On February 21, 2005, the All-Star Weekend came to the last day, and the final project and finale - NBA-All-Star!

Outside the locker room of the stars in the east of the Time Warner Center, bustling reporters were waiting, long guns and short cannons were raised, and the reporters were nervous or expectant or excited, as if they were preparing for a war, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.

There was only one door away, but there was laughter in the dressing room.

O'Neal was barefoot, with a large remote control in his hand, and a large red sneaker scurrying around the locker room with a buzzing sound, as if it were an imp under the Lich King.

Jordan sat in the middle of the locker room and told some interesting stories about his first All-Star Game: "Ha, I was so excited, it was 1985, you know, All-Star Weekend wasn't as lively as it is now, but it was a big deal for me, and I got a new haircut for that."

"Haven't you been bald?" Hua Ben asked suspiciously, and the AI laughed all of a sudden, pushed him and said, "Man, you can also change your hairstyle with a bald head, such as applying some olive oil or something, that's pretty cool." As he spoke, he shook his head, and his furrow pigtails began to fly.

Jordan glared at Hua Ben and shouted, "You'd better make me bald too, damn it, I really don't understand why you made it a bancun, don't you know that blacks don't welcome bancun?" ”

Hua Ben reached out and snatched the mirror from Hill's hand, looked at the short hair standing up one by one, smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Handsome, that's it, this is a standard tough guy hairstyle!" Hi Grant, don't grab it! ”

Hill shook his fist and shouted, "This is my mirror, brother, you have to figure it out!" ”

Jordan clapped his hands and yelled, "Listen to me about my first All-Star trip, guys, that's fun." Oh shit, Shaq, your car hit me! Keep it away from me, I smell a foot stench, your shoes must not have been washed! ”

O'Neill responded loudly: "I never wash my shoes, thank you." ”

"Where's your other shoe?" Wang Zhizhi asked curiously, O'Neill smiled, took out another large sneaker from behind him, his hand pulled out, an antenna stretched out, he flipped the sole of the shoe, revealing the number plate, and smiled happily: "Who wants to call home?" The guaranteed signal is very good! As he spoke, he held up to Arenas, who had a good relationship with him.

Arenas quickly waved his hand and said with a dry smile: "Sorry Shaq, I just ate delicious dried fish, I don't want to spit it out"

Little O'Neill sat alone in the corner, with a gloomy face and did not speak, out of place with the atmosphere. He almost collapsed when he learned that this year's All-Star had changed to Charlotte, and his popularity base in this city is not ordinary.

Milicic, Wang Zhizhi, Wade, James, etc. are all participating for the first time, and they consciously sat around and listened to these bigwigs chatting and farting, but they didn't get up. Milicic played his value, Wade and James began to respect him, and the three rookies were together and chatted quite hilariously.

The locker room door was opened, Jordan looked at the time, and said in dismay, "Hey, it's not time for the interview, right?" ”

A staff member walked in, holding a large shoe.

Jordan turned around and asked the people around him, "Which of you lost your shoes?" Stand up and thank the gentleman. ”

The staff member smiled: "No, Michael, this is sent by Yao Ming, the center of the west, and he asked you to sign it, saying that he wants to treasure this shoe." ”

Hua Ben took it, wrote his name in the center with a big stroke of the pen, and then handed it to Wang Zhizhi, and said: "Your compatriots, show off your words, Chinese characters, it's cool, I like that thing very much." ”

Carter pouted and said, "Didn't you say that no one was allowed to sign autographs or take photos in the locker room?" "According to the rules, in the NBA locker room, you want to take a picture with a star or ask for an autograph, it is absolutely not allowed. Once discovered, not only will they be taken out directly by the security guards, but they will immediately become the NBA's "blacklist".

That being said, Carter was the third person to sign the sneaker, and that's his last name.

In the 2002 All-Star Game, Carter was the starter in the East, Jordan was not, because the two were the same height and similar style, and many people advocated for Carter to give up the starting position to Jordan. But Carter refused, saying, 'The fans voted to see me perform, and I can't change it because it's against the will of the fans.'" The AI then said, 'I'll give it up, the fans like me, but I like Jordan, I'll give this to Jordan.'" The key point here is that the first person to ask to give up his position was the popular king Maddie at that time, and Jordan politely declined. But in the end, it was Carter who gave up his starting position.

The staff member who delivered the sneakers smiled: "Today is different, Mr. ** Vicky is in the locker room with his three sons, asking for autographs in large quantities." ”

Jordan was furious when he heard this, and said, "Greg is too presumptuous, how can he do this?" Knowing the law and breaking the law plus a first-class Shaq, bring your stinky sneakers and phone, I'll let my son come in too, and you sign for him. ”

With such a low-level joke, the stars coped with the interviews of reporters and began to prepare for the upcoming game.

