Guo Xu turned down the invitation to the league's three-point contest and chose to participate in this year's new skills challenge.

Four contestants will compete for a total prize fund of $50,000, with the winner receiving $25,000. Guo Xu's opponents are Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, and Stephen Marbury, all of whom are popular point guards in the league.

NBA officials are looking for ways to get fans involved in the event, and this weekend a Masters game was added, featuring retired NBA players, NBA players, actors, singers and athletes from other sports.

This year's All-Star Weekend kicked off early in Atlanta from 7 to 10, and the embarrassing thing is that the Hawks did not have a star selected, Anfernee Hardaway and Glenn Robinson had conflicts, the team's record was poor, and various factors caused the home fans to be disappointed. The media hype gimmick was Jordan's last All-Star Game, and the Lakers' Big Three would be teammates again.

The Suns didn't play two days early, and Guo Xu checked into a designated hotel in Atlanta with his teammates on Thursday, and O'Neal dragged him to a nightclub when he arrived in the evening.

Guo Xu didn't refuse again, and gave O'Neill a very reasonable explanation. He is now 21 years old, he is already a two-time All-Star, this season's regular season MVP is a big hit, and there will be no irresponsible people when he goes to a nightclub, not in the first two years, there will be a group of people who say that he doesn't work hard, affecting the fans' senses of him.

Marion, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time, and Studamayre, who came to the rookie game, also went to the nightclub together.

Several people met and talked happily. When Marion rushed to his basket and dunked, Ao Fat felt that he was a "comedian" like himself and teased him.

Xiao Si is a fan of O'Neal, although the two played badly against Xiao Si several times, O'Neill still recognized the strength of this little brother and encouraged him a few words, believing that he will definitely become a star in the future.

O'Neal didn't mention Kobe's name at all, and the three of them also tacitly did not mention Kobe-related topics. This year, the Lakers have a mid-term record of only 23 wins and 24 losses, and the conflict between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant has intensified.

The All-Star media day event, the players of the class of '96 were the most showy.

There are 24 All-Stars in total, nine of whom are rookies in the Class of '96, accounting for 37.5% of all All-Star players. There is no such exaggerated success rate in history, and they deserve to be called the golden generation!

In the popularity competition of football stars, Guo Xu attracted the most media, and reporters not only asked him about the topic of basketball, but also asked gossip.

A Chinese reporter asked him how he felt about his upcoming tie with Yao Ming.

Guo Xu said: "I'm looking forward to it, as long as he has a chance to shoot, I will pass the ball more." ”

Chinese reporters also cared about what type of girls he liked, mentioning Wang Jingjing. Many people noticed that there was a Chinese girl who watched two games at the Suns' home court and greeted Guo Xu.

Guo Xu explained: "We are ordinary friends, she is my buddy's girlfriend, and she is the blonde hair sitting next to her. They have known each other for more than two years and have a stable relationship. If I have a girlfriend one day, I will definitely make it public. ”

A reporter asked Guo Xu what song he would sing at the Grammys, and Guo Xu said: "This must be kept secret, otherwise it will be boring." ”

There are also reporters who asked Guo Xu to evaluate the "OK combination", but Guo Xu remained silent and refused to evaluate. There is a connection between them, but he is not the nanny of the OK combo and it is impossible to keep an eye on the Lakers all the time.

The Rookie Challenge kicked off first on Friday, with sophomore comfortably beating first-year 132-112 and Warriors point guard Arenas claiming the MVP.

Arenas hit a three-pointer in the second half, and the commentator said he remembered Guo Xu. "They're both second-round rookies, they both love to shoot three-pointers, and after this season, the Warriors have a hard time renewing Arenas because of a collective bargaining agreement, which is strikingly similar."

Single-handedly jumping three-pointer, three-point shooting in counterattack, Arenas's style of play is indeed very similar to Guo Xu, but he is no longer an impressive "general" and has become an imitator.

The next day, Guo Xu made a big show in the skills challenge and performed eye-catchingly.

The rules of the game are simple, players take the ball and complete a layup, then dribble through four obstacles, then pass the ball in front of the chest, hit the ground pass, then the players shoot a three-pointer in the middle, and then accept a through ball test after completion, and finally go around three obstacles to complete the layup. The two players with the shortest time in the heats will advance to the finals, and the players with the shortest time in the finals will win the championship.

This project is very unfamiliar to other players, but Guo Xu understands the rules and has seen it many times as a fan in his previous life. He knows that steady movement is more important than speed, and as long as the passing and three-point shooting are not missed, the player will complete it quickly, and he happens to be the best three-point shot of the four players who participated in the game.

In the preliminaries, Guo Xu made a mistake when he hit the ground pass, and the others were completed at one time, and he and Kidd entered the final together.

In the final, Guo Xu appeared first, without any mistakes, and all the actions were completed at one time, in only 25.7 seconds.

The better he performs, the more pressure his opponent will have, and Kidd is not as agile as him, even if he also has zero mistakes, it will take a little more time than Guo Xu, so Kidd must accelerate when making moves.

Kidd was not so steady as soon as he accelerated, hitting the ground twice and making three three-point shots, wasting a lot of time before finishing in second place with a time of 38.8 seconds.

Kings forward Peja Stojakovic won the three-point contest and he played better than last season, shooting 22 points in the final.

The Bulls' Jason Richardson defeated Mason with the difficult maneuver of "a baseline empty connection and a half-turn crotch change hand dunk" to win the slam dunk contest again, completing an unprecedented three-game winning streak.

Richardson's entry into the NBA a year earlier is a big butterfly effect, he has no strong competitors in the slam dunk contest, he has been beating Mason to win the championship for three years, he is obviously better than his opponent in terms of bounce power and tricks, Mason is unlucky enough.

However, as in his previous life, Richardson still did not have much presence. This is a matter of temperament, Richardson is too low-key, has no gimmicks, no star appearance, even if he often has wonderful goals in the game, he can't attract fans.

is also the king of dunks, Kobe Bryant was selected as a Western star starter in the second season, and Carter became the league's vote king for three consecutive years.

It's too miserable to look at Richardson again, let alone the top 10 in the star vote, with less than 100,000 votes for two consecutive seasons, he is the NBA's most popular dunk king, not one.

Richardson's emotional intelligence is not very high, and when he had dinner with Guo Xu yesterday, he hoped that Guo Xu would cooperate with him once and pass him to the ball.

Guo Xu directly refused, suggesting that he go to Jay Williams to cooperate, otherwise it would appear very unteamed and leave a bad impression on the Bulls management. Even if Guo Xu is very popular, it will do more harm than good.

In addition, Guo Xu also suggested that Richardson pay tribute to Jordan, and he put on the Bulls' No. 23 jersey for the second time in the preliminaries, imitating Jordan to perform a free throw line dunk, which was applauded by the audience.

Fans love imitation shows, and if Richardson could completely imitate Jordan in terms of technique, he wouldn't be as mixed up as he is now, and he would have been popular a long time ago. Of course, not necessarily, because Kobe Bryant has already done this, and some people may say that he imitates Kobe.

The first two days of the event were just appetizers, and on Sunday, the East-West All-Star Game was about to take place......