In the living room of a large, spacious villa in a private mansion on the riverfront in Miami, James sits in a soft chair studded with red gems and covered with animal fur, his hands on his head and his eyes sad.

The past three months in Miami have been very different from what he expected.

First, the team's poor record in November, he was forced to make a concession and the team was on the right track, then there was the Christmas game fiasco and a series of off-field incidents, and in January, he took the ball back from Wade, and the team's record was up and down, and even the experience of four consecutive defeats, his reputation has hit the bottom.

"King, we'd better make a fuss about it at the All-Star Game."

On the couch across from the bench sat his henchmen Fulrich Paul and Winderhorst, who spoke.

Speaking of which, he is also an unlucky child, he wanted to help James rub a wave of traffic last season, but in the end, James lost face in the slam dunk contest, and this season forced Xu Yong to say that the Bulls want to compete for the championship, and the Bulls are really the favorites to win the championship now.

If he hadn't known that he was loyal, James would have thought he was an undercover agent sent by Xu Yong.

However, at this time, his proposal successfully attracted James's attention.

First of all, it should be stated that his LeBron change to the No. 6 jersey has nothing to do with Xu Yong, he is a high king, how can he have any grudges with a rookie.

He changed to No. 6 solely because of ...... The Heat won't wear him No. 23.

This involves a historical issue, when Riley was beaten by Jordan in the Knicks and Heat, and he was beaten so hard that he couldn't beat others, and he was really convinced, so he called on the league to retire the No. 23 jersey.

That's right, before James appealed, Riley had already appealed.

And unlike James's appeal, which went unanswered, he managed to convince the Heat owner to retire the No. 23 jersey.

So now the No. 23 jersey hangs over the American Airlines arena and can't be taken off and worn.

And the reason why he can't wear 23 and wear 6 is, well, 2 times 3, he can't be 6?

And don't say anything Xu Yong also wears No. 6 or something, he is a high king, does he need to care about what size a rookie wears?

It's just that sometimes, the will of the world and the will of the individual will will create a great contradiction.

Last season's Black Eight, this season's Bulls even abused the Heat, these topics have made him inextricably linked with Xu Yong, who is also No. 6.

And the key is that it is still the No. 6 worn by Xu Yongxian.

Coupled with the All-Star ticket king who just came out, he doesn't care about a rookie opposite, but this rookie is veiling him both on and off the court.

So at times like these, he really needs to do something in response.

It's hard to respond to the main match, although he definitely won't admit it, but Xu Yong can restrain him every time he faces him, and he is already his nemesis.

But the All-Star Game can.

You must know that in addition to being a two-time MVP, he is also a two-time All-Star Game MVP!

The All-Star Game or something, that's what he does best.

Because on this stage, the competition is not only about strength, but also about connections.

If you want to win the MVP, in addition to winning, the key is that your teammates are willing to pass the ball to you.

In this regard, he is the king of the East who has been in the league for eight years, and he is far from being comparable to a sophomore like Xu Yong.

So winning this year's MVP will definitely usher in a strong rebound in his word-of-mouth that has bottomed out.

What, All-Star Game MVP has no gold content?

You're too young to know the power of the media!

When a small rookie season of 20+5+5 can be a big achievement, how can the All-Star Game MVP not have gold?

And to say something that fans of Xu Yong's era may not know, the number of times in the finals in points, rebounds, and assists all led the team, James was 7 times, and Jordan was 0 times.

Whether you win or not is secondary, when the media releases such a set of data, just ask if you are shocked or not!

Besides, if he wins it this time, he will become the player with the most MVPs in the [active] [exclusive] All-Star Game.

Because among the active players, there are only two players who have 3 All-Star Game MVPs, Kobe and O'Neal, but Kobe and O'Neal shared one of them in 2009, so the gold content of the single ratio is definitely the winner.

And he's only been playing for 8 years, so he doesn't know what 3/8 dominance is!

