Jordan has never played for the Heat. How could the Heat retire Jordan's No.23?

The most unusual jersey in NBA history is retired. A player who has never played for the team enjoys the retired jersey for him. This team is Miami Heat, and this player is Michael Jordan.

On April 12, Beijing time, the Wizards challenged the Heat away. The result of this day's game is so important. Importantly, the Heat retired Jordan's jersey in a fantastic way. "This may be the best gift I have ever received in my life. My jersey can be retired by other teams, which explains a lot, thanks to Miami's generosity. " This is what Jordan said in an interview with the media when he heard that the Heat were retiring their jerseys. Yes, Jordan should thank this team, because this is the first time in NBA history and the only time at present that a team has done this. In fact, the Heat retired Jordan's No.23 jersey for the following reasons:

Set a benchmark, Jordan is great enough.

In order for other teams to retire the jerseys of non-team players, this player must be great enough, and Jordan, as the greatest player in NBA history, actually has the initial prerequisite for him to get this treatment. Jordan won too many honors in his life, including six championships, six FMVP, five MVPs, 10 scoring champion, 1 1 best team, nine best defensive moments and three steals. These basic honors are far behind. Moreover, Jordan's personal skills and charm on the court are enough to influence the entire NBA league. It is because Jordan is so great that he can have a chance to achieve this almost impossible thing. If it is another player, he will even be regarded as a joke. Therefore, the person who retired the jersey can only be Jordan, and it must be Jordan.

Riley was impressed with Jordan.

The most important reason why the Heat retired Jordan's No.23 jersey was because of Heat President Riley. As an excellent coach in NBA history, Riley not only won the championship as a player of 1972, but also led his team to win the NBA championship eight times after retiring. During this period, he also won the best head coach three times. And won 1 122 NBA regular season games, ranking fourth in NBA history.

Although Riley has such a brilliant resume, Jordan has always been Riley's nightmare. When Riley was the head coach of the Knicks, he met Jordan in the Eastern Conference playoffs of 1992 and 1993 respectively, but he lost to Jordan twice. After becoming the coach of the Heat, during the period of 1995- 1997, the Heat was eliminated by the Bulls twice in a row. It is no exaggeration to say that Riley's lifelong enemy is Jordan. Because of this, Riley hates Jordan, but he respects Jordan enough, that is to say, he is completely impressed by Jordan. Even if you don't cross the Jordan Mountain, you can only look up at his greatness at the foot of the mountain. Perhaps it is because of this long-standing feud that Riley has a different plot. So he suggested that Heat boss Alesson retire Jordan's No.23 jersey, which was later recognized by Alesson, thus creating the most incredible jersey retirement in NBA history. Riley even called on other teams to retire the No.23 jersey to express their appreciation and respect for Jordan, the god of basketball.

Perhaps Jordan himself never thought that the Heat would be so generous. The Heat was so generous to prove Jordan's greatness. Their stories are particularly warm. Now that more than ten years have passed, this alternative retired jersey may never appear again. Therefore, as a fan, understanding the interesting story of NBA basketball is a kind of remembrance!

If you are a die-hard fan of Jordan, it is estimated that you can't talk for three days and three nights. Just the record he created is enough to make fans talk in full swing. As the first person in history, Jordan is not only because of his good data and many records, but also because of all kinds of interesting things that happened to Jordan, which are also talked about by fans. Everyone knows that Jordan only played for Bulls and Wizards, but why the Heat retired his No.23 jersey really puzzled many fans. Today we have the answer.

Jordan's career lasted 15 seasons, including Bulls 13 and Wizards in the last two years. With Jordan's position and contribution to the team, it is completely understandable that he retired from the Bulls and Wizards for the No.23 jersey. But the Heat has always been Jordan's opponent, and he has never played a game for the Heat. However, in the year when Jordan announced his retirement, Jordan represented the Wizards against the Heat. The Heat actually returned the No.23 jersey for him, and even Jordan looked puzzled.

At that time, the coach of the Heat was Pat Riley, who retired the No.23 jersey for Jordan, and he called on the team to do so. To say that Riley and Jordan have always been sworn enemies, his Knicks, no matter what record they played, met Jordan's bulls in the playoffs, even after playing six games, they lost twice. Finally, Jordan announced his retirement, Riley was unhappy, and Jordan strongly announced his comeback. By this time, Riley had already coached in the Heat. The Heat led by Riley also met Jordan twice in the playoffs and was eventually eliminated without any suspense.

