In the real world, there are two such news reports.

A certain two men in suits flew to Dallas and asked Dazhi, who had just entered the Dallas Mavericks, for education and training fees, at a price of $100,000 and no counteroffer.

Da Yao had just entered the Rockets as the top pick in the draft, and someone here opened his mouth and demanded a 50% luxury tax. Fortunately, Da Yao's girlfriend is well-connected, and the two sides stalemate for more than half a year before reaching an agreement.

Under normal circumstances, an NBA player needs to pay 45% of the luxury tax to the U.S. government, 10% of the player's pension, about 4% of the agent's commission, and the personal income tax brought by nationality.

After all things considered, if you can't get a contract of more than $800,000, life will be tight.

The local players in the United States are better, as long as they play well in the NBA, the national team ignores it, and you can't help me anyway!

International players are miserable, not only have to face the strong and arrogant call of the national men's basketball team, plus the threat of nonsensical luxury tax, the entanglement of the previous team, all year round is a game, flying around in the NBA, the Olympics and a lot of other events, busier than bees, more tired than dogs.

Of course, small countries are generally easy to talk to, and they can solve these messy troubles by giving money, but large countries are more troublesome, asking for money, achievements, and more importantly, commercial gains.

The preliminary agreement between the three parties has been reached, and there is a second or even third round of negotiations, as well as the handling of various procedures, which are negotiated and resolved by the operation team.

Ussi is not a philanthropist. There is no excessive sympathy, the bottom line is set, and the professional team is responsible for it, and it is enough to listen to the report regularly.

When people live, they always have to bear all kinds of responsibilities, such as work responsibilities, family responsibilities, social responsibilities, national glory, etc., and they are a little tired. It's nothing.

After the meal, Usilis took the Hilton sisters, his two younger sisters, to visit many attractions in the capital, eat and drink, take photos everywhere to commemorate, and of course, be surrounded by fans from time to time, and leave a bunch of autographs and group photos. Wait a minute.

Sister Usy and Hilton flew back to Washington that night; And the twin sisters Amy and Emma became the new darlings of the capital's media in a day.

After a short break, classes continue, competitions continue, training continues. Life goes on.

Usilis played three more games in a week, and by February 13, he suddenly received an invitation to the NBA All-Star Game.

In three matches, Usilis remained consistent. The triple-double of the game overturned the entire Verizon Center Arena and made the entire NCAA smell discolored.

The NBA All-Star Game was not supposed to have NCAA players. Usy's 15-game outburst over three consecutive days instantly became a national hit, so a fourth resolution was passed at the NBA board meeting on January 4 to change that.

The general content of the fourth agenda is to add one more day to the All-Star Game, and add three more "Draft Invitation Three-Point Contest", "Draft Invitation Slam Dunk Contest", and "Draft Invitation 5VS5 Contest", mainly by the NBA headquarters to personally issue invitations to invite players from next season's draft.

It's a great opportunity for players who are about to enter the draft to express themselves, but there are only a limited number of slots, 12 spots in the NCAA and 12 spots for high school players.

In 1951, at the suggestion of Haske Cohen, the head of the public relations department of the NBA headquarters, and with the support of the first president of the NBA, Podorov, and the president of the Boston Celtics, Walter Brown, the NBA All-Star Game was held in the middle of the regular season in imitation of the All-Star Game of the National Professional Baseball League, and after 49 years, it evolved into today's "All-Star Weekend".

Specifically, according to the location of each team, the east and west are divided, and 24 NBA players are elected by fans and head coaches to form the Eastern All-Star Team and the Western All-Star Team to compete against each other. There are 12 spots in each of the East and West, with five starters voted on by fans and seven substitutes chosen by the head coach of each team.

The "All-Star Weekend" is a three-day event that includes the All-Star Party, the Rookie All-Star Challenge, the Slam Dunk Contest, the Three-Point Shooting Contest, the Shooting Relay Race, and the All-Star Game. Among the most exciting are the "Slam Dunk Contest" and the "All-Star Game".

The Skills Challenge competition began in 2003 and was held by Deron Williams in 25.5 seconds.

In the first slam dunk contest in 1984, Larry Nance of the Phoenix Suns held a ball in each hand, flew up and smashed the two balls into the basket, named "Thunderbolt Windmill".

In 1991, the Celtics' Dee Brown blindfolded his right arm and successfully dunked with the ball in his left hand, which was called the "Deadly Bat"; Ceballos won the title in 1992 with this trick.

In 1987, Michael Jordan of the Bulls earned the nickname "The Flyer" when he jumped to the basket from the free throw line.

In addition, there are various competitions and performances for fans and journalists, including the "Million Dollar Super Pitch Contest".

From July 1, 1998 to January 21, 1999, the seven-year collective bargaining led to a 204-day suspension of the regular season, the loss of 54 regular season games, and the delay in the All-Star Game.

Patri Ewing, president of the players' union, has proposed raising the annual salary of players, raising the salary cap, lowering the age threshold, and making it easier for high school players to enter the NBA than before.

Currently, high school players in the NBA include: Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O'Neal, Maddy, and Rashad Lewis. Historically, there was also Moses-Marlon.

David Stern said the classic phrase: "The wages of NBA players are much higher than those of ordinary people", which caused extreme dissatisfaction in the players' union, and a general strike of players was launched.

As of 2000, 47 All-Star Games have been held, with 30 wins in the Middle East and 17 in the West. At present, it is a situation of "the east is strong and the west is weak".

This year marks the 48th edition.

In the last edition, in the '98 All-Star Game, Michael Jordan won the MVP, and he deservedly won it.

According to media predictions, the MVP crown of this year's All-Star Game will go to the West, in the hands of Shaq O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers. (To be continued.) )