In mid-to-late January, the NBA announced its All-Star Weekend shortlists.

The most striking thing is, of course, the main race roster.

In the East, the inductees are Vince Carter, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Antoine Walker, Paul Pearce, Grant Hill, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Kidd, Deacembe Mutombo, Ray Allen, Byron Davis, and Jermaine O'Neal.

Due to Hill's season reimbursement, there is a substitute spot in the All-Star Game in the East, and the suspense is only between Sharif Abdul Rahim and Yu Fei.

Suddenly, Wizards fans were overjoyed, Yu Fei actually had the possibility of being selected as an All-Star in his rookie season?

Even if it's a replacement selection, it's an all-star!

In terms of the number of votes, Rahim's popularity base from the 96 golden generation is naturally higher than Yu Fei's, and Yu Fei didn't start until the second month, as well as the impact of the previous "he said he wanted to trade me" incident, the popularity fluctuated, and Rahim was nearly 100,000 votes behind him in the number of votes, ranking fifth among the Eastern Forwards.

In terms of statistics, Raheem averaged 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists per game, while Yu Fei averaged 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

In terms of team records, Narahim has no advantage.

The Wizards are currently fourth in the East, while the Hawks are in the lottery.

Out of the original intention of praising people, the league should let Yu Fei get the gimmick of "being selected as an All-Star in his rookie season", but since Yu Fei entered the NBA, he can be described as sharp, and his reputation as "untaught" is well-known throughout the country, and he is recognized as a good seedling who needs to be suppressed.

Raheem has a clear advantage in this substitution debate, and that is his seniority.

For Raheem, this may be the only chance of his career All-Star selection.

Yu Fei is still young, and Rahim has no "next time".

Even in the MVP competition, the judges often choose a person who is neither high nor low because of a similar plot, and the All-Star is even more so.

After a day of discussion, the league decided to add Raheem to the Eastern Conference All-Star roster.

Yu Fei missed the opportunity to be selected for the All-Star Game in his rookie season.

The media and fans in Washington were heartbroken by this, all of which said that the league was unfair, and Yu Fei felt that it would be okay if this All-Star Game was not played.

There is no All-Star bonus clause in the endorsement contract he signed, so there is no loss if he is selected as an All-Star this year.

And once he is selected as an All-Star, he will inevitably be asked hundreds of Jordan-related questions.

However, it is not without benefit to be around Jordan, although he will be bothered by these problems.

That is, when the players really encounter things, the media focus is still only on Jordan.

For example, last week, Kwame Brown was stopped driving for speeding, only to be punished by the Wizards with a slight internal punishment, and the media did not pay any attention to the matter.

Jordan's divorce suddenly attracted all the media attention.

This annoyed Jordan, and Tim Grover also felt unworthy for his old partner after stopping the reporter for Jordan: "Is it because he's Michael Jordan that he can't have his own privacy?" ”

After the list of All-Star Games is decided, Yu Fei actually has one more thing to consider.

Both the league and Reebok want Yu Fei to participate in the slam dunk contest.

Although Yu Fei is only a rookie, he is already a well-known dunk, ranking in the top 10 in the league in terms of total dunks so far this season, and he is also the only small forward on this list.

But Yu Fei refused after deliberation.

It's not that he has anything unspeakable like James, he just feels that the dunk contest is not for him. He is a practical dunk, and the slam dunk contest requires tricks and difficulty.

Yu Fei didn't have enough tricks, because his height and weight were here.

Unless he wants to win the championship with a big windmill dunk from beginning to end like Zhang Zhenlin, but this kind of thing is not feasible in the NBA, so forget it.

Yu Fei's only certainty is to participate in the Rookie Challenge.

Then, before All-Star Weekend arrives, the Wizards have a few games to play.

For the final game of January, the Wizards left for Milwaukee.

At the same time, it is also Christian Leitner's comeback fight.

When the Wizards arrived in Milwaukee, Yu Fei realized that small cities treat NBA teams differently than big cities.

If it's a big city, there must be media squatting outside the airport.

And Milwaukee didn't.

The overall vibe in Milwaukee, like Wisconsin, is a real football region, and basketball is the local off-the-beaten-track sport.

The Green Bay Packers are a local fan favorite.

Yu Fei, who lives under the high-intensity surveillance of the media all day long, has an indescribable preference for this atmosphere that no one pays attention to.

Check into the hotel, get some rest, and then head to the Bucks' home court.

This is what Yu Fei must do every time he goes to a new away game.

When Yu Fei came to Bradley Center, he unexpectedly met Ray Allen.

He came earlier than Yu Fei.

What is he doing here?

Just shooting.

Ray Allen receives the ball from the trainer and shoots a three-pointer, going to the next catch if he throws it, and scoring 10 goals in a row on the spot if he can't.

