"I'm willing to give up my starting position to Michael! As the greatest player in NBA history, Michael has no reason to miss the last All-Star Game of his career, and this season's All-Star without Michael's participation will definitely not be a full All-Star! On January 28, 2003, just after the results of the 2002-2003 NBA All-Star Game were released, Meng Xu, who was attending the pre-game press conference in Golden State, immediately expressed to the media that he was willing to give up his starting position to Jordan.

In this year's All-Star Vote, Meng Xu once again became the All-Star vote king this season with a total of 2.47 million votes, leading the second-ranked Kobe Bryant by 1 million votes. In addition to Meng Xu and Kobe, the Magic's Tracy McGrady, the 76ers' Allen Iverson, the Raptors' Vince Carter, and the Pistons' Ben Wallace. The Rockets' Yao Ming and Steve Francis, the Spurs' Tim Duncan, and the Timberwolves' Kevin Garnett each became All-Star starters this season. There were quite a few surprises in this year's All-Star vote, first of all, Jordan was not selected, and secondly, Jermaine O'Neal, who changed from center to power forward, was not selected for this season's starting lineup. However, the most surprising thing is Yao Ming, as the champion of this season, Yao Ming can contribute an average of 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game in 29 minutes of playing time, and is a strong contender for the best rookie this season, but with the strong support of Chinese fans, Yao Ming overwhelmed Shaquille O'Neal, Verratti Divac and other powerful insiders, and became this year's All-Star starter. After the voting results were released, many people immediately called for reforming the rules of All-Star voting, otherwise it is very likely that the All-Star starters will all be Chinese in the future, and David Stern has also obviously noticed this embarrassing situation, if Yao Ming has Meng Xu's strength and status, David Robinson is definitely happy to see Yao Ming overwhelm O'Neal to become an All-Star starter, but now Yao Ming is still far from O'Neal, so David Stern quickly issued a statement, The league is considering reducing the percentage of fans in the voting and is considering introducing a media vote to determine the final All-Star starting lineup.

Due to the dismal results of the Wizards last season, Jordan missed the playoffs for the first time in his career, and in the offseason the Wizards sent the team's second-in-command Hamilton and several role players, and robbed All-Star guard Steve Marbury from the Suns, but the Wizards' record this season is still not improving, and has been hovering outside the playoffs. Considering that Jordan is 40 years old, after this retirement, Jordan will really not come back, so the top management of the NBA league decided to hold this year's All-Star Game as Jordan's farewell game, in order to express respect for Jordan, the greatest player in NBA history, and Jordan who pushed the NBA to a new height, and it is even rumored that this year's All-Star MVP trophy is specially made for Jordan, and Jordan's name has been engraved on it in advance, but it is somewhat unexpected that in this year's All-Star vote, Jordan with a gap of 70,000 votes, after Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson, ranked third in the Eastern Conference guard position, very regrettably missed the Eastern All-Star starter, although according to the current situation, Jordan is sure to participate in the All-Star Game, but if Jordan participates in this year's All-Star Game as a substitute, it is obviously sorry for the league to arrange such a big pomp for Jordan.

As Meng Xu, who grew up watching Jordan play and aimed to surpass Jordan, he naturally did not want to watch Jordan participate in his last All-Star as a substitute, and there are no longer a few who have the same mentality as Meng Xu, after Meng Xu made a statement, the two starting guards of the Eastern All-Stars, Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson, also expressed their willingness to give up their starting position and let Jordan start instead of him, and later with Meng Xu The other forward Vince Carter, who was selected as the All-Star starter, also expressed his willingness to give up his starting position to Jordan, and for a while, the call for Jordan to start became the mainstream and consensus of the entire league.

"Hey Meng, I'm Michael, don't talk, listen to me first, thank you very much for your willingness to give up the starting position for me, but you are chosen by the fans, and the All-Star Game is also shown to them, and what they want to see is you, so you can't let down the fans who support you in order to take care of the dignity of an old guy!" After the away game with the Warriors, Meng Xu, who had just returned to the hotel, received a call from Jordan, and after receiving the call, Meng Xu heard Jordan say a little bit before he could speak, presumably he also said these words to Carter, Maddy, and Iverson.

"Michael, the fans have their idols, but I also have my idols, and they want to see their idols at the All-Star Game, and I want to see my idols at the All-Star Game, and this is the last time I'll be able to play with you, and the last time I'll see you play at the All-Star Game."

"Michael, I've been watching you play since I was in high school, and since then, I've dreamed of one day playing alongside you, or competing with you, and I've been motivating myself all the time, and I've made it my goal to surpass you, and it's with this dream that I've crossed the ocean to the United States, and in those days of your retirement, it was the most confusing time in my life. So, for this last chance, for you to retire with honor, I'm willing to give up my starting position, and not just for you, but for myself, for Allen, for Vince, for Tracy, for the thousands of fans who support you, Michael. After Jordan finished speaking, Meng Xu thought for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and then almost without any pause, he said everything he wanted to say in his heart.

"Meng, being able to be you and your idol is the proudest thing in my life!"

After a series of communication and the mediation of league president David Stern, Jordan finally accepted Meng Xu's All-Star starting spot, and on January 29, the official website of the NBA league officially announced the All-Star lineup for the 2002-2003 season, the Western All-Star starting lineup was, center Yao Ming, two forwards Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, two guards Kobe Bryant and Steve Francis, in addition to Shaquille O'Neal, Dirk Nowitzki, Sean Marion, Gary Payton, Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, and Chris Webb were selected as this year's Western Conference All-Stars as substitutes, and the All-Star head coach in the West is Rick Adelman, the head coach of the Kings, who is currently ranked first in the West.

