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Chapter 41 Selected as an All-Star!

After the game, Sun Zhuo invited Yao Ming to his house as a guest. Now the whole country is celebrating Christmas, but for the two Chinese, Christmas is not an important festival, and they mainly drink tea to reminisce about the old days.

Yao Ming and Sun Zhuo have known each other in the past, but their relationship with each other is average, and their situations and past experiences are also very different. Yao Ming is more like a Chinese-style player slowly cultivated by that country, but Sun Zhuo is not.

Yao Ming looked very happy after winning the game. He looked around Sun Zhuo's residence and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be so high-profile in front of the media, but the place where you live is so low-key. I thought you had to rent a mansion. Today Mobley, who played against you, told me in the locker room after the game that you are the most powerful trash talker he has ever seen. I was very surprised. When did you learn to talk trash? You learned from O’Neill Is it?"

Sun Zhuo also took a look at his rather ordinary hut, and said, "I'm about to change to a bigger house, and you know that I've become the spokesperson for Adidas. As for trash talk, it's a feature of the NBA. We have to do as the Romans do, you know?" Do you think that as a Chinese, you should be more kind and humble when playing basketball?"

Yao Ming is an upright person, Sun Zhuo worried that Yao Ming would not understand his behavior.

Yao Ming shook his head, "No, it's not easy for Chinese to play in the NBA. Our skin itself will be discriminated against. Weakness and kindness are meaningless. Everyone has their own characteristics. I didn't know you well enough before. , I didn’t see that you have such a passionate and radiant side, it’s good, you don’t need to change. Apart from your personality, I think your basketball skills have also improved a lot. Frankly speaking, when you choose to participate in the NBA draft, I think I was worried about whether you would be selected. I didn’t expect the Los Angeles Lakers to take a fancy to you, and you are not only the 24th pick. Can you tell me how strong your real strength is? This has something to do with us next year The Olympics, it's very important, and I swear I won't tell anyone on the Rockets this secret."

Yao Ming was eager to know Sun Zhuo's true strength, not as an opponent, but as a teammate of the national team.

In August next year, Yao Ming and Sun Zhuo will play in the Olympic Games as members of the Chinese men's basketball team at the same time. Yao Ming obviously attaches great importance to national honor.

Sun Zhuo naturally believed in Yao Ming's character, and he also knew that Yao Ming attached great importance to his Olympic achievements, even more than his own career achievements.

Facing other people, Sun Zhuo may use tricks, but facing Yao Ming, Sun Zhuo intends to tell the truth: "Actually, in the match against the Cavaliers, I was able to hit consecutively because of good luck."

Yao Ming looked slightly disappointed, his illusions about Sun Zhuo were shattered, and he thought that if Sun Zhuo really had such a powerful singles ability, there would be hope for the Olympics.

Yao Ming smiled immediately, "It turns out that you have been scaring Mobley from the very beginning of today's game, haha, if he knows the truth, he will definitely not let you go."

Sun Zhuo also smiled awkwardly. Mobley really cooperated with him today, giving Sun Zhuo many chances to score from the free throw line.

"Yao Ming, although my playing ability is not that strong, when I play in the Olympics, my other abilities will be greatly improved. This Athens Olympics is definitely worth looking forward to! You set the goal before the quarterfinals, I think This goal is a bit low." Seeing that Yao Ming was a little disappointed, Sun Zhuo quickly reassured him.

Yao Ming was a little uncertain, and he didn't know how much Sun Zhuo's so-called other abilities could be improved.

Yao Ming asked: "Then how do you think we can get into the top? Top four?"

Sun Zhuo said: "Except for the United States and Argentina, I don't think anyone can beat the Chinese team led by us. Even if we meet them, we may not lose. Guess what the goal of the United States and Argentina is? It must be a gold medal? Then We have set this goal too!"

After Yao Ming finished talking with Sun Zhuo, he was in a turbulent mood for a long time. He didn't expect that Sun Zhuo was far more ambitious than himself, and he had the confidence to win against strong teams like Argentina and the United States. He decided to pay close attention to Sun Zhuo's next It's game.

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Fast forward to 2004 after Christmas.

For Sun Zhuo, 2004 was still a very distant era. He didn't have much feeling about what is happening around the United States. He only remembered that he was fascinated by Jay Chou's "Qilixiang" in his previous life, and that Mango TV released "Super Scent". Female Voice was popular all over the country, and now these things are happening again on the other side of the ocean, and nothing has changed.

However, Sun Zhuo's NBA has changed.

Voting for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game has already started. This All-Star Game happens to be held in Los Angeles, and everything is very beneficial to Sun Zhuo.

Last year, Yao Ming was selected as a rookie in the All-Star Game, and defeated O’Neal, who was in full swing, to become the starter. This shows how crazy and “irrational” Chinese fans are. Even if Sun Zhuo is not qualified for the All-Star, Chinese netizens will vote for him What's more, Sun Zhuo also showed a more explosive ability than Yao Ming.

48 points in a single game!

In addition to McGrady's 60 points, Sun Zhuo is ranked second.

As a result, at the end of January, when the NBA officially announced the All-Star selection list, Sun Zhuo appeared on the list without any suspense, becoming the only rookie among the 1 rookies selected for the All-Star.

LeBron James was obviously hit hard. He was hailed as the proud son of heaven, a rare talent player in decades, but now, as the No. [-] pick, he began to lag behind Sun Zhuo, who even entered the All-Star Game , but James did not enter.

James began to complain that he didn't criticize Sun Zhuo for not being selected as an All-Star. What he reprimanded was that the fans should also vote for him. He is fully worthy of being an All-Star.

Anthony and Wade also have the same mentality. They are also eager to enter the All-Star Game, but now they are not so popular at all.

After the All-Star voting results came out, Sun Zhuo received a lot of doubts and dissatisfaction just like Yao Ming was selected as an All-Star last year. Although Sun Zhuo had a few amazing performances this season, he cannot continue to have such performances in every game Therefore, Artest, the number one star of the Indiana Pacers, publicly questioned Sun Zhuo's status as an All-Star, and said to the media: "The All-Star Game should not be a place where rookies and rookies can come in casually. It's been like this for a year. I'm fed up. Even the kid LeBron James didn't get selected. I really don't know what Sun has to be selected. Just because he feels good and scored 48 points in one game? I didn't question Sun's future, He's going to be a great player in the future, but right now, he's not an All-Star."

Artest's words expressed the aspirations of many All-Star players. Almost everyone here has worked hard in the NBA for many years before they finally qualified for the All-Star Game. All of this, for Sun Zhuo, came too easily , everyone will be jealous.

The reason why Artest would take the initiative to mention this matter is because of his straightforwardness, and the other reason is that the Pacers are about to beat the Lakers.

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