Even if it is Yu Fei, he will not come to the scene to practice in advance on the night of the home game.

Because no one knows the home field better than him.

And Ray Allen seems to be sticking to it home and away.

The Eastern Conference All-Star guard, who claims to dislike Jordan and feels that the Wizards have sucked away all the attention that should belong to the Bucks, is extremely focused at the moment.

Yu Fei often heard people say that Ray Allen's shooting posture was like a textbook before the crossing, but in fact, if you look closely, it is really not a textbook.

His catch-lift-pluck motion was too silky to be coordinated and felt to shoot like he did.

Yu Fei brought Lawson over and asked, "Can we train together?" ”

The trainer had a playful look on his face.

Ray Allen glanced at Yu Fei seriously, and then shook his head vigorously: "I don't think so." ”

"As tonight's opponent, don't you want to see how I feel?" Yu Fei asked.

Ray Allen said: "I don't want to. ”

He behaved like a pedant who didn't understand people.

"But I really like your shots, can I talk to you about the technique?" After that, Yu Fei made a move.

Ray Allen was a little dissatisfied: "You can go to another venue." ”

"No, I'm right here."

Ray Allen looked at the trainer, and then at Yu Fei, who was familiar with him, although he was unhappy, he was not good enough to have a complete seizure.

In the end, Ray Allen gave up the court, preferring to go to another court to shoot rather than stay with Yu Fei.

Miraculously, after changing venues, Ray Allen's hand quickly declined.

He used to have a frighteningly high hit rate, but now he has difficulty stabilizing the arc.

The trainers who have been working with him for a long time know that this is the result of changing venues.

Is there anything strange about this venue? No, but Ray Allen is a person with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, he does things according to his plan, and if someone doesn't let him do what he does, he gets angry, he gets angry, he loses his order.

Originally, he shot smoothly on the previous court, but Yu Fei suddenly cut a bar, disrupting his rhythm and forcing him to change the court to shoot, is this something that Ray Allen can adapt to? Is he still angry? Is the thought still clear? Will there be a lack of oxygen?

When Ray Allen missed three times in 10 balls, the trainer knew there was something wrong with his rhythm.

"Ray, do you want to pause?" The trainer asked.

Ray Allen grabbed the ball and glared fiercely at Yu Fei, who was warming up and was overjoyed, "That bastard! ”

"It's true that young people nowadays are becoming more and more unruly." The trainer chimed in.

In the evening, fans began to enter the stadium.

Players from both teams also came to the field to warm up.

The Bucks' players feel a little weird, because Ray Allen tends to come to the room two and a half hours early to get a feel for it, and he always chooses the opponent's basket (first half) to practice.

But today, Ray Allen is in his own basket.

The teammates wanted to know what was going on, and Ray Allen didn't want to explain too much.

After the warm-up, the lights dimmed and the DJ began to introduce the starters of both sides.

On the Wizards' side, except for Leitner's return to the starter, several other positions are more conventional.

The Bucks' starters were: Sam Cassel, Ray Allen, Anthony Mason, Tim Thomas, Joel Purzbilla.

Currently, the Wizards are 24-19 and the Bucks are 27-17, which is the fourth game in the East against the second in the East.

Even if the Bucks finish second in the East, it will still be below expectations for the outside world.

No one knows why the Bucks are underwhelming, and the addition of Anthony Mason in the offseason is more of a weakening for them.

After the starters came on the field, Yu Fei looked at his opponent, Kassel, and then turned his gaze to Anthony Mason.

He's a little glad he's not playing as a striker tonight, and Mason's body looks a bit bluffing.

It's so strong that it's hard to imagine how a basketball player can be so strong?

What the hell do the brains of people like him and Carl Malone think? Does training such strong muscles help a lot in playing ball?

Of course, it is not a happy thing to play against Kassel, first of all, the opponent is strong, and secondly, he has an ugly face that is rare in the history of the NBA.

I thought that the appearance of Popayer Jones in the team was shocking enough, but I didn't expect that there would be masters in the NBA.

Before the game started, Cassel laughed at Yu Fei, revealing his snow-white teeth, "Rookie, I won't show mercy to your subordinates." ”

Then, Jasidy White won the jump ball, Yu Fei caught the ball with one hand, and in the face of Kassel's forced defense, he suddenly pulled the ball behind his back and shook people away, rushing all the way to the free throw line and throwing the ball to Jordan who followed up.

Jordan steadied himself and scored on a jumper.

Then, Yu Fei looked at Kassel, and wanted to say some uplifting trash talk, but when the words came to his lips, he still couldn't hold back when he saw Kassel's face, "Old bird, I don't want to see your face again, have you ever considered playing with a mask on?" ”

(End of chapter)