Chapter 107: All-Stars in the Big Apple
"New York's home field, Ewing, Alan Houston, Larry Johnson were not selected?"
"Ridiculous! It's ridiculous! ”
"The management and fans of New York have broken up a top team!"
As soon as the all-star list was announced, it immediately caused a lot of controversy. One of the biggest controversies is the absence of the league's four major centers, Ewing and Olajuwon.
Olajuwon's absence is due to his healthy style of play this season, and he has no desire to pursue glory at all.
Ewing's absence is entirely due to the preference of New York fans.
In the eyes of New York fans, a qualified leader must be handsome and able to play. After Ewing doesn't have the ability to lead the team to compete for the championship, then his ugly face is a hard injury!
Coupled with the addition of Alan Houston, the king of the Chinese vote, a large number of fan votes were divided, and even if Alan Houston had more votes, he could not beat Jordan and Penny to start.
The substitutes don't look at the votes of the fans, but only the coach! In the eyes of the league's coaches, Alan Houston just doesn't have All-Star calibre.
Bench backcourt in the East – Reggie Miller, Tim Hardaway, Allen Iverson! Each one is stronger, and Alan Houston, the king of mid-pitches, has more than one level!
So something ridiculous happened.
Madison Square Garden, home to none of the New York players selected as All-Stars...
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"Boss, the members of this year's three-point contest are out!" Xiaoyu smiled and handed Kobe a newspaper.
Kobe Bryant, Dale Ellis, Jeff Hornacek, Sam Mack, Reggie Miller, Tom Gugliotta, Glenn Rice, Allen Iverson.
Iverson! Miller! Hornacek! Rice!
Interesting!
The Lakers have just one game left before the All-Star break after a narrow home win over the Bulls at home.
This year's All-Star Weekend kicked off on Feb. 8, and the Lakers only had a game against the Trail Blazers on Feb. 4.
It's fair to say that the Lakers have had a very relaxed time.
On February 4, 1998, the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 117-98 at home.
The Lakers won this game easily, and the Trail Blazers are also the kind of team that doesn't have a strong guard.
And the current Kobe Bryant, facing a team of this level on the defensive end, defense alone is enough to dominate the game.
played 31 minutes in the game, easily cut 27 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers, and easily defeated the Trail Blazers.
Although the current Trail Blazers lineup is good, it is still a little short of the wolf-like Lakers.
On February 6, Kobe Bryant and his party set off for New York!
"The bustle of the Big Apple is always something you never get tired of seeing."
Unlike last year, Harris led the team, this year's West head coach is Jerry Sloan.
So the Lakers and a group of three, Kobe O'Neal Jones, took a flight and went to New York without restraints.
No coach's discipline!
Happy to go!
"Bryant, what do you think it's like to play in New York?" Eddie Jones looked with envy at the plane outside the ship and now at the center of the world - New York.
At present, New York has not yet experienced the baptism of 911 incident, and is still in a state of mythology, and it is well deserved to be the center of the world.
At this time, the United States was still at the peak of the world, and as the most prosperous city in the United States, New York was the place where countless Americans dreamed of living.
Skyscrapers! Heavy traffic!
Luxury car beauties can be seen everywhere!
It's a rich man's paradise! As long as you have money, you can get everything you want!
"You can ask Patrick." Bryant pouted.
New York is a city that sucks.
And the root of the rotten comes from Dolan!
It can be said that Dolan is a typical representative of the right birth, and his father is Charles Dolan, the founder of American cable television. When Dolan was young, he was a poor second-generation man, heavy on alcohol, drugs, poisons, and a short temper, and was even sent to a rehabilitation center for a time. In 1995, after being released from the prison, he was appointed CEO of the media business of American Cable Systems. His father, Charles, reasoned that there was really no one to do it.
In 1997, Dolan's company wholly acquired Madison Square Garden from its partner ITT, and the Knicks came under Dolan's name. And after Dolan took over the Knicks, almost nothing was good!
The successive change of the coach!
Contradictions between the stars of the team!
All kinds of garbage contracts!
This Knicks team will never have a chance to turn around under Dolan.
Dolan is the worst boss in the NBA!
Not one of them!
There is no time limit!
Coming to New York to play for this garbage boss?
Just look at what happened to Ewing.
Forget it!
And Eddie Jones is a little itchy in his heart, compared to the Big Apple, Los Angeles seems to be a countryside!
Eddie Jones yearns for this kind of prosperity!
Take a few championships in the Lakers! You can consider finding a place to get a big contract and live a chic life as the boss!
The New York Knicks is just such a great place to retire!
Hearing that they will renew Alan Houston with a 100 million yuan contract, Eddie Jones believes that he is no worse than the king of the Chinese pitch!
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"Welcome to New York!"
New York JFK Airport, IATA code JFK, the full name of New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, is the main international airport of New York City, the largest city in the United States. The airport is a world-famous civil airport, a major aviation hub in the world, one of the busiest airports in the world, one of the most expensive airports in the world, and one of the largest airports in the world.
As soon as the three Lakers got off the plane, their huge size ushered in a lot of attention.
"Wow! That's Kobe Bryant! ”
"And Shaq! Eddie! Go get autographed! ”
The fans in New York were very enthusiastic, and they surrounded the Lakers in the middle of the airport.
Bryant was also under the protection of Blackwater Security, signing autographs for fans tightly and methodically.
"My husband is sorry for me!" A disobedient male voice came out, and the faces of the three Lakers changed, and they quickly left the airport!
I can't stand it, this kind of fan really can't stand it!
Sitting in the car, both O'Neill and Jones were a little excited.
It's rare to come to New York, or come and have fun without a coach!
It's so boring to stay in a hotel!
Why don't you go out and do something!
It's still early!
What's more fun to do?
"Kobe, what's the arrangement?" O'Neill rubbed his hands together with gusto.
"I'd like to go to Rock Park."
"What?" O'Neal was shocked, you still want to play basketball at this time?
But... Abuse vegetables, I like ah!
"Together?"
"Add me one!"
"Team up to play 3v3?"
"Good idea."