The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 181 All-Star Weekend Opens

During the period of turmoil in the Cavaliers, a lot of big things happened in the league.

On December 2010, 12, George Karl, the head coach of the Nuggets suffering from cancer, returned to the court after overcoming his illness this season, and in the Nuggets' victory over the Raptors that day, his coaching career won 11 games field, becoming the seventh coach with a thousand victories in the history of the league.

On December 12, Charlotte Bobcats head coach Larry Brown was accidentally fired. Team owner Michael Jordan issued a press release to announce the news, even though Brown helped the Bobcats reach the playoffs for the first time in history last season. , but still cannot avoid the fate of being fired.

On December 12th, the 26 Christmas game started grandly. The Miami Heat defeated the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers 2010-96 away. James scored 80 points, 27 assists and 10 rebounds. The two giants are also very powerful, Wade scored 11 points and 17 assists, Bosh scored 18 points and 6 rebounds.

On the second day after the official voting for the NBA All-Star Game ended, that is, on February 2, the 11-year-old head coach Jerry Sloan, who has coached the Jazz for 23 years, suddenly announced his resignation. The news shocked the NBA. Phil Johnson, who served the Jazz for 68 seasons, also resigned.

Since Sloan just renewed his contract with the Jazz three days ago, but changed his mind after only two days, many media speculated that Deron Williams forced the meritorious coach away, and Deron was at the forefront for a while.

But on the night that Sloan announced his resignation, Deron issued a statement on twitter, claiming that Sloan's resignation had nothing to do with him, and wishing Sloan all the best in the future.Yet many felt that Deron's words lacked sincerity and lacked emotion.

Some media claimed that the days of Deron Williams in the Utah Jazz are also counting down
On February 2011, 2, with a record of 11 wins and 25 losses in the seventh place in the East, Yuan Man and Daniel Gibson, who was invited to the three-point contest, embarked on the 19 NBA All-Star Weekend Tour. They are also Cavaliers One of the few players in team history who can participate in the All-Star Game, Yuan Man will participate in the Rookie Challenge, the Slam Dunk Contest and the All-Star Game, while Gibson will participate in the Three-Point Shootout Contest.

Although Yao Ming was selected as the starting center for the Western All-Star Game, he was unable to participate due to injuries, so David Stern designated Kevin Love to replace Yao Ming.

At the start of the All-Star Game, the top teams in the Eastern and Western regions are the San Antonio Spurs and the Boston Celtics, so Gregg Popovich and Doug Rivers became the Western Conference and the Boston Celtics respectively. The head coach of the Eastern All-Star team.

After Yao Ming was injured, Popovich chose his beloved disciple Tim Duncan as the starting position of the Western Conference All-Star center.

The first start of the All-Star Weekend is the Rookie Challenge held at 2:11 am on February 10. This event is called the three-day warm-up event of the All-Star Weekend.

This rookie competition is still divided into two lineup competitions, the first grade and the second grade. As a rookie in 2010, Yuan Man naturally represents the first grade.

The first-year rookie lineup is:
Starting lineup: Center: DeMarcus Cousins, forwards: Blake Griffin, Yuan Man, guards: Gary Neal, John Wall;

Subs: C: Greg Monroe, F: Derrick Favors, Landry Fields, G: Eric Bledsoe.

Head Coach: Kevin McHale
The sophomore rookie lineup is:
Starters: Center: DeJuan Blair, Forwards: Taj Gibson, Wesley Matthews, Guards: DeMar DeRozan, Stephen Curry.

Subs: Forward: Serge Ibaka, Guard: James Harden, Brand Jennings, Jrue Holiday.

Head Coach: Steve Kerr
ESPN and TNT split the live broadcast rights of the All-Star Weekend, but obviously TNT won, because TNT won the live broadcast rights of the Slam Dunk Contest and the All-Star Game, while ESPN won the three-point shooting contest and skill challenge. and the live broadcast rights of the Rookie Challenge.

