The Way of the Center

"Really no longer thinking about it?" At the dinner table, Ricard wiped his mouth and stared at the Chinese who is no longer young. Compared to when he first saw him on the field, Anjie has changed too much.

He grew a beard and his hair grew longer. And the wrinkles on the face are obviously a lot more. Look at yourself again, isn't the hair graying again? Everyone, everything has changed...

"I can’t move anymore, Boss. I know my own body. I used to be able to keep energetic under high-intensity training. But now, my knee will break anytime. Every time I move on the court, every time A jump is a test of my knees. I don’t want to end my career in a wheelchair. In the future, I want to play with An Xiang.” An Jie said, looking down the floor-to-ceiling windows to his home. courtyard. An Xiang, who has grown up, is practicing on the basketball court in the yard, and that guy's shooting percentage is already scary when he warms up. It seems that he really inherited An Jie's soft touch.

"You only scored 28 points and 16 rebounds in the last game. This season, you still averaged 17.8 points and 11.2 rebounds per game. Let me say that even though you are 36 years old, you are still the league's number one center. At this time, are you sure you want to leave?" Of course Ricard was reluctant to leave Anjie. Since the beginning of his career, he and Anjie have worked together. Now this good partner suddenly wants to leave the stadium, can Ricard be willing to do it?

"What you said, I thought about it when I established the dynasty for the second time. It is because I can't bear to bear it, so I have been fighting until now. Catherine and Anxiang, but waited for me for five years. I think, yes It’s time. Those in our line will eventually leave. LeBron, Dwyane, Cameron... the guys I’m familiar with in the league have already left one after another. This year, the round It's me."

"The Blazers still need you." Ricard clenched his fists unwillingly.

"What the Trail Blazers need is to create a new era. It's over, boss. This era belongs to us, it's over. Even if I stay, how long can I stay? One year? Two years? Three years. Instead of delaying these years, it is better to let the team find the next leader. Without me, the team can free up more salary space." An Jie said, laughing.

"I know your personality is safe, you have decided things, ten cows can not be pulled back. You decided to play nba, so you wreak havoc in ncaa. At the beginning you decided to make a big splash, so the league has the thunder three young masters. . At the beginning you decided to win the championship, so we won six together. I think now, nothing can change your mind." Ricard breathed out, but felt that he was relaxed. Since An Jie decides to leave, in the final season, give him a good gift.

"Retired... I didn't expect that this day would be so soon." An Jie looked through the glass and looked at the Torn City, which was also brightly lit at night. This time, I really want to see you again...

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After Anjie broke out and defeated the Detroit Pistons, the Trail Blazers were advancing all the way. They won five consecutive games in one breath, and Anjie's performance in these five games is also very eye-catching.

In five games, Anjie averaged 24.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. The data he played in these five games is almost infinitely close to his peak performance.

The 36-year-old legend began to reoccupy the front page headlines, and major sports channels began to discuss Anjie more and more. They all exclaimed, An Jie is about to begin to reshape his glory.

Wu Hua has been in a very happy mood these few days. As An Jie's queen reporter, An Jie has performed well, and Wu Hua is naturally happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

In the next game, the Blazers will face the up-and-coming Philadelphia 76ers. Facing the 76ers with the two superstars of Simmons and Embiid, the Blazers' winning streak has been tested.

Embiid even spoke on Twitter. "Regardless of whether the opponent is a legend or something else, I will knock him to the ground without mercy!"

There is no doubt that Embiid's remarks were quickly forwarded to the world by various media. People say that Embiid is disrespectful to his predecessors, but An Jie, the client, only smiled when he saw the relevant report.

"This stinky kid, Embiid, looks like me back then." Yes, when he was young, Anjie didn't seem to respect anyone. For him, only by doing his best to fight with others on the field can he be called respect.

This highly anticipated regular season was finally staged on time at the Anjie Center. Faced with the aging Anjie, Embiid used his speed advantage to break through as soon as he came up, and made an easy layup.

For the second goal, Ben Simmons of the 76ers forced a breakthrough, and Anjie jumped high and prepared to block, but Simmons still scored the ball under interference.

Ricard couldn't help sighing, the basket guarded by Anjie is no longer in the no-fly zone. At most, it can only be called a restricted-flying zone.

On the defensive end, Embiid pushed and shoved An Jie time and time again, and collided with An Jie time and time again. That action was already a bit too defensive, and it was not even stopped by the referee.

In such a rhythm of the game, Anjie played very badly in the first half of the game, and the Trail Blazers also entered the halftime with a 10-point disadvantage.

During the intermission, Ricard looked at Anjie. To his surprise, Anjie, who was about to retire, did not become calm as a result. Instead, he seemed to be full of anger.

