Chapter 198: All-Star Weekend (1)
Soon, All-Star Weekend will begin, which means that the best performances outside of the playoffs are about to begin, and it also means that the regular season is halfway over, and All-Star Weekend is a break for all the stars, after which the teams will enter a more intense battle.
On the 24th, Wang Meng flew to Orlando with the team's Gasol, Wallace and others to prepare for the All-Star Weekend.
The All-Star was held in Orlando, and Bydam, the star of the Orlando Magic, was the host of the All-Star Weekend. And he and Wang Meng are teammates in the Lakers, the two of them are naturally extremely happy to meet, he warmly received Wang Meng and his party, and took them to the hotel that had been arranged before, accompanied by the Thunder team who happened to arrive together.
There are a lot of people from the Thunder this time, Durant, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka, Perkins and others are here, but only Durant who participated in the All-Star Game and Westbrook who participated in the Skills Challenge are really active, and others are here to play soy sauce.
Bydam has been introducing various customs and customs of Orlando to Wang Meng and others halfway, and other people may not know much about the United States, but Wang Meng listens to it with relish, because he has not been in the United States for a long time, and he does not know much about the United States.
"By the way, Wang Meng, didn't that princess of yours come?" Bydam suddenly approached Wang with an incomparably obscene smile.
"Miss Princess?" Wang Meng stunned Bydam's tongue-twisting title, and then realized that the girl was talking about Taylor, "She's been busy lately, but she should be rescued tomorrow." ”
"Really?" The people around him, including Durant, Westbrook and others, all laughed ambiguously with Wang Meng's eyes.
"What kind of expression do I wipe you?" Wang Meng rolled his eyes in frustration.
"Okay, I'm not kidding you, I have a proposal for this All-Star Weekend," Bydam continued, with gusto, "and I want all the All-Stars to wear uniforms. ”
"Uniform attire?" The people present frowned when they heard this, not to mention the big-name players like Wang Meng and Durant, who have become the boss of the team, even Westbrook, a player who only participated in the skills challenge and played soy sauce, would not think about what an All-Star in uniform looks like.
"Dude, that's too inferior, it's not interesting at all." Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Harden, who had basically nothing to do with the All-Star weekend, spoke first.
"I don't mean complete unity, so what's the point." Badham waved his hand again and again, and then said excitedly: "My consciousness is that we should have the same style of dressing, but what kind of clothes to wear or our own top, isn't it fun to do so?" I thought that this all-star will dress with the theme of shirts and glasses, and see who looks more beautiful with it, what do you think? ”
"Shirt and glasses to wear?" Everyone looked at each other, this style of dressing is very gentle, and if it is put on an NBA star with a very fierce physical confrontation, that strong contrast does seem to be interesting.
The 24th passed like this, and on the 25th, Wang Meng was rescued early, and not only will Taylor come today, but he also needs to participate in the All-Star Rookie Challenge at night.
This year's Rookie Challenge is completely different from the original first- and second-year challenges, and for the first time, the All-Star Rookie Challenge uses a mix of first- and second-year players to play together.
There are no first and second grades, but there are more Shaq and Chuck. That's right, this time the two teams are led by Shaq O'Neal and Charles Barkley.
Chuck and Shaq's players are selected in a way that mimics the draft, which is also broadcast live on television, and the head coach of both teams will be the head assistant coach of the coaching staff of the East and West All-Star Game, and Barkley and O'Neal's colleagues at TNT TV, Mike Flatrow and Steve Cole, will also join the coaching staff of both teams; The specifics were that Fratro helped Barkley's - Chuck team, while Kerr helped O'Neal's team. On the night of the draft on February 16 local time, "Magic" Johnson will be the host, and Kenny Smith will be the honorary chairman.
O'Neal held the right to choose the first and second at that time, and this girl was not polite, and directly selected Wang Meng and Griffin, Barkley laughed when he saw O'Neal's choice, Ya didn't use his brain, the most bullish among the rookies is, of course, Wang Meng and Griffin Yes, but people still have a big game like the All-Star Game waiting, who will concentrate on playing the Rookie Challenge? These two guys were absolutely ineffective players in Barkley's mind from the start.
Barkley's picks are this year's No. 1 pick Kelly Irving and last year's No. 1 No. 1 John Wall.
The final rosters of both teams are as follows.
Team "Shaq" O'Neill
: Meng Wang, Blake Griffin, Jeremy Lin, Ricky Rubio, Greg Monroe, Landry Fields, Norris Cole, Kemba Walker, Brandon Wright and Tristan Thompson. Head coaches: Ron Adams, Steve Cole. General Manager: Shaquille O'Neal.
Team "Chuck" Barkley
: Carey Irving, DeMarcus Cousins, Gordon Hayward, Paul George, Derek Williams, Marshon Brooks, John Wall, Thiago Split, Coe Leonard, Evan Turner. Managers: Maurice Cheeks, Mike Flatlow. General Manager: Charles Barkley.
On the bright side, the strength of the Shaq team is definitely stronger than the Chuck team, but I really don't know that there will win when it really fights.
However, Wang Meng has determined that he will not play too long in the Rookie Challenge, in fact, everyone knows that All-Star Weekend is the best place to be famous, as long as you play well here, it is easy to be taken seriously, and there is really no other special meaning here, Wang Meng, these already famous players, will not play too well in the Rookie Challenge, otherwise it will suppress the rookies, and it will not be good for Wang Meng, and it will only increase the infamy.
25 Early in the morning, Wang Meng got up early, called Bydam to borrow his car, and drove to the airport, because Taylor was about to arrive, Wang Meng naturally wanted to run to meet him, this time Taylor came alone, and did not bring an assistant.