God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 203 The Unexpected Person
After the Christmas game, it is equivalent to a natural year for NBA fans, and the next basketball feast they look forward to is naturally the All-Star Weekend. The 29 teams are trying to win games, but that doesn't mean they don't pay attention to the All-Stars. The 76ers are relatively low-key. Brown doesn't want Buford to sprain his ankle again.

But no matter how he is blocked, the results of the All-Star voting will come out. As the top of the Eastern Conference, the 76ers have two players selected for the All-Star, namely Iverson and Mutombo, the two cores of the inside and outside.To the embarrassment of the 76ers management, Ratliff, who was traded for Mutombo, was second only to Mutombo in the vote for the center position, and the gap between the two sides was less than [-] votes. Fortunately, Mutombo was selected instead of Ratliff.

As for the Rookie Challenge, it has something to do with the 76ers. Reid was very lucky to be a member of the first-year team.Although he didn't get the starting position, for a second-round pick, being a substitute for the first-year team is pretty good, which is largely due to his strong three-point shooting ability. The shooting percentage reached 35.9%, and he averaged 76 points and 9.7 rebounds per game for the 4.2ers, playing the role Brown gave him well.

Seeing that Reid can represent a first-year rookie in the Rookie Challenge, Mason, who is higher in the pick, can be said to be so envious that his eyes are red, but he knows that his performance in the game is not as good as Reid, and the ball The team positioned him as a wing gate like Lynch. Compared with a three-point shooter like Reed, he is at a disadvantage, and it is normal not to be selected.

Just when Brown and Chang Wei thought this was the end, Lewis pushed open the door of the office in a daze, and said to them in a daze: "Coach, the league invited me to participate in the three-point contest of the All-Star Weekend, I should Are you going to participate?"

What?Three-point contest?Brown and Chang Wei looked at each other, and they could see the incredible look in each other's eyes.

The three-point contest is one of the events of the All-Star Weekend and is held the day before the main game.Under normal circumstances, it is divided into two rounds, and each player has one chance in each round.The top three players in the first round advance to the finals.The second round will be played in the same format as the first round.In the event of the same score in the final, there will be an extra match until the ranking is determined, and the player who gets the most points within 1 minute will be the winner.There are a total of 5 shooting points in the three-point contest: two are symmetrical at the bottom angle, two are symmetrical at a 45-degree angle, and the other is at the top of the arc.There are 5 balls in each shooting point, 4 balls (orange balls) get 2 point, and the last flower ball gets 30 points, the full score is [-] points.

Under normal circumstances, the league officials will invite top three-point shooters of the season to participate in the competition. Although it is said that they do not consider the popularity and status of the players, in fact they still prefer big-name players to participate in the three-point competition. In order to attract more fans to watch.Chang Wei knew that Lewis' current three-point ability was very good, and his shooting percentage exceeded 40%, but he did not expect that Lewis would actually be able to receive an official invitation from the league to participate in the three-point contest.

Seeing Lewis' nervous expression, Chang Wei nodded to Brown and said with a smile, "The All-Star Weekend is also a holiday for you guys from the league. Since you are invited to participate in the three-point contest, then you will follow Allen and the others." Just start together." Brown also said: "Rashad, if you want to participate, go and participate, and we will cheer for you on the sidelines."

In fact, Lewis himself also wants to participate in the All-Star three-point contest, but he is not sure what the coaching staff thinks, and he himself has been a bench player before this season, and he became a starter only after he came to Philadelphia. In other words, he still has a bit of low self-esteem, so he came to the head coach to ask about the situation when he received the invitation from the league.If it was replaced by other players, he would definitely accept it directly with joy. Who would think so much like Lewis?
After getting the approval of Brown and Chang Wei, Lewis's face finally changed from cloudy to sunny, and he left the office with a smile. He must have gone to practice three-pointers again.Watching the back of Lewis leaving, Brown was silent for a while, then laughed and said: "Chang, I admire you more and more, I really don't know how you dug Rashad out of the corner, and I still believe that his anti-traditional style of play can be successful. Now it seems that my philosophy is a bit outdated..."

Chang Wei shook his head and said with a smile: "It's my luck to discover Rashad, and I have some relevant experience in the NCAA before. Unexpected effect, this has nothing to do with the concept, and now the team is performing so well, isn't that your credit?"

No matter what, it's never wrong to flatter, and Chang Wei can't say why he proposed to trade for Lewis in the first place, right?Pushing himself to work in the NCAA is the best reason.Brown was obviously also very useful. He waved his hand and said: "That is also the result of everyone's hard work. If I can help the team win the championship, I will be considered as having completed the task."

Chang Wei chatted with Brown a few more words about the All-Stars, then took his leave and left.When he passed the training field, he saw Lewis sweating profusely. This guy pushed a basket of balls over by himself, and kept shooting outside the three-point line. Although the basketball would sometimes hit the frame, But most of them got into the basket obediently.

It seems that the three-point contest still has a great influence on him, but this kind of influence is very good.Chang Wei continued to walk towards his office while thinking about it.He didn't bother Lewis, and he didn't even intend to give him some technical guidance. He believed that any player who could persist in doing one thing well would definitely succeed.

However, Chang Wei is not optimistic that Lewis can win the three-point contest. If he remembers correctly, the champion of this three-point contest in the previous life was the historical three-point shooter Ray Allen. The participating players also included Alan Houston, For players such as Stojakovic, Nash and Nowitzki, the fierce competition is quite rare.

Moreover, Lewis also participated in this three-point contest in his previous life. The tragedy is that he didn't even make it to the finals, let alone the final championship.Although Lewis's shooting ability may be stronger now than in his previous life, the championship is still a small probability event.

(End of this chapter)