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Chapter 199 The All-Star Event starts.

On February 2015, 2, the All-Star Rookie Challenge was the first to start.

As early as yesterday, Xu Xiang had already arrived in New York. The only people with him were Mallory, West, and Hibbert who said they would rest at home for a few days before coming. Anyway, they had nothing to do with the All-Star Game.

The reason why Xu Xiang came early was because they had a rookie training match yesterday. To put it bluntly, it was for you to get to know your teammates and coaches.

There are many places for this All-Star restructuring, and the most eye-catching one is the Rookie Challenge. This year, it will be divided into an international team and an American team. The members are all first-year and second-year rookies in the league.

The entry list of both sides has been announced. The international team has been "crowded" and Xu Xiang has successfully served as the "captain" to lead the players of the international team. Wiggins can only sit depressed and silent. Based on Xu Xiang's performance in the regular season, he can't compete no matter what, even if he is the No. [-] pick.

Kong left a long sigh in his heart.

"If you give birth to gold, you will give birth to Xu"!

During training yesterday, Xu Xiang already knew his teammates. Generally speaking, they are not bad. There are many familiar "celebrities", such as Wiggins (Minnesota Timberwolves).

The remaining Adams belongs to the Oklahoma City Thunder and is also a professional "pie-eating hero". Although he was selected this time, he did not participate because he was injured and his palm and metacarpal bones were fractured. He was replaced by Jokic of the Nuggets, "Teacher Yue".

But Teacher Yue didn't want to play this game very much, and the spot was postponed to the Rockets' Kostas Papanikolaou, a Greek boy and a 12-year rookie.

It is worth mentioning that the Antetokounmpo of the Bucks is also on Xu Xiang's side, and he got two Greek players in one game
The rest of Bogdanovic belongs to the Brooklyn Basketball Team. This guy is a landlord, also known as a "land snake".

In addition, there are Schroder of the Atlanta Hawks, Mirotic of the Chicago Bulls, Rudy Gobert of the Jazz, Exum of the Jazz, Dieng of the Timberwolves and Olynyk of the Boston Celtics.

But Xu Xiang received news yesterday that Olynik was also injured, and his replacement was Dellavedova of the Cavaliers.

From the perspective of Xu Xiang's later generations, the lineup of this international team is really a bit strong, starting with Schroeder, Xu Xiang, Wiggins, Antetokounmpo, and Gobert.There are people like Mirotic sitting on the bench, and they are almost able to make up an "all-star team".

After talking about the international team, the next step is to talk about the US team.

The U.S. team was unlucky enough. The "captain" McAway, who had already decided, injured his right toe and was unable to play. He was replaced by Covington of the 76ers, so they temporarily introduced another captain.

That's right, he is Oladipo.

As early as last year's summer league, Xu Xiang had played against Oladipo. From the data point of view, Xu Xiang should be slightly better, but that is uncountable. Moreover, in later generations, after Paul George's "Journey to the West", he was the one who resisted the Pacers.

Xu Xiang didn't mean to underestimate him. Oladipo is that kind of "hardworking" player. In later generations, Xu Xiang has seen many sweaty training videos of him on TV. This guy is no less serious about the game than anyone else.

In addition to Oladipo, the U.S. team also includes Pope of the Pistons, LaVine of the Timberwolves, Norlens Noel of the 76ers, Payton of the Magic and Plumlee of the Nets.

Because this All-Star event was jointly organized by the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets, in order to balance the number of games, the Rookie Challenge was held at the Nets' home court, Barclays Center, including the Celebrity Game, the Three-Point Contest, and the Slam Dunk Contest.

The venue for the All-Star Game is at the Knicks' home stadium, Madison Square Garden.

Before the game, Xu Xiang first watched the Masters game in the front row. According to the schedule, the Rookie Challenge will be held after the Masters game, so Xu Xiang is not in a hurry, just be quiet and be a small crowd of "watching the excitement and eating melon seeds" for a while.

This celebrity game is also full of stars, starting with the coaches on both sides. If it is held in New York, it must not bypass Spike Lee, a black director who is the number one fan of the Knicks.

This time he is the coach of the Eastern team, and the deputy coach is Melon Anthony. There must be someone who knows the ball, right?

Let's look at the head coaches of the West team, Mike Grich and Mike Greenberg, two ESPN programs: Mike and Mike's host.

And there are many people participating in the competition, such as comedian Kevin Hart. This guy has participated in many competitions and won the MVP of the Masters three times in a row. This time he came again. Xu Xiang estimated that this MVP did not run away again.

The rest include Anthony Anderson, Michael Rappabot, Ansel Elgort, Chadwick Boseman, Indian movie star Abhishek Bachchan, as well as NBA legend Chris Mullin, Alan Hughes and WNBA female player Shawnis Chimel. In addition, the owner of the Grizzlies Robert Pera, the popular American sportsman Manny Davis and Blake Riper will also participate.

Xu Xiang, the owner of the Grizzlies team, did not expect to come to participate. He even watched for a while. After seeing him being capped by Kevin Hart, before he had time to feel emotional, a staff member came to inform him that he could make preparations.

Mallory was sitting next to him. After Xu Xiang whispered something in her ear, he got up and left. Although Xu Xiang felt that there was no need for any preparations, since he was called, he had to go.

As soon as he entered the nearby stadium, Xu Xiang realized that many people were already warming up.

Xu Xiang walked over to say hello to everyone. Since it was an entertainment event, there was no need to come with emotions, so Xu Xiang took the initiative to find Wiggins and chat with him for a while. They were all young people, and it was no big deal. Wiggins was at most a little unbalanced in his heart.

Soon, the Masters game over there was over, and as Xu Xiang expected, Kevin Hart won the MVP again and the West won.

After a while, the seats here were basically filled, and everyone was very happy. Some came from the Masters and were still discussing the scene just now, which seemed very lively.

(End of this chapter)