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Chapter 11 An Unpleasant First Meeting
Bai Weidong arrived at the Berto Center early in the morning.He thought he came early enough, but some people were earlier than him, such as the Bulls assistant John Paxson.

Bai Jidong's deepest impression on Paxon was G93 of the 6 Finals, the arduous three-overtime battle, which finally came to an end with his desperate three-pointer.

After retiring, Paxson directly entered the coaching staff and became Phil Jackson's right-hand man.

"John? How many people named John are there in the Bulls?" Bai Jidong knew many Johns, such as John Roten, Johnny Rigg Manowski, and an assistant named John Bach.

Bai Jidong will soon have no time to worry about these trifles. The first person he saw was Phil Jackson, "Good morning, Coach. Nice to meet you." "I'm glad to meet you too, Bai." Jackson is like a friend who has known Bai Jidong for a long time, "Go and meet your teammates, they are very curious about you."

Bai Jidong approached the group of people, his heart beat faster and faster, this kind of tension is unimaginable.

Jordan was there, and Bai Jidong walked over, "Hello, my name is Bai Jidong, please give me your advice."

"Hi, I'm Toni Kukoc." The Croatian was the first to reply to Bai Jidong.

A white man came to Bai Jidong, looked him over carefully: "You are younger than I imagined." He stretched out his hand to Bai Jidong: "Steve Kerr." "Nice to meet you." Bai Weidong Winter wishes everyone was as nice as Kerr and Kukoc.

Jordan picked up a white armguard, put it on lightly, chewing gum in his mouth, looked at Bai Jidong with some disdain in his eyes: "Great! Here comes another country bumpkin."

Jordan's attitude is so cold that Bai Jidong thinks that he has some grudge against him.In fact, he is a Jordan fan. He once watched Jordan's game at the United Center. The indifferent Jordan in front of him seems to be different from the passionate Jordan in the game.

"MJ, this guy is a treasure picked out of bread crumbs from the trash." Scott Pippen's voice was a little mechanical.

Bai Jidong felt that he could play a role in "Terminator".Apart from his acting skills, his voice has absolutely no sense of disobedience.

What are bread crumbs?Bai Jidong remained silent.Rodman was shirtless, and he had just resolved his past grievances with Pippen.As a newcomer, he didn't want to take a stand on these matters.The only one willing to lighten the mood was Ron Harper.

"You remind me of when I was young, it's nice to be young." Hubble reluctantly explained the embarrassment.Bai Jidong laughed dryly.

Bai Jidong's first meeting with Jordan and Pippen was not pleasant. He took off his clothes, put on short-sleeved shorts, and waited for Jackson's arrangement.

"Have you all warmed up?" Jackson appeared, "Looks like you've finished warming up."

Jackson went on to say: "Let's play a match. We just assembled today. You are not familiar with each other. Take this opportunity to get to know each other well."

There are 20 players on the field, and only 15 will be able to enter the big roster. Five of them will be eliminated in the training camp. Jackson divided the 5 players into two groups for confrontation, but the staffing of the groups is obvious at a glance. Those guys are the main players on the team, those guys are the fringe guys.

Jordan, Pippen, Harper, Rodman, and Longley formed a team of five.

Against them are Bai Jidong, Kukoc, Cole, Bill Wennington, and James Edwards.

"Are you kidding? How do you fight this?" Cole was dumbfounded when he saw the five people on the opposite side.

Edwards and Bai Jidong exchanged a few words, and when they heard Cole's words, they laughed dryly and said, "Phil didn't expect us to win, do you believe it? The five people on the opposite side will be the starters of the new season, and we are specially training them. Yes." "Practice?" Cole understood.

Hubble came over and said: "Luke is not feeling well today, so he won't jump the ball. We decided to give you the ball." "Thank you." Bai Jidong really thought they were kind.

"How many shots?" Bai Jidong asked his teammates.

Cole replied: "Ten usually." "Only ten?" Bai Jidong thought it was too little.

