Legendary Basketball Tycoon

"The president is ready, and the families of Pete Maravich and Wilt Chamberlain have also made it clear that they will appear at Gund Arena the day after tomorrow." As the assistant to the president, Xiao Guangtou must know these things the first time. understand.

"Well, that's good, there are some people who are older, do you know what to prepare?!" Stern nodded with satisfaction.

He was afraid that some of the top 50 superstars would not be able to come, and that would be embarrassing. As long as there were all the people, that would be the best thing.

There are also some people who are older than Stern and are now close to 70-80 years old. Although they are still walking, it would be bad if they bump into each other.

"I know, the Alliance has also temporarily recruited several doctors to come to the scene at any time to provide necessary care to these people!" Xiao Guangtou had arranged things early in the morning, and he was afraid that what happened that day would be a big deal, so At the local hospital in Cleveland, several doctors came to the scene.

Don’t be afraid of 10,000, just in case, it’s good to be prepared, even if these people don’t have anything to do if someone gets injured in the All-Star Game, this is all prepared for them.

"Okay, you go down, do whatever you need to do, and just let me know if you have any news!" Stern saw that there was nothing important to order, so he played Xiao bald.

Of course Stern is not at all easy now. There are still many things he needs to do, especially the day after tomorrow's NBA50 superstar award ceremony. There must be a lot of people present that day, and there must be no omissions.

Everyone is right. Under Stern’s strong request, the major sports media across the United States dare not act at all. They know that talking nonsense without evidence not only offends Stern, it is more likely to be slandered by the NBA. "Sin" received a court subpoena, and there is a possibility that Stern will completely block all reports of the NBA, so no matter which one of them, the major sports media in the United States dare not talk about FAW.

In this way, they can only write what Kobe says. These big sports media dare not show up, and those small ones do not dare to be the early bird.

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Cleveland, Saturday, February 8, 1997.

After the warm-up of yesterday’s All-Star rookie game, although yesterday’s game was "underplayed" because of Kobe Bryant, the Eastern rookie introduced by the league, this did not affect the local market in Cleveland. Instead, the atmosphere of Cleveland's NBA All-Star changed. It’s even more popular, because today’s three-point contest and slam dunk contest will be held, especially tomorrow’s All-Star Game, which will definitely be full.

Everyone may wonder why there are only three-point contests and slam dunk contests on the second day of All-Star Weekend. ! Are you familiar with the skills that challenge the race? !

It turned out that the Skills Challenge was in 2002, when the American Dream Five team composed of NBA players returned home in the Indiana World Championships. After losing to the Argentina team and the former Yugoslavia team, they not only lost face to the NBA, but also ended the American men’s basketball team's record of winning 58 consecutive games in international competitions, and for the first time the Americans missed the World Championships. The top four. The learned NBA realizes that the players' advocacy of physical confrontation and personal performance and the negligence of basic skills are the key to the defeat of the Dream Five team. In order to encourage players to pay attention to the three basic skills of "transportation, passing and shooting"; also for Let American basketball regain the lost aura. In 2003, the NBA added a new game event during the All-Star Weekend-the Skills Game.

It’s only in 1997, so there is no such skill challenge. Otherwise, a guard like Kobe Iverson would definitely have to sign up. Of course, Jordan might also participate. After all, he won’t be able to play for many years. A skill challenge MVP counts as one.

"Do you know what happened yesterday?!"

"What's the matter?!"

"What's the matter? It's a big event. I heard that Kobe's data is so low because of the joint design of the East and West teams. It's not because of the bad performance as Kobe said?!"

"Really, are you sure?!"

"I'm sure, I have been watching the game yesterday and saw the scene of the East and West teams jointly playing the game, then Kobe is really too miserable, huh?!"

"How miserable, let's talk... we didn't come to watch the game yesterday, but I don't know what happened. You can tell me in detail!"

"Ok……"

"If this is the case, why don't the news and newspapers say that? Are you kidding me? Then talk nonsense about being careful I beat you, don't talk nonsense about Kobe, Kobe is my favorite NBA player! "

From time to time, many people at Gund Arena in Cleveland have raised such questions. Anyone who knows the ball can see that Kobe is obviously pitted, but what if people don’t recognize you, even today’s major media reports in the United States are even The newspapers also didn't mention the fact that Kobe was scammed, only that Kobe's "poor performance" was caused. Who believes and who is a fool for this reason!

Anyway, everyone definitely doesn't believe it. This is also the case when the audience in the stadium saw that the dunk contest hadn't started, and many people were chatting, especially looking at Kobe, who was seriously practicing dunking.

Although Kobe didn't have much on the surface, his heart is really not very calm at the moment. Since he returned to the hotel yesterday, he can only be in a daze in the room by himself, although there are Nash and other Han Chinese teammates taking turns to comfort him. , But can this be done only by comfort.

Of course it's impossible, but Kobe's self-esteem is really stubborn, and it is impossible for him to see his cowardly side with so much attention on the scene and the prince who is waiting in front of the TV.

In addition to Kobe, there are five players participating, namely Bucks player Ray Allen, Sonics player Michael Finley, Cavaliers player Bob Sura, Nuggets player Devin Hamm, Timberwolves player Ke Rees Carr.

No wonder everyone said that the 1997 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest was the best ever. Look at which of these players are dunkers. Kobe, Ray Allen, and Michael Finley are all players with strong offensive ability. Although they sometimes dunk in games, they are not used as conventional weapons, which means that their dunks are just as exciting.

When Ray Allen saw Kobe again, his mood was very complicated. Indeed, he was a more perfectionist. Although he was very sorry for Kobe in yesterday’s match against Kobe, it is mainly because Kobe has jumped too much recently, 50 times. + It’s all played out, big brother, you are a rookie, do you want to do something that a rookie should do, and everyone is really passionate, everyone is indignantly thinking of Kobe, is it because it is Kobe that he chooses to be merciful? , Of course, it’s impossible to pull it. People’s "Smiling Assassin" and "Magic" weren’t the same when they rectified Jordan. In the end, nothing happened. Super giants like "Smiling Assassin" and "Magic" can be used. I can't be one of them myself.

Although I did feel a little uncomfortable during the game yesterday, I can only pit Kobe once with everyone's instigation, and I vowed never to pit anyone again.

And when I saw Kobe again today, Ray Allen really wanted to walk in front of Kobe to apologize to him, but it was just a few times that I wanted to go over and did not go. It may be that my self-esteem can’t accept anything. I apologize, especially Kobe. Both of them are shooting guards. Many people must have compared them. They don't play point guards like Iverson and Marbury.