Chapter 191: Bad Slam Dunk Contest
"Am I that familiar with them?" Emperor Wu didn't know who messed up his hairstyle, he didn't like this way of celebrating, if it was a group of beauties around, then he naturally wouldn't say anything, even if he was more enthusiastic, but a group of black and hard just forget it.
Wu Huang finally struggled out, and was automatically sent to Miller's sister for an interview, and the fans in front of the TV saw Wu Huang with slightly messy hair and smiled: "I will participate in this competition next year, but participating in a three-point contest will not consume my physical strength, but I will not participate in other personal events in the future, even if I am asked to replace it, I will refuse." ”
Miller's sister asked, "Did you imagine before the game that you could break the record and score an unprecedented 29 points?" ”
Emperor Wu shook his head and said with a smile: "I could think that I would win because I have such confidence. But to break the record and win the championship with 29 points, I was as unbelievable as the fans in the room. If memory serves, this is the third time I've ever shot 29 points, and the first two times were in practice. ”
Miller's sister asked, "You mean, you're going to be competing in the three-point contest next year?" ”
Emperor Wu replied: "That's right, if nothing else, I will still participate." Now that I've won the championship by 29 points, the pressure is no longer on me, and my next goal is to become a treble champion like Larry Bird and Craig Hodge. ”
The fans in front of the TV have no opinion on his answer, Wu Huang also broke the record of the three-point contest no matter what he said, or an unprecedented 29 points, his three-point shooting skills can already be said to be unique in the world, and the possibility of three consecutive championships is very high. As long as it's not too bad luck. He could become only the third player to win the treble.
This time. Fans have shifted their attention from the three-point contest to the dunk contest, although the dunk contest in recent years makes people feel a little aesthetic fatigue, the dunk players seem to have run out of skills, the players lack novelty, the dunk lacks creativity, and the big-name stars have refused to participate in the dunk contest, this factor has made the dunk contest in recent years more exciting, and the ratings are not as good as before.
Wu Huang was also invited by the alliance before the game. However, he has no interest in this game at all, and he rarely slams dunks in ordinary games, so where would he run to participate in this kind of special dunk competition?
Gallinari began to instigate him on the sidelines, and if he won another slam dunk king, he would be a Grand Slam, or he would participate in the slam dunk contest in the next year.
Wu Huang still shook his head, and retorted: "If you don't win the All-Star MVP, where is the Grand Slam?" That being said, he won the Skills Challenge and the Three-Point Contest in one All-Star session. Coupled with the rookie game MVP, this has already set a record for the most championships won in an All-Star. If he wins the All-Star Game again tomorrow, he's done something unprecedented. Of course, if you can win the All-Star MVP, then it is called truly unprecedented, and there is no one to come.
But the difficulty of this task is too great, don't look at his ability to run amok in the rookie challenge and do whatever he wants, but by tomorrow's All-Star Game, he will suddenly become the least famous of the 24 players, and whether he can get more than 24 minutes of playing time is a question, let alone compete for MVP.
"David, I'll help you score tomorrow!" Emperor Wu sat between Gallinari and David Lee, and said coldly.
"Don't, I'll help you get your scores." David Lee now has no idea of earning the boss with Emperor Wu, and he reacts very quickly, and hurriedly said when he heard the words.
Emperor Wu smiled secretly in his heart, that's what he meant, David Lee is very smart, if it were that DeRozan, he would probably agree immediately, so he wouldn't be polite to that little.
"Demar, come on!" Wu Huang slandered others in his heart, but he made a smile on his face and shouted at DeRozan, at this moment, the four people who participated in the slam dunk contest have already played.
The three-point contest is over, and the much-anticipated dunk contest finally begins, and although James has broken his promise and failed to participate, the lineup of defending champion Nate Robinson, Lakers' Shannon Brown, Bobcats' Gerald Wallace and Raptors' DeRozan is also famous.
The last sentence is the commentary of the slam dunk contest and what Rocket celebrity Drexler said, in fact, this is just a polite remark, this lineup does not attract much attention at all, and the ratings of this year's slam dunk contest are probably going to hit a new low.
DeRozan also said hello to Emperor Wu, although they didn't have much cold for each other in their hearts, but they still had to do enough work on the surface.
In the first round of the game, the first to play was DeRozan, his first dunk failed, the second dunk from behind the rebound, after jumping down to change hands with both hands behind the dunk, this dunk is quite difficult, but the referee believes that his flight height and completion are not enough, only 42 points.
Wu Huang secretly laughed at the little off the court, DeRozan's bouncing and air ability if it is a full score of 10, that is, the level of 8.5 points, so once this kind of difficult aerial action is carried out, there is no super dunk like Carter in the future.
Shannon Brown, who appeared in the second game, could reach 9.5 points in jumping ability, but scored a maximum of 8 points in flexibility, coordination, and waist and abdominal strength, so he also failed to turn 360 degrees in the first free throw line, and jumped in the air after the second free throw line to change hands for dunks, but in the end, because of insufficient coordination and flexibility, he had to cancel the turn, and finally scored only 37 points.
