NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 223 Paving the way for Dayao to compete for the All-Star MVP
"Let me win the All-Star MVP? Why?"

When Wang Chao found an opportunity to share his thoughts with Dayao, Dayao was obviously stunned for a moment, feeling a little bewildered.

Just like what Wang Chao had thought before, Dayao didn't care at all about the entertainment-type honor award like All-Star MVP, and he didn't feel the need to fight for it.

But since Wang Chao approached Dayao, he naturally had already thought up his excuses.

"This is a small wish I have always had as a Dayao fan representing thousands of fans in Huaguo." Wang Chao looked at Dayao and said "sincerely": "Actually, what I want to see most is that you get a regular It looks like the MVP of the game or the FMVP of the finals, but to be honest, I don’t think this possibility is very big, so I’ll settle for the next best thing. If you can get an All-Star MVP before you retire, it will also make many fans feel rewarded I wish."

Dayao: "..."

I'm worried, old man.

What do you mean it is unlikely to win the regular season MVP or finals FMVP?
Although there seemed to be nothing wrong with what Wang Chao said, why did it sound so awkward?

But indeed, it is an indisputable fact that Dayao does not have hard honors with high gold content in the NBA.

When Dayao is selected into the Hall of Fame in the future, many people will jump out and question that Dayao is not eligible to be selected as an All-Star. Although this statement makes any Chinese person very unhappy, it is not without basis.

Throughout his career, he was selected to the All-NBA team five times, twice in the second team and three times in the third team. Apart from this, he has no hard honors, and has never led the team to the Western Conference Finals, let alone the finals or even the NBA championship.

The career of less than eight seasons is also relatively short. A large part of the reason why Dayao was selected into the Hall of Fame is that as the first Chinese NBA champion in history, Dayao played a very important role in the promotion and development of the NBA in China. .

Of course, not all the Hall of Fame is full of superstars, and some players whose honor is not as good as Dayao can also be selected for the Hall of Fame.

The most typical example is Reggie Miller, who is known as Jordan's lifelong enemy. Miller's name is quite high among the stars in the 90s, but in fact, in his entire career, Miller only had three The honor of the best third team.

Compared with Yao, Miller did have a longer career and played in the finals once, but just because of these, he is more eligible to be selected into the Hall of Fame than Yao?
As far as Wang Chao himself is concerned, he also really wants Dayao to get some more honors. There will definitely be a championship blessing in the near future, but before that, he can get the honor of an All-Star MVP, and get an avoidance by the way. Injured props are simply not too fragrant.

"Do not make jokes."

Dayao smiled and shook his head, thinking that Wang Chao was joking.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chao took out his mobile phone and put it in front of Dayao. "I'm not kidding, just look at the public opinion."

On the screen of the phone is Wang Chao's Weibo registered in a certain wave.

As the hottest football star in China right now, Wang Chao registered an account just after the function of Weibo was launched, and the number of followers every day is increasing at a frightening speed. Currently, it has exceeded 2000 million. All stars are also among the best in the fan rankings.

At present, Wang Chao already has a commercial endorsement cooperation with a certain wave, and has a pivotal position on a certain wave's Weibo.

Wang Chao had launched a Weibo poll before. The content of the vote was whether everyone wanted to see Dayao elected as the All-Star MVP. Recently, the All-Star Weekend itself was the most popular period, and Wang Chao’s super popularity on Weibo, In a very short period of time, a large number of fans participated in voting and forwarded it.

Looking at the huge number of fan voting results on the screen of Wang Chao's mobile phone, Dayao opened his mouth, a little speechless.

"Brother Yao, I'm really not joking. To be honest, it's the end of your career. Given the always-existing injury risks, it's not surprising when you suddenly retire." Wang Chao said seriously: " So wouldn't it be nice to take some credit and make better memories for us fans while you're still playing well?"

Dayao is a little bit tempted. Every year, Huaguo fans enthusiastically voted him to be a high position in the All-Star, and even won the All-Star vote twice. Of course, Dayao also wants to do something for the fans to give back to them. Support, but this kind of thing is useless if he thinks about it, even if it's just a show-like All-Star game, it's not so easy to win the MVP and become the best player in the game.

