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Chapter 567 Victory Parade

On June 12, 2009, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Boston Celtics, and the twin brothers led the team to win the second championship ring in their career.

The next morning, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles. When the two brothers were asked at the airport, "Do you want to surpass Kobe's three rings?", the two smiled and refused to answer. Ji Guomo said, "I will try my best to win this damn third ring now. I enjoy my current state. I will try my best to win the third one, and then the fourth one..."

Los Angeles has never lacked highlights that attract global attention. Today, the city is crowded with people. All this is to celebrate the successful defending of the Los Angeles Clippers.

In order to celebrate the successful defending of the title, the Clippers held a victory parade as soon as they got off the plane.

The two brothers and teammates stood in an 18-wheel flatbed car to participate in the parade, and the fans screamed wildly and kept taking pictures. Many people waited for the two-mile journey for hours, although the heroes were surrounded by various protective vehicles, even a firetruck.

While the players were excited, they promised the fans that they would achieve three consecutive championships next season. The twin brothers, Billups, Crawford and others waved to the crowd on the double-decker bus. Many players did not forget to take their cameras to capture beautiful moments, and the crazy fans even started waiting for the heroes in their hearts to appear several hours in advance.

"We only saw them for three minutes, but all the waiting is worth it for every minute," said a 29-year-old fan. "My only request is to hope their car will drive a little slower."

The Clippers exchanged their outstanding performances throughout the season for the 1-hour celebration parade. The players vowed to do their best for the third championship in the Clippers' history. "At the beginning of the next season, we will all be ready. There is no doubt about this." Ji Guochou said in an interview: "This is the best championship I have ever won. Because I have never played so hard. Yes, although we won the championship 4:0, the process is even harder than last year."

Not only Ji Guoqiu, but also the Clippers said that they will definitely launch a campaign towards three consecutive championships. In the parade next season, they will win the third championship trophy in the team's history.

Ji Guomeng, who was wearing a red and white hat and a cigar in the car, also revealed the team's next plan during the parade: "We will celebrate another week. Then we will work and continue to write history next season."

As the celebration was scheduled on Saturday afternoon local time in the United States, many fans were able to participate in the event. The Clippers fans were more excited than last year. Under the guidance of the guide, the Clippers will start the parade from the city center, attracting a total of 2 million fans to the venue.

"I have always been a loyal fan of the Clippers and I won't miss almost every game, but this is the first time I have had the opportunity to see them with my own eyes." One fan said: "I hope they can win three consecutive championships, so I will come here again next year."

It is worth mentioning that last year's championship parade caused quite a lot of chaos. So in order to avoid riots, the speech was cancelled this year. However, 12 fans were arrested for various reasons, and three children were missing. Among the arrested people, one fan was burning the Celtics and Lakers' jerseys, another fan threw a bicycle at the police, and the others were throwing aggressive objects such as stones. A more serious incident was that some thugs smashed and burned a Japanese car. The owner of the Clippers Sterling said that he would compensate the driver of the car $1,000.

Los Angeles police deployed heavy troops to deal with this large-scale rally. There were helicopter supervision in the sky, and on the ground, the police, mount police and motorcycle police were also on guard. Some people were waiting in police cars. This was mainly because the last time, the Clippers had a serious riot during the championship parade last year. There were 45 fans arrested at that time, and there were many incidents of smashing and setting fires. Especially Japanese cars, a total of more than a dozen were smashed last year, and one was smashed this year, which was considered good.

Taylor Swift and Emma Roberts did not follow them to the parade. There were so many people today, and the two girls didn't want to come out to join in the fun. The Clippers players did not bring their families to attend the parade.

After the daytime parade, the Clippers hosted hundreds of VIP fans in a local five-star hotel at night. These people were either Hollywood stars, some wealthy and political fans, the so-called upper class and celebrities. At this time, the players' girlfriends and wives finally accompanied them to the banquet, but a group of big guys did not like such banquets.

In the eyes of Clippers players, this is not a celebration banquet. It is simply an excuse for Sterling to take the opportunity to contact the so-called upper-class gangsters. Clippers players, including Old Dunleavy, find it boring.

NBA stars are indispensable to reporters wherever they go. Before the banquet begins, the two brothers found that their former enemy, Dabendan, also attended the banquet. This former Lakers fan has now become a loyal fan of the Clippers and is also a fan of the two brothers. Naturally, he will not miss the opportunity to interview at this time.

