Legend of Tomorrow

Guo Xu declined the invitation to the league's three-point competition and chose to participate in this year's newly launched skills challenge.

Four contestants will compete for a total prize of $50,000, with the winner receiving $25,000. Guo Xu's opponents are Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, and Stephon Marbury, all of whom are popular point guards in the league.

NBA officials are trying to find ways to involve fans in the activities. This year, they also added a celebrity game on the weekend. Participants include retired NBA players, NBA players, actors, singers and athletes from other sports.

This year's All-Star Weekend is relatively early, kicking off in Atlanta from July 7th to 10th. What's embarrassing is that the Hawks have no star selected, Anfernee Hardaway and Glenn Robinson are having conflicts, the team's record is poor, and various factors leading to disappointment among the home fans. The media publicity stunt was that Jordan would play his last All-Star Game and the Big Three of the Lakers would be teammates again.

The Suns had no game two days in advance. Guo Xu checked into a designated hotel in Atlanta with his teammates on Thursday. When O'Neal arrived in the evening, he took him to a nightclub.

Guo Xu did not refuse and gave O'Neal a very reasonable explanation. He is now 21 years old and has been a two-time All-Star. This season's regular season MVP is very popular. When he goes to a nightclub, no one will make irresponsible remarks. This was not the case in the past two years. There will be a group of people who say that he does not work hard, which will affect the fans' treatment of him. senses.

Marion, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time, and Stoudemire, who came to participate in the rookie game, also went to the nightclub together.

Several people met and talked happily. When Marion rushed to his own basket and dunked, O'Pang thought he was a comedian like himself and made fun of him.

Stoudemire is a fan of O'Neal. Although the two of them played badly against Stoudemire several times, O'Neal still recognized this little brother's strength and encouraged him a few words, believing that he will definitely become a star in the future.

O'Neal did not mention Kobe's name at all, and the three of them also had a tacit understanding not to mention topics related to Kobe. This year, the Lakers' mid-term record was only 23 wins and 24 losses, and the conflict between O'Neal and Kobe became more intense.

At the All-Star Media Day event, the players from the 1996 class stole the show.

There are a total of 24 All-Stars, 9 of whom are rookies in the 1996 class, accounting for 37.5% of all All-Star players. There has never been such an exaggerated success rate in history. They are worthy of being called the golden generation!

In the star popularity competition, Guo Xu attracted the media the most. Reporters not only asked him about basketball topics, but also asked about gossip.

Chinese reporters asked him how he felt about teaming up with Yao Ming.

Guo Xu said: “I’m looking forward to it.

As long as he has a chance to shoot, I will definitely pass the ball more.

Chinese reporters were also concerned about the type of girls he likes and mentioned Wang Jingjing. Many people discovered that a Chinese girl watched two games at the Suns' home court and greeted Guo Xu.

Guo Xu explained: We are ordinary friends. She is my buddy's girlfriend, the one with the blond hair sitting next to her. They have known each other for more than two years and their relationship is very stable. If one day I have a girlfriend, I will definitely It will be made public.”

A reporter asked Guo Xu what song he would sing at the Grammys. Guo Xu said: This must be kept secret, otherwise it will be boring.

Some reporters asked Guo Xu to evaluate the OK group, but Guo Xu remained silent and refused to comment. There is a connection between them, but he is not the nanny of the OK group and cannot always pay attention to the Lakers' affairs.

The Rookie Challenge started first on Friday. The second-year players easily defeated the first-year players 132-112. Warriors point guard Arenas won the MVP.

Arenas scored consecutive three-pointers in the second half, and the commentator said he thought of Guo Xu. They are both second-round picks, and they both like to shoot three-pointers. After this season, the Warriors also had difficulty renewing Arenas' contract due to the labor agreement. They are strikingly similar.

Arenas's style of play is indeed very similar to Guo Xu's three-pointers in one-on-one jumpers and three-pointers in counterattacks, but he is no longer an impressive general and has become an imitator.

The next day, Guo Xu stole the show in the skills challenge with an eye-catching performance.

The rules of the game are very simple. After getting the ball, the players first complete a layup, then dribble through four obstacles, then pass the ball through the chest and hit the ground. Then the players shoot a three-pointer in the middle. After completion, they have to Accept a direct pass test and finally go around three obstacles to complete the layup. The two players with the shortest time in the preliminaries will advance to the final, and the player with the shortest time in the final will win the championship.

This project is unfamiliar to other players, but Guo Xu understands the rules and has watched it many times as a fan in his previous life. He knows that making steady movements is more important than pursuing speed. As long as there are no mistakes in passing and three-point shooting, the players will complete it quickly, and he happens to be the best three-point shooting among the four players participating in the game.

In the preliminaries, Guo Xu made a mistake when passing the ball on the ground. The rest was completed in one go, and he and Kidd entered the finals.

In the final, Guo Xu played first without making any mistakes. All actions were completed in one go, taking only 25.7 seconds.

The better his performance, the greater the pressure on his opponent. Kidd is not as agile as him. Even if he makes zero mistakes, it will take a little longer than Guo Xu, so Kidd must speed up when making moves.

Kidd was not so steady as soon as he accelerated. He hit the ground twice and shot three three-pointers, wasting a lot of time, and finally finished second in 38.8 seconds.

Kings forward Peja Stojakovic won the three-point contest. He played better than last season and scored 22 points in the final.

The Bulls' Jason Richardson defeated Mason again with the difficult move of baseline alley-oop, half-turn, crotch dunk, and won the slam dunk contest again, completing an unprecedented three consecutive championships.

Richardson entering the NBA a year earlier was a big butterfly effect. He had no strong competitors in the slam dunk contest. He defeated Mason to win the championship three years ago. His jumping ability and tricks were obviously better than his opponents. Mason Unlucky enough.

However, like in his previous life, Richardson still has little sense of presence. This is a question of temperament. Richardson is too low-key, has no gimmicks in his personality, and has no star appearance. Even if he often scores wonderful goals in games, he cannot attract fans.

Also the dunk king, Kobe was selected as a starter for the Western Conference Stars in his second season, and Carter became the league's vote leader for three consecutive years.

Looking at Richardson, it's too miserable. Let alone the top ten in the star vote, the number of votes for two consecutive seasons was less than 100,000. He is the least popular slam dunk king in the NBA, bar none.

Richardson's emotional intelligence is not very high. When he and Guo Xu had dinner together yesterday, he hoped that Guo Xu would go on the court and cooperate with him once and pass him an alley ball.

Guo Xu refused directly and suggested that he find Jay Williams to cooperate. Otherwise, he would appear to be very unteamlike and would leave a bad impression on the Bulls management. Even if Guo Xu is very popular, it will do more harm than good.

In addition, Guo Xu also suggested that Richardson pay tribute to Jordan. For the second dunk in the preliminaries, he put on the Bulls' No. 23 jersey and imitated Jordan to perform a free throw line dunk, which received full applause.

Fans love imitation shows. If Richardson could completely imitate Jordan in terms of technique, he wouldn't be as popular as he is now. Of course not necessarily, because Kobe has already done this. Some people may say that he is imitating Kobe.

The activities in the first two days are just the appetizer. On Sunday, the Eastern and Western All-Star Games will be staged...

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