the rest, only noise

Chapter 1404 The dream is shattered
The 1998 All-Star Weekend was held in New York.

For Wilson, it was like coming home.

Although he joined the Lakers, the New Yorkers still recognize him. However, if he beats the Knicks in the finals in the future, it will be hard to say.

On the first day of the All-Star weekend, there will be a three-point contest and a rookie challenge.

As for the slam dunk contest, due to the poor performance of the participating players in the previous session, the league simply did not hold it.

However, as the most attractive way of scoring in basketball games, dunking is an indispensable delicacy during the All-Star Weekend, and it will return sooner or later.

This year's Rookie Challenge is very special. The West has super instant combat powers like Duncan and Bodi Loga who have been selected for the All-Star Game.

Generally speaking, the West with two All-Stars is sure to win. However, Duncan fell ill before the game and did not play.

Bodi Loga was not able to understand the language and was arranged to play small forward by the head coach of the rookie team, which weakened his influence to a certain extent and magnified his poor defense.

An elite team of second-year players is stellar.

The team composed of Iverson, Ray Allen, Marbury, Kobe Bryant and other 96 golden generations may be the most powerful elite team ever.

The rookie team without Duncan couldn't make good use of Bodi Loga, and was beaten all the way.

As a small forward, Bodi Loga is leisurely and complacent, attacking when he gets the ball, and passing when he has no chance. After one game, he easily scored 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

His data is very comprehensive, but in the overall situation, it is just a drop in the bucket.

The two Chinese players of the Rookie United got a certain opportunity to perform.

Wang Zhizhi played 21 minutes and scored 13 points and 4 rebounds.

Qi Chengyan played 7 minutes, but because of being too modest, he only got 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

In the end, the elite team beat the Rookie United by 28 points.

Kobe, who scored 32 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, got his wish and was elected as the Rookie Challenge MVP.

Louie sent a voice message to Bryant, congratulating him on finally regaining the rookie game MVP from Iverson.

Bryant knew too well what it means to push an inch. He called Louie that night, wondering if the rookie game MVP would give him another chance to compete for the start this season.

Considering it was 02:30 in the morning, Louie turned him down without hesitation.

The next day's All-Star Game was very intense.

The Eastern Conference star team didn't want to hand over the victory, and some of the etiquette that existed in the All-Star Game since ancient times-letting the opponent rush in and dunk-has rarely appeared.

The Knicks, which produced four All-Star players, attach great importance to this year's home All-Star Game.

Ewing eats a lot of cakes, Miller has three-pointers, and even Hill has found the feeling of holding his thigh in the Celtics.

The configuration of the Western Stars is higher than that of the Eastern Stars, but in the end, they lost their desire to win.

When the East star team was fighting hard, the West star team only held on for a while and then gave up.

Because Wilson and the others are not so fastidious.

Since the All-Star Game is held in New York this year, the Knicks players should be the protagonists of the game.

From the day when the All-Star game appeared, the star players who sit at home enjoy the highest status in the game, not to mention that the Knicks have produced four All-Star players. It is good for everyone to let them show off and win the game in the end.

Even if Wilson loves to compete with Ewing, he would not choose such a time.

At the end of the game, the Eastern Stars won. Ewing scored 30 points and 16 rebounds at home, and was elected AMVP without any suspense.

Well-known reporter Greg Sager asked Ewing to express his thoughts.

Ewing said uncharacteristically: "I personally have no other feelings. Tonight's victory belongs to everyone in the East Star Team, and the glory belongs to New York."

Louis in front of the TV could only feel that Ewing has made great progress recently.

In the past, he would not say such scenes.

After the All-Star weekend, Kevin Garnett completed an early contract extension with the Lakers.

In the outside world, this contract is described as 6 years and 1 million, which can be regarded as giving Garnett enough face.

Alonzo Mourning, the head insider of the Cleveland Cavaliers, saw this and felt that his seven-year, $7 million contract was not good at all.

But what can he do?The Blazers let him go for nothing, and the Cavaliers did not have his bird rights. According to their salary space at the time, this was already the highest offer that could be given.

Therefore, Mourning can only turn jealousy into justice, and take the initiative to criticize this chaos as the mouth of the boss class: "Letting young people get big contracts early will make them lose motivation. When will this kind of unscrupulous asking prices end?"

Mourning immediately became the target of public criticism, that's not how red eyes are caused.

When you opened your mouth to someone last year and asked for 7 million in 1 years, why didn't you feel that this contract would make you lose motivation?
Behind the controversy, there is a hand inciting public opinion to ferment.

However, Mourning alone is not enough to make this issue a hot news.

After the All-Star weekend, this year's trade deadline has also arrived.

Like last year, this year's trade deadline is generally calm. There are many trades of shrimp soldiers for crab generals, but none of the super-large deals that change the pattern.

Because the teams have been reshuffled last summer.

Those who should change teams have already changed teams. Even if the assassin wants to make trouble, he still has to wait for the skill CD.

For example, Pippen was dissatisfied with his tactical status in the Celtics, and by the way, he had conflicts with Malone, and then questioned everyone's story, and he needed great time to develop it.

A notorious troublemaker like Manning has survived most of the season in Minnesota.

The only movement came from Toronto.

They made a lot of trades last year and drafted Chauncey Billups, who seems to share the same body template as Kidd.

They hope that Billups can bring a 360-degree change to the team like Kidd did back then.

However, Billups is not Kidd, he needs time to develop.Moreover, he is not a law-abiding person.

In the middle of the season, Billups was accused of physical fitness off the court, so he was suspended from all affairs, even the Rookie Challenge.

The Raptors, who were disappointed with Billups, wanted to trade him, but failed to find a suitable next home.

However, there are no secrets in the NBA, and the Raptors' trading intentions have been leaked out. Before the honeymoon period has passed between them and Billups, a psychological barrier has formed that is enough to tear the relationship of mutual trust.

In the first game after the All-Star Weekend, the rested Lakers have not yet recovered from the holiday, and everyone in the team is groggy.

But their opponents were not confused at all.

The Indiana Pacers have been the backbone of the East since their rise in the late 80s, even after Danny Manning's demons have not changed.

Hank Geithers has become a reliable leader in the Pacers, with Charles Oakley, Antonio Davis, Sean Bradley and other excellent insiders around him, and Mucci Blaylock and Dan Marley on the outside.

The Lakers, who were completely out of shape, faced the Pacers with amazing morale, and unexpectedly lost the game, swallowing their third defeat of the season.

The next day, the Los Angeles media, which had swollen to the point where they didn't know who they were, actually came up with this headline.

"Sad news! The dream of the Lakers winning 80 games in the regular season was shattered last night!"

⑴ In reality, Billups being traded is also very nonsensical.Pitino thinks that Billups is not the kind of guard he wants. In order to win at the moment and get a guard that meets his needs, he trades Billups for Kenny Anderson, who is already in decline.

I also saw a statement on the Celtics forum on the Internet that Boston at the time could not bear Billups' misdeeds off the court (strong accusations), and it was public opinion that promoted the transaction.I'm skeptical, though, that this claim isn't shared by other Bostonians.

　The drama version of The Three-Body Problem gave me unexpectedly good senses, and I recommend everyone to watch it.

　　


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