Ji Guochou said briefly: "I think this ring is very special this year, because you rarely reach the peak twice in your career, and both fox and I feel very lucky. The most important thing now is to continue to win the game next season. We are currently in a very favorable position and hope we can succeed again."

After the two brothers finished this season, they will officially get rid of the title of rookie next season, and their contract will be the last year left.

Ji Guochou and Ji Guomo's rookie contracts were signed on July 7, 2007, and the summer of 2011 expired, among which the summer of 2010 is the team option. This means that if they finish playing next season, if the Clippers do not execute the team option, the two brothers can leave the Clippers. But unless Sterling is beaten stupid, they will definitely execute the team option for the last year and execute all the four-year rookie contracts of the two brothers.

In the summer of 2011, the two will fulfill their rookie contracts. At that time, they can negotiate with any team. However, no matter what price other teams pay, the Clippers can choose to match and leave the two brothers. Generally, in the fourth year, the Clippers will first negotiate a new contract with the two brothers.

So it is not that easy for the two brothers to leave the Clippers, especially if they want to set up their own business. Sterling will definitely not let anyone go unless something unexpected happens.

Now for the two brothers, one thing that affects their future choice is the stay or not of old Dunleavy. The 55-year-old Dunleavy's contract is about to expire this season. There is no definite news whether old Dunleavy will continue to coach the Clippers next season.

Old Dunleavy won two championships in a row. The salary will definitely rise in the next contract. It is indefinite whether Sterling, a stingy person, will find a new coaching candidate.

What Clippers fans are more interested in is how the team will operate this summer? Will Sterling use up to 30 million of his space?

These have nothing to do with the players for the time being. If you win the championship, the two brothers will get two months of rest time next, and the Clippers will also officially take a holiday on June 15.

After the two bitches returned to Los Angeles, they began to discuss where to go for vacation in the summer. Anyway, they must not go back in China. As long as they think of the crowded scenes of various domestic tourist attractions seen online, the two brothers were chilling.

On June 15, the Clippers officially took a holiday, and there was news from Phoenix that veteran Hill was interested in this year's champion team Clippers. As Jordan's former successor, Grant Hill did not win a championship in his career, so as he was getting older, Hill hoped to kiss the trophy that many NBA players dream of.

On the same day, it was revealed that Tkoglu might break out of the contract. The Turks hope to get an annual salary of an All-Star player with an annual salary of no less than $12 million, but the Orlando Magic obviously cannot pay such a high salary.

The Magic are likely to lose their outside core, but the Lakers are not much better. The Los Angeles Times revealed that Kobe may choose to jump out of his contract on July 1 and become an unrestricted free agent. If he becomes a free agent, Kobe can do it and may leave the Lakers to go to another team that can win the championship, such as the Clippers, but this feasibility is very small.

After the finals, news from all walks of life was flying everywhere, but it was still just rumors. Before the free market opened in July, there will be no substantial changes.

The finals on June 12 ended, and the 2008-09 season was about to come to an end. On June 18, the official website of NBA officially announced their all-important event schedule for the NBA League in 2009-10. The following are the details—

June 25th - 2009 NBA Draft.

July 1 – Free agent market opening negotiation day

July 8th - Free agent signing start day

July 10-19 – Las Vegas Summer League Training Camp

September 10th—NBA Hall of Fame Ceremony

September 28 - Report of all players returning to the team

September 29th - NBA preseason officially kicked off

October 23 - NBA preseason ends

October 26th - The official list of NBA players is announced

October 27th – The new season begins

The alliance has made a schedule, and the two brothers have also made a schedule for their holidays.

Ji Guoqiu planned to go around major scenic spots in North America with shredded radish, and then get engaged to Emma Roberts in Hawaii at the end of July. He has been delaying this for a long time, and if he drags the girl, he should be dragged away by him.

Ji Guomeng planned to go on vacation with the little singer in the Caribbean. In July, when the giant panda got engaged, they would go to Hawaii to support him. In early August, the two would return to the United States together and start a one-month special training.

This summer, the two brothers' business activities have been compressed to a minimum. They are not short of money now. This summer they must improve their football skills. Especially Brother Panda, now two seasons have passed, and there are still only two unique skills in low-post hooking and free throw line support. Their face frame ability is much worse than Brother Fox.
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