Xu Yong smiled.

He's a relatively optimistic guy, so he'd think it's not impossible for Green not to beat James, although theoretically impossible.

But thinking that it is not impossible and thinking that it is likely are two meanings, after all, James is not comparable to Pu'er.

As a result, he didn't expect it to happen, which surprised him and fully satisfied his mentality as a theatergoer.

He was even curious, Curry didn't know what kind of mentality he was at this point.

"Boss, what do you think Stephen will do?" Anderson seems to be a roundworm in Xu Yong's stomach.

Xu Yong shook his head.

He didn't know.

This kind of thing is very troublesome to deal with, James's status is downgraded again, and he is also the top five in the league and Adi's top card, Green's punch can be said to be very impulsive, and he directly put himself on the trading shelf.

If Curry speaks up for Green at this time, it is purely to treat James as an outsider, and the relationship between James and him is bound to be rigid, but if he doesn't speak up for Green, then the identity of the leading big brother in the Bay Area will also be loosened, and he is really not human.

So what's the best thing to do? It's better not to be silent.

On social media at this time, the fans have already fried the pot.

"Die to Green, he doesn't deserve to be a basketball player at all!"

"Damn, how dare he, hit his teammates? Is his head caught in the door?! ”

"I'm going to be his big cousin, I'm submissive to Xu Yong, and I'm going to hit the king hard, I'm really a happy person!"

"Green is the rat of the Warriors, he has completely become garbage after missing an egg, and now he is still angry with his teammates, really get out!"

……

There was a lot of scolding on social media.

James' reputation over the years is indeed not very good, but there is a relative in everything, Green has basically been full of negative news since he started chasing eggs.

Even Bay Area fans are ashamed of what he did.

They like the [Dream Chaser] Green who has become the core of the team's organization from the second round, not the current [Egg Chaser] Green.

'I think Draymond was doing the wrong thing but I don't think he did it on purpose, he's always working hard and sacrificing for the team and we need him.'

But Curry's statement in front of reporters surprised everyone.

Even Xu Yong was a little surprised, Curry didn't even give an ambiguous answer, and directly chose to maintain Green.

But when you think about it, it seems like Curry is another choice that Curry will definitely make.

Because when people make choices, not everyone will only weigh the pros and cons, and it is also related to personality.

What kind of personality is Curry?

Suave and good-tempered? Talk about fame and fortune and not greedy for power? Honest and childish at heart?

Xu Yong has a lot of contact with Curry, but it is not as deep as Harden, but he can still feel that these are somewhat certain from the contact.

And to sum up these character traits, he is an idealist who stresses righteousness and true temperament.

In Xu Yong's cognition, this is probably Jia Baoyu, Liu Bei, and Lu Zhishen.

So this is destined for him to choose very directly when he encounters this kind of thing.

It's not necessarily a good choice, but it's predictable that Green will be a mess with emotion, and the Warriors' fundamentals are still there.

As for James, he may be angry, but it seems that he can't do anything, after all, he had a fuss with the Heat back then, and if he was traded away by the Warriors in the end, it would really be a dead rat in the sewers, and it would stink.

However, at this time, no matter what the purpose, Xu Yong still admires Curry's approach, because he is under huge pressure from public opinion.

In fact, just after Curry spoke out, he was rarely cyberbullied on social media.

"Just ignore the facts and right and wrong, just protect the shortcomings, right? Are such people worthy of being leaders? ”

"Where is Curry as the leader of the Warriors, it is clearly Green, the leader is questioned, and the younger brother can't support it?"

"Of course Brother Gongming will protect Brother Tie Niu, isn't that reasonable?"

……

In the face of these voices, Curry chose to remain silent, which actually shows that he adheres to his previous views and continues to choose to defend Green.

His resolute attitude basically determined the direction of this incident.

Although Curry's personality is not suitable to be a team leader, he is the leader of the Warriors, and the Warriors team is built on him and this absolute core, and it is impossible for management to turn a blind eye to his firm statement.

Or to put it another way, the Warriors can afford to lose James, but they definitely can't afford to lose Curry.

James is eating like crazy, and he's always been self-disciplined.

Curry's unexpectedly determined will, as Xu thinks, means that all his efforts over the past six months have been in vain, and there is nothing he can do now.

He is on the hardest path, the hardest means there is no way back, and that means...... He took the punch in vain.

That damn fellow of FuPaul came back and gave him a plan, and now the man was gone again, just disgusting!

In the end, the incident, like the previous conflict between Green and James in the players' tunnel, ended up being resolved.

Is this a good thing?

Xu Yong doesn't think so.

He admires Curry's approach, but this result is not a good thing for the Warriors.

Now it's not a question of a thorn, it's a ticking time bomb, or the kind where the lead is clearly visible.

