"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the first quarter.

To the stunned fans, after the first quarter of the game, the best data turned out to be the three newcomers who were selected as All-Stars for the first time!

Iverson played 9 minutes in the first quarter and scored 12 points, ranking first among all participating All-Stars!

And Kobe Bryant also played 9 minutes in the first quarter, with 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and the comprehensive data is the best player in the West.

Xiao Ao played the whole game in the first quarter, playing for 12 minutes, making fans unable to complain......

Richard: It's a bit too embarrassing.

played for 12 minutes, allowing Xiao Ao to get 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, and the data is not weak at all......

The New York fans at the scene exclaimed in their hearts, this year's All-Star MVP will not be won by these three newcomers, right?!

If this momentum continues, this year's All-Star MVP is really only likely to be produced among these three.

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"Michael, don't tell me you want to win the MVP this year......" Larry Bird asked Jordan with a smile.

Jordan waved his hand: "It's boring, I've taken this thing twice, and it really doesn't matter if I take it this time or not." ”

"What I want to know most now is, what exactly did you make with Richard, Larry, can you satisfy my curiosity?"

Larry Bird rolled his eyes and didn't answer Jordan's words directly, he wouldn't reveal anything about it anyway.

The news that Richard gave him was quite important to him, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better!

If Jordan knew, his big mouth might tell how many people, and then all the teams in the league would know about it, who would want to sell draft picks?!

Even if Larry Bird learns the news, it is useless, he has no draft picks in his hands, and even if it is a big year in the draft, Larry Bird doesn't want to have any good harvest.

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At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the coaches of the two sides had a tacit understanding that they did not let the three newcomers start.

Larry Bird reduced some of Reggie Miller's playing time as much as possible, after all, Miller is his own person, and no one can fault this by reducing Miller's playing time and letting it go for Iverson......

Richard's side is to reduce the playing time of Lakers players as much as possible and let it go for the two newcomers of the Trail Blazers, anyway, the relationship between Richard and the Lakers is not harmonious......

In addition, the Lakers have three All-Stars to play, and one person can have about twenty minutes more than six or seven minutes of wool, which is evenly distributed between Xiao Ao and Kobe, which is enough to make the playing time of these two reach 30 minutes!

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The three Lakers players are quite helpless at the moment, especially Fan Maniac, as the starting guard in the West, he only played five minutes in the first quarter of the game......

The three of them must be extremely dissatisfied in their hearts, but what can they do if they are dissatisfied, who will make Richard the head coach.

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In this second quarter of the game, all three newcomers played for about 7 minutes, and the statistics were further improved.

Jordan played 8 minutes in the second quarter of the game, and his hand feeling could only be regarded as average, hitting 3 of 6 shots, and scoring a total of 10 points in the first half.

Now Jordan's mind is on what kind of deal is between Larry Bird and Richard......

He had a hunch that the deal between the two must be quite important!

In the East, the Pacers are the Bulls' biggest competitors, and Jordan is really afraid that Richard will send a new man to the Pacers......

This kind of thing has not happened in the history of the NBA.

For example, Richard loaned Big Ben to the Pacers for a year, which would undoubtedly make the Pacers' strength improve hugely, and it could really pose a threat to the Bulls.

Jordan's mind is full of things right now......

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Now Jordan, the goal is to win three consecutive championships, and he doesn't want any twists and turns in this matter.

Many fans and media believe that Jordan is tired of the NBA and feels no longer challenging, and then he will choose to retire after playing this season......

Jordan's first retirement may indeed be the reason, plus the grief of his father's murder.

And the reason for this second retirement may also be the reason, but it is not very likely.

What really made Jordan retire was this year's labor and salary negotiations, even if the negotiations have not started yet, but the players' union and the league management committee have reached a tense confrontation.

The players' union is demanding a big increase in the salary cap as it did in '95-96, and the league can't introduce a salary cap to limit the maximum salary of players......

It is worth mentioning that the current president of the players' union is Gorilla Ewing, and his philosophy is different from that of the smiling assassin, and he is more on the side of the supergiants......

The league management committee is reluctant to raise the salary cap, because the salary cap is raised, the owners will naturally have to spend more money to run the team, and it is easy to lose money, and Stern naturally does not want to see the bosses lose money.

Moreover, the management committee is also preparing to introduce a maximum salary regulation to limit the maximum salary of players......

One is the salary cap and the other is the maximum salary regulation, which is the focus of this labor and salary negotiation.

Jordan has been in the league for so long, he knows very well the bottom line of the league, and the salary cap may be raised, but the maximum salary regulation must be introduced, which is the bottom line of the management committee......

Once the maximum salary regulation is introduced, Jordan's salary will definitely not be 30 million, because the salary cap is less than 30 million in total......

may be sharply reduced to Reggie Miller's annual salary of 10 million, and it is even very likely that it is not as good as Reggie Miller.

Thinking about Jordan's annual salary of 30 million this year, and only a few million next year, this gap is too big, and I am afraid it is unacceptable to change to any player.

Thinking that his annual salary may not be as good as Reggie Miller, can the old rascal accept it?

I just didn't fight......

You can't make millions of dollars by doing something.

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If Richard does make the kind of deal that Jordan had in mind, it could really threaten the Bulls' supremacy.

The more Jordan thought about it, the more irritated he became......

Because there is still a week left until the market closes!

Whether or not, as I guessed, these two stinky rogue coaches made a PY deal depends on the next week......

Thinking of this, Jordan still has the heart to play the All-Star Game, in his opinion, ten All-Star MVPs are not as good as one championship.

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"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the match.

The Eastern All-Stars defeated the Western All-Stars 127-116......

This result did not surprise Richard, the Eastern backcourt is strong, and the center in the All-Star Game can get too few opportunities, so naturally the Eastern side of the lineup has the advantage.