic and Vallejo, under the guidance of Mourning, at least the awareness on the defensive end has improved a lot and learned a lot.

As for Iguodala and Ariza, under Payton's guidance, the outside defensive awareness has also improved a lot.

These two rookies will be players who are good at defense in the future, and with the guidance of a top perimeter defender like Payton, they will definitely be able to enter their peak faster.

.。 m.