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Chapter 625 Twists and turns, meet in New York
On the second day after the game with the Lakers, Wang Zelin, Aldridge and Lillard headed for New York.

This year's 64th All-Star Weekend will be held in New York, and this year's All-Star Game is also jointly hosted by the local Knicks and Nets.

Among them, the All-Star individual competitions, such as the skill contest, three-point contest and slam dunk contest, will be held at the Barclays Center, the home court of the Nets.

As for the most important finale of the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Game, it will naturally be held at Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks.

It is undeniable that Madison Square Garden is the most famous star stage in the NBA!Countless stars have left a very brilliant stroke in their careers here.

Long before the game with the Lakers, the league announced this year's All-Star substitute players.

Let's talk about the All-Star starter first.

On the western side, the starting center is undoubtedly Wang Zelin, who once again won the All-Star ticket, and this time he is still the most leisurely one during the All-Star trip.

In addition to the need to prepare for rehearsal with the dance troupe members, there is only the All-Star competition left.

Although the fans are eager for Wang Zelin to participate in the All-Star individual competition, such as imitating Howard back then, participating in the slam dunk contest, and even hope that he will participate in the three-point contest and skill challenge...

Listen, is this human?

But Wang Zelin is not very interested in participating in individual events.

The first is the three-point contest. With the rise of the Splash Brothers becoming more and more fierce, it is almost impossible to win the three-point contest. Lillard still has some hope.

The second is the skills challenge. As far as his ball-handling ability in his early 80s is concerned, let's forget it after thinking about it.

As for the final slam dunk contest, to be honest, Wang Zelin really wants to try it out, and then he can even create a title of "Yellow People Can Fly!"It's just that his current dynamic physical talent still feels a little worse.

Let's wait until he draws Chamberlain, and then go and have a good time!

We must know that Zhang Dashuai did not stop his interest in sports after he retired. Not only did he play volleyball for a short period of time in the International Volleyball Federation, but he also served as the chairman of this organization.

After that, tennis, marathon and water polo, and he even plans to challenge a generation of boxing champion Ali in the world heavyweight boxing match!
It can only be said that the existence of Chamberlain is indeed a wonderful flower in the history of world sports (PS: this is a compliment)!
Of course, his off-court life is full of legends, which will make countless LSPs envy and yearn for it even though their backs hurt after hearing about it.

Back to this year's All-Stars.

In addition to Wang Zelin, according to the voting results, the western forward combination is Anthony Davis and Blake Griffin, and the backcourt combination is Curry and Kobe.

Seven people were selected for the bench lineup, including Griffin, Harden, Westbrook, Durant, Lillard, Duncan, and Nowitzki.

Logically speaking, as the defending champion team, the Portland Trail Blazers set a record-high 24-game winning streak at the start of this season, and now they have the highest record in the league.

But because Aldridge had been absent from the game for more than a month in the previous time, he lost to veteran power forwards Duncan and Nowitzki in his first campaign for the All-Star substitute list.

As for why it is the first time?
Of course it was because something unexpected happened.

I don't know if there was a private communication in advance. As veteran All-Stars, Kobe, Duncan, and Nowitzki, when they were all selected as All-Stars, they unanimously stated that they will not participate in the All-Star Game this year!

Currently, the top 4 teams in the West are the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Houston Mosaic and Los Angeles Clippers.The Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks are ranked 5-8.

Behind them, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New Orleans Pelicans were chasing closely. Considering the team's second half of the schedule, Kobe, Duncan, and Nowitzki chose not to play in the All-Star Game.

Thinking about it, all three of the former league super giants around them have reached the top. Now that they still have the strength to fight, and the team management is willing to support them, their goals and vision have long been placed in the playoffs after the regular season.

As for the all-stars and so on, let the young people play.

It is precisely because Kobe, Duncan, and Nowitzki voluntarily absent from the All-Star team that three positions were vacated in the West.

After some discussions between the top leaders of the league and the head coaches of each team, taking into account the team record and the All-Star voting, it was decided to replace the three positions with LaMarcus Aldridge of the Trail Blazers, Chris Paul of the Clippers and Paul Gasol of the Lakers.

The West bench will also be led by James Harden.

Not only in the west, but also in the east.

The Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup is as follows:
Starting center: Cousins;
Starting forward combination: Anthony and James;

Starting backcourt: John Wall and Kyle Lowry.

The East's bench lineup was originally proposed: Jeff Teague, Al Horford, Paul Millsap of the Atlanta Hawks; Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jimmy Butler of the Chicago Bulls and Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat.

However, in the latest official injury report, Wade was found to have a hamstring injury and had to withdraw from the substitute list. In the end, after careful consideration, the league let the Atlanta Hawks start this season.

At this point, everyone thought that the list of 24 All-Stars in the Eastern and Western Conferences had been selected, and after this was decided, it turned out that there was another moth in the Western Conference.

Blake Griffin of the Clippers and Anthony Davis of the Pelicans, one was found to have injured his right elbow and the other was found to have injured his right shoulder, and had to withdraw from this All-Star Game.

As a result, two more positions were vacated on the west side.

Then, amidst heated discussions among the fans, two new All-Stars were announced.

These two are the black and white pair of the Memphis Grizzlies: Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph.

In fact, to be honest, the Grizzlies have been notoriously tough in the West in recent seasons, and no team wants to meet them in the first round of the playoffs.

Regardless of personal strength or team record, as the dual-core Grizzlies Xiaojiasao and Rotten Tofu, they are already qualified to enter the All-Stars.

It's a pity that their style of play is doomed to be unflattering, and their popularity is so sluggish that many fans basically selectively ignore the Grizzlies team during the regular season except for the start of the playoffs.

