This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 273 All-Star Weekend
The All-Star in 2009 can be said to be the one that the Chinese media paid the most attention to, because this time, there will be three Chinese faces appearing in the All-Star arena at the same time, and all Chinese players will participate in the next three days of the game.

At the same time, Sun Yue, who is a player of the Lakers, also appeared at the weekend event in Phoenix. Of course, Sun Yue did not participate in any games, but appeared in Phoenix purely as a fan or a representative of Chinese players.

For this reason, at least three Chinese media came to Phoenix in the United States, including Sohu China, Sina, and CCTV.

The three-day entertainment competition will also be broadcast live by the three media, and Sun Yue will also come to play a guest commentator.

On the first day, the Rookie Challenge, Yi Jianlian played as a second-year player.

On the second day of the Skills Challenge, Zhou Lin will compete with Derrick Rose, Tony Parker, Devin Harris, and the three guards for the Championship of the Skills Challenge.

On the third day, Zhou Lin and Yao Ming will represent the Eastern and Western All-Stars on the stage of the All-Star Game, and will have an unprecedented All-Star Derby.

On the first day of the game, Zhou Lin wore a neat suit and showed up in the Phoenix arena with his girlfriend Misha.

All kinds of interviews are naturally unavoidable.

Then, Zhou Lin and Yao Ming both appeared at the scene of the Rookie Challenge. Both of them came to support Yi Jianlian, which can be regarded as supporting Yi Jianlian.

Yao Ming also chatted with Zhou Lin during the period.

During the period, Yao Ming also talked about himself, too many injuries, and the weakness of the team's interior and point guard lines in recent years, so that the Houston Rockets have been hovering in the first round of the playoffs in recent years. Jin, he thinks that there should be a trade with the Houston Rockets, and he will even leave the Houston Rockets, and jokingly said, it would be nice to come to Charlotte to join you in the future.

Zhou Lin laughed and said, if you want to come, I am afraid that Michael Jordan is willing to exchange most of the team.

Three teammates from the Chinese national team gathered in the NBA, and two of them are all-star players. This is basically YY. As shrewd as Morey, will he exchange for a superstar who should be played?If the Charlotte Bobcats want to get Yao Ming, what bargaining chip should they use? To be conservative, Emeka Okafor + Brandon Roy + several draft picks are certain, and this deal, Roy De Higgins may not be willing, and apart from this plan, if you want to change Yao Ming again, unless you take out Zhou Lin, but if Charlotte is willing to come up with a rookie contract, he is already an All-Star starter. Zhou Lin, it is estimated that the other 29 teams in the league will be moved.

Therefore, this deal can only be YY, and Zhou Lin is also very worried about Yao Ming, because the turning point of Yao Ming's career also began with Kobe's collision in the Western Conference semifinals of the 08-09 season. Using it also paved the way for Yao Ming's early retirement in his prime.

Yao Ming is only 28 years old, logically speaking, he is now at his peak.

But Zhou Lin can only say that Yao Ming should pay more attention to injuries.

Of course, it has to be said that perhaps history has been quietly changing, because of the appearance of Zhou Lin, the fate of Brandon Roy has also been changed, and once stepped on the young Portland team to break the curse of the first round The Houston Rockets, if you switch to another team, the Rockets may not be able to win the first round of this year's playoffs. Yao Duo has maintained his health for a few years, mostly continuing his blood for China's basketball world.

Of course, the conversation between the two of them was more about Yi Jianlian. Yao Ming, as the boss of the four Chinese who are working hard in the NBA, has been telling Zhou Lin to lead Yi Jianlian more. In fact, Zhou Lin is only older than Yi Jianlian. They were all born in 7 in less than 1987 months, but Zhou Lin has completely laid the foundation in the NBA. After the rookie period, there is no doubt about a super maximum salary, even in the stingy management team. , as a player who became an All-Star starter in the third year of his career, he will definitely not be stingy, and compared with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, Zhou Lin also has natural advantages in cultural integration and language, not to mention the character of Ah Lian A little restrained, following Zhou Lin might be the best choice.

