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Chapter 140 An Invitation from Kobe

On the afternoon of NO.12, Su Yang rushed to Dallas and took the special car arranged by the alliance to the designated hotel.

Not long after putting down his luggage, the league staff sent him the itinerary for the All-Star Weekend.

After a quick glance, I found that I need to participate in the NBA Care Action, participate in video shooting with the theme of reviewing previous All-Stars, participate in the public training of Eastern and Western All-Star players, participate in the All-Star Game appearance ceremony, and serve as the head coach of the Western Conference...

In short, the schedule is extremely full, and after the All-Star Game, they have to attend the league's appreciation dinner.

"Being elected as the head coach of the All-Stars is a bit like chasing after a goddess. I always think it's beautiful when I don't catch up with it. After I catch up, I find that it's just like that. It's a hard job, and I can show my face , raise face..."

Silently complaining, Su Yang packed his schedule and walked out of the room to visit the All-Star players selected this time.

He wanted to meet the players face to face, exchange phone numbers for future communication, and didn't say he had to get anything.

According to the plan, he was the first to knock on the door of Nash's room. After all, the starting point guard in the West requires direct communication in many tactics.

The two chatted for a while, and Nash took the initiative to mention that he was using MT for communication, and said that he would recommend it to his teammates and friends.

That was a surprise. Su Yang thanked him solemnly, and went to knock on Anthony's room again, but found no one.

For about half an hour, he visited a number of Western All-Star players, mostly chatting casually and exchanging numbers with each other.

Surprisingly, Kobe took the initiative to find him, and asked the Thunder about several iconic tactical design concepts.

Su Yang was a little puzzled, but he wasn't afraid that Kobe would figure out the reason and generously explain why he designed the tactics like that.

Kobe nodded frequently in response, and at the end of the meeting, he said seriously: "If there is a chance in the future, we will cooperate to hit the championship. Your ideas are great. I can play 120% of the effect, and Los Angeles is a good place."

"Let's talk about it when we have a chance." Su Yang knew that Phil Jackson had announced that he would retire after his contract expired in the summer. Although many people thought that Phil would stay for a few more years, they also knew that the championship would play a decisive role.

Early the next morning, the NBA held a caring event.

Su Yang, along with Durant and other All-Star players, drove to the Vogel Child Care Center in Dallas in a caravan, told stories to the children, and then rushed to Farrell Elementary School to guide the elementary school students to shoot and play games together.

Laura, the former wife of the president, and James Singleton, one of the owners of the Mavericks, were also present. They praised Su Yang for his good performance in leading the team, and asked the elementary school students what else they needed. After making a promise, they were escorted by bodyguards and left in a hurry .

In the evening, Su Yang and Durant rushed to the American Airlines Center Arena to participate in the All-Star Rookie Challenge.

Different from Su Yang's audience status, Durant coached the first grade with Snyder according to the league arrangement, but Harden didn't follow Durant's command at all, so Durant was so angry that he yelled at Westbrook in the second grade : "Defense against James' left hand!"

Within a few minutes of the game, the first grade caught the second grade and beat them violently, and the scene was crushing.

Snyder used the concept of space basketball tactics in the first grade. The two 09 duo, Curry and Harden, shot three-pointers in various ways, which involved a huge amount of inside space. Tyreke Evans took the opportunity to make various breakthroughs. Ambriel dunked with ease.

In the second grade, head coach Patrick Ewing and assistant coach Chris Bosh had no way to deal with it.

Westbrook took the initiative to take up the heavy responsibility of the second-year organization. Unfortunately, Mayo and Beasley rarely cooperated. Only his college teammate Kevin Love frequently did pick-and-roll for him. Watch First Grade Crazy Score.

In the second half of the game, the second-year side was completely chaotic. Eric Gordon and DeMar DeRozan were obsessed with dunking in various shows, because they needed to compete for places in the dunk contest, and it was decided by the support rate of online voting .

In the end, the first grade easily defeated the second grade 144 to 128, and Westbrook scored 40 points.

