Basketball injuries only make me stronger

Chapter 97 All-Star Weekend [2 in 1]

(This shielding mechanism is killing me!!!)

This season's All-Star Week, the competition is brutal.

Before 2017, the All-Star starting lineup was voted on by fans, and the bench lineup was chosen by the head coaches of each team in the league.

As the most populous country in the world, Huaguo players have a great advantage in the All-Star voting.The fans were enthusiastic. In the 02-03 NBA season, the NBA launched global fan voting. As a rookie at that time, Yao Ming got 128.6 million votes, and he pushed O'Pang, who led the Lakers to three consecutive championships, to the All-Star bench.

Because of this, the disadvantages of fan voting, the fairness and objectivity of the All-Star voting, have all been questioned by the American media.

Fan votes will be largely affected by the exposure of the team and players. Some outstanding players, because they are in unpopular teams, have very few opportunities to appear on TV and live broadcasts on the Internet, and are easily overlooked by fans. .

Before the results of the All-Star Week lineup were announced, many stars expressed their concerns in interviews: "There is no doubt that Yao Ming will become the All-Star vote leader. Who made him come from China?"

But at the same time, people thought of Lian Feng again.It suddenly occurred to everyone that this year's All-Star Lianfeng would not be the same as Yao Ming, and also made it to the All-Star with the brainless support of Huaguo's fans, right?

In this regard, many players expressed their opinions openly: "This is very unfair! The decision of the fans to start is obviously a disrespect to those truly capable stars!"

At this time, Bogut even jumped out and said: "As I said, Yao Ming won the All-Star honor in his rookie period. Even more so, if Lian Feng is selected as an All-Star, then I think this kind of All-Star is not fair at all!"

Lian Feng responded with disdain: "Obviously, a guy like Bogut who has neither strength nor popularity will shout and vent his poor jealousy."

Lian Feng unceremoniously labeled Bogut as jealous.

However, as those players were outraged, Paul, who is also a strong contender for the best rookie, basically has no chance of being selected as an All-Star, but Lian Feng is different. This season has been full of highlights, even if he is really selected as an All-Star, it is not unbelievable.

But Lian Feng won't feel any strange sense of guilt because of this.

Born in Huaguo, enjoying the blessing of Huaguo's popularity, what's the problem?This should be exclusive treatment for Chinese players!
Moreover, Lian Feng has always believed that the NBA is a commercial league, and the commercial value of players is the asset of the league. It would be absurd to judge the ability to enter the All-Star Game by strength and ignore the commercial value of players!

The All-Stars were originally a carnival for the fans of this business league.

Therefore, there should be only one criterion for the selection of All-Stars: whether fans like it or not.

The people love to hear and see, and need those football critics and media people to jump out and point fingers?How old are they?

Therefore, Bogut's remarks are even more ridiculous.

Huaguo fans in this era would never have noticed fringe players like Bogut.It was only as the conflict between Lian Feng and him became more and more prominent, and at the same time, his playing style with small movements on the court and the insulting remarks against China that were exposed made him known by Chinese fans: he has completely become the most hated player by Chinese fans .

After the media reported Bogut's remarks, some fans launched a campaign of "Send Lianfeng to the All-Star! Humiliate Bogut" on the forum, and fans responded one after another.For a while, Lian Feng's vote growth rate was even more exaggerated.

At the same time, many players expressed their views on whether Lian Feng can participate in this All-Star.

And Paul, as a player who is constantly being compared with Lian Feng by the media, said excitedly in an interview: "Lian Feng is an excellent player. In fact, I like watching his game very much. His dunk is amazing. .I'm really looking forward to being a teammate with him, he has great cutting awareness, he has a great jump, and oh my god, I'm actually already thinking about how to send him an alley-oop!"

Obviously, Paul thinks that he and Lianfeng's data are among the top among rookies, and of course he will undoubtedly participate in the Rookie Challenge.

The scolding battle between Lian Feng and Bogut continued, and the results of the All-Star voting were finally announced.

Yao Ming was elected as the All-Star vote leader, no matter whether it is the East or the West, no one can shake his status as the vote leader.

