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Chapter 320 The Weakest First Center in NBA History?

Fortunately, for Paul Millsap, he came here to have fun, and if he is out, he is out.

Although it is indeed a bit embarrassing to be out of the game, as a second-year pick, Paul Millsap is still a second-round pick, no matter how embarrassing he is, no one pays attention to it.

Besides, Paul Millsap didn't come in vain this year. After all, as a participating player, it was quite cool to sit on the sidelines and watch the slam dunk contest up close.

In the end, after a lot of fighting, Gerald Green, who lost to Xu Lang last year, won the slam dunk championship in this year's dunk contest!
It's just that compared to Xu Lang's god-level slam dunk performances last year, Gerald Green's process of winning the slam dunk title this year is not so exciting!
Especially in the comparison between the two, everyone felt that this year's slam dunk contest was relatively boring, and some even started calling for Xu Lang to return to the slam dunk contest when Gerald Green received the slam dunk trophy!

And what makes the audience and fans feel the huge gap is that this year's three-point contest is no worse than last year's three-point contest.

Therefore, in contrast, many people think that this year's slam dunk contest may not be as good as the three-point contest.

After all, although Xu Lang is also absent from the three-point contest this year, the three-point duel between Curry and Ray Allen is quite exciting.

Of course, no matter how you say it, the rookie challenge, the three-point contest, and the slam dunk contest are just pickles and side dishes of the All-Star Weekend. The real main course is the 2007-2008 All-Star Game held on the last day of the All-Star Weekend.

The locker room of the East All-Star team in the All-Star Game!
For the first time this season, Howard entered the All-Star team in the name of the starting center.

After seeing that everyone in the Eastern All-Star team was here, he got up and came to the center of the locker room, clapped his hands together, and said after attracting everyone's attention.

"Hey, how many brothers? Please help me win the All-Star MVP!"

Looking at Howard, who was cheerfully saying that he would compete for this year's All-Star MVP like a big boy, LeBron James was the first to react and said immediately.

"No problem, leave it to me, just wait for all kinds of cakes."

For LeBron James, there is little chance of winning the MVP in this year's All-Star Tour, and if no one stands up to compete for this year's MVP, Xu Lang will basically win it 100%!
For LeBron James, this may be more uncomfortable than his inability to compete for the MVP!

Therefore, after Howard expressed that he would compete for the MVP, LeBron James was the first to choose to support.

It just makes LeBron James feel a little embarrassed.

After he expressed his support for Howard, Howard just nodded with a smile, but turned his head to look at Xu Lang who didn't say much.

Xu Lang met Howard's gaze and responded with a smile without looking at LeBron James, who had an ugly face.

"Okay, I don't have any problem, as long as the seniors have no objections.

But, this year's West is not weak!And Dwight, you have to face Yao Ming on the opposite side, are you sure you can deal with it? "

At the same time, in the western locker room, Yao Ming also privately expressed his desire to compete for this year's All-Star MVP to all the Western All-Star players in batches.

Relying on the popularity accumulated over the years, the Western All-Star players did not hesitate to give Yao Ming a face, expressing their support for Yao Ming to compete for this year's All-Star MVP!

Even Popovich, the head coach of this year's Western Conference All-Star Game, also voiced his support for Yao Ming, saying that he would definitely let Yao Ming play different performances and statistics in this year's All-Star Game.

It's just that if Van Gundy was there, he might have been about to jump and curse.

After all, when Van Gundy coached the All-Stars last year, he fucked the main players of the Spurs for a long time.

Van Gundy really didn't believe that Popovich, a treacherous old guy, really only wanted to help Yao Ming compete for this year's All-Star MVP.

It's a pity that it's because he coached the Western Conference All-Star Game last year!

As a result, although the Rockets are still No. [-] in the Western Conference this year, Van Gundy failed to get another chance to coach the Western Conference All-Star Game.

In fact, according to Yao Ming's personality, he would not express his desire to compete for the All-Star MVP so publicly.

Even before this season, Yao Ming never thought of competing for any honor.

However, after being promoted to the team's No. [-] tactical core and the league's No. [-] center this season, some of Yao Ming's thoughts have changed!

And Yao Ming, who has been in the United States for so many years, knows very clearly that you must express what you want in American society. For Americans, it seems natural for the strong to express what they want in American society. As it should be.

And if you express that you are indifferent to the world and don't want anything, even if you are very strong, you will only be treated as a weak person.

For example, Yao Ming, who has already played the number one center in the league this year, because he doesn't have enough personal honor to support him.

As a result, many people are questioning whether Yao Ming is the weakest center in the league in NBA history?

Undoubtedly, no matter how good-tempered Yao Ming was, he would still be very angry after seeing such comments.

