[310] The Heat sent O'Neal away, and the regular season entered the sprint stage!
The names of these five people naturally need not be said to be heavy, and they have been the focus of attention since they entered the alliance.
Michael Jordan, in particular, was not only selected as an All-Star in his rookie season, won the Rookie of the Season, and even entered the second team of the season as a rookie.
You must know that being selected for the All-Star team in the rookie season is a more terrifying existence than being selected as an All-Star, and the difficulty factor is also greater.
And "dumb" Tim Duncan is even more perverted, and he was directly selected to the All-NBA 1 team and the All-Defensive Team 2 in his rookie season......
Among these five, except for Grant Hill, who was destroyed by injury and Da Yao, who was loved by fans in the Celestial Empire, the other three: Jordan, O'Neal and Duncan, are all superstars in the top ten levels of history.
And now Kevin Durant, who is a rookie, has also entered this extraordinary ranks, and this glory naturally directly makes his influence and self-confidence burst.
On the Sina Sports Forum in China, many fans also ridiculed the topic of Kevin Durant squeezing out LeBron James, and even having the potential to replace him:
"Durant, this guy is really fierce, he can be selected as an All-Star in his rookie season, and even my Flying Brother doesn't have such an honor, right?"
"Haha, at first glance, you're not a big fan of Feige, how was Feigo's rookie season, don't you know? He just started to break out in the Western Conference Finals, okay! ”
"Having said that, Phineas's rookie season is really legendary, there is almost no playing time in the regular season, he is completely a water cooler administrator, and at such a critical moment in the Western Conference finals, he was able to suddenly play such a magical performance, and the 7 three-pointers in the fourth quarter of the Western Conference G5 are still vivid!"
"Lin Fei's success is irreproducible, and it is also an eternal legend in the NBA!"
"James really feels like he's ruined his career, isn't it okay to stay in the Cleveland Cavaliers? The competition in the east is originally relaxed, and you have to get along with the management and the boss, but now it's okay, it's nothing in the west, and you know how to score every day, funny! ”
"Last week's NBA star endorsement sneaker sales list was released, Durant's latest Nike sneakers, sales actually caught up with James, this is really a comprehensive crush!"
"The New Orleans Hornets have a good record this season, Durant is also playing well, in the end, we have to thank Celtics general manager Danny Ainge, if he didn't insist on Paul, Durant would not have been traded to the Hornets!"
"It's not surprising that the Hornets can play such a record, and I feel that their lineup is very reasonable, and they will definitely be the spoilers in the West in the playoffs!"
"I hope Durant can develop well, be a low-key person, develop well, don't learn from James's arrogance and suppression of management, so that he should have a very good future in the Hornets!"
"Isn't it possible to call Adu the new queen bee? David West publicly stated at the press conference that the boss of this Hornets team is Durant, and it seems that the Hornets management has officially corrected Durant's position! ”
"This year's All-Star is held in New Orleans again, and Durant is playing an All-Star on his own doorstep, which is really lucky!"
New Orleans, New Orleans Arena.
The All-Star lineup has just been announced, and the New Orleans Hornets are at home and welcome the Seattle SuperSonics led by LeBron James.
This game is a head-to-head matchup between James and Durant, two rookies and a small forward of the Mesozoic era, coupled with the popularity of the All-Star, which naturally attracted the attention of many fans.
This is the second meeting between the two teams this season, with the first of the previous games being the Christmas clash between the two teams.
That game ended in a big win for the Hornets, so tonight can be regarded as a revenge game for James to lead the SuperSonics to the road.
After this game, wait two more days for All-Star Weekend.
Because the Knicks had ended the game early before the All-Star Weekend, Lin Fei and his teammates who participated in the All-Star Weekend had also flown to New Orleans in advance.
In addition to the Knicks' starting five Tigers all selected for the All-Star Game, Nate Robinson, as last year's slam dunk king, will participate in this year's slam dunk contest again, and Sun Yue will participate in the skills challenge.
At the same time, with the Knicks' No. 1 record in the East, Isaiah Thomas naturally deservedly became the head coach of the Eastern All-Star team.
Tonight's game between the Hornets and the SuperSonics at the New Orleans arena also attracted the Knicks players who had just stayed at the hotel in the afternoon to the front row of the scene to watch.
Although Lin Fei only came to the scene as a fan, he still attracted the attention of many fans at the scene, and the cameras and high-definition four-sided screens on the sidelines also gave close-ups of Lin Fei's face many times.
"Did Lin also come to the scene to watch the game? He looks even more handsome than on TV! ”
"With Lin on the scene, I feel that LeBron and Durant are going to play with all their might, after all, no one wants to be looked down upon by the first person in the league!"