He is now expecting the Warriors to make it to the Finals in the West.

Fast forward to All-Star Weekend.

This year's All-Star Game was held in New Orleans, the third time in the league and the first time in the Shaw era.

The Pelicans didn't make the playoffs last year, which wasn't a successful season, but they didn't lose anything by picking the first pick and All-Star Game in the new season.

For Xu Yong, because he broke the single-game scoring record in the All-Star Game last year, and he needs to reduce his consumption in the regular season this season, he can be said to be completely desireless this year.

However, he has no desire, which does not mean that this year's All-Star Game is not interesting.

Adam Shohua had already decided before the season, and this year's All-Star Game format has been revised again, and it is a major revision, which will cancel the way of the East and West matchups, and instead use the way of selecting the East and West captains to fight.

For this thing, Xu Yong can be said to be very impressed, which is mainly based on two points.

One is that several times Harden was selected as the last one left, so that Harden was considered by fans to be the worst star player in the NBA for a long time.

The second is that this format is quite interesting at first, but after playing too much, the All-Star Game is completely meaningless because of the lack of competition, after all, the East and West confrontation, you are fighting for your own division honor, if you choose people, are you fighting for the captain?

However, this year is the first year, and the captains of the east and west are Xu Yong and Durant respectively, and they will be directly invited to TNT's program site to select people for live broadcast, and the attention is full.

In fact, before the selection process began, Xu Yong and Durant were asked relevant questions by reporters one after another, among which the most concerned was who they would choose first, and all kinds of speculations emerged.

When it came to the selection day, Xu Yong and Durant both appeared on TNT's show in suits.

In order to maximize the effect, this show is completely live, because it is full of uncertainty, which also attracts unprecedented attention.

According to TNT's real-time data, this episode set a new high in TNT's ratings that season.

"I have a question, who will you choose first?" After the live broadcast officially began, Barkley asked the most concerned questions for fans in this paragraph.

Xu Yong and Durant glanced at each other, and Xu Yong gentlemanly motioned to Durant to speak first.

"I'll pick my teammates." And Durant gave an affirmative answer.

This answer can be said to be very straightforward, which made Barkley show a surprised expression, after all, this kind of thing is to leave suspense.

Xu Yong smiled, Durant is not such a simple person.

"I'm not going to pick Jimmy because he's played with me so much." And when he was asked this question, he chose to rule out an answer.

Butler's desire to play in the All-Star schedule is too low, and this kind of entertaining game naturally has a program effect.

Now things get interesting, because judging from the answers alone, the two have completely different ways of choosing people.

After asking questions, Kenny Smith introduced some of the basic rules for selecting candidates as the moderator.

The rules are very simple, the two guess the coin to decide the order, and the selection is divided into starters and substitutes, and the starters can only be selected from the people who are selected for the starting lineup, and the same goes for substitutes.

This year's starters (except for captains): Irving, Butler, George, Antetokounmpo, Curry, Harden, James, Griffin;

Subs: Paul, Wall, DeRozan, Anthony, Love, Anthony Davis, Drummond, Westbrook, Lillard, Klay Thompson, Gordon Hayward, Gasol Jr., Cousins, Jordan Jr.

In the coin guessing session, Durant guessed correctly, and he got the opportunity to pick first.

This also instantly attracted the attention of other people in the live broadcast room, as well as fans in front of the TV, who wanted to know if Durant would choose Harden.

"Stephen Curry."

"Stephen is Ling's teammate?!" When Durant gave an answer, Barkley's eyes widened, and Xu Yong had a sure expression.

"I think what Xu said makes a lot of sense." Durant explained Dong An with a smile, as the GOAT of the keyboard warrior, he also understands the effect of the show.

Barkley didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

Next up is Xu Yong.

"I'd be very surprised if you picked LeBron." Barkley, of course, is more capable of creating the effect of the show.

"James...... Harden. Xu Yong smiled, and then gave the answer.

"He's a former teammate of mine." And without waiting for Barkley to ask, he immediately gave his own explanation.

This show is full of results.

"Jimmy Butler." Durant made his second pick.

"I wanted to experience what it's like to play with Jimmy." Durant then looked at Xu Yong and said.

So Xu Yong chose Durant's current teammates, and Durant chose Xu Yong's, and it was really interesting to choose them to be the captain in the first year.

"Paul George, I know he's a very strong guy." Xu Yong gave his second choice to his fan brother George.

Barkley and O'Neal both nodded approvingly this time, and George is now one of the best swingmen in the East, because he is the leader of the team, and it can even be said that he is second only to Xu Yong.

Durant then drafted Antetokounmpo, the Western army still lacked a big man, and Xu Yong also took Griffin, which is the same.

There are only the last two people left in the starters, Irving and James.

Theoretically, the Western Army already has Curry and Butler on their side, and they will need James even more.

