NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

After experiencing a small twist at the door, Li Kaiming and Jiang Shan entered through the passage arm in arm.

After walking along the signs on both sides of the passage for about 3 minutes, the entrance to the passage in the distance lit up, and at the same time there was a noisy sound coming from there.

Li Kaiming and Jiang Shan smiled at each other, then clasped their hands and walked out along the passage!

As soon as I came out of the passage, I suddenly felt enlightened!

The familiar Staples Center has an All-Star atmosphere everywhere.

Looking around, there are almost no empty seats in the surrounding auditorium. Fans from all over the place have gathered in this Lakers home court where countless legends and stories have been born, waiting for this year's All-Star Weekend to begin!

In a way, All-Star Weekend has already begun!

As soon as Li Kaiming and Jiang Shan entered the stadium, almost everyone around them turned their attention to the golden couple.

As more and more people discovered them, the area miraculously became quiet. People around them, whether they were audiences or celebrities, were all looking at Li Kaiming and Li Kaiming in order.

As if Li Kaiming and Li Kaiming were kings and queens holding a coronation ceremony, they were surrounded by their subjects, paying attention to them.

Being stared at by so many foreigners, Jiang Shan, as the management of Hongxin Erke, has seen many big scenes, so she can't help but feel a little nervous at this moment.

She clenched her hands subconsciously. Li Kaiming felt her nervousness, lowered his head and smiled at Jiang Shan, "Relax!"

Li Kaiming's words were like a panacea, instantly resolving Jiang Shan's nervousness.

Li Kaiming led Jiang Shan to the auditorium prepared by the NBA for family members. After bowing his head and saying a few words, he rushed to the locker room!

Tonight is the first event of the All-Star Weekend, the Rookie Challenge!

Just as he was walking down the auditorium, his shoulders were suddenly "attacked" from behind!

"Okay, Kaiming, you care about sex over friends! You told me every day that I should concentrate on practicing in Toronto, but I didn't expect that I would turn around and pick up girls in Washington!"

The man behind is very familiar to Li Kaiming, it is his good brother Elliott Williams!

Li Kaiming spread his hands innocently, "There is no conflict between focusing on practicing football and picking up girls! Besides, in a place where you don't shit, can you pick up girls? Is it possible that you want to pick up Eskimos?"

Williams:…

Damn, I really want to refute, but what he said is true!

Williams appears here because he was also selected for the first-grade team, but he was a proper substitute.

Even so, Williams is very satisfied with it.

Better than nothing, right?

Li Kaiming: If I don’t say that you have no future, you have to be a little ambitious like me in order to perform well!

Williams: How fresh, can ambition be eaten?Will ambition allow me to average 35 points per game?Will ambition get me into the All-Star starting lineup?You're such a damn girl that you can stand and talk without your back hurting!I think you have been separated from the masses for too long. Your comrade's thoughts are very dangerous!

Hearing Williams's barrage of complaints, Li Kaiming smiled.

Also, not just anyone can be as awesome as me!

The two of them had their arms around each other, just like they did when they were with the Tigers, bragging as they walked toward the rookie team's locker room.

By the time the two of them arrived, the locker room was already full of talents!

The familiar John Wall was trying on the clothes prepared for him at the moment.

There are also Knicks guard Landry Fields, who has played against him several times, and this year's No. 5 pick DeMarcus Cousins.

The only person Li Kaiming was not familiar with was the white man who looked very strong, but because he was too strong and his wingspan was not long, he looked like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the 2009 No. [-] pick, Blake Griffin!

The arrival of Li Kaiming and Williams also attracted the attention of everyone in the locker room. There is no way, Li Kaiming is so dazzling in the NBA now, no matter where he goes, he is one of the most dazzling stars...

John Wall was the first to come up and greet Li Kaiming. Li Kaiming also reciprocated Wall's kindness, hugging and patting the shoulders.

Then came Landry Fields and Cousins, who were not very familiar with each other, but had been beaten several times by Li Kaiming. At least these two people respected Li Kaiming and came up to shake hands.

Griffin was the last player left among the starting players. After Li Kaiming greeted the others, he stood up and stretched out his hand towards Li Kaiming.

"Hello, Li, I have long admired your name!"

Li Kaiming stretched out his hand and shook it with Griffin.

Although Griffin had a smile on his face, Li Kaiming could read a strong sense of wariness and rejection in this guy's eyes.

It seems like he is another person who wants to use me as his opponent!

Li Kaiming was speechless. Damn, do I look like someone easy to mess with?Everyone I meet for the first time wants to compete with me, and they don’t even take a piss or take a picture first. What’s my level?

And Griffin is full of fighting spirit!

As early as the beginning of the season, his agent told him that the yellow top pick in front of him would be his biggest opponent in his rookie season!

Everyone knows what happened next. Li Kaiming became the favorite for Rookie of the Year with his dominant performance.

