Chapter 217: All-Star Rookie Game

The All-Star Game is definitely a basketball carnival for fans, and it is also the only time in a season that fans can see the stars come together, which is definitely a basketball feast.

In China, because the All-Star Game is on February 14, US time, China just happens to be the Spring Festival, so some domestic media also call this game the Spring Festival Gala.

It can be seen that this All-Star Game has caused a sensation in China.

Don't miss out.

The All-Star Game has three days, the first day, the Rookie Contest, which is mainly set up to develop new talents.

The next day, there is an exciting slam dunk contest and other competitions, which are also very popular.

Finally, there is the All-Star Game, which is the most anticipated competition by fans, and the dinner of the previous All-Star Games is also the biggest attraction.

All-Star Game, although there is no connection between the final result and the team's record, but, as a basketball player, everyone is eager to play and fight on such a stage, not why, just to be able to stand here, standing on the stage of the All-Star Game, which means that you are the most popular group of fans among the few people in the world.

This is an honor.

And if you can be the MVP of the All-Stars, then you are definitely the star of the stars, or a superstar.

It's every basketball player's dream.

Unfortunately, Cao Jian was not selected as the starting point guard of the Eastern Conference All-Star this season, and the starting point guard was not selected. And the All-Star bench, because the All-Star bench, is selected by the coach selected by the Eastern Conference. It's a pity that Cao Jian was not favored by the coach of the Eastern District.

Cao Jian's defeat is not only Cao Jian himself, but also Chinese fans.

Why?

The reason is simple, Cao Jian's selection means that there will be two Chinese and one Cao Jian in the All-Star Game. A Yao Ming. At that time, Cao Jian and Yao Ming will be the first NBA All-Star Game derby in Chinese history, or the first Chinese derby in the history of the league.

The game didn't start. However, this does not prevent Chinese fans from imagining the next All-Star Game.

And this regret is also more cherished, Yao Ming and Cao Jian in the All-Star Rookie Game to pay attention.

Yao Ming is a rookie in '02, while Cao Jian is a rookie in '03. The rules of this year's Rookie Contest have also been changed. From the previous red team against the black team to the current first grade against the second grade, such a change in Chinese fans is also to raise their hands in favor, not for anything else, just for such a competition system, isn't it unexpected that Cao Jian vs Yao Ming can be realized on the all-star stage?

This makes fans feel jelly when they think about it.

Because, it's worthless.

But this time is different. There are two players from China participating in this rookie competition, China Sports Channel and various sports live streaming websites. The game was also broadcast live.

Among them, the basketball live broadcast website, the more famous is Sohu.

Chinese fans are also looking forward to this game.

On the contrary, Cao Jian is not interested in the All-Star Game Rookie Competition, and it is acceptable to participate in the All-Star Game, which he really can't arouse any interest in.

If it weren't for the fact that the system had a task, Cao Jian would really tell the coach who led the team and let him try not to arrange himself to play, this kind of performance game is not suitable for him, what he needs is to do it with real knives and guns, not to play.

With Cao Jian's mentality, as well as Yao Ming, when he was interviewed, Yao Ming was also lacking in interest, and he answered the reporter's questions without a match.

On the contrary, Cao Jian's teammate James, as well as a large number of 03 generation players such as Carmelo, Wade and Bosh, are on the rise, and the first time always makes people feel extra excited, in addition to them, the most exciting is the best rookie Xiao Si in 02.

This guy is tightly surrounded by the American media, and he is talking to the media, pointing out the country, and making boundless jokes.

Xiao Si, this person Cao Jian, is very familiar.

It can be said that Cao Jian may know better than Xiao Si himself about what will happen to him in the next few years.

02 first round 2002 NBA Draft first round ninth pick was selected by the Phoenix Suns, and was elected the best rookie of the 2002-03 season, and also the NBA's first high school student rookie of the year.

However, after he left the Suns, his lack of personal offensive ability with the ball was also highlighted and criticized, and then declined.

Looking at the high-spirited Xiao Si, Cao Jian also smiled, didn't say anything, he hadn't achieved any results, he just bullied the rookie who was weaker than himself, he was so arrogant, no wonder it was difficult to make a big deal, Cao Jian thought so.

