On the 21st, in the capital, Zhou Jianguo and Lin Yufen boarded the plane to Los Angeles with Zhou Jun and Zhou Ye, who had been on vacation.

Los Angeles, at noon on the 21st of US time, Roger Philip held a huge piece of cardboard with the three words Zhou Jianguo written in square letters, and then successfully received the family.

Then I had lunch at the airport, then transferred to Seattle, and arrived at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and Zhou Quan picked up the plane at the airport.

"Dad, Mom, Jun Xiaoye." When he saw his family come out, Zhou Quan waved and shouted very happily.

"Son."

Zhou Jianguo shouted happily.

"Brother."

Zhou Jun, who was taller than Zhou Jianguo, raised his hand very steadily and quickened his pace.

"Big brother."

Zhou Ye ran over with a cheer.

"Our little leaf has grown into a big girl, how tall is it now?"

Zhou Quan hugged Zhou Ye affectionately, the little girl is almost fourteen years old, she is already in the second year of junior high school, and she is in the third year of junior high school in the second half of the year, and she is almost to his jaw.

"One meter six."

Zhou Ye shouted happily.

After the family greeted each other affectionately, they hurriedly left the airport with Philip first, and if they didn't leave, they would be surrounded.

"Son, aren't you playing today?" After getting into the car, Zhou Jianguo asked.

"There's one tomorrow night." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Driving along Washington Lake to the front of the villa, he got out of the car outside the villa, Zhou Jianguo looked at the villa inside, the palace was the same, turned around and looked at the lake view, and couldn't help but sigh: "Son, you are too corrupt." ”

Zhou Quan smiled, pointed to the pier in front of him and said, "Dad, my yacht will arrive in a few months, you can come back in the summer vacation, you can play on the yacht, we can go to sea." ”

"How much?" Lin Yufen asked hurriedly.

"Hundreds of thousands." Zhou Quan said casually.

Lin Yufen breathed a sigh of relief, she knew that her son's villa cost millions, so hundreds of thousands of yachts were acceptable.

But what she didn't know was that what Zhou Quan told him was RMB, and he actually spent US dollars.

After entering the villa, Zhou Quan took his family up and down to visit.

"Brother, why do you have so many toilets in the air? I've got all six. ”

"Call the bathroom better."

"Oh, got it. Brother, what is this for? ”

"This is the movie room."

"Ah, brother, you're too extravagant. So what does this room do? ”

"It's ......"

Since the airport, Zhou Ye's mouth has not stopped, and he has to ask anything he sees.

Zhou Jun was very quiet, only looked with his eyes, and didn't talk much.

"Xiao Yezi, how are the results?" After calming down, Zhou Quan asked.

"First in the grade." Zhou Ye craned his neck and smiled.

"Be good, read hard, and study in the United States later."

Zhou Quan praised it, turned around and asked, "What about you, Xiaojun?" ”

Zhou Jun said embarrassedly: "Brother, I'm fine." ”

"Okay? That's average, not very good, right? Zhou Quan said.

"Giggle......" Zhou Ye couldn't stop laughing.

Zhou Jun glared at his sister and said bravely: "Brother, I am the tenth in the class, and I am in the 95th grade. ”

Zhou Quan nodded and said, "It's not bad, you have to study hard and pay attention to your learning methods." By the way, what sports do you like at school? ”

Zhou Jun suddenly hung his head and said: "The college entrance examination is coming soon, I can't study, how can I have time to play?" ”

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "Then you also have to find time to exercise, and combine work and rest." ”

He patted his brother on the head and said, "You're 180 tall, right?" ”

"Well, it's 179 cm, and my mother said I could grow a little longer." Zhou Jun said.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "Strive to get into a good university, and I will get you to study in the United States for a few years in the future, which can be regarded as gold-plated." ”

"Brother, can I study abroad with such grades?" Zhou Jun asked with a serious lack of confidence.

"What's not to do? Just read it. Zhou Quan encouraged.

Lin Yufen interrupted the words of the three siblings at this time, and asked with some disappointment: "Xiaoquan, why did you break up again this time?" ”

"She's Dink, there's no choice but to break up." Zhou Quan was also helpless.

"Dink?" Zhou Jianguo was stunned.

"What Dink?" Lin Yufen asked.

"I just don't want children." Zhou Jianguo said.

"What?"

Lin Yufen was stunned.

……

On the 22nd, the SuperSonics hosted the Timberwolves.

