Chapter 496: Before All-Star Weekend

Jazz management issued a statement to build a sculpture for Jerry Slon, which is something Yi Jianlian did not expect, after all, in the history of the NBA, except for the "Cardinal" Auerbach, no head coach can win this honor, the most critical point is that Auerbach is not a simple head coach, he is also the general manager of the Celtics, the Celtics from ancient times to the present, almost every dynasty is related to him, these great achievements make Auerbach qualified to build a sculpture.

And Jerry Sloan, he didn't bring a championship trophy to the Jazz, and in terms of honors, he shouldn't have won such an honor.

Although he is completely qualified, no matter how to say that he has coached a team for 23 years, interpreting the "one person, one city" of the head coaching class, this is much more difficult than the player, everyone knows that the first person to be fired from the team's poor record must be the head coach, and the head coach who can coach a team for more than 20 years like Jerry Sloan in history is only Popovich in the later NBA.

The rest of the greats, like Phil Jackson or Paklely, none of them could do such a thing!

But no honor is a bruise!

In fact, the original Jazz team didn't build a statue for Jerry Sloan.

Only this time, because of Yi Jianlian's public voice, the fans cheered for Jerry Sloan much louder than at that time, and the Jazz team also made this decision in order not to lose people's hearts.

In any case, for players, retiring jerseys and inducting into the Hall of Fame, and building statues are certainly the best affirmations, while for coaches, there are far fewer ways to express gratitude, and perhaps only statues can express enough gratitude.

Only in this way can everyone be satisfied.

It can be seen from the attitude of the fans after the statement that everyone is really satisfied with the Jazz team's approach, and there are a lot fewer fans asking for explanations under the Jazz official push.

"Well, that's the best decision, there's no doubt about it, Coach Jerry Sloan has that qualification, he's the best head coach in Salt Lake City, and even if a head coach leads this team to win the championship in the future, I don't think he can surpass Jerry Sloan's more profound meaning to the Utah Jazz!"

Yi Jianlian is very satisfied with this result, and he likes this decision. In his opinion, Salt Lake City owes Jerry Sloan more than just a statue.

If history does not change, in the next ten years, the Jazz team has not given a positive answer to Jerry Sloan's sudden dismissal, which is enough to prove that this matter is just like the report, Jerry Sloan is the Jazz team who was forced to leave the palace, and it is not too much to make such a chilling move to the meritorious coach of his own team, and use a statue to make up for his mistakes!

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Jerry Sloan's dismissal came to an end with a statement from Jazz management that they would build a sculpture for Jerry Sloan.

Fans' attention was quickly shifted to the All-Star Weekend in the 2010~2011 season.

After the last round of the regular season before the All-Star break, the head coach of the East and West of the All-Star Game was officially determined, and Thibodeau became the head coach of the All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and the head coach of the West was Popovich, which was his second head coach after many years, and it was not easy for the Spurs not to pretend to be dead in the regular season this season!

Unlike the Mavericks, who had a number of All-Star starters who opted out due to injury before All-Star Weekend, this time all of the selected All-Star starters except Yao Ming were confirmed to attend the All-Star Game in the City of Angels.

Mavericks: You're targeting me!

Yi Jianlian and Xiao Si arrived in Los Angeles a day early.

Although Smalls lost to Dwight Howard in the starting voting, he was eventually thrown into the All-Star bench by the coaches, and the New York Knicks finally welcomed two players who were selected to the All-Star Game in the same year after many years, which made a large part of the New York fans excited, but also a part of the New York fans a little disappointed, they really wished that this year's All-Star Weekend was held in New York, That way they can have more people on their home court to give the two All-Stars who represent the New York Knicks the most hysterical cheers.

Hey, I don't know if there will be a chance in the future!

Well...... I am used to being poor, and I suddenly get rich, and I am really a little afraid of going back to poverty.

Staying at the officially booked hotel, Yi Jianlian met many familiar faces, such as Andrew Bogut, who was also selected by the coach to the final Eastern Conference bench this year.

"Yi, we can finally be teammates again!"

Andrew Bogut is excited to join forces with Yi Jianlian again, after Yi Jianlian is gone, he hasn't eaten heartily for a long time, Kyle Lowry is a good starting point guard, but his passing awareness is worse than Mo Williams, and it is a few levels worse than Yi Jianlian, Bogut stands in the open position several times every game, watching Kyle Lowry rush into the crowd and shoot the iron.

Whenever that happens, Andrew Bogut will miss Yi Jianlian very much, and at the same time, the thought of wanting to leave the Bucks rises in his heart - since they are all going to become "board grabbers", then why should I give you, a blacksmith, a board grabber? There's a master of iron in Los Angeles, so why don't I join forces with him?

Andrew Bogut doesn't know how many times he's had this idea.

There's nothing wrong with that, grab the board! Always hoping to partner with a better blacksmith.

Mo Williams unfortunately did not make the selection this time, there are too many star guards in the West, Westbrook, Deron Williams and Manuginobili, and there are also unselected such as Tony Parker and Jason Kidd! The competition was fierce, and it also stopped Mor Williams' streak of being selected to the All-Star Game for two years.

If Williams doesn't return to the East in the future, last year's All-Star Weekend may also be his last All-Star Game trip.

No way, wait another two years, and the defender group of the 09th class will usher in a blowout, especially in the west, there will be two guys, one can be "day by day" than the other.

Yi also met Al Horford, who was also named to the All-Star bench in the East this year, the second consecutive selection in his career, but his stats this year have not changed much from last year.

Barely 15 plus 10 data.

Compared to the other three centers who have been selected, Howard, Smalls and Bogut, Al Horford's stats are the worst.

But this did not affect his selection to the All-Star Game again.

The nickname "Ball Blind Discriminator" really didn't come for nothing.