I'm not really a brutalist striker

Chapter 119 119. Pretending to be Forceful? ?Fuck him!
On February 2, local time in the United States, the annual NBA All-Star Weekend was officially held at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles.

The All-Star Weekend will last for three days, and during these three days, the league will conduct the Rookie Challenge, Dunk, Three-Point, Skills Contest and the final day of the All-Star Game.

Of course, there will also be some entertainment links such as shooting stars, star exhibition games, and singers on site.

However, for fans who came to watch the All-Star game in person, what is really worth watching is the Rookie Challenge on the first day, the Slam Dunk Contest on the second day and the All-Star Game on the last day.

The league is still far from entering the era of small balls, and three-pointers still have a low status in the league. Even this season, 22 teams in the league average less than 15 three-pointers per game, so for the league at this stage In other words, the three-point contest is not very attractive, at least far less than the exciting slam dunk contest.

If it wasn't for the fact that the league invites the league's top three-point shooters every year to participate in the three-point contest, and the three-point contest is held before the dunk contest, the fans at the scene must not even bother to take a look.

This year's All-Star Weekend, both Souter and Nash will participate in two competitions, namely Souter's Rookie Challenge, the All-Star Game, and Nash's Skills Competition and the All-Star Game.

In fact, Suter is not very interested in the All-Star competition. After all, the All-Star is just an entertainment game. Communication and relaxation in this kind of place are far greater than going all out on the field.

No one will really go all out in the All-Star game, and use their strength to fight their opponents to the death.

Suter's real purpose is to further improve his personal strength through the system tasks triggered by the All-Star Weekend, and strive to raise his overall strength to a higher level in the fight.

If not, it would be impossible for Suter to have high expectations for the upcoming All-Star Weekend, and it would be even more impossible for him to be so excited that he didn't sleep well last night.

Of course, Su Te will never admit that the fundamental reason why he didn't sleep well last night was because his legs were weak!
Being able to squeeze a professional athlete to this extent, Suter admitted that he really underestimated that guy Rachel Methelin.

In contrast, the Rookie Challenge on the first day of the All-Star Weekend is definitely the most intense match in the three-day confrontation of the All-Star Weekend.

After all, the youngsters participating in the Rookie Challenge are a group of proud and proud young men. On an occasion like the All-Star Weekend, most young people want to show themselves as much as possible on the field, not like the All-Star Game. A group of old salted fish paddled through the water for a cutscene.

And the rules of the Rookie Challenge have not been changed yet, and the first-year rookie team and the second-year rookie team are still fighting against each other.

Faced with such a disparity in overall strength, the first-year rookie team that has just entered the league is naturally unwilling to be slaughtered by the second-year rookie team on the field.

And when the first-year rookie team started to go all out on the court, the second-year rookie team also did not dare to take it lightly.

Otherwise, a group of veterans who have been in the league for one and a half seasons would lose to a group of rookies in the rookie challenge. This would definitely be a very embarrassing thing for the second-year rookie team.

After all, throughout history, the second-year rookie team has a winning rate of 79.6%, which is an absolute advantage in terms of the number of wins.

In other words, since the league established the Rookie Challenge, there have only been two out of every ten Rookie Challenge games in which the first-year team has defeated the second-year team.

And this kind of scene where the next gram is above the top mostly occurs when the draft year crushes the draft year.

In the case that the overall quality of the two draft conferences is almost the same, the first-year rookie team is a little green due to physical fitness and game experience, which also makes it difficult for the first-year rookie team to beat the old birds of the second-year rookie team.

In later generations, the reason why the league changed the rules of the Rookie Challenge was because the suspense of the competition between the first graders and the second graders was not very suspenseful, and the score was opened up prematurely, resulting in a very poor quality of the overall competition.

Since most of the time it was the second grade who ruthlessly crushed the first grade, the whole match really seemed meaningless.

However, every first-year rookie team has an idea of ​​wanting to beat the second-year upset, and every second-year will look at the first-year rookies with sarcasm or even contempt, and intend to use the most ruthless means Give this group of rookies who have just entered the league a good lesson.

Just like this group of second-year veterans who were caught and beaten by their seniors when they first entered the league, this fine tradition of looking for a sense of superiority over new melon eggs can be said to have been repeated in the last round of the Rookie Challenge. Passed down one session at a time.

It is precisely because of this young and energetic mentality that the intensity of the rookie challenge will become the peak battle at the annual All-Star Weekend.

The overall quality of the [-] Draft is absolutely excellent, even ranking in the top three in the entire history.

However, this is the result observed by Suter from the perspective of God. The reality is that the success rate of the [-] draft is indeed very high, but in the early stages of their careers, the [-] rookies who really achieved good results accounted for only a small number .

So far, among the rookie players in the [-] class, only six players averaged double figures per game, namely Suter, James, Anthony, Wade, Bosh, and Kirk Sheen of the Bulls. Rich.

