Chapter 68: All-Star Rookie Game
This year's Rookie Game will continue to be played in a mix of first- and second-year players, with nine players per team, and the roster of players participating in the Rookie Game will be selected by the assistant coaches of each NBA team. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
This year's rookie game is still split between the teams of Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal, and Barkley and O'Neal will still serve as the team's head coach.
Leaf, Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard will be the focus of first-year freshmen, with Davis averaging 7.6 rebounds per game this season and topping the rookie list with 1.8 blocks, while Lillard is averaging 18.1 points and 6.6 assists per game and topping the rookie list and winning back-to-back Rookie of the Month awards.
However, Ye Feng's performance is also very good, currently averaging 19.3 points, 8.1 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game, and he has been suppressing Lillard to become the rookie of the week for several consecutive weeks.
Kyrie Irving is undoubtedly the brightest star in the sophomore season, averaging 23.9 points, 5.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game this season, shooting 47% from the field, and scoring 34 points in his rookie game last season to win the rookie game MVP. In addition, Parsons of the Rockets also managed to make the list.
Soon, in the center of the court, the grouping of Barkley and O'Neal began, and O'Neal, who was selected first, was the first to choose Ye Feng and said to Ye Feng with a smile: "Ye, I'm looking forward to you continuing to be able to hit Charles in the face, you must know that I lost to Charles in the rookie game last time, I hope you can help me win this game!" ā
"Thank you for your trust, I will do my best!" Ye Feng smiled and high-fived O'Neal, and then waited for O'Neal and Barkley to continue to select.
"Damn, why did you take Ye Xuan away? How do you know I'm going to pick a leaf? Barkley muttered dissatisfiedly, and then chose Kyrie Irving, who had already chosen in his heart.
Then, one by one the players were separated, but quite surprisingly, O'Neal's second choice was not Lillard, but Anthony Davis, in O'Neal's words, their team has Ye Feng as a point guard, and this year's champion Anthony Davis was included in O'Neal's bag.
Eventually, the grouping results were released.
The "Shaq Team" is made up of Ye Feng (Lakers), Anthony Davis, Dean Waiters, Tyler Zeller (Cavaliers), Andrew Nicholson (Magic), Klay Thompson [Warriors], Harrison Barnes (Warriors), Chandler Parsons (Rockets), Michael Kidd Gilchrist, Kemba Walker (Bobcats), etc.
And the players of the "Barkleys" are Lilard (Trail Blazers), Kyrie Irving (Cavaliers), Kenneth Faried (Nuggets), Coy Leonard (Spurs), Bradley Beal (Wizards), Rich Rubio, Alexy Sherved (Timberwolves), Tristan Thompson (Cavaliers), Nikola Vucevic (Magic), Brandon Knight (Pistons), Isiah Thomas (Kings).
As soon as the squad came out, the two teams began to train, but it was more just to show their strength to the fans, more of a desperate dunk to attract the attention of the fans, even the two teams of Barkley and O'Neal did not care, the All-Star rookie game was more of an entertaining game, and generally no one would defend in the first three quarters.
There is no tactical routine, just one word "dry"! That's right, you can play as much as you want, give full play to your strength, especially in the first half, time flies quickly, O'Neill blew the whistle and made a simple speech: "It's a pleasure to play with your group of talented players, you must know that the strength of our team is no worse than the other party, we need to play fast attack, we have to give full play to our fast advantage, remember, the victory must belong to our O'Neill team!" ā
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
O'Neill's players put their hands together, and then cheered together, they returned to the team's locker room, O'Neal returned to the home team's locker room with a group of his players, O'Neal's team is the home team's position in this game, as the home team's locker room is still more luxurious.
As soon as they entered the locker room, everyone found their own cabinets and began to change their jerseys, there was no separate jersey in the rookie challenge, they were all jerseys of their respective teams, Ye Feng naturally wore the No. 9 jersey of the Lakers, the one with the main yellow tone.
"Alright, guys, I announce that our starters for this game are: Ye Feng, Dean West, Klay Thompson, Andrew Nicholson, Anthony Davis, come on, let's cheer for the championship! We're going to beat the damn Barkleys! ā
O'Neal was the first to stretch out his right hand, then put his hands together with the other players, and then shouted cheers before walking out of the arena.
At this time, the lights of the entire Brown Center suddenly became dim, and then the exciting rock music sounded, and then under the report of the live DJ, the players appeared one by one, because it was a rookie game, so there was no difference between the two teams home and away, and every rookie appearance would cause a huge fan cry.
The first to play was the Cavaliers' star Kyrie Irving, last year's champion show, Kyrie Irving only took one season to completely determine its All-Star level strength, naturally the fans cheered the most, and the fans at the scene burst into thunderous applause and cheers.
The second is Lillard, although Ye Feng's recent performance is a little better than Lillard, but in the heart of the United States, he still believes that Lillard is the best rookie this year, Lillard led the Trail Blazers to chase the playoffs ticket, Lillard has been suppressing Anthony Davis to become the best rookie for several months, and it has attracted the attention of many fans.
followed by Ye Feng's appearance, although the cheers of the fans in the audience were not as enthusiastic as the first two players, but they still made many fans cheer, and Ye Feng's performance in the Lakers before also made many fans impressed, whether it was riding Durant or several consecutive wins.
The game started soon, the starting lineup of the Barkley team is Lillard, Irving, Beal, Faried, Tristan Thompson, from the perspective of the lineup, the Barkley team's lineup is more average, with full-time centers and brutalist power forwards, plus the position of scoring guard Irving and Beal are both strong players, in comparison, everyone is more optimistic that the Barkley team can beat the O'Neal team again this year!