Astound! James has officially announced his participation in the Slam Dunk Contest!

When this news appeared in the news media, more people's first reaction was that it was fake! Which bad media used James to hype up the All-Star Game again?

But with ESPN's report and James' "Yes, I'm going to deliver on my promise" status on his personal social media, this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, or this year's All-Star Game, exploded in popularity.

Whether you want it or not, James is now second only to Kobe Bryant in popularity in the NBA, and he is the real active vice president.

And the slam dunk contest has not been a famous superstar for many years, and James's sudden addition has filled the highlights.

Of course, more importantly, after James made this decision, both in the hearts of James and Comy, the image became taller.

It's not just about responding to challenges and making promises to deliver on them, it's about what is the standard American hero script in the minds of American fans: the successor of American basketball, who flexes his muscles and beats his opponent after being provoked by a rookie.

Isn't this the most classic superhero in Hollywood?

Because of James's decision, Xu Yong naturally became the target of many Jammy's denunciations on social media.

So much so that in reality, Xu Yong will also be asked by reporters about things related to the slam dunk contest.

"I'm looking forward to it." Xu Yong tried to suppress his excitement as much as possible.

As he had thought, he felt that the agitation was not going to work for James.

Na Cheng thought that what he said casually was not a radical general, but he actually let James really participate.

At this point, he didn't know whether to suspect that his understanding of James was skewed, or if he had to thank Winderhorst for the assist.

But like he said, he's looking forward to the slam dunk contest.

Of course, there is still more than a month to go before the slam dunk contest, and he doesn't have to rush to prepare for that now, and he can't pay attention to that right now.

In the just-concluded game against the Magic, the Bulls suffered a heavy defeat.

Howard turned over on the inside, slashing 20 points, 23 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks, and pulled Noah into his pants pockets.

And Howard took 7 shots in the whole game, not possessing the ball and holding back crazily.

It turns out that as long as he doesn't meet Yao Ming, Howard is the league's No. 1 center.

The magic team's star-studded brilliance is still fresh in the memory of the James, so much so that the future James recall that it was an unbearable past of "the peak beast bullied my young Zhan".

After the end of this game, Xu Yong found Noah and made a request to the latter: "Train with me." ”

Basketball is a team sport, as strong as Jordan and Kobe, and they can't play when their teammates pull their hips.

And judging by the current situation, the possibility of the Bulls and Magic encountering in the playoffs is not small at all.

As Noah is now, he may be swept away directly.

Noah readily agreed, unaware of the crazy decision he had just made.

It wasn't until the next day, when Xu Yong's phone call woke him up from his sleep, walked out of the door, and saw the dark night and quiet streets in a daze, that he picked up his phone and looked at the time, only to realize that something was not quite right.

"Are you misremembering the time?" Noah called Xu Yong back to confirm.

"I'm done with my warm-up run." Xu Yong's answer to him over there was yes.

After hanging up the phone and exploding a foul word, Noah still drove to Xu Yong's house.

The lights on the first floor inside were on, and when Xu Yong came to see the other party's sweaty head, he confirmed that Xu Yong was real.

"It's crazy." When he came back to his senses, he still felt that what was happening in front of him was incredible.

"Now, you've seen Chicago at four o'clock in the morning." Xu Yong said with a smile.

He is playing a stalk, Kobe Bryant won the scoring championship in 07 at that time, a reporter asked him why he was so successful, Kobe's answer was "Have you ever seen Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning?" ”。

Noah smiled bitterly, yesterday was really sloppy.

But it's all here, and he personally agreed, so he has to stick to it.

This persistence is a week.

Finally, Noah, like Harden at the beginning, gritted his teeth a little and couldn't hold on.

Now he can be sure of two things, first, what Kobe Bryant meant at the beginning should be that he has seen Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning, not every day.

Second, Xu Yong is not a human being, especially when he learned from Xu Yong that the other party has been practicing like this for almost five years.

Of course, he also knows why Xu Yong dared to say the sentence "We won't lose" in the first place, and he was able to do it successfully.

Even if he didn't have that steal to make it to overtime, Xu Yong could help the Bulls win the game.

Basketball is a five-person sport because it has 48 minutes of play, but the real decisive moment, it's actually more about the individual.

This is like if basketball is only ten minutes a quarter, then the Chinese men's basketball team at its peak can even be a dream team.

And after realizing this, Noah really admired Xu Yong.

Of course, admiration is admiration, and he really can't hold on, because his body is already starting to alarm himself.

Xu Yong didn't embarrass him, but made a request to him.

"You have a bullfight with me, if you win, you will complete what you promised me, if you lose, you must promise me a request."

Xu Yong's request is very simple, but Noah, who has suffered a loss once, is a lot more careful this time.

