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After training the next day, Yang Rui asked Jordan to go to a luxurious Western restaurant for lunch alone and took the initiative to negotiate an agreement.

Napoleon once vividly said: "Sometimes I am like a lion, sometimes like a sheep. The secret of all my success is: I know when I should be the former and when I should be the latter."

Carrots and sticks, neither one can be missing. Only by moving from "force" to "full commitment" can people be encouraged to unleash their greatest potential. If it is just a big stick, it will not be convincing, because no one wants to suffer losses and be suppressed all the time.

"Michael, are you still angry when I told you not to come off stage yesterday? I was a little emotional yesterday, so please bear with me. At this time, our relationship cannot have any problems."

When Yang Rui apologized, he also did not forget to give Jordan a strong relationship. He had to accept this apology even if he didn't want to accept it.

Jordan secretly scolded Yang Rui for being naughty, and his anger was gone.

For Jordan now, record is more important than face. Yang Rui is right. If the Wizards win the championship this season, it will be a perfect ending for him. Yang Rui is angry because of ambition, which is exactly what he pursues. The interests of the two are consistent.

Jordan sighed: "I'm not so stingy, but I think with this lineup, the Wizards can't win the championship. I'm only averaging 19.1 points per game now, and there aren't many games left."

Yang Rui smiled and said: "When we play against an underdog, I will increase your playing time, arrange tactics to help you brush up the data, and ensure that you average more points per game than Chamberlain. When you feel good, you can also take more shots, just like against the Bulls That scene.”

Jordan nodded. If he feels hot, he can score with a high pick-and-roll, and he can just stop and shoot in front of people.

Yang Rui continued: "This is the best lineup. It is indeed worse than the Lakers, Bulls, Kings, and Mavericks, but there are ways to make up for it. We are taking a more blossoming route and cooperating well with our opponents. It’s not easy to defend, and I came up with an idea to boost morale, which might work.”

"What can I do?" Jordan asked.

"Or maybe it's a promotional tool for the playoffs. It requires you to make some sacrifices to make everyone feel the emotion and make all the players realize that they must win this season and work hard." Yang Rui said seriously.

"As long as I can win, I'll cooperate with whatever you say." Jordan said without raising his head while cutting the steak.

Yang Rui also cut the steak, took a sip of juice and said: "Next, I plan to ask the management to collect videos of you playing. From young to old, most of them are when you are injured on the court, or you try your best to fail. I then edited a video of the mistake and played it in important playoff games. I also found a song..."

Jordan put down his knife and fork and raised his hand to interrupt Yang Rui. "Wait a minute...I don't understand. Other teams are showing highlights of wonderful goals, but you want to show highlights of my failure on the field? How does this improve morale?"

"My plan is to let everyone see your powerless side. This is the highest state of emotion. There is a Chinese idiom called 'things must be reversed'. If you act crazy like you did with the Bulls, I bet many fans will I don’t want to see you win. On the contrary, everyone will want the Wizards to win, because this is your last time." Yang Rui explained.

"Okay, now I'm a little disgusted with you again." Jordan said this, but he was somewhat in agreement with Yang Rui.

When he won the championship for the first time, the fan support rate was the highest. Why do people support him? Because he lost to the Pistons for three consecutive years and was tortured to tears for the third time. His attitude of working tirelessly to win and his feeling of wanting to win but not being able to win moved the fans.

MacArthur said, "Veterans never die, they just fade away." This sentence is also applicable on the NBA court.

Different people, at different times, will have different understandings of this sentence. The most popular understanding is that heroes will all grow old. People will always remember the great actions of heroes in their era, but gradually forget them when heroes grow old.

Not wanting to be forgotten is one of the motivations for Jordan's comeback. Nowadays, the hype about "the late hero" is indeed the most arousing to people's emotions.

Yang Rui smiled and said: "In short, just don't cry on the sidelines when you listen to that song."

"How is this possible?"

"That's hard to say. Recently, an old man just sang a cover of this song and compared it to the original singer. His singing was so miserable that even the original singer cried. I won't lie to you."

"Tell me the name of the song, I'll go back and listen to it." Jordan hummed.

"In the playoffs, keep it a secret now, otherwise it won't work. It's best to let the fans see your sincere emotions."

Jordan knew that Yang Rui liked to tell people off, so he stopped asking and started eating steak.

The Wizards could not get out of the predicament immediately. In the evening, they lost to the Raptors 86-89 at home.

Vince Carter is even more confused than Jordan now. His statistics this season have dropped to 21.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 1 block, which is almost the same as his rookie season.

Five members of the Raptors team averaged double figures per game, and Carter was the team's leading scorer. However, the media and fans were all disappointed with him, feeling that he was no longer as good as Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant.

The victory over the Wizards also relied on Michael Reid's convulsions. In the final quarter, Reid scored 16 points and hit 4 three-pointers, beating Hamilton and reversing the game.

After the game, Carter did something that was a little confusing. He took a shower and left the locker room, and went to the home team locker room to chat with Yang Rui.

Yang Rui didn't refuse, but he was not in the home team's locker room, but found a free room. The rooms in the Wizards' home arena are unused, and Yang Rui knows it very well.

It is best not to let the media photograph this kind of thing. Reporters will definitely say that Carter does not trust Rick Carlisle, which is indeed the case.

Sitting on the sofa, Carter sighed: "Jerry, I don't know what to do now. Carlisle asked me to pass the ball more, take fewer shots, and distribute the ball to Reid, Kirilenko, and Halprin. What do you think?" Is this right? I have no one to talk to but you, now the Raptors have a problem."

"How embarrassed I am to still win against the Wizards after something went wrong." Yang Rui said with a smile.

"You must know very well that if the two teams meet in the playoffs, it will be difficult for the Raptors to defeat the Wizards." Carter said with a wry smile. Last season, he could ignore the Wizards.

"So you don't want to stay with the Raptors anymore, right?" Yang Rui asked.

"Yeah, but I just signed a long-term max-salary contract. If I want to leave, I can only ask for a trade. Do you think I should stay with the Raptors?" Carter said with a wry smile: "I have been thinking about it for a long time and discussed it with my family. , my mother suggested that I ask you."

Carter is used to winning, and now that the team is weakening, he feels uncomfortable all over. And he doesn't look down on Toronto. He has been the All-Star vote winner for several consecutive years. How can he be willing to stay in Canada for the rest of his life?

But now he has become a symbol of the Raptors. If he continues, the team may eventually erect a statue of him. If you want to leave, it won't be that easy. You will definitely have to fall out with the management.

"It depends on what you want. You have a championship ring, an MVP, and no lack of personal honors. In the Raptors, you can get the highest salary and privileges; if you want to win and win more championships, then another Never mind." Yang Rui smiled.

"Jerry, I hope you tell me seriously, if I join a big city team, do you think I still have a chance to win the championship? Do I have a chance to surpass Jordan? Win more championships?"

Yang Rui thought for a while and decided to speak directly: "It's hard to win the championship, and it's even harder to surpass Jordan. If a team wants to replace you, it will definitely have to send out stars as bargaining chips, or draft rights, and with limited salary space, your Your teammates will not be too strong. If you are paired with another big-name star, once you fail to win the championship, your popularity will further decline. Because it was not your team originally, so think about it."

Carter nodded, lost in thought.

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