against the front

Chapter 90
Thursday, February 2009, 2, the first day of the All-Star Weekend in Phoenix. Although the All-Star Weekend has already started today, basically no one will pay attention to the first two days of the All-Star Weekend, because it attracts so much attention. The All-Star Slam Dunk Contest and the Three-Point Contest started on February 12th, and the All-Star Game was on February 2th, and what was held today was a tasteless concert. It is the dispensable fan carnival, NBA charity care activities, and the Rookie Challenge that has never had a sense of existence.

After the Platinum Generation entered the league in 03, the next few draft conferences did not have the flourishing era of talent blowout in 03. However, in the draft conferences of the last two seasons, a group of talents and strengths emerged. Although the rookies in the team are not as good as the 03 Platinum Generation, they are still much better than the situation where parallel imports were everywhere in the previous seasons.

As the most popular rookie of the season, Yan Hua had already been selected to the first-year rookie team without any suspense before the All-Star voting deadline. Players who were originally selected for the All-Star Game before Yao Ming did not need to participate The Rookie Challenge, but since Yao Ming, the NBA has revised this rule, stipulating that rookies selected for the All-Star Game can also participate in the Rookie Challenge. Of course, the players involved can also choose not to participate, but generally speaking, there is no Who would easily give up this opportunity to show their faces in front of audiences all over the world, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it's still meat!And the All-Star Weekend is not just an entertainment show. For all players participating in the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Weekend is also a platform for them to communicate and get acquainted with each other.

Since Yan Hua had just played an away game with the Kings in Houston the day before coming to Phoenix, Yan Hua was also the latest one to arrive in Phoenix among all nine first-year rookies. Hua was selected for the first-year team of the Rookie Challenge, Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, OJ-Mayo, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Eric Goe Deng, Rudy Fernandez, and repeater Greg Oden found Yan Hua, and the nine of them had a small gathering in a hotel officially arranged by the NBA. While chatting and getting familiar with each other, they also discussed it. The rookie challenge thing.

Although the talent and strength of the first-year team are excellent, the starting lineup consisting of Yan Hua, Michael Beasley, OJ Mayo, Eric Gordon, and Derrick Rose is enough to compete with some of the more powerful teams. The poor NBA teams competed against each other, but the second-year team they had to face was an opponent whose superficial strength was even stronger than theirs.

Due to the absence of the entire rookie season, last season's No. [-] pick Greg Oden was assigned to the first-year team, but led by Kevin Durant, including Aaron Brooks, Wilson Chandler, , Jeff Green, Al Horford, Luis Scola, Al Thornton, Rodney Stuckey, Thaddeus Young, the second-year team is also a balanced offense and defense, A stronger and more experienced team.

In addition, in the previous Rookie Challenge, the first-year team had lost for five consecutive years, so these rookies who were selected for the first-year team together with Yan Hua wanted to end this embarrassing losing streak in Phoenix. They are all young people, everyone is young and energetic, and no one is willing to admit defeat. It is also something worth bragging to be able to beat the second-year veterans on the All-Star stage. Of course, if It would be even more perfect if he could bring back the MVP trophy from the Rookie Challenge.

In addition, although the schedule of this season has just passed halfway, everyone knows that the best rookie competition is over, because Yan Hua's lead is too big, unless Yan Hua suddenly won't play in the remaining games Otherwise, everyone here will not be able to pose a threat to Yan Hua, so the MVP of the All-Star Rookie Challenge has become one of their only remaining pursuits, whether it is the No. [-] pick Derrick Rose or Michael Biss Lee, as well as OJ-Mayo, are determined to win the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.

As the No. [-] pick of this season, Derrick Rose, the only rookie among all the rookies who has successfully taken the position and has become the core and boss of a team, revealed his "leadership style" everywhere in this gathering. ", seems to be the "big brother" of everyone at the scene. Although many people at the scene were dissatisfied with Derrick Rose's actions, no one jumped out to stop Rose. It was rumored, how ridiculous that would be.

It's not that Yan Hua didn't want to compete for the MVP of the Rookie Challenge in the past, but in addition to the Rookie Challenge, Yan Hua also participated in the All-Star Game, and the King is also preparing to sprint after the All-Star Weekend, taking advantage of the situation to take a step closer, so Before coming to Phoenix, head coach Reggie Toyce warned Yan Hua to paddle as long as he can, and not to waste too much energy here. In addition, the few in front of him are already fighting openly and secretly for the MVP, so Yan Hua decided to let go of this idea for the time being and wait and see what happened.

Besides Yan Hua, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Eric Gordon, Rudy Fernandez, and Greg Oden have no idea about the MVP of the Challenger League, so After Derrick Rose's intentions were clearly expressed, none of these people, including Yan Hua, expressed their support or opposition. Instead, they all chose to remain neutral. After all, supporting Rose means offending the Sley and Mayo, and if they objected, it would do them no good.

