Chapter 567: Victory Parade

On June 12, 2009, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Boston Celtics, and the twin brothers led the team to the second championship ring of their careers.

Early the next morning, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles, and when the two brothers were asked at the airport "Do you want to surpass Kobe's three rings", the two laughed but did not answer, Ji Guoyi said, "I'm going to try to get this damn third ring now, I'm enjoying the current state, I'm going to try to get the third ring, and then the fourth ......"

Los Angeles has never had its share of highlights that have captured the world's attention, and today the city is packed with thousands of people to celebrate the Los Angeles Clippers' successful title defense.

The Clippers celebrated their successful title defense by throwing a victory parade as soon as the players got off the plane.

The two brothers and their teammates stood on an 18-wheeled flatbed truck for the parade, fans screamed and snapped pictures, and many waited for hours for the two-mile journey, even as the heroes were surrounded by various protective vehicles, including a fire truck.

The players were excited and promised fans a triple title next season, with twin brothers, Billups, Crawford and others waving to the crowd on the double-decker bus, many players taking their cameras to capture the moments, and frenzied fans waiting hours in advance for their heroes to appear.

"We only saw them for three minutes, but all the waiting was worth every minute. A 29-year-old fan said: "My only request is for them to drive a little slower. ”

The Clippers traded a season's stellar performance for what is now a one-hour celebration parade, and the players vowed to do everything they could for the third championship in the Clippers' history, "when the season begins." We'll all be ready. There is no doubt about that. Ji Guoqiu said in an interview: "This is the best championship I have won. Because it's never been so hard. Yes, although we won the championship 4-0, the process was even harder than last year. ”

Not only Ji Guoqiu, but the Clippers have said that they will definitely attack for a third consecutive championship, and they will win the third championship trophy in the team's history at the parade next season.

Ji Guoyi, who wore a red and white hat and a cigar in his mouth, also revealed the team's next plans during the parade: "We will celebrate for a week. Then he got to work and continued to make history the following season. ”

Due to the celebration scheduled for a Saturday afternoon local time in the United States, many fans were able to attend the event. The Clippers fan parade was even more exciting than last year, with a guided tour of the Clippers starting downtown and drawing a total of 2 million fans.

"I've always been a die-hard fan of the Clippers and never miss every game, but this is the first time I've had the opportunity to see them in person." One fan said: "I'm hoping they can win three times in a row and then I'll be here next year." ”

It is worth mentioning that last year's championship parade caused quite a bit of chaos. So in order to avoid riots as much as possible, the speech was canceled for this year's event. But 12 fans were arrested for various reasons, and three children are missing. Among those arrested was a fan who burned the jerseys of the Celtics and Lakers, another who threw a bicycle at the police and others who threw offensive objects such as rocks. In one incident, rioters smashed and burned a Japanese car, and Clippers owner Raheem Sterling said he would compensate the driver of the car $1,000.

The Los Angeles police deployed heavy troops to deal with the large-scale rally, with helicopters in the sky, and on the ground, police, mounted police, motorcycle police were also on standby, and some personnel were waiting in police cars. This is mainly due to the last time, when the Clippers had a riot during the Clippers' championship parade last year, when 45 fans were arrested and there were a lot of car smashing and arson. Especially Japanese cars, a total of more than a dozen were smashed last year, and one was smashed this year, which is good.

Taylor. Swift and Emma. Roberts didn't follow the two of them to the parade, there were so many people today, the two girls didn't want to come out to join in the fun, and the Clippers players didn't bring their families to the parade.

After the daytime parade, the Clippers hosted a banquet at a local five-star hotel for hundreds of VIP fans, who were either Hollywood stars, or some wealthy and political fans, the so-called upper class and celebrities. At this time, the girlfriends and wives of the players finally accompanied them to the party, but a group of big people did not like such a banquet.

In the eyes of the Clippers players, where is this celebration banquet, it is simply an excuse for Sterling to take the opportunity to contact the so-called upper hooligans, and the Clippers players, including the elder Dunleavy, find it very boring.

Before the banquet began, the two brothers found that their former enemy Dabendan was also present at the banquet, the former Lakers fan, who has now defected to the Lakers and has become a die-hard fan of the Clippers and a fan of the two brothers, so naturally they will not miss the opportunity to interview.