So Wenderhorst's proposal, not only James was interested, but even Paul on the side nodded in agreement and gave specific operation details.

James listened and nodded in his soft chair.

When Paul had finished, he got up from his soft chair and nodded to his two henchmen, agreeing.

……

There is still half a month to go before the start of the All-Star Game, and naturally, there is more and more discussion about the All-Star Game.

For example, in this year's slam dunk contest, although Xu Yong and James did not continue to participate, Griffin, Nate Robinson, and DeRozan were all invited to participate, and the attention was not reduced last year;

Another example is the shooting star, Xu Yong, who has attracted the most attention in this year's All-Star Game, although he will not play in the rookie game, he will represent Chicago in the shooting star;

Finally, there is the most watched main game of the year, Kobe Bryant has said in the previous game that he will leave this year's All-Star Game victory in Los Angeles, which indicates that this year's All-Star Game will be full of competition.

It was at this time that James suddenly became active.

He first liked the fan's remark on social media that "Howard is more worthy of starting the All-Star Game than Yao Ming".

Immediately after the game against the Celtics, he publicly praised Rondo: "Rajon [Rondo] is a competitive competitor, the smartest player I've ever met. ”

Immediately after the news broke in the media, in a "giant meeting" of the Heat with only the participation of the Big Three, James clearly expressed the concept of team and sacrifice.

In the subsequent game against the Raptors, James limited his shooting to 15 and dished out as many as 15 assists, six of which were given to Wade, which was also publicly praised by Wade after the game.

This series of consecutive operations has earned James a good reputation among Eastern players, whether it is teammates or opponents.

Finally, in an exclusive interview with ESPN about this year's All-Star Game, when asked by a reporter if James' goal this year is to win the third All-Star Game MVP of his career, James gave a textbook answer.

"Of course, winning the MVP is the goal of every player who participates in the All-Star Game, but for me, what I hope is to lead the East Army to win this year's game, and that's what I have to do."

This exclusive interview was broadcast and attracted a strong response from fans.

James' personal call for the All-Star Game reached a peak.

Kobe Bryant about James vs. James has also been mentioned again by fans, which has become a hot topic in this year's All-Star Game.

……

Half a month flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is mid-February, and the 60th All-Star Game officially kicked off in Los Angeles.

The number of viewers at this year's All-Star Game may not be as good as last year's, but at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles, whether it is the professionalism of the media publicity or the starlight on the scene, it is incomparable to other cities.

So in terms of the look and feel of the live broadcast, this year's All-Star Game is definitely a grand one.

And there was no shortage of highlights in the first few days of the game, the first day of the rookie game, James Harden scored 35 points to pay tribute to his teammate Durant, led the sophomore to defeat the first-year team, and won the MVP of the rookie game.

The second day of the individual competition was more interesting.

The first shooting stars, Xu Yong, along with Steve Cole and Katherine Kraft of the WNBA's Chicago Sky, defeated Los Angeles, Texas and Atlanta to win the eventual championship;

In the subsequent skills challenge, Stephen Curry, who is also a 09-level player, beat Paul, Rose, Westbrook and others to win the championship;

The next three-point contest was full of entertainment.

There are still a lot of players to watch in this year's three-point contest, such as the addition of Durant and Ray Allen, which adds a new light to this year's game, while Korver and James Jones add a touch of Eastern competition flavor to the three-point contest.

But once the game started, none of that was the point.

The point is, Durant scored 6 points in the preliminaries!

6 points, this score is one point short of tying the record of 5 points lowest score set by Jordan in the three-point contest that year!

So it doesn't matter who the champion is or whatever, because of this 6 points, this year's three-point contest is destined to go down in history.

Of course, after the entertainment, this year's slam dunk contest is still very exciting.

This year's four players, in addition to the three previously introduced, is Javier Olajuki of the Wizards.

McGee also managed to steal the spotlight after the start of the game, and he used a Guinness record two-handed dunk in the preliminaries.