As an opponent, Riley was completely defeated by Jordan. This is the first time Riley has seen a retired star make a comeback in this state. Riley can be said to admire Jordan. In order to show respect for him, this is also the reason why the Heat retired Jordan's No.23 jersey at home. Later, Riley even called on the whole league to retire Jordan's No.23 jersey, because he thought it would show respect for Jordan.

It seems that the key for Jordan to be forced to return the No.23 jersey by the Heat is that he persuaded Riley. This shows that Jordan's dominance is terrible at its peak, and no one else will have a bright future with him. In the 72-year history of NBA, only Jordan has enjoyed such treatment. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the first person in history. If you want to surpass Jordan, you may be able to do it statistically, but no one can surpass Jordan in influence and dominance.

In 2003, the Heat made a very surprising decision to retire Jordan's No.23 jersey, knowing that Jordan had never played for the Heat. The Bulls chose to retire Jordan's No.23 jersey because Jordan is the greatest player in Bulls' history and even in NBA history, and the Wizards are probably more qualified than the Heat.

Jordan devoted himself to helping the Wizards in the last two years of his career, but the Wizards have no plans to retire Jordan's jersey. On the contrary, the Heat returned Jordan's No.23 jersey, which was really confusing. According to the Heat's official statement, it is to pay tribute to Jordan, a great player.

But the underlying reason should still be related to Riley. At that time, the team led by Riley was eliminated by the bulls led by Jordan many times in the playoffs. No matter what personnel changes Riley makes and what tactics he takes against Jordan, it won't play much role for Jordan. So Riley was really convinced by Jordan.

Riley always thought that his team had never lost to the Bulls, but losing to Jordan proved that he didn't coach himself. It is in this situation that Riley touted Jordan and even called on all teams in the league to retire Jordan's jerseys, but in the end only the Heat did so.

The Heat retired Jordan's No.23 jersey, starting with their team's general manager Pat Riley.

During Jordan's first three consecutive championships, patra was the head coach of the new york Knicks, and was eliminated by Jordan's Bulls in the first round, the Eastern Conference semifinals and the Eastern Conference finals for three consecutive years. Then, Pat Riley went to the Heat as the head coach. Unfortunately, in 1996 and 1997, he was eliminated by the bulls in the first round and the Eastern Conference finals respectively. As for 1998, due to a large-scale conflict with the Knicks in the playoffs, the team was eliminated by the Knicks and failed to meet the Bulls. It can be said that since Patrick Riley left the Lakers for the East, Jordan's bull is Patrick Riley's biggest pain, and it has also witnessed Jordan's two consecutive championships.

As we all know, Pat Riley is a very tough head coach. At that time, he made the Lakers' big names miserable with super training. It can be said that as head coach and general manager, Pat Riley is a very tough and arrogant person. He once said that if his team had Jordan, he would win more championships than Phil Jackson. It can be seen that his recognition of Jordan is based on the premise that he has coached super brands such as Magic Johnson Jabbar.

Therefore, in 2003, when Jordan visited Miami as a player for the last time, Pat Riley, as the head coach of the team, suggested that the team owner retire his team's No.23 jersey to show his respect for Jordan. Although bulls are the biggest victims of high temperature. That's why this special jersey retirement ceremony is held. At the same time, Patrelli also called on the whole league to retire the No.23 jerseys of each team.

Jordan once thanked him for this, saying that it was probably the best gift he had ever received in his life. His jersey can be retired from other teams, which can tell a lot.

In fact, in the final analysis, because Jordan ruled that era, he conquered everyone with his super strength. The Heat's retirement of his jersey also illustrates this point.

Now look at Jordan's No.23 jersey retired from the Heat, ostensibly out of respect for Jordan's personal influence on basketball, but in fact it is a big joke in the NBA. At the beginning, the NBA wanted to commemorate the great contribution of Jackie Robinson, a black player, in the American Major League Baseball. According to Robinson's personal story, Hollywood in the United States also made a film "Legend 42", in which the hero is Chadwick Boseman, the star of the upcoming Marvel comic film Black Panther. So in the whole baseball league, no one wears the No.42 jersey. In 2004, Major League Baseball designated Jack Robinson's first match day as "Jackie Robinson Day" and asked all players to wear No.42 jersey as a souvenir. For the United States, he is not only the first black player to enter the major leagues, but more importantly, Jack Robinson represents an important symbol of breaking racial discrimination.

