Chapter 996: Sixty Years of Glory

Regarding the 60th All-Star, fans may forget a lot about it in the future.

For example, in this All-Star, the Green Shirts once again successfully sent four players, three of these four are unfortunately old, otherwise they can rule an era together, even if they are approaching the twilight of their careers, the combination of these three is still ruling the East.

For example, in this All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant became the No. 4 scorer in the All-Star Game, and he has the strength to compete with Jordan, as long as Kobe Bryant can stay healthy in the next few All-Star Games, he may have a chance to become the All-Star Game scoring champion in a certain year.

For example, in this year's All-Star and Rookie Game, the first-year and second-year students combined to score 300 points, showing the offensive talent of basketball to the fullest and impressive.

For example, a handsome little guy, Stephen Curry became the first guard in NBA history to win both the three-point title and the Skill Challenge king, and it has been understood that as long as the kid stays healthy, he will surely leave his name in guard history.

However, no one will forget that this All-Star is Chamberlain's rise to prominence, and since this year, his dominance has not only been in the regular season, playoffs and Finals, but also in the All-Star Game.

At the end of the game, Chamberlain proudly stayed on the basketball court, Stern smiled and walked up to shake his hand, and then rightfully handed him the MVP trophy, the fans stood up and applauded, Chamberlain kissed the MVP trophy, and then raised it above his head.

At this moment, he is the emperor who raised his scepter!

Chamberlain, his team, and his fans got their wish, and with this All-Star, he finally established himself as the No. 1 active player.

It may be a little unimaginable that the All-Star Game, which has now become the signature of the NBA, was originally held to "save the market" - in the 50s of the last century, the NBA was just starting out with multiple problems such as business difficulties, low attendance rate and commercial development, in order to enhance the influence of the NBA, Hasker Cohentyy, who was then the head of public relations at the league headquarters, followed the All-Star Game of professional baseball in the United States, and in the middle of the regular season, the best players selected from the East and West regions played against each other.

The inaugural All-Star Game attracted tens of thousands of fans to watch the game, and the All-Star Game embarked on a path of vigorous development.

Fans have always talked about the golden generation of the '84 draft -- Olajuwon, Jordan, Barkley and Stockton, and the likes of Olajuwon, Jordan, Barkley and Stockton, in fact, 1984 was also a new milestone for the All-Star Game - before that, the All-Star Game was the only one, only the East and West Star Match, and since '84, the concept of All-Star Weekend has taken the annual event to a whole new level - the first slam dunk contest was held in '84, which won the unanimous popularity of fans in one fell swoop. The league decided to make the slam dunk contest a fixture of All-Star Weekend; Two years later, the three-point contest also kicked off.

In 1994, the East-West Rookie Rivalry was introduced, and in 1999, it was changed to a first-year rookie vs. a second-year rookie. After that, All-Star Weekend introduced the Shooting Star Contest and the Skills Competition. The All-Star Weekend has evolved into a full-fledged three-day event where stars and entertainment meet, as well as fans participate. After years of continuous development, All-Star Weekend has become an annual holiday for basketball fans around the world.

Generations of great stars have made the All-Star Game a long-lasting experience. Abdul-Jabbar has played in 18 All-Star games, holding the all-time record for appearances and 449 minutes in an All-Star game, with O'Neal coming in second place with 15 appearances; This Los Angeles All-Star Game is Garnett's 14th All-Star Game experience and the 13th for Kobe Bryant and Duncan.

Jordan's 262 points are the All-Star Game scoring record, and the highest All-Star Game total for an active player is Kobe Bryant.

And the youngest to win the All-Star MVP is Chamberlain, few people still pay attention to it, and this year's SUPER-Z is only 22 years old!

Chamberlain attended the post-match press conference on behalf of all the stars, and of course, after the game, the stars were surrounded on the pitch by reporters, who had received enough news.

Chamberlain was the focus of the press conference, Bryant was the focus of off-court interviews, and he was surrounded by the most reporters.

Drummond, a well-known reporter for ESPN, asked, "Kobe, you don't seem to be in shape tonight, and this time the All-Star seems to be in the spotlight for young players." Do you realize? ”

Kobe Bryant smiled and said, "They deserve attention." I've come from young players myself, you know what I mean, it's very rewarding for the game to have young stars like Z, Rose, Griffin coming in. It's important for me to make way for them. ”

The reporter of the Philadelphia Sentinel asked in surprise, "Make way for young people?" God, it's not the Black Mamba's style, but I see you didn't stick to the singles with the ball on the court, but passed to Chamberlain many times, did you realize anything? We know you want to break records, but do you want to win the MVP title? ”

Kobe Bryant nodded and said: "Of course I want to get the MVP, but God won't give all the apples to one person, Z did a good job, I'm not surprised that he can get the MVP, but if he can't get the MVP with his appearance, I will be surprised." ”

At the press conference, Chamberlain became the darling of reporters, and the first reporter from USA-TODAY to ask a question asked: "Z, hello, congratulations on winning the MVP, we all know this is your first home All-Star Game, is it because of this that you are particularly excited and want to get the MVP?" ”

Chamberlain shook his head and replied, "It's one reason, it's not the only reason, I just want to play hard." I think I have a sense of responsibility because we were voted All-Star by the fans, and the fans just want to see us play hard. ”

"Have you ever thought about winning MVP? If you're not in good shape, do you have to work hard to win the MVP? ”

Chamberlain said frankly: "Of course, I made it clear before the game that I must win the MVP. But to be honest, I couldn't even straighten my legs for a dunk, so it was a tough game today. However, I didn't worry about this trophy because I never felt like I was going to be in bad shape. ”

This is a bit bullish, but Chamberlain does have this qualification and confidence.

