On February 8, the SuperSonics lost to the Spurs on the road, with one win and two losses in the regular season, and they were slightly at a disadvantage.

No. 9, back-to-back defeats of the Mavericks on the road, the SuperSonics completed the pre-All-Star schedule. With 41 wins and 10 losses, he has the best record in the league.

The Lakers also lost to the Spurs afterwards, 37-11, 2.5 wins behind the SuperSonics with three games less.

Before the season, most of the media listed the superSonics as a championship-level team because of Zhou Quan's strength, but the team's lineup was not good, and there were too many base-salary players, so they were not very optimistic about the supersonics.

But by the All-Star Weekend, the superSonics actually played the first record in the league, which made these media who are not optimistic about the superSonics drop their jaws.

These media analyzed the reasons why the SuperSonics played the first record in the league, and the most important one was Zhou Quan's performance after his comeback.

So far, Zhou Quan has averaged 40.2 minutes per game, 33 points, 4.5 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 5.3 steals, 2.2 blocks, 2.1 turnovers and 2.3 fouls, shooting 50.8% from the field, 39.6% from three-point range, and 91.5% from the free throw line.

Scoring, assists, steals, basically predetermined three data kings, and ranked first in offensive efficiency, first in defensive efficiency, and first in individual efficiency among the league's main guards.

"The Iron Fist King returned to his peak form through the first and second month of play, but even his performance in the first month was worthy of his status as the first active player in the NBA, and he carried this team of veterans, low-salary players, rookie rookies, and undrafted players alone." The Seattle Post.

"The SuperSonics picked up Ben Wallace, who is 206 cm tall (uncertain), played a first-class defensive center in the main center position, and his defense and rebounding are an important reason why the SuperSonics have the best record in the league." New york times.

Under his own performance and the publicity of many media, Ben Wallace, who has not been asked by the team before, is also a little famous.

……

Zeng Li's labor is only two months away, and Zhou Quan has considered returning to China to give birth, but forget it, he is not around, and he is still not at ease.

As for the nationality of the child, he and Zeng Li are both Chinese nationality, and neither has a green card, although they work and live in the United States, they do not belong to the United States, so the child automatically has Chinese nationality, and it is mandatory, and the child can return to China with a travel document.

Of course, if a child is born in the United States, according to the U.S. Constitution, he or she will automatically have U.S. citizenship, which requires the child to renounce U.S. citizenship when he or she becomes an adult.

Of course, there is no need to wait until adulthood, as long as the child can clearly show his sense of independence and clearly understand the impact of renunciation of U.S. citizenship, he or she can apply for renunciation at any U.S. embassy abroad in advance.

On the 10th, he stayed at home with Zeng Lixi for a day, and the next Friday, accompanied by Philip, flew to San Francisco.

Once in San Francisco, the two drove to Oakland.

This year's All-Star is played on the home court of the Warriors, a team that hasn't made the playoffs in five years and has a 12-35 record this season, a win rate of just 25.5 percent, second to last in the West, just half a win over the Big Bad Clippers.

I think this team was still a competitor to Zhou Quan back then, but unfortunately after the boss was changed, a general manager was changed every year, and then it was completely rotten.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Quan came to the hotel and was surrounded by the media outside the gate for half an hour before entering the hotel under the protection of security personnel.

Jordan retired, Zhou Quan had no rivals in the All-Stars, the family was dominant, and after he arrived, most of the All-Stars came to his room to say hello, even Karl Malone and Stockton came.

There were only two All-Stars who didn't show up, that is, Gary Payton, who had a lot of opinions about him, and Jason Kidd, who hid in Peyton's room and didn't come out.

Zhou Quan packed his bags and then took a group of all-stars to dinner.

"Guys, is there anyone scheduled for the evening?" He asked casually as he went out.

David Robinson said: "I just said I want to play indoor golf, do you want to play Iron Fist?" ”

"Yes, I'll make a set of Callaway top clubs, and the winner will take it." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

He endorsed the Callaway golf brand the year before last, $25 million a year, and took the opportunity to promote it through the All-Stars, which is the responsibility of the spokesperson, and he doesn't need to pay for this set of clubs anyway.

"Oh, a set of Callaway top pars is worth over $10,000, and I want to try it." Ray Allen's face was eager to try.

"Count me in." Grant Hill said with a smile.