The above is the template that the NBA originally wanted to refer to. James also said before that all the leagues should retire Jordan's No.23 jersey, thanking Jordan for his outstanding contribution to the NBA. It is a fact that Jordan has a great influence on basketball. But Jordan didn't surpass basketball itself. Jordan was born in an era of vigorous development of basketball, not in an era of serious racial discrimination. Besides, in the United States, in terms of sports influence, the first is baseball, the second is rugby, the third is basketball, and the fourth is ice hockey. Before the advent of television, rugby had more innate advantages in communication, so now rugby ranks first, baseball second, basketball third and ice hockey fourth.

Anyway, everyone knows that Riley, an old fox, is the most cautious. Retired Jordan's jersey can hit it off with david stern, then president of NBA. Let Riley take the lead and drive the whole league to retire Jordan's jersey collectively, thus creating Jordan's overall influence. How influential is Jordan? More than half of Nike's market revenue comes from the Air Jordan brand. What's more, the problem encountered by the NBA now is that there is no star who dominates the overall situation. The older generation of Chamberlain, Russell and Jabbar can always see Russell and Jabbar standing on the court now, in order to set off the historical background of NBA. Modern Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, and now James, almost all came with a group of stars. These stars retired and this group of fans disappeared. As a result, Riley took the lead in this matter, and it went to Riley. Why? Because NBA teams are all their own bosses' teams, Jordan has great influence, but it has not brought them practical benefits, and Jordan is not a historical hero like Jack Robinson. So, at this time, it starts with Riley and ends with Riley. It is estimated that no team will choose to retire Jordan's jersey in the future. If there is, it is that the Washington Wizards meet the requirements, but the Wizards have not agreed to retire. Now the Charlotte Hornets can retire Jordan jerseys. After all, Jordan is one of the bosses, and the whole team's sneakers are sponsored by Jordan.

Indeed, Jordan's retirement from the New Jersey Heat is called the most unusual retirement in history. First of all, Jordan's greatness is self-evident, but he didn't play for the Heat for a minute, and even the Heat was defeated by the bulls led by Jordan several times and missed the championship. It is precisely because of this "hatred" between the Bulls and the Heat that Jordan's No.23 jersey can be retired in the Heat.

Pat Riley, president of the Heat, went to the Eastern Conference to coach after his success in the Lakers in the 1980s, but at this time he happened to meet the bull in its heyday led by Jordan. 1992, Jordan eliminated Riley's Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and a year later, he eliminated Riley in the Eastern Conference finals. It was because of the feud that the two men had the feeling of cherishing heroes, so they returned this alternative jersey.

Riley, as the godfather of the Heat, had no real opponent throughout his career. Only Jordan beat Riley, and both of them appreciated each other. In the Knicks era, Riley's Knicks was one of the biggest rivals of the Bulls, but Riley still didn't surpass Jordan, but they respected each other's great success in their respective fields, which was considered as the hero's respect for the hero.

Of course, Jordan's second comeback caught up with Riley's heat era, which was the best period in the team's history. As a result, he did not expect to meet Jordan again. Riley didn't cross the Jordan Mountains in the end. It should be said that Riley was finally moved by Jordan. In his godfather career, only the great Jordan kept Riley at a distance. For people like Riley, he will only respect and admire people who are better than him, and Jordan is such a person.

In the end, in order to pay tribute to the greatest opponent, Riley did something that no league history team had ever done, that is, retired Jordan's jersey. In fact, after retiring Jordan jerseys, Riley even once called on all the teams in the league to retire No.23, in order to make the most perfect tribute to the first person in eternal history.

On April 12, 2003, Jordan followed the Wizards away to challenge the Heat. During this period, the Heat retired Jordan's No.23 jersey, half of which was red and black in the bull period and the other half was blue and white in the wizard period, symbolizing the bulls and wizards that Jordan played in his career. Strangely, Jordan only played for these two teams, but never for the Heat.

The main reason is that Jordan beat Pat Riley, the president of the Heat. Riley is one of the best coaches in NBA history, with a career of 65,438+065,438+022 wins, ranking fourth in NBA history. In his whole coaching career, he led the team to win eight championships and was elected as the coach of the year three times, which is full of legend. However, Jordan is a hurdle he has been crossing.