Shaking his head, Dayao sighed helplessly: "What's the use of thinking about it? There are superstars in the league on the field. It's hard for me to even get the ball, let alone compete for the MVP."

"You don't need to worry about this, as long as you are willing and willing to take action for it, I will take care of the rest!" Wang Chao said firmly: "I will help you remove all obstacles, you just need to play your best. Use 100% of your strength to put the basketball into the hoop!"
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In order for Dayao to win the All-Star MVP, Wang Chao made many preparations.

Western All-Star coach McHale and another All-Star teammate Kevin Garnett have already said hello.

Not only that, Wang Chao also specially communicated with the league president David Stern, directly expressing his intention to help Dayao win the All-Star MVP in the All-Star Game.

As the president of the league and the emperor who built the business empire of the NBA single-handedly, Stern will not refuse this at all, or this is his favorite script.

In the 2009 All-Star Game, Kobe and O'Neal won the All-Star MVP trophy together, and staged a scene of smiling and grudges, which was directed by Stern.

At this time, O'Neal was already in decline, and he only had 17 points and 5 rebounds in the All-Star Game, which was not worthy of the All-Star MVP trophy.

But originally the selection of the All-Star MVP itself was completely decided by the league. This is the classic scene where Kobe O'Neal jointly won the All-Star MVP trophy.

Dayao is a very special existence in Stern's heart. It was Dayao's arrival that allowed the NBA to successfully open the China market. Various commercial endorsements and peripheral sales made the league a lot of money.

The Rockets, whose record in the regular season has been soaring all the way, has always been a very popular team in the league. In addition, it is still hosting the All-Star in Houston, and Dayao is also approaching the end of his career. How can he imitate O'Neal and win an All-Star MVP in the All-Star? Not a good talk?
Although he didn't directly affirm Wang Chao's suggestion, but through the meaning expressed in Stern's words, Wang Chao knew that the other party was also moved. As long as Dayao can play a good number, Stern will definitely help Dayao secretly. Get the All-Star MVP, get a wave of applause and ratings.
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On February 2, the All-Star Weekend officially kicked off.

In the rookie challenge, the second-year rookie defeated the first-year rookie 155:147.

Leonard made 24 of 15 shots in the game, scored 37 points and 7 rebounds, beat the 32 points of the first-year rookie champion Irving, and won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.

On the second day of the single event event, the Blazers' Damian Lillard won the skill challenge championship, while the three-point contest champion was rookie Irving. He scored 23 points in the final and defeated The Spurs' Matt Bonner holds the trophy.

Without Wang Chao's three-point contest, the quality has plummeted. Even winning the championship with 23 points can be called a high score, but there is no way. Curry was eliminated in the first round. Two players with a dominant position in the three-point field.

As for the slam dunk contest, it's pretty boring these days.

The six participating players are all unknown, and they are not as interesting as the Rockets' celebrity judges carefully selected by the Rockets.

After a few rounds of unspectacular slam dunks, Terrence Ross won the slam dunk contest.

After the boring single-player events, the All-Star Weekend finally came to the most anticipated and most watched part of the competition!

On February 2th, the NBA 18 All-Star Game officially started!
Eastern All-Star starters: Rondo, Wade, James, Anthony and Bosh.

Western All-Star starters: Paul, Kobe, Wang Chao, Durant, Dayao.

When the Western All-Stars made their debut in the live DJ's introduction, the fans applauded thunderously, especially when Wang Chao and Dayao were introduced, the cheers and tsunami seemed to blow over the ceiling.

Off the court, Howard, who was a substitute for the Western All-Stars, looked at Yao and waved to the fans in Houston with a smile on his face. His expression was a bit uncomfortable.

As the league's No. [-] center, he didn't even make the All-Star starter after running to the West. Coupled with the poor performance of the Lakers in the regular season and his struggling state with injuries, the good mood brought by the All-Star weekend was gone. no deposit.

"Huh, what's the fuss? Isn't it because Huaguo has a large number of fans and has some advantages in voting? What's so great about it?"

Howard thought a little sour in his heart.

Originally, he had a huge number of fans in China. During the period of Super Magic, Howard could be regarded as the most popular American star in China, and was even more popular than Kobe at one time.