Therefore, ESPN commentators Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson are the ones commenting on the Rookie Challenge. Before the game started, the two commentators first talked about the injury of Van Gundy's former disciple Yao Ming.

Jackson asked Van Gundy: "This All-Star, Yao Ming is unable to participate in the game due to injury. I heard that Yao's injury has a great impact and may ruin his future career. Have you heard?"

Van Gundy nodded and said: "After Yao Ming was injured, I talked to him on the phone. His surgery in Germany went very well, but he had suffered a stress fracture before, so this time the recovery period It may be very long, and it is not ruled out that Yao will choose to retire."

After Van Gundy finished speaking, Jackson immediately interjected: "If Yao hadn't been affected by injuries, I think his achievements would be even higher."

"There is no doubt that Yao is the most dominant big man I have ever coached, and Yao's humble attitude is loved by many fans, which can be seen from the All-Star voting." A compliment from a former lover.

After the two talked about Yao Ming for a while, Jackson brought the topic to Yuan Man, who is also a Chinese player.

"After talking about Yao Ming, we're going to talk about another miracle Chinese player, Yuan Man. Jeff, are you familiar with this Chinese player? He got 339 million votes this year, my God, That's amazing, breaking last year's record for Howard by a full 20 votes!"

Van Gundy said with a smile: "Seriously, Yuan Man is a player that surprised me. I only discovered him at the beginning of the Cavaliers season. Before the draft, I hadn't even heard of his name." .His votes are indeed astonishing, and I am afraid that many votes were originally cast by Yao Ming fans."

The joke made Jackson laugh out loud.

Van Gundy flipped through the information in his hand, and then said: "Yuan is different from Yao, Yi and the Chinese players who joined the NBA before. He studied in a university in the United States, participated in NCAA games, and scored in the 16th All-American. Strong. I found a very valuable and rare quality in him."

Seeing that Van Gundy had made a fool of himself, Jackson couldn't help but ask, "What precious quality?"

"Leadership!" Van Gundy said, "He is the kind of guy who can rely on his own performance to bring the team victory. In the 20 games before the start, it was not easy to get the first place in the East! This is something that even Yao Ming, who won the league championship in the CBA, did not have when he first entered the league."

After the two discussed Yuan Man's situation, they brought the topic to today's focus, the Rookie Challenge.

Jackson said: "The Rookie Challenge actually has no suspense about the result. In the last 8 years of the Rookie Challenge, the second-year players have severely taught the first-year rookies. I think this year should be no exception. . Sophomores should maintain their winning streak against first-years, winning nine in a row."

Van Gundy waved the materials he had compiled in his hand, expressing his disagreement with Jackson.

"I think this year's freshman has a chance to win, because they have three players who may be the league's superstars in the future, Blake Griffin, John Wall, Yuan Man. But Blake is due to injury last year, so it counts As a rookie this year, if Blake counts as a second-year player, there may be no chance in the first-year, but today I am optimistic about the first-year combination of these three people."

In the pre-match commentary of Jackson and Van Gundy, a lot of time has passed unknowingly, and the Rookie Challenge game is about to start.Since it was a game that included entertainment, the players on the field seemed very relaxed, waiting for the moment when the whistle sounded.

Before the whistle blew, Van Gundy seemed to remember something, turned to Jackson and asked, "I heard you are a loyal fan of Scarlett?"

Jackson smiled and replied, "Damn it, you found out about it, that's right, so I hope the second-year team can kick Yuan Man's ass hard for me today."

　Let's stop here today, and spend an afternoon shopping with my wife. It's not easy to come to Japan. Tomorrow is the weekend, and the author will definitely explode. Let the author sleep well today. Go to bed early and get up early to be healthy and sleep well Only then will thoughts flow like a spring.Thank you for your monthly pass, if you have a monthly pass, vote again, thank you everyone.

　　
　
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