Although the existence of the three peerless monsters of Souter, James and Anthony is enough to raise the quality of the draft in the [-] draft, but when it comes to the personal performance of the first year of the rookie season, a total of eight players averaged double figures per game The [-] draft will undoubtedly look even better.

In addition, Ginobili, the second-round pick selected by the Spurs in the [-] draft, will also play in this year's Rookie Challenge as a second-year rookie.

The reason is that after Ginobili was selected by the Spurs in the 1999 draft, he did not directly enter the league. Instead, he stayed in the European League and continued to play for several years. He did not officially join the NBA until 2002.

According to the rookie rules introduced by the NBA, this year's Ginobili is indeed only a second-year rookie.

This news undoubtedly made the already disadvantaged first-year rookie team even worse.

If it wasn't for the monstrous individual performances of Suter, James, and Anthony in their rookie season, I am afraid that the result of this year's rookie challenge has long been settled.

But even so, according to the handicap set by the gaming company in advance, the support rate of outside fans supporting the second-year rookie team's victory is still as high as 73.6%.

In other words, the support rate for the first-year rookie team to win this game is only 26.4%.

And in this 26.4% support rate, there are still many fans of Suter, James, and Anthony. If this group of people is planned out, the number of fans who are optimistic about the first-year rookie team can be said to be absolutely Very few.

Faced with this kind of scene that was unanimously looked down upon before the game, the first-year rookie team was sitting in the player locker room and having a small meeting.

Of course, it is not so much a meeting as it is each expressing their dissatisfaction and their eagerness to prove their personal potential on the field.

Prove to the outside fans that this year's first-year rookie team can definitely beat the second-year veterans, and personally smash the colored glasses worn by fans on their eyes.

"This group of people really looked down on us. They even predicted that we would lose at least 30 points to the second graders in this game. I really don't know who gave them the courage."

Sitting together in twos and threes, Dwyane Wade showed disdain on his face. He obviously didn't think that he would lose to the group of second-year guys by more than 30 points, and he didn't even think that his first-year group would lose this game. .

"This has been the case over the years. The first grade rarely wins the game."

"No matter how high the intensity of the All-Star game is, it is definitely not as good as our usual regular season. Everyone is mainly for performance. The difference of 30 points is indeed not high."

"But these so-called experts and the media really looked down on us too much. They never thought that we would end the game with a big victory over the second grade."

Lowering his head and sorting out his sneakers, LeBron James said with a smile on his face.

Although LeBron James doesn't think that his first grade will lose to the second grade by a big margin, but before the game really started, James still controlled his mouth very strictly, and didn't let the outside world catch a little attention. .

"If you want me to say that this year we should go all out, regardless of the opponent's mentality to play the game, at least we should put as much energy into the game as possible, and use the results to shut up the outsiders!"

Looking up and taking a sip of his drink, Carmelo Anthony, who was sitting next to LeBron James, spoke.

There were quite a few players in the locker room at this time, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this group was still headed by Suter, James, Anthony and Wade.

It's just that Suter's relationship with these guys is not that good, so since entering the house, Suter has been sitting with his teammate Boris Diaw, only occasionally interjecting a few words when other people are talking.

But even so, except for Dwyane Wade, who hated Suter and gritted his teeth, everyone else in the room still had something to say to Suter.

Even if they can't become friends in private, at least they can get to know each other well at this time, so that they won't be too stiff when they come to the court in the future.

This season, Souter has shown his talent to become a superstar player in advance. As players who entered the league in the same draft, even if they are not familiar with each other, it is better than seeing murderous air in the air.

In addition, although this group of guys has been discussing the upcoming rookie challenge in twos and threes, but whenever the topic discusses whether the first grade can beat the second grade, everyone present will still subconsciously look at Suter.

Even if there are only Boris Diaw and Chris Kaman sitting next to Suter, anyone with a discerning eye knows that if the first grade wants to beat the second grade to win this victory, Suter's personal strength on the court is very important. Play is absolutely crucial.

After all, Suter alone won the scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots of all rookies in the [-] class!

And Suter is also the only rookie player in the 66.8 class who averaged a double-double per game. His shooting percentage is as high as [-]%, which is even more overwhelming.

If the first-year rookie team wants to win this game in an upset, the name Vulture is definitely a topic that cannot be avoided!
Even if everyone here has the opportunity to become the surprise soldier and thigh of this game through the fiery touch, but as long as Suter just sits there quietly, even if he doesn't say a word, no one dares to act too pretentiously before the game -force.

After all, Suter's ability to slap faces is as outstanding as his ability to fight. Except for Carmelo Anthony, who narrowly escaped a head-to-head confrontation with Suter, everyone here except Chris Kaman has been beaten by Suter at least once. Dayton, even Suter's own teammate Boris Diaw is no exception!

To be precise, Diaw's life in the early season was even more miserable than any player present here. Playing under the influence of Suter's dominance for a long time, Diao never wanted to experience that feeling for the second time in his life.

