Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 53 The Crappy Tribute

The Rookie Challenge is held on the first day of the All-Star Weekend. According to the usual practice, the head coaches of the two teams will be the assistant coaches of the top teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences.

The chief assistant Tex Winter is old, and he won't get involved in the gathering of these young people even after he has become famous. This important task finally fell on Brad Stevens.

The rookies in 00 were lackluster, and the top picks in 01 were not bright.The first half of the game was full of brainless singles and mistakes. The game was basically a game of players on the field.

In the second half, the situation changed suddenly. Stevens' lineup of Arenas, Richardson, Joe Johnson, Battier and Gasol wiped out the second-year team's victory with crazy running and bombing three-pointers. ball hope.Kenyon Martin could only vent his anger by dunking a few dunks in garbage time.

Under Stevens' intentional favoritism, Arenas got a lot of playing time, and he also lived up to the trust of the coach with a hot touch. He made 8 three-pointers and scored 36 points in the game, breaking Kobe's rookie team. While scoring records in the game, he also beat Jason Richardson and Pau Gasol to win the MVP of the rookie game.

The highlight of the next day was the three-point contest and the dunk contest.Jim and Stevens sat on the sidelines in civilian clothes and watched the game.

The lineup of the three-point contest is not luxurious, led by Ray Allen, Pierce, Nash, Stojakovic, Pierce, Quentin Richardson, Steve Smith, Mike Miller and Wayne Slipperson and other masters, the stars are gathered, gearing up.

"How about it? If you meet the Kings in the playoffs, have you figured out how to limit Peja?"

Watching Stojakovic hit consecutive shots, unstoppable, Jim asked Stevens.

"His attack with the ball is average, and his main attack methods are off-ball cuts and three-pointers. We can defend him closely and let him consume a lot of energy and energy in getting rid of the defense, which affects his shooting rate. At the same time, his The defense is not good, especially when facing strong opponents, we can use Anthony to consume him."

"Generally there is no problem, it depends on whether Phil will adopt your rookie suggestion, but you still missed the most critical point... Oh, poor Paul, he didn't even get 10 points, what luck is really bad Got it." Pierce scored only 8 points on the court, and he was happy when he left the court.

"Sir, what do you say is the most important point?" Stevens asked after noticing what Jim hadn't finished speaking.

Jim laughed silently.

On the field, Nash took aim at the last bouquet for a long time, and threw an outrageously crooked three-point shot. After the frustrated Zonda uttered a Canadian curse, he lay on the sidelines.

Steve Smith tells Pierce the truth that he's not alone.The Spurs veteran also ended the game with 8 points, sharing the glory of bottom with Pierce.

Wesley Person was overwhelmed, scoring 21 points, more than Peja.

Mike Miller was a little better than Pierce and Smith, scoring in double figures.And Richardson is one point lower than Nash, and has missed the final according to the rules.

The pressure all came to the finale defending champion Ray Allen.

Ray Allen, who had a poor hand, was still 3 points behind Nash when he hit the last point, and with his last ball bounced out of the frame, it was officially announced that the defending champion had lost the first round.

Nash was walked to the Finals against Stojakovic, who was drafted one higher than him, and Cavaliers lead pitcher Wesley Person.In the final, Nash's state obviously improved, and he scored 18 points. It is regrettable that the last flower ball spun 2 times on the basket and fell out.

Facts have proved that the consequences of this flower ball are still very serious. Stojakovic and Person who made subsequent appearances each scored 19 points and squeezed poor Nash.

With 30 seconds left in the extra game, Peja defeated Posen 9-6 to win the championship.

Since Carter won the championship, everyone's enthusiasm for the slam dunk contest seems to have been rekindled. However, the last All-Star, Desmond Mason's performance in pulling out generals really disappointed the fans who were looking forward to it.

In order to save the slam dunk contest, the organizers had a new idea. They took out a big turntable with classic dunks such as Dr. J, movie highlights and Jordan.

Competitors need to spin the turntable, draw a dunk and imitate it.

"I want to feel sorry for the contestants. I don't know how long they have prepared for the competition. In the end, they have to fight their luck on the spot and complete dunks that may have never been prepared. I can only say that the organizers have tried their best, but the root cause is not here place." Jim sighed, generally speaking, this kind of reformed slam dunk contest will receive rave reviews.

Gerald Wallace and Desmond Mason, who got Dr. J's classic cradle style, have suffered a lot. Their dunks are completely different from Dr. J's.

Jason Richardson got Dominique Wilkins's big windmill, the movement reduction is enough, but the strength is much worse.

The champion favourite, Ferguson, was rather sad, and he got Larry Nance's straight arm 360-degree turn and dunk.

Larry Nance is 2 meters tall, and it is easy to do this movement. Although Boss Fur bounces and explodes, his height and wingspan are much different from Nance's. In addition, the two take off in different ways. I want to reproduce it. It is extremely difficult.

Boss Fu finally gave up the challenge and dunked a 180-degree backhand dunk by himself, directly withdrawing from the championship competition.

The final was between Richardson and Wallace. This time, Dr. J played the game himself and turned the turntable. The subject for the two was-Dr. J's classic free throw line dunk.

In the anticipation of everyone, Gerald Wallace ran up across the entire court, stepped on the free throw line to take off, and leaned forward with his right body in a crutch position. In an extremely stiff posture, he desperately stretched his right hand and squeezed the ball into up the basket.

Compared with Wallace's ugly free throw line dunk, Jason Richardson's beauty is slightly better. He pulled the ball a little in the air and made a layup posture. At that time, he turned his wrist and barely dunked the ball successfully.The problem is, his jumping foot has already moved half a step to the free throw line.

Compared with Dr. J's free-throw line dunk on the big screen, these two "tributes" are indeed a little bit off.

In the end, Richardson narrowly beat Wallace and won the slam dunk contest, which also announced the end of all events on the second day of the All-Star Weekend.

Jim, who found the slam dunk contest quite boring, left early and listened to Stevens' new discovery on the way back to the hotel.

"Sir, I think Gerald Wallace is a good fit for your thinking. I paid attention to him when I was studying the Kings game. Although he didn't play much time, he showed the potential to be able to play multiple positions, and Good physical fitness, full of fighting spirit and hard work, if he can be obtained, the depth of the team's lineup will be greatly supplemented. I have analyzed the salary space of the Kings, and the Kings have no ability to play in China while keeping the current lineup unchanged. Make him a worthy extension offer after his contract expires. The obstacle is that the Kings may send him to the Eastern Conference before his contract expires."

"Don't worry, there will be a chance."

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