I'm really not a 3D player

Chapter 156 The Rookie Challenge Begins

On February 2, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially started.

For fans, the NBA All-Star Weekend is undoubtedly a star-studded basketball feast.

For players, they can take advantage of the All-Star weekend to relax and adjust their condition.

But there are still some players who have to "work overtime" to bring a visual feast of basketball to fans all over the world.

Sun Yi is such a "miserable person" and cannot escape the fate of "working overtime".

In this All-Star Game, he will participate in the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game.

Originally, the league officials suggested that he sign up for the skills challenge to add some gimmicks.

Sun Yi refused without hesitation. He didn't want to be too tired, he just wanted to enjoy the fun brought by the All-Star Game.

Although Sun Yi escaped the league's arrangements, he had to deal with more trivial matters off the court and was even more tired than usual in games.

Taking advantage of the heat of the All-Star Weekend, Sun Yi's manager Schwartz arranged a series of activities for him. The day was full and there was no time for training.

Fortunately, this kind of life is only a few days, and it will pass by gritting your teeth. If you do it for a long time, Sun Yi really can't stand it.

With the rapid passage of time, it was the day of the Rookie Challenge.

After Sun Yi completed the exclusive interview with the sports channel, he took a special car to the American Airlines Center Arena to conduct public training before the rookie game.

In this All-Star rookie game, the first-year team is led by Sun Yi, Curry, Evans and others, and the teammates include: Jennings, Harden, Flynn, DeRozan, Gibson, and Blair.

The second-year team was led by Rose, and members included Westbrook, OJ-Mayo, Eric Gordon, Beasley, Gallinari, Love, Anthony Randolph, and Marc Gasol.

Judging from the overall level of strength, the second-year team has a great advantage.

Moreover, the first-year team has lost to the second-year team for 7 consecutive years, and even the Platinum Generation has not been able to reverse this situation.

Therefore, the outside world is basically optimistic that the second-year team can win again.

Sun Yi was not interested in the results of the competition at first, but after being reminded by the system, he thought that the MVP of the rookie competition should be rewarded, so he changed his mind, and it was inevitable that he would win.

Under the escort of the security personnel, Sun Yi entered the arena and walked to the locker room.

In the process, he thought about how to lead those guys to win.

"I have to make them listen to me."

Sun Yi whispered, then entered the locker room, changed into training clothes and headed to the training ground.

When he came to the training ground, Curry quickly greeted him.

"Busy man, you're finally here, but you don't know that the guys opposite are so arrogant that they don't take us seriously at all." The primary school student made a small report.

"Oh, there's this matter. What's the attitude of our teammates?" Sun Yi asked.

"That guy Jennings wants to lead us against the second-year team, he really wants to eat shit!" Curry said dissatisfied.

"That guy is so arrogant, you have to understand." Sun Yi replied.

"I just scored 55 points. I will definitely exceed this score in the future." Curry said indignantly.

"Okay, I'll meet him in the past."

After Sun Yi and Curry finished their exchange, they went to the training ground of the first-year team and said hello to his teammates.

Harden and others responded in a friendly manner, but only Jennings had a bad look on his face and ignored Sun Yi.

"This guy is so defiant, so don't blame me for being poisonous."

Sun Yi came across to Jennings, and said in a strange way: "I heard that you want to lead us, do you really have the strength to lead us to defeat the second-year team?"

Jennings did not rush to answer, he is not a brainless person.

It would be embarrassing for him if he didn't win the second-year team after making the promise.

"This nasty guy in front of me wants to set me up, and I have to fight back."

After making a plan, Jennings said, "If you promise to lead us to defeat the second-year team, it's fine to listen to you."

"I don't want to lead you, I just don't want to lose. The outside world is saying that our first-year team can't win the second-year team, but I don't think so. I'm the best at face-slapping. I want to win. What about you guys? ?” Sun Yi asked loudly.

In the first-year team, Sun Yi is qualified to say such words, because except for Curry, everyone else among these people is his defeat.

"I can't stand the group of guys on the second-grade team for a long time. They are like [-] million. Sun, if you have a plan, tell me, and I will be the first to support you." Curry stood up in time to act as a supporter.

"Count me in. Although I'm not good at attacking, I'm good at grabbing rebounds. I'll leave this job to me. Just shoot." Blair patted his chest and said.

Seeing this, the other people expressed that they would obey Sun Yi's arrangement.