As a rookie, Lian Feng got the All-Star ticket with the second vote in the Eastern Conference amidst the wailing of the players.

Lian Feng was able to get such a high number of votes, naturally there is a reason why Huaguo fans voted frantically.

But in fact, after the Chinese version of the All-Star voting column was launched on the official NBA homepage, the votes of Chinese fans naturally concentrated on Yao Ming and Lian Feng like a rainstorm.However, Lian Feng not only has more votes online, but also has remained high in paper votes on the court.

In other words, Lian Feng has already won the recognition of a large number of American fans with his highly ornamental style of play.

Lian Feng even surpassed Iverson in the votes, ranking first among the 76ers.

Of course Lian Feng understood, thanks to this wonderful era.In this era, the voting weight of fans is 100%, which means that the starting players are not necessarily the strongest, but they must be the most popular.

In this regard, Huaguo fans have never disappointed.

In this way, Lian Feng became the only player who was selected as an All-Star in his rookie season in recent years after Yao Ming!
You know, being selected as an All-Star in the rookie period is a very difficult achievement.The players who have been able to achieve this achievement in the past are all famous superstars, such as Chamberlain and Olajuwon.

Lian Feng was naturally extremely excited.Originally, in history, only Griffin achieved this achievement after Yao Ming. One can imagine how difficult it is!

At the same time, Lian Feng also became the only player who was selected for the All-Star and Rookie games at the same time this season.

Then the league announced the starting lineup of the All-Star.

east.

Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Lian Feng, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade.

Western.

Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Steve Nash.

The All-Star lineup, like the All-NBA lineup, consists of two forwards, two guards and a center.

Lian Feng ranked second among forwards in the number of votes in the Eastern Conference, behind James and just squeezed out O'Neal.

And Jermaine O'Neal was squeezed into the substitute list, which made Sean Marion, who could have been selected for the All-Star bench, be squeezed out of the list...

The wheel of history rolls forward.

……

NBA All-Star Week is a week-long celebration of the greatest players in the world that will gather in Houston. In addition to NBA All-Star Weekend and All-Star Game, there will be a series of community outreach and fan activities.

This is a feast for the fans.

For the first time participating, Lian Feng was naturally very nervous.Both he and Iguodala have two schedules.

Iguodala is determined to participate in this year's slam dunk contest, and at the same time he will play against Lianfeng's first-year team in his second-year rookie year.

Lian Feng will also participate in the All-Star Game on the third day after the Rookie Challenge.

Even though he played two games in a row, Lian Feng was very excited.

……

Lian Feng took Alison and got her a seat in the front row.

After a period of adaptation, although Alison is still very resistant to the feeling of being noticed, she has been able to adapt to being exposed in public.

The three-day schedule, the night before the start of the All-Star Game, Lian Feng took Alison to wander around.

Every time I stay with Alison, I will be ignited with the purest emotions in my heart.

There is no need to stigmatize this sentiment.This is part of human nature.Although not many times, Alison's body made him turn into billowing waves time and time again.

This is fit.

The night before the official start of the All-Star Game, Lian Feng returned to the hotel early.

The girl's eyes melted, and Lian Feng knew that it was the prelude to a wonderful movement, warm and hazy.It's really heart-pounding and wonderful.

……

Spearhead rested, but the All-Stars kept Houston up at night.

Houston is a favorite place for NBA stars.There are many entertainment venues and the nightlife is very rich.In the past two days, due to the arrival of the NBA All-Star team, the City of Rockets is very lively.

The Toyota Center is large enough for a variety of basketball-related activities.The All-Star Carnival draws thousands of fans from Houston and surrounding cities.

With many people and vehicles, traffic jams have become a nightmare in Houston.In the downtown area, the traffic jam has reached an incomprehensible level, starting at night and not getting better until 3:00 in the morning.It usually takes 10 to 15 minutes by car, but now it takes less than two hours.Many people are afraid to drive into the city, and taxi drivers simply stop their cars and go home.

This situation continued until before the game.

The rookie competition held first attracted the attention of many people.

I have to say that this year's rookie game is also interesting enough.