"Kyrie Irving." But Durant chose Irving with little hesitation.

Xu Yong smiled and shook his head, this result was expected, because with Durant's complaints about James on social media in the past year or so, it was impossible for him to choose James.

When the coin guessing session was over, he and James were destined to continue to be teammates.

Of course, in fact, the moment the captain was chosen, James was destined to become the person who was left behind in the first year, because Xu Yong was even more unlikely to take the initiative to choose James.

Then it came to the substitution link, and the first order of the two selections was reversed.

Xu Yong preferred DeRozan, he actually planned to reunite the Devil's Three Musketeers from the beginning.

Durant, on the other hand, chose Westbrook.

Xu Yong glanced at Durant more when he heard this, and said that the relationship between Durant and Westbrook is really different from history.

This relationship, you want to say that he will not be surprised that one day the two will team up to play together.

In this year's All-Star Game, the selection process attracted a lot of attention, but when it came to the main game, the two sides were basically playing an exhibition game.

On the one hand, as mentioned earlier, the sense of honor of fighting for the captain is too weak, and on the other hand, the two captains themselves have no desire to compete.

Xu Yong explained that as for Durant, he didn't even go to the Olympics for this season, and this kind of exhibition game must not be invested.

The two protagonists of this exhibition game, Westbrook on the west side, is good at playing this kind of game, plus this time he is fighting locally, his teammates will pass the ball to him, and James on the east side is the best, and he finally met Xu Yong's chance to play little.

So, it became a duel between the king (the king of the three pairs) and the king (the king).

In the end, it was the triple-double winner who won.

Westbrook scored 51 points to lead the Durant team to a 192-182 victory over Xu Yong, and he was also elected MVP of the All-Star Game for the first time in his career, which really reached new heights.

In contrast, although James also grabbed 41 points, he could only regret the empty cut.

A week later, the 2017 NBA trade deadline came to an end, and the Bulls tried to send Dio out for a substitution, but without success.

In the end, they and Dio opted for a contract buyout, and the vacated space was used to sign another player who also reached a buyout contract with the parent club, Deron Williams.

How much power does DeLong have left? Probably not much, this season he was frequently tormented by knee injuries and foot injuries, and he only averaged 13.1 points and 6.9 assists per game, shooting only 43%.

This time, Delong himself sought a buyout, but also knew that he did not have much time left in his career, so he finally gave it a go.

And the Bulls' idea is also very simple, it is unrealistic to expect the current Murray to play in the playoffs, so signing Deron to play third guard is equivalent to adding another layer of insurance to the original lineup.

When he saw Delong, Xu Yong was in a trance, the big fat man in front of him was still the Delong he knew?

However, it is not impossible to explain that the nutritional intake of professional athletes is not comparable to ordinary people, because the amount of injury training will naturally become fat.

Not to mention that Delon himself is a heavy point guard with a relatively large size.

Xu Yong took the initiative to give Delong a big hug to welcome.

After the buyout deadline, there are only two months left in the regular season.

In the past two months, there has been a lot of change within the Bulls.

The first is Jokic, who is getting better and better, and even played a game where he made 10 shots in a single game, which made the outside world call for Jokic to start again.

Thibodeau's attitude was even more resolute this time, and he completely ignored those voices.

It's a fact that's basically true, as long as Thibodeau is still in the Bulls' head coach position, Jokic can't be the starting center for the Bulls.

Of course, with Malone's push, Thibodeau still managed to add some playing time to Jokic, and that was to play a two-tower lineup at certain times.

And in this new two-tower lineup, Jokic plays four on the offensive end and five on the defensive end, and Adams plays five on the offensive end and four on the defensive end.

Adams wasn't very good at helping defensively, but at least it was a lot better than the previous method.

Of course, everyone can see that this is just a stopgap measure, and as Jokic's ability continues to improve, there will always be a day when this irreconcilable contradiction needs to be completely resolved.

This is followed by Delong.

It may be strange to say, but Deron has been in great shape since he arrived with the Bulls.

How good is it? He squeezed Stephenson out of the rotation.

Stephenson is characterized by daring to fight and passionate, while Delon is stable, and in the case of being in shape, Delon is obviously the point guard that Thibodeau prefers, and even if it weren't for Delon now that there is not much defense left, Thibodeau would even be happy to let him play as a starter.

This is actually something Xu Yong didn't expect, he had the impression that after Delon arrived at the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers fans sprayed him useless, as if he wasn't taken in by Cleveland, and Delon had nowhere to go.

Then just after the Cavaliers finished half a season, Delon suddenly disappeared from the NBA at the age of 32, and when he was known to fans again, he was already the boxer in the ring.

This can only mean one thing, Delon should be the victim of [teammates' CBA remarks].