Of course, this was just thinking in Cao Jian's heart, he didn't say it.

Compared with Xiao Si, there are only a few Chinese reporters around Cao Jian, and Yao Ming is similar to Cao Jian, who is also cold.

And Cao Jian's friend and teammate James was treated similarly to Xiao Si, Anthony and James were similar, and the media also regarded Anthony and James as Bird and Johnson back then, constantly throwing out all kinds of questions.

Cao Jian is the first point of attack in the knight, and he is very popular in the knight, but compared with the 03 golden generation, Cao Jian's popularity is still slightly insufficient.

Oh, it's not insufficient, it's that there's no comparison at all.

It can be seen that the problem of racial discrimination against Cao Jian by American journalists still exists, and it is still very serious, as I said before, in the NBA, where blacks dominate, white and yellow people want to get results, it is necessary to be excellent, but it is not enough to be excellent, you have to be better than others.

Taking advantage of the gap in the interview, Yao Ming also told Cao Jian about this problem.

Cao Jian also had a deep understanding of this, but he still listened very carefully.

……

After all the morning was over, the All-Star Rookie Game was around seven o'clock in the evening. It was also officially opened.

The game has not yet started, however, the scene of the game. It was also crowded with spectators and fans, the scene was extremely noisy, all kinds of sounds were intertwined, very chaotic, for, this kind of scene, though. It was the first time to experience it, but Cao Jian was not nervous at all. On the contrary, he was still a little excited.

I don't know why, I don't know when it started, the game. The more people there are. Cao Jian will also become more and more excited.

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On the Chinese side, Sohu Entertainment also broadcast the game live, and the guest they invited today, Mr. Meng Xiaoqi, a senior basketball editor and reporter of "Sports Weekly", was a guest on Sohu to watch the NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge and communicate with netizens.

The game hadn't started yet, and they had started chatting about it.

The moderator said: Hello everyone! Meng Xiaoqi, the editor and reporter of "Sports Weekly", has come to Sohu. You watch the live stream and give everyone a review of the game.

The moderator said: Everyone is welcome to ask questions about the competition! You can also ask other questions about the NBA, about basketball.

Moderator: A netizen just mentioned that this game is a rare derby battle in China. Netizens asked Mr. Meng to predict for us, who will win this Chinese derby?

Meng Xiaoqi said: Second-graders. Although, this year's newcomers are all great, including James, Wade, Anthony, etc., but I still don't think the first-graders can beat the second-graders.

Moderator: Mr. Meng, did you miss Cao Jian?

Meng Xiaoqi: No. Yao Ming's desire to express himself is not very strong, and I have interviewed him, and I know this very well. It is undeniable that Cao Jian's personality is somewhat similar to Yao, they are both relatively low-key and do not like to dazzle, maybe our wishes will be disappointed. I don't think it's the right place for either of our domestic players.

Moderator: Who is most likely to win the MVP of the rookie game?

Meng Xiaoqi: The first-year rookie has to score the most is definitely James. And the second year will win the game, and there is no one in the second-year squad who can wrestle with Xiao Si, I think it is Xiao Si.

Moderator: Then you can comment on Stoudemire

Meng Xiaoqi said: Stoudemire has not performed particularly well because of his intermittent injuries this year. And because the Suns have made consecutive trades, the overall strength of the team has declined. So everyone feels that his momentum seems to be significantly worse than last year. But a high school player like this usually doesn't make a real leap in level until the third season. So, I think as long as he is given time, he can grow to the heights of Garnett and Duncan.

Moderator: What are your thoughts on NBA rookies? Judging from the current situation, can Cao Jian win the title of best rookie?

Meng Xiaoqi: Everyone may be very concerned about James and Anthony, they are really very good, as soon as they entered the league, they didn't go through many games, they gained the trust of the coach, and played the starter and the main team, becoming the core of the team. I have to emphasize here that our national hero Cao Jian is also very good, from free agent, to substitute, to the best substitute, to the starter, to the team's attack point, the strongest attack point, he is very powerful, very powerful, no one in the history of Chinese basketball has done this, no one has done this, no one has done this, he has created Xianhe.