However, it was Griffin and DeRozan who met in the final.

Xu Yong fulfilled his previous promise, although he did not participate in the slam dunk contest, he became DeRozan's assistant.

And he is a very dedicated assistant, not just throwing a ball, but also providing DeRozan with a lot of ideas.

This is key, because before Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine came out, the dunk contest was all about creativity.

But in the end, Griffin won the dunk contest with that slam dunk that leaped over the car.

This dunk is not too difficult, but it is full of gimmicks, entertainment, and even commercial nature.

In the face of such a dunk, unless you can sacrifice a free throw line plus a dunk like Xu Yong last year, you can't win.

And that kind of difficult dunk action is not something DeRozan can do.

However, these eventually became the talk of social media fans, and they also warmed up for the final day of the main game.

On the day of the main game, the All-Stars of the East and West returned to the locker room to rest after the open practice session of Fan Day.

In the locker room of the Western team, Kobe Bryant was chatting with the crowd next to him.

"That kid will look for every opportunity to score tonight." Kobe Bryant said with a smile as he chewed gum.

The others couldn't help but laugh when they heard it.

Although Kobe Bryant didn't say his name, they could all hear who Kobe was talking about.

Seo Yong's contract with AJ is also no secret.

And Xu Yong is this year's All-Star vote king, and the Bulls are ranked first in the league, so he has to fight for both public and private.

"Don't come tonight, I'll guard against that guy." Bryant continued.

Since he said that he wanted to leave the victory in Los Angeles, he must have a hard fight with Xu Yong.

Not to mention that the last time the two teams met, Xu Yongke severely limited him once.

The others smiled and nodded.

From their reactions, it can be seen that Xu Yong's personal strength is still quite recognized by them.

Durant, on the other hand, showed a very high level of interest.

Xu Yong suffered from last year's World Championships, and if Kobe Bryant could teach Xu Yong a lesson in the All-Star Game, it would be really glad to see it.

……

Later in the evening, the Staples Center is bustling with activity, and the front row of the auditorium is filled with Hollywood superstars.

Swift doesn't have a front row seat, but there is a seat in the middle of the audience near the audience aisle.

She didn't shy away from wearing Xu Yong's home white jersey and holding a large bag of popcorn in her hand.

Because the relationship between the two has not been made public before, this scene also attracted frequent shots from photographers before the game.

Before the game even started, fans were already talking about it on social media.

Many fans are discussing the relationship between Seo Yong and Swift.

You must know that Swift's popularity is very high now, and she has only worn Kobe's No. 24 jersey in public before.

User "KBforever" took advantage of this moment to post a photo of Meghan Fox wearing Xu Yong's No. 6 jersey during last year's All-Star Game, with the caption: Xu from China has a lot of female celebrity fans in the United States.

This comment quickly became a highlight.

Unlike Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian's predecessors, Xu Yong's amount of "scandals" this year is a bit too much as a Chinese player.

Of course, in addition to Swift, the photographer on the scene also found the figure of the man in the middle of the audience on the other side.

Jordan hasn't appeared in the All-Star Game much, and his presence has added a little more to tonight's game.

Because of the Christmas war, Xu Yongke showed off his technique of turning and leaning back in front of everyone.

Now the encounter between Xu Yong and Kobe Bryant is also very interesting.

However, there is a slightly "weird" phenomenon at the scene, that is, when the appearance ceremony is over, the camera on the scene is warming up the players, and they have been looking for Xu Yong and Kobe, and even arranged some pre-game clips for Xu Yong.

And James, who was popular with players and fans before the All-Star break, was a little snubbed.

Although Xu Yong's arrangement as the ticket king is understandable, such differential treatment is somewhat disrespectful to James, who released the signal that he wanted to compete for the MVP of the All-Star Game early.

Congratulations to the men's basketball team for their first victory, isn't it good to use Hu Jinqiu early?

(End of chapter)