It's a pity that Xu Yong's brain is not a computer, so he can't search for how Delong is playing in the Cavaliers.

But at least now he's playing pretty well with the Bulls, averaging about 20 minutes per game, with a shooting rate of nearly 47%, a 41% three-point shooting rate, and a performance of 7.5 points and 3.6 assists.

This is another surprise for the Bulls this season after Jokic, and it is the kind that fell from the sky.

Of course, just like Jokic's affair, Deron squeezing into the rotation had a negative impact, and Stephenson began to show his thorn attributes to cause trouble.

He was late for training, argued with Malone, and then chattered in the locker room.

"Why do some people get into the rotation just because they're famous, are we a team that plays by fame?" Even he was almost named.

Delon's face flushed, he, like James, was an outsider in his own right.

After James was beaten, Curry was still short, not to mention that he is now basically on the verge of fading out of the league.

"Shut your mouth, Lance." But at this moment, Xu Yong directly scolded Stephenson.

"In Chicago, it's all about strength, and what you lose has to be earned back by your own efforts."

Xu Yong's words made Stephenson's face red, he didn't expect Xu Yong to say this about him in public, you must know that he contributed to the defense of the Bulls' title last season, and Delon is just an outsider, and may even retire after this season.

However, he still obediently shut up, the biggest difference between Xu Yong and Curry is personality, and this also determines their completely different control over the locker room.

"Xu, are you free? I invite you to a cup of coffee. When the training session was over and Xu Yong was about to go back to rest first, Delong chased after him.

Xu Yong looked at the time and nodded.

"Thank you so much today, I really don't know how to solve this kind of thing if it weren't for you." After sitting down, DeLong said gratefully.

Xu Yong was still in a trance, his impression of Delong was a rebellious guy who was against Sloane, an unruly guy, and there were completely two people in front of him.

But this may be the washing of the years, and years of injuries have long made Delong no longer the high-spirited teenager he was back then.

"I'm not helping you, I'm telling the truth." Xu Yong told the truth.

He admires Curry for being genuine, but if he were to be swapped to Curry's position, he would have done it differently.

He won't favor Green because fairness is fundamental to maintaining a team's atmosphere.

But he won't sit idly by and watch Green be forced away, just like Rose did back then.

So this time it's a matter of facts.

People cannot lie on the merit book and sit and wait for death, because what is recorded in the merit book is history, and the glory of history has already been given.

"Anyway, I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner." DeLong's words came from the heart.

Xu Yong laughed when he heard this.

DeLong was really late.

When he first entered the league, he coveted Delon's trailing skills, and if Delon had come earlier, he would not only have mastered it earlier, but also wouldn't have to make that bet with Durant, to be honest, he was really worried that Durant wanted a Scarlett.

"Dejounte is a good boy and he's going to be an All-Star in the future." The two chatted over coffee, and when the distance was closer, Delon talked about Murray.

"Oh?" Xu Yong was a little surprised, Delong didn't have a heavenly eye.

"Xu, you know that children are particularly easy to be bewitched, and if there is no noble person to help them at that time, their lives may be wasted." DeLong suddenly sighed.

The noble person he is talking about here is the real nobleman, not the kneeling man.

Xu Yong nodded, although he had not experienced this, his words were not wrong, especially in the general environment of Ammelica, especially black people, there are really only a few people who can sober up in the world, and most of them need to be guided by such a nobleman.

"I know Jamal, and Jamal told me about this kid." Then Delong's words surprised Xu Yong a little.

While it doesn't sound too strange that Deron and Crawford know each other, Crawford is Murray's nobleman?

Xu Yong didn't deliberately get to know Murray, and his current impression of Murray is still that of a troubled teenager as Foreman said, although he worked hard.

"His nobleman was his uncle, Terry Thompson, and I heard Jamal say that Dejounte was addicted to alcohol and marijuana when he was 15 years old, and that he was no different from those street gangsters, and it was Terry who guided him and became his role model."

Xu Yong was a little surprised that it was not Crawford.

After that, Dejounte's life was reinvented, and Terry helped him get into Lena Beach High School.

"Lena Beach?" Xu Yong confirmed.

"What's wrong?" Delong didn't expect Xu Yong to ask questions here.

"I also played in high school in Seattle." Xu Yong explained that he had fought against Lena Beach High School.

And it was at this time that he understood, because he remembered that the high school was the high school where Crawford had studied.

"You know, what other people say is just what other people say, but after a period of contact, I feel that he is really mature and hardworking, and that experience has made him precocious, and he knows what he wants, and he will be an All-Star." Delon repeated what he had just said.

"I know." Xu Yong nodded.

"I'm serious, Xu, if he gets a chance, I think the Bulls may have another dynasty." Delong thought Xu Yong was being polite.

"I'm serious too." Xu Yong replied with a smile.

(End of chapter)