Everyone in the Thunder returned to the hotel by car. Westbrook seemed to be still angry. He said that he forgot to restrict Harden's left hand. He also said that he finally realized how bad it is to ignore the feelings of his teammates.

Su Yang and the others enjoyed hearing it, looked at each other and smiled kindly, thinking that the competition was worth it.

NO.14 At nine o'clock in the morning, the Western Conference All-Stars held a public training session at the home court of the Mavericks, and Su Yang came to make arrangements.

Kobe, as the king of the Western Conference, delivered a speech as the captain, emphasizing that a field with 10 people watching the game must win.

Nowitzki and others responded with a smile, and they didn't see if they took it seriously, but Su Yang knew that Kobe must have taken it seriously. After all, Kobe almost went all out in every All-Star game, and regarded the game as a game against the strong. A good chance to fight.

After Kobe finished speaking, Su Yang went on to describe how to fight.

The main idea is to talk about the concept, and there is only one set of specific tactics. The core is to let Kobe and Durant play off the ball. Dirk Nowitzki pulls down the high post to provide a three-point threat. That's fine.

That kind of lineup can be called the strongest offense in the NBA, but it's a pity that Paul was injured, otherwise the defense would be full.

Su Yang thinks for a while, I don’t know how the West will lose. The Celtics’ Big Three + Howard + LeBron can’t do it. If Howard is willing to play a pick-and-roll with LeBron, it will be very difficult to prevent, or Wade’s three-pointer will explode. It is also difficult to prevent.

After the narration, Su Yang withdrew to the sidelines and accepted interviews from various media from all over the world as planned.

The questions were very official, and most of his answers followed the official process, only saying that Durant deserves the top three MVP rankings.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the All-Star Challenges began, starting with HORSE shooting.

Durant played first as the defending champion, and he was competing with Rondo and Casspi, which is really puzzling.

When Su Yang was puzzled, Durant turned around and shot from the three-point line, and eliminated Rondo mercilessly.

Immediately afterwards, Durant made another emergency stop, drift and fallback mid-range shot, easily killing Casspi and winning without breaking a sweat.

Su Yang thought it was no wonder that this HORSE challenge would be cancelled, it would be better to award Durant directly.

After a short break, it's time for the skills challenge.

Westbrook played ambitiously, saying that he wanted to prove his dribbling and passing ability, Su Yang led Harden to cheer and cheer.

I thought, Westbrook didn't do a good pass pass, and he was eliminated at the bottom of the first round. It took as many as 44 seconds, which was the worst level in the previous challenges, and Nash won the championship in 29 seconds in the second round of the final. , invisible hanging.

Su Yang and Harden pretended nothing happened, and they laughed wantonly until Westbrook left the field to change clothes.

The Shooting Star Challenge was held later, and Su Yang didn't have much interest without the participation of Bosh, the eternal drop god.

In the subsequent three-point contest, Pierce won the championship trophy with 20 points in the final.

The finale was the slam dunk contest, with Kobe Bryant, LeBron and others in attendance.

DeRozan played first, and after one attempt, he successfully completed a crotch change and reverse buckle, which is quite satisfactory.

Shannon Brown played second, with a super-long run-up, a one-step jump from inside the free throw line, and a 360-degree turn for a dunk.

It was quite difficult, but it was a pity that he didn't succeed. He was so scared that he changed hands to dunk in the air, which was really average.

Gerald Wallace was the third player to play. He failed to make a large fold and kick back, and succeeded only by reducing the fold.

That performance was pretty bad, the score was lower than that of Shannon Brown, and the audience yelled that it was boring.

"This is the worst slam dunk contest I've ever seen..." Some fans complained frantically.

Hearing the sound, Su Yang chuckled, thinking that he hadn't watched the [-] slam dunk contest, and that was the real worst.

Between complaints, Nate Robinson's defending slam dunk champion is not so good, but that his opponent is too stretched.

ESPN and other media have reported fans complaining, and there is only one core expectation: it is best to give some energy to the main game.

(End of this chapter)