Riley 1992 and 1993 coached by the Knicks and lost to the Bulls led by Jordan for two consecutive years. 1995, 1996, 1997, Riley coached the Heat. 1995, even in the face of Jordan who hasn't returned to the court for a long time to play baseball, Riley still can't lead the team to victory. In the next two years, Jordan led the bulls to sweep the Heat and win the championship.

Every time we meet in the playoffs, Riley has made various adjustments and changes, but he still can't beat Jordan. After being eliminated by Jordan, he witnessed that Jordan led the Bulls to win the championship again and again, winning three championships twice in a row and retiring for a while, but the winning rate in the finals was still as high as 100%. Perhaps only Jordan's contemporary players and coaches can personally understand how shocking this kind of thing is.

Not convinced again and again, he was finally defeated by Jordan. Riley even said that the Bulls didn't defeat his team, but he just lost to Jordan and became a fan of Jordan. Many years later, he became the vice president of the Heat. When Jordan was about to end his career, he suggested that the team owner retire Jordan's jersey, which was recognized by the boss. Jordan's red and blue jersey hangs high above the hot fireball hall.

In addition to being conquered by Jordan, Jordan's significance to the league is also extraordinary. In other words, Jordan belongs not only to the Bulls and Wizards, but also to the NBA. He belongs to 30 teams in the NBA. Jordan created an indescribable influence with his super-era style of play, which made the NBA quickly gain great popularity around the world and the whole league benefited from it.

After he retired for the first time, countless people invited him back. Even Magic Johnson knelt down and begged Jordan to come back. In the end, Jordan's "I'm back" shocked the world, and Nike's share price rose by 3 1%. The share prices of the three companies that have cooperated with Jordan soared, and the market value rose to an astonishing $2.3 billion. At that time, 2.3 billion was equivalent to how many billion now? At the same time, then President Clinton met with Jordan alone and told the media: "Jordan's return will add 65,438+million jobs to the United States!"

All these explain why Jordan is the god of basketball and the unshakable first person in NBA history. His honor and influence are hard for future generations to catch up with. For such a player who has made such a great contribution to the NBA, it is not surprising that the Heat retired the jersey. It can be said that they set a precedent, and later the lone ranger followed their example and returned Kobe's jersey.

Cuban was conquered by Kobe's skill. At that time, Kobe created all kinds of records on the lone ranger and staged many classic pictures. Kobe Bryant was forced to make a left-handed three-pointer in the bottom corner. The picture of Cuban standing up and clapping for him as the lone ranger boss is still fresh in my memory. Cuban also tried to sign Kobe, trying to get Kobe and Nowitzki to join hands, but for various reasons, it failed.

This year, after Kobe's death, Cuban announced the retirement of Kobe's No.24 jersey. From now on, no lone ranger will wear the No.24 jersey to commemorate Kobe Bryant. Riley retired Jordan's No.23 jersey and Cuban retired Kobe's No.24 jersey, which added a little warmth to the cruel business alliance. Although they have never cooperated and have always been in a competitive relationship, they have a feeling of cherishing heroes, which is very touching.

This is the legendary kneeling.

In the past, the league also had the idea that each team retired the No.23 jersey to pay tribute to Michael Jordan. But it was not implemented in the end. Michael Jordan is the god in the whole NBA star-making movement and is regarded as a god in the basketball world.

The Heat was founded late in the league, and there were no meritorious players worthy of retiring their jerseys before. Retired Jordan's jersey is more of a tribute. It can also be used as a way to motivate all players in the Heat.

Michael Jordan is recognized as the first person in the history of the league. He once brought the Bulls two consecutive championships, which made the Bulls a super team at that time.

So it is natural for the Bulls to retire Jordan's jersey.

Surprisingly, not only the Bulls, but also the Heat returned the No.23 jersey.

You know, Joe Wang has never played for the Heat, but the Heat is willing to retire the jersey for Joe Wang. What is the reason behind it?

At that time, in the era of Joe Wang, Joe Wang was omnipotent and almost ruled the alliance.

Patrelli led his team to the playoffs many times, but was ruthlessly eliminated by Joe Wang, and he lost again and again. I was deeply impressed by Joe Wang's skill in meeting again and again.

So when Jordan visited the Heat for the last time as a player, Patrelli suggested retiring Joe Wang's No.23 jersey. Show respect to Jordan.