Everyone was chattering about participating, and a bunch of people crowded in front of the elevator door, which was very lively.

Later, Kidd stood at the entrance of the room and looked at everyone, turned back to Peyton and said, "Gary, forget it, let's go too?" ”

"No, no." Peyton's head tilted.

"Why bother, after so many years, it's just a deal, you can hate supersonic management, what do you hate Iron Fist for?" Kidd said helplessly.

Peyton pouted, I haven't talked to him for so many years, and now I reconcile with him, won't I be laughed to death? I can only go one way to the dark.

"It's just the two of us, Gary, and we're isolated." Kidd said dejectedly.

"Damn, you can go if you want, what are you rambling with me?" Peyton said unhappily.

Kidd couldn't help but scold: "Fools are self-isolating, and now Iron Fist King is the general trend of the alliance, and you can't get along with him for that transaction many years ago, isn't it uncomfortable?" I don't think the Iron Fist King even bothered to pay attention to you, you don't have a sense of existence in his eyes at all. ”

"You idiot hillbilly, you don't have a sense of existence." Gary Payton scolded directly.

"You're a hillbilly, you're just a road closer to the center of town than I am, idiot and idiot......"

Kidd immediately scolded back, and the two entered the rhythm of scolding each other across the road as children.

At this time, an elevator arrived, and Zhou Quan and others began to enter.

Kidd looked a little anxious, if he didn't keep up, he and Gary would really be isolated, who would pay attention to the two of them?

Hurriedly stepped out of the room, beckoned and shouted, "Hey, guys, Michael, Alonzo, wait a minute, Gary and I will be here soon." Damn Gary is shitting, he's constipated, he's been pooping for two hours......"

"Haha......"

"Jason, why don't you call an ambulance for your gloves?"

"Don't the gloves have gloves, dig them out yourself?"

"Gross!"

"Damn, don't talk nonsense, we're going to have dinner soon."

A bunch of all-stars burst into laughter.

"Damn Jason! You've only been pulling for two hours. Gary Payton's old face flushed.

"Then let's wait a minute, you go first." As Kidd's former teammate, Michael Finley laughed.

As Peyton's teammate, Alonzo Mourning also nodded and said, "Iron Fist King, you go first, we wait for Gary and Jason." ”

"See you at the restaurant." Zhou Quan nodded with a smile.

His attitude towards Payton and Kidd is that it doesn't matter, the two are just stupid, and the gloves are even more stupid.

Payton and Kidd eventually had dinner together, Payton was too embarrassed to talk to Zhou, Kidd went over to say hello, and finally participated in the evening indoor golf event together.

Grant Hill, who plays good golf and regularly plays indoor golf, took a set of top-of-the-line Callaway clubs from Zhou Quan.

On the 12th, the day of the all-star event, the league official took pictures first in the morning.

At this time in the past, Zhou Quan and Jordan sat in the middle, two chairs, surrounded by stars, this time there was only one chair, Zhou Quan sat in the middle, playing a basketball in his hand.

Behind him, are David Robinson and O'Neal, two super centers.

On the left are Vince Carter and Iverson, who are second and fourth in All-Star votes, and on the right are Mourning, who is second in All-Star votes, and Kobe, who is favored by the league.

Kobe Bryant got 1 million votes this time, and his popularity is not weak.

"Click, click, click......"

After the photographer took a fierce photo, he took a lot of single photos, and Zhou Quan was of course the top priority.

Next, everyone signed the 240 basketballs they had prepared, 10 each, and these were to be given to some of the children during the afternoon activity.

After lunch, the bus carrying the All-Stars arrived at a community elementary school in Auckland.

That night, it was a rookie game, a slam dunk contest and other activities, and the Oakland Stadium, which used to have a hard time attendance of more than half of the seats, was already full.

Vince Carter became the second most popular All-Star with his dunk, so the dunk contest was also his show time, and fans were very interested.

A total of six people participated in the slam dunk contest, in addition to Carter, his cousins Maddie, Steve Francis, Ricky Davis, Jerry Stark House, and Larry Hughes.

In the first round, each person has three chances, and finally three people can advance to the finals and eliminate three people.

In the second round, which is the final, each person has two chances, and the person with the highest score in the first round comes out last.

