After the interview, Li Ao took a photo shoot for the cover of the weekly magazine for Sports Illustrated.

It was for the cover of the sports illustrated that he was willing to work overtime today.

He just came back from an away game, and he already has a work schedule tomorrow, so if it's just an interview, he chooses to rest.

Being featured in Sports Illustrated, and being on the cover, are completely different things.

The individuals who can appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated are all superstars in American sports, or current phenomenal figures.

The athlete with the most cover appearances in the NBA is Jordan with more than 50 times, followed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with more than 20 times.

Li Ao has also appeared on the cover...... He and the whole Trojans boarded it en masse.

The protagonist of that time was the team's head coach Henri Bibby, and there was a long feature report.

The feature is 'The Great Trojans', which revolve around an incredible 33-game winning streak.

The content is not much related to Li Ao, and it is described from the perspective of Henry Bibibe.

In college basketball, most of the team honors will be counted on the head of the head coach, and Henry Bibby's son has more content than Li Ao.

This time, Li Ao finally became the protagonist of the cover! The only protagonist!

The cover shoot went smoothly, the content was very simple, he stood in a large font, held a ball in one hand, adjusted the standing posture, shooting angle, and was done.

In the subsequent special interview, Li Ao thought that there would be a lot of questions to answer, and he finished the draft, but he just asked a few random questions, and the work on the cover was over.

When leaving, Li Ao asked Schwartz in wonder: "Jeff, have we been deceived, I see that those feature reports have a lot of small stories, are they just trying to trick me into being interviewed, and the cover is fake?" ”

Schwartz responded: "About your story, they will go to other people to understand, each story, they will find different people to understand, the pursuit of the truth of the story, they generally do not understand from the protagonist of the story, everyone will beautify themselves, do you want to see that kind of story?" ”

"Not necessarily, I'm going to speak ill of me."

“……”

Schwartz was defeated.

…

After Schwartz returned to the company, he used the company's media resources to spread the news that Li Ao would appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated.

This quickly attracted the attention of netizens who are at the forefront of information dissemination.

The next day, Time Warner's TV station broadcast a picture of Li Ao's interview yesterday, which confirmed the news.

Sports Illustrated, a news outlet owned by Time Warner, did not clarify the rumors, but it admitted it.

And it's nice to see stars on their covers as face-saving publicity, which is also reversely elevating them.

The content of Li Ao's interview also sparked heated discussions - why did Odom not get a single vote for the All-Star bench vote?

Last year's Rookie of the Year vote, Odom only received 3 votes from the media, which caused controversy.

Rookies who averaged 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, even if they were placed in the two terms of Iverson and Duncan, should not have only 3 votes.

It's just that later, under the guidance of the media, Odom has become a fool in the minds of fans, and when the All-Star bench votes were announced this year, no one noticed it.

Looking back now, Kenyon Martin, who averaged 11 points and 6 rebounds per game, had the head coaches of both teams write his name when filling out the All-Star bench list, and the Nets are only third from the bottom in the East with a 14-38 record.

The All-Star Weekend was about to begin, and after the incident caused a heated discussion among the fans, the media rushed to interview the head coaches of the various teams.

NBA officials were also involved in the topic of 'Odom 0 votes'.

But David Stern chose to deal with it in silence.

Let the heat fly a little longer......

As for the controversy, it is not the All-Star substitute he chosen, it is the head coach of each team, and the fans are dissatisfied with them, and the NBA official does not mix with it, just enjoy the heat brought by the controversy.

NBA head coaches were actually surprised that no head coach voted for Odom.

Lakers head coach Phil Jackson responded in an interview: "I admire Lamar, but I have players I like more that I want to shoot, and I think a player as good as Lamar will definitely have other head coaches vote for him, and I am also puzzled by this. ”

With the standard answer of the Zen master, most of the head coaches of the teams interviewed gave similar answers.

There is also a difference, Wizards head coach Leonard Hamilton responded: "I don't know Lamar, maybe it's influenced by the media too much, I always thought he was a problem player, I went to check his performance this season in the morning, I found out that I was misled by the media, I apologize to him." ”

Compared with the 'standard answer' of the Zen master, the answer of Leonard Hamilton, who was temporarily brought in for a year, is obviously more topical.

