Super all-around point guard

Chapter 421 Let Porzingis be the boss!

After Adam Silver invited Carter, Carter agreed without hesitation. As the 2000 slam dunk contest champion and recognized as the strongest dunker in NBA history, he is of course qualified to sit on the judging table.

The NBA officially announced the news soon: Vince Carter will be the judge of the 2016 Toronto All-Star Slam Dunk Contest!

Once the news was announced, the fans became even crazier, especially those fans of Xie Chen.

"Hahaha, even the NBA officials can't stand Xie Chen's pretentiousness, and even specially invited Carter to be the judge of the slam dunk contest! Didn't Xie Chen say that he wants to surpass Carter? See Carter give you a zero point to make you laugh again!"

"This All-Star Slam Dunk Contest must be very interesting! I really want to know how many points Carter will give Xie Chen for provoking Carter like Xie Chen? Will he give a low score on purpose? In short, Xie Chen has failed this time!"

Everyone wanted to see Xie Chen's jokes, and the situation became very similar to last year's All-Star Game. Unexpectedly, Xie Chen became the biggest hot spot in the league as a rookie last year, and it is the same this year.

Soon, Xie Chen himself and Wang Zhihui also got the news.Seeing Wang Zhihui's melancholy look, Xie Chen smiled and said, "Isn't it great for Carter to be the judge of the slam dunk contest? I said these big words to attract fans. Adam Silver is helping me."

Wang Zhihui said cautiously: "However, I am still worried that Vince Carter might be a stingy person, such as deliberately giving you a low score..."

Xie Chen waved his hand: "You think too much, Carter is not that kind of person, and even if he saw my dunk, he couldn't bear to give a low score."

Xie Chen has absolute confidence in this point, because Xie Chen will use Vince Carter's dunk ability at that time. When Carter sees Xie Chen's dunk action, he will definitely have a familiar feeling. Carter has no reason to hate his dunk.

Xie Chen kept browsing netizens' comments on twitter and weibo on the computer. The more he read, the more interesting he found it. Many people were really waiting for him to read the joke. Many people really thought that Adam Xiaohua was against Xie Chen before inviting Carter.

After thinking about it, Xie Chen decided to make things bigger!
Xie Chen called Michael Jordan.

Jordan was taking a nap at this time, his wife Yvette saw that it was Xie Chen calling, and immediately took the phone to him, because Jordan had explained that as long as it was a call from Xie Chen, he would wake him up even when he was sleeping.

Jordan hadn't called Xie Chen for a long time, and when he woke up, he seemed refreshed as soon as he answered the phone: "Hey, are you still enjoying the regular season vacation? If you are bored, you can come to me to train with you."

Jordan had also heard about Xie Chen's matter, but he didn't think it mattered. After all, Xie Chen was only in his second year. Even if he couldn't play this season, it didn't matter. Xie Chen would have plenty of time in the future.

Xie Chen chatted with Jordan for a while, and asked Jordan: "You also know that I said a long time ago that to participate in the slam dunk contest in Toronto, the league has invited Vince Carter to be a judge of one of the slam dunk contests. I wonder if you are interested in being a judge with him?"

"To be a judge?" Jordan paused. In fact, the league has been inviting Jordan to be a judge in the slam dunk contest for several years, but Jordan didn't really want to go. Xie Chen is a junior that Jordan admires very much. For Xie Chen, Jordan is willing, not to mention that there is LeBron James in this year's entry list.

James has often been compared to Jordan in the past few years. If you can give him a score, I believe it will be good.

Jordan immediately agreed to Xie Chen's request.

Then, two hours later, the NBA officially released another news: the great Michael Jordan will also serve as a judge for the Toronto All-Star Slam Dunk Contest!

"Damn it! I can't even look down on Xie Chen from the first generation of trapeze. Xie Chen, you are so arrogant, in front of the two generations of trapeze, let me see what shocking dunks you can pull off! Just wait and see how embarrassing you are!"

