From Today it is the King of the Basketball

It's the All-Star weekend. When the All-Star starting list was announced, the enthusiasm of the fans finally began to rise.

Every year, the league will make a little change on the All-Star weekend. Some new projects do make fans spit. For example, last year ’s men ’s and women ’s mixed shooting competition, as long as you go to an NBA top pitcher, there is basically no suspense. WNBA top players No matter how accurate the shot is, it can't be compared with NBA players. It may be one by one. The female players are not worse than the male players, but this kind of game gap is too big.

However, it changes a little every year, and the fans are also looking forward to it. For example, this year, the league has gotten into trouble, and has created a legendary challenge, which is the 3V3 bullfighting competition!

There are only two teams, each team has an NBA retired star, a WNBA superstar, an active player and a Hollywood movie star as a substitute, each team of four people.

Retired fame, because it is held in Atlanta All-Star weekend, so the essence of human film Dominique-Wilkins was invited to play and join the Eastern Forces.

On the west side, the Hawks also spent their blood, and invited Magic Johnson to participate.

WNBA superstar, the East Force was the MVP of the WNBA last season, the Houston Comet team's superstar Shel Swoops, won the two Olympic gold medals, two WNBA regular season MVP, WNBA 1997 established four years before the start Of the championship.

Originally the Hawks wanted to invite the first superstar in WNBA history. The former European women's basketball overlord, also the Houston Comet superstar, was named the female Jordan Cynthia Cooper in the WNBA's previous four-year championship MVP, but Cynthia- Cooper is 40 years old and can't move. When he participated in the first year of the WNBA, he was almost 35, still the world's first. The title of female Jordan is well deserved.

Couldn't invite Cooper, so he chose second and chose last year's regular season MVP Swoops.

The WNBA star of the Western Forces was last year's championship MVP, the Los Angeles Sparks' super middle Lisa Leslie, a tall female of 1.95 meters.

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The movie stars are as confidential as ever. Like last season's All-Star Weekend Will Smith joined, everyone was stunned.

Active players are still waiting for registration or designated candidates.

In addition to the 3V3 bullfighting competition, it also made an All-Star Skill Challenge, inviting the best players in the league to control, shoot and pass.

Said so, but the invited people included Jason Kidd, Tony Parker, Shaq O'Neill ... and Peyton, Liu Mang, Marbury, Iverson, Garnett.

This line-up is really interesting. Fans are having a bad time when they see it. If O'Neal and Kidd and Parker really participate, this game will be worth watching. The three players are technical. It is estimated that O'Neal controls the ball. Not bad, but these three shots ...

The last few games are really suspenseful. Garnett's skills are not worse than the guards, especially the shooting.

However, this is just a gimmick. After so many gimmicks in the league, the fans have almost understood, and finally these people may not even participate.

The candidates for other events have also been announced. It is not the league's control to participate or not.

The slam dunk contest, this most watched game, invited last year's slam dunk king Jason Richardson, history's first slam dunk Vince Carter, claimed to challenge history's first slam dunk Liu Mang, and the Suns' fierce violent rookie this year Power forward Amare Stoudemire, Bucks Drummond Mason, Tracy McGrady of the Magic, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers ... Anyway, the league has invited .

However, among these people, only two of them are expected by people, that is, the confrontation between Carter and Liu Mang!

In the three-point contest, Liu Mang, as the champion of last year ’s three-point contest, was naturally invited to participate this year. Unlike the slam dunk contest, which may have won the championship the next year and did not want to participate, it is not necessary to participate. The defending champion of the three-point contest is always required to participate. This is not tired, nor is there the possibility of injury as in the dunk contest.

After the announcement of the All-Star starting lineup and newly added items on the afternoon of December 30, the league official has sent official invitation emails to the teams.

When Liu Mang received all the invitations from the original biathlon, the new skill challenge, and the 3V3 bullfight, it was speechless. The 3V3 bullfighting and Liu Mang refused decisively. By the way, the league invited Liu Mang to participate because Liu Mang is an Hawks player. This time the All-Star weekend was held at the home of the Hawks. Of course, the team ’s reputation and the “inheritance team” of the team ’s hottest star are more Look, but did not expect Liu Mang to directly refuse.

Three points contest, Liu Mang also refused, in accordance with the usual practice to have to participate, but Liu Mang is wayward, is to break the rules.

Skill Challenge, Liu Mang really wanted to see who was participating, Liu Mang accepted the dunk contest, and Carter's duel! Think about it all excited.

There are also players who have started to submit their registration. A section on the NBA official website has been opened to record the list of all the events that sign up for this All-Star Weekend in real time.

Actually, even the most unremarkable event on the All-Star weekend, it is also a good opportunity to be broadcast live in one or two hundred countries around the world, so when ordinary players are invited to participate in the game, they just agree without saying anything.