It's just that in the end, he finds that he doesn't seem to have the right to choose.

Moreover, he may not lose in bullfighting, Xu Yong is indeed strong, but no matter how strong he is, he is just a front guard, and he is the inside.

On the offensive end, he can rely on his body to play with his back, and on the defensive end, Xu Yong may not be able to break through him easily.

Seeing Noah nodding, Xu Yong was not ambiguous, and directly pulled Noah and drove to the United Center.

At this time, the sky was still dark, and the United Center had just opened, and no one else had come except the security guards.

The two had done physical training before, and they didn't need to do anything to warm up, so they turned on the lights and went straight to work.

Xu Yong gave Noah the first attack.

Noah beat Xu Yong with his back on his back.

At first, he was careful to guard against Xu Yong's steal, but after finding that Xu Yong did not have that kind of intention, he simply sank his weight and hit his back with all his might.

Then he found a very terrifying thing, he couldn't even stand up to Xu Yong!

In the end, he reluctantly turned around and hooked his hand, and naturally smashed the basket out.

Changing the hair, Noah shook his head, and then pressed forward to not give Xu Yong a chance to score three points.

Although it didn't work, offense is not his forte, his forte is defense.

It's just that some unexpected things happened again to Noah, Xu Yong didn't mean to shoot outside, and he didn't even pose a triple threat.

After transporting a crotch on the spot, Xu Yong chose to break through Noah head-on.

Noah's defensive ability was really good, and a sliding step blocked Xu Yong's breakthrough route.

Xu Yong did not slow down and change direction, which made him hang on Xu Yong's body all the time.

The two battled all the way to the penalty area.

At this time, Xu Yong landed with a heavy blow, and then gave Noah a hard confrontation.

Noah was a little out of focus when he was confronted.

By the time he reacted, Xu Yong had already used his left foot as the pivot foot, and a turnaround jumper to the free throw line sent the ball firmly into the basket.

Xu Yong leads 2-0.

And such a round has been going on.

Xu Yong didn't use too many technical things, he was more in a physical confrontation with Noah.

In the last ball, Xu Yong broke through and forcibly knocked Noah away, jumped up and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

21 to 0.

Noah gasped with his hands on his knees, looking up at Xu Yong in disbelief.

Although he watched Xu Yong complete many violent dunks in the game, watching others and experiencing it himself are completely different things.

And don't look at the two of them in the same team, but they are also in the starting team for training, and this is the first time he has felt Xu Yong's strength confrontation head-on.

Xu Yong's confrontation was even stronger than he imagined, much stronger.

In fact, this is not to blame Noah for misjudgment, because Xu Yong's current weight is much lighter than during the NCAA period, he was 109kg when he played power forward in the NCAA, and 103kg when he participated in the physical test, and now, his weight is only 100kg.

The purpose of weight loss is naturally to cooperate with the team.

Because of their light weight when they first entered the league, the average swingman started as a scoring guard, Maddy, George, DeRozan, Butler, all of them without exception.

But Xu Yong's weight and confrontation are enough, and it is best to play small forward, but the Bulls have Deng, and he can only lose weight to play point guard.

However, although he lost weight, his confrontation did not weaken, because he lost weight and gained muscle at the same time.

Specifically, his body fat percentage has dropped from 7% in the draft to 6.7%, although it is not comparable to Jordan's peak 4%, but he is also very strong.

For comparison, Noah weighed 101 kg at the draft, and now he is only 105 kg.

Xu Yong looked at Noah.

"What do you want me to do?" After seeing Xu Yong's disappointed eyes with a hint of expectation, Noah straightened up and resigned himself to his fate.

Xu Yong smiled, patted Noah on the shoulder, and then motioned for the two to sit down and talk.

Winning, of course, is not Xu Yong's main purpose.

Because he has been training with him these days, he can already feel that Noah has been completely subdued by him.

His purpose was clear from the beginning, he wanted Noah to become stronger, not later, but now.

And to make Noah stronger, and to be willing to become stronger, only to make him realize the problem.

This is also the reason why he has not used techniques in bullfighting just now, but has been using confrontation.

Noah's problem is that the current confrontation is too bad.

Whether it's Howard of the Magic or O'Neal of the Cavaliers, if they really want to meet in the playoffs, it will make him suffer.

"Gain weight and muscle?" Noah looked at Xu Yong.

"And it's on a larger scale." Xu Yong nodded.

"But that would affect my shooting touch." Noah said, of course he was gaining weight, but only by a smaller margin.

Hearing this, Xu Yong smiled, then looked at Noah very seriously and asked, "Do you think your current shooting still has room to fall?" ”

(End of chapter)