For whom will you spend 1 million in 1 day?
Giba's answer is: Wade!
Wade and Giba both come from Marquette University, and Wade has said that he has never met a "vengeful" student like Giba.
It happened at the 2010 NCAA Tournament, when Marquette University, led by junior Gibba, was defeated by Poundcaster of the University of Washington at the last minute.
After the match, Jiba went straight to the cameraman, asked for a photo of himself being killed in that round, and posted it on the bedroom door.
From this moment on, Wade was very optimistic about his junior and relayed this story to his fellow brother and NBA champion coach at the time, Doug Rivers. Rivers recommended Giba to then-Bulls coach Thibodeau.
In the summer of 2011, at the age of 22, Gibba graduated from his senior year and entered the NBA Draft. On draft day, Wade sat in front of the TV watching the draft, and when the Bulls selected Giba with the 30th pick, Wade was overjoyed, "Those who work hard deserve to be rewarded!" ”
Five years later, in 2016, when Wade was put on by the heat and disheartened, Gibba called his senior Wade: "Brother, come to Chicago!" Subsequently, Wade switched to the Bulls and teamed up with his junior brother Giba.
After getting along with Giba, Wade found that there were many unusual things about this junior, such as Giba's hobbies were only playing cards, not going to clubs, and not looking for dancers. Although I love to play cards, I definitely don't play on match days and training days. On the plane of the game, other teammates listened to music and played games, but Jiba watched the game video, did not participate in the party celebration after winning, and had a somewhat lonely and unsociable personality, and would go to practice after the game regardless of whether he won or lost.
Wade later said in an interview: "These habits of Gibba remind me of that black mamba in Los Angeles! They are so similar! Also, they both love revenge! ”
In the summer of 2017, the Bulls believed that Gibba had a limited ceiling and could not lead the Bulls to revive, and although they had only signed a five-year cap of 95 million the previous year, the Bulls traded Gibba to the Timberwolves.
When the deal happened, Gibba was on vacation in Paris with the Wades. Because the contract stipulates, Jiba can get a trading deposit of $1 million. When he learned that he was being traded, it was after 9 o'clock in the morning, Gibba took out his wallet without saying a word, took Wade's family to the best restaurant in Paris to eat, followed by the most famous local winery, and selected a lot of expensive red wine to give to Wade. Swipe your card to sign without hesitation.
In just one day, Jiba spent the $1 million! This surprised Wade, who was accustomed to big scenes.
Jiba grew up in a very difficult environment, and he was born without knowing who his father was, and when he was 13 years old, he was kicked out of the house by his biological mother on the grounds that he was "too ugly". Since then, Jiba has been homeless and his life is very miserable. In the end, thanks to a well-wisher, he was able to return home and eventually went to school and entered the NBA.
Such a life experience made Gibba learn to be grateful, and during college and entering the NBA, senior Wade helped a lot, which also made Gibba always remember, which led to the above 1 day to spend $1 million for Wade.
In the summer of 2019, after being traded by the Bulls and experiencing the painful experience of "Towns + Wiggins" and "Embiid + Bency", Giba, who became a free agent, resolutely refused the 76's contract extension and decided to leave the team.
When he learned that his junior wanted to leave the 76ers, Wade, who had long retired, immediately called Heat president Pat Riley and coach Spoelstra, and strongly persuaded the Heat to sign Giba!
Then he immediately dialed Giba's phone and asked him to seriously consider joining the Heat, believing that his gritty quality would perfectly fit the Heat's team culture, and the package ticket guaranteed that the Heat did not have "Towns + Wiggins", "Embiid + Bency" training lazy, clock-in teammates.
And the most impressive point is that Wade said that the Heat have a consistent long-term training plan, that is, all players in the Heat team except for a few veterans, the body fat rate cannot exceed 6%, the team regularly checks, the first time the standard is fined $1,000, the second time does not meet the standard $5,000, the third time if the standard is directly banned.
(This rule made the early Heat Big Three miserable, and James complained about it.) ）
This seemingly perverted rule made Jiba interested and just like his appetite.
After meeting with Heat representatives, Gibba immediately abandoned the arrangement of meeting with other teams and officially decided to join the Heat.
At this time, Jiba is 30 years old!
The year before joining, the Heat didn't make the playoffs. The season after joining, the Heat reached the Finals!
He has been in the past 4 years, and has reached the East Final 3 times and the Grand Final 2.
Such an achievement turned out to be led by an unknown thirty-year-old man at that time. It's both ironic and inspirational!
From Marquette, to the Heat, to the Li Ning family, Jiba followed the footsteps of big brother Wade and jointly forged the glory of Li Ning basketball.
"Anything is possible!"
The basketball concept of Li Ning brand is perfectly compatible with Jiba's growth experience and will quality.
In the 2022 East final, the Heat still played against Green Kai, Jiba suffered from inflammation in his right knee, and the three games from G3 to G5 totaled only 27 points, and a lot of criticism poured to Gibba,
"Soft Jiba!"
"Soft party!"
All kinds of doubts and mockery came and went, which made him very frustrated, and on the morning of G6, Giba received a call from Wade: "Brother, don't care about the outside world at this time, get out of the bad mood, just focus on the game!" ”
It may have been Wade's call that worked, or it may have been that G6 Jiba scored 47 points, led the team to save the match point, and dragged the game into a tie-break. Although he lost seven games, Jiba scored 35 points, and before standing and leaving, he put down a cruel sentence: "In a year, I will be back!" ”
This year, he's really back!
The familiar East Duel Seven,
Familiar eastern opponents,
But it was he who won this time!
He dreamed of missing seven points last year and completed his revenge on the Celtics.
From stumbling and almost being eliminated in the play-offs, to killing the first in the league and second in the league all the way, and advancing to the finals with his head held high as a black eight!
When Reba handed the Eastern Final trophy to Jiba at the Eastern Final Awards, "I don't want this, I just want the overall championship!" ”
Loaded up!
If it was X, he really loaded it!
It looks like X again and again, but it has been realized again and again!
My life is up to me,
Heaven wants to destroy me, I destroy heaven!
Looking forward to the finals, Jiba will be tough again!
If the Black Eight really wins the championship, Jiba and the Heat will make history! His status as the Heat will also be second only to Wade and James, ranking third in team history!
Finals, who are you more optimistic about?
I'm Huan Xiaochen, thank you for reading
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