In July, some famous events still happened, such as China's successful bid for the Olympic Games. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are also some things that didn't happen, such as Jordan not being hit by Artest in the Bulls' summer training camp, but many media outlets published news with pictures, saying that Jordan competed with Maddie in training camp and still has All-Star strength.

There has been speculation that Jordan is coming back.

The Bulls made a trade to send Ron Mercer to the Pacers in exchange for a first-round pick and cash for next season. Some Bulls fans have speculated that this loss-making deal is to make room for Jordan, Artest will go to the bench, and Jordan will lead the Bulls to the championship with Maddy and Brand.

This is, of course, just wishful thinking on the part of Bulls fans. Back then, Jordan wanted to buy shares of the Bulls and enter the management like a magician, but the boss directly asked him to get out, he and the Bulls had a falling out, and he would not choose the Bulls wherever he chose to make a comeback. When he went to the Bulls training camp, he actually wanted to slap Bulls owner Raindorf in the face.

See? Uncle Ben is still very powerful, and now he wants to make a comeback, not with you. I'm mad at you. Jordan is pretty much in that mindset.

Therefore, if Artest breaks Jordan's ribs, he may get a lot of money......

Yang Rui's previous life, and what happened later, proved that the Bulls management's approach was very far-sighted.

After Jordan partnered with Wizards owner Pauline as a non-player to take a stake, the Wizards did have a sweet spot in a short period of time, and tickets sold well. But in less than a month, the fans were not interested. Why spend money on a manager sitting in a top-level management box?

Moreover, Jordan is really not very good as a manager, he never takes his work seriously, and his vision is even worse.

In August, the Heat began to rebuild, Tim Hardaway signed and then traded to the Mavericks, and his salary was reduced from 12 million to 3.36 million. The Heat only got one second-round pick.

In February of this year, the Mavericks traded from the Wizards to Juvan Howard, plus Nowitzki, Finley, Nash and others, becoming the favorites for the Western Conference championship.

After the Lakers brought in a number of players, they left a star, and "Cobra" Horace Grant joined the Magic on a three-year contract. He also got a ring with the Lakers, has no pursuit of championships, and wants to make more money before retiring. As a result, the Lakers' lineup doesn't look so scary.

This holiday, Yang Rui lived a very quiet life, eating, drinking and having fun every day.

Even if he shouted the slogan of winning the championship, he would not be able to attract the attention of the media, and the most important thing for people to pay attention to now is Jordan's comeback.

Jordan officially signed with the Wizards for two years and showed off his new No. 23 jersey.

"Working as an administrator is like a prison for me, even though I have a case of Cuban cigars on my manager's desk, I have an SUV, a chauffeur, I have $400 million in savings and real estate in the bank, but I don't have an NBA game," he said in an interview. ”

The reporter asked: "What is the main reason for your comeback to play?" ”

Jordan replied, "I want to play with Kobe, Carter and others. Sitting in the office doesn't give me much fun. Since the beginning of this year, I've been thinking about making a comeback. ”

The Wizards traded Juwan Howard and Rod Strickland in the middle of last season, and with the departure of Richmond, there are no ball dominant veterans on the team, and Jordan's comeback is the core.

In addition, the team has the new champion Kwame Brown, excellent off-ball scoring guard Richard Hamilton, and Jordan will be the perfect comeback as long as he leads the Wizards to the playoffs.

The Wizards immediately benefited from this, having been half-dead last season, with arena attendance at around 50 percent. Next season, they will become one of the most watched teams.

In the United States, there are 2 major television networks that broadcast NBA games, NBC and Turner. NBC hasn't included the Wizards in its broadcast schedule for many years, and last year it only broadcast 11 games with them, still for the sake of the face of rivals Raptors and 76ers. After the news of Jordan's comeback broke, these two TV networks immediately came to the door. NBC will increase its broadcast count from 11 to 20; Turner broadcast 15 games.

No one thinks Jordan's comeback is for the money. Jordan is the small owner of the Wizards, owning about 10% of the shares, and since the NBA rules prohibit any player from owning a stake in the team, Jordan will not only sell his stake in the Wizards, but also resign from his job as the team's basketball director.

In this way, even if the Wizards' income increases, there is nothing to do with Jordan. He made the final decision, as the famous NBA advertising slogan was: "I Like this game"?!

Basketball is indeed a very attractive sport, but unfortunately Yang Rui's body is not good, and his skills are not good, otherwise his first choice would definitely be to play on the court by himself, rather than being a coach.

In mid-September, Yang Rui and Stanner returned to Toronto together, and the new season is about to start again.

Stana is not in a hurry to work, and if the response is good after the release of "Resident Evil", she can get more paid in the future, and now she is looking for bad movies that want to gain popularity.

At the end of September, on the Raptors' media day, Yang Rui reported to the arena and met with all the players. The Raptors weren't looking for anyone to play in the preseason, just the 15 guys in the summer.

Andrei Kirilenko wears clean sportswear, his flat head is very spirited, he is really 206CM tall, and he is very thin, which makes people feel that he can't fight against him at a glance.

Kirilenko, who is just 20 years old, weighs only 98 kilograms on his side, and it would be a bit too risky to let him play as a big forward.

His agent had emphasized the language issue when communicating with Glenn, so the team arranged a Russian translator for him in advance, and he came with him today.

Yang Rui shook hands with Kirilenko and chatted briefly in English, and found that his Russian English was really poor, and if you want to focus on cultivating him this season, it depends on the level of translation.

Yang Rui went to Billups again and asked, "Chaunse, how are you feeling now?" ”

"I'm totally fine, I didn't do any strenuous activities in the summer, I just practiced shooting, so I'm going to be careful this season and I'm never going to get hurt again." Billups assured with a smile.

"Well, health is the most important thing, I'm going to control your playing time, what you have to do is stay efficient." Yang Rui smiled.

Billups is easy to control his playing time because he has Tony Parker on the team, and Parker is an excellent substitute in his rookie season as long as he plays to his strengths.

Yang Rui greeted everyone, and the players took core makeup photos. One more person was added this time, Billups, Reed, Carter, O'Neal Jr., Miller.

Reid performed well last season, and Yang Rui believes that as long as he is not injured, this season can at least maintain the level he had before.

The Raptors' bench strength is better than last season's, and there are two potential newcomers, and Yang Rui feels that the lineup is no worse than the 1999-2000 season. Because there are too many strongmen, it is not easy to allocate playing time. Places like Kirilenko and Jumain-Jones and Halprin overlap a bit.

At this time, Yang Rui does not regret letting Christie go, the main reason for last season's defeat is the player's injury, and Christie has also reached the finals at most, but he can't beat the Lakers.

This season, the competition in the East will be fierce, and there are many strong teams, but Yang Rui believes that the strongest team must be the Raptors. If all the players were at their peak, this would be an All-Star team!