But with the disbandment of the Super Magic combination, Howard switched to the Lakers, and the number of his fans in China began to gradually decrease. Not only fans in China, but even fans in the United States were quite disappointed with Howard's performance this season. An average of 18+11, this kind of data is definitely not the level that a so-called number one center in the league should have.

Due to various factors, Howard, who was still the top voter in Orlando, can only sit on the bench and watch Dayao come on the field.

After all the starting players from both sides appeared on the field, the game officially began.

In the jump ball, Dayao relied on his height advantage to beat Bosh, shifted the basketball to his side, and then ran straight to the inside.

After Paul took possession of the ball and passed the half court slowly, he saw Dayao, who had come to the position stuck inside, raised his hand and asked for the ball.

"Very positive..."

Thinking this way in his heart, Paul immediately threw the ball to Dayao.

This is Houston, Dayao still has a bit of face as the host.

After receiving the pass, Yao didn't need any fancy moves at all with his back to Bosh. He simply dribbled the ball with his back to the inside.

Dayao, who squeezed under the basket, easily dunked the basketball into the basket with one hand as soon as he raised his hand.

The audience on the sidelines suddenly burst into cheers.

Dayao has become the symbol and banner of the Houston Rockets for nearly ten years, and has a solid position in the Rockets with many fans.

Seeing Dayao active on the All-Star stage made Rockets fans very excited and satisfied.

But this is just the beginning.

The Eastern All-Star offense, James broke through with the ball and gave it to his good brother Wade, who missed a mid-range shot under Kobe's defense.

Dayao saw that the basketball fell a little far away, and he had already given up grabbing defensive rebounds. As a teammate, he knew very well how strong Wang Chao was in rebounding.

So far, Wang Chao has averaged double figures in rebounds per game in the regular season, more than both him and Garnett. Both his sense of rebounding and his agility and explosiveness when fighting for rebounds are quite outstanding.

But at this moment, he was stunned for a moment, because the rebound was close at hand, but Wang Chao didn't reach out to grab it. Instead, he stuck Anthony behind him and blinked at Dayao.

Immediately, Dayao understood, and couldn't help smiling wryly in his heart.

"Is this your strategy?"

Thinking silently in his heart, Dayao was not polite, he took two steps forward, almost picking up the rebound that was about to fall to the floor.

If you want to compete for the All-Star MVP, you must have excellent statistics. Wang Chao is ready to do everything possible to help Dayao improve his statistics.

Dayao, who picked up the rebound, handed the ball to Wang Chao.

After Wang Chao dribbled the ball for halftime, he did not rush to launch an attack. He waited until Dayao took his position before starting to act.

He did not choose to throw the ball to Dayao on the inside to let him continue to play Bosh in singles. Although Yao is very efficient in singles, it will undoubtedly consume a lot of energy. The best choice is to pass the ball to Yao to eat cakes and save time. Save effort.

Wang Chao accelerated with the ball, used his mobility to pass half of James who was facing him, and continued to rush to the basket.

Bosh on the inside subconsciously stepped forward to block it, and Wang Chao also saw the right time, and made a pass behind his left hand, and the basketball was delicately passed to Dayao's hands.

Suddenly there was a basketball in his hand, Dayao was slightly stunned, but he still reacted quickly and raised his hand to send the basketball into the basket.

Blessed with the gift of a wonderful passer, Wang Chao's all kinds of fancy passing skills are almost impossible to defend against. Neither his opponents nor his teammates can keep up with his reactions.

"Beautiful passing! Thanks to the cooperation between Wang Chao and Dayao, Wang Chao's passing skills are really getting stronger and stronger now, and all kinds of fancy passing moves are at his fingertips on the field!"

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在王超的全力支持下，大姚首节比赛打了6分钟，下场的时候6投5中得到12分4篮板数据。

Howard watched Dayao's brilliant offenses off the court, especially Wang Chao's various passes, making his mouth water.

How can he get this kind of treatment in the Lakers?Nash was injured due to injury, and the relationship between Kobe and him is a bit stiff now, and the number of pick-and-roll cooperation with him is very small.

So when Dayao came off the court to rest and Howard couldn't wait to appear on the court, he couldn't help talking to Wang Chao who was still on the court.

"Wang Chao, it's been a long time since we have a coordinated attack, shall we?"

(End of this chapter)