"is also the golden representative of the 03 generation, James, the champion show, but he is being surpassed by Lin, the undrafted pick, is getting farther and farther away!"
"Lin already has three championships, an MVP and two FMVPs in hand, three consecutive seasons double-first, plus scoring and steal titles, and then see what honors James has? Except for one best rookie, it's shabby to death! ”
"James is no longer worthy of Limby, he can't even compare with Wade now, and even Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant are going to surpass him!"
"I feel that LeBron James forced the Cavaliers management and boss to make the most wrong decision!"
"I think James still has the strength, but the supersonic lineup configuration is really not good, I heard that the supersonic management is about to make a big move in the past few days, I don't know if I can give Zhan Huang a reliable helper in the trade!"
"In all fairness, although Durant entered the All-Star as a rookie, his personal strength is still not comparable to the battle-experienced James, but the overall strength of the Hornets is far greater than that of the Seattle SuperSonics!"
Before the start of the game, ESPN's beautiful reporter also interviewed Lin Fei and asked him what he thought of tonight's game.
Lin Fei said calmly into the microphone handed over by the beautiful reporter: "Although LeBron was not selected as an All-Star, he is still one of the strongest players in the active league, so I think the Hornets can win tonight's game......"
After the whole game was played, the menacing James faced Kevin Durant head-on, and used all his strength to kill the rookie list, making only 3 of 13 shots, and only 8 points and 5 rebounds in the game, while also sending 5 fouls and 5 turnovers.
Reality has proved that Durant, as a rookie, is far from James' opponent.
However, the Hornets relied on a stronger overall team to win the Seattle SuperSonics 116-105 at home, continuing to solidify the team's fourth-place record in the West.
James had a game-high 39 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and his performance was impeccable, but in the end he couldn't lead the team to victory.
The Hornets have Tyson Chandler at the helm, and their interior defense is airtight, making it difficult for James to break through and only try to win free throws.
Bangyanxiu didn't play well tonight, and the new champion Xiu Oden the Great also performed averagely, facing the "boxing king", barely contributing 12 points and 8 rebounds, and the rules were lackluster.
After losing this game, the SuperSonics' record slipped to 12th in the West, a full 18 wins away from the Utah Jazz, who are eighth in the West.
At the post-game press conference, James still asked reporters with a hard mouth:
"The SuperSonics are always looking for change, every one of my teammates and I are working hard for the playoffs, we still have a chance, the team is not going to be broken!"
Even though James and head coach PJ Callesimo have tough words, there are still many fans and experts who believe that the SuperSonics are actually secretly rotten, hoping to get the top pick for the second year in a row.
The 2008 draft, judging from the situation at the time, was not a big year for the draft, but it was a year for potential point guards.
In particular, Derrick Rose of the University of Memphis is arguably a rare point guard talent, and UCLA's Russell Westbrook is equally good.
The SuperSonics now have James and Oden, and there are enough stars to reserve at forward and inside, but without a star guard, Rose and Westbrook are naturally good options.
So with such fierce competition in the West, there really is no reason why hypersound should not be bad.
At present, more than half of the league's regular season, all teams have played more than 50 games, and the Utah Jazz, who are eighth in the West, currently have a record of 33 wins and 20 losses.
Looking at the Seattle SuperSonics, the record is only 15-38, and if they want to surpass the remaining 29 games, 18 wins, chances are impossible.
After all, the Jazz continue to win, and Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer are in great form at the moment.
As things stand, the Clippers, Grizzlies and Kings, who are in 13th-15th place in the West, including the Trail Blazers, who are tied with the SuperSonics, have started to swing ahead of schedule.
The targets are all for the potential of the '08 rookies such as Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, O.J. Mayo, Kevin Love and Westbrook.
After Lin Fei won the All-Star Three-Point Contest for three consecutive years, he also announced that he would launch an All-Star Three-Point Contest in the future to give other shooters more opportunities.
Without Lin Fei's absolute nuclear weapons in the three-point field, who can win the championship in New Orleans' All-Star Three-Point Contest this year will naturally become more confusing and more variable.
The four players who participated in this year's three-point contest were:
Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns),
Ray Allen (Minnesota Timberwolves),
Jason Capono (Toronto Raptors),
Gilbert Arenas (New Orleans Hornets).
In addition to Capo, Nash, Ray Allen and Arenas are all All-Star players this year, and Nash and the General are also the starting point guards in the East and West, respectively.
Therefore, although there is no Lin Fei, this year's All-Star Three-Point Contest is still full of stars.
Ray Allen won an All-Star three-point contest in 2001 and is the only three-point contest winner in NBA history to participate in an All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.
However, what fans didn't expect in the end was that all three All-Stars were defeated, and the championship of this year's All-Star Three-Point Contest was won by the little-known Jason Carpono.
