Chapter 114: All-Star Weekend
Since entering February, the Celtics have gradually stepped back on track, except for the big forward position at the beginning of the month due to Garnett's absence, James was unguarded, breaking through the "catastrophe" and giving the Celtics a loss, the Celtics have won the other six games, including their most important opponent this year - the San Anio Spurs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After beating the Knicks by a big score, the Celtics' game came to an end for the time being, and it was time for the annual All-Star Game.
This year's All-Star Game features a total of five players from the Celtics, including the "Big Three," Shi Lei and Rondo. Among them, Garnett unexpectedly became this year's All-Star ticket king, I mean the East, there is Yao Ming in the ticket king and there is no one else. He got 2399148 votes and was the starting power forward in the East, but alas, his injury seems to be more troublesome than predicted and is still on the team's injury list.
Rondo and Shi Lei were naturally unable to participate in the main game, they were selected for the second-year team of the All-Star Rookie Game, and Shi Lei was also invited to participate in the slam dunk contest.
The NBA All-Star Game began on March 2, 1951, is held annually, and by 2008, it had been held 57 times.
Since its inception, the tournament has attracted a large number of fans from all over the world. The modern All-Star Game has evolved into an "All-Star Weekend", a three-day event that includes the All-Star Party, the Rookie All-Star Challenge, the Slam Dunk Contest, the Three-Point Shooting Contest, the Basketball Skills Challenge, the Shooting Relay, and the All-Star Game.
Among the most exciting are the "Slam Dunk Contest" and the "All-Star Game". Therefore, the contestants who participate in these two events each year will attract the most media attention.
The NBA is the most successful basketball tournament in the world, and its biggest feature, in addition to the fierce physical confrontation, is a variety of extremely spectacular slam dunks. From Larry. Nance starts and goes to Dee. Brown, Dr. J, Wilkins, Jordan, Carter, almost every year, the NBA adds a group of slam dunks.
Since this season, the news about Shi Lei has not been interrupted, and it will appear in the media almost every day. With the high volume of data, the attention he has received has increased repeatedly, to the sensational signing with Adidas, and the subsequent series of contracts, Shi Lei's popularity has even surpassed that of some superstars.
This made Shi Lei realize that after he arrived in New Orleans, the venue of the All-Star event, he had to deal with media interviews first.
"Hello Shi Lei, congratulations on becoming the first Chinese and Asian to participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, please ask if you have confidence in winning the championship."
The interview is not like having sex, there is almost no foreplay in this job, but this first question is still a little unbearable for Shi Lei, who is "inserted". Fortunately, the homework done before coming was sufficient, and Shi Lei, who was already inexperienced, did not make a fool of himself on the spot because of his lack of words.
"The opponents are very strong, they can always do some jaw-dropping things, they are also very experienced, I didn't think about what kind of results I would achieve this time, more with a learning mentality. Well, that's it. ”
"So, can you tell us what moves you've prepared?"
"Because I'm coming to the game, I've been watching a lot of dunk videos lately, including Jordan and Carter, and I decided to try their dunk moves."
Although he said so, Shi Lei came for the championship, no reason, that 10 million is more than any reason.
The above two questions were raised by the Chinese media, and the American media were not so polite, and Shi Lei's super contract with Adidas attracted the hatred of these media who had just changed their attitudes.
Their first question was a malicious one: "Do you think you have outperformed Kobe. Bryant, LeBron. James? If not, then why did you get a sneaker contract worth more than $100 million? ”
Shi Lei does not have many opportunities to deal with these people, and even if there is, he mostly refuses, he understands very well that as a Chinese, he cannot please them by groveling, he is not here to please anyone, he knows that his roots are there, who will buy his account more, in the face of these unkind words, Shi Lei does not think that he has the need to be tactful: "The reason is very simple, the exchange rate of the dollar against the yuan has depreciated!" ”
Shi Lei's words made this group of Yankees very commotion. Schwartz, who has been focusing on Shi Lei lately, saw that the confrontation between the two sides was so fierce, and quickly handed over the next opportunity to ask a question to an Asian media outlet, because he could not tell the difference between most yellow people. Luckily, he was lucky, and it happened to be a Chinese media outlet.
"So how many rounds do you think you'll be able to reach?"
In fact, China pays more attention to Shi Lei's endorsement, and wants to know more about the details of the signing, but when he looked at the situation at the scene, the reporter who unexpectedly got the opportunity to ask this question wittily continued to extend the question to the slam dunk contest.
"Let's try to make it to the finals."
After Shi Lei answered this question, Schwartz hurriedly announced the end of the interview. The surging American media naturally did not let Shi Lei go, and asked several more unreasonable questions one after another, but Shi Lei did not say a word after that, until he was escorted back to the hotel by the organization.
On February 16, the All-Star Game officially began, starting with the All-Star Celebrity Game. This game can be regarded as a warm-up for the All-Star Game, several players from the Development League, Shi Lei doesn't know one anyway.
In the afternoon, the All-Star Rookie Game was held.
2006 was a draft year, and there were a few good stars at the guard position, but at the forward position, except for Aldridge, there was no one who could play star later.
Forward: LaMarcus. Aldridge, Andrea. Banyani,Shi Lei,Rudy. Guy defender: Ronnie. Brewer, Jordan. Famar, Daniel. Gibson, Rajan. Rondo, Brandon. Roy.
Compared to the first-year star, the stars are much brighter, and there is not only Kevin in the team. Durant, and Mike. Conley, Jeff. Green, Al. A star player like Horford.
First-year rookie starting lineup: Conley, Durant, Green, Scola, Horford.
Second-year rookie starting lineup: Rondo, Roy, Gay, Shi Lei, Bagnani.