Meng Xiaoqi: Cao Jian has done this, which is already very good, and even Yao Ming can't compare. However, I have to say that Cao Jian's physical fitness, whether compared with James or Anthony, he has no advantage, it is true that he performed extremely well in the previous season, but I think he is still a lot worse than James and Anthony, not to mention anything else, just say that his physical fitness, this is his hard injury, so I think the best rookie, either James or Anthony, Cao Jian can only rank third. Please don't spray me, I'm just talking objectively.

What Meng Xiaoqi said is not unreasonable.

As soon as his words came out, Cao Jian's fans also immediately spread rumors:

You know yarn, huh?

Garbage guests, ask to return the guests.

In the past, I liked Lao Meng's explanation the most, but now there is no love.

……

Meng Xiaoqi is also sincere enough, in fact, he can not say this, but who told him to be so sincere?

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he was scolded like this, and he had a hard time this year.

In fact, there are most people who have views with Meng Xiaoqi, among them, the most typical is Barkley, who was called Cao Jian's number one black by media reporters.

In this match, Barkley and his partner Kenny. Smith was also invited to comment on the game, and his views were surprisingly consistent with Meng Xiaoqi's, "Man, aren't you asking me to guess who will win, and who will win the MVP?" Do you think a freshman can beat a second-year, or do you think a college student can beat a professional player? Do you think there is anyone more suitable for this MVP than Xiao Si? Obviously, this can't be. ”

He also spoke out, but because of the different circumstances, he didn't get much criticism.

At the end of a series of pre-game preparation activities, the much-anticipated All-Star Rookie Game officially kicked off.

The main lineup sent out in the first year is:

Center: Chris. Bosh

Power forward: Carmelo. Anthony

Small forward: LeBron. James

Shooting Guard: Dwyan. Wade

Point guard: Cao Jian

The main lineup sent out in the second year is:

Center: Yao Ming

Power forward: Boozer

Small forward: Xiao Si

Shooting guard: Ginobili

Point Guard: Sheila. Leo

The players on both sides lined up and came to the middle circle, Yao Ming and Bosh jumped the ball, and played jump ball with Yao Ming, isn't Bosh looking for death?

Without the slightest accident, Yao Ming first won the first prize for the sophomore team, the basketball came to the hands of the snake Ginobili, the Argentine attacked with the ball, he didn't have any idea of passing, he came here purely for fun, or for performance, there was no need to pass the ball, to put it bluntly, this game was purely a personal show.

The spirit snake swims, in fact, he can't do this, no one here will defend seriously, so Ginobili came to the penalty area very easily, went to the basket, and directly pulled up a one-handed slam dunk, which detonated the whole court at the beginning.

In the first grade, Cao Jian served, and the basketball was handed over to his teammate James, and when it came to this kind of occasion, James who loved Xuan and showed off also forgot what position he played, and the basketball did not return to Cao Jian's hands, James dribbled all the way down and came to the three-point line, and Yao Ming on the inside came out and faced James.

This is also the game, which was called the biggest gimmick of the game by the media, James vs. Yao Ming, outside the three-point line, the two faced each other.

Although Yao Ming is known as the highest height in the league, defending James in the high post is not what he is best at at all, he raised it from the inside and broke away from his territory.

James directly took Yao Ming away, rushed straight to the basket, and rose from the ground, which was his best tomahawk-style split, and the Stamp Center, which was already boiling, became boiling again.

Back here, the second-graders were also very cooperative, handing the ball to Yao Ming and letting Yao Ming go to singles, Stern had already given the order, and everyone dared not obey.

However, Yao Ming is really not a performative player, and this kind of occasion is not suitable for him.

Against Bosh under the basket, Yao Ming took advantage of his height, turned around, and split Bosh with one hand, unfortunately, the basketball bounced out of the basket directly, flew far away, and the scene was silent, and after that, there was a burst of boos, because this was Yao Ming, and the boos on the scene were even more prosperous. (To be continued......)

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