Chapter 541 Michael Jordan's Invitation

Seeing that Tang Tian was looking at him without saying anything, Jordan used his golf club as a cane and continued, leaning on it.

"You and I were very similar back then. We didn't play basketball to pursue any goals, but to enjoy basketball. Because we had feelings for a city, we chose to win our first championship there, then the second, and the third, creating a dynasty.

"But after achieving that, we go on to pursue what we want. Like me, golf."

As Jordan spoke, he hit another shot, a super shot, a birdie, a hole-in-one.

"Woo-hoo! This is life!"

Jordan shouted excitedly, turned around, took a cigar from his assistant, lit it, and took a puff.

"Kemba Walker is a very strong and great player. I know he hasn't reached his peak yet, but it's basically unrealistic to win a championship relying on him. But you're different. You can lead a group of rookies to win a championship in New Orleans, and you can do the same here, with your best brothers."

After Jordan said this, Tang Tian finally knew what his purpose was in looking for him.

He wanted to recruit him to play in Charlotte.

Although he didn't say it very directly, the general meaning was clear enough.

Back then, after Jordan completed his three-peat with the Bulls, he felt like he had no opponents, and temporarily lost interest in basketball, choosing to retire early and play golf.

Tang Tian had just renewed a three-year short contract in the summer, and could opt out of the contract in three years to become a free agent.

If everything went smoothly, he would likely win four consecutive championships with the Pelicans.

According to Jordan's understanding, Tang Tian's state of mind at that time would be the same as his own back then, losing interest in basketball.

If you get tired of one place, you just change to another.

At that time, Tang Tian would come to Charlotte to play brotherhood basketball with Walker, which would be a brand-new life experience.

This kind of change was no less than Jordan's choice to play golf.

This proposal was very interesting.

"It's a bit early."

Tang Tian didn't answer directly.

On the one hand, it was indeed a bit early as he said, because once he failed to complete the dynasty in New Orleans, it would all be for nothing.

On the other hand, and more importantly, he didn't want to play under Jordan.

If he really lost interest in basketball, he might very well become a team owner like Jordan.

With Jordan in Charlotte, this path was blocked, but there was a possibility in New Orleans.

Jordan laughed when he heard Tang Tian's answer.

He didn't expect Tang Tian to agree to him either. The purpose of inviting Tang Tian this time was mainly to build a relationship, so that he would have a say when Tang Tian became a free agent.

After the two finished talking, they went to the restaurant for dinner.

The ingredients Jordan prepared were top-notch. His current identity was the big boss of the Bobcats, and he received more than 100 million in dividends from Nike every year.

Inviting Tang Tian to dinner definitely had to be high-end.

The two didn't talk about the previous topic anymore. They ate delicious food and drank fine wine, all that was missing was a few models.

After drinking, Jordan became even more open, complaining to Tang Tian about the current league.

"With the current league, if I wasn't too old, I would have made my third comeback. I could choose to get a triple-double every night, or I could choose to get fifty or sixty points, depending on my mood. It's too easy."

From Jordan's complaints, it could be felt that he was somewhat dismissive of the current basketball games.

"You have to know that in my era, the current technical fouls were just ordinary fouls, and the current ordinary fouls would never have been called before. Basketball is a sport of confrontation, and now it's becoming a performance."

Listening to Jordan's complaints, Tang Tian suddenly felt that this trip to Charlotte was worthwhile.

Jordan was also not very interested in the current league. If he were to make things difficult for Xiao Hua in the future, Jordan would likely stand on his side.

It should be known that although Jordan had retired, he was still the God of Basketball after all, and his influence was enormous.

If he and Jordan both boycotted Xiao Hua, it would basically be equivalent to Nike boycotting Xiao Hua, and the league would definitely take action.

It seemed that it was wise of him not to directly reject Jordan's invitation earlier.

He hadn't confronted Xiao Hua before because his position wasn't high enough, but now that his position had risen, and he had Jordan as an ally, it would be a matter of course to get rid of Xiao Hua in the future.

"Tang, I have a suggestion for you."

Jordan suddenly looked at Tang Tian and said at this moment.

Tang Tian looked at Jordan curiously.

"In my era, whoever could score was the most awesome. You've already proven your scoring ability. If you want to enter a higher level, you have to try to get more triple-doubles. You know this is the current trend in the league."

Jordan continued.

Tang Tian nodded after listening.

Jordan's reminder was quite timely.

In terms of scoring, even if he scored more points in the new season, even breaking Kobe's 81 points, the reaction wouldn't be that big.

At most it would be: Look, Tang is scoring again.

But triple-doubles were different. In terms of data alone, triple-doubles were the highest honor for players.

It was only in these two seasons that the scale of penalties had increased, making triple-doubles easier.

Before that, a player didn't have many triple-doubles in their entire career.

If Tang Tian wanted to continue to improve his level and increase his league status, this was the direction.

Jordan was someone who had been there after all.

It seemed that this trip to Charlotte was not only rewarding, but also very rewarding.

After dinner, Tang Tian took a private plane back to New Orleans.

On the plane, he was already thinking about the content of his conversation with Jordan.

His shooting, passing, and driving skills had all reached a certain level, and with the triple threat and other auxiliary skills, he should be the easiest to get triple-doubles.

Last season, after he improved his passing ability, his number of triple-doubles had reached a new career high.

However, there were also several limitations.

Stamina, this was an old problem and also a big problem.

One of the main reasons why James had so many triple-doubles was his bug-like stamina, and playing the entire game was not a problem at all.

The second was rebounds. Although his teammates would box out for him because of his team status, this was not a long-term solution after all, and he had to improve it appropriately.

It didn't need to be as big of an improvement as passing, but at least he could have three or five more rebounds.

The last was dribbling.

Among his shooting, passing, and driving skills, his shooting and passing abilities were already very strong, but his driving aspect was relatively lacking.

Shen Gui's bombardment was too exhausting, and the dribbling was only the blue low dribbling.

He wanted to get triple-doubles, but he definitely had to win, otherwise it would be no different from stat-padding.

So improving his skills was also something that had to be considered.

When these three aspects could be improved, what he could do next season might not just be getting a few more triple-doubles, but it was to challenge "Big O" Oscar Robertson's season average triple-double!

With an idea in mind, he opened the Krypton system, scanning back and forth on the interface of blue and purple skills.

Soon, he found a cheap and good target.