The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 81 [All-Star Weekend]

The NBA All-Star Game began in 1951 and is held every year.The game is played by 24 professional basketball players elected by the audience and coaches, 12 in each of the East and West.

After evolution, the contemporary All-Star Game has developed into the "All-Star Weekend", which lasts for 3 days, including the "Rookie All-Star Challenge", "Slam Dunk Contest", "Three-Point Long Shot Contest", "Basketball Skills Challenge" ” and “All-Star Game.”

The All-Star weekend will be held in New Orleans from February 2th to 17th.This is a very meaningful All-Star session. It can be said that the league took the initiative to "send" the All-Star Game to New Orleans, with the purpose of helping this hurricane-hit city of jazz rebuild its home as soon as possible.New Orleans' levee collapsed during Hurricane Katrina in late August 19, flooding 2005% of the city and causing the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history ($8 billion), casualties The number of people reached 80, the highest number of casualties due to a hurricane in the past 812 years.

Hosting the All-Star weekend has greatly benefited the city that was hit by Hurricane Katrina.In fact, not long after the disaster happened three years ago, many NBA players spontaneously organized a charity game. The participating players included big-name stars such as Wade, Kobe, James, Garnett, McGrady and Anthony. The game was so exciting It even surpassed the All-Star Game, and all donations of more than $100 million from the game were given to New Orleans disaster victims.

This year's All-Star weekend is expected to bring New Orleans $8000 million to $9000 million in financial revenue, and it will undoubtedly be a catalyst for New Orleans' reconstruction.While bringing a lot of income, more importantly, it is a good boost to people's confidence.

The Grizzlies have a terrible record and are at the bottom of the West, but four players are going to participate in the All-Star Rookie Challenge.Gay and Ye Feng will also participate in the slam dunk contest, competing with "Warcraft" Dwight Howard and defending champion Gerald Green.Mu En, who was supposed to participate in the slam dunk contest, was squeezed out by Ye Feng.

The lineup for this year's Rookie Tournament is as follows.

Sophomore Team: Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge (Blazers), Andrea Bargnani (Raptors), Ronnie Brewer, Paul Millsap ( Jazz), Jordan Farmar (Lakers), Rudy Gay (Grizzlies), Daniel Gibson (Cavaliers), Rajon Rondo (Celtics).

First-year team: Kevin Durant, Jeff Green (Sonics), Al Horford (Hawks), Jamario Moon (Raptors), Luis Scola (Rockets), Yi Jianlian ( Bucks), Mike Conley, Juan Navarro, Ye Feng (Grizzlies).

Roy, the leader of the second grade, was also selected for the All-Star Game this year, averaging 19 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game, showing a comprehensive performance.

The person who received the most attention in the first grade was of course Ye Feng.He is also the most beautiful stat among the participating players.If he can participate in the star voting, he will definitely be selected for the All-Star Game, and Chinese fans will definitely vote him as the starter.

In the Las Vegas All-Star Game last season, two offensive team coaches became the head coaches of the East and West.According to league regulations this season, the head coach of the team ranked first in the Eastern and Western leagues will automatically become the head coach of the All-Star that year; there is also a rule that a coach cannot coach the All-Star for two consecutive years.

Celtics coach Doc Rivers became the Eastern Conference All-Star coach.The West is played by Phil Jackson of the Lakers.

The Eastern Conference starting lineup for the All-Star Game is as follows: center Dwight Howard (Magic), power forward Chris Bosh (Raptors), small forward LeBron James (Cavaliers), shooting guard Dwyane Wade (Heat) , point guard Jason Kidd (Nets).

东部替补：昌西.比卢普斯、理查德.汉密尔顿、拉希德.华莱士（活塞），雷.阿伦、保罗.皮尔斯（凯尔特人），乔.约翰逊（老鹰）、安托万.贾米森（奇才）其中雷.阿伦是顶替受伤的文斯.卡特入选。拉希德.华莱士顶替了凯文.加内特。这赛季“怒吼天尊”场均只有12.7分6.6篮板1.8助攻1.2抢断1.7盖帽，这样的数据能入选全明星足以显示东部在4号位置上有多弱。

Western All-Star starting: center Yao Ming (Rockets), power forward Tim Duncan (Spurs), small forward Carmelo Anthony (Nuggets), shooting guard Kobe Bryant (Lakers), point guard Allen. Iverson (Nuggets).

Western Subs: Carlos Boozer (Jazz), Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire (Suns), Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks), Chris Paul, Jazz David West (Hornets), Brandon Roy (Blazers).

