All-Star Weekend in '08 was held at the New Orleans Arena for the New Orleans Hornets.

It was the first time in the history of the Hornets that the Hornets hosted an All-Star Weekend, and it was also the first time the arena had hosted an All-Star Weekend.

More importantly, the NBA '08 All-Star Weekend was the first sporting event hosted by New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in '05.

For the city's fans, it's a solace in the league's soul.

"Unity, fraternity, and building a better home" was originally the main theme of this All-Star Game.

But because of someone or something, many fans of this All-Star Game have their eyes on other places - they are more concerned about what kind of results the guy named Yi Jianlian can play in the All-Star Game.

"Hmph, it would be funny if no one passed the ball to him! I remember that Yao of the Rockets participated in the All-Star for the first time, and no one interacted with him at all! ”

Some fans remembered that when Yao Ming was selected as an All-Star starter for the first time, it also caused a lot of shock, which was even better than Yi Jianlian this time.

At that time, Yao Ming was a fledgling, but he wanted to be the hegemon of three consecutive championships, the winner of three consecutive championships FMVP, and the league's first center Shark O'Neal as a substitute for him.

In order to make O'Neal angry, a group of veterans in the West basically interacted with him except Kobe Bryant and Francis, and even in the final game, he only had 1 shot when he played as a starting center.

It can be seen that other stars in the league at that time did not like Yao Ming.

Many fans believe that Yi Jianlian will definitely repeat the mistakes of the past this time, and be forced to follow Yao Ming's old path and experience this embarrassment.

"Who let him occupy a place that did not belong to him in the first place? This position should be the wolf king's! Well, there are fans who still stubbornly believe that this position should belong to Kevin Garnett.

"Don't forget, Michael Reed is also participating in the All-Star Game this time, and I'm sure he'll definitely help Yi show off at the All-Star Game!"

As expected, Michael Reed, who has performed well this season, also made the Eastern bench in the All-Star Game.

And with his name on the Eastern Conference All-Star bench, the Bucks are finally able to have two All-Star rosters in the same year after years.

Milwaukee's sports channels and official websites even reported on the incident, and there was a lot of association with it.

If it weren't for the limited space, maybe the three consecutive championships would have been written.

And not long after being selected for the Eastern All-Star bench list, Michael Reid once again became famous in the interview, Yi Jianlian, the starting power forward in the East, was obtained by himself with his own strength, he was not sorry for anyone, and he definitely deserved this honor.

Just looking at this posture of Yi Jianlian, it is comparable to Francis back then.

It is said that when Yi Jianlian first entered the alliance in the previous life, Michael Reed also took care of him and helped him speak in front of the media, but it is a pity that Yi Jianlian was too introverted at that time, coupled with too much pressure in his heart, he had a straight face for everyone, and he couldn't integrate into the circle at all, and gradually even Michael Reed stopped speaking for him.

It can be seen from this that good or bad personality can really determine many things!

***

"Yi, you have to take this camera to shoot during the all-star period, and in addition, you have to take out this mobile phone from time to time and touch it twice in your hand, these are all signed contracts!"

The day before he officially left for New Orleans, Dan Fagan chased Yi Jianlian's house with a large bag of things and more than a dozen contracts, and told him one by one.

"Also, this is a men's casual suit provided by Youngor, you must wear this brand of clothes for the first two days of All-Star Weekend, a total of three sets!"

"And leather shoes are ......"

"This watch is ......"

Yi Jianlian let Dan Feigen stuff all kinds of things out of the bag into his hands, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This money is really fast!

Yi Jianlian roughly estimated that it was just an all-star weekend, and the endorsement fee he could earn exceeded $300,000.

"Don't be too troublesome, Yi, I swear in the name of God, that's all I did after I pushed off most of the endorsements, after you became an all-star, Huaxia's sponsors are all crazy, OMG's!"

It seems to recall the scene at that time, and Dan Feigan, who has palpitations, seems to be complaining about something, but looking at his smile on his face, Jianlian dares to be sure that this guy is not making less money this time!

"OK, you can take me to the airport!"

There was no reason for a moment of annoyance.

Yi Jianlian doesn't have any hatred or dissatisfaction with Dan Feigen, on the contrary, this guy's ability to do things is definitely one of the top people in the broker circle. But when I think that this product hurt the original Yi Jianlian so badly, and then I think that this guy made so much money from him, more or less, I still feel a little uncomfortable.

Forget it, don't think about it so much first, and when you have a chance in the future, give this guy a lesson, and it can be regarded as revenge for the original Yi Jianlian!

***

Yi Jianlian went to New Orleans with Michael Reed, and he happened to have a companion along the way.

Probably because of the NBA All-Star Weekend, Yi Jianlian saw a lot of stars at New Orleans Airport: Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Emma Roberts.

Hey, why are they all female stars!

"Hi Michael!"

What surprised Yi Jianlian a little was that Michael Reed seemed to be recognized by some celebrities, but it was normal to think about it, Michael Reed entered the All-Star two or three years ago, and he is still a little well-known!

"Easy?"

What surprised Yi Jianlian even more was that among these stars, there were still those who could recognize him!

Forehead...... You're not! With your skin color, plus the discussion about you on the Internet in the past two days, you have to know if you don't know it!

It's just a pity that even if Michael Reid secretly introduced him to the works of these guys, he still hasn't heard of any of these stars who know him, well, to put it simply, it's not in the stream.

I still have to work hard!

Yi Jianlian sighed in his heart, the popularity is still not enough!

Look at Kobe, Jessica Alba, Kyrie Brook, Nick Rich, these obvious coffee positions have gone up!

If you really get to that level, you don't ask for anything else, Scarlett, well~ it's very good~

Of course, Yi Jianlian will definitely not have the idea of drinking bath water, the taste is too strong, so it is better to leave it to Du Du to realize it himself! He just wanted to hold hands, kiss him, and talk about life ideals or something in the hotel.

No, no, you can't think about this, the more you think about it, the more you think about it, the more "Xiaoxiaoyi" is ready to move.

Yi Jianlian realized that he was able to soak in the training ground every day not because of how good his concentration was, but mainly because he didn't encounter these things!

"Luckily! Luckily, I'm not famous! Thinking of the end, Yi Jianlian patted his chest with palpitations, and his face showed a hint of happiness.