Cole didn't think so: "There are already many, and I don't want to fight any of them." "It's best not to let Michael hear you." disposition.

Bai Jidong is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and the other four are all veterans, so they are well aware of the gap between the two sides.

"Phil, Scott won't show mercy to that little guy." John Paxson stood beside Jackson to watch the game.

"All I want is to show no mercy," Jackson said. "He's 18," Paxson said.Jackson said: "That's why I want to see why he let Jerry choose him over Jason Caffey."

Paxson could see that Jackson didn't like Krause's operation.Jackson never talked too much, he let his subordinates guess.

Pippen came up and made a real effort.Bai Jidong wanted to show off his dribbling skills in front of him, but Pippen forced him to almost retreat to the half court. If Kukoc hadn't come to respond, he would have lost the ball.

"Scott, your defense is great!" Bai Jidong followed Pippen and praised from the bottom of his heart.

What do you need to say?Pi Peng didn't like Bai Jidong, so he didn't bother to answer him.

It was Hubble who defended Kukoc.Harper used to be the core of the Cavaliers' offense, known as the poor man's version of Jordan. After a serious injury, he transferred to the Bulls and became a role player who averaged only 6 points per game, but his defense is an important part of the Bulls' peripheral chain.

Kukoc is known as the Jordan of Europe, dribbling with his left hand and attacking the basket.Hubble gave him enough interference, but Kukoc took the lead and rushed to the basket to make a throw.

Bai Jidong first confronted Pippen.Pippen passed the ball to Jordan on the outside and then picked and rolled each other. Bai Jidong had to defend Jordan. This moment came too fast, and he actually faced Jordan directly in the team match.

"Put away your demon-like eyes, don't look at me like that, be careful I'll kick your ass!" Jordan spit out rude trash talk like a violent destroyer.

Bai Jidong was shaken away by him with one step.Jordan thought it was over, but Bai Weidong caught up with him.

The two confronted, and of course Jordan won.Jordan almost flew Bai Jidong into the air, stopped in mid-air and made a shot, making a hit.

"I don't know what that fat pig sees in you," said Jordan sarcastically.

Bai Jidong asked: "Where did I offend you?" "You offended me by standing here." Bai Jidong was puzzled and wronged by Jordan's answer.

Kukoc has experienced such things, and he understands Bai Jidong.

Kukoc tried to enlighten him: "Let MJ see your strength. You can only get his respect if you show strength."

Pippen pressed Bai Weidong directly from the frontcourt.Pippen took out the strength of defending Jordan to deal with Bai Jidong.Bai Jidong was completely unable to push forward and played the ball early.

"Your defense is better than what I saw on TV!" Bai Jidong praised Pippen.He boasted so much that even Pippen himself was a little embarrassed.This rookie doesn't look that bad?Should I be gentle with him?
"Why are you so verbose?" Pippen asked.Bai Jidong's expression was sincere, and sincerity made Pippen unable to question his sincerity, "Because these are the words from my heart."

Bai Jidong's verbal offensive somewhat diverted Pippen's attention.Kukoc broke through again with the ball. He borrowed Edwards. When he came to the basket, Rodman's precise defense prevented him from shooting.

"nice shot!"

Bai Jidong cuts in place, catches the ball and makes a layup.However, a black leopard that was hunting for prey rose to the same height as him, and pressed down the ball in Bai Weidong's hand head-on.

"Danger!"

Bai Jidong was thrown from the air.Jordan looked down at him, like looking at a bug that could be crushed to death, "Go home if you want mom, this is not the place for you."

"Hillbilly! Are you fucking having a headache again?" After Bai Weidong finished speaking, Jordan turned his gun on his partner Pippen, and Bai Weidong was shocked by the harshness of his words.

"Michael is like a hedgehog, ready to stab others at any time. Once he catches the opportunity, he will make you bleed." Years later, when asked how it felt to be a teammate with Jordan, Bai Jidong answered this way.

(End of this chapter)