I really can't handle the ball

Chapter 199 The All-Star Weekend Begins

California, Los Angeles, Staples Center.

This year's high-profile All-Star Weekend will be held here, making it successfully attract the attention of all basketball fans from all over the world.

For fans, the NBA All-Star Weekend is undoubtedly a star-studded feast.

When the Mavericks finished the last game before the All-Star Game, Li Xuan and others did not rush to Los Angeles immediately. They had to go back to Dallas to pick up their families before heading to Los Angeles.

Although Li Xuan has no relatives or friends here, the families of Nowitzki, Nash and others are here, and they will bring their families to participate in the unprecedented grand event of the All-Star Weekend.

After picking up his family, Li Xuan and others flew from Dallas to Los Angeles on the special plane of the Mavericks to participate in the All-Star Weekend.

This year's All-Star Game, Li Xuan will participate in the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game, as for other events, he did not sign up.

Originally, the league official asked him if he would sign up for the three-point shootout contest, but Li Xuan refused decisively. He came to enjoy the fun of the game and didn't want to make it so tiring.

On the special plane, Li Xuan sat alone, while Nowitzki, Nash and others were surrounded by their families.

At this time, Nash came to sit down beside Li Xuan, and said, "Dude, you can't do this, do you need to introduce a girlfriend to you?"

"Steve, thank you, I have no such plan now." Li Xuan declined.

Although Nash's aesthetics are not as different as Wade's, he still gave up the idea.

Isn't playing basketball good?

Women only affect the speed of my projections!

Seeing this, Nash stopped talking about this topic, quickly changed the subject, and talked about some precautions for the All-Star Weekend.

He has worked hard in the league for so many years, and it is not the first time he has participated in the All-Star Weekend, so he has quite a wealth of experience.

In this way, Nash told interesting stories about past All-Stars to pass the boring time. During this period, Nowitzki also came over and joined the chat group.

After arriving in Los Angeles, Li Xuan and others took the special car arranged by the alliance to the hotel where they were staying.

This hotel is specially prepared by NBA officials for NBA All-Star players.

Therefore, most of the people staying here during this time period are All-Star players and their families, as well as some VIPs invited by NBA officials.

Li Xuan parted ways with Nash and others, and he swiped his card to enter his room to put away his luggage.

After settling down, Li Xuan left the room to talk to Wade and the others.

In the lounge specially prepared by the hotel, Li Xuan met Wade, Dayao and others successfully.

Because of Li Xuan's relationship, Dayao and Wade had a pretty good relationship. Before Li Xuan came, they chatted acquaintedly.

"Look who's here, isn't this our All-Star ticket king." Wade said with a teasing tone.

"Dwyane, you are just envious and jealous. Work hard, and you will be selected as an All-Star one day." Li Xuan smiled and patted Wade on the shoulder with his hand.

"Wait and see, I'll be selected for the All-Star team next year." After Wade set the flag, he hammered Li Xuan with his hand.

After fighting with Wade, Li Xuan immediately greeted Dayao on the side.

"Dayao, show mercy in the rookie competition the day after tomorrow, we don't have any insiders to match you in the first grade!"

"Xiaoxuan, you may have said this wrongly. You have so many fierce first-year players. Give us a face the day after tomorrow, and don't want to lose too badly." Dayao responded jokingly.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three chatted about their current situation, and then went to the hotel restaurant to solve the dinner problem. After saying goodbye to each other, they went back to the hotel room to rest.

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The next day, before dawn, Li Xuan was woken up by the phone ringing.

Li Xuan answered the phone in a daze, and the voice of manager Bill Duffy came out of the microphone, and he immediately woke up.

After chatting with Duffy for a while, Li Xuan hung up the phone and went to wash up. There are too many things to do today, and we must hurry up to finish them.

The All-Star Weekend was originally a holiday for players to adjust and rest, but for star players, the All-Star Weekend is more tiring than usual playing games, and the schedule is full.

Since Duffy was busy with other things, he was unable to serve Li Xuan himself.