Another reporter asked, "Which part do you think is the most exciting tonight?" ”

Chamberlain started to show his maturity and he smiled: "Honestly, guys, it was a great day, every moment was exciting, it was kind of like being in the dressing room and everybody talking and laughing, which was the most fun for me and I enjoyed it. ”

In the following week, even if the regular season continued to be played, and because it was the second half of the season, the game became more and more miserable, but the media's eyes were still on the All-Star Game.

"American Sports" reported with the headline "Chamberlain's Outsiders Don't Want to Be in Charge, the Battle for the First Man is Really Exciting", and gave a large description of Chamberlain: "From this game, we can detect Z's competitiveness and fighting spirit, he seems to have gotten by as a former All-Star, and has never met the expectations of fans." But this time, he bared his fangs and showed his muscles.

When everyone thought that this All-Star Game was just entertainment within entertainment, Z expressed his attitude from the beginning, he expressed his determination to win the MVP before the game, and he did the same in the game, we can't find fault with his watch, 45+15+5, this number jΓΉ, will surely be folded in the history of the All-Star Game.

In addition, we all know that this All-Star is a battlefield for the league's superstars to compete for status, Chamberlain, Kobe and LeBron James, the "emperor" of the Eastern Army standing opposite him, has always had a secret battle of "who is the first person in the league", and in today's game, Chamberlain sued everyone with an absolute advantage, he, SUPER-Z, the king of NBA, the king of basketball!

As early as this season's preseason, someone asked Chamberlain if he was to be better or weaker with Kobe, Durant, and James, and Chamberlain did not answer it positively, and now I think if someone continues to ask this question, he can happily answer "It has to be me"!

The NBA's official media "Dunk" magazine specially launched a special issue, "All-Star 60 Years", the magazine said: "In recent years, the concept of All-Star has been full of entertainment elements, from players to fans, it is like participating in a big party, everyone is playing and having fun. In fact, entertainment is incomplete without an all-star. Over the past few years, the All-Star has been missing his most basic thing, and that's basketball.

When NBA operators put money and entertainment above basketball, are All-Stars still NBA All-Stars? All kinds of celebrities cheer for the show, which should be built on the basis of the game, and the game has no real meaning, and the others are all in the air, which naturally makes many fans feel that it is a pity for the all-stars to be tasteless and abandoned.

Fans can treat the All-Star as a show, and the players can treat it as a show off the court, but I just hope that the big names don't just think of it as a catwalk from the moment they put on their jerseys and step into the East-West match.

Unfortunately, the biggest names of the past All-Stars have taken the game as a show; Luckily, this time this year, things have changed, and All-Stars, finally playing for real again!

When the Eastern Conference starters five tigers, playing magnesium powder in front of Chamberlain and Warriors fans, when James arrogantly jumped onto the technical table despite the boos; When the 32-year-old Kobe Bryant threw off his arms and did it with the young people, he vowed to win today's MVP; When the East frequently fouled Chamberlain in order not to let Chamberlain score; When Howard tried his best to cover Chamberlain's dunk, he was humiliated by Chamberlain's dunk; When the two sides fought hand-to-hand under the basket like a regular season, Wade also sprained his ankle to grab the ball......

We were pleasantly surprised to find that the All-Star finally has rivalry, there is competition, this is the game, this is the highest level game in the world that only the NBA can produce.

A few years ago, All-Stars were actually like that. In Larry Bird's era, they didn't deal with almost all non-Celtic players, and they had to pinch you to the death as soon as they met; In the era of Detroit's bad boys, Isaiah Thomas even threw hostility on Eastern teammate Jordan; When Kobe Bryant was in his fledgling era, he yelled at Karl Malone, "You dodge me and Jordan one-on-one!" "A little more recently, in the era of Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson, the two went crazy heads-up on the All-Star Stars and neither let anyone.

In those days, the All-Star was the real game, just like today.

Remembering that when James, Wade and Bosh just teamed up in the Heat, Jordan and other celebrities were very dissatisfied and puzzled, Jordan said: "I never thought about teaming up with Johnson Bird at that time, I just wanted to beat them." Barkley said: "The players are so friendly with each other now. Johnson said: "We weren't friends with any of the other players at the time. ”

This is a big difference between the NBA back then and the NBA today, the protagonists are less tense and more polite, and the advantages and disadvantages are so bad that it is impossible to tell for a while.

But for the All-Star Contest, this kind of hostility is indeed hard-won, because the game is exciting and the competition is fierce. There are fewer unguarded dunks, but if you watch dunks, isn't it more convenient to search for videos on the Internet? In the basketball world, the respect between opponents should not be a daily call for brothers, the greatest respect for the opponent is actually to beat him on the court. ”