At the same time, it was also from this point on that Yao Ming had the idea of ​​fighting for some personal honors that could enhance his historical status!
The All-Star MVP is Yao Ming's first step in his plan to compete for honor.

"Hello, everyone, this is the scene of the 2007-2008 NBA All-Star Game. I am today's host Smith."

"Hi, everyone, I'm Charles Barkley."

"Today we are honored to invite the current main center of the Cavaliers, the former No. [-] center in the league Shaquille O'Neal, and Patrick Ewing, a famous player of the Knicks, one of the top four centers in the league, to explain the game with us .”

"Speaking of which, the NBA has not been peaceful recently!

The Big Four of the Celtics were questioned before, and now some people are starting to question that Yao Ming is the weakest center in the league in NBA history!
I don't know what Shaq and you two think about this point, and what level do you two think Yao Ming's strength is, and whether he is the weakest first center in the history of the league. "

"Wang Defa, have I crossed over? Yao, can he be regarded as the weakest No. [-] center in the league? You know, this guy blocked my cap three times in his rookie season."

"If he is considered the weakest No. [-] center in the league, then I, the former No. [-] center in the league, shouldn't be so strong, right?"

Hearing Smith's question, O'Neill was the first to say it funny.

To be honest, this season's O'Neal did not surprise Pat Riley and was not able to constantly adjust his game state and physical state with extreme self-discipline as he did last season.

After all, at this time last season, O'Neal's weight had already made him take the initiative to drop below 150kg.

While in the Cavaliers this season, O'Neal's weight has remained at around 160kg so far.

This is also an important reason why O'Neal couldn't even make it to the All-Star bench this season.

However, although O'Neal's performance this season is not good, as the former No. [-] center in the league and a player who was capped three times by Yao Ming in his rookie season, O'Neal still has a high degree of recognition of Yao Ming's strength.

"Well... I personally think that Yao Ming's strength may indeed not be weak, but if he is placed among the top centers in the league in the past, he is indeed more inclined to be at the bottom.

After all, who is the one who is being compared with Yao Ming?In the past, Olajuwon was the head of the four major centers. Before Olajuwon, the league's number one center was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the former eight-time champion Bill Russell.

In addition to the former No. [-] center in the league, and now there are two Shaq guys who are heavy on me. I personally think that Yao Ming's performance so far is still far behind these players. "

"Oh, Charles, you can't just belittle Yao's strength just because Yao asked you to gamble on numbers and kiss a donkey's ass."

"With an average performance of 30+12 per game in a single season, the team he leads is still No. [-] in the Western Conference and No. [-] in the league.

What's even more frightening is that Yao Ming's average playing time this season has just reached 30 minutes.

Such offensive efficiency, such data performance, you told me that he is the weakest No. [-] center in the league.

What I want to say is that Barkley's data performance in the year when you won the MVP is as good as Yao Ming's, and is the team performance as good as Yao Ming's? "

Faced with Barkley's doubts, O'Neill directly turned on the angry mode.

"It can be said that if you play one-on-one with Yao Ming, you may not even see Yao Ming's face."

Speaking of which, O'Neill compared the height gap between Barkley and Yao Ming.

"And the scariest thing, do you know what it is?

Yao Ming, who is 2m26, actually leans back. Wang Defa, I think it is too illegal when I think about it now!
I think that Barkley can only look up at Yao Ming like a child, except for using some dirty methods, to complete the shot and attack! "

"Hahahahaha! Don't be so excited, Shaker, it's just a guess and discussion."

"Patrick, what do you think?"

"I completely agree with O'Neill's judgment on Yao Ming.

If Yao Ming is the weakest No. 30 center in the league, then I, a player who has never scored [-] points in a single season in my entire career, am I even more unworthy? "

As a center forward, Patrick Ewing naturally wouldn't follow Barkley to belittle Yao Ming.

"No matter how you say it, in an average of 30 minutes per game, you can get a performance of 30+12 data.

No one is qualified, and there is no reason to say that such a player is a weakling. "

"As for what Barkley said, because Yao Ming's comparison is too strong, Yao Ming is the weakest center in the league.

I don’t think it’s appropriate. After all, Yao Ming, who averaged 30+12 per game this season, is not weak at all compared to Olajuwon, O’Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, and Chamberlain. of.

What's more, Yao Ming is only 27 years old now. For a center at such an age, he has just started his peak period!
What kind of game performance Yao Ming can play in the future is still unknown. "

"Or from another point of view, there is no distinction between strength and weakness for any player who can become the number one center in the league. Everyone belongs to the same level."

"Indeed, I think so too, so Charles don't make nonsense comments, it's 3:1, if you talk nonsense again, the three of us will beat you together!"

Charles Barkley looked at Smith, who fell to the side of O'Neill and Ewing like grass on the wall, and rolled his eyes angrily.

