When going out in the morning, Lu Yu asked Annie to lock the door, not to open the door if a stranger knocked on the door, and to keep the gun where it could be reached immediately.
This incident had a profound psychological impact on the American people, and their sense of economic and political security was severely weakened.
After the incident, U.S. stock investors began to sell stocks in a panic, causing the stock market to plummet. Within a week, the Dow Jones Index, Nasdaq Index and S&P Index fell by 14.3%, 16.1% and 11.6% respectively, and stocks were estimated to have shrunk by US$1.4 trillion.
Despite the government's massive injection of funds into the stock market, panic selling was still unavoidable after the market reopened on September 17, and major stock indexes continued to fall to their lowest point in three years.
For a time, the entire United States was in a state of depression, and an atmosphere of sadness permeated the entire country.
At this time, a superhero needs to appear to cheer people up again, lead them to actively face difficulties, and bravely accept challenges!
Two weeks after the incident, on September 25, 2001, this hero appeared!
NBA superstar and basketball god Michael Jordan has announced his comeback after three years of retirement!
This is Jordan's second comeback.
The timing was just right.
NBA President David Stern said: "I am very happy for Jordan's comeback. Michael was once deeply loved by fans all over the world as a basketball legend. In addition, Jordan's return to the NBA also brings joy to the American people who are in grief.
Came some comfort and joy."
Having just experienced the trauma caused by this attack, the American people are still immersed in great grief.
Jordan is 37 years old. He is no longer the god of basketball who takes everything he wants on the court and is admired by everyone off the court.
However, Jordan is Jordan after all, and he is still the most influential player on the planet.
When he announced that he would donate his entire first-season salary—$1 million—to the American people who suffered the attack, it caused a huge sensation in the sports world and even American society as a whole.
Jordan said: "At such a difficult time, I hope my actions can help some people, that's all."
Moreover, Jordan did not choose the Chicago Bulls, with whom he had won six championships, but the Wizards, the team in Washington, the capital of the United States! This choice is undoubtedly a clever choice!
Nowadays, the entire American society has fallen into unprecedented despair, and the entire society is even shrouded in gloom, and the NBA ticket sales rate has dropped extremely. Even the Wizards, a team invested by Jordan, have a poor record. Last season, the attendance rate in the NBA was last in the league.
He chose the Wizards, which brought attendance.
At the same time, the Wizards owner promised him that as long as Jordan retires, he can take back his shares at the original price and give him a larger proportion of the shares.
Because the league stipulates that players cannot hold shares in the team, it is said that Jordan followed the example of Magic Johnson, who had briefly come back before, and sold his shares to the Wizards owner, and agreed to take them back at the original price after he retired.
Unfortunately, Lu Yu knew that Boss Qiao was deceived this time.
On October 2nd, NBA teams ushered in their annual media day, but this media day was so different. Although players and coaches still accepted interviews and took makeup photos, everyone discovered that the players
The jersey on his body has an extra "Unity Ribbon" pattern containing the American flag than before.
The Toronto Raptors' unity ribbon features both the American and Canadian flags.
The Bulls players who have been training together for more than a month have already arrived at the scene. Lu Yu has become friends with Artest, Jamal Crawford, and Tyson Chandler because they often go to the street court to play together.
They also had dinner together, and they made an appointment to report together on the media day.
Oakley preceded them. As the big brother of the team, he was happy to see Lu Yu get involved with several potential players from the team.
Lu Yu respected him even more. After arriving at the scene, he asked Oakley to walk in front, and the four of them walked side by side behind Oakley like his younger brother.
Head coach Floyd saw all this in his eyes and secretly lamented that Lu Yu not only has a high IQ as a player, but also has an emotional intelligence as a person. Even if he really becomes the core of the team in the future, it will only be harmful to the team's atmosphere.
.
This child is definitely not something in the pond.
His only worry is whether this pond in Chicago can accommodate such a big thing in the future.
Of course, according to history, the Bulls are not a small pond, but today is no different than in the past. One moment and another, the current Bulls are somewhat like a tiger that has fallen into the sun.
What surprised him the most was that Lu Yu, Drew and Guyton were also expected to go together. He thought that the relationship between the three of them would be tense because they competed for the point guard position in the team.
Who knew that Lu Yu would take the initiative to greet them both, and they both greeted him with smiles.
