O'Neal generously invited the rest of the Mavericks to his house as a guest, but Cuban politely declined, Americans pay more attention to private space, and Cuban also knew that O'Neal was coming for Liu Han today, so there was no need to disturb people's old friends' gatherings. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

So Liu Han took Anna and Yao Min to O'Neill's mansion in Los Angeles.

Yao Min was actually a little overwhelmed by the rookie challenge that would be held the next day, so when he arrived at O'Neal's house, he consulted like two All-Star Game "veterans".

"Man, I don't know the specific character of you Orientals, but I don't think you can take tomorrow's game too seriously, of course you have to let go after you get on the court, such as shooting a three-point shot from the outside, or controlling the ball or something, maybe you're not good at that, but what does it matter, just like what you said, sometimes exposing some shortcomings will make the fans love you more."

O'Neill actually admires Yao Min's character, although this young man will challenge him for the position of first center, but he is a person as sincere as Liu Han.

"Wow, Shaq, when did you start working as a spiritual mentor? But what you're saying makes a lot of sense. ”

Liu Han was very surprised by what O'Neill said, this guy has always been heartless, it seems that he has not been very comfortable in the past few years, life and games have made this originally optimistic guy also start to think about it.

"Hey, Liu, don't underestimate me, my muscles can think."

As he spoke, O'Neal also raised his biceps muscles to light up, which made Anna laugh out loud, because O'Neal still had more fat on his arms.

"Da Yao, what Sha Ke said is indeed very right, in fact, you can be more open in such a game, don't worry that some people in China will have other opinions about you, the mouth grows on others, which no one can control, and there are some things I can also top for you, so do it boldly, no one will laugh at you, and no one will dare to laugh at you."

Liu Han knew that Yao Min was under a lot of pressure when he didn't come back last season, and the Chinese people wanted to see someone who could lead the team to win the championship, and Yao Min was still very immature last season.

It wasn't until Liu Han returned to the NBA this season that the pressure on Yao Min was reduced a little, but there were still some people who would coldly say how weak Yao Min was, which once made Yao Min very depressed after knowing the news.

"Thank you, brothers, I think I know what to do."

Yao Min gladly accepted O'Neill's and Liu Han's advice, and these two men helped him a lot.

This year's NBA All-Star Game kicked off on Valentine's Day, with the first day scheduled for the Star's charity event and Rookie Challenge.

Liu Han and Yao Min came to the Chinese and Asian community in Los Angeles as representatives of the Orientals on the first day of the charity event, where they were warmly welcomed by the local residents, and in the nearby public elementary school, Liu Han and Yao Min participated in the activities with many children, and accompanied Anna to play like a child, but this also made Liu Han worry about her all the time.

After participating in the charity activities, Liu Han took Anna to Staples to watch the Rookie Challenge.

This year's Rookie Challenge is undoubtedly very eye-catching, and the '02 draft has already produced a number of good rookies, some of whom have become the core of the team after a year of training, such as Yao Min and last season's Rookie of the Year Stoudemire, as well as Boozer of the Cavaliers, Ginobili of the Spurs and others.

Ginobili was actually drafted by the Spurs in the second round in 1999, but at that time, Ginobili was worried that he would not be taken seriously in the NBA and chose to hone in Europe for a few years, and this choice turned out to be extremely correct.

After Ginobili officially landed in the NBA in 02, he quickly became the super sixth man of the Spurs, and his outstanding performance really made many teams envious of the Spurs.

And 03, that is, last year's draft, there are a lot of rookies who are excited by the league, the champion James needless to say, he is now being cultivated by the league as Liu Han's "opponent", Nuggets' Anthony, Heat's Wade, Raptors' Bosh and Bulls' Hinrich and other players are now important players in the team, this draft is known as the league's recognized draft year since the 1996 draft.

In fact, when it comes to talent 03 rookies, of course, it is incomparable, just look at James's many "rampage" layups, as well as Anthony's "ass" who has been praised by Barkley many times, Wade's lightning-like breakthrough and disguise show that there are many outstanding physical talents among the 03 rookies, but when it comes to the experience and attitude of the game, the 02 rookies are still better, they not only have one more year of experience than the 03 rookies, but also have an absolute advantage in interior strength, It is obviously impossible for Carman of the Clippers to hold the interior alone.

Yao Min kept the promise he made to O'Neill and Liu Han yesterday at the beginning of the game.

In the jump ball, Yao Min knew that he was not the opponent of the physical superhuman James, so when the referee threw the ball high, Yao Min only made a jumping feint, and then stretched out his thumb to James, and then ran directly back to the half court to defend.

Yao Min's actions made the audience on the sidelines stunned, and then there was a burst of laughter, "honest people" playing Bora are sometimes more joyful than "funny", and even James, who won the jump ball, was stunned by Yao Min's actions and failed to directly play a fast attack.

There are many outstanding players on the outside line of the 03 rookies, and they are all masters with excellent physical fitness, so they are better at "show", while the 02 level is better on the inside, and it is a little more difficult to perform.

Yao Min knew he didn't have an advantage in some areas, so he directly ceded the inside position to the eager Stoudemire, while he himself made a cameo appearance as a playmaker in the high post, and even tried to pull the ball outside the three-point line once or twice.

Yao Min's actions won the love of the fans present, and even when Yao Min was at the end of the break, some fans shouted Yao Min's name together to keep him.

Yao Min didn't score much, but a few second passes made his teammates play a violent dunk, he has the kung fu of passing, and at the same time, his height is there, which is very suitable for the work of the center of the organization.

And Yao Min's contrast between his appearance and personality makes fans happy to pay attention to him, it can be said that compared to the first-year dunk and the second-year score, Yao Min is actually the biggest winner of this rookie challenge.