Ron Artest recalls breaking Jordan's ribs and hiding at home for two days, afraid to go out?

Jordan's documentary "The Last Dance" is being broadcasted, which also evokes the "Jordan Memory" of many players. Former NBA player Artest recalled something about Jordan.

Let's start with Artest. Before that, he changed his name to Charity-World-Peace. Later, Artest publicly announced that he changed his name to Meta-Ford-Artest because he thought the name "Ci Shiping" was too stupid. Whenever fans are angry with themselves, they will say "I hate charity-world-peace", which sounds strange.

For the second time, Jordan intends to find some young players to play a training match and adjust their state before the Wizards come back. Artest is one of them. Artest was the main player of the Bulls at that time. He has just been selected in the first round, and the team management has high hopes for him.

"Jordan called and he said,' Hey, you must come and train with me'! I feel that Jordan must have taken a fancy to my defense. The god of basketball invited me because my defense is strong enough. I can't let him down. I want to play hard! In a physical confrontation, Jordan tried to steal, and I did it. My right elbow hit his ribs and the referee blew me an offensive foul. "

"I saw Jordan grabbing his ribs, and I think I hurt him. I went back to my apartment after the game. I didn't go out for two days in a row and didn't go to the training ground. The team doesn't know what happened. They can't reach me. I told my agent Mark butters that I might have hurt Jordan. Then the news came out. Some people say that I had a fight with Jordan, and others say that I punched Jordan, as if I had seen it with my own eyes. I didn't fight with Jordan, but I did hurt him. "

"Later, Jordan called me and told me,' Don't worry, it has happened, don't be too stressed.' This is one of the best phone calls I have ever received in my life, and I have dared to walk out of the apartment door since then. By the way, Jordan only called me twice. The first invited me to train together, and the second told me not to worry. "

It seems that Artest didn't mean to hurt Jordan. He just attached great importance to the game, so he took out 12 points of concentration. But Jordan was almost 40 at that time, and Artest was a young man in his early 20 s, and there was still a gap in his health. It was this injury that delayed Jordan's comeback plan. In the Wizards' first season, Jordan missed 22 games, averaging 22.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists. Artest felt that Jordan could have scored 35 points per game that season if it wasn't for injuries.

Jordan's second comeback trip to the Wizards was not perfect. He retired after only two seasons, never led the Wizards into the playoffs again, and personally selected kwame brown, the number one parallel import. The god of basketball doesn't care about injuries. He said many times that this is a normal basketball action, and Artest was named as a "villain".