pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 466 Withdrawal

All eyes were on Fang Tianzheng at this moment.

"Old Fang, you can't joke about this. You know how much the General Administration attaches importance to this Asian Championship. If something happens, you can't afford it." The colleague on the side reminded anxiously.

"Don't worry, there will be no problems. I will submit the application right away. I will personally lead the team to compete in the Asian Championship." After speaking, Fang Tianzheng went out to prepare materials.

"This" leaves a room full of people at their desks, staring wide-eyed.

"What are you still staring at, hurry up and chase after him."

Immediately, three people chased him out.

After talking with Yi Jianlian, Mu Chenfeng felt that his injury was more serious than expected. As Yi Jianlian said, the All-Star Game was just an entertainment game. Mu Chenfeng's goal was not only that, he wanted to win the final championship trophy.

Mu Chenfeng knocked on Black Lee's door.

"Mu Chenfeng? What's the matter?" Black Lee's attitude towards Mu Chenfeng was not at all like that between a boss and an employee. The two looked more like friends.

Although, the age difference between the pair of friends is a full 30 years.

"I want to retire." Mu Chenfeng straightforwardly explained his reason.

"Okay." Blake Li agreed to his request without even asking why, "I'll help you submit the withdrawal statement."

Black Lee's decisive attitude surprised Mu Chenfeng, "Don't you ask me why?"

"I will support you in whatever you do." Black Lee has already arranged for his secretary to push forward the withdrawal statement. His attitude towards Mu Chenfeng makes people think of another NBA owner, Cuban. Everything he did to Nowitzki is exactly what Black Lee is doing.

"Thank you." Mu Chenfeng said.

"The withdrawal announcements for the slam dunk contest, the heads-up match, and the main game have all been arranged, and the league will arrange replacement candidates as soon as possible." The Miami Heat's public relations efficiency is notoriously fast in the league, and they have already communicated with the league about everything in just 10 minutes.

Half an hour later, the receipt form from the league was also sent, and Mu Chenfeng's All-Star Game was canceled directly. Since he is the 25th position, there is no need for a substitute, and the game will be played with a complete 24 players.

However, the places in the slam dunk contest and heads-up competition need to be directly selected by the Heat as a substitute, and the league requires that the substitute must be an All-Star player.

This is obviously to take advantage of Mu Chenfeng's retirement to enhance the star flavor of these two competitions.

Although many strong players participated in the dunk contest and heads-up competition, they were not at the top level of the league in terms of star taste and star level. Finally, a topical Mu Chenfeng participated, and he suddenly withdrew from the competition.

Apart from Mu Chenfeng, the only All-Star players on the Heat team are Wade and Barrett. It is precisely because of these two players that the league has taken a fancy to that it made such an unreasonable request to the Heat.

They could just find two quasi-all-star players in the league to replace Mu Chenfeng, but they didn't because they already had suitable candidates.

"This Stern, his calculations are shrewd enough." Blake Lee shook his head with a smile. The league really did everything they could to attract the attention of the audience, insisting on getting Wade and Barrett into the individual competition.

Blake Lee thought for a while, "Then let them see the strength of our Miami."

According to the arrangement, Barrett was arranged to enter the slam dunk contest, and Wade replaced Mu Chenfeng in the subsequent heads-up match.

This substitute arrangement immediately caused an uproar among the players and fans in the league. The sudden joining of the two major stars made the original situation of the competition become more and more clear. From the perspective of the fans, these two players completely defeated the other contestants.

Barrett has already won the slam dunk contest, and he is highly anticipated to participate again this time.

However, since he participated in the slam dunk contest as a substitute, he was not as prepared as other players. He only had half a day to prepare.

Heads-up competition is Wade's strong point. Although he has never participated in heads-up competition, Wade's singles rate has always been at the forefront of the league in the previous few seasons, and his singles success rate is very high. Few people can beat him in heads-up.

The addition of the two giants of the Heat has made a premonition even stronger, that is, Miami is likely to win all four individual championships and become the biggest winner in this All-Star Game.

Mu Chenfeng had already won two championships in the three-point contest and the skill contest before, but the slam dunk contest and the one-on-one contest were not what he was good at.

But Barrett is different from Wade. These two are very strong in their respective individual events, and they are both strong contenders for the championship.

In the training hall, the tail combination that was temporarily substituted into the individual competition is training for the upcoming competition.

"I really don't understand how the league would make such a request." Wade and Barrett said one-on-one.

"I'm more worried about Mu Chenfeng's injury than entering the individual competition as a substitute." Barrett's thoughts were still on Mu Chenfeng.

"Don't worry about my injury." Mu Chenfeng walked in slowly from the door. He was in good condition, but his injured wrist was still being heated.

"You retired too suddenly, I thought you had a serious hand injury."

"I only chose to retire to win the championship. I don't want to affect our championship because of an irrelevant game."

Mu Chenfeng is still very considerate of the overall situation, and his choice of retirement is also very wise. After all, for a professional player, the All-Star is far less important than the O'Brien Cup.

"I originally wanted to win all four individual championships, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance." Retiring from the competition was also a helpless move for Mu Chenfeng. If he hadn't been injured in the Rookie Challenge, he might have achieved the goal of four championships.

"Don't worry, we will defend these two championships for you." Wade patted Mu Chenfeng on the shoulder and said.

No one is more reliable than the "Tails", and judging from the reaction of other opponents when the two substitutes were announced to enter the individual competition, the two names alone are enough to make opponents nervous.

"I can't guarantee that I can defend it." Barrett said, "The time for me to prepare is too short, and I haven't even decided on my actions yet."

The slam dunk contest is indeed a project that requires continuous training. Many movements can only be practiced, and to get a high score in the slam dunk contest, it must be difficult and novel, which makes the slam dunk contest the longest preparation time for players.

(End of this chapter)