On February 17, 2006, on Friday, U.S. time, Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal, head coach Rick Carlisle and others came to Houston to participate in the upcoming All-Star Weekend.

After arriving at the hotel, Meng Xu parted ways with Jermaine O'Neal, Rick Carlisle and others, because before Meng Xu left for Houston, Nike had already contacted him in advance, Nike's Odin brand, to take advantage of this All-Star Weekend opportunity, to launch Odin's fourth-generation sneakers, from Meng Xu signed Nike to now, the Odin series of sneakers have been launched three generations, with cumulative sales of more than 15 million pairs, so in Odin's plan, after the end of last season, They will launch the Odin IV sneakers, but the sudden attack on the Auburn Hills palace group has caused the release of Odin IV to be postponed indefinitely.

Today, under the public relations of the NBA league and the team behind Meng Xu, the adverse impact of the Auburn Hills group fight on Meng Xu cannot be said to have been completely eliminated, and it has almost been diluted to a minimum, so after discussion, Nike and Odin decided to take advantage of this All-Star Game and the opportunity when reporters from all over the United States gathered in Houston to launch Odin's fourth-generation sneakers.

Since Meng Xu participated in some charity activities in the offseason last season, he was an otaku in Indianapolis, so many sponsors' activities, including the shooting of some commercials and promotional videos, were put on the All-Star Weekend.

And at the All-Star Game, head coach Rick Carlisle doesn't want Meng Xu to play too much, after all, the Pacers and Spurs are now in full swing for the first place in the league, Rick Carlisle hopes to surpass the Spurs after the All-Star Game and sit on the first place in the league, and Meng Xu has no pursuit of this year's All-Star MVP.

Western All-Stars, because it is Maddy's home court, so according to convention, the Western All-Stars will basically support Maddie to win this All-Star MVP, and on the Eastern All-Star side, Vince Carter and Allen Iverson both hope to win this honor, although the All-Star MVP is not a great award, but for Vince Carter and Allen Iverson, who are in dire need of honor, mosquito legs are also meat.

As the league's "big four scoring guards" in previous years, Vince Carter and Allen Iverson have been in a bad situation in the past two seasons, with shrinking data and declining team records.

After the press conference of the fourth generation of Odin, Meng Xu quickly rushed to the Toyota Center, and the Pacers' Salunas Jascovisius was selected for this year's sophomore rookie team, so as the boss, Meng Xu naturally had to cheer for Sarunas Jascovisius, and at the request of the league, all the All-Stars who want to participate in the All-Star Game must sit on the sidelines to cheer for these rookies, and the purpose of the league's arrangement is obvious. After all, no one wants to shell out a lot of dollars to watch a game against a player whose name they can't even name.

Compared to the All-Star Rookie Game in the Folds of the Stars in the previous two seasons, tonight's All-Star Rookie Game will be much dimmer, with first-year teams: Andrew Boggart, Luthor Hyde, Danny Granger, Chris Paul, Channing Fry, Nate Robinson, Charlie Villanueva, Bracey White. Second-year team: Dwight Howard, Salunas Jascovisius, Andres Nocioni, Devin Harris, T.J. Ford, Nenad Kostic, Delonte West, Andre Iguodala, except for the Magic's Dwight Howard, the rest of the fifteen players have not yet made any names, such a game, the excitement is estimated to be less than an ordinary regular season.

As expected before the game, the first-year team that did not have a star player fell into the disadvantage from the beginning of the game, whether it was inside or outside, it was fully crushed by the second-grade team, if it weren't for the fact that the game was dragged to the last moment, the first-grade team would have been spent, and the final result was not the slightest surprise, the second-grade team defeated the first-grade team 106-96, since Meng Xu's rookie was on the line, and the six-year-old All-Star Rookie Challenge so far, the first-year team has all lost.

However, the final candidate for the MVP of the Rookie Challenge is still slightly different from what was expected before the game, as the only star player in the sophomore team, Dwight Howard, who was crowned the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, unexpectedly missed the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, as the assistant coach of the Pacers, Lester Connell, who was in charge of the sophomore team, naturally moved the Pacers' set of tactics, so Dwight Howard, as the starting center, naturally could not get too many opportunitiesOn the contrary, Andre Iguodala of the 76ers was entrusted with the task by Lester Connell, and Andre Iguodala finally won the MVP of this rookie challenge with 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists.

"Aaron, I can't see it, you little brother can do it." In recent seasons, the 76ers have been looking for a few qualified helpers for Allen Iverson, but they are suffering from the lack of high signing and suitable chips, and the 76ers' boss is reluctant to spend money, so the 76ers have repeatedly hit a wall in the free market, which has also led to the 76ers' record in recent seasons has not been ideal, and after reaching the finals, they have been hovering on the edge of the playoffs.

"That's good." Looking at Andre Iguodala who lifted the rookie challenge MVP trophy high, Allen Iverson's eyes also showed a look of satisfaction, Andre Iguodala's talent is very good, and he will definitely become his suitable helper in time, but he is now 31 years old, and Iverson himself does not know how much patience he has to wait for Andre Iguodala to grow.