NBA All-Star Weekend, a game that is scolded every year for being boring, but is extremely hot every year.

When he was a fan before, Link also didn't think All-Star Weekend was interesting, at most watching the slam dunk contest. Even so, several NBA dunk contests have made people drowsy.

But now as a player, Link doesn't think All-Star Weekend is that boring. At the very least, it's a lot more fun than training and competing day in and day out.

All-Star Weekend starts on the 24th, but until the 23rd, there are still teams playing. It can't be helped, that's what shrunk seasons are fucked up like that. But fortunately, Link and Gasol Jr. did not encounter such a dilemma.

The Grizzlies' game ended on the 21st, and the day before the start of the All-Star Game on the 23rd, Link arrived in Orlando with Gasol Jr.

As soon as the plane landed, Link couldn't wait to glance out a few times. Sure enough, inside the airport, Link saw the promotional poster for this year's All-Stars! Most of the characters on the poster are players who were selected for the All-Star Game this year, and Link is on the list!

Although this is not the first time Link has seen his poster on a building, he still feels quite accomplished to be in the company of so many big-name stars.

Got off the plane and walked out of the aisle. Inside the airport lobby, Link and Gasol Jr. were frantically surrounded by reporters.

The reporters basically stayed at the airport 24 hours a day for the sake of these players who came to participate in the All-Star Weekend.

But today, when the reporters saw Link, they all opened their mouths in surprise.

This guy is actually quite stylish?

Link, under the stylist's designer, wore a dark blue suit, which just echoed the Grizzlies' main color. Since he is an athlete, he naturally has nothing to say about his figure, it is simply a hanger. Before the crossing, Link always felt like a street hustler in a suit.

This is the first time that he can be associated with the word handsome after wearing a suit.

Not only the suit, Link also wears a pair of sunglasses on his face, and his short hair is textured, a bit like Paul in the future. George. Although it is a simple short hairstyle, the process of getting a haircut is very complicated.

Link now finally knows why those seemingly simple hairstyles look so good on TV, but they are ugly when they do it themselves.

Because hairstylists are not at the same level at all, going to a 30-year-old Tony teacher and a well-known hairstylist to get the same hairstyle is also very different.

Link's presence has sent the entire hall into a flash of light, and it is believed that tomorrow, his photographs will also murder most of the print media.

"You're so popular, Link, the new look suits you perfectly." Sitting in the special car to the hotel, little Gasol was a little envious of Link's popularity.

"yes, it cost me $50,000......" The thought of his expensive clothes made his flesh ache.

I'm used to wearing Nike's free clothes, and it's no wonder that I don't feel distressed when I suddenly spend 50,000 yuan on clothes.

"Hahahaha, but it's good value for money. You've been playing for three days this year, and you've got a lot of exposure, so you really need to do a good job. By the way, you're going to warm up for the Rookie Challenge tomorrow? ”

"Hmm...... If you count it, you can rest and rest today. Oh no, there's a Nike event tonight. So strictly speaking, this year's All-Star Weekend, I didn't have a good night's rest. Link despairs at the thought of his full schedule, what about Golden Week?

But that's fine, Link is afraid that he will be lazy after he is completely relaxed. Pushing yourself all the time can give people a certain sense of tension.

This year, Link came to the All-Star Game and had no goal at all. Rookie Selink just wants to play casually, after all, winning the MVP of the rookie game is unlikely. And for this kind of award, it's enough to take one.

All-Star Game? Link wanted to perform well, but it was too difficult to win the All-Star Game MVP. It's not like last year, when you fooled Cousins for a while and you were able to grab the MVP. James, Durant, Kobe, Anthony...... It's not easy to stand out from these guys.

The two MVPs are basically incompatible, so Link's goal for himself this year is to fight for a three-point contest championship back!

This year, none of the players participating in the three-point contest were particularly strong. Chalmers has never been a goalscorer, and James has never been a goalscorer. Although Jones has a high shooting percentage, he has shot less this season and may not be able to maintain his form. Ryan. Anderson, Love, and Anthony. Moreau, either, is not a super shooter.

So Link thinks that as long as he tries to maintain his touch, it is not impossible to beat them.

Link doesn't remember who this year's three-point winner was, or what the highest score was in this year's three-point contest. All he knows is that before 2014, when the three-point contest was not restructured, the record for the highest score in the three-point contest was 25 points. Hodgson set the record and Novak equaled in 2008.

And the record will not be broken until Curry in 2015 and Devin in the future. Booker.

Therefore, there should be no too perverted high scores this year.

Thinking of this, Link's confidence suddenly increased. You can't go home empty-handed for an all-star trip.

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On the morning of the 24th, the pre-game training for the rookie game officially began. Like last year, this training is mostly for show.

One of the things that was very special about this year's rookie game was that in order to stimulate ratings, the league no longer divided the teams into first- and second-year teams, but mixed first-year and second-year teams, and then the two old enemies Barkley and O'Neal picked the teams.

Link was drafted by Barkley this year and started alongside old friends George and Cousins, as well as two top picks, Wall and Irving.

The starters on O'Neal's side were Griffin, Monroe, Jeremy Lin, Fields and Rubio.

On paper, the Barkley team is stronger on paper. But people also believe that Griffin will take Link seriously because of the fact that he was robbed of the All-Star Game starter.

Overall, this year's rookie game restructuring was indeed a success. At least in terms of attracting attention, the league has achieved its goal.

Link is glad he is in the Barkley team because most of the players here have a good relationship with him. At the very least, there are no players who are not on the wrong side of him.

So when the rookie game is open to practice, Link can practice his three-point shooting with peace of mind without worrying about who will find fault.

Link is really not as interested in this year's rookie game as he was last year, people, you can't just live in the glory of the past, you have to work towards new goals.

As a result, the rookie game in the evening completely became a stage for Irving and Wall and others. The fantasical Link vs. Griffin didn't show up, as neither Link nor Griffin fought for long.

Griffin does want to beat Link, but he can't prove himself in a game like the Rookie Game.

And Link is already an All-Star starter, and he showed his face in the rookie game.

In this year's game, Griffin was still dunking after he came on the court. After Link came on the court, he just tried to shoot a three-pointer to warm up for tomorrow's three-point contest.

Link had a good hand today, making 4-of-5 three-pointers. However, this is also because there is no defense in the rookie game, and Link does not have any pressure to shoot, so he is so accurate.

Tomorrow's three-point contest will be equally unguarded, but under the pressure of scoring and time constraints, players may not be able to shoot as accurately as they did in practice.

Eventually, the new champion Kelly. Irving scored 34 points and became the MVP of this rookie game. When the award was presented, the official deliberately arranged for Link to hand the trophy to Owen, which had some meaning of inheritance.

But a failed draft award was given to the champion...... Well...... Link thought it was quite strange.

That's the end of today's rookie game, and Link and Griffin are basically spectators. But after the game, Link didn't leave immediately, but continued to practice his three-point shooting in the training gym.

On the one hand, Link needs to prepare for tomorrow's three-point contest.

On the other hand, it was hard to get time to practice, and Link wanted to fill in his little white strip as much as possible.

It's been more than two months since the last upgrade.