Looking at the comments of netizens, Xie Chen couldn't help feeling ridiculous, but maybe this is where their fun lies.It's good to be able to live so happily without knowing the truth.

However, Jordan was a judge in the slam dunk contest, which made James feel uneasy.

……

Soon, the time came to 2016.

The year 2015 can be said to be the most important year in Xie Chen's life. In this year, he participated in the All-Star Game as the league's All-Star ticket king, defeated Curry to become the champion of the three-point contest, and won the MVP of the All-Star Game. p.

This year, Xie Chen also got married.

A new year has begun, and no one will know whether Xie Chen will have such enviable achievements in this year.

However, during the beginning of 2016, Xie Chen and his Knicks were destined to have a difficult time.

The Knicks lost all five games in Anthony's suspension, and their ranking in the Eastern Conference has dropped to eighth in the Eastern Conference.

But fortunately, Anthony is coming back. Xie Chen believes that as long as Anthony is there, the team can still maintain it. When Xie Chen returns, the Knicks will still be a safe playoff team.

In the first game of Anthony's comeback, against the Hornets, Xie Chen went to Charlotte with the team, hoping to boost the team's morale and let them end the shadow of this losing streak early.

Anthony is full of momentum today. He knows that he has a heavy responsibility now. Xie Chen doesn't know how long he will be suspended. Before Xie Chen comes back, Anthony must carry the team's victory on his shoulders.
Anthony is still at the top of the scoring list, overpowering Stephen Curry. At the beginning of the game, the scoring leader's posture was put on, all kinds of three-pointers, all kinds of forced breakthrough layups, and the opponents were at a loss. Al Jefferson is also excellent, and his low post-up skills are terrible. Lopez is not his opponent.

The score alternated up and down, and Anthony quickly scored 40 points, but at this moment, Anthony accidentally sprained his ankle during a forced layup!

"Anthony!" Seeing Anthony's painful appearance, Xie Chen stood up worriedly.

It’s really leaking and it’s raining all night. The Knicks are losing streak. It’s hard to wait for the team’s big ace to come back. Finally, there is hope of winning. Anthony was injured again in the first game of his comeback. I don’t know if it’s serious. If Anthony can’t come back in a short time, what should the Knicks do?
If the Knicks record continues to be bad, and Xie Chen and Anthony come back very late, then there may be no way to recover.

After Anthony left the court, the Hornets became stronger offensively. Many people thought that the Knicks were going to be finished. Unexpectedly, at this time, rookie Porzingis stepped forward.

He first hit a mid-range shot, and then gave his teammates a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, he received a pass, strode into the basket, evaded the defense, and put the basketball into the basket with a light pick.

Then, the Hornets attacked. He saw Jeremy Lin's vacancy in the bottom corner and rushed over very aggressively. When Jeremy Lin shot a three-pointer, Porzingis slapped the ball and blocked it.

On both offense and defense, Porzingis stood up, which surprised Xie Chen.

Xie Chen secretly said: "Porzingis has indeed proved himself and Phil's vision, but his previous performance can only be said to be good, perhaps because everyone looked down on him before. In this team with me and Anthony, he will grow very slowly, but I want a championship this year, so I can't wait for him to grow. I also believe that he will not help me much in the playoffs, but now, the situation may change. "

Xie Chen saw the young and immature Porzingis, who was even a little nervous on the court, as if he saw himself last year. Porzingis also had that kind of hard work and stubbornness, but the big man didn't like to show it.

The Hornets' offensive is still very strong. In the blink of an eye, they have gone from being behind to leading the Knicks by 5 points, and there are only 3 minutes left in the game. At this time, Porzingis stood outside the three-point line and shot a three-pointer!
"What?" Even Xie Chen couldn't believe it. At such a critical moment, Porzingis dared to shoot a three-pointer?
Swish!
The ball crashes into the net!
It actually went in!
Xie Chen couldn't help laughing, looking forward to Porzingis' performance more and more.