So during the All-Star Weekend, he assigned an employee from the company to be Li Xuan's temporary assistant.

Not long after, the assistant arranged by Duffy arrived and brought breakfast for Li Xuan by the way.

While Li Xuan was having breakfast, the assistant began to describe the day's itinerary.

"Li, we are busy today."

After the little assistant vaccinated Li Xuan, he continued: "In the morning, I will go to Nike to shoot a promotional advertisement, as well as several other endorsement advertisements. Attend the public welfare evening held by the NBA."

Li Xuan's head got dizzy when he heard that, so he quickly settled the food in his hands, cleaned up, and went out with his assistant, starting a busy day.

After arriving at Nike's head office in Los Angeles, Li Xuan, led by the staff, came to the shooting site for promotional shooting.

After finishing the shooting, Li Xuan met the designer who designed the "Generation Killer" boots for him in the reception room.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, they quickly entered the topic.

"Li, your boots have been designed. I guess you will like them. Wearing them will make you the center of attention in the All-Star Game." The designer said confidently.

After a while, Li Xuan saw the finished product, a pair of red and blue combat boots. He was very satisfied with the appearance of the sneakers.

"Li, if there is something wrong with the shoes, please contact us in time, we will improve it further." The designer reminded.

"Okay, I will always pay attention and give you feedback." Li Xuan responded.

Since Li Xuan had other shootings, he took four pairs of boots of different colors to bid farewell to the person in charge of Nike, and took a special car to the next shooting location.

After filming all the commercials, Li Xuan followed the small notebook given to him by the press officer Suzanne, and dealt with media reporters to conduct a personal interview with him.

After the interview, Li Xuan and his assistant found a restaurant together to solve the problem of lunch.

In the afternoon, Li Xuan took a special car to the Staples Center Arena for the public training before the rookie game.

When he came to the Staples Center Arena, he saw a huge poster hanging outside the arena through the car window.

All the players selected for the All-Star Game are in this poster.

Each of these characters is the best basketball player in the league at the moment, and being selected for the All-Star lineup is also a performance that a player's strength and popularity are double recognized.

Li Xuan looked at his poster, no matter its size or the position it occupied, it was the best. This is the treatment that the All-Star ticket king deserves.

"I'm debuting at the C position! The shot is really cool, I'll add chicken legs to the camera brother."

When Li Xuan saw such a picture, he couldn't help admiring. In the era without beauty filters, his appearance was simply against the sky!
This phenomenon is caused by the fact that Li Xuan is handsome in the first place, and the other stars are crooked and cracked to set off, forming a sense of contrast, which makes Li Xuan handsome.

After the smugness was over, Li Xuan entered the arena under the leadership of the on-site staff.

When Li Xuan changed his jersey and came to the training field, he saw that many players had arrived, holding the ball and chatting with each other.

In this kind of training, no one will train seriously, and the coach will not arrange any tactics.

In the All-Star game, the head coach acts as a tool man, basically letting the players decide for themselves. Anyway, it is an entertainment game for the fans.

The arrival of Li Xuan instantly attracted the attention of the players on the field.

"Brother, why did you come here? It's not a good habit to be late." Wade walked forward to greet Li Xuan.

"I'm too busy to come here. I even avoided a few commercial shootings and media interviews before rushing here." Li Xuan responded casually.

However, Wade heard the taste of pretending to be beeping from Li Xuan's words, and immediately didn't want to talk to Li Xuan.

It's too fucking shocking, the All-Star ticket king is amazing!

Immediately, Li Xuan and Wade walked shoulder to shoulder and came to the first-year training half, and greeted the other seven players selected for the rookie game.

The All-Star rookie game, the first-year player list is: Hinrich, Wade, Josh - Howard, Anthony, James, Li Xuan, Bosh, Haslem, Kaman.

Second-year player list: Jay Williams, Ginobili, Prince, Murray, Dunleavy, Nene, Boozer, Stoudemire, Yao.

Several other people responded to Li Xuan one after another, only Anthony put on a cool expression and ignored Li Xuan.

Li Xuan glanced at Anthony and complained in his heart.