In this game, as the rookie representative of the second grade, Yi Jianlian only played for less than 12 minutes and scored 3 points and 4 rebounds. Like Yao Ming, in this kind of performance game, Yi Jianlian seemed a bit reluctant , and as an inside player, the opportunities he gets will be much less than that of a guard with the ball in his hand. After all, the Rookie Challenge does not need to play any tactics, as long as he can show himself to the fullest.

As Yao Ming's teammates, Scola and Brooks did not perform too well. The two second-year rookies in Houston are also teammates of the UAE.

"Hey Zhou, I got the MVP!"

Durant, already one of the top scorers in the league, set a scoring record with 46 points and led the second-year players to defeat the first-year rookie Durant, after winning the MVP of the rookie game, walked arrogantly said in front of him.

Durant has been following Zhou Lin's path, and has always seemed to surpass Zhou Lin. Unfortunately, in the NCAA, he failed to lead George Mason University to win the championship, and he also failed to win the championship in the first year of his rookie. He led the Supersonics into the playoffs, so he has never been able to surpass Zhou Lin in any field, but there are always honors that Zhou Lin does not have, such as the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, the first year of the rookie Although Zhou Lin performed well, the sophomore team was aggressive, and the loser was not qualified to win the MVP. In the second year, Zhou Lin represented the sophomore in the competition and won the competition, but last year at this time Zhou Lin, who just came out of injury, and the team's performance was a mess, didn't spend too much time on the Rookie Challenge. In the end, he failed to win the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, and this kind of opportunity, There are only two times. Missing it is like being the best rookie, and it will be irreparable in the future. Durant has now won an honor that Zhou Lin has never won before. There is nothing wrong with being arrogant, but Zhou Lin quickly slapped Durant in the face.

"For me, what's the point? Let's compare who will win the regular season MVP first, or the championship. Sorry, Kevin, you haven't made the playoffs yet. For you That's too far away, I almost made it to the Eastern Conference finals, twice!"

Zhou Lin's words are murderous. The honor of MVP of the rookie challenge is really not worth mentioning. It will not even be mentioned when counting the honors in the future.

"Just wait, the Thunder will make the playoffs this year."

"A long ordeal awaits you, Kevin."

Although Zhou Lin said this, Zhou Lin knew very well in his heart that the Thunder team with Kevin Durant would rise in a short period of time. The vicious team rarely misses the lottery draft. From Kevin Durant + Al Horford, to Ibaka, to Westbrook, they are all very cost-effective choices, even if they will miss according to their record Harden, but with the current lineup, one or two years later, he will become a team that cannot be ignored in the West.

The next day is the competition day for the three major individual events of the All-Star Game.

And today, Zhou Lin also changed his suit and put on his training clothes. When he walked into the passage, he happened to meet Dwight Howard walking over. Although in last year's playoffs, the Charlotte Bobcats and the Orlando Magic The varsity was bloody, but off the court, the relationship between Zhou Lin and Dwight Howard is still good, and Dwight Howard's character has always been that kind of big boy feeling, not the one who holds grudges at all. kind.

"Zhou, can you give me some advice on dunking? I want to teach that little guy a lesson!"

Dwight Howard put his arm around Zhou Lin's shoulder and asked as soon as he came up.

Dwight Howard was able to win the slam dunk contest last year. It was also inspired by Zhou Lin wearing Bruce Lee's costume in the slam dunk contest the year before last, and finally appeared in a Superman costume. I won the slam dunk contest. Facts have proved that it is useful to add a plot to the slam dunk, but doing this kind of thing once is called fresh, and it is not meaningful to do it a second time, unless Howard, who has been in the dunk contest for many years, goes to the slam dunk contest again. , put on Superman's costume again, and have a wave of memory killing, the effect is still very good, but after two consecutive years of use, the effect must be extremely poor.

