After beating the Magic, the Bobcats are only 1.5 wins away from eighth place in the East, which is already a slim margin. The win also boosted the Bobcats' morale, and they went on a five-game winning streak, while the Magic suffered a three-game losing streak, and the two sides swapped places, and the Bobcats successfully replaced the Magic in the top eight in the East.

This situation has made many experts impressed with the Bobcats, and they have written articles praising the performance of the new army. Indeed, it is beyond expectations for the Bobcats to be able to break into the top eight in the East before the season is halfway through, you must know that before the start of the season, many people thought that they were going to play soy sauce for a high draft pick this season, but they did not expect the Bobcats to play famous.

In fact, there are some different voices within the team, especially Jackson, although Roy showed strength far beyond his age in the game, he still thinks that the team should lie dormant for a few more years and use a few more high-pick picks to select potential rookies as supplements, so that the team's ceiling may be higher, and the future will be more exciting.

But Chang Wei scoffed at his idea. What's wrong with not having a high pick? No one said that there would be no good seedlings among the low-ranking rookies, and he remembered a lot in the next few seasons. And for a new team, the most important thing is to build a winning culture in the team, and at the same time start to build a tactical system that works for the team.

But then again, Chang Wei is also very satisfied with Roy's performance, and he has also been at the top of the official rookie list for a long time, and the rookie of the week in the East is almost soft. In addition, this year's All-Star Rookie Challenge must have his share, in Chang Wei's opinion, even if Roy wins the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, it is normal, the only thing to consider is his character.

Roy has always been very calm and sophisticated, while also being very low-key, which is a good trait for the team, but a bit out of place for a notoriously entertaining All-Star weekend. However, Chang Wei believes that Roy can seize the opportunity, and his leadership temperament on the field cannot be ignored by anyone, depending on whether the head coach will use it.

As a newcomer, Roy is the only player who can participate in the All-Star Weekend, and there is nothing to complain about, and no other team that has just formed has other capital to participate in the All-Star Weekend. Jackson simply gave the players a day off, and if they wanted to go with him to Las Vegas for an event, they could also follow him on a flight.

The Bobcats didn't continue to go on a high stride, but they still won the games they deserved. Soon the All-Star Weekend roster was released, and Roy was selected to the first-year team for the Rookie Challenge. He was selected at the same time as Bagnani, Famar, Foye, Gabayosa, Millsap, Morrison and Aldridge, which included almost all the high-ranking talents in the class of 2006, but unfortunately in Chang Wei's opinion, the only ones he could count on were Millsap and Ade.

In fact, it was very difficult for the first year to win because their opponents were so tough. The sophomore team has Paul and Delon in the backcourt, and Bogut and Bynum in the interior, and any player on the front line is enough to crush it. But if the second grade is not strong, how can there be room for Roy to play? Even if he lost, he earned it.

I have to say that Las Vegas is a gambling city with a lot of money, and the arena of the All-Star Game can be said to be splendid, and the locker room is even more available. However, Chang Wei and Jackson could only sit in the audience outside, but fortunately, Jackson mixed two tickets with a good position by virtue of his status as the head coach of the Bobcats, which was worth the trip.

When the All-Star roster was released, the Pistons and Mavericks topped the East and West lists, respectively. Although it is stipulated that the head coach of any team cannot be the head coach of the All-Star Game for two consecutive years, under such a rule, the head coach of this year's Eastern All-Star is still Brown, and the first-year coach is naturally his new head assistant coach Bruce.

This is also Chang Wei's old acquaintance, although the two often disagreed when they were on the Pistons coaching staff, they were both on the matter and did not fight each other because of this, on the contrary, Bruce admired Chang Wei's vision very much. I have to say that he is also very capable, after Chang Wei joined the Bobcats as the chief assistant coach, Bruce naturally became the chief assistant coach of the Pistons.

Chang Wei didn't go up to say hello, he believed in Bruce's ability, not only he was in the Pistons before, but other assistant coaches also learned a lot of experience from Brown, and Bruce was one of the relatively good ones.

Working for the Pistons has fostered Bruce's style of only looking at strength and not paying attention to tricks, and Roy is naturally appreciated as the best player among first-year rookies. Besides, he vaguely heard that this guy was hand-picked by Chang Wei, and now if he wants to win the rookie game, it is natural to give Roy more playing time, and there is no doubt about starting the game.

The intensity of the rookie game was not very high, Roy started with a burst of inside and outside shots, and by the way, he also sent assists to the two big men, Ade and Bagnani. As the team's main point guard, Famar felt helpless, but Roy had already done everything, and he could only obediently be an off-ball shooter, maybe plus some open cut runs to attack the basket.

With that, Roy can only work hard to help the team not be separated by the opponent, the double point guards of Paul and Delon have sorted out the second-year team's offense, and Boggart and Bynum have also suppressed the combination of Bagnani and Ade on the offensive end. Bruce can't help it, although the game is fast-paced and the defense is almost negligible, but the overall strength of the opponent can fully ensure extremely high offensive efficiency, and the sophomore side can basically only rely on Roy's ball-handling singles.

It's a gap in hard power, and Bruce can't ask Roy to do more. Although Roy did not encounter high-intensity defense, his physical strength was gradually lost in the continuous confrontation, and his only advantage was his height, Delon, who was assigned to play the second position, was only 1.91 meters, and Roy's height was 7 cm taller than him. However, Delon is a stocky point guard, and although Roy can score on his head repeatedly, too many physical confrontations still make him a little uncomfortable.

At the end of 8 minutes and 27 seconds in the first half, Bruce replaced Roy with Morrison, he saw that Roy's consumption was very large, and it was better to let him rest more on the bench at this time, anyway, it was still a long time!