Chapter 152: All-Star Rookie Game (1)
This year, the All-Stars made a lot of changes after incoming prospective president Adam Silva took over a lot of things, such as All-Star voting to select a few people from each team from the media and professionals for fans to vote for, to a change where everyone in the league can be voted on.
The Rookie Challenge was played from the first and second years to the retired celebrity to become a coach, and eight or nine players were selected from the seventeen players in the first and second years to participate.
The two celebrity coaches this time are former Kings superpower forward Chris Webb and Nash's old buddy Grant Hill.
Team Hill: Lillard, Bradley Beal, Mojab Lee, Terrence Jones, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Younas Valanciunas, Dion Waiters and Rudy Gobert.
Webb: Davis, McCarvey, Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke, Harrison Barnes, Mason Plumlee, Steven Adams, Kelly Olynyk, Andre Drummond.
No. 14 New Orleans Arena, tomorrow the rookie game will start, although this is a performance rookie game, but it is also necessary to train together for a day, otherwise there will be no tacit understanding everywhere It will be a joke.
At about 8:30 a.m., Li Mojie and Gobert rushed to the stadium and found that a lot of people had gathered in the stadium, including players and reporters from various news media.
"Oh? Here it comes. As soon as Li Mojie arrived outside the field, some sharp-eyed players and reporters shouted.
"This guy!" Anthony Davis, who was practicing shooting on the court, immediately turned his head as soon as he heard the voice of Li Mojie coming.
Recently, Anthony Davis has been proud, so far, he can play an average of 20.8 points + 10.0 rebounds + 1.6 assists + 1.3 steals + 2.8 blocks per game luxury data, by New Orleans fans and the league's praise, this time Kobe Bryant withdrew from the All-Star due to injury, and the league used him as a substitute is the best reward for him.
And this rookie challenge is held on his home turf, which means that there is a chance that the MVP of the rookie game will fall into his pocket, how can this not make him happy?
However, there is a roadblock!
This year's champion show Li Mojie, a rookie season can cut 22.4 points + 6.7 assists + 6.4 rebounds + 1.8 steals + 0.8 blocks data of the champion show, this is not it, the key is that the Suns, who were still the bottom in the West last year, actually ranked fourth in the West this year! In the case that the rest of the Suns team is not famous, everyone naturally attributed the biggest reason to Li Mojie. is also the top show, Davis is not uncommon for the media to compare their two 12 and 13 year champions together.
Even Davis saw the arrogant statement of Li Mojie's fan group, the Shocking Magic Troupe, on Facebook: What is Davis's data? The Pelicans are still a weak chicken team in the West, and the data is just brushed out, if it weren't for Li Mojie's consideration of the team's record, his rookie data would definitely surpass Chamberlain!
God, the rookies of '10 or '11 haven't led the team to the playoffs yet? I, Davis, as a sophomore rookie, brushed up the data, what happened to the leveling?
And in the era of the big brush Chamberlain, but you didn't even understand the rules, you Li Mojie rookie can cut 37.5 points and 27 rebounds to contribute data? Then you probably have to be dissected by scientists!
When Davis was thinking nonsense, Lillard on the other end was also full of thoughts, and it was reasonable that he also wanted this rookie MVP, and he was intervened by Kenneth Fared last year and lost the MVP, if he didn't win it this year, then he was destined to miss out on this honor, but now his situation is more complicated than Davis, because Davis wants the MVP, just fight, but Lillard is staying on the Hill team like Li Mojie, what should he do?
"This guy is really enviable!" Lillard thought about things and looked at Li Mojie, his handsome face and the signed sneakers on the soles of his feet!
Yes, the news that Li Mojie was selected as an All-Star in the rookie game gave Adidas unlimited confidence, so under the attention of the sports product giant, Li Mojie's first signature sneaker, the Magic LEE Vol 1, was finally officially released on February 1, and this new boot is priced at $185 on adidas' official website in the United States.
The Magic LEE Vol 1 is equipped with a full-length Adidas Boost midsole, a red body on a black background, a Primeknit woven material, and a leather-wrapped toe cap for a more textured experience, while above the tongue is adidas created a personal logo for Li Mojie, a miniature of Li Mojie's pull-up layup, which marks the sneaker with a deep Li Mojie brand.
By the way, after the autographed sneakers were released, Li Mojie gave a few pairs to everyone in the team.
"Hello, everyone!" Li Mojie smiled and said hello to everyone after he arrived, he didn't treat others as competitors and be hostile to anything like Davis, after all, Li Mojie knew that there were still a lot of good players here, maybe Li Mojie would have to recruit them in the free market in the future!
Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, not to mention that there are many reporters present, everyone can enter the rookie All-Star Game that is a person with a head and a face, no matter how you say it, it is also a millionaire level, of course, he responded with a smile.
Steven Adams was the first to come up and hugged Li Mojie and said hello, followed by Antetokounmpo, who had been blown up by him on the court, everyone must have seen that these two are international players, although Li Mojie is a Chinese-American, but in the eyes of many international players, Li Mojie is undoubtedly much kinder than these native American blacks.
Then all the players smiled and greeted Li Mojie, whether it was the Hill team or the Webb team.
The so-called training day is actually similar to the NBA's media open day.
After all, this is a rookie challenge, not a regular season, not a playoffs, and the players, coaches, are all improvised patchwork, and if you think that you are really training according to the rules, then you are wrong. That is, to familiarize the players, to communicate with the coach, and to deal with the reporters.
In fact, there was not much delay, and it ended at 11 p.m. But in just one morning, Li Mojie has already felt the factions of the players, first of all, Davis, this guy has never left his eyes, as long as he breaks through to the basket, he would rather let go of others to make up for himself, as if he owes him money.
"Lillard was the one who robbed you of the rookie of the year last year, okay?"
There are also the opposite Warriors duo of Barnes and Drummond, who are also good players on the defensive end and don't deal with themselves.
There is also a Lillard on his side who needs to control the ball, and Li Mojie has not been able to get the ball several times, and this is not the first time that he has played without tacit understanding.
After a morning of training, the run-in before the Rookie Challenge was over, Anella took Li Mojie's hand and walked next to Fleicher, who was about to introduce him to a commercial contract.
"Mo Jie, you're not doing well tomorrow!" Although Anella is not a basketball professional, she has also seen Li Mojie ask for the ball several times but it does not arrive. She knew that her boyfriend was in the limelight, and although she couldn't speak Chinese, she still understood the meaning of the phrase Mu Xiu would destroy it in the forest wind, and she would be higher than the others.
"Yes, and tomorrow's coach Hill, Webb and we don't know each other, and the playing field is in New Orleans." Fleischel, who was on the side, was also worried.
"Hmph, it's mediocre not to be envied, I don't believe it, the All-Star Game MVP is okay, after all, the qualifications are not enough, but I don't believe in a rookie challenge MVP and can't get it?" Li Mojie gritted his teeth and said.