"I think we should make more fuss about the success rate of dunks. What do you think of this movement? You leap over me, I hit the ground and rebound, and after you leap over me, you catch the ball and complete the dunk!"

Dwight Howard thought for a while and said, "It's a bit difficult, but I should be able to finish it. By the way, Zhou, can you grasp the timing of the ball's landing?"

"Trust me, come to me when the time comes, um, remember to cheer me on before the slam dunk contest."

"Agreed!"

"we have a deal."

The two bumped shoulders and went to their respective preparation areas.

The Skills Challenge is the second day of the All-Star Game. It is the earliest event among the three major events, and it is also the one with the lowest attention among the three events. However, in this event, almost every year there are super big-name players participating. All the top point guards have participated in this competition, and Zhou Lin, a point guard with a height of nearly 2.1 meters, is also participating in this competition for the first time.

"Zhou Lin, Rose, Parker, and Devin Harris are all famous NBA defenders who are good at speed. Do you have the confidence to beat them?"

Before the game, Zhou Lin accepted an interview with Zhang Weiping.

"Haha, tall people don't always have an advantage, but ah, I will try my best to finish this competition steadily. The success rate is still very important. It's not just blindly fast. Of course, it doesn't matter if you lose. Celebrity, it’s entertainment for all.”

Zhou Lin's mentality is still very good.

"Hey, Zhou, come on!"

Dwight Howard also came to cheer on Zhou Lin as promised, Yao Ming and O'Neill also came, and O'Neill was holding a DV to record Zhou Lin's competition process.

It was the first time for a point guard as big as Zhou Lin to participate in the Skills Challenge, which also added a lot of attraction to this Skills Challenge.

Zhou Lin was scheduled to play second, behind Harris.

Harris, who transferred to the Nets this season, has become the core of the Nets without a compromise. This year, he was also selected as a substitute for the All-Star Game at the buzzer. Harris is best at It’s the speed. If you want to say, Pluto Harris is really fast. When he participated in this event for the first time, he was like a wind-up machine. He made a layup at the fastest speed and then shuttled through the front four. The obstacle was like a white lightning. Unfortunately, Harris had a difficult time at the first pass point. He tried three times to pass the straight pass in front of his chest.

In the auditorium, both the opponents in the game and O'Neal holding the camera were paralyzed from laughter. This was originally the most basic technical move, but Harris used it three times in a row, and several times thought he had passed it. Went in and ran and turned back.

Of course, if you add up some of the mistakes made in the Skills Challenge, O'Neal can synthesize several big five embarrassments. Fortunately, he is still a player, not only passing the ball. When Chris Paul participated in this project, he also Has a dark history of not making progress with empty baskets.

"Passing is really important." The 08 No. [-] pick, Derek Rose, participated in this project for the first time. Looking at Zhou Lin who was sitting on the side, he said, "Actually, dribbling doesn't save much time."

Except for Zhou Lin, he, Parker, and Harris are all famous speed monsters in the NBA.

In the end, Devin Harris finished with a time of 36.9 seconds. Seeing this time and his replay video, Devin Harris also smiled awkwardly. He was really impatient and couldn’t eat hot tofu.

You must know that last year's Deron Williams won the championship in 25.5 seconds, and basically it takes less than 30 seconds to win the championship, and Harris's score is basically a round trip.

Then Zhou Lin came on the court, and when Zhou Lin came on the court, he also attracted the attention of the audience. After all, Zhou Lin's figure was much taller than the other three traditional point guards, at least three sizes bigger.

"Okay, next is Zhou Lin. Harris' performance just now has made everyone understand the importance of passing the ball! Don't make any problems with passing the ball, Zhou Lin."

The narrator on the Chinese side said, and the picture also fell on Zhou Lin’s feet. Anta’s control of the third generation-the ‘omnipotent’ series has also been on Zhou Lin’s feet. Freeze the shot.

"start!"

"Come on, Zhou Lin!" Misha shouted while applauding, excited.

(End of this chapter)