"Boss, in the second half of the game, give me more playing time. Embiid, I'm ready!" Anjie finished, turning his head to look at Nurkic.

"Yousuf, this may take up some of your playing time. But don't be unhappy."

"No, no! Everything is based on victory!" Nurkic waved his hand quickly. In An Jie's last season, who else would dare to face An Jie?

An Jie moved his muscles and bones, since the referee's scale was so loose in the first half. In the second half, don't blame An Jie for bullying the small.

In the second half, the confident Embiid came up and leaned on Anjie for the ball to prepare for singles. But this guy just took a small step back, and An Jie fell down.

An Jie's performance was so lifelike that even the referee didn't even notice it. I don't know if Divac sees this scene, will he feel proud of it?

Embiid was fouled by An Jie, but he didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, now An Jie can only survive in this way of indiscriminate use.

But soon Embiid discovered that Anjie seemed to be playing with himself!

On the offensive end, Anjie secretly exerted force while turning around, causing Embiid to suffer a dark elbow.

After being hit by the elbow, Embiid had no time to react, so he could only watch An Jie pass himself with a beautiful turn, and then jumped and dunked on the spot!

"Monster dunk! Never, never underestimate this guy. Even when he is in a trough, absolutely not!" O'Neal looked at the court with a grin, Embiid ah Embiid, today, let's have a good lesson.

After Anjie finished the dunk, Embiid was obviously anxious. Defeated by a 36-year-old "old man", if this spreads out, people still can't laugh out of their teeth?

Embiid admits that Anjie is great, but it doesn't mean that he can fail casually because of this. Anxious to prove himself, he broke the coach's tactics in the next offense and took the ball to go it alone. After all, in the first half of the game, he had won many one-on-one matches with Anjie.

This time, however, Embiid was impatient with flaws. Just after this guy held the ball with his back, the experienced Anjie suddenly shot and cut away the basketball in Embiid's hand.

Embiid not only failed to score, but also made a mistake. Where's Anjie? Anjie smiled triumphantly at Embiid and shook his finger.

Some things, no matter what An Jie's age, will not change. Arrogant? Anjie will be more arrogant than you!

Embiid's mentality collapsed after a series of failures. In the subsequent games, he failed to continue his excellent performance in the first half. On the contrary, it was An Jie who recovered his rhythm in a steady and steady fight.

But fortunately, Ben Simmons continued to play well, playing the Trail Blazers' weak three position. The 76ers also rely on Simmons' play and continue to maintain a weak advantage.

In the last 22 seconds of the game, Simmons used a beautiful back dribble to pass the defender and then broke directly. He did not choose to be one-on-one with the 36-year-old Anjie, but used a sudden stop jumper to end the offense.

Hands up, the knife falls. Simmons made a steady shot at the critical moment, allowing the 76ers to overtake by one point. The fans in the Anjie Center held their heads in their hands, with only 18 seconds left in the game. If the Trail Blazers fail their next offense, the 76ers that this game hates will really succeed.

Ricard arranged tactics nervously, and the camera scanned Anjie, but his expression was calm and chilled.

After the game restarted, Lillard kept possession of the ball from the outside, delaying time. It seems that the Trail Blazers are ready to make a desperate move.

In the last 5.2 seconds of the game, Lillard broke through and George made a three-pointer. However, under the interference of Ben Simmons, George missed a three-pointer.

Just when everyone thought the game was over, the familiar figure 00 jumped high and scored an offensive rebound from Embiid and other league stars. After that, the guy faced Embiid's defense, took a step back, leaned back, and shot.

Under Embiid's oppression, An Jie fell to the ground with an unstable focus. The orange basketball fell into the net under everyone's attention.

"In!?" Mike Brin helped his glasses.

"Come in!" Jeff Van Gundy has begun to yell into the microphone.

Lore ball, another great lore was born ~www.NovelMTL.com~ The next second, everything is back. The fans cheered with excitement, the teammates' ecstatic hugs, the heartbreaking yells of the commentators, and the opponent's unbelievable expressions...Time seemed to be back at that moment.

An Jie raised his arms high in the middle of the crowd, and did not put them down for a long time. His hideous expression is as scary as when he was young!

He is old, but not useless. His desire for victory has never diminished!

Ricard saw what had just happened and secretly wiped the corners of his eyes. Victory is not the most important thing for Ricard at this moment. The most important thing is that he is fortunate to see Anjie do the impossible again. I really hope this guy can stay, even if it's one more season.

Such a scene is really one less time to watch...

An Jie stood in the middle of the court under the embrace of his teammates, enjoying the few moments that belonged to him.

Time seemed to be back at that moment, but An Jie knew very well that his time had actually arrived.