Chapter 258: James prepares for a slam dunk contest
If James ignores Zhou Yang's words, he will definitely be said that he is afraid of Zhou Yang.
Because Zhou Yang is also a star who combines strength and speed.
There are many similarities between the styles of the two, but James is more inclined to open and close, while Zhou Yang is more delicate and has a better sense of beauty!
In addition, James is now a superstar of Naike Sports, while Zhou Yang has not signed any sports brand yet.
Naike once contacted Zhou Yang, but was decisively rejected by Zhou Yang.
So the two can now be said to be potential business rivals.
James' decision will affect the huge business interests of Naike!
This topic is getting more and more fierce, and James can't continue to be an ostrich.
So, at the press conference two days later, James resolutely announced: "I take back what I said before, I will participate in this All-Star slam dunk contest!" ”
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately stirred up a thousand waves!
James' fans are overjoyed, they think James' dunk is the first gear in history, and the absolute aesthetics of violence!
But many black fans scoffed at it, thinking that James was humiliating himself.
Zhou Yang's dunk beauty, that's close to Jordan!
And the last slam dunk champion was Zhou Yang!
Zhou Yang looked at the discussion of these fans and couldn't stop laughing, James really participated, so he had to prepare well.
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A week later, the star-studded NBA All-Star Game finally began.
This is a visual feast for all fans in the NBA, and it is also the biggest stage for the annual star gathering!
Zhou Yang, as a rookie in the second year, was supposed to participate in the rookie competition.
But his grade is already far higher than that of other rookies, so if he participates, others will not be able to play.
So Zhou Yang did not participate in the rookie competition, Curry and Harden did.
The content of the first day of All-Star is the rookie competition of the first and second grades.
The competition was tight and exciting, with the final-year rookie beating the second-year rookie 148-140.
John Wall scored 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting and dished out a record 22 assists in 28 minutes of playing time and was voted the MVP of the Rookie Game!
However, the first-year rookie was able to beat the second-year rookie, and Cousins also had a lot of credit, scoring a game-high 33 points and grabbing 14 rebounds to dominate the interior.
On the sophomore side, Harden scored 30 points and Curry dished out eight assists.
Next is a new content of this year's All-Star, the Shooting Star Competition, which is mainly for some retired basketball celebrities, women's basketball members, and current stars to make a long-range shooting game.
The significance of this content is to increase the influence of the WNBA and let the celebrities come out and make their debuts.
In the end, the Atlanta Hawks won the championship.
In the Skills Competition Challenge, Curry participated and defeated Westbrook, Rose, Wall and Paul to win the championship.
This championship is still very valuable, because these opponents are all point guards of the historical level.
In the three-point contest, Curry once again beat the pack.
James Jones, Pierce, Ray Allen, Wright, and Durant have all become Curry's underdogs.
The long-awaited slam dunk contest has finally begun!
Although there are five players participating in the slam dunk contest, all of them are dunks -
Griffin, McGee, Ibaka, James and Zhou Yang.
But the eyes of fans are focused on James and Zhou Yang.
This is very unfair to the other three people, they don't want to be a background board, so all three of them have serious expressions and hold their breath in their hearts.
They're going to have to show off their style in the dunk contest too!
When five people appeared, the audience stood up and cheered.
This may be the most anticipated dunk contest in years.
The judges of this year's All-Stars are also heavyweights.
Flyer Jordan! Alien Carter! Dr. J Owen! Glider Drexler! The essence of human cinema Wilkins!
With the exception of Carter, they are all retired superstars, and their dunks have attracted countless fans during their careers.
These five people are the judges, which is the most authoritative jury in history.
The first dunk begins!
First up was Griffin.
Although Silly Fen has an average talent for arm span and is known as "Tyrannosaurus Rex", his energetic bounce and domineering buckle are very eye-catching.
In addition to Zhou Yang, James, and Kobe, Griffin's violent dunk was also the hottest of the year, and he often entered the top five.
The first dunk action designed by Griffin was to smash the ball on the floor, then jump up, grab the ball, and dunk the windmill!
To be honest, in actual combat, Griffin's violent buckle is indeed very explosive, because there is a background board pressed under him, so it looks very shocking.
But in a personal dunk, this action is quite ordinary.
Coupled with the fact that the Griffin has a short arm span, it is not so aesthetically pleasing.
The response from the audience was not so enthusiastic, only sparse applause.
The five judges scored 45 points, which is considered very low.
Griffin sighed, shook his head and walked to the sidelines, Zhou Yang had a good personal relationship with him, walked over and high-fived, and comforted him.
The second to appear was McGee.
McGee, as a center, is top-notch in terms of physicality and is also domineering in dunks.
He designed the dunk action by taking two basketballs and dunking them into the basket in turn.
It's a really creative move, but McGee's move is so messy that it doesn't look aesthetically pleasing.
So the judges gave 46 points.
McGee has a rough personality and is arrogant, but he doesn't care, and he focuses on participation.
The third to come out was Serge Ibaka.
28 cards are too strong in physical fitness, and the Three Realms Block King is the ultimate embodiment of his talent.
His first dunk was also very domineering, and it turned out to be a free-throw line dunk!
In the history of the NBA, there are many players who can complete a free throw line dunk, but there are not many players as tall as Ibaka.
28 cards, 2.08 meters, long body and long legs.
This free-throw line dunk is not badly completed, a little better than the two people just now.
The difficulty is also high, but the aesthetics are still insufficient!
Therefore, the sense of beauty, if you don't accept it, some people are born.
For example, Maddie, he has never deliberately practiced his body, but his one move and one style is elegant and good-looking!
The final score given by the five judges to Ibaka was 48 points, which is not bad.
After the three of them buckled, it was finally the turn of the ultimate showdown that the audience was looking forward to!
When James took off his coat and warmed up on the sidelines, the crowd cheered.
Zhou Yang also applauded generously on the sidelines, cheering for James.
James' expression is very serious, this is his first time participating in the NBA slam dunk contest, only winning, not losing!
After a few moves, James started his first dunk with the cheers of the audience!
The first dunk action he designed was often used in actual combat - tomahawk slam dunk!