And Michael Beasley and OJ Mayo didn't say a word, because they both knew that no matter who wins the MVP, it needs to be based on winning. From this perspective, Rose is the only one among everyone present. Those with team leadership experience, and the two of them, even if they stand up against Rose, can they lead the first-year team to defeat the second-year team?Neither Michael Beasley nor OJ Mayo have such confidence.

"Yan, let's go out for a drink or two alone, it's too messy here." Just as Derrick Rose was still displaying his "leadership", Kevin Love, who was sitting in the corner, gently He pulled Yan Hua's clothes corner, and said something to Yan Hua in a very low voice.

"Okay." Kevin Le Fu is basically Yan Hua's only friend in this group of people, so when Le Fu invited Yan Hua and others to go out for a drink or two, Yan Hua also smiled at Le Fu Nodding his head, he agreed.

Among the players present, the relationship between Love and Yan Hua is a little better, and most of the rest are kind of nodding when they meet each other. There are even some small conflicts between Yan Hua and Michael Beasley. The nickname "is derived from Beasley, and the more famous and popular Yan Hua is, the more unhappy Beasley is, so in the second party, when everyone is congratulating Yan Hua for being selected When the All-Star Game was played, only Michael Beasley silently rolled his eyes behind him, ignoring Yan Huaai.

"Yan, do you have no idea at all?" After the party was over, Kevin Love pulled Yan Hua out of the box, and after walking a little farther, Love asked Yan Hua in a low voice. From Kevin Love's point of view, Yan Hua, the most powerful rookie among all the rookies, is definitely going to compete for the MVP of the Challenger League, but during the discussion just now, Yan Hua didn't say a word. The attitude that it has nothing to do with him makes Le Fu a little confused. If he is in a different place, Le Fu believes that he will never let go of this opportunity.

"Kevin, are you very interested in MVP?" After hearing Le Fu's question, Yan Hua did not answer directly, but asked Le Fu back. If he said he had no idea, it would be a lie, but The current situation is obvious. Rose, Beasley, and Mayo are all determined to win the MVP. If Yan Hua jumps out again, then there is no need to fight. For Yan Hua, victory is the first. And if you can't win the game, you can't win the MVP, right?

"Oh, if I had your strength, I would definitely have an idea, but I'm just a substitute, and I'm just going through the motions here, even if I'm interested, what's the use of it." You can hear it from Le Fu's voice. Come out, Love also has ideas about the MVP of the Challenger League, but considering his status in the first-year team, Love can only let go of this ambition that does not match his status. The NBA is a place where seniority is judged. With his qualifications and strength, there is no way to compete for something.

"To win the MVP, you have to win first. If you can't win, everything is useless." After getting in touch for a long time, Yan Hua felt that Love was very good. Among them, Le Fu can be regarded as talented, but Le Fu is not as arrogant and arrogant as Rose, Beasley and the others. Instead, he is very easy-going, shy, and even lacks confidence. In addition, Le Fu is not a city man, so Yan Hua feels that this is a true friend who is trustworthy and can give his heart and soul.

"You man, let me just say, how can you have no interest at all, are you going to let them fight first, and then you come out... um, um, you are really bad It's clear." Although Le Fu is honest, he is not stupid, so Le Fu quickly "guessed" Yan Hua's purpose and ideas.

"Who is so bad?" Just after Love "seeed through" Yan Hua's thoughts and started fighting with Yan Hua, Greg Oden walked to the two of them at some point and asked seriously Le Fu said.

"Cough, cough..." Seeing Oden running over, Le Fu was obviously embarrassed, for fear that his conversation with Yan Hua just now would be overheard by Oden, but afterwards, Le Fu still told Auden "To tell the truth", pointing to Yan Hua next to him, he said, "This guy, I just said that this guy is really bad."

"Yan? Kevin, did you just find out? When I first met Yan, I thought this guy was not a good guy." After Le Fu pointed at Yan Hua and said that Yan Hua was so bad, Oden was a hero Seeing the same thing, he laughed.

"It's too much, it's too much, I'm still standing here." Looking at Oden's smile, which was uglier than crying, and the flower-like Lefu smiling beside him, Yan Hua felt dizzy for a while, how could I Will meet two of these guys.

"Just kidding, let's go, let's have a drink." After Yan Hua got a little "angry", Oden put away his smile, wrapped his left arm around Yan Hua, his right arm around Le Fu, and continued to move forward Let's go, although at a certain period of time, Oden was completely disdainful of Yan Hua, but after the game between the Trail Blazers and the King, Oden felt that this Hua Chinese was an admirable opponent, and in Oden's heart , also developed a feeling of sympathy for Yan Hua, so after meeting Yan Hua at the All-Star Weekend, Oden wanted to take the initiative to approach Yan Hua and improve the relationship between the two parties.

"It's just right, I just said to go out for a drink." After hearing Auden's proposal, "Honest Man" Love immediately agreed.

　Thank you for the reward I want to wake up the world, thank you.

　　Thank you for the reward from the stars, the sea, the stars, the sea, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)