"Oooooooooo......oo

When Zhou Quan appeared, the huge cheers that sounded in the central gymnasium made Zhou Jianguo and Lin Yufen witness their son's status here for the first time, and they were so happy that tears flowed out.

The Timberwolves traded Grant Hill for Rainman Sean Kemp, and so far this season has actually reached the eighth place in the West, which is not weak.

There are Kemp and Kristen Leitner on the inside, and Isaiah Leddle on the guard line who averages 20+ points per game, so far, the team has averaged six double-doubles per game, and Ryder and Sean Kemp are both averaging 20+ per game.

Sean Kemp hates Zhou Quan very much, but he doesn't have the courage to provoke Zhou Quan off the field, he just hopes to beat Zhou Quan on the field and let out a bad breath.

It's a pity that even if the supersonic lacks Rodman, it is not something that the Timberwolves can gnaw, especially the home of the supersonics.

In this game, Zhou Quan played at full strength, and only played 33 minutes before defeating the Timberwolves, clocking out in the third quarter, and hitting 36 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 7 steals and 3 blocks.

Sean Camp performed well, shooting 5-of-11 from the field, 10-of-14 from the free-throw line, and scored 20 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 8 turnovers and 4 fouls.

Sean Kemp wanted Zhou Quan to look good, but Zhou Quan also set his sights on him, blocking the opponent once and stealing the opponent 3 times in the help defense.

……

On January 29, the All-Star voting ended.

Last season's overall champion and FMVP winner, Michael Jordan, was very popular, with 1.45 million votes.

Grant Hill is a close second with 1.27 million.

Then there's O'Neill, who is only a few thousand votes less than Hill.

And Zhou Quan became the All-Star vote king for the first time, receiving a whopping 1.95 million votes, which is also the highest number of All-Star votes in the history of the league.

In addition, Schramf was favored by the head coach and was named to the All-Star bench.

Troy Weaver, the general manager of the Pistons, has received praise in the industry, and he traded Gary Payton and Shaun Kemp for Grant Hill and Alan Houston, who are now the Pistons' leading twin stars, performing very well and becoming the new hope of the Pistons after Zhou Quan.

After voting, the 10 All-Star starters were announced, and then the head coaches selected 14 All-Star substitutes.

Eastern Conference All-Star starters: O'Neal, Pippen, Anfernee Hardaway, Grant Hill, Jordan.

Eastern Conference All-Star Subs: Mourning, Reggie Miller, Gary Payton, Ewing, Larry Johnson, Wenbaker, Teylonhill.

Western Conference All-Star starters: Olajuwon, Barkley, Sean Kemp, Sprewell, Zhou Quan.

Western Conference All-Star Subs: Dan Marley, Richmond, Karl Malone, Mutombo, David Robinson, Schramf, John Stockton

Although the final result of the first week of voting was foreshadowed, the American media still had some unacceptability, and they even thought that there were too many Chinese in the United States, and some radical media even thought that the Chinese voting should be restricted.

But the NBA then released some data, the votes from the Chinese accounted for only 10% of the votes of Zhou Quan, that is, only nearly 200,000 Chinese voted for Zhou Quan, even if this part of the vote is removed, Zhou Quan can get 1.75 million votes, still the king of votes.

In addition, from the official data, it can be seen that Zhou Quan has three major ticket positions.

The first is Seattle, the city where Zhou Quan is currently located, accounting for 32% of the vote.

The second is Los Angeles, which has always regarded Zhou as an Angeleno, accounting for 25 percent of the vote.

Third is Detroit, with 13%.

A total of 70% of the four major ticket warehouses are located, and the remaining 30% are distributed throughout the United States.

David Stern is still very happy with the results of this all-star vote.

Although Zhou Quan relied on the influence of other sports to get the highest number of votes, he saw a side that was beneficial to the NBA, and as long as Zhou Quan continued to play in this league, his influence would also benefit the league, after all, basketball is his main sport.

At the same time, Jordan's age is also 32 years old, although the state is still very brave, but in fact, his physical fitness has passed his peak, and people will always get old.

The only regret that makes him very regretful is that Zhou Quan is not an American.

30th, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Zhou Quan has studied abroad since 89 and has not celebrated the New Year with his family for six years, which makes him very happy this year.

……

With the end of the game in January, the SuperSonics are 8-5 this month, with a total of 30 wins and 10 losses, a winning rate of 75%, and even the first place in the West.