Gerald Wallace of the Bobcats is the third to play, this person is similar to Shannon Brown, he has enough absolute jumping ability, but he is one level worse in the air, flexibility, coordination, and waist and abdominal strength. What's more, Wallace is now 28 years old, and he has long passed the peak of his physical fitness, and his 180-degree turn is buckled with both hands, and the final completion is also very low, scoring only 38 points.
Wu Huang saw the dunk of these three people, and his heart was itchy, because his air stagnation, flexibility, coordination, and waist and abdominal strength were all above 9 points, and he was easy to play in the air, but his pure jumping ability was at most 8 points. I wonder if I can get good results in this kind of competition?
". I'm going to practice jumping in the summer. This stuff can be improved through training. Wu Huang felt that he should practice jumping, even if he didn't participate in the slam dunk contest, jumping a little higher could come in handy at some point. While it's unlikely that you'll be able to train to bounce to the level of Nate Robinson's pervert, there's nothing wrong with reaching DeRozan's level, and he's only slightly worse than a nigga now.
Speaking of Nate Robinson, the defending champion was the last to play, losing twice in a row and tossing the ball high for the third time. After catching the rebounding ball, the two-handed windmill dunked violently, and the result was naturally the big one among the short ones, scoring 44 points.
In the second round of the game, the penultimate Shannon Brown fought with his back, Kobe Bryant passed the ball for him, Brown received the ball in the air, and turned 180 degrees in the air to dunk with both hands. The dunk performance was quite boring, but there was an extra bonus for calling the boss in, and he still scored 42 points.
Gerald Wallace, who appeared in the second appearance, naturally refused to suffer when he saw this, and also called for his friends. But it would be nice if Murray, who he called, didn't deduct points for him, only to see him catch Murray's floor rebound ball. Jumping under the basket and jumping over a reflexive slam dunk, he scored only 40 points.
DeRozan came out in the third game when he jumped in the air and received a pass from Williams that smashed the edge of the rebound, and a one-handed windmill dunk earned him just 41 points. If this ball is for Wu Huang to cooperate, he may be able to score another point, so the double dunk cooperation must choose a suitable partner to really play an effect.
Nate Robinson was the last to play, and after two consecutive defeats, he received a pass from Rondo and spun 180 degrees in the air for a two-handed dunk to score 45 points.
As a result, DeRozan and Nate Robinson teamed up to advance to the final, with Channon Brown and Gerard Wallace, both of whom were the most vocal pre-match players, eliminated from the tournament.
At the end of the preliminaries, Wu Huang pretended to be cheering with his Chinese, and shouted softly: "It's really boring...... It's boring......"
In the finals, Nate Robinson first prepared a rebound and ran on the back side, turning his body to dunk 360 degrees, but after two consecutive failures, Little Potato changed his movements, threw himself from outside the three-point line, and finally won the dunk, but only scored 45 points after the difficulty was reduced.
DeRozan's dunk chose to run and then leapfrog a standing teammate, receive a teammate's back-to-back board assist, and dunk with one hand. This goal also scored 45 points, because he crossed Calderon, the Spaniard is only 191cm tall, and he also supported it with his hands, so this ball is not too difficult for DeRozan.
Nate Robinson dunked the second time, and after playing the board himself, he received the rebound and turned around with both hands to reverse the rod back dunk, and the action was very elegant, and the judges gave the highest score of the day 48 points.
After the successful dunk, Nate Robinson was very proud, snatched the cheerleader's flower ball and waved it constantly, and then danced the chick dance, showing the appearance of a villain.
DeRozan was under intense pressure from Nate Robinson for the first dunk, and for the second dunk, he opted for a long-distance run-up, jumped inside the free throw line, and the little windmill glided and dunked.
Wu Huang knew that the little was going to lose this time, if the ball jumped outside the free throw line, it would definitely be a classic dunk, but unfortunately he jumped inside the free throw line, this kind of dunk in the NBA can pull out a company of players to repeat it, it is nothing at all.
The judges scored a tie of 45 points, and if Nate Robinson had won the championship according to the rules of two years ago, but the rules of the slam dunk contest have long since been changed to fan text voting, and their ratings have no effect, and the reason why these judges are still scoring is just doing their part.
In the end, after a fan vote, Nate Robinson defeated DeRozan 52% to 48%, the gap between the two is not big, it is estimated that many people are tired of this little potato, but he still won the dunk championship in the end.
Nate Robinson became the third player to win back-to-back dunk contest titles, and the first player in NBA history to win a slam dunk championship three times, surpassing the likes of Jordan and Richardson in this regard.
"Scattered" Wu Huang looked like yawning, this kind of slam dunk contest is neither creative nor difficult, just watch Nate Robinson make a fuss about his height there, it is really boring.
In fact, Nate Robinson's dunk is really not technical at all, and it is completely bullying people by virtue of his height disadvantage and perverted bounce, no wonder Howard and James are reluctant to participate. If you lose to this little green-skinned frog for this reason. That's not worth it.
After the game, the media wanted to interview Wu Huang, who had a bumper harvest today. He is the only player in history who has won the MVP of the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest and the Rookie Game at the same time, and today he is the focus of the game, and Xiao Tudou was left behind as soon as he won the championship.