The media are more willing to report such an answer, even if they are scolded......

Relying on this incident, Li Ao has one more label - dare to complain for his teammates.

The cohesion of the Clippers is also on this matter!

In addition to this, the CEO of Microsoft has also become the object of heated discussions among fans, mainly ridicule.

Two of the owners of Microsoft are avid basketball fans, one is Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, and the other is Clippers big boss Ballmer.

Matt Halplin is the kind of player that fans of other teams hate, but fans of his own team love.

Ballmer liked the white forward so much that he went to the Staples Center to watch two games.

Asked about trading McGinnis back for a blue-collar forward, Ballmer praised the deal, saying 'he's become our not for sale.'

At that time, even the reporter didn't pay much attention to this answer, but I didn't expect it to be listened to by someone with a heart!

The NFL Finals are over, All-Star Weekend is just around the corner, and the enthusiasm for basketball among sports fans across North America is skyrocketing.

The Clippers' recent burst of popularity has also enjoyed this shareholder wind.

The media poured into the Microsoft headquarters building to ask for an interview with Ballmer about the team's non-sale.

Ballmer was speechless for a while, but he still stepped forward to answer.

"I'm just a Clippers shareholder, and I just have a little bit more of a stake.

Of course, I've seen myself as part of the Clippers, but now that the team is not in my hands, I won't meddle in the operation of a professional basketball team without preparation, and now I'm just an outsider.

Does Spider-Man need to be explained by me as an outsider to our team?

Without him, I wouldn't have bought this team, he is not a commodity in my heart, but I expect him to be like Magic to the Lakers, Dumas to the Pistons, and become the totem of our team forever. ”

…

Li Ao didn't expect him to work overtime temporarily to accept an exclusive interview, and complained a few words casually, and actually made such a big move.

However, he was still very happy to receive a call from Odom and hear the other party's simple thanks.

Regarding the controversy caused, he didn't pay much attention to it, and in the two days when public opinion detonated, he devoted his attention to the filming of a cameo in the movie.

Since I took over this job, I have to do it well, and I'm a little sorry for the busyness of so many staff.

Fortunately, director Sam Raimi spoke highly of his performance, and because his filming progress was much faster than Sam Raimi expected, he also deliberately added some scenes to him.

After Li Ao's last scene was finished, Sam Raimi fought again: "Leo, you really don't think about being the starring actor?" After watching Ling's performance, in my mind, you are the first choice of Spider-Man. ”

"Sam, if you say that, Toby will be sad."

"Haha, Toby said the same thing, he said that his action scenes are far worse than yours, and he also recognizes your literary dramas, and when you put yourself into acting, we all think that you are the character himself, forgetting that you are a basketball star.

Moreover, Spider-Man is not the only one. ”

Li Ao thought of the easter egg that was filmed in the morning, shook his head and smiled: "Let's talk about it later, my favorite thing now is to play basketball, but it's not bad to be on the big screen occasionally to relieve pressure, Sam, if you have any characters who don't need too much shooting time for one or two shots, you can call me at any time......"

Although the refusal has been much more tactful than at the beginning, it is still firm, and Sam Raimi can only regretfully accept this fact.

After a two-day cameo shoot, Li Ao still has a job, and the next day, he attended AJ's press conference.

He felt like he was on vacation, and he was busier than when he was playing.

The cameo movie is actually related to this press conference, and he agreed to the cameo before the matter was finalized.

AJ announced at a press conference that it has officially launched the 'Spider-Man' series of signature shoe projects.

This matter has long been rumored to be rumored, and Columbia Pictures has been promoting that Li Ao will appear in the Spider-Man movie.

But when it really happened, it still caused a sensation.

It's not like there hasn't been a sports brand and superhero collaboration before, but it's the first time that a signature shoe named after a superhero character has been used!

And it's Spider-Man, who is especially popular at Eagle Sauce's house!

This All-Star Weekend, Li Ao stole the limelight!

……

……

On Friday, February 16th, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially kicked off.

Ao, Vivian, and Liam arrived in Washington, D.C., at noon.