Ji Guoqiu said simply: "I think this ring is very special this year, because you rarely reach the top twice in your career, and Fox and I feel very lucky. The most important thing now is to keep winning next season and we are in a very good position at the moment and hopefully we can be successful again. ”

The two brothers finished this season and officially got rid of the rookie title next season, while their contracts also have the final year left.

Both Ji and Ji signed rookie contracts on 7/7/2007 and expired in the summer of 2011, with the summer of 2010 being the team option. That means they play next season, and if the Clippers don't exercise their team option, the two brothers can leave the Clippers. But unless Sterling is beaten up as a fool, he will definitely exercise his final year of team option and complete the brothers' four-year rookie contracts.

In the summer of 2011, the two will complete their rookie contracts, at which point they can negotiate with any team, but the Clippers can choose to match the two brothers regardless of what other teams offer. Usually in the fourth year, the Clippers will negotiate new contracts with the two brothers first.

So it's not so easy for the two brothers to leave the Clippers, especially if they want to stand on their own, Sterling will definitely not let anyone go, unless something happens.

Now for the two brothers, one of the things that will affect their future choice is the departure and stay of Dunleavy Sr., the 55-year-old Dunleavy Sr. is about to expire this season, and whether Dunleavy Sr. will continue to coach the Clippers next season, there is no definite news yet.

The old Dunleavy has won two championships in a row, and the salary will definitely rise in the next contract, and it is uncertain whether Sterling, the old picker, will find a new coach.

Clippers fans are more interested in how the team will function this summer. Will Sterling use up to 30 million of his space?

These have nothing to do with the players for the time being, winning the championship, the two brothers will get two months off next, and the Clippers will officially take a holiday on June 15.

After the two sluts returned to Los Angeles, they began to discuss where to go on vacation in the summer, anyway, they couldn't go back to China, as long as they thought of the crowded scenes of various tourist attractions in China seen on the Internet, the two brothers shuddered.

On June 15, the Clippers officially went on vacation, and it was immediately revealed from Phoenix that veteran Hill was interested in this year's championship team, the Clippers. As Jordan's former successor, Grant. Hill hasn't won a championship in his career, so as he ages, Hill wants to kiss the trophy that many NBA players dream of.

On the same day, it was revealed that Turkoglu could jump out of his contract, and the Turk hopes to get an All-Star caliber salary of no less than $12 million a year, but the Orlando Magic obviously can't offer such a high salary.

The Magic are likely to lose their outside core, but the Lakers aren't much better, with the Los Angeles Times breaking the news that Kobe Bryant could opt out of his contract on July 1 and become an unrestricted free agent. If he becomes a free agent, Kobe Bryant is perfectly fine, and it is possible that he will leave the Lakers to go to another team that can win a championship, such as the Clippers, but this is very unlikely.

After the finals, there was a lot of news, but for the time being, it was just rumors, and there would be no real trading until the free market opened in July.

The Finals on June 12 are over, the 08-09 season is equal to the end, the NBA official website on June 18, officially announced their 2009-10 NBA league important events schedule, the following is the details -

June 25 - 2009 NBA Draft.

July 1 - Free Agent Market Open Negotiation Day

July 8 - The official signing of free agents kicks off

July 10-19 - Las Vegas Summer League Camp

Sept. 10 – NBA Hall of Fame Ceremony

September 28 - Report on the return of all players

September 29 - The NBA preseason season officially begins

October 23 - The NBA preseason ends

Oct. 26 - The official roster of NBA players is announced

October 27 - The new season begins

The league has made a schedule, and the two brothers have also made a schedule for their own vacations.

Ji Guoqiu plans to go around the major scenic spots in North America with Little Radish Shred, and then at the end of July in Hawaii and Emma. Roberts is engaged. He has been delaying this for a long time, and if he drags the girl again, he should be dragged away.

Ji Guoyi plans to go on vacation to the Caribbean with the little singer, and when the giant panda gets engaged in July, they will go to Hawaii to have a show, and the two will return to the United States together in early August to start a month-long special training.

This summer, the two brothers' business activities have been reduced to a minimum, and they are not short of money now, and they have to improve their game this summer. Especially Brother Panda, now that two seasons have passed, there are still only two unique skills of low-post hook and free throw line strategy, and his face frame ability is much worse than that of Brother Fox.

Ji Guoqiu must improve his offensive ability with the ball this summer, or strengthen his offensive ability in the low post, otherwise how will he steal the Fox's MVP next season? (To be continued......) R1292