"Four years of $40.6 million, Meng Xu chose to come back and join the Spurs after four years of retirement!"

"Back to the place where the dream began, Meng Xu bluntly said that he wanted to bring the championship to San Antonio!"

"The power of superstar, Meng Xu announced his comeback, and Nike's stock rose 12%!"

On August 26, 2012, the media, television, network TV, newspapers, and major websites throughout North America were all about Meng Xu's comeback, although two years ago, the American public and fans who followed the NBA had been bombarded with fake news about Meng Xu's comeback, but when Meng Xu lifted the Spurs' No. 5 jersey with a smile on his face, and the photo of Meng Xu wearing a Spurs jersey and Tim Duncan circulated, it still caused a huge sensation in the entire North American sports world. For a while, the main sponsors of the NBA, and Meng Xu's corporate companies, stocks rose one after another, especially Nike's stock, which rose out of the sky.

After Meng Xu's retirement, although the NBA still has a number of signature players such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, and superstars such as Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant, and Chris Paul have emerged in recent years, the NBA has inevitably fallen into a period of continuous decline, since the Pacers and Spurs, as well as the Pacers and Lakers Finals, have created more than 20% ratings for two consecutive seasons, and the next four Finals are not as good as one. The Heat and Thunder in the 11-12 season even created a new low of 10.3%, almost falling below 10%, so the NBA management and the sponsors behind Meng Xu have been doing Meng Xu's work, hoping that Meng Xu can choose to come back, even if it is like Jordan, only play for two or three seasons.

And after Meng Xu chose to make a comeback as he wished, the attention received by the NBA has also skyrocketed, especially the Spurs, and now it has become the object of attention in the United States, because the Wake Forest duo, which represents the memory of a generation, are finally together again, although he is now not young, one is 32 years old, and the other is 36 years old, but this does not prevent the fans who support them from fantasizing about them, and under the news of Meng Xu joining the Spurs, even the news that the Lakers formed the "Big Five" has now been put aside.

After losing the semifinals for two consecutive seasons, the Lakers have made several big trades this summer, operating the "league's No. 1 center" Dwight Howard, former league's No. 1 point guard Steve Nash, and All-Star forward Antoine Jamison, forming Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Ron Artest, Antoine Jamison, such a terrifying lineup that is outraged, saying that the Big Six may be a little reluctant, But the Big Five or the Big Four are still real.

So this summer, public opinion, the media that support the Lakers are all shouting about the Lakers championship, and the rest of the media are all one-sidedly condemning the Lakers' robbery deal, and some people have even submitted an application to the NBA league, hoping to come forward to investigate the transaction between the Lakers and the Magic, whether there is any unseen private transaction.

However, after the news of Meng Xu's comeback came out, the news of the Heat Big Three, the Thunder Three Less, and the Lakers Big Five all stood aside, and almost the entire American media flocked to San Antonio, wanting to get first-hand information about Meng Xu's comeback, which was even more than Jordan's comeback.

"Meng finally chose to make a comeback, I really admire his courage, but the current league is not his time, if he had chosen to come back two years earlier, he may continue to maintain his rule, but now, the Heat, Lakers, Thunder, these three teams are all teams with championship strength, and the team Meng chose to come back is the Spurs who have been declining, so I think that Meng Xu's comeback must be the same as Michael's second comeback, of course, with the current strength of the Spurs, Meng won't be like Michael who can't even make the playoffs, but Meng's comeback is undoubtedly the same as Michael, a comeback trip from heaven to earth, and I can imagine now that in the near future, Meng will definitely regret his comeback. ”

On the evening of Meng Xu's comeback, TNT TV Network's NBA Insider Column temporarily opened an issue, specially discussing the topic of Meng Xu's comeback, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Reggie Miller, these TNT ace commentators, have expressed their opinions, discussed the prospect of Meng Xu's comeback, and also created topics and gimmicks for Meng Xu's comeback.

"What Charles said does have a certain truth, Meng is now 32 years old, and he has not played a professional basketball game for four seasons, so after this comeback, we can't predict what level he can achieve, and Meng Xu's choice to come back to the team is the Spurs, the Spurs' current situation is not very good, the aging personnel is a problem that the Spurs can't avoid, the main reason for their failure in recent seasons is undoubtedly the age of the main team, such an old team, I don't think Meng Xu can lead them to the championship. ”

After Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith also made a remark that he was not optimistic about Meng Xu, the current league is not the same as before, since the Celtics, the huddle has slowly become the mainstream of this league, and even the Heat, who won the championship last season, also created a precedent for the top five in two leagues and the top ten in one league for the three peak stars to huddle, so for Meng Xu's comeback trip, Kenny Smith is also not optimistic, he has the same point of view as Barkley, that is, Meng Xu, who is 32 years old, There is no way to lead a group of old men to counterattack and win the championship.

"Before coming here, I just talked to Meng on the phone, I asked him why he chose to come back, and why he chose to come back at the Spurs, I think if he wants, there are teams with championship strength that are willing to give him a contract, even if it is a comeback in the Pacers, it is obviously better than the Spurs, so I, like you, I can't figure out why Meng chose to come back at the Spurs."

After Barkley and Kenneth spoke successively, it was Reggie Miller's turn, in fact, in Reggie Miller's heart, the view on Meng Xu's comeback is the same as that of Barkley, Reggie Miller is not only not optimistic about the prospect of Meng Xu's comeback, but also can't understand why Meng Xu would choose to make a comeback if he has a comfortable life. For money? Is Meng Xu a person who is short of money? Love basketball? If Meng Xu really loved basketball, he wouldn't have retired four years ago, so Reggie Miller really didn't understand why Meng Xu wanted to make a comeback.

When Reggie Miller said that he had just spoken to Meng Xu on the phone before the show, the other two commentators on the scene, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley, all stared at Reggie Miller, waiting for Reggie Miller to say the content of his call with Meng Xu, and Reggie Miller said slowly after satisfying the appetite of the two of them: "Meng told me at the time that there will always be a few people in this life who feel sorry, and there will always be some regretful things, so Meng wants to take advantage of the fact that he can still act, Try to make up for these shortcomings. “