February 18 at one p.m., Denver All-Star Weekend.

There were nearly four hours to go before the Rookie Challenge, but Doon arrived at the Pepsi Center in Denver early.

Doon didn't come to the stadium to warm up in advance, mainly because the Chinese players had to come to the premiere of Yao Ming's first personal biopic film, "Yao Next Year".

David Stern attaches great importance to the Chinese market, and in order to expand Yao Ming's influence, he even used All-Star Weekend to promote Yao Ming's biographical film.

Moreover, there is not just one "Yao Next Year", but a total of two.

The first of them, "Yao Next Year", premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada last year.

Tonight, because of the continuous broadcast of two "Yao Next Year", it is actually the premiere of "Yao Next Year 2".

For this reason, the domestic media received the news in advance and also sent commissioners to report.

Doon and Wang Zhizhi, Chinese players who play in the NBA, have also been invited to participate in the premiere of "Yao Next Year" on time.

"Da Yao, congratulations! Good luck at the box office! ”

After Doon saw Yao Ming, he stepped forward and complimented.

Yao Ming smiled and said, "I've already seen the movie, so it shouldn't be too high at the box office."

I heard them say that it is mainly out of DVDs and videotapes.

Maybe I can make some money, but the big head is still in the NBA, and I probably only have a little bit.

By the way, I don't think they will let you go, maybe they will give you a movie next year. ”

Although the title of the movie is "Yao Next Year", the producer and producer have little to do with Yao Ming.

The movie was mainly made by the NBA official, and Yao Ming was at best just a puppet starring in a wanton fiddling role.

Aside from the licensing fee for the basic "actor" portrait rights, Yao Ming was able to derive extremely limited benefits from these two films.

Moreover, the film is in the form of a documentary, with relatively little content and is relatively boring.

In addition to die-hard fans, it is destined that there will not be too many fans contributing to the box office, so there is usually not too much box office.

However, the NBA is looking at the Chinese market and the market of Chinese fans in North America.

It's like those fans who wore the Lakers' No. 31 jersey and came to cheer Doon on when Doon was playing on the road.

Although I am not a die-hard fan, it is no problem to support and participate in a few US dollars, or dozens of US dollars.

"Hey, maybe......"

After listening to what Yao Ming said, Doon also knew very well in his heart that the NBA officials would definitely not let him go.

When the NBA official successfully develops the value of Yao Ming and tastes the sweetness, perhaps Doon's biographical movie will also be released.

Nike originally had this idea, so when the sneaker contract was signed, it assigned a special photographer to Doon.

If the benefits of "Yao Next Year" are considerable, there is no reason for NBA officials to give up the interests of Doane.

That said, it didn't take long for the movie to be officially screened.

Du En thought that even if it didn't reach the level of "The Last Dance", he should praise Yao Ming and make Chinese fans happy.

Who would have thought that this movie has little to do with Yao Ming in essence, but focuses on how Chinese players, or Chinese students, should integrate into American society......

After watching the movie, Doon looked confused, but soon came to his senses again.

This can be regarded as a wake-up call for Doon, and in the future, the NBA will make a biographical movie for him, and he will still need to intervene at that time.

There is no need to be artistic or not, like "The Last Dance", highlighting Doon's personal image is done.

At most, bring in Anthony and Wade to talk about brotherhood, and then find O'Neal and Kobe Bryant and the like, and talk about the problems encountered on the road to the championship.

In other words, after attending the movie premiere, Doon watched it in a daze.

This made Doon, who didn't want to play the rookie challenge much in the first place, even more out of shape.

In the evening, before the warm-up for the Rookie Challenge, Doon publicly expressed in the locker room that he was only willing to be a pseudo-starter and let others compete and perform well.

Wade, Anthony et al. have no problem with this.

The lineup for this year's Rookie Challenge sophomore team is, Wade, Doon, James, Anthony, Bosh, Hinrich, Korver, Josh Howard, and Haslem.

Doon stated in advance that he was not ready to play more, which means that Wade, Anthony, and James all have hope of competing for the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.

Among them, Wade and James have both been selected for the Eastern Conference All-Star team, which makes Anthony, who is lagging behind, more concerned about this year's rookie challenge MVP.

is the boss of the Eastern team, obviously the Knicks he led are also the top eight teams in the East, why was he not selected as an All-Star?

In order to be able to prove his strength, Anthony has been particularly active since the Rookie Challenge officially started.

Because he didn't defend much in the first half, Anthony shot 7-of-7, 14 points and 4 rebounds, leading the game in scoring.

James, who only scored 9 points in the first half, was a little anxious and wanted to control the ball and lead the sophomore team to play.

As the best rookie alongside Doon, James would have been humiliated if he hadn't won the Rookie Challenge MVP award.

However, in the second half, Wade did not mean to give up the ball to James.

Wade's attitude is very clear - Lao Tzu, the boss of the No. 1 Heat in the East, why do you teach me to do things?

You know, the coach of tonight's rookie challenge is also the assistant coach of the Heat!

The sophomore team lacks interior players, and Haslem is also a Heat player.

The players and coaches are all my people, what do you use to fight with me?

It is precisely for this reason that Wade, who also wants to compete for the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, was also on fire in the second half.

Of course, because of his cameo role as point guard, Wade also passed the ball to other teammates, except for James, who was a little pretending to be garlic in front of him.

108-133, under Wade's leadership, the second-year team easily defeated the first-year team without much effort.

And Wade relied on the comprehensive data of 26 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists to defeat Anthony, the team's biggest competitor with 31 points and 8 rebounds, and won the MVP of this year's Rookie Challenge!

"Melon, don't worry too much! Rookie Challenge MVP only.

As long as you're good enough, as long as your team has a good record, you still have a chance to be in the best team.

Let's work together! ”

After the game, Doon didn't go to say hello to Wade first, but comforted Anthony.

Although, it can also be seen from tonight's game that it is easier to win and produce results by playing with Wade.

However, Doon did not forget his roots, and did not forget Anthony as a brother.

Anthony's attitude, however, was somewhat unexpected by Doon.

Anthony was silent for only a moment, then shook his head and got back to his feet.

First hugged Doon, said a few words like nothing, and then took the initiative to hug Wade to celebrate.

"Dwyan, I only understood today why you are number one in the East!

You're stronger than I thought you were going to come!

You're a well-deserved MVP! I'm convinced to lose to you. ”

When Wade heard Anthony say this, he just smiled and said, "We are brothers!" ”

Seeing this, Doon just stood beside Wade and Anthony like the other sophomore rookies, constantly laughing.

Only James returned to the locker room as soon as the game was over, as if he had long expected that the MVP of the Rookie Challenge had nothing to do with him.

"Brothers, I'm in for a treat tonight, and I invite you to enjoy your face!"

As the big winner tonight, Wade, who successfully won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, was already satisfied, and immediately showed a posture that he was not bad for money and wanted to invite everyone to dinner.

They are all rookies in the same class, they fought together in the last session, and they won again tonight, so they will naturally appreciate their faces.

Even James, who returned to the locker room early, finally participated in the post-game celebration banquet together after Wade took the initiative to run to the locker room to give a special notice.

03The main forces of the platinum generation gathered together, but when they were full of wine and food, they would inevitably leave one after another, and it would be difficult to reunite......

(End of chapter)