If it hadn't been for Dior to see the situation clearly in time and willingly turn his back on the shore, it is still unknown whether Dior can stand here now.

As for why Chris Kaman was not slapped by Suter, it was mainly because of the game against the Clippers. Suter was ravaged by "Captain" Brand throughout the game, which made Chris - Kaman hides behind and secretly picks up a leak.

It is precisely because the two have no deep hatred on the court, so Chris Kaman took the initiative to find Suter today, and resolutely became a member of the small group of Suter and Boris Dior.

LeBron James frowned subconsciously when he saw that other people around him started chatting with each other, but they never showed any intention of being united, let alone stand up as a united front.

Originally, LeBron James was very willing to stand up and take the lead, twisting everyone into a hemp rope before the game, and vaguely assumed the role of the leader of this small group.

But whenever LeBron James intends to stand up to boost morale, Suter sitting opposite James is like an invisible mountain, pressing LeBron James out of breath, making LeBron James dare not flaunt himself easily The role of the leader.

After all, in the two matches in the regular season, LeBron James was pressed to the ground by Suter without any accident and frantically rubbed.

Since the middle of the season, even the best rookie rankings that have been sitting firmly have been overtaken by Suter, which makes LeBron James really embarrassed to call himself the leader of the younger generation in front of Suter.

Although there is not much grievance between James and Suter on the field, as the proud sons of the same class who are both ambitious, competition is inevitable.

Some things cannot be solved by taking a step back. If he wants to grow up without living in the shadow of Souter in the future, there is only one way for LeBron James to go, and that is to grow into the top star in the league!
Sitting in the chair and pondering for a while, the voices around the two gradually decreased, and then LeBron James looked at Souter with a smile on his face: "Vulture, do you have any thoughts on today's game? "

"If nothing else happens, the player facing you today should be Amare Stoudemire, who just won the best rookie last season."

"His playing style is the same as yours, he is like a tireless beast on the court, and he has made great progress this season. His current statistics are almost the same as yours, and he has also entered the 20+10 mark .”

"The physical fitness of both of you is very explosive, but Amare has played in the NBA for one more year, and the degree of physical development is better than yours. Both strength and experience clearly have the upper hand. This game is for you It’s going to be quite a challenge.”

As soon as the words fell, Chris Kaman, who was sitting next to Suter, took over the conversation: "That's right, that guy Amare is a bit tricky. Before the game, there was a lot of calls for him to be the MVP of the Rookie Challenge. It is said that the online The voting support has reached more than 70%.”

"And I heard that he was also very rampant in the interviews before the game. When asked by the media what he thought when he was going to face you in this game, this guy even slandered you without shame."

"He even threatened to lead the second-year rookie team to slaughter us by more than 30 points, which is why the number of 30 points is always inseparable from the outside world when discussing this game."

"To be honest, I wanted to give him two punches when I saw his rampant face, but there is no way. The overall strength of the second grade is indeed very strong. It is destined that it will not be easy for us to win this game."

After Chris Kaman finished speaking, the expressions of the players who didn't know what Stoudemire said before the game gradually became angry.

Carmelo Anthony's face showed even more disdain, obviously he couldn't understand Stoudemire's pretending to be aggressive.

"It's just a piece of shit luck that he won the best rookie award based on his statistics last season."

"If the data of 14 points and 9 rebounds per game is put into this year, I guarantee that he will not even be able to keep up with the heat."

"It's nothing more than a fool with a simple mind and well-developed limbs!"

Anthony knew that he would not be able to withstand the impact of Stoudemire's animal on the defensive end, and at most he could only confront Stoudemire on the offensive end.

However, Stoudemire's style of play was originally like a wild beast hitting the basket. He tirelessly picked and rolled and cut air throughout the game. With a height of [-] meters, he can participate in fast break counterattacks immediately.

And his main offensive method is to make jump shots from the mid-range horn position. Singles and three-threats are Carmelo Anthony's strengths, but the offensive shooting rate is definitely not as efficient as Stoudemire.

So after opening his mouth and cursing a few words, Anthony still looked at Suter who was sitting opposite and said nothing.

At the same time, everyone in the room looked at Su Te in unison. It was as if the army was ready to attack, and it was only a matter of Su Te's order to attack the city!
Those who can sit in this room are all smart people. No matter what you think about Suter, if you want to win the game at this time, you can't change the fact that Suter is the core of this first-year rookie team. .

Seeing that everyone in the room seemed to be looking at him for a moment, Su Te silently put down his left hand that was picking at his feet, raised his head and shrugged helplessly.

"No, he-damn-see what I'm doing!"

"Is there still a need to discuss this kind of thing?"

"If you want me to say that it's fine in normal times, if you bully us today, then there's nothing to discuss!"

"If you really want to hear my opinion, then I will definitely say a word." Rubbing his nose with his hands that had just finished picking the skin of his feet, Su Te said with a smile on his face, "Fuck him!"

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(End of this chapter)