After Carter shocked the world by wearing a pair of Iron God sneakers, the slam dunk contest ended and the rookie challenge began.

Last season, due to the shutdown of the league, the All-Star was also canceled, and the rookie class of '98 became the rookie who failed to participate in the rookie challenge, and many people cried out for them.

The league felt that this problem could be solved, and they came up with a solution - since the class of '98 did not participate in the Rookie Challenge, then this year's rules will be changed, and the sophomores will team up to play with the first-graders!

In the past, there was nothing to see in the rookie challenge, after all, there were very few newcomers who played fame back then, and most newcomers were relatively unfamiliar in the eyes of fans. However, after the restructuring this year, 8 people were selected from each of the first-year and second-year players to form two teams, which is more familiar.

Since Carter has become the All-Star ticket king and has to play the All-Star Game, he has nothing to do with the Rookie Challenge, and Jamison, the new core of the Golden State Warriors sitting at home, was originally selected for the sophomore team, but unfortunately he couldn't play due to injury!

Oakland, which hosts the All-Stars, not to mention the All-Stars, doesn't even have players who participate in the rookie game, which is really sad and lamentable!

The starting five of the sophomore team are Jason Williams, Catino Mobley, Paul Pearce, Dirk Nowitzki, Reeve Lafrentz!

The rookie game is not like the All-Star Game, where a team of 12 people is enough, and they only need 8 players. The three substitutes are Mike Bibby, Michael Dixon, and talented Michael Olovokandi.

Da Yao and Lewis and others unfortunately failed!

The eight first-year rookies are Andre Miller, Steve Francis, Ramar Odom, Elton Brand, James Posey, Adrian Griffin, Todd Maklodge and Wally Szczebiak.

Todd Makloch is this year's second-round pick, averaging 9 minutes per game, and can score 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds, which is not good, but this rookie really does not have a good center, and the 2.13-meter-tall Makloch has become a general among the short.

Since there is only one team for first-year rookies this season, Artest, Marion, and Byron Davis, who have performed well, have not been selected!

This year's rookie challenge coach is still played by NBA celebrities. Since it is the home court of the Warriors, the head coach of the sophomore team is Al Artels, a Warriors legend.

Attells, who played for the Warriors as point guard in the '60s, was the one who passed the ball to Chamberlain. After retiring as a player, Attells became the head coach of the Warriors, leading the Warriors to championship championships, becoming only the second black coach in NBA history to lead a team to a championship. On February 10, 1977, Al Artels' No. 16 jersey was retired from the Golden State Warriors.

The second-year team's assistant coach and fellow Warriors legend, Nate Thurmond, is the first player in the NBA to score a "quadruple-double" and one of only five players who can average 20+ rebounds per game in a single season.

The head coach of the first-year rookie team was the first black coach to lead the team to a championship and the most championship-winning player in his playing days, Bill Russell.

The first-year assistant coach is the vice president of the Knicks, another Celtics legend, and the most rings of the player and coach era KC Jones.

A whistle blows, and the game begins.

Most of the rookie challenges in the previous life were the second grade and the first grade, even if the 03 golden generation could not avoid defeat, but in this 00 year, the two teams played equally, and the powerful 99 rookie finally dragged the game into overtime and won!

The first grade defeated the second grade!

Elton Brand, the '99 No. 1 pick, scored the second-highest 16 points of any rookie team, in addition to grabbing 21 rebounds, and was voted the MVP of the Rookie Challenge!

The sophomore team, the best performance was Nowitzki, who had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and Pierce made a sophomore team-high 14 shots, but only hit 5 shots, plus free throws, and scored 18 points, the most sophomore scorers.

After watching the game, Li Wei took Xie Siqi and Sylvia back to the hotel.

The San Francisco Bay Area is located around San Francisco Bay at the mouth of the lower Sacramento River, with a total of 9 counties and as many as 101 towns, including San Francisco on the San Francisco Peninsula, Oakland in the east and San Jose in the south.

Li Wei originally wanted to buy land in San Francisco, but he couldn't find a suitable one, so he bought a piece of land in Oakland and a piece of land closer to Silicon Valley. A luxury hotel was originally built on this piece of land in Auckland, and it was ready to open after renovation.

Li Fuzhen is now the CEO of Dinah Hotel Group, long before the All-Star Game, she came to Auckland, and now Li Wei and his entourage are here, she immediately led Li Wei to the reserved presidential suite, and asked softly: "Master, this room is specially arranged by me, do you see that you are satisfied?" ”

"Satisfied!" Li Wei pinched her face, "But you don't have to arrange the room for me, as a president, you have to manage the hotel's various businesses, just leave the cleaning of the room to the waiter, things should be prioritized, I would like to see you manage the hotel well." ”

"I've taken care of the hotel very carefully, but it's not a hassle to help you tidy up your room!" Li Fuzhen said as she squatted down to change Li Wei's shoes.

"Dad, I feel so uncomfortable, you can help me quickly!" Sylvia said.

Li Wei chuckled and said, "Don't come, you have to come!" ”

"It's nothing that I'm here, it's just that I've been playing for too long!" Sylvia complained.

On February 6, Sylvia gave birth to her first child, and Li Wei was going to let her recuperate at home, but she really wanted to follow Li Wei, so she came with Xie Siqi.

The child is left at home and taken care of by the child's grandmother and nanny, so there is no need to worry, but Sylvia, as the mother of the child, will not feed the child for a period of time, and it will be very uncomfortable.

Li Wei hugged Sylvia to help her relieve the pressure, and Xie Siqi and Li Fuzhen were watching from the sidelines.

"Good baby!" Sylvia patted Li Wei's head mischievously, and said to Xie Siqi: "Husband, do you want to eat too?" ”

Xie Siqi chuckled and said, "No, I'm not your son!" ”

Li Wei shook his head and said, "You two, you know how to take advantage of me!" ”

"I don't know who takes advantage of whom, you should be younger than me!" Sylvia said.

Xie Siqi asked, "Dad, how old are you this year?" ”

Li Wei said: "It's a secret! ”

After a night of silence, Li Wei took Xie Siqi and Sylvia to Fisherman's Wharf to play around. In the evening, the highlight of the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Game, began.