With Wade, a total of three of the top 6 picks in the '03 generation were selected to this year's All-Star team.

The '03 draft attracted a lot of attention at the time, and the quality was comparable to that of '84 and '96, but in the second season, the gap between them was already evident.

The more outstanding "03 generation" has the momentum of "the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves", squeezing out the old all-stars and entering this year's all-star lineup.

It's just that to the surprise of the media, one of the players who fell behind in the top six actually had Carmelo Anthony.

This is a super rookie who swept the NCAA with Syracuse University at the age of 18, and his maturity is higher than that of the other two people in the "Three Heavenly Pride", but he didn't expect that he was the one who fell behind first.

Speaking of which, Carmelo Anthony has been a real disappointment this season.

Not only are Denver fans disappointed in him, but some media people with very objective evaluations are also very dissatisfied with Anthony's performance so far this season:

"His basketball skills are ready, but his character and his mentality are not ready to be a big man!"

The NCAA "single-core" champion should have been a high bonus to his mentality.

But now it seems that Carmelo Anthony needs high pressure!

Under high pressure, he led Syracuse University to many NCAA championships that "five-star universities" may not be able to get.

But once he doesn't have that kind of high-pressure state, he will sink in.

Or maybe after becoming a millionaire, his mindset changed dramatically.

He may not be that fond of basketball and winning!

Because the media has more than once photographed him getting into trouble off the field and getting involved with David Stern's most hated gangster.

These are signs of immaturity, and they should never be what a star of a team should do.

The Nuggets' home court has already started to see huge boos.

Woody is so dazzling.

Denver was also one of four teams to drop Woody's selection.

Anthony played a personal performance in the front, so that they did not regret this choice.

Now that Woody has become an All-Star starter, Carmelo Anthony has not even made the All-Star bench, and they dare not think about how big the gap will be in the future.

On Feb. 8, the Heat's winning streak came to Denver.

It was a game that showed that Anthony wanted to play well.

But how you play the game, the game will do to you, this season's Anthony's attitude is really not right, this kind of impropriety makes him often more than enough when he wants to play well.

In the end, the Heat won by 23 points.

The game lost its suspense in the third quarter.

Woody played 24 minutes and 13 seconds and easily finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, compared to him, Carmelo Anthony limited Gerard Wallace to a single game without scoring a double-double.

After the race, Anthony wanted to follow Woody's former teammate and become a "long-distance runner".

Such an ugly loss, as well as a personal performance, made him embarrassed to stand in front of Woody.

In the past, they were the "three great talents", but now they ......

Not anymore!

Woody stopped him, and he did have something to say to Carmelo Anthony: "Man, I'm sure we're going to meet on a bigger stage!" ”

After saying this, he left without looking back.

Leave Carmelo Anthony standing in place, watching his back.

Woody didn't know if his words had any effect, but considering how they had been in front of the camera last season, Woody felt the need for him to send it.

The Heat continued their schedule, and Woody didn't pay any more attention to Anthony's follow-up.

If he can change his attitude and play better, then even if he doesn't pay attention, the media will send him the news to him.

Of course, if Carmelo Anthony continues to sink, the same will send news of him to Woody in the media.

But no matter what, Woody isn't Carmelo Anthony's old mom, and he only advises this once.

The road is all walked by itself.

The Heat continued their winning streak next.

In the seven games before the All-Star Games on February 14, they won all the way and won seven in a row.

Even stronger than the seven-game winning streak is their point difference per game.

The Nuggets lost by 23 points......

But the other teams are not much better.

In these 7 games, the Heat team has averaged 18.4 points per game!

No matter which team it is, against this Heat team, it basically can't resist the fourth quarter, and the first three quarters are already the end of the crossbow. It only takes a slight force from the Heat team to tear them apart completely.

Of course, there is a reason why Shaq O'Neal and Wade are all back.

But if you really want to say it, in fact, the Heat, who were fully healthy before, did only lose one game in a single month, but they couldn't play such a suppressive force.

Stan Van Gundy explains: "We've done a bit more and everybody knows we made big moves last summer that made us a new team, and even though we've been good enough before, that's really not our limit, and now we're doing what we're better at ourselves and of course there's still a long way to go before we can really get there!" ”

His last sentence can be summed up in two words:

Boom!

However, he was not wrong in what he said before, and the team has indeed gotten better.

After Shaq O'Neal returned, he averaged 21 minutes and 14 seconds per game to get 20 plus 10 data.

Wade is obviously in better shape after his comeback, averaging 24.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in these seven games. Shoot up to 45%!

He's been in this form before, just catching up with the injury, but the good news is that the injury didn't affect his confidence and he came back and he was back with just one game adjustment.

Wade completed the "double jump" in the first three seasons of his career.

If he continues to metamorphose next season, he will undoubtedly become a supergiant!

Of course, even Wade is now an All-Star level!

A team has three All-Stars, and in such an era, it is definitely a "super team", and it is natural to sweep all the way.

As long as there are no injuries, then there should be no problem for this team to unlock the achievement of "unbeaten in February".

As soon as one of these three people is injured, then the combat effectiveness will drop directly by a notch, which is the disadvantage of the "giant" team.

However, if I really want to say it, there are too many people on this team who can step up in the future, such as Gerald Wallace, who also briefly played All-Star level statistics.

Theoretically, as long as there is no such thing as Shaq and Wade being injured at the same time, the Heat will not experience the same embarrassing record as in January.

On Feb. 13, the three players from the Heat who had been selected to the All-Star team left for Denver together.