On the Eastern All-Star side, after Meng Xu gave up his starting spot to Jordan, the five starters in the East are, center Ben Wallace, two forwards Vince Carter and Michael Jordan, two guards Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson, in addition to these five starters, Meng Xu, Jermaine O'Neal, Dicambe Mutombo, Jason Kidd, Paul Pearce, Stephen Marbury, Seven players from Zajunas Ilgoskas were selected to this year's All-Star Game as substitutes, while three players were selected for the All-Star Game, which was also the first time in history for the Pacers. As for the head coach of the Eastern All-Star, it is Larry Bird, who has been elected as the head coach of the All-Star twice, and the Pacers are currently ranked first in the league with a 35-9 record, so as the head coach of the Pacers, Larry Bird is also the undisputed head coach of the Eastern All-Star.

Due to the special nature of this year's All-Star Game, the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, which has attracted much attention in the past, has few applicants this year, and countless viewers are looking forward to the Meng Xu VS Carter Slam Dunk Contest in the end, Meng Xu and Carter have announced that they will not participate in this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, not only Meng Xu and Carter announced that they will not participate in this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, but many first-line stars and many famous dunk generals in the league have also said that they will not participate in this year's Slam Dunk Contest. The final sign-up for this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest is Jason Richardson of the Warriors, Richard Jefferson of the Nets, Desmond Mason of the SuperSonics, and Amarestad Meyer of the Suns.

Compared with the few responders to the slam dunk contest, this year's All-Star 3-point contest is even more embarrassing, after Meng Xu won last season's All-Star 3-point contest championship with a record score, and won three consecutive 3-point contest championships, Meng Xu will not participate in this year's 3-point contest, it has become the object of attention of many 3-point players, after all, for many stars who have a face in the league, it is okay to be a background board, it is used as entertainment for the public, but being defeated by Meng Xu in that way is absolutely unbearable, I can't bear it, but I can't get him, so there is only one choice left, that is, to avoid him, as long as Meng Xu signs up to participate, we won't go, whoever loves to be abused will go. Therefore, after the registration for the All-Star 3-point contest began, no one in the entire league signed up, and even the invitations sent out by the league were all hesitant and unwilling to express their attitude, they seemed to be waiting for Meng Xu's attitude, because many media were encouraging Meng Xu to let him participate in this year's 3-point contest, so as to break the record of three consecutive three-point contest championships held by Larry Bird, Craig Hodges and Meng Xu. However, Meng Xu obviously has no interest in this, and after publicly making a tribute to his predecessors, Meng Xu said that he will not sign up for the All-Star Three-Point Contest in the future. After Meng Xu announced his withdrawal, the registration for the All-Star Three-Point Contest immediately became popular, including Ray Allen, Brent Barry, Pat Garrity, Wesley Person, Antoine Walker, David Wesley, Peja Stojakovic, and a number of 3-point players have expressed their intention to participate in this year's All-Star 3-point contest.

After Meng Xu gave up his All-Star starter to Jordan in order to fulfill Jordan, a number of NBA celebrities stood up and brushed a wave of presence, praised Meng Xu's behavior, and expressed their appreciation for Meng Xu, even Isaiah Thomas, the general manager of the Knicks who has always looked down on Meng Xu, stood up and made a statement, saying to Meng Xu through the media: There is a quality called respect, and some honors will come and go! and publicly apologized to Meng Xu for some of the behaviors he had slandered Meng Xu.

On January 30, 2013, after the dust settled on the All-Star roster, the Pacers traveled to Miami to play the Miami Heat, and in the end the Pacers won a comfortable 106-85 victory over the Miami Heat, ending all the games in January. After the team's boss, Alonzo Mourning, the core of the interior line, missed the entire season due to worsening kidney disease, the Heat, who had lost their backbone, slipped into the abyss, and at the end of 45 games, the Heat only won 15-30 and completely missed the playoffs this season. After doctors announced that Alonzo Mourning, even if he recovered, would no longer be able to sustain high-intensity games, let alone return to his former form, the Miami Heat, who were once Eastern powerhouses, had to rebuild.

Perhaps it is the league's compensation for Meng Xu, on January 31, after all the games in January, the official website of the NBA league announced that Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant won the best player in the West and the best player in the East in January, in the entire 12 games in January, the Los Angeles Lakers achieved a 10-2 record, and Kobe Bryant averaged 31 points, 7.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2.4 steals, 48% shooting, 41% 3-point shooting, Whether it is the team's record or personal data, it can be said that it is impeccable. Compared with the Lakers, the Pacers only won 8-4 in 12 games in January, Meng Xu averaged 32 points, 8.5 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 4.4 steals and 2 blocks per game, shooting 52% from the field and 43% from 3-point range, which looks very good, even better than Kobe. But the Nets' record in the entire month of January is 12-1, and the Nets' leading player Jason Kidd is averaging 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 11.3 assists per game with a triple-double, so this monthly selection is somewhat controversial, but few media have questioned this obviously greasy selection, and even the New York Times, which has been black Meng Xu, has remained silent this time, and Kidd also publicly expressed his support for Meng Xu after the selection results were released. Although since the beginning of this season, the NBA's Player of the Month has been divided into two, divided into the best in the East and the best in the West, which has led to a significant reduction in the gold content of the Player of the Month award, but it is also a surprise for Meng Xu to be able to win the Player of the Month known as the small MVP.