I just play ball

Chapter 295 Zach Lavin
"What are you talking about?" Resta couldn't help but tilted his head and asked, as if he was worried that he had heard it wrong. The other reporters stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, all showing the expression of "is this guy drunk?"

Seeing that the reporters were thinking seriously, Li Yue smiled and wanted to explain that it was just a joke. After all, it is too difficult to turn around and dunk the free throw line 360 ​​degrees, and since the establishment of the NBA, it seems that no one has successfully done it.

But before he had time to speak, Resta suddenly clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay!"

The applause and cheers of other reporters followed closely. Li Yue was a little dumbfounded, why did he believe it?

"Are you doing this to challenge yourself on purpose to add to the slam dunk contest?"

"Aside from the 360-degree turn at the free throw line, do you have any other ideas?"

"Did you hear that this move was prepared to beat defending champion Terrence Ross?"

The reporter from ESPN asked three consecutive questions, and Li Yue hurriedly waved his hand, "Which dunk action Terrence uses has nothing to do with my personal decision, and I didn't deliberately challenge myself, I just started a..."

"Hey, my little brother, how are you doing?" Ci Shiping suddenly jumped out from the side and grabbed Li Yue's shoulder without any explanation. ?”

"I'm fine, how about you?" Li Yue nodded with a smile, then turned to look at the reporter, implying that he was being interviewed.

"I'm fine, very fine. I'll call you later and I'll show you a good place." Ci Shiping returned to Nao Nao, but he also understood. He patted Li Yue's back with a smile on his face. With a lewd expression, he strode away and turned away, as if there was an ulterior secret.

Li Yue was about to continue explaining, but the TNT reporter spoke first: "Will you strive for the AMVP with all your strength like Kobe?"

Hearing this, Li Yue thought to himself, is he digging a hole for me?
Many people on social networks like to use Kobe's All-Star game as a material to discredit Kobe.

When a reporter asks a question like this, no matter whether he chooses to answer yes or no, it is equivalent to admitting that "Kobe is serious about playing in the All-Star Game", just like someone asking, "Are you still beating your wife recently?" 'The same, it is a hypothetical premise.

In fact, Kobe did not have to win the All-Star Game MVP. For example, in the 06 Houston All-Star Game, Kobe took the lead in playing for McGrady, hoping that McGrady would win the All-Star Game MVP, but he was eventually overturned by the Eastern All-Stars.

Of course, there is no problem in playing the All-Star game seriously. Perfunctory behaviors such as blindly throwing three-pointers and blindly breaking through dunks are disrespectful to the audience's favorite behaviors such as deliberately adjusting the schedule and paying for tickets. .

After thinking about it, Li Yue shrugged and said: "I will implement according to the coach's arrangement, with the goal of winning the game, I can attack and score with the ball, I can also run without the ball to score, and I can also grab rebounds or block positions. "

CBS reporter asked: "Do you think Coach D'Antoni will use that strategy?"

"Who knows?" Li Yue spread his hands, "But I'm sure he will make every player perform well."

FOX reporter asked: "The Lakers currently have a record of 46 wins and 7 losses. After the All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant will return from injury. Are you planning to hit the Bulls' record of 72 wins and 10 losses?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Li Yue shook his head, "Our primary goal is to ensure that we enter the playoffs."

The reporters nodded one after another, and then asked many questions, and the interview ended quickly.

Li Yue waved goodbye, got up and walked towards the hotel gate, preparing to go to the Pelicans home stadium Smoothie King Central City to participate in the fan carnival, just took two steps, but remembered that the 360-degree dunk at the free throw line was just a joke, and hurriedly turned around to go again As a supplement, I saw that the reporters had scattered to interview other stars. It would be impolite to disturb them.

"Forget it, if you misunderstand, just misunderstand. Anyway, the final interpretation rests with me."

Players designated by the league settled in the hotel, which is only five kilometers away from the Smoothie King Center. Li Yue arrived in a short time by special car. As soon as he got off the car, he saw crowds of fans playing and playing in one booth after another.

There were a lot of onlookers at the Lakers booth, Li Yue ran over to greet them loudly, and the fans screamed, causing most of the fans who visited the Clippers and Kings booths to come over one after another, which made the security personnel on the scene very nervous. Matt Barnes of the fleet got up and left directly, and Chris Webber of the Kings received the few remaining diehard fans.

After understanding the rules of the event, Li Yue hurriedly drew three fans to the stage to compete with him on the shooting machine.

In the first game, he released the water first and then went all out. In the end, he regretted losing and rewarded the fans with a signed jersey.

In the second game, he tried his best and then released the water. He still regretted losing and rewarded the fans with a signed ball cap.

In the third game, he evenly distributed the whole process, but still regretted losing, and rewarded the fans with a signed jacket.

The three fans took a group photo with satisfaction. Li Yue sat down and signed autographs for others. Some fans took out photos, some fans took out sneakers, some fans took out notebooks, and some female fans asked to sign on their bras.

Li Yue was satisfied with everything, and it lasted for a full two hours according to the stipulated time, and an extra half hour was added after the end.

It wasn't until twelve o'clock at noon that he got up and left the Lakers' stand and went to his personal booth.

The personal booth is a status symbol of the starting player. His position is adjacent to LeBron. Many fans ran over after him, huddled with LeBron fans. I don’t know which side spoke first. The scene turned into two fans competing and shouting. The person's name seems to want to be louder on the other side. LeBron is very confused about this, but he can't stop it with words.

However, judging from the number of people alone, there are obviously more LeBron fans, and he won quickly.

Seeing this, Li Yue quickly walked up to LeBron, offered to give a high-five to help alleviate the embarrassment, and LeBron was willing to cooperate, and the scene turned into a dance of the two together, attracting cheers and screams from the fans.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yue returned to the hotel by car and went straight to the VIP conference room to attend the announcement ceremony of the Hall of Fame selection.

As early as the beginning of the month, the Hall of Fame announced that the newly retired league president David Stern was directly selected, and the other four were former Pacers coach Bob Leonard, former Knicks player Nate Clifton, Lithuanian star Matthew Leonis and former Temple University player Guy Rogers, and this time an additional five people were announced, and celebrities gathered on the scene.

Li Yue said hello one by one, and then took the stage as a guest, announcing Imakurata University's 1970 women's basketball team, 7-time NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning, and 1994 National Basketball Coaches Association's best coach Nolan Richard Dessen, 6-time NBA All-Star player Richmond and NCAA champion coach Gary Williams were collectively selected.

After finishing it, the itinerary on the 15th was all over, and Li Yue returned to the room, browsing Twitter while eating.

This All-Star Weekend has naturally become a hot topic on the list. Surprisingly, the 360-degree dunk from the free throw line is also on the list, with a total of more than 2.59 related tweets. In the poll initiated by ESPN, only [-]% think it can be completed.

Opponents cited various difficulty factors, but the 2.59% of fans did not deliberately cast blindly. Li Yue noticed that a user named Zach Lavin tweeted: "It is not difficult, I can do it .”

This tweet attracted a lot of ridicule, LaVine did not make any response, Li Yue forwarded and wrote: "I believe in you."

It's not that I really believe it completely, but with an encouraging attitude, it may make my dream come true.

(End of this chapter)