On December 31st, the morning of the game with the Clippers, when Liu Mang got up and habitually opened the computer in the room to read the news, he unexpectedly saw it from the list of registrations on the official website of "Legend Challenge" Jason Terry's name ...

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At 1pm Los Angeles time, the Eagles arrived at the Staples Center with the Clippers prepared bus. The game started at 6pm. Los Angeles is almost on the westernmost side of the United States. The time is a few hours later than the east, so the game in the west looks like It's all "very early", but in fact the East team has finished the game, and the West Coast game hasn't even started yet.

Get off the bus, a lot of Hawks players are discussing where to go tonight, Los Angeles is a good place ...

Liu Mang's side, and Jason Terry finally got off the bus. Their bags were given to the rookie. Prince was responsible for the two people's bags. The two were discussing the All-Star weekend.

"Jason, what bullfighting contest are you going to participate in? What kind of games are there to play!" Liu Mang asked curiously.

"Isn't you also participated in all competitions last year, and will participate in the slam dunk contest this year." Jason Terry saw Liu Mang's so exaggerated tone, and said.

"I didn't know that I would be selected for the All-Star game at the time, otherwise I wouldn't be so tired." Liu Mang thought that he was really not tired last year. In order to make himself popular, it was crazy. Who knew that he was directly selected. The All-Stars are now in the game, and it ’s silly to think about the fact that you want to be popular in front of you.

"I can't get into the All-Star 100% this year. There are too many star guards in the East. If it's possible to go to the West, Sharif's life is good. I can definitely enter the All-Star." Jason Terry sighed and then grumbled. Said: "This is our own team hosting an All-Star, how could I watch you and Sharif and Theo join, leaving me alone ..."

The biggest difference between the west and the east is that the west is the inside line. The strong teams basically have super inside lines. Even the eighth and ninth rockets and the sun have Yao Ming and Stoudemire. Few outstanding insiders have dropped to All-Stars, while the outside line of the West is often defensive. Like the Kings 'Doug Christie and the Spurs' Bowen, it is extremely difficult to have an opportunity to be selected as an All-Star.

And the East is the opposite. In addition to the fixed center position of the All-Star starter, the two forwards are all outside, and even the kind of defender nobody feels wrong, the outside star squeezed.

"It has nothing to do with me, I am an All-Star starter." Liu Mang's strength pulls hatred.

"Go!" Jason Terry was so sad and angry.

Walked out of the parking lot and saw coach Kruger who called again.

"Jason, you came just right. The boss confirmed that, and I will tell the league to give you the legendary challenge for the East Force." Coach Kruger said after seeing Jason Terry.

"Huh ... I can finally participate in a game." Jason Terry was relieved.

Since I met the coach, I went to the training ground together. The Staples Center is different from the home stadium of many teams. This stadium is not owned by the Lakers or Clippers. Both teams are rented, so inside There are no conventional facilities, the Staples Center has a lot of money, and there is no open space for the team to arrange a training ground.

The training ground that the Clippers arranged for the Hawks is a public basketball hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center across the street from Staples. Yes, public. The Los Angeles City Council paid for the construction and maintenance. The Clippers After the boss actively strives for it, there are 41 days of free afternoon use for the Clippers home game opponents every year. Their own training ground is -Vista training hall, a training hall sponsored by -Vista.

As soon as the three of them walked out of the parking lot, there was a thin black child, about ten years old, with a chest hanging on his chest.

The child came to the three of them and asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you need to shine shoes?"

What is this for?

American-style begging?

Liu Mang and Coach Krug glanced at each other and said, "We don't need it."

Liu Mang just wanted to get rid of it directly, but Jason Terry responded: "Well, it happens that the shoes are a little dirty, boy, help me wipe it, wipe it clean!"

"Sir, make sure to clean it!" The child came excitedly to the place where the wall would not block people, opened the box, took out a folding stool for Jason Terry to sit down, and then took out a small wooden stake to let Jia Sen-Terry defended his foot, covered it with leather around the ankle, and then started rubbing.

In fact, Jason Terry's leather shoes are not dirty, Boozer is a reliable shoe shiner, but when children go to set up stools and boxes, Jason Terry deliberately step on each other with a foot, stupidly staining the shoes .

After the child wiped, Jason Terry gave him $ 10. The child just asked for money. Jason Terry said that this was a tip. He is an NBA superstar and can't help but tip ...

After the child left, Jason Terry said with a smile: "When I saw such a small child coming out to make money, I couldn't help but want to give him money, but I didn't want him to feel alms, so I delayed it. "

Looking at the child out of sight, Liu Mang muttered: "It's so strange."

"Eh, Ace, is it strange for me to do something good?" Jason Terry said dissatisfiedly.

"Ah?" Liu Mang froze when he heard Jason Terry's words, and looked at Jason Terry's dissatisfied face, and coach Kruger with the same thoughtful expression, Liu Mang said: "No , I mean this is too weird! Coach, do you think so! "

"Yes," Coach Krug nodded: "This is the employee parking lot at the Staples Center. In theory, no such business people are allowed to come, and the security guards are not in charge, which is a bit strange."