Even the league doesn't care much about the Grizzlies...

Although the words are a bit heartbreaking, this is the status quo of the Grizzlies.

It is rare this year that five players missed the main game one after another in the West. Coupled with the famous "shit-stirring stick" image of the West left by the Grizzlies in the playoffs in previous seasons, it is the first time in the history of the Grizzlies that two players have entered the All-Star lineup at the same time.

In this regard, countless Grizzlies fans couldn't help but burst into tears, and shouted, "It's finally the end of all hardships!"

It's worth noting that this also set a new record as Pau and Marc Gasol were named to the West All-Star team's bench at the same time:
For the first time in NBA history, two brothers were selected to the All-Star team for the same division.

As soon as the news that Xiaojiasao was selected as an All-Star substitute lineup was officially released, as an older brother, Dajiesao also expressed her excitement on social media for the first time:
"Very happy, we can fight side by side again! My brother! I will always be proud of you!" Paul Gasol was very happy to congratulate his brother on Twitter.

Indeed, Marc Gasol's selection to the All-Star team this time is a very gratifying achievement for him.First of all, he surpassed his elder brother Pau Gasol and became the only player in the history of the Grizzlies to be selected to the All-Star twice, making him the most in team history.

Secondly, he was also selected as an All-Star with Zach Randolph, who has been fighting side by side with him for many years. This is not only for himself, but also for the outside world. A recognition of the achievements of Zach Randolph and the entire Grizzlies team.

Moreover, for himself, Paul Gasol and Zach Randolph, the former is a brother, although the latter is not a brother but is better than a brother!
The players selected to the All-Star list this year can be described as twists and turns, but regardless of how Marc Gasol can perform in the All-Star Game, at least from the moment he was selected as the Western All-Star, he has become the best among all star players. The happy one.

And this is the most important thing!
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2 month 12 day.

It's almost 12 o'clock, and Wang Zelin and his team have arrived in New York, heading to the arena James mentioned.

"Long time no see LeBron, have you eaten yet?"

Entering the arena, Wang Zelin greeted each other as soon as they met.

"Not yet, why don't we wait for James and Stephen to arrive, let's go together."

What surprised him was that James was very familiar with this celestial way of meeting and greeting. Judging from the speed of response, it was by no means the first time.

Huh, wait...

James and Stephen?
Harden and Curry!
Why are those two goods here?

"You mean, you also invited James Harden and Stephen Curry?" Wang Zelin asked.

"Yeah, because Dwayne was injured and couldn't come, so I specially invited James and Stephen, both of them are excellent young people, I really hope..." Speaking of this, James stopped suddenly, then looked at Yan Wang Zelin, and continued:
"Of course, the two of them are definitely not as good as you now, but I can guarantee that they are really easy to get along with. With their participation, when the main match starts, I believe the fans will definitely be shocked!"

Immediately after some chatting, Wang Zelin learned that as early as in college, Curry was famous for his superb shooting skills in the NCAA college league. At that time, James even went to watch Curry play.

That game was between Davidson College and North Carolina State University. In the end, Curry's Davidson College won the game 72:67.

At that time, Curry's performance was even more crazy. He scored 44 points in a single game, accounting for more than half of the team's points. There is no doubt that he was the MVP of the game!

After the game, he also appeared on the hot searches on the whole meter, making many people recognize this baby-faced three-point killer for the first time.

According to James, at the beginning, he heard that Curry was also born in Atokron Hospital, and he was also the son of Akron, so he saw it right away.

After that game, the two kept in touch with each other, and as Curry entered the NBA and gradually became famous, the relationship between the two became less and less.

At this time, Wang Zelin suddenly remembered that it seemed that last summer, when James decided to leave Miami, Curry personally recruited James in front of social media.

It's a pity that James didn't like the Warriors' boat at that time.

However, no one expected that the Splash Brothers of the Warriors would be so fierce this season, and they would soon become a super dark horse in the league!
Wang Zelin doesn't know if James has any regrets at this time. After all, with his style of play, the outside line is coordinating with the Splash Brothers...

Hiss, the picture is simply too beautiful!
Thinking of this, Wang Zelin suddenly approached James, and asked James: "LeBron, have you ever thought about what your future would be like if you promised Stephen to go to the Warriors and join forces with him?"

"Uh……"

As soon as this question came out, James was immediately stopped.

It would be a lie to say that he really didn't have a trace of regret in his heart.

But things come to a head. Not everyone is as open-eyed as Wang Zelin and knows the general trend of the NBA in the past ten years. Therefore, James quickly replied to Wang Zelin:

"If I really cooperate with Stephen, it may really allow me to win more games in the regular season this season, but that is a hypothesis after all. Besides, I now have a group of very good teammates by my side, and I am very confident to lead them to break through the Eastern Conference!"

As he said that, James looked at Wang Zelin again, with a playful smile: "Wang, if you really want to talk about it, you should be the most worried, right? The Warriors are in the West like you. Maybe you will lose to Stephen in the playoffs. If the Blazers can't even make it out of the West, what are they talking about defending?"

"..."

The pressure suddenly came to Wang Zelin's side.

"Losing to Stephen? Stop messing around, my goal is to establish the Portland dynasty!"

Wang Zelin shrugged. Of course, he knew the strength of the Warriors better than anyone else. After all, the Warriors almost won three consecutive championships in the original history and created their own dynasty.

But it doesn't mean that he will be so afraid of the Warriors.

Just like Howard who met the peak tail when he first debuted, he would only feel excited because of the strength of his opponent. The word "fear" has never appeared in his dictionary.

(End of this chapter)