"This guy really holds a grudge, and he hasn't let it go. If he can't beat me on the court, he won't find someone to beat me up in private!"

At this moment, James came to Li Xuan and said, "Li, the second grade is not weak, it is very difficult to win, do you have any ideas?"

Li Xuan glanced at James, why did this guy ask me, he should be pretending, and then responded: "LeBron, if you have any good ideas, just tell them, I will fully support you."

James smiled knowingly, taking care of Li Xuan was equivalent to taking care of all the members of the first grade.

So he gathered everyone together and spoke his mind.

"LeBron's consideration is very comprehensive, it may be worth a try." Li Xuan was the first to express his opinion.

After seeing Li Xuan's approval, James was very happy, and other players would not have any objections.

Sure enough, as he expected, his banana boat brothers would definitely support him with all their strength. Seeing that Li Xuan had no objections, the others nodded their heads in agreement.

In the other half, the second-year players saw the first-year players gathered together and expressed their opinions one after another.

"What are those guys doing? Discussing tactics? Isn't it enough to have hands." Stoudemire said dismissively.

He had planned a long time ago to defeat Li Xuan in the rookie game, and told fans all over the world that Li Xuan's strength was not worthy of being an All-Star starter.

He always believed that it was Li Xuan who snatched his All-Star seat. His statistics this season are very good.

"Let's not be careless. First-year players are talented and should not be underestimated." Dayao expressed his opinion.

After hearing this, Stoudemire didn't take it seriously, and he also looked down on Dayao in his heart, thinking that he was the No. [-] pick back then, not the stupid big guy in front of him.

"Should we discuss tactics?" Ginobili interjected appropriately.

After the other people heard this, they turned around and went about their own business, not paying attention to the first grade at all.

Dayao sighed when he saw this, and immediately felt that he would lose badly tomorrow.

The two sides have completely different attitudes, and the result is already doomed.

After the training, it was the reporter's turn to interview, and it was obvious that the first-year players were more popular.

The starlight of the second-year players is indeed a bit dim, only Dayao, Stoudemire and others are surrounded by media reporters.

"Amare, who do you think will win tomorrow's rookie game?"

"Of course it is our second-year team. We have only one goal, and that is to win that damned victory. We will never lose."

"Then who do you think will be the biggest threat in tomorrow's rookie competition?"

"I don't think there is any threat. I will blow up the inside line of the first grade and rule the penalty area. Tomorrow you will know whether I speak wild words."

"If you guys win, who do you think will be the rookie game MVP?"

"Do you still need to ask this question? Of course it is me."

The media reporters were very happy to see Stoudemire's non-brained answer, and there will be content for tomorrow's news report.

On the other side, Li Xuan, James and others were also being interviewed by media reporters.

"LeBron, do you think the first grade will be able to take down the gram?"

"Basketball games are full of unknowns, and this is the charm. I can't answer whether you can win, but I believe that we can create miracles only if we work together."

"Then are you interested in the rookie game MVP?"

"We played team basketball in the first grade, and anyone can win the honor of MVP."

The media reporter felt a little bit bitter. The high school student in front of him was not easy to fool.

Not far away, Li Xuan was interviewed by media reporters with a smile on his face.

"Li, tomorrow you will usher in the first All-Star game in your career, facing your compatriot Yao, will you feel the pressure?"

"I don't feel the pressure because I have a group of strong teammates who will lead me to victory."

"Then who do you think will win the rookie game MVP?"

"That must be my good brother Wade."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he silently mourned for Wade in his heart.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I have to let you take the blame in the front, so that I can hide behind."

Li Xuan still wants to complete the tasks released by the system before, and if he doesn't want to compete for MVP, it's all fake.

After the interview, Li Xuan followed Wade and his team back to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes, ready to finish dinner and participate in the NBA's official charity party.

After the public welfare gala, Li Xuan bid farewell to Wade, Dayao and others, and went back to the hotel room to rest early to recharge for tomorrow night's rookie game.

"I am bound to win the rookie game MVP!"

(End of this chapter)