Guyton didn't care, after all, he was playing as a substitute for anyone. If there was no Lu Yu today, there would be Wang Yu and Zhang Yu who were stronger than him tomorrow. Sooner or later, he would become a substitute for the substitute.
Such is his strength, if he hadn't been a few centimeters taller than Amin, he would have been laid off this season, not Amin.
After several training matches, he also recognized the reality.
The gap in strength between himself and Lu Yu is as deep as the Mariana Trench.
And what about Drew.
His enthusiasm seemed to be overdone: "Lu, when the media take photos, you must show your style as the second pick. I think you must be the C position today. This is the tradition of the NBA. On media day, even the coach and general manager
, all serve as green leaves for rookies, especially the best rookie players every year, who have to debut in the C position."
"Really? I don't even know, thank you." Lu Yu remained calm, but secretly said in his heart, it would be a pity if you don't sell abduction, let's see how long you can keep fooling me.
If Lu Yu really makes his C-position debut today, he will offend people.
Not to mention the veteran players in the team, even Brad Miller, Marcus Fizer and Ron Mercer, the three current stars, will not look good on themselves.
Not to mention the head coach and general manager behind him.
Drew is a bad hypocrite. He always speaks ill of another person in front of one person, and then speaks ill of the other person in front of another person. On the surface, he is friends with both people, but those two
I almost got into a fight because of him.
Lu Yu went to chat with other people. He was not a fool, and he was too lazy to give in to such a smiling tiger who wanted to deceive him.
If you really want to compete, do it based on your ability.
Lu Yu would not regard Drew as his enemy. After all, Drew is not strong enough to be Lu Yu's enemy.
The interaction between the three of them gave Lu Yu a lot of points in Floyd's eyes. Even if they were competitors, he still hoped that the team would be in healthy competition rather than maliciously destroying each other. Their fundamental goal was the same
Yes, that is to make the Bulls play better.
Lu Yu communicates very well with everyone except Marcus Fizer. Fizer was a student of head coach Floyd when he was a college coach, and now he has become the core player of the Bulls' external promotion.
, naturally a bit arrogant, Lu Yu just smiled and rowed away.
Brad Miller is very satisfied with Lu Yu during this period. What a big center needs most is a point guard who can pass the ball. Lu Yu happens to pass the ball well: "If you can make less breakthroughs and let me play from behind more
A few times is better.”
Lu Yu prefers to cooperate with pie-eating players like Chandler. When he cooperates with Miller, he feels like he has become a tool man.
Brad Miller, Marcus Fizer and Ron Mercer, the other core member, took the final makeup photos first.
Ron Mercer rarely talks, but he was the most capable outside player on this team before Lu Yu came.
He graduated from the University of Kentucky and was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 6th overall pick in the first round of 1997. He is 201cm tall and weighs 95kg. Last season, he averaged 19.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game.
The second leading scorer after Rand.
From the perspective of the team's role, with him here, Artest can only serve as a substitute for him.
But Lu Yu knows that his absolute strength is not good, and when he does not have enough ball rights, his level of supporting role is ridiculously poor.
The reporter's interviews mainly focused on a few core topics. Of course, many reporters paid attention to Lu Yu. However, after looking around, only a few reporters saw Lu Yu's figure in the corner.
Lu Yu's answers to questions were also very bland, without any breaking news, which made reporters lose interest.
He wouldn't really be fooled by that fool Guyton.
Is it necessary to steal the spotlight from veteran players like them at this time?
Tomorrow the team will open their training session to the media for the first time. On the 5th, the NBA preseason officially begins, and the schedule is also out. In order to cater to the tastes of international fans, and also out of the need to develop markets, including the Los Angeles Bulls
Six teams, including the National Basketball Association, will go abroad to play games. This is not the first time in the history of the NBA.
On October 13th and 14th, the Lakers, who have "Shark" O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, will play two consecutive games against the Golden State Warriors at the Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
At the same time, the Bulls and Mavericks will have their first derby game in Shanghai, China.
It simply ignited the enthusiasm of domestic fans.
The Bulls have Lu Yu, and the Mavericks have Wang Zhizhi.
Who should I support?
This is a problem.
On the morning of the 3rd, Lu Yu practiced shooting, took a rest in the afternoon, and went to the team's open training session in the evening. To Lu Yu's surprise, he had nothing else to do except warm-up training with the players on the court.
During the team's confrontation training, head coach Floyd only played him for two minutes before replacing him.