The five scoring judges, including Jordan the Flyer, Dr. J, Julius Irving, Glider Drexler, Skywalker David Thompson, and Dominic Wilkins, the essence of human movies, are all retired historical dunk masters.

In the end, Carter scored 100 points in the first round, Maddie 99 and Francis 95, and the three of them advanced to the finals.

In the finals, the first to play was Francis, who scored the lowest score in the first round, and finally scored 91 points.

But then Maddie came on the court and made a mistake and scored only 77 points.

In the end, Vince Carter came out and scored 98 points to win the dunk king.

When Carter dunked, O'Neal, who was shouting on the sidelines, looked very excited, and ran to Zhou Quan and shouted: "Iron Fist, Vince Carter's dunk action is much more beautiful than yours." ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "Aren't you talking nonsense, I'm a point guard, and I'm not good at dunks." ”

Kobe Bryant also came over, sat directly on the floor in front of Zhou Quan, and asked, "Iron Fist, why don't you participate in the slam dunk contest?" ”

"Why don't you participate?" Zhou Quan asked rhetorically.

Kobe Bryant's little face suddenly darkened by three points, and he said unhappily: "It's enough for me to participate once, and you haven't participated once." ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "My talent is not as good as yours, I think when I debuted, I was the king of reluctance, and I was ridiculed by the media." ”

"Poof!"

"Haha!"

The people around laughed.

"Iron Fist King, deduct one." At this time, some fans shouted loudly in the back.

"Iron Fist King, deduct one!"

"Iron Fist King, deduct one!"

Driven by this fan, the fans in the stadium began to shout loudly.

"Iron fist, buckle one!"

A group of Hollywood stars also gave a standing ovation and cheered.

David Stern looked over with an expectant look on his face and began to applaud.

Zhou Quan stood up helplessly, fortunately, he was wearing sportswear and sneakers today, so let's buckle one and buckle one.

"Oh roar!"

Seeing him stand up, the fans immediately erupted in loud cheers.

"Guess what the Iron Fist King will do?" Vince Carter was very excited.

"I guess it's a crotch change? The Iron Fist King often uses this move in matches. Iverson said excitedly.

"What he uses the most is the tomahawk buckle of the rotten street." O'Neill complained.

Kobe Bryant's face darkened by three points when he heard this, and it was with this action that he won the slam dunk contest championship in '97, and then the league suspended the slam dunk contest for the following year.

"I guess it's a tomahawk-style chop that rotates around in the air, and Iron Fist often uses this move. It's a pity I just failed. Maddie said with some regret.

While the stars were discussing what action Zhou Quan was going to use, Zhou Quan, who was moving his body, came over and said to Vince Carter: "Vince, I'm not prepared, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

When Vince Carter heard the Iron Fist King ask him for advice, he immediately became excited, and hurriedly said, "Oh, Iron Fist King, that, this ......"

"Iron Fist, you can use the tomahawk style to split the buckle, Kobe Bryant is good at this hand, he can teach you." O'Neill suggested.

Kobe's face instantly turned black, and an elbow hit O'Neal's waist, but unfortunately O'Neal's waist was estimated to be two meters long, so there was no reaction.

Zhou Quan ignored O'Neal's suggestion, looked at Vince Carter, Carter thought for a while and said: "Michael Jordan's free-throw line take-off dunk is very handsome, and he also has a sideways gliding dunk, which was used in the game, I think it's also cool, Iron Fist King, why don't you try this?" ”

"Gliding sideways?" Zhou Quan was stunned.

"Iron Fist, don't listen to this kid, you can't copy Jordan's movements, you have to be innovative." Reggie Miller busied.

"I know."

Zhou Quan nodded at Miller, thought for a while and said, "Okay, he turns sideways, and I'll turn my back." ”

"Back?"

The stars were stunned, did they dunk with their backs after rotating half a circle in the air, this doesn't seem to be difficult?

"Back glide dunk." Zhou Quan said.

"What?"

The stars were stunned.

The media reporters around were the same, and they didn't know what this back-gliding dunk was.

"It's great, although I don't know what a back-gliding dunk is, but when I hear it, I think it's amazing."

"I'm going to give Tekken 10."

"Is it flying with your back to the basket? Don't deduct it! ”

Through the camera of NBC TV, the fans in the audience also heard Zhou Quan's words, looked forward to it, and talked about it.

(End of chapter)