Bishop of the Devil

In fact, under normal circumstances, Jordan won the MVP in this All-Star Game, but he did not win the championship. He only scored 23 points in total!

Thirty-two minutes of playing time, the most among all players. Except for Jordan, no other player's playing time can even reach the thirty-minute mark!

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Iverson's performance in these few minutes on the court can be said to be perfect.

A veteran player like Payton, who had no grudges against Iverson, would not use all his defensive skills to deal with Iverson. He was basically just going through the motions.

Coupled with the fact that Iverson mainly takes advantage of Ou, it is not difficult to explain his high scoring efficiency...

When Kobe defended Jordan, he was really defensive. He used all his skills to make Jordan speechless against a young man like Kobe.

In comparison, Iverson's difficulty in scoring points is much lower than that of Jordan...

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This time Larry Bird called a timeout again, and the two sides were preparing to make substitutions.

The first quarter has been played for seven minutes. The substitutions at this time are considered normal substitution arrangements.

Larry Bird replaced Jordan, Uncle Mu and Rainman Kemp, and replaced him with Reggie Miller, Schmitz and Jason Williams.

Richard replaced O'Neal, Garnett and Glove Payton, and replaced them with the Spurs Twin Towers and Rock Richmond...

The game continues!

After Jordan left the game, Kobe's enthusiasm subsided and he began to focus on the offensive end.

On the Western Conference side, there are three towers and three centers...

On the east side, there are two insiders who have little presence.

It is conceivable how great the inside advantage of the Western Conference will be. After the three towers grab the defensive rebounds, they naturally have to be handed over to the backcourt players to advance.

In addition, Richmond's offensive desire is not too strong, and Kobe directly gets a lot of shots.

The offensive efficiency is not as good as that of Iverson, but because he has more shot rights, Kobe's scores are constantly rising...

The current situation makes Richard very satisfied.

If this momentum continues, regardless of whether the Eastern Conference wins or the Western Conference wins, the final MVP may be between Iverson and Kobe...

Of course, the premise is that Jordan doesn't have a strong desire for the MVP. Otherwise, if he goes berserk, the chances of the two newcomers competing for the MVP will be greatly reduced.

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Iverson and Kobe are both participating in the All-Star Game for the first time. If they can win the MVP, it will undoubtedly gather more popularity for them.

Popularity is very important for a player, especially these two are backcourt players with great commercial value.

If you are not popular, you can't make money. If you are popular, you can lie at home and wait to collect money.

Richard naturally hopes that his proud disciple can have a more fulfilling career than normal...

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"Larry, tell me the truth, what kind of deal did you make with Richard?" Jordan asked, sitting next to Bird after playing seven minutes in the first quarter.

Jordan didn't shy away from anything, and his voice was not quiet...

"Man, what are you talking about? Bird is going to make a deal with Richard? What a joke!"

"Who doesn't know that Richard is a devil? Would I be stupid enough to make a deal with the devil?"

Larry Bird quickly denied the deal between him and Richard, and even if he were killed, he would not reveal a word to Jordan.

The relationship between Bird and Jordan is actually pretty good, mainly because they had a common enemy in the past, the Smiling Assassin.

Later, Bird said that Jordan was playing basketball in God's garb, so the relationship between the two was naturally good.

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Both men hated the Smiling Assassin, but for different reasons.

Bird suffered a loss from the Bad Boys and had a very bad relationship with the Smiling Assassins. Bird coached the Pacers for the past two years, and then resigned due to various reasons. The position of the Pacers coach was taken by Isaiah Thomas. Later, Bird re-entered the Pacers management and became the Pacers' president of basketball affairs. The first thing he did was to fire Thomas...

As for Jordan's dislike of the Smiling Assassin, there are too many reasons...

Because when Jordan participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, he didn't say hello to the Eastern Conference All-Star leader Assassin in the elevator. As a result, the latter was dissatisfied and colluded with other Eastern Conference All-Stars not to pass the ball to Jordan, which resulted in Jordan's All-Star trip being quite miserable. Miserable, only a pitiful seven points were recorded.

Naturally, Jordan was not the one who could suffer. Later, he teamed up with Magic, the Smiling Assassin's friend, to expel Isaiah Thomas from the Dream Team.

Even in this matter, there are rumors that the magician is actually the real mastermind...

After Magic retired, he also mentioned this incident in his autobiography, admitting that he contacted all parties to prevent the Smiling Assassin from entering the Dream Team.

Originally, the relationship between the Smiling Assassin and the Magician was quite good, but because of this incident, they immediately fell out.

When the magician revealed his HIV status, the Smiling Assassin did not forget to take revenge and hit the magician with a last-ditch attack...

Anyway, the relationship between these ancient bosses is quite complicated, like a bloody love drama, with all kinds of love triangles, all kinds of betrayals...

Of course, these are just superficial conflicts. The real conflicts between the Smiling Assassin, Magic and Jordan are not these nonsense things, but the different positions and principles of the two parties...

Isaiah Thomas has served as the chairman of the players union for a long time. He advocates that the NBA introduce rules to limit the maximum salary of players and increase the average salary of ordinary players...

As for Jordan and Magic, they naturally do not want the league to introduce a maximum salary. This is closely related to their own interests. After the introduction of the maximum salary rule, where can Jordan still get an annual salary of 30 million!

Therefore, the Smiling Assassin directly became the common enemy of all the big players in the alliance. He was kicked out of the Dream Team, mostly for this reason.

On the contrary, some middle and low-level players in the league have considerable respect for the Smiling Assassin, because they know very well that the Smiling Assassin is the spokesperson for their interests...

Among the fan base, not many have a favorable impression of the Smiling Assassin. After all, their idols are boycotting the Smiling Assassin. However, among the players, the Smiling Assassin is very popular.

For example, Rodman, the Bulls rebounding monster, has great respect for the Smiling Assassin. He completely ignored the attitude of the boss Jordan and said that the Bulls would rather have Isaiah Thomas than Bird, the best small forward in history...

The reason why this situation occurs is because the total salary Rodman received throughout his career is only about 27 million U.S. dollars, which is less than Jordan's for one season...

The reason why old fans miss this era is not only because of the fierce football style of this era, but also because of the many stories off the court.