In the lobby downstairs of the Lamp Hotel, the sound of the piano is soothing, and the air is filled with a faint aroma. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Crowds of people mingled in twos and threes, and most of the people passing by were travelers coming and going. In the midst of this, Joe Thomas and Kelly Oubre were talking to each other, looking down at their watches from time to time, revealing a hint of anxiety.

"It's coming!"

Kelly Oubre whistled, "Wow, and his little girlfriend." ”

Li Dong took Xing Jinwen's hand and walked in front of Joe Thomas and Kelly Oubre, Xing Jinwen's face was red and shy.

"Hello, beautiful lady, I'm Kelly Oubre, Don's college classmate." Kelly Oubre's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to greet Xing Jinwen familiarly.

Xing Jinwen smiled generously and shook hands lightly with Kelly Oubre, "Hello, Mr. Kelly, I know you, you are Li Dong's best brother......

"I'm Joe Thomas, let's hurry, Dwyane Wade, they're all on their way." Joe Thomas interrupted the urge to continue chatting, briefly introduced himself, and beckoned the group to leave the hotel.

So the four of them got up and walked to the main entrance of the hotel, with Joe Thomas and Kelly in front and Li Dong and Xing Jinwen behind.

"Let's drive a car, you call the next two to wait for me here." Wesley spoke, and walked to the parking lot alone.

Descending the steps, Xing Jinwen grabbed Li Dong's hand tightly with his five fingers, and his body was next to Li Dong's body.

"What's wrong?" Li Dong asked softly.

Xing Jinwen shook his head, his face was still flushed, and his posture was very awkward.

Li Dong said with concern: "If you don't feel well, don't go, I'll pick you up directly to watch the rookie challenge in the evening, and there is nothing fun in community activities." ”

Xing Jinwen rolled his eyes, are all NBA players livestock? But she was too embarrassed to say what was wrong with her, and explained in a red face and whispered, "I'm fine, I don't work anyway, I just want to see you." ”

Li Dong was very moved in his heart, and lowered his head and kissed her cheek.

It wasn't long before Kelly Oubre came in a wide SUV, and the three of them got into the car and left the hotel immediately......

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Since the Rookie Game was established in 1994, coaches have selected the best nine first-year and nine second-year students a month before All-Star Weekend begins.

But in fact, in the earliest days, the rookie game was only a rookie game, and the players selected by the coach were all rookies who had just entered the league, but like the All-Star Game, it was divided into East and West. It wasn't until the beginning of the new century, in 2000, that the format was changed to the current Year 1 Challenge 2nd Grade, and the name of the event was changed to the Rookie Challenge.

Speaking of which, although second-year players have more game experience than first-year players, the overall strength does not necessarily completely crush first-year players, because a player's growth cycle is very long, and many players only fully release their potential and reach the peak after a long period of training.

But it is undeniable that most of the sophomores who have played for an extra year have higher tactical literacy and cooperation. So to date, the first and second grades have played each other 11 times and lost 8 times.

And when it comes to the Most Valuable Player in the Rookie Game, many well-known names will be mentioned, and many of them are still active superstars. For example, the first Most Valuable Player winner of the last century, "Penny" Hardaway, such as Li Dong's idol "Answer" Iverson.

This year's Rookie Challenge follows last year's format, with first- and second-year rookies competing against Team USA and World United.

For rookies who are new to the league, it is very commendable to get an honor to participate in the rookie game and an honor to win the title of Most Valuable Player, at least expose themselves, get a lot of opportunities to show their faces, and also prove their potential as a rookie.

But Li Dong is very uninterested in this, he is a pragmatic person, he has made up his mind early on, and he will just play soy sauce.

When you land in Toronto at night, the true charm of Northern Hollywood comes out.

Bright lights illuminate the night, like day, and the Air Canada Centre Gymnasium is like a night pearl in the night, dazzling and eye-catching.