"Will he lead the team to victory? Will he have this ability?" Xie Chen was very excited, just like last season when the Heat suddenly found out that Hassan, a guy from the Development League, was a gem in the rough. Will Xie Chen be so lucky for two consecutive years?The team has acquired future inside talent without any price or sacrifice?
Then, Porzingis went berserk again, performing his best trick, dunking every other person!He has a very good sense of rebounding, and his height advantage is very obvious. He easily dunks the ball into the basket while grabbing the rebound.

The Knicks once again overtook!

This was a result that no one expected. With Xie Chen truce and Anthony leaving the game due to injury, Porzingis stood up as a rookie, but the Hornets obviously would not be defeated by a rookie. Then, they rushed to catch up, and at the last critical moment, they led by two points.

In the end, with only 0.6 seconds left in the game, the Knicks trailed by two points. This was their last chance to attack.

Without Xie Chen, without Anthony, without Ray Allen, because Ray Allen is also unwell, it seems that no one in the Knicks can complete the final lore or tie the game.

Xie Chen was also very impatient. The feeling of not being able to play was really uncomfortable. He hated this guy Oladipo very much. If it wasn't for his provocation, he wouldn't have been suspended.

Xie Chen turned his attention to the rookie Porzingis again, thinking to himself: "Can he perform a miracle and complete the final attack?"

Unfortunately, the tactics Fisher arranged were not handed over to Porzingis.

However, the changes on the court were beyond Fisher's control. The player who was going to shoot the lore couldn't catch the ball at all. In desperation, the ball passed to Porzingis!

After Porzingis got the ball, he immediately made a three-pointer and hit it!

The entire Knicks bench stood up and cheered!
Lore!Porzingis completed a three-point lore!Did the Knicks finally win one?
Xie Chen couldn't help but marvel: "This guy...is really amazing, I really underestimated him."

Even Porzingis, who hit the last ball, just waved his arms excitedly, without any exaggerated celebration, but fortunately, there was none.

Because in less than 30 seconds, the referee suddenly blew his whistle again, and then made a gesture to invalidate the goal.

The Knicks went from heaven to hell, replaced by the cheers of the Hornets fans.

This is almost without any controversy, because Xie Chen can also see that Porzingis made a late shot and the Knicks still did not win in the end, but Xie Chen was extremely happy.

After seeing that his lore goal was disallowed, the big Latvian boy lowered his head in frustration, not even daring to look up at Xie Chen.

"I'm sorry." Porzingis also knew that Xie Chenduo hoped that the team could maintain the record. He tried his best, but he failed to complete the task and help the team.

Xie Chen saw that Porzingis took the responsibility on his shoulders, but smiled. It was the first time he had such an appreciative smile for Porzingis. Xie Chen patted Porzingis and said, "Well done, the last shot was beautiful."

Porzingis shook his head: "It's a pity that the ball is invalid."

Xie Chen told him, "It's fine if you score. For me, the ball is valid."

"Boss..." Porzingis was also very moved. It was the first time he heard Xie Chen have such encouragement and recognition for him. He clenched his fists and vowed secretly that he must perform better in the next game.

After returning to New York, Xie Chen immediately met with the team president Phil Jackson. He wanted to talk to Master Zen about a very important issue.

"After you left, the team couldn't win a game. I have the same headache as you. If this continues, we will face a strong team in the first round of the playoffs. At that time, we may be eliminated in the first round. This is what I don't want to see." Phil Jackson confided to Xie Chen.

Xie Chen replied: "If you will be eliminated in the playoffs, then whether it is the first round or the Eastern Conference finals, it is the same for me. I don't care about the ranking in the playoffs, as long as I can enter the playoffs, I don't care who the opponent is. I came to you today to talk to you about a person, Porzingis, I want him to be the boss of the current team!"

(End of this chapter)