Just as the first-year team reached a consensus, Dan Terry, the first-year head coach of the rookie team, came to the training ground with the coaching staff.

This guy is here to play soy sauce. After assigning some shooting training tasks to the players, he took the coaching team back to the waiting room.

The players of the first-year team were not surprised to see the head coach as the shopkeeper, as they have always done this in the past.

After the head coach left, the first-year players gathered together again.

"Okay, the coach is gone, it's time for us to discuss tactics."

After Sun Yi finished speaking, he asked Curry to borrow a tactical board. He was going to transform into Coach Sun and lay out tactics.

At the same time, the players of the second-year team noticed the abnormality of the first-year team and discussed with great interest.

"What are these guys doing? Discussing tactics against us?" Westbrook asked curiously.

"Those guys can discuss any tactics, we can beat them casually." Mayo said disdainfully.

"OJ, don't underestimate the enemy. There are several players in the first-year team who are not weaker than us." Rose reminded.

"Derek, you are too cautious. Even if you don't fight, we can still ravage those rookies." Beasley said confidently.

Anthony Randolph, who is familiar with Sun Yi and Curry, did not participate in the discussion. He knew the strength of Sun Yi and Curry, and felt that it would not be easy for the second-year team to win.

The players of the second-year team didn't waste time on this matter. The familiar players got together and continued chatting, discussing where to spend the night.

On the other side, after Sun Yi arranged the tactics, he went to the lounge to discuss with the head coach Daintree.

"Sun, do it according to your ideas. The rookie competition is your stage. You can make the decisions. Then tonight's competition will be handed over to you."

Daintree smiled and patted Sun Yi on the shoulder, entrusting him with a heavy responsibility.

Sun Yi nodded, expressed his gratitude, and then left the lounge to join his teammates and continue to discuss tactics.

Dantrey looked at Sun Yi's leaving figure and thought of Brandon Roy, who he once coached.

"This kid has the temperament to be a leader. The Warriors have picked up a treasure!"

After sighing, Daintry fell into salty mode again and stopped caring about anything.

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May 2, Dallas, American Airlines Center Arena.

At this time, the stadium was already full, and the enthusiastic fans were patiently waiting for the game to start.

There is no shortage of stars in the front row audience again, but this time the players in the All-Star game basically came to watch the game.

James, Wade and others are discussing which side will win this game.

"I'm optimistic about the first-year team. They have great potential and should be able to win the game." James said.

Wade, Nash, Duncan and others nodded in agreement.

Howard has a different opinion. He feels that the second grade is stronger and supports the second grade team to win.

Durant must support his good brother Westbrook and agreed with Howard's proposal.

At this moment, the lights on the scene suddenly dimmed.

Under the introduction of the on-site host, the players of the second-year team ran out of the player tunnel one after another.

When Rose made his final appearance, the cheers reached the peak.

Immediately afterwards, the host began to introduce the players of the first-year team.

When Sun Yi appeared on the stage, the cheers and shouts on the scene surpassed that of Rose before him, becoming the most popular player in this game.

After the entrance ceremony, players from both sides came to the venue for warm-up activities one after another.

Sun Yi and other first-year team players were conducting warm-up activities in a regular manner.

The second-year team was much more high-profile. There was a dunk contest, and every player completed a dunk.

In the end, Westbrook emerged as the winner of this little game.

After the warm-up, the starting players of both sides were displayed on the big screen.

The first-year starting lineup is: Curry, Evans, Jennings, Sun Yi, Blair.

The second-year starting lineup is: Rose, Westbrook, OJ-Mayo, Beasley, Gasol Jr.

Not long after, the referee signaled the starting players of both sides to come to the middle circle to prepare for a jump ball.

Sun Yi quickly took off his training clothes and followed his teammates to the field.

At this moment, the system's prompt voice sounded in his mind.

"Ding! Temporary mission released: Shining Stars ([-])!"

"Task requirements: After the game, get 30+10 data and win at least 30 points from the second-year team."

"Completion reward: no attribute points + 5."

After the system's prompt voice ended, Sun Yi smiled and walked quickly towards the middle circle.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, the Rookie Challenge officially began.

In the jump ball session, Blair defeated Gasol and was the first to touch the basketball and move it back to the backcourt, giving the first-grade team the first opportunity to attack.

After receiving the ball, Evans quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.

Both Sun Yi and Curry can play off the ball and did not compete with Evans for possession.

The second-year team retreated very loosely, and felt that they could beat the first-year team by playing casually.