This made Griffin admire his agent's vision very much, but he was also a little confused. Li Kaiming's regular season performance was so eye-catching. At this level, it would not be too much to be directly awarded MVP. How could he possibly compete?

However, his agent still gave him advice and came up with a "Longzhong pair".

If you want to defeat people like Li Kaiming, you cannot become a big fat man in one go. You need to turn around the criticism and situation bit by bit.

And this All-Star Weekend is a great opportunity!

From the rookie challenge at the beginning to the slam dunk contest later.

As long as Griffin can suppress or even defeat Li Kaiming in the same competition, the best rookie will definitely be in suspense again.

Then we can use the two duels between the Clippers and the Wizards as an opportunity to make a comeback and win back the Rookie of the Year award!

According to the agent's description, Griffin seems to have seen his bright future.

He stepped on Li Kaiming to win the Rookie Challenge MVP, then won the dunk king, and suppressed Li Kaiming in the next two duels. The media started reporting on him like crazy, and in the end he won this year's Rookie of the Year with an absolute advantage. …

Hey!

Li Kaiming looked at Griffin who was giggling in front of him, and took his hand away with some disgust.

Damn it, why is Griffin smiling like an idiot?Is this guy a gay?

This finally made Griffin wake up from his daydream. He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth without leaving a trace, and then returned to his position.

At this time, tonight's first-year head coach and Spurs' chief assistant coach Mike Budenholzer also came to the locker room.

This is a middle-aged man with a slightly stout body, a big forehead, but a kind face. He is wearing a black suit at the moment, and he still looks like a bit of a gentleman.

"Kids, our goal tonight is simple, which is to bomb the opponent's penalty area. We have several players who can work at the basket. We don't need to fight them on the outside!"

Budenholzer didn't even take a tactical board and bluntly announced tonight's strategy.

After listening to Budenholzer's arrangement, the three people in the locker room, Li Kaiming, Cousins ​​​​and Griffin, all had evil eyes in their eyes and laughed...

At the level of a second-year insider, if the shit is not beaten out tonight, they will be clean!

At nine o'clock in the evening, after the pre-game national anthem ceremony, the 2010-2011 NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge officially begins!

The starting lineups of both sides were also presented on the big screen at Staples Center.

First grade: Point guard John Wall, shooting guard Landry Fields, small forward Blake Griffin, power forward Kaiming Li, center DeMarcus Cousins.

Sophomore year: Point guard Stephen Curry, shooting guard James Harden, small forward DeMar DeRozan, power forward Taj Gibson, center DeSegui Ibaka.

Li Kaiming stood on the court, blew a kiss to Jiang Shan, and then began to move his body.

The referee informed both sides of the starting lineup, and a group of people stood around the center circle. After everything was ready, the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the sky!

Cousins ​​and Ibaka took off almost at the same time, but Ibaka's bounce was faster and the ball was passed to the second grader's hands, and DeRozan got the ball.

The first-year team returned to defense, and the second-year team handed the ball to Curry for halftime.

The defense of the first-year team is very simple. They just stick to the inside and defend the outside alone. If you have the ability, you can kill me!

The sophomore passed the ball back and forth several times, and as the final time was approaching, DeRozan dribbled the ball and made an emergency stop jumper, scoring two points!

2 is better than 0!

The All-Star Game is a performance game. Almost no one defends seriously, mainly because they can't make mistakes, so the players' shooting percentages are very high!

Cousins ​​went out of the baseline to serve to Wall, and the first-year team directly pushed for a fast break. Li Kaiming and Griffin were on the left and right, and Wall was in the center to direct.

After the third-line fast break reached the frontcourt, Li Kaiming suddenly accelerated and got rid of Gibson. Seeing this, Wall directly threw a lob near the basket. Li Kaiming stepped on the ground and took off, and then dunked with both hands!

With a bang, Staples Center began to cheer!

After Li Kaiming landed, he stretched out his arms and imitated the landing of a plane, drawing an arc from the bottom line and passing in front of the second-year bench!

As an assistant coach of the Wizards and currently the head coach of the second-year team, Cassell saw that Li Kaiming was so arrogant and couldn't help it. He stood up and hit Li Kaiming on the butt with the tactical board!

But the next moment Cassel was immediately confused.

Because after Li Kaiming was caressed by him, he suddenly fell to the ground in a "dog eating shit" posture as if he had been kicked!

At the same time, the referee directly gave him a technical foul!

Cassel:?

Damn it, Li Kaiming, you guy, you are so shameless!He even flopped in the All-Star Game!

And the most important thing is that I am still your teaching assistant!You actually didn’t even let your own assistant coach go?

The sudden scene plunged the entire Staples into a joyful atmosphere.

Especially when the camera showed Cassel's confused and speechless expression, even the four commentators in the commentary box laughed so hard that they couldn't stand up straight!