Because the Bobcats are an eastern team, this time it is considered the home of the east, with the western stars entering first, followed by the east, and Huaben as the ticket king will be the last to play. Wang Zhizhi was also the host, but because he had the lowest qualifications, the team arranged for him to play first.

Standing at the entrance of the players' tunnel, the wild shouts of the fans outside have been heard through the wall, and Charlotte's basketball atmosphere is famous in the United States.

Hua Ben stood at the end, and suddenly saw Wang Zhizhi appear in the first place, he walked over and asked, "What's the matter?" Isn't Wang a starter? Why was he the first to play? ”

The unspoken rule of the NBA is that the first person to appear is the most irrelevant person, the bigger the name is the lower the order of appearance, and the last one is the team boss and the star. The starters are generally the last five appearances, unless the team has a very popular Sixth Man of the Year, such as Ginobili of the Spurs and Crawford of the Hawks.

The accompanying NBA official explained to Hua Ben, who said angrily: "This still plays seniority? Do you mean to say that the king is not qualified? So what about his votes? Did you choose it for him? ”

The first of all was the head coach, but Jordan was dealing with reporters, so he arrived, and when he heard Wabben talking, he asked, "What's wrong?" Huaben said it, Jordan was also angry, this All-Star is almost perfect for him and the Bobcats, and now there is such a thing, it will be disgusting, so Jordan also began to roar, saying: "Don't come to this set, All-Star is one thing that everyone is happy about, racial discrimination and political events should be kept away!" ”

Milicic played the round and said, "Hey, boss, I'll be the first to play." Wade laughed, "I'm the second." ”

In the end, the stars negotiated, Wang Zhizhi appeared in front of the sharks, and O'Neal became the fifth player to play, after all, O'Neal is the oldest All-Star among these people, and now his dominance is still very strong, plus he has a high talent for entertainment, and many fans like him.

Huaben can only accept this arrangement, this year's All-Star still played through the player tunnel, and in the next few years, it was to take the lift, and then the ranking was much simpler, and the last five of the five starters appeared.

The players came out one by one, and when O'Neal arrived, the fans' cries suddenly increased, and when Huaben was the last to play, the fans were simply crazy, and countless arms stretched out densely on both sides of the tunnel, and everyone wanted to high-five him or touch him.

After the players entered, the national flag was first raised and the national anthem was played, and then the real girl group appeared, and Beyoncé led the singing.

Compared with previous years, this year's All-Star location in Charlotte was not optimistic at first, because although Charlotte is also one of the top ten cities in the United States, it is an inland city, and there is no name to hype, so there are naturally few attractive places.

For example, this time last year, at Staples Arena in Los Angeles, the NBA All-Star Game was a Broadway scene of gossip stars. Moore is holding her boyfriend Ashton, who is more than 10 years younger than him. Everywhere Kutcher goes, it's a paparazzi's go-after target, Paris. Hilton has just reached an out-of-court settlement with her ex-boyfriend Solomon over the sharing of profits from the sale of selfies surnamed Love Discs. Jackson's popularity rose sharply at the time, and the "super wrist blatant breasts incident" made her right** at the Oscars and became Robin. The object of Williams' mockery. The three of them alone contributed thousands of live photos to photo agencies around the world, so the world's media reported on the 2004 NBA All-Star Game, although it was simply a scandalous actress party, but from the side, the event received a real free high-profile publicity.

What about this year? In addition to Beyoncé or Beyoncé, sometimes she continues to dance spicy dance alone, and sometimes sings elegant love songs with the two partners of the "True Girl" group, and the entire All-Star Game show is almost all occupied by her alone. It's no wonder that Beyoncé is going to sing three nominated "Best Songs" at the Oscars a week later, and the hottest diva in the American music scene today has become the object of major performances.

In addition, the invited guests also have Brandi, who has always been half-red - if she hadn't had a boyfriend named Richardson, she wouldn't have been on the invitation list at all, and it seems that she may regret her rejection of Kobe's pursuit for a while, after all, she would have ascended to heaven and become a phoenix in one step. In addition, there is the former bar singer and "American Idol" award winner Kelly . Clarkson, she also performs very hard, but her fledgling rookie style makes her not photogenic at all.

When Bell, Alba, Eva, Cheryl, Duff and others appeared, their gaze rate was stronger than those stars, but the five of them were now very low-key, and when the lights were on them, they simply waved or sent a flying kiss, and nothing else was performing.

Alba hugged a tube of popcorn and said lightly: "It's good now, enjoy life, enjoy basketball, I used to be so tired." ”

Eva shrugged her shoulders and smiled, "Yes, all we have to do now is watch the game quietly, then sift through the contracts, and just sit and count the money." ”

A few women came up to greet him, and Iguodala gave him a heavy hug and shouted, "MVP, boss, you must MVP!" ”

(To be continued)