The next day, "Chicago Sports News" used the word "unremarkable" to describe this Bulls team when introducing this training session. When introducing Lu Yu, the newspaper said this: "It seems that Floyd is the main
The coach is not optimistic about Lu Yu, a rookie, and even Lu Yu is given very little playing time in training sessions. We don’t have to wait for the regular season at all, and we can conclude that Lu Yu’s road to the NBA is bound to be full of ups and downs.”
You must know that when Lu Yu was first elected, it was this newspaper that praised Lu Yu to the sky.
They even said Lu Yu was the savior of the Bulls.
Freud placed the newspaper in front of Lu Yu.
"I'm not trying to show weakness to the enemy. I just want to tell you with facts. When you don't show any performance, those who praised you in the first place will eventually add insult to injury."
"So, from now on, you have to be prepared to slap them in the face!"
…
On October 5, the Bulls faced the Memphis Grizzlies at home to start the first preseason game of the season.
This is Lu Yu's first show in the NBA. Although the media yesterday was not optimistic about Lu Yu, there were still many spectators who supported Lu Yu. When Lu Yu walked into the stadium from the player tunnel to warm up, he had already seen
The stadium was full, and there were screams in his ears. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that many female fans were shouting his name.
Sure enough, when he looked up, he saw a row of sexy female fans shouting his name: "Lu...Yu..." The pronunciation was not very standard, but it could be seen from their loving peach blossom eyes that they were...
Attracted by Lu Yu's handsome appearance.
There were also many Hua Qiao in the stands. They carried banners with Chinese characters like "Lu Yu! Come on!" which made Lu Yu feel more cordial.
This ordinary preseason game attracted more than 10,000 spectators to the scene. The number of fans in attendance alone made General Manager Klaus overjoyed. It can be expected that the box office will continue to soar in the future. It seems that Lu Yu was chosen.
is the right choice.
There are almost no major changes in the members of the team, except for the arrival of three rookies.
Obviously, the fans are not here for the other two. Lu Yu is his God of Wealth. Not only has he brought some Chinese brand sponsorships, such as the Yili Milk that is now illuminated on the floor with lights on the field, but it has also given this long-dormant football club a chance to win.
The stadium brought back many fans who had not been to watch the game for a long time.
There is also an area of fans in the stands wearing neither Bulls nor Grizzlies jerseys. The jerseys they wear have Gonzaga University's name printed on the chest, and their back numbers are Lu Yu's No. 10.
, they came to see their former hero, and they held up a large photo of Lu Yu with the words: "The pride of Spokane, no matter where you go, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will always support you."
Looking at the crowded stands, Lu Yu suppressed his surging emotions and even took the time to glance at his system panel.
[Host: Lu Yu]
[Water breathing method: 71%]
[Thunder Breathing Technique: 66%]
[Fire Breathing Method: 57%]
[Wind breathing method: 16%]
This is the result of this summer's training. Now I will show my training results on the NBA court, and I will continue to improve myself on the NBA court.
Oakley came over and patted him on the shoulder: "How are you? Are you okay?"
"Fortunately, the lights are just a bit dazzling." Lu Yu glanced at the female fans in the stands.
Players from both teams began to warm up, and Lu Yu also walked up to Battier and bumped shoulders with Battier.
The two of them have competed together since the NCAA. Unexpectedly, they bumped into each other again in their first game in the NBA.
Fate.
On the sidelines, Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron also came to the game. Charlize ignored Lu Yu during this period, but she just saw Lu Yu standing on the NBA court and had a different thought in her heart.
Players return to the locker room.
after awhile,
The lights on the court suddenly dimmed, and the passionate voice of the on-site commentator rang out amidst the applause and screams of the fans.
"Now welcome our Bulls players. This is a new season. Our players have many new faces. Let us welcome them... The first one to appear is our new player this year, Trenton Hassell...
"
The last note is dragged out very long.
Following the passionate commentator's voice, Chandler also walked out of the tunnel.
Lu Yu stood in the players tunnel.
Artest touched him from behind and said, "Lu, it's your turn. Have you figured out what kind of dance to use? I can teach you how to do it. For example, take off your jersey and reveal your hard-covered muscles..."
"……forget it."
Lu Yu would not be an exhibitionist like Sha Tai.
He walked away from the players.
The on-site commentator announced at this time: "The following person is our super rookie this year. He comes from Gonzaga University and is currently wearing the Bulls' No. 10 jersey, Lu... Yu..."