On the other side, Sun Yi quickly rushed into the penalty area and pointed to the sky with one hand, signaling Evans to receive the ball.

Seeing this, Evans immediately passed the ball to the basket.

The players of the first-year team made an agreement before the game, let go of their prejudices, and went all out to defeat the second-year team.

Under the basket, Sun Yi rose into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air with both hands, and dunked it into the basket.

There was thunderous applause in the auditorium, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.

The fans did not expect the first-year team to work together so well.

The possession of the ball is switched, and the second-year team attacks.

Rose dribbled forward without rushing, and passed the ball after reaching beyond the three-point line.

He has an injury and doesn't want to hurt his muscles and bones. He plays casually, participates in the atmosphere of the All-Star Game, and then returns to the bench to rest.

The second-year team didn't arrange any complicated coordination tactics, just very simple singles tactics.

Westbrook received the pass, without any politeness, and directly started to break into the penalty area.

Since the second-year team had no threat from outside, Sun Yi and Blair let go of their defenders and rushed back to the penalty area to defend.

Seeing this situation, the big tortoise who broke through with the ball tried to squeeze Evans away but failed. He could only stop and jump directly, and shot against Evans' defense.

Clang!
The basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed!
Sun Yi grabbed the defensive rebound, quickly turned around to find the figure of his teammate who was on the fast break, and passed the ball forward with a quarterback-style precise long throw.

Jennings, who was on the fast break, received the pass and quickly came to the outside of the three-point line. Instead of breaking through to the basket, he stopped suddenly and jumped up to shoot.

Clang!
The basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed!
"What a poor shot selection, wasting Sun's wonderful pass. This Jennings is so unreliable."

In the commentary box, Barkley shook his head helplessly and commented.

On the field, Blair followed up and rushed to grab an offensive rebound. Seeing the second-year player rushing back, he immediately passed the ball.

Curry, who just ran outside the three-point line on the right, received a pass and hit a three-pointer with a knife and a touch.

After the goal, Curry pointed to Blair to thank him.

Seeing this scene, Jennings felt a little depressed.

Originally, he could rush into the basket to show off a dunk, which aroused the applause of the fans, but now the limelight has been taken away by that baby face, which is not worth the candle.

Looking back, the sophomore team was on offense.

Mayo received the pass and started quickly. After completing the crossover, he immediately picked up and threw the basketball in his hand.

Jennings' symbolic intervention had little effect.

But Mayo's touch was a little cold, and the shot went out of the frame and missed.

Sun Yi grabbed the rebound, turned around and quickly dribbled forward, launching a defensive counterattack.

The other players of the first-year team rushed up and rushed towards the frontcourt.

The second-year team's players failed to retreat in time, giving the first-year team the opportunity to overpower and underplay.

Sun Yi took this opportunity to show off, not looking at people passing the ball behind their backs.

Outside the three-point line on the right, Curry received the pass and immediately took off to shoot.

"Shh!"

The basketball is hollow into the net and hits steadily!
8: 0!

In the auditorium, Kobe, James and others discussed the situation on the court.

"I didn't expect the first-year team to play run-and-gun tactics. It was so powerful that the second-year team was helpless." James said in a surprised tone.

"Whether the run-and-gun tactic can be effective depends on the initiator of the ball." Nash has the most say on the run-and-gun tactic and expressed his own opinion.

All the stars nodded one after another, understanding the key point.

On the court, the sophomore team attacked, Westbrook broke through with the ball, rushed to the basket and flew for a layup, but was interfered by Sun Yi and failed to score.

Blair grabbed the rebound, found Evans immediately, and passed the ball over.

After receiving the ball, Evans quickly dribbled forward. Seeing that Rose stepped forward and was delayed, he immediately passed the ball.

Jennings, who followed up on the right, received the pass and quickly rushed towards the penalty area.

This time he chose the sure-fire breakthrough layup.

Seeing this situation, Beasley, who retreated back, started defending seriously.

If the first-year team were allowed to score again, the score would reach double digits, which he could not accept.

Clap!
Jennings' layup was shot out of the bottom line by Beasley.

Seeing this situation, Jennings was a little angry. He didn't expect the second grade team to come for real, and he started to get serious.

The first-year team served the baseline ball, and Sun Yi hit the ground and passed it to Blair, who was cutting towards the penalty area, and assisted the latter to make a layup.

The second-year team coach Ewing immediately requested a timeout and called the players to the bench to adjust.

(End of this chapter)