pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 448 Team Formation Completed
The players invited to participate in the individual competitions are all players with outstanding performance in this field, including stars and ordinary players.

However, the All-Star Game is different. The players who can be selected for the All-Star Game all have a huge fan base, and they are all absolute superstars.

Mu Chenfeng was specially selected to the All-Star Game, and he became the first first-year rookie to participate in the All-Star Game in the past 20 years.

The Heat are the biggest winners of this All-Star Game. Not only the team's three cores were successfully selected for the main game, but the team's head coach Rajon Rondo was also selected as one of the two head coaches of the All-Star Game, the other being the head coach of the Nuggets, Karl.

Under the leadership of coach Rondo, the Miami Heat currently have the league's first regular season record and maintain the longest winning streak of the season: 20 consecutive victories.

Karl led the Denver Nuggets to the second place in the West and the third place in the league in the highly competitive West. No one expected such a record at the beginning of the season.

The outstanding record has become the common reason why Rondo and Karl were elected as the All-Star coaches.

Of course, regarding this matter, the attitudes shown by the two are completely opposite.

Carl was very excited about his election, and publicly expressed his excitement about being able to coach so many star players, and released a list of his own all-star team on social media, including James, Barrett, Chris and other stars. Of course, it also includes the Nuggets' own star: Muller! ! !

Muller's progress this season is obvious to all. From a rookie who only averaged 13.3 points per game last season, after Coach Carl became the core of the team this season, the data has skyrocketed.

With an average of 25.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, Muller became an All-Star player. Among the 24 All-Star votes, Muller ranked 19th. Karl bombarded fans for his love, saying that fans would not vote.

It is true that the low number of votes for Muller has a lot to do with Denver being a small ball market. Denver is located on a plateau and has a small population. Naturally, Muller has a lot fewer fans. However, to be able to rank 18th in the votes, in addition to the local fans in Denver, fans in other regions also contributed a lot.

This season, Muller has attracted a large number of fans with his own performance.

Rondo was not excited about being elected as the head coach of the All-Star. He hoped that he and his players would be just a spectator rather than participate in the All-Star Weekend, but this is obviously impossible. The number of fans of the Big Three of the Heat is almost all over the world, and the audience hopes to see their favorite players appear in the All-Star Game.

Rondo has already had a chance in his heart. If these three people finally fall into his hands, he will definitely limit the playing time of these three people, especially Mu Chenfeng.

However, it is not up to the head coach to decide which team to coach in the end.

In order to increase the entertainment of the All-Star Game, the league specially changed the usual coaching selection, but adopted a blind selection method.

First, the top voters in the east and west complete the "red and blue" team formations, and choose their favorite players to form an All-Star team. Then, the head coach will divide the teams by blind selection and drawing lots. Which team the coach draws will coach which team.

Moreover, the head coach draws lots on the spot, and will not know which team he is coaching until 1 minute before the start of the game.

This method greatly adds to the entertainment and uncertainty of the All-Star Game. In the past, before the All-Star Game, there will be several sessions of team training and coaches arranging tactics, so that the players can adapt to each other and be able to play tactics better.

However, the on-the-spot team directly omits the link of adapting to each other. The teammates are "strange", the coach is temporary, and the tactics are unknown. From the moment the players set foot on the field, it is full of challenges.

This is a risky reform and attempt made by the NBA in the All-Star Game. As for the effect, I dare not imagine.

However, the reason why the league made such bold reforms is entirely based on trust in the strength of the players. As long as they have absolute strength, any problems will be easily solved.

The All-Star Game instantly turned into a test of players' strength.

Even if it is an All-Star, there is still a difference between a star and a superstar. It can be seen from the All-Star voting that there are only 4 players with more than 4500000 votes. They are James, Wade, Barrett and Chris.

For the fairness of the team formation, James and Wade will select players in the form of "1-1-1". The two will choose in turn, so that the strength of the two teams can be more balanced. Mu Chenfeng has the right to choose to join either side. Of course, if there is no accident, he will definitely choose Wade on the same team as him. After all, they are familiar with each other.

According to the regulations, James with the higher number of votes will choose the first player. In fact, James has already made a choice in his heart, so he directly announced the result. James' first choice is the Heat's small forward: Barrett! ! !This kind of cross-cutting style of selection will directly dismantle the Heat's giants. In the All-Star Game, Wade and Barrett, the Heat's dual-core team, will face each other on the court.

The choice of James was completely expected by everyone. Barrett is a player who is very close to James in terms of strength and physical fitness.

Then Wade also gave his first choice, Chris of the Nets!

This choice is also stepped on by everyone, not because of Chris's strength, but because of the relationship between Barrett and Chris, so the two are destined not to appear on the same team. Since James has already chosen Barrett, he will definitely not choose Chris. Wade took advantage of the situation and chose Chris.

The grouping of the four top-level super giants has been completed, and the rest is the choice of stars. James and Wade unexpectedly chose the center. James chose Orlando Magic center Holmold. He is an outstanding center forward. He has a good performance inside and outside the penalty area, especially in mid-range and long-range shots. The huge offensive range can open up space for teammates.

On the back line, James chose Thomas from the 76ers, Walker from the Seattle Supersonics, and Harris from the Charlotte Hornets. All three have strong ball-handling and scoring capabilities, and they are all leading combo guards in the league.

Wade pays more attention to the defensive ability of the players in the choice of guards. He selected Butler of the Timberwolves, Derek of the Cavaliers and Jones of the Raptors.

