Chapter 160: Gathering in Dallas

This year's All-Star Weekend was held in Dallas, and this is the second time the Dallas Mavericks have hosted an All-Star Weekend.

To that end, the Dallas settled on the newly built Cowboys arena, which cost $1.1 billion and had about 100,000 seats, is a testament to the Dallasians' deep pockets.

Dallas has a good economy, being the largest metropolis in the South and ninth in the United States, and even has a gradual upward trend.

That's why Mavericks owner Cuban is so emboldened to squander money to build the team, and the Mavericks roster is now paying an expensive luxury tax, which has always been something only the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers can do.

Lee Se-ho and Kevin Love both had All-Star Weekend games, while Gasol Jr. and Brewer and others had nothing to do and chose to stay home and spend this enjoyable All-Star weekend with their families.

Li Shihao and Kevin Love are both selected players in this year's All-Star Rookie Game, but Kevin Love will not partner with Li Shihao this time, and this time Lefu will be Li Shihao's opponent in the rookie game.

The All-Star Rookie Game, in which the second-year rookie plays against the first-year rookie, is often a spectacle in which the rookies don't defend too hard during the game, but instead show off their offensive skills a few more times on the offensive end to increase some exposure.

In such a feast for the eyes, fans are naturally willing to participate and come to watch, there is no guarantee that there will be no future superstars among each rookie, and it is quite interesting to see the youthful performance of future superstars in their youth.

This time for All-Star Weekend, Li Shihao and Lefu went together, and by the time the plane landed in Dallas, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time. The whole of Dallas is brightly lit and shrouded in darkness, but below it is a bustling atmosphere that never sleeps.

After 24 years, the NBA All-Star Game was held again, and it was still a newly built game arena, and fans in Dallas were naturally quite happy, and the streets and alleys were hung with posters for the All-Star Game.

Among them, the most posted is still Novitsky. As the symbol of the city, the German tank dedicates a wonderful game to the fans every night, which makes the Dallas fans love Nowitzki so much that they want to hold it in the palm of their hands like a baby.

Nowitzki was the host, and after learning that Li Shihao and Lefu had arrived, they came to greet him.

"Welcome to Dallas!" When Dirk. When Novitsky came out of his mouth in hard Chinese, Li Shihao couldn't help but laugh.

Dirk was obviously unaware of the strangeness of his Chinese language, and he had been practicing for a long time as the host. He had learned several different languages, all of which were welcome to Dallas, and he was well prepared.

Dirk. Nowitzki placed Li Shihao and Lefu in a local downtown hotel in Dallas, and arranged the service very thoughtfully, so that Li Shihao, who had taken the plane for a long time, had a good night's sleep.

The next day Dirk. Nowitzki took Li Shihao and they wandered around the streets of Dallas to see the customs and customs of Dallas.

Unlike when I came to play games in the past, this time I came to Dallas with the mood of tourism and fun, and I still felt quite flavorful.

Many of the buildings in the city have a sense of history. Many of them are from the 19th century, and the rough and cold marble is very good to the palm of your hand.

There was Dek Nowitzki, who was a landowner, as a tour guide. Li Shihao and Lefu naturally had a lot of fun.

In fact, aside from the fans and the team, the relationship between NBA players is still very good, and the players who are really in a tense relationship are a few after all.

Dek Nowitzki is clearly an excellent talker, and as one of the few foreign players in the NBA, he has a good relationship with Yao Minash. Especially Nash, Dirk and Nash have been teammates, and this relationship has not cooled even after many years.

In previous All-Star games, there were many wonderful pictures of Nash passing the ball to Dek Nowitzki, even if the two were not on the same team for many years. However, the degree of tacit understanding has not decreased at all.

In this All-Star Game, only two players from the Dallas Mavericks were selected, Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, the old demon Kidd is old, and he won't pay too much attention to a game like the All-Star Game with some show elements, and the playing time is not too much.

And Steve Nash also announced that he would not participate in this year's All-Star Game due to injury, which is true, and more I am afraid that he still does not want to come to Dallas, and returning to the old place will only increase Steve Nash's sorrow.

Cuban, the owner of the city, still holds a grudge against Steve Nash, and he even privately told the media: If Nash participates in the All-Star, he will not do a little publicity for Nash!

However, Dirk Nowitzki is not easy to say anything about his boss Cuban's remarks, but he is quite sorry that Steve Nash is out of the All-Star Game.

Li Shihao smiled and explained: "Dirk, although Steve Nash won't be here this year, I will still pass the ball for you, and you are also one of my fans!" ”

This time Li Shihao came to Dallas, Dirk also specially asked Li Shihao for a signed jersey, and now it is used by Li Shihao to make fun of it, and Dirk also finds it quite interesting.

This year's All-Star Game is a little darker than the previous two years, Kobe Bryant and Nash announced their withdrawal from the All-Star Game due to injury and was replaced by Jason Kidd, and the very popular Iverson also gave up this All-Star Game because of his daughter's illness and was replaced by David Lee.

There is also Blazers youth leader Brandon Roy who also withdrew from the game due to injury.

So many stars are absent from this year's All-Star Game, which undoubtedly makes the popularity drop a lot, and the league is even quite troubled, but fortunately, the appearance of Li Shihao made up for this in time, and many Chinese came to watch this year's All-Star Game.

Li Shihao's own kung fu superstar Jet Li has already talked to Li Shihao that he will appear in this year's All-Star Weekend to cheer for his little brother, which makes Li Shihao quite moved.

Jet Li doesn't even make movies much now, focusing on his public welfare, but he can still take time out of his busy schedule to cheer himself on, he definitely takes care of Li Shihao very much, and this intention is definitely for the sake of Chinese blood.

In addition, black Chen Jianzhou, Taiwanese singers Fan Weiqi, Huang Yi and other celebrities from the Chinese community have come to Dallas to prepare for this year's All-Star Weekend. (To be continued.) )