one-handed ball

Chapter 182 Nanshan Park
In the final analysis, the All-Star Weekend is a show, a show to promote the NBA and show the charm of basketball.

Of course, the All-Star Game is also a carnival for fans.The activities outside the stadium are not inferior to those inside the stadium, and some are even more lively.

There is still some time before the start of the Rookie Challenge, and the player community service and volunteer work activities stipulated by the NBA have not yet been carried out.Taking advantage of the time, Zheng Kela went to Taylor, and the two of them wore sunglasses and ran out in a high-end sports car prepared for them by the Phoenix All-Star Preparatory Committee.

"Where are we going, Taylor?" Zheng Ke turned his head and asked.

"How do I know? I've never been to Phoenix, haven't you been here to play a game, you should recognize it." Taylor pushed the sunglasses on top of his head, and gave Zheng Ke a flirtatious look.

"Okay." Zheng Ke smiled wryly. He came to Phoenix so many times to play games with the team, and occasionally went around the American Airlines Center. How could he really recognize this "Phoenix City".

"Then go to Nanshan Park." Zheng Ke remembered Billups's recommendation. The old comrade was no stranger to Phoenix. He recommended this park to Zheng Ke. This is the largest municipal park, covering an area of ​​16500 acres.

"A park? That's okay too!" Taylor smiled, showing his white teeth.

"By the way, Taylor, how does my song reflect?" Zheng Ke remembered his song "baby" and asked Taylor.

"I really admire you," Taylor replied, rolling his eyes, "You don't even pay attention to your own songs?"

"Hehe," Zheng Ke laughed dryly, changed the steering wheel in his hand, passed another car, and then said, "You know, our team was on a winning streak the month before, so there was no time to pay attention to it at that time. Later this month Started losing again, and I was so overwhelmed that I didn't even care about it."

Taylor took out her iPhone3, played with it in her hand, and said, ""baby" reached No.1 on the Billboard singles chart just last week!"

"So powerful?" Zheng Ke was taken aback. He has been in the United States for so long, and he also knows the names of the Billboard charts. The Chinese free translation is the famous bulletin board.So this list is the most authoritative even in the United States, where there are many music lists.

"Then how did you record those two songs?" Zheng Ke was surprised, and then continued to ask.

"It's almost finished recording." Taylor said coquettishly, ""rolling in the deep" is so difficult, it took me a long time to complete it."

"Haha, you are too demanding, okay," Zheng Ke said with a smile.

The two were chatting in the car, and they arrived at Nanshan Park not long after.

Nanshan Park is the largest urban park in the world. Walking in this wild park, I feel that the surrounding air is a bit fresher.A winding path came into view, the end of which could not be seen at a glance, leading to the depths of the vast park.There are also various lizards and mice visiting here from time to time, most of the birds in the western United States can be seen here, and there are even some rattlesnakes in the deep jungle.Zheng Ke held Taylor's hand and visited the environmental center here, which introduced the history of the entire park and the ancient Hohokam people who lived here in detail.

The laughter and footprints of Zheng Ke and Taylor were left in Nanshan Park. The two played wildly in this park for a day, and they reluctantly left this beautiful place after seeing the beautiful sunset in Sun Valley. garden.

In addition to tourists coming from all over the streets and alleys of the All-Star Weekend, there are also reporters from big newspapers and tabloids hidden in the middle.

The pictures of Zheng Ke and Taylor traveling intimately were also taken by reporters one after another. This was obviously not Zheng Ke's wish, but after uploading it on the Internet, it became an ironclad proof of Zheng Kexiu's love.However, Zheng Ke and Taylor's sweet trip was just one of many tidbits during the All-Star Weekend when various news points diverged.

The next day, according to the arrangement of the league, Zheng Ke participated in community work with Iverson, Pierce, O'Neal and others, leaving behind a series of amiable pictures, which moved countless fans.

Then came the Rookie Challenge.

The roster for the Rookie Challenge was voted on by the assistant coaches of the 30 teams. In addition, the coaches for this year's Rookie Challenge were guest appearances by Howard and Wade.

First-year players selected this year: Rose, Westbrook, Oden, Beasley, Love, Mayo, Eric Gordon, Lopez, Marc Gasol.

Second-year players: Zheng Ke, Durant, Yi Jianlian, Jeff Green, Al Horford, Luis Scola, Wilson Chandler, Thaddeus Young, Al Thornton.

Compared with the first-year full of talented point guards, the second-year players don't even have a point guard, but there are many talents at the small forward position. In addition to Durant and Zheng Ke, there are also Wilson Chandler, Sadie S Young, Al Thornton and many other good players, some of them are swingmen at the front and back, and some are swingers who are indifferent, but the same thing is that they are all players who can serve as the team's third position .

"Do you still want to make headlines?" Zheng Ke saw Durant in the locker room and smiled at him, remembering the time when they beat the second grade together last year.

"Aha," Durant gave Zheng Ke a hug, and smiled: "This is really not good, only one dark horse is enough. The first grade wants to imitate our headlines, and there is no way."

"But this year's first graders are eye-catching!" Zheng Ke said with a smile.

"Cut!" Durant spat a little, showing a nonchalant expression.

"You see, we don't even have a decent point guard, and it's very difficult to play in the first grade." Zheng Ke explained with a smile.

"It doesn't matter." Durant said: "We have more experience than them. Besides, who would focus on connecting teams in this kind of game? Anyway, everyone doesn't defend. As long as we hit the shooting percentage, the victory will definitely be ours."

Durant made some sense in saying this, Zheng Ke didn't say anything more.

He smiled and patted Durant on the shoulder, then found his locker room cabinet and began to change his own equipment neatly.

Not long after, other players also walked into the locker room one after another. Zheng Ke saw Yi Jianlian, and the two shook hands warmly and exchanged pleasantries for a long time.

"Hey, lads!" The door of the locker room was pushed open, and a big hand in a gray suit stretched out, then a foot, a thigh, and finally a big head through the door of the locker room.

"Hi!"

The one who is so funny is the big boy who will never grow up, and it is Howard of Orlando.Howard is the coach of the second grade. He wore a gray suit and a red and white tie on his chest today.

"Long time no see", "Long time no see" Zheng Ke and other players stood up and greeted Howard one by one, some bumped their chests, some clapped their hands, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

"Ahem," after a while of fuss, Howard pretended to take out the tactical board and said, "Our starting lineup today is composed of the following players."

"Center Horford, power forward Jeff Green, small forward Durant, shooting guard Thornton, and point guard Zheng Ke."

Sure enough, Zheng Ke knew it without thinking about it. In this second-year team that didn't even have a point guard, only himself, who had amazing speed and excellent ball handling, served as the point guard.He didn't think anything of it, but in this way, the average height of the second-year players was about 2 meters.

"Hey, the players in your class are really weird. All of them are over 2 meters tall." After reading the starting list and looking at everyone, Howard suddenly discovered this amazing phenomenon.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and Zheng Ke also looked left and right. He didn't look carefully just now, but now that he observes it, it seems that this is really the case.

"But it doesn't matter, we can take advantage of our height and shoot them a few more!" Howard didn't care, and then threw the tactical board, and then gagged with everyone, chatting wildly, talking about the happy place, Let out bursts of laughter.

Not long after, staff entered the locker room and called everyone to prepare for the game.
(End of this chapter)