That's why the Denver media can't accept Carmelo Anthony's fall so much.

The all-stars at their doorstep actually missed it like this!

Fortunately, although he didn't become an All-Star, Carmelo Anthony was able to appear in the Rookie Challenge.

It is also for this reason that before the Rookie Challenge, Anthony specifically expressed his attitude that he wanted to win the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.

Woody agreed.

Because his exhortation seemed to have worked, Anthony scored 35 points in a single game in the final game of the former All-Star Nuggets, which was his highest single-game score since the new season, and Woody was still happy to see him recover.

Now that he wants to make a show in front of his father and fellow villagers, Woody will naturally agree.

Originally......

He didn't plan to win the MVP of this rookie challenge.

Woody agreed, and the other "Generation 03" selected for this rookie challenge naturally had to follow suit.

After all, now Woody is the leader of the 03 generation, and his words are basically the direction of the wind.

There's no need to get into trouble with Woody over such a trophy that doesn't have much gold.

This point of sophistication can still be understood.

Finally, in this year's Rookie Challenge, Carmelo Anthony won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.

It was a really good feeling to stand in the spotlight and listen to the audience shouting his name.

After the rookie challenge, the official brought Woody, LeBron and Wade, the three "03 generation" who were selected as this year's All-Stars, together for an interview.

Woody's first question from reporters: "How does it feel to be in the All-Star ......?"

Woody pushed the microphone forward and signaled: "You shouldn't ask me this question, I'm already the second time I've entered the All-Star, so you should ask these two rookies!" ”

This caused laughter from journalists.

Wade also showed a hearty smile.

LeBron James was displeased.

He hated being called an "all-star rookie."

That's how he felt when he was interviewed before, and now that Woody is sitting next to him, he's even more so.

Because of Woody's words, he felt that there was a distance between him and Woody.

Woody didn't know that LeBron was so sensitive that he continued to joke: "But I'm sure they'll be as familiar with the stage as I am, and they'll be much better tomorrow!" ”

What LeBron wants to say, the reporter's second question has come, and this question is asked of Woody and LeBron:

"Fans have been looking forward to your participation in the slam dunk contest before, but this time it's a pity that I still haven't seen the names of the two of you in this list, can you tell us what you think?"

"It's an interesting topic, and I've been hearing discussions like this, what would happen if I played with LeBron......

His tone paused, and LeBron gradually felt uneasy.

"I can say that if LeBron participates in the slam dunk contest, then I will also be on this list as soon as possible, you know, I have always been willing to do these things with LeBron!"

Woody showed his attitude, and the pressure was on LeBron.

Qi Brushing looked at LeBron.

As journalists, they really expect this to happen.

LeBron cursed in his heart: damn it.

Clearing his throat, he said, "It's really a fun thing to do, and I've been wondering if I'll ever really make up my mind and get involved in this event one day, but in high school, I had a similar experience, so I'm not sure if I'll be interested enough to do it again, maybe it will, maybe not, let's see what happens next!" ”

After talking for a long time, I still returned to the same place.

Woody still admires LeBron's ability to talk in circles, especially after entering the NBA, his ability in this area is getting stronger and stronger.

Oh~

You're all thinking about it, aren't you?

After about half an hour, the interview was finally over.

LeBron left the scene with a roar, and at the same time felt a huge upset in his heart.

He has always refused to appear on the same screen as Woody, and just now he understood the reason:

Is this guy putting so much pressure on him right now?

Wade competed in the second day of the Skills Challenge.

But he lost to Steve "Son of the Wind" Nash.

Wade didn't even make it to the finals.

However, Steve Nash played too well, successfully completing the challenge in 26.5 seconds, such a result, Wade really lost unjustly.

In the All-Star Game, it was Woody's turn to play.

What he didn't expect was that Denver actually had a lot of his fans.

Many fans also put up embarrassing slogans, which roughly meant that they wanted to trade Carmelo Anthony for Woody.

When Barkley saw this scene, he smiled: "In fact, we all know that Woody is already not for sale with the Heat!" ”

Shaq O'Neal saw that the fans loved Woody so much, and at that time he advised Woody to perform well and try to impress Denver even more.

"Think about it, they want to get you but they can't get you, Woo, that's one of the achievements of a player!"

Woody speculated that this guy had been treated too unfairly with the Magic, so he especially liked to "torture" fans.

He was still as he thought, but he simply performed two dunks on the court, and he didn't have any desire to continue playing.

The head coach of this year's Eastern Conference All-Star is Stan Van Gundy, and when he saw that Woody wanted to rest, he immediately replaced him.

He is only less than 20 years old, and he has a chance to win the All-Star MVP in the future.

Now Stan Van Gundy does want Woody to rest more and prepare for the second half of the season.

After all, after Shaq O'Neal and Wade were injured, Woody didn't stop and lasted through January alone.

During that time, he averaged 40 minutes per game.

Even if he is young and in good health, but now that he has the opportunity to rest, of course he hopes to rest more. They have big things to do.

In the end, this year's All-Star Weekend ended with a win in the East, with Allen Iverson scoring 15 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals, which earned him the ultimate All-Star MVP.

LeBron felt a bit of a shame because he scored 14 points, just one point less than Allen Iverson.

If......

He suddenly discovered that winning the All-Star MVP was not a difficult thing to do!

Next season, he's going to have to work that.

As long as he wins the All-Star MVP next season, then he will be the youngest person in NBA history to win this award! (End of chapter)