Liam, who hadn't seen him for a while, saw Li Ao this time, and his eyes were full of admiration.

He didn't expect this product to really soak the teacher, although the assistant is not a teacher, but many people regard the school's management as teachers.

Li Ao kissed Vivian after scoring 51 points in a single game, causing a sensation in the school.

However, the men are handsome, the women are good-looking, and most of the blessings are obtained.

The main thing is that there is a very special place in North American sports.

Most of the athletes in Europe, Asia, and South America are from the youth team, that is, the athletes have stepped into the society early, and when they become adults, their personalities are already very mature, and they like to find young models.

However, most of the athletes in the four major leagues in North America are high school students and college students who enter the professional league, and many people have played in the NBA for several years, and their personalities are still very naïve, so sibling love is very popular in North American sports.

So Liam didn't think there was anything wrong with that, and ......

Li Ao likes to look like an 18-year-old, he likes to be 18 years old but mature, and his hobbies don't coincide at all!

At 8 o'clock, the All-Star Rookie Game started, and Li Ao and his party came to the sidelines to watch the game.

Due to too much work on the All-Star holiday, he notified the NBA officials early and withdrew from the rookie challenge, and the NBA officially designated Stephen Jackson of the Nets to replace him.

In addition to being busy with work, Li Ao quit for another reason.

Looking at the group of people in front of them who almost became teammates...... Martin Cliffs, Quentin Richardson, Mark Jackson (center), Stephen Jackson, Kenyon Martin, Darius Myers, Mike Miller, Maurice Peterson.

Look across the other side again – Lamar Odom, Baron Davis, Sean Marion, Andre Miller, Richard Hamilton, Wally Szczebiak, Elton Brand, Jason Terry......

He's a pitcher in Spider-Man, and there aren't many first-year players who can pass the ball, so he runs to challenge the people on the other side?

The group of bandits on the other side beat up all the seniors of the class of 98 last year!

After the game began, the sophomore team brutally abused the rookie team.

The final score, 142-97, the sophomore team won by 45 points, and Odom scored 37 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, winning the MVP of the rookie game.

Li Ao thinks that it is enough to hold a rookie challenge last year to make up for the regret that the rookies did not participate in the 98 years, and then the previous east-west rookie competition should be resumed, and the first- and second-year east-west mixed group competition is also OK.

The showdown between Little Squirrel and Finley, the showdown between Kobe Bryant and Iverson, the game was fierce and the score was compact, and even when Big Z won the MVP of the rookie game in 98, the game was also very good, and the score difference in the rookie game in those three years was only 5 points at most.

And Li Ao has the impression that the future rookie challenge is the same as this year, the score difference is very large, and it is almost impossible for the rookie team to win the sophomore team, even the 03rd class, which has two rookie seasons with an average of 20+ players per game, was beaten by the 02nd class in the rookie challenge, and can only be hung in the second year to beat the 04th class.

He remembers that it seemed that after the NBA shutdown, Stern made changes to the All-Star Rookie Game, although it was not changed back to the East and West Rookie Confrontation, but it became a mixed team of first- and second-year players, and the competition became fierce all of a sudden.

But then after the joke became the president, the riotous operation came again, and a local American player played against an international player, and then, a ridiculous scene appeared, as long as there were more international players who entered the NBA in those two years, the World League would beat the United States team, and if there were few international players who entered the NBA in those two years, the American team would beat the World League.

However, tonight's second-year team was so irritable that they continued to slaughter after winning 30 points, which still surprised Li Ao, who did their rookie team provoke the group of bandits opposite?

On the second day, Li Ao also went to watch the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest.

Unfortunately, Margeti and Big Q both performed mediocre and failed to lift the trophy like Odom, while rookie Desmond Mason won the slam dunk contest and Ray Allen, who participated in the three-point contest for the second time, successfully won the championship.

On Feb. 18, at 8:30 a.m., 24 All-Stars gathered at the Verizon Center Arena.

Los Angeles' No. 0, No. 8, and No. 34 came together tacitly, and the three of them looked at each other, and at the same time showed a smile and let out a 'hiahiahiahia' laugh, which gradually became rampant......

(End of chapter)