The Jazz rushed to second place in the West, just one win away from the SuperSonics.

Mosaic, which was previously pinned on by the media, because the team had serious injuries, Big Dream, Horry, Maxwell and other main players were injured, but their performance continued to decline and has slipped to the 5th position in the West.

Third in the West is the Suns, and fourth is the Spurs.

In the East, Jordan's Bulls finally rushed to the first place, and it was the first in the league, and O'Neal's Magic was second in the East and second in the league, with one more win than the SuperSonics.

On February 1, the league announced the MVP rankings, Jordan rushed to the first place, and Zhou Quan fell to third, behind O'Neal.

The schedule continues, and All-Star Weekend is approaching.

On Feb. 4, Mosaic and the Trail Blazers suddenly made a deal in which Mosaic sent Ironman interior Ostinop in exchange for glider Drexler, and the Trail Blazers also sent a first-round pick.

This deal, if you look at it from the point of view of fame, is a mosaic that made a lot of money, and it was a big profit to exchange one of the four flyers with a rebounding inside, and also got a first-round pick from the Trail Blazers.

But the reaction of the media was quite the opposite, because Thorpe was in his prime, and he was an iron man, and the glider was almost thirty-three years old, older than Jordan, and his form had been in a downward trajectory since two years ago, and the injury problem was obvious, so most of the media thought that Mosaic management had made a stupid decision.

After Zhou Quan learned the news, he specially got the glider information from the coaching staff.

Played 41 games with the Trail Blazers this season, missing the two games in February.

Averaged 35 minutes per game, about the same as the previous two seasons, and did play three or four minutes less than when he was in his twenties at his peak, averaging 22 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, with a shooting rate of 42.8%.

The stats are similar to last season, with more points, similar efficiency, and a shooting percentage of 50% at his peak, and after entering the age of 30, his form has indeed declined in the past two years.

However, this is in the data of the Trail Blazers, and now he has gone to the side of Big Dream, a super center who can create a lot of space for the outside as long as he goes to the basket, and if he packs it, it will also create open opportunities, then it is certain that the offensive efficiency of the glider will be higher than when he was in the Trail Blazers.

In other words, the mosaic of the playoffs, as long as the injury problem is resolved, must be stronger and much stronger than last season.

The glider must have started the No. 2 position in Mosaic, and Maniac Maxwell happened to have a lot of injuries this season, one starter, one off the bench, and they combined to contribute at least 35 points per game.

On his side, Kendall Gill and McMillan, Estus and Matthew Leonis add up to 25 points at most, and there are at least 10 points to fill, and the No. 2 position should not be beatable.

But fortunately, Thorpe is gone, Mosaic has reduced one big man on the inside, analyzed their lineup, and there is no good big forward to go up, so the superSonics can concentrate on dealing with Big Dream alone.

……

On Feb. 5, Rodman began training with the ball, which is good news for the superSonics, and it will take some time to officially conclude it.

On the 6th, Zhou Quan sent his family out of Seattle and would transfer in Los Angeles, and he entrusted Philip to help there.

Heading into February, the SuperSonics are on a three-game winning streak, with No. 7 losing back-to-back home games to the Spurs with a 33-11 record.

On the 8th, the Bulls arrived in Seattle.

The game was the first regular-season game of the season for both teams and the SuperSonics' last game before All-Star Weekend.

The media attention to this match is very high, and this is the first time the two teams have met since the finals.

"Michael, the Bulls have been doing really well lately, can they win tomorrow night's game?" At the hotel's media conference, the reporter asked.

"Of course, you asked a nonsense." Jordan said with a smile.

"For the All-Star vote, Iron Fist is as high as nearly two million votes, do you admit that the influence of Iron Fist has surpassed you at the moment?" A reporter from the local Seattle Post asked.

Jordan's face was a little gloomy, and he shrugged his shoulders again, pretending to be relaxed: "I don't care much about voting, I only care about the championship." ”

Regarding Jordan's avoidance, the reporter asked: "So do you think your influence is no longer as good as Iron Fist?" ”

Jordan snorted coldly and ignored the reporter's words.

The host of the Bulls immediately asked people to go over and confiscate the reporter's microphone and give it to the next reporter who was flopped.

The Bulls' press conference ended unhappily, and many local reporters only asked questions about the All-Star, which made Jordan very unhappy and left early.

(End of chapter)