"Okay, let's bring the topic back to this year's All-Star Game.

Speaking of which, this year's All-Star Game is also full of highlights.

Such as the duel between Howard and Yao Ming.One is the No. [-] center in the West, one is the No. [-] center in the East, one is the top defensive center in the league, and the other is the top offensive center in the league.

We are still looking forward to what kind of wonderful performance the league's strongest inside offensive spear will play against the league's strongest inside defense shield. "

"Wait a minute, I admit that Howard's defense is very strong, and he can indeed be regarded as the top defensive player among center players of the same age in the league.

But if Howard's defense has reached the league's strongest defense level, I think it's too early to say so. "

"Although I am not a player who is good at defense, I have played against many top defensive players in the league!

At least Howard doesn't give me the feeling that he has a strong sense of defensive oppression like Mutombo or Ewing. "

"So I'm not optimistic that Howard can create too much offensive obstacle for Yao Ming on the defensive end in this All-Star Game."

"Oh, Shaq, you won't be because Howard strengthened your All-Star starting position..."

Not to mention the mutual ridicule in the commentary booth, in fact, it's not just O'Neill who thinks Howard can't do Yao Ming.

Xu Lang, who has a system, looks at Howard, who has a defensive strength of 94 and an overall strength rating of 93, and Yao Ming, whose offensive strength has risen to 98 and his overall strength rating has risen to 97.

I also don't think Howard can cause too much defensive hindrance to Yao Ming.

This is why Howard was not very optimistic when he expressed in the locker room that he wanted to compete for this year's All-Star Game!

In fact, after the game started, the judgments of Xu Lang and O'Neill were proven!
At the beginning of this year's All-Star Game, relying on Yi Jianlian's excellent jump ball performance, the Western All-Star side got the offensive ball first.

Then, Yao Ming sits directly in the low post and hits a light back-and-back jumper.

It also made Xu Lang firm in his judgment that if Howard defended Yao Ming one-on-one in this game, he would probably explode!

Originally, if he just couldn't guard Yao Ming on the defensive end, Howard's game would not be too bad.

After all, if Howard can form an energy explosion with Yao Ming, Howard can still compete for the MVP.

After all, Howard has the top movement speed and jumping ability among the center players, which allows him to eat cakes through all kinds of flying and escaping, and also makes Yao Ming unable to defend.

But the problem is that the Western All-Star team did not arrange Yao Ming to defend Howard!
The player Popovich arranged to defend Howard was Yi Jianlian.

Maybe Yi Jianlian's overall strength is not as good as Howard's, but in terms of purely small-scale running ability and jumping ability, Yi Jianlian is not inferior to Howard.

What Yi Jianlian lacks compared to Howard is in physical confrontation ability and strength ability in low post singles.

But these two points, together with Yao Ming's testimony in the penalty area and Duncan's flanking defense, also made it difficult for Howard to play out.

At the same time, the Western All-Stars took care of Howard, so that they took the initiative to claim the ball in the first quarter of the game. LeBron James, who wanted to pass the ball to Howard, was a little bit numb.

LeBron James himself is not a player who is good at passing the ball, although the template for the early draft is Magic Johnson.

But after so many years of fighting, LeBron James has been clearly recognized by everyone, and he is just a bulldozer-style rough brother.

And looking at LeBron James, who was a little bit awkward, Xu Lang had no choice but to take the ball back on his own initiative and organize the entire Eastern Conference All-Star team to launch an attack!
Under Xu Lang's command, the entire Eastern All-Star team came back to life.

After all, although Howard is focused on the offensive end, he has no way to show his strong ability to punch the frame and eat cakes.

But it is also because of Howard's involvement on the defensive end that other members of the Eastern All-Star team can get better offensive opportunities.

After all, the Western All-Star team has Duncan, Yi Jianlian, Kobe, McGrady and others, and the Eastern All-Star team also has Garnett, LeBron James, and Carter!
Therefore, when LeBron James controlled the ball before, he would only stare at sending the ball to Howard to play. The Eastern All-Star team will only get bigger and harder to play.

On the contrary, after Xu Lang regained control of the ball, the ball began to hand over more of its offensive passes to Carter, Garnett and LeBron James, and then the Eastern All-Star team played against the Western All-Star team again. There are back and forth.

In fact, LeBron James also knows that at this time, he should choose to pass the ball to other people to end it. After all, although LeBron James' passing ability is not as good as Xu Lang, his golf quotient is not bad.

It's just that LeBron James, who has promised to play for Howard in the locker room, is really not good at giving up Howard at the beginning of the game!

After all, LeBron James has a high golf quotient, and his EQ is not low either!
Therefore, for LeBron James, after Xu Lang chose to take the ball back, it actually saved him.