The two had a very clear idea of ​​selecting players, so they quickly completed the 12-man roster, and the final suspense was Mu Chenfeng's final choice, but no matter which team he finally chose, it would be a great improvement for the pair.

The red team has Barrett, and the blue team has Wade. No matter what decision Mu Chenfeng makes, he will stand on the opposite side of his teammates in the Heat. Mu Chenfeng hesitated for a long time, and he has not given his own answer. The rosters of the two teams he observed carefully, the whole world is waiting for his decision.

Rondo was also entangled with Mu Chenfeng. With James doing this, no matter which team Rondo chose during the blind selection, he would have his own players on the opposite side, and a cannibalism was inevitable.

This situation has become simpler. Anyway, he has to play his own players, and Rondo no longer struggles with it. He can just pick a team.

Although the levels of the two teams are very similar, their playing styles are completely different. The red team is obviously more aggressive in terms of offense, and the aggression is fierce, while the blue team is better in defense. Randomly pull out a player, whether it is one-on-one defense or the overall defense is very good.

This will also be a set of matchups with the greatest difference in style in the history of the All-Star Game.

After struggling for 10 minutes, Mu Chenfeng finally faced the camera and made his decision, "I want to join the blue team!!!"

Mu Chenfeng finally chose to join the blue team led by Wade, so that both the offensive and defensive ends of the team have been greatly improved.

After "missing" Mu Chenfeng, the members of the red team immediately shook their heads and threatened that Mu Chenfeng made a wrong choice and that he would regret not joining them. Barrett, a teammate of the red team, even called Mu Chenfeng directly and told him that they would stare at him during the game.

When facing the "threat", Mu Chenfeng did not waver, and still insisted on his own ideas.

The grouping of the All-Star red and blue teams is officially completed, and the only suspense left is who the final head coach of the two teams will be. This suspense will be revealed on the final day of the All-Star Game.

After completing the grouping, the two teams have 5 days to run in, but the time for running in is very fragmented, because a lot of activities are arranged for the players during the All-Star Weekend, so there is not much time for them to run in, and both teams can only organize training spontaneously.

A player who "wears multiple hats" like Mu Chenfeng is the busiest during the All-Star Weekend, and he has no time to practice with the team at all.

The first day of the All-Star Weekend did not include any competitions. The schedule on the first day was more like a meet-and-greet meeting with fans. Stars and fans would have a lot of interactive sessions to exaggerate the atmosphere of the All-Star Game and lay the foundation for the individual games starting tomorrow.

This year's All-Star top stars were all successfully selected, which attracted many fans to watch the game, and the whole Orlando was very lively.

The owner of the Heat also specially invited a lot of Chinese fans to Orlando, because the All-Star was held at the time of the Chinese New Year. Blake Lee specially arranged for Mu Chenfeng to make dumplings and have a reunion dinner with the Chinese fans. This is the first dumpling Mu Chenfeng ate after coming to the United States.

Su Mengyao and Mu Chenfeng made dumplings in a decent way, especially Su Mengyao, who looked like a good wife and mother.

"You are our pride." An elderly Chinese fan gave Mu Chenfeng a thumbs up. He is a witness to the growth and development of Chinese players in the NBA. From Wang Zhizhi, Battelle, Yao Ming to Yi Jianlian and Mu Chenfeng, Chinese basketball has come to today step by step. From decline to prosperity and then to decline, the old man's eyes filled with tears. He never imagined that he would see Chinese players appear on the All-Star game in his lifetime, and he would participate in all 6 events as soon as he showed his face.

"Chinese basketball will definitely get better and better." Many Chinese fans have voiced their support to Mu Chenfeng. Not only Mu Chenfeng, but also other new generation players in China.

Mu Chenfeng hammered his chest and said, "This year, let the whole world see what Chinese basketball looks like!"

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Mu Chenfeng returned to the rest of the wine early, preparing for the first competition that will start tomorrow: the Rookie Challenge!
For those players who participated in the Rookie Challenge, Mu Chenfeng was familiar with most of them. Some were his teammates in the NCAA, and some were opponents. However, because of the Rookie Challenge, these first-year players were brought together. Their goal was to beat the second-year players.

clang!clang!clang!
The door was knocked three times in a row, and Mu Chenfeng was very familiar with the rhythm of the knocking. He didn't even need to turn his head to know who the other party was.

Oscar and Felix walked in talking and laughing, "Your ears are still so good."

These three teammates in the NCAA are doing very well in the NBA now, and they are very likely to become opponents for this year's O'Brien Cup.

"I can tell it's you with your ass." Mu Chenfeng said jokingly, seeing a delicate USB flash drive in Felix's hand, "What is that?" Mu Chenfeng asked.

"Information." Felix replied slowly.

"The opponent's information." Oscar added.

"Whose?" Mu Chenfeng asked curiously.

"Anyone else, Jay Thompson."

Mu Chenfeng did not expect that when the name Thompson appeared in his ears again, he would be somewhat excited.

"Thompson, the sophomore from the Pelicans?" Mu Chenfeng asked knowingly.

"That's right, he is our biggest opponent tomorrow, so we need to study it carefully." Felix said seriously.

"No way, he's the only one, do you still need to study?" Mu Chenfeng said.

"You watch it first." The two forced Mu Chenfeng to open the 30-minute video collection.

(End of this chapter)