"Then shall we ask the security guard?" Liu Mang suggested.

Anyway, this afternoon's training is no big deal. The game at night is quite easy. It's not that the Eagles look down on the Clippers ... Well, they look down on the Clippers. Their boss is too stingy!

The Clippers have renewed their 98-year No. 1 pick this year, so for the first time in the history of the salary team, they have surpassed 30 million U.S. dollars, only 29 million last season, which is far below the league average.

Such salary is basically equal to Garnett plus four basic salaries ......

To say that the Clippers ’lineup is not bad, although the salary is so low, mainly because the Clippers have seven players or rookie contracts, several fourth-year contracts, and do not plan to renew, like Ander The Miller and Odom contracts cannot be renewed for less than 8 million or 9 million. The Clippers plan to give up directly. They are so self-willed and do not care about the teams that have worked hard to pick the bad draft but have picked up parallels. How angry is the management.

The Clippers now have a salary of more than 5 million, and there is only one player. In 1998, the top pick of the qualification offer, 6 million US dollars, the sugar man will also become a free agent next season.

The Clippers are so capricious, with players you can do whatever you want.

And because the Clippers have a lot of star power in recent years, they have basically reached the third and fourth grades. They are all in the right to compete, appearance opportunities, and performance opportunities. Who still manages the record and is playing, The Clippers have "surpassed" the Grizzlies and ranked second from the bottom in the Western Conference, second only to the Western Conference.

However, this is also a competitive mechanism. So many star battles can finally win the renewal of the Clippers. It is also a boutique, which laid the foundation for them to enter the playoffs for some time.

But now they are still "selecting the best of the best", it is really difficult for the Hawks to treat them as opponents.

So, now the Eagles are really idle, they can all go shopping, practice shooting, and at five o'clock in the Staples Center to warm up and play.

The proposal of Liu Mang made the two very interested and went to the security guard to understand the situation together ...

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This is a story of a back injury, probably also a similar experience that many black players in the NBA have.

This child was named Jimmy Butler, and was born in a place called Tombball in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. When he was a little baby, his biological father ran away from home and left him and his mother, but this It is not the end of Butler ’s tragic childhood. His mother is a drug addicted girl. When he grew up, her mother relied on various unspeakable things in exchange for money to enjoy happiness.

Last year, when he was 13 years old, his mother needed money and took him to Los Angeles to find his father, but he couldn't find it. In a rage, he abandoned him directly.

Then he lived in this neighborhood, relying on helping others to clean the car and the shoes, for one and a half years.

In the past six months, someone wanted to give him money, he did n’t want it, he did n’t have a father since childhood, and his mother did n’t care about him, and sometimes he did n’t even have food to eat, so he was used to self-reliance when he was young. Self-reliance.

This quality makes people who know him respect him even if he is a skinny, malnourished child who looks 14 years old when he is 14 years old.

However, he was often driven away by the security guards of various shopping malls and office buildings because of this illegal business of cleaning shoes and cars on the roadside, only to the Staples Center, because the security guard was also a black man who grew up in a slum. Feeling empathy, seeing a child's self-reliance that does not steal, rob or accept alms, so he was not driven away, and even Jimmy Butler was sleeping in the security booth at night ...

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Jimmy Butler!

Liu Mang was shocked the first time he heard the name, thinking it was the same name, but when he heard it was from Houston ~ www.readwn.com ~, it would not be calm, it would not happen that the same name was born in the same place but not the same Personally, the chance is too small!

Liu Mang remembers that it seemed that Jimmy Butler was very pitiful when he was a child. Later, he was adopted by a Los Angeles junior high school coach at the age of 14 and was brought into the American basketball world.

This is what happens in the United States. Children in their 10s who have n’t read a book can go directly to junior high school and high school. Of course, only some junior high school students in the United States ca n’t write even their mother tongue ...

Liu Mang was more surprised than touched, and coach Kruger thought about it.

Surprisingly, Jason Terry, who usually shouted boldly and screamed me to make big money, burst into tears! Weeping so much!

"What's wrong with Jason? It's not like you!" Liu Mang took out a tissue from his pocket to Jason Terry.

"Ais, this child is very similar to me when I was a child, but I have parents anyway, this child is too poor!"

Turned out to be a tragic memory of being a child. It is said that 60% of black people are addicts, and the chance of NBA players having addict parents is too great.

The happy family is the same, but the unfortunate life is full of different faces. Just meeting someone with similar experience, Jason Terry can't help but shed tears.

Tiehan also has a tender side. Jason Terry has played in the NBA for 20 years, which is also a kind of Tiehan.

Coach Kruger had not spoken. After listening to the story, when Jason Terry and Liu Mang told their similar experiences, Coach Kruger asked the security guard to ask a few words, and then left ...