Reporting on this person is not topical at all, and Emperor Wu must be interviewed before he can explain to the leader.
Wu Huang was reluctant to mention his championships, instead bringing the topic to tomorrow's All-Star Game.
A reporter from Yahoo Sports had bad intentions and first asked him, "Do you plan to compete for MVP in tomorrow's main game?" ”
Wu Huang smiled: "This is my first time participating in the All-Star Game. I'm going to go and see how this tournament is played first, and I'll answer that question this time next year. ”
An ESPN reporter then asked, "What do you think of the All-Star Game?" ”
Wu Huang replied: "The All-Star Game is an exhibition game to give back to the fans, and there are generally three situations in the performance here, one is the wonderful ball in the game, and the other is the reverse string, such as Yao Ming and the Warcraft shoot three points, and the point guard is misplaced to defend the big man, which is all a reverse performance, and the other is pure performance, such as O'Neal's crotch dribble." If all of these are done well, then this All-Star will be impressive. He then added. But I think it's a bit monotonous to always repeat this pattern, and the appropriate competition is also the highlight, so I think the first half of the show and the second half will make the game more beautiful. ”
In the end, a reporter embarrassed him and asked him what he thought of Kobe, Iverson and O'Neal's failure to compete?
Emperor Wu was very unhappy in his heart, and said in his heart, what does it matter to me whether these three people come or not?
But he replied anyway: "It's a shame that O'Neal didn't make the All-Star because O'Neal didn't retire from the stage of history, he still plays an important role in the team, but it's the result of the fans, so it's not something I can comment on." ”
After answering the three questions from the media, Wu Huang hurriedly got up and left.
According to the league's unwritten rules, players who answer more than three (including three) questions from the media after the game are not considered disrespectful to the media, and they will not be punished by the league if they are forced to leave.
Now that Emperor Wu has answered the three questions, he can leave now, and if he doesn't withdraw at this time, he is stupid!
The next day, ESPN bombarded the slam dunk contest, and they wrote in the report: There is no doubt that this is a lackluster slam dunk contest. In the whole game, there was not a single exciting dunk performance, not a single pleasing performance, which made people think of a topic, what the future of the slam dunk contest will look like, and whether it has reached the point where it must be stopped.
It's only natural that the dunk contest since 1984 is like an old man on the verge of death, who needs a shot of cardiotonic to stimulate.
Nate Robinson's victory is a sad one for the event, and this year's little potato is not at all the same as the previous Nate, and his performance is not as brilliant as the two-year showdown with Howard, which has a storyline. Now Nate is at the end of his talent, and even before the game, he was still complaining that he was tricked into this game, to paraphrase a popular phrase, he was 'won the championship'.
When the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, which has given birth to countless classics, actually relies on a second-rate star with inactive subjective wishes to save the scene, which is also an irony for the Slam Dunk Contest itself. Of course, the NBA may not have expected such a scene, and Shannon Brown from the Lakers was expected to be higher before the game. But as we've said before, neither Brown nor Nate Robinson are the league's superstars and struggle to attract the real attention of the media and fans.
In the history of the Slam Dunk Contest, there has never been a shortage of super-notch stars. Jordan, Wilkins, Carter, Maddy, and even Howard, they all left their names at the event. But like yesterday's DeRozan, he needed to use his hands to support the rider dunk, which was completely unexciting, and even made fans can't help but turn off the TV.
Among the new generation of NBA players, there are few players who are dedicated to the super-first-class stars of the new generation, and the most typical example is LeBron James.
The little emperor is amazingly physical, and fans and media alike want to see him appear on occasions like the slam dunk contest. But James repeatedly refused, and at last year's Phoenix All-Star Game, James finally relented and planned to consider participating, but finally escaped.
In the end, this year is still a disappointment, and maybe in the future, James will get a new nickname in addition to "Little Emperor" - "Zhan Ran Run".
James may have his own considerations, he wants to be a well-rounded player and doesn't want to be branded as a dunk. But such an idea is too selfish, if Jordan can devote himself to it several times, then what qualifications do you have to retreat, James? The league needs a signature star to do the promotion, and it is the duty of the players to do it. The big stage is reserved for a superstar like James, and this slam dunk contest is so boring, like chicken ribs, James also has to bear some responsibility for breaking his promise.
Some fans who defended the little emperor said that James's current status does not need to participate in such a game, but as said before, as a player in the league, James has the obligation to promote the influence of the NBA, and he can't just think about the problem from his own perspective.
At this time, it was Wu Huang who best understood why James didn't participate in the slam dunk contest.
In fact, one of the real reasons is Nate Robinson.
Because this is an opponent who can't be defeated with strength, his height makes Howard have to drink hate.
In addition, there is the most important point, that is, although James has many fans, there are also many Zhan Hei who is opposed to him, once he participates in the game, Zhan Hei will definitely vote for Nate Robinson, plus those sympathy points, then James will still lose the game nine times out of ten.
James is not necessarily afraid of losing face, but it is an unfair game, why should he participate? (To be continued.) )