As a traverser, Lin Fei will naturally not be unfamiliar with such a result, after all, in the original world, Capono is the champion of the three-point contest for two consecutive years.
Many fixed-point 3D shooters have a higher three-point shooting percentage than many star players, but they often fall off the chain at critical moments of the game.
As the champion of the three-point contest for three consecutive years, Lin Fei also personally awarded Jason Capono the championship trophy of the three-point contest, and the name of this trophy is also named after Lin Fei.
The championship of the slam dunk contest was won by "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, this season's Howard has indeed earned enough eyeballs on and off the court, and many experts have already considered him O'Neal's successor.
O'Neill and Allen Iverson are arguably the two superstars whose form has slipped the most this season.
At present, Pat Riley on the Heat side is negotiating a trade for the Big Shark with multiple teams, and with the trade deadline approaching, O'Neal's departure from the Heat has also entered the countdown.
While O'Neal's form this season has not pleased the Heat's fans and coaching staff, his popularity and influence are still among the league's.
After all, it is the existence of the top ten or even the top five levels in history, so the 36-year-old O'Neal goes to some small ball markets, which can still bring a good box office guarantee here.
At present, many teams, including Charlotte Bobcats, Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, etc., are interested in acquiring the old sharks through trades.
More voices believe that the soon-to-be-36-year-old O'Neal still has the strength to fight, and the reason why his poor performance in the Heat this season is mainly because of his negative form and the stiff relationship with Pat Riley.
In the original world, Steve Kerr, the then-general manager of the Phoenix Suns, before the '08 trade deadline, despite the opposition of players and head coach Mike D'Antoni,
Single-mindedly traded Sean Marion to the Heat in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal.
O'Neal's arrival seriously damaged the Suns' offensive system, directly causing the angry D'Antoni to choose to leave the team in the offseason.
However, in this parallel world, because of the small ball storm rolled up by Lin Fei, Steve Cole opened his mind in advance, and naturally he would not pursue O'Neal who had passed his peak.
In fact, the reason why Cole traded Marion for O'Neal in the original world was mainly because the relationship between Xiao Si and Marion in the team was irreconcilable, so he was forced to send one of them away.
But now the relationship between Xiao Si and Marion is not good, but it is not to the point of life and death, although the Suns' regular season record this season is high and low, but more energy is deployed in the playoffs.
Therefore, Kerr's Suns management did not need to upset the team's harmony with a big trade.
O'Neal didn't come, Marion continued to stay with the Suns, head coach Mike D'Antoni didn't have a conflict with Kerr and chose to renew his contract to stay with the team, and Steve Cole, as general manager, will not be fired early by the owner......
After a series of chemistry, it is possible that Kerr will stay in the Suns management position for a longer period of time, and he will not change his career to become the head coach of the Golden State Warriors this year......
The wheels of history are rolling by, and the development of the NBA is destined to go in a completely different direction because of Lin Fei.
The All-Star Game also went very well, although Kobe Bryant and Anthony on the West side, Gilbert Arenas, Wade and Howard on the East side are all interested in competing for the AMVP.
But Lin Fei has four Knicks teammates to help him, plus the head coach is also Isaiah Thomas, playing time and tactical status and ball possession are guaranteed, with personal strength, defending an All-Star MVP is not too much, right?
In the end, the East won the Western Stars 156-149, and Lin Fei's personal data was 37 points, 10 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.
In this way, Lin Fei won the All-Star MVP for the third time in his career for the second year in a row, tying Michael Jordan and Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson.
In the entire history of the NBA All-Star, there is only one player who has won the All-Star MVP four times, and that is Bob Pettit, a Hawks legend.
Seeing that Lin Fei had won the All-Star MVP trophy for the third time, but he didn't even enter the All-Star this year, LeBron James, who was on a beach vacation in Hawaii, was instantly depressed again.
The New Orleans All-Star Weekend was a huge success, and the 07-08 trade deadline followed.
With the Knicks at the top of the league and all players healthy, there is no need to make any trades.
And one of the biggest deals that shocked the league on this day was the Heat's trade for O'Neal.
After some trade-offs, Pat Riley finally chose to make a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks, sending Shaquille O'Neal and "White Chocolate" Williams.
Got Australian No. 1 Andrew Bodogt, Morris Williams, some cash and a 2008 first-round pick from the Bucks.
O'Neal went to the Bucks and became teammates with the UAE and Michael Reed, while Wade's side partnered with Xiao Mo, who is a little more combative than White Chocolate, in the backcourt, and Bodog on the inside still has potential.
As for who will take advantage of this deal in the end, it will still be up to time to test.
With the All-Star Weekend coming to an end and the 07-08 regular season entering the sprint stage, Lin Fei and the Knicks players are united in their efforts to set a new record for regular season wins...... (End of chapter)