The second-year team has a luxurious lineup. They have Gordon, Iguodala, and Howard.

In the first grade, Lian Feng and Paul are the core, which are also eye-catching.

The star rookie game is the first game of the NBA All-Star Week to meet the audience every time.The Rookie Challenge is performance-oriented, but every rookie is eager to shine in front of an audience.Many rookies attach great importance to the Rookie Challenge. After all, being selected for this kind of event is a kind of affirmation for the rookies themselves, especially for those players who have no chance to enter the All-Stars.

In this game, Lian Feng's teammates included Bogut.

It has to be said that although Lian Feng severely humiliated Bogut in the first show of both sides, Bogut really cannot be regarded as a pure parallel import.At least for now, his defensive and low-post offensive ability is worthy of recognition
Therefore, it is normal for Bogut to be selected for the rookie game.

And even if Bogut doesn't want to, he doesn't want to make any trouble in this game.

For him, this is a very important game!

Lian Feng didn't pay attention to Bogut's actions at first.Because for him, the rookie game is not important at all, and his attention is on the main game the day after tomorrow.

Until the start of the game, Paul mysteriously pulled Lian Feng aside and told him in a low voice: "Dude, I have to tell you something..."

"Ok?"

"That guy... he was talking to a few other guys not to pass you the ball."

Lian Feng was slightly taken aback: "Who?" Then he immediately realized that Paul was talking about Bogut.

Lian Feng immediately became angry, but he didn't show it, but looked at Paul thoughtfully.

Bogut is disgusting, but Lian Feng is not the only one who hates him.If you want to list the players that Bogut has maliciously injured, it is enough to make up a few best teams.

This season, Paul was disgusted twice by Bogut in the Hornets-Bucks game.The most serious conflict occurred in a game between the Clippers and the Mavericks in the future. At that time, Bogut played against Paul after the breakthrough, and was beaten by the Clippers after the game.

It seems that dogs will not change their shit eating in any time and space.

Lian Feng thought for a while: "Thank you, brother!"

Paul hehe smiled.He looked very young during this period, and then said: "Brother, what are you going to do?"

Lian Feng was stunned, "What should I do?"

Paul glanced at Bogut in the distance maliciously, and then said: "That guy keeps making small moves on the court, and my teammates specifically asked me to make him uncomfortable."

Lian Feng showed a strange smile: "What are you going to do?"

Paul patted Lian Feng's chest: "Hey, have you forgotten who is number 1?"

Lian Feng's smile gradually turned sour: "Oh...hehe...hehe."

Paul and Lian Feng smirked tacitly, and then said nothing more.

The short contact brought Lian Feng and Paul closer.

Then, Paul suddenly asked again: "By the way, buddy, your contract is about to end, right?"

Lian Feng's heart skipped a beat: "Huh?"

Paul suddenly lowered his voice and said, "How about I give you a suggestion..."

"What advice?"

"Don't renew the contract. They already have Iverson, you just can't get enough of staying there, and ... oh, I don't mean to belittle your team ... I'm just saying, you have better choose!"

Lian Feng said with a half-smile, "What choice? Let's hear it?"

Paul said seriously: "The Hornets. Two rookies, creating a dynasty, is there anything cooler than this?"

Lian Feng was silent, then shook his head: "Let's finish today's game first."

Paul shrugged: "I don't expect to convince you right away. But I still have another whole season to convince you! Trust me, the Hornets will be your best choice!"

Lian Feng thought for a while, then suddenly said: "If you can find a way to get Yao Ming here, I will go to New Orleans without saying anything. But if it doesn't work, then you have to think about it."

Paul's expression froze slightly.

Yao Ming?

Are you kidding me?
As a rookie, Paul is not confident enough to recruit Yao Ming, who outperformed Ao Pang that season!

After all, this is something that even Kobe did not do.

Paul sighed: "Okay, then I will work hard."

After starting to warm up.Lian Feng noticed that Bogut walked very close to two or three rookies, and at the same time looked at himself vaguely out of the corner of his eye.

Lian Feng sneered, he thought he was Thomas the Smiling Assassin?
(End of this chapter)