Heading into 2002, Brown started to have some headaches because this year's All-Star Weekend was coming up soon. In his opinion, this is a good time to rest, which is equivalent to the league giving itself a vacation, especially since he became the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star last year with the team's record, and this year it will not be his turn anyway, so it is better to rest at home.

He can be easy, but the 76ers will get very busy, in addition to Iverson and Reed selected for the All-Star Game, three rookies in Dalem Porter, Arenas and Oku are selected for the Rookie Challenge, and Lewis will once again play in the three-point contest. In fact, the league also named Reed to participate in the rookie game, but he already planned to play soy sauce in the game.

Last year, Reed played very well in the rookie game, but now that he is a member of the championship team, it is a bit suspicious to go to the rookie game again. So Reed decided to talk to the coach before the game, anyway, after the rookie game is selected, who starts and who comes off the bench is decided by the coach, and now he is not a big star, and the coach should not refuse.

While Brown has a headache about the upcoming All-Star, the other teams are just jealous and jealous, and they don't have so many people on their team who can make it to the All-Star Series. In their opinion, their own players participating in the All-Star can further increase attention, and they can't get an extra spot if they want to, who is like you to take advantage of and sell well?

Originally, Chang Wei didn't plan to go to the scene to watch the game, but this year they are the host, and the venue of the All-Star Game is Philadelphia, so it seems unreasonable for him not to appear at the scene. In fact, if it weren't for the team getting a large number of free tickets, Chang Wei would prefer to watch the live broadcast in front of the TV, and then have some beer and popcorn, which is not too leisurely. Chang Wei never denies that he is an otaku, and he is also a technical nerd, but since the tickets have been sent to his hand, let's go!

So during the three days of All-Star Weekend, Chang Wei appeared in the audience at the league's No. 1 Center Arena, and he was quite low-key. Generally speaking, only those fans who have long held the VIP seats behind the team's bench can recognize him, and other fans will only think that this guy is a little familiar, and it is far from recognizing Chang Wei's true identity.

Lewis still failed to win the three-point contest, and it is no wonder that he has been reduced to a certain extent by the improvement of the team's overall strength, and this year's three-point contest is also a strong player. In addition to Ray Allen, Peja and Nash, who appeared on the field last year, the likes of Pierce, Quentin Richardson and Mike Miller have also joined the battle for the three-point contest. Although Lewis made it to the final, he still lost to Peja by two points, but it was already a surprise for him to surpass Ray Allen, who was the last three-point champion.

What makes Chang Wei more interested is this year's slam dunk contest, because this year there is a more cheating idea, although it is intended to pay tribute to the predecessors of the flyer, but it also stifles the player's own creativity, that is, the big turntable. There are a total of six options on the big wheel, and the player must turn the big wheel first for the last dunk of the preliminaries and the first dunk of the final, and the pointer must dunk with the specified action to select whichever one is selected.

The six options are Jordan's Aerial Legends, Dr. J's Signature Dunk, Human Movie Essence, '80s and '90s, and the last question mark is an optional move. The dunks of Jordan, Irving, and Wilkins are naturally some of the most prized shots in NBA history, but a tribute for the sake of a tribute seems a little contrived. So the idea died after only one year of use, and just like in the previous life, Jason Richardson from the Warriors defeated Gerard Wallace to win the championship.

In fact, Chang Wei wants to know who came up with such a useless idea, the actions of the three predecessors of the flyer are really powerful, and they can also evoke the memories of many old fans, but the creativity of the players themselves has been suppressed like never before, and Chang Wei prefers to see some novel dunk actions that have never appeared before.

After the two individual competitions, we can only wait for the All-Star Game, and the skills challenge that competed with the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest in the previous life will not officially land in the NBA until next year, and this is directly related to the American Dream Team's success at the World Championships in Indiana. Although the United States lost to Argentina and Yugoslavia in this World Championships and missed the semi-finals for the first time, Chang Wei did not intend to remind those arrogant Americans, anyway, even if he said them, they would not listen.

There are still a lot of highlights to see in the All-Star Game, but Chang Wei is not too interested in this pure performance, and the Western All-Stars have taken the initiative on the court from the beginning, even if the venue is in the east. Perhaps in order to show off his might on the territory of his sworn enemy, Kobe Bryant, who was the starting point guard in the West, treated this game as a playoff or even the Finals from beginning to end, and his furious performance directly stunned the Eastern All-Stars, and finally lost by as many as 15 points 120-135.

The All-Star MVP undoubtedly went to Kobe Bryant, who scored 31 points on 12-of-25 shooting, while also contributing five rebounds, five assists and one steal. Jordan, who was opposite him, was completely blown up, and the old Flyer was unable to block the impact of his juniors, with only 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in the game.

Watching Kobe Bryant hold up his career's first All-Star Game MVP high in the center of the court, Chang Wei showed a smile of unknown meaning. Obviously, regardless of whether he is reborn or not, Kobe Bryant will slowly grow into the top star in the league, but it is difficult to say whether he can win so many championships in his previous life. At least now Chang Wei has helped the 76ers snatch a championship that the Lakers should have been able to grab, and if nothing else, he will continue to steal the title that should belong to the Lakers.

As members of the Eastern Conference All-Star, Iverson and Reed looked a little lost, apparently because their teams lost the game. However, in Chang Wei's view, they have not learned to treat All-Star Weekend with the right attitude, in fact, except for the All-Star MVP, all the other wins and losses do not need to be cared about at all, and no matter how important they are, they will not exceed the championship. So a lot of stars will paddle on the All-Star court because they don't want to fight the court while everyone else is resting, after all, not every star in the league has the opportunity to participate in the All-Star Game.