Although it is only an appetizer rookie competition, Canada's big and small stars can't wait to show their style in front of the camera, lady-type, mature woman-type, put together a bunch, and all of them have achieved the position in the front rows. There are more, but the little stars who can't be named, but have delicate faces and hot bodies, when the camera switches, they will occasionally give a few shots, and fans ask the host who is this? The embarrassing thing is that the host doesn't know what the girl's name is......

There are also loyal basketball fans who help the NBA, including stars such as boxing stars, movie and television stars, pop stars, etc., and most of them are singing, such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Jay Z...... Even among them, there are occasional Chinese faces.

And if the team's junior brother is selected for the rookie game, as the team's big man All-Star, maybe he will also go to the sidelines to watch and help, such as Thunder sophomore James Harden and Ibaka were selected to the sophomore team, then the team's Durant and Westbrook, who came to participate in the All-Star weekend as All-Stars, both appeared on the scene to cheer for the two younger brothers on the team.

Pre-match locker room.

"Let's just relax and play, it doesn't matter if you win or lose." The head coach said a word with a smile, and then threw the tactical board very unacceptably, not ready to draw some tactics or anything.

Everyone laughed, Li Dong and Andrew Wiggins sat together, although the two were alumni, but one left the school and the other came in.

"But coach, you should always tell us where each is, there are a few swing people here!" I don't know who said such a sentence.

The manager was stunned for a moment, then he immediately smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this was my mistake." ”

"I think everyone should know the starting lineup, Emmanuel (Moodier), Lee, Andrew (Wiggins), Kristaps (Porzingis), Nikola (Jokic). Position......" The head coach said and suddenly felt that the position was not clear, Moodier point guard, Li Dong and Wiggins forward, Porzingis and Jokic inside...... He said it with a black line, and then in order to prevent someone from asking any more questions, he simply reported the position of the substitute.

"Clint Capela, Trey Lyles, Raul Neto, Dwight Powell, Bojan Bogdanovich, ......"

Moodier leaned over cheekily, "Hey, it's Lee, what a coincidence." Your Axe King is a pretty slippery game! ”

"Li, I've recently played a new instant game, which is quite fun, do you want to do it together?"

"What game? I'm just getting started with DOTA, okay? ”

"League of Legends, have you heard of it? Tsk,This game can be.,The picture is very good.,It's a lot higher than the resolution of Warcraft.,The key is-"

"What is it?" Li Dong asked very cooperatively.

"It's because this game has just started not long ago, and the people in it are still quite vegetable, and they can't mend knives, can you imagine? Isn't it a killing spree when we go in? ”

Li Dong was simply convinced, and unceremoniously refused, "Thank you for recommending, but I'll still play my DOTA, I'm a person who loves the old ......"

"Hey, then again, this arm guard on your arm today is pretty cool, where did you buy it?" Moodier lowered his head and poked Li Dong's left arm guard with his fingers.

"Oh, it's a gift from a sponsor with a dragon drawn on it." Li Dong turned his arm over and gave Moodier a demonstration.

"Hey, you actually signed a sponsor? I haven't heard the media say it! Hayward's eyes twinkled, and he immediately caught an important piece of information.

"Shhh~ Quieter voice." Li Dong said vigilantly.

Moodier: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Li Dong waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Actually, it's not a big deal, I guess you will know the news after this game, you look at the shoes on my feet." He cocked his right leg and showed the side of his shoe.

It was a pair of high-top sneakers with red as the main color, the sneakers were specially customized at first glance, and the side was painted with a golden dragon, which was exactly the same as the arm guard on Li Dong's arm. Red and gold have always been the favorite colors of Chinese, and Li Dong is no exception, the style and color of this shoe design make him very happy, and in the middle of the side, there is a large hook carved with it.

"Oh, it's Nike, aren't they pretty picky!" Hayward was stunned.

Li Dong, "It's okay, I was reluctant to pay a high price before, but after the All-Star Game list came out, I was willing to spend a lot of money, and I signed with them for 5 years." ”

"Hey, hey, how much is it, let's hear it!" Moodier asked, raising two eyebrows.

Li Dong said modestly, "Actually, it's not much, it's about the same as Durant's sneaker contract at that time, it's only fifty or sixty million!" ”

"......"