There are three newcomers this year, Chris Paul, David West and Brandon Roy.There are also many strong people who are capable, but unfortunately lost to the All-Star Game.

The most regrettable loser is "Shark" O'Neal.After practicing for 14 consecutive seasons, he was selected to the All-Star lineup. O'Neal's failure to make the All-Star Game paled a lot.There is also Tracy McGrady, whose constant injuries have made his performance worse and worse, which has chilled the hearts of the fans.Now when mentioning the boss of the Rockets, everyone will think of Yao Ming.

The most wronged are Jazz point guard Deron Williams and Mavericks' Josh Howard.These two are strong, and they couldn't be selected because they don't have enough fame and there are too many stars in the Western Conference.

On the 16th, several players from the Grizzlies flew to New Orleans together. Gay sat with Ye Feng and asked, "Ye, I haven't seen you practice dunks. What exactly are you planning?"

Ye Feng smiled and said: "It's meaningless to say it. Don't you know one? I've prepared all the props, and now Kyle (Lowry) will hold them for me."

He knows many classic tricks that only appeared in later generations, and he knows exactly what moves his opponents will make, so he can overwhelm them in a targeted manner.Although Lowry was not invited, he would go to the All-Star Game and agreed to help Ye Feng pass the ball.Because he was going to trade Lowry to the Clippers this summer, Ye Feng also deliberately contacted him more, and the two had the best relationship in the team now.

Conley said in the back row: "The three of us will participate in the rookie competition, Rudy, you can let us win the prestige in the first grade."

Guy laughed and said, "What's the use of me being alone? The three of you should give me some water and let me perform to win the MVP. How could the first-year lineup win?"

Ye Feng's rookie game MVP has no interest, he smiled and said: "If you want to win the MVP, I will let you down, just dunk as much as you want, and in turn, you don't need to guard me seriously."

"no problem."

The rookie challenge is an exhibition game for people who dunk well.Ye Feng still remembers the victory in the second grade in his previous life. Gibson of the Cavaliers won the MVP by surprise. All 20 shots in the game came from outside the three-point line, and he made 11 three-pointers. How low is the defensive strength.

The plane arrived in New Orleans, and the four people participating in the competition were sent to the designated hotel by special car, which was arranged by the organizer. It was near the arena, and Lowry had to find a place to live by himself.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the hotel, Ye Feng was surrounded by a group of reporters.He only participated in the rookie game and the slam dunk contest, but he was one of the players who attracted the most attention this All-Star Weekend.Under the escort of the staff, Ye Feng put his luggage into the hotel room, and after a while, he left the hotel again, happily accepting interviews from several reporters.

This All-Star Weekend, Ye Feng felt quite boring.Most of the players have relatives and friends to cheer on the scene. Ariel said that she will stay in Los Angeles to deal with some work matters and will not go to New Orleans.Gabriella, Neil and others will not come either.This time he was alone.He doesn't like the occasion when Grizzlies teammates go to the local bar together.Facing the reporters, Ye Feng felt rather cordial. He understood the hardships of the reporters, so he took the initiative to chat with the reporters to pass the time.

The reporter asked: "Is it a bit regretful that you have not been selected for the All-Star Game after you played luxurious statistics this time?"

Ye Feng said with a smile: "This is only my first year, and there will be many opportunities to be selected as All-Stars in the future. It's not a big deal. I'm already very happy to be able to participate in the Rookie Challenge and the Slam Dunk Contest."

The reporter asked: "Are you confident of winning the slam dunk contest? Who do you think is your biggest opponent?"

"Dwight Howard. He's a great jumper, he's an interesting guy, and I think he's going to come up with some interesting ideas."

In his previous life, Howard conquered the audience with a "Superman" dunk and won the slam dunk contest championship. Therefore, he also prepared an idea. This time the slam dunk contest will feast the audience's eyes.

A reporter asked, "Did Miss Sterling not come this All-Star Weekend? She has been staying in Los Angeles recently. You haven't seen each other for a month. Is there any reason?"

"She has her own job, and I also need to practice, it's as simple as that."

Ye Feng answered very easily, but he actually cared a little bit in his heart.The two haven't seen each other for a month, and it feels like their relationship has faded. They used to have dinner together, but suddenly they are not used to seeing each other for such a long time, and he doesn't know what to say when they talk on the phone.Is the work of the Clippers really so busy?Maybe back in Los Angeles, it's going to be the way it was before.

(End of this chapter)