Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters
Chapter 60: Sanjiang Sentiments

Once is chance, twice is familiarity, so let's leave those "thank yous" you'll definitely skip to the end and let me talk about something else first.

In recent years, due to James's unfavorable luck, the anti-bandwagon trend seems to have intensified, affecting the narrative style of basketball literature to such an extent that it's almost become a state where if it's not anti-bandwagon, it's not enjoyable. My thinking is rather linear, and I often associate one thing with another that seems unrelated.

In the last few months before the end of Noise, which could be said to be the peak of the anti-bandwagon period, one day, the admin of the book fan group "Account Deletion" uploaded a GIF of James kneeling and named it "Old James Finals Game Seven Fouled Out and Lost the Crown.GIF". I can't help but admire Account Deletion's sense of humor and the wisdom of the group members. At that time, almost everyone believed the Lakers would be favored by the referees from then on. What I was thinking at the time was, what was the situation with Jordan during the same period?

I spent several days organizing a timeline of how Jordan sought a management position with the Bulls after his second retirement and was rejected, then chose the Wizards over the Hornets, came out of retirement after a short-lived failed GM career, and encountered an even more disastrous failure.

When I finished this task, I realized I had wasted my time, because it was meaningless to me at the time. It wasn't until the first month after Noise ended, while I racked my brain over my new book, that I opened this fruitless TXT.

That's where the inspiration for this book came from.

I'm not aiming to write another The Heir of the Bulls; if after five years of writing basketball literature, I end up writing The Heir of the Bulls 2.0, that would be a disgrace for me, and a sign: I've made no progress, it's time to roll out of this circle.

I wanted a different narrative angle. I wanted to write about the Jordan I saw, to demonstrate his negative aspects from the perspective of someone who thinks they understand him. This is by no means the diplomatic rhetoric of blackening *** (could be any basketball star) in my writing and then telling those who question it, "You might not believe it, but actually, I'm a fan of his."

I am the author who wrote The Heir of the Bulls, but I hope that when this book is finished, you'll say, "You couldn't possibly be the author who wrote The Heir of the Bulls!" If this moment comes true, it would be my honor.

Before starting the thank you section, I want to answer a few common questions.

What's with the news at the end of the chapters?

Answer: It's to increase immersion, but I won't add it at the end of every chapter. The rule for news at the end of the chapters is it only comes when the protagonist's day is over, and only if there is interesting news or news that hints at the upcoming plot. As Big Fei enters the NBA, this end-of-chapter news will be less frequent, mostly replaced by post-game interviews to increase immersion and hint at subsequent plots. It's a new attempt; if a certain number of readers express their dislike, I will give it up.

Are you still a literary youth?

Answer: That depends on what you mean by 'literary youth.' If you mean torturing the protagonist, then no, I've learned my lesson.

Will there be a surge of updates after going live?

Answer: Considering that some brats have redefined what a surge of updates means, I won't say that I will do it once I go live, but I guarantee there will be ten updates on that day.

How many updates per day after going live?

Answer: Two updates a day will stay the same. The number of chapters won't increase, but I assure you they will get a bit longer. For instance, right now, you might read 5-6K words a day, but later I'll try to give you 7-8-9K words a day.

Thank you section

Firstly, I must thank the brothers in the review group who have increased the attractiveness of this book by 50%.

Thanks to my long-term business officer Purple Night, as well as Brother Hu, the owner of the cabin group, and all the administrators of the various book fan groups, thank you for helping me maintain order in the chapter comments, review area, and book fan groups.

Thank you to the thousands of readers who have endured my short chapters over the past half a month.

Thank you to my editor Cookie for their guidance, support, and assistance.