Chapter 237 The highly anticipated first update of All-Star Weekend

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After the Magic generals struggled to beat the Bulls, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Because for the next period of time, until the All-Star Weekend, they would not encounter another strong team.

Moreover, during this period, their schedule is not as compact as before, and it can be easily and relaxed.

When the time came on February 3, the substitute lineup for the All-Star Game came out.

Wu Feng finally got his wish and entered the All-Star Game as a substitute. He is also the first player in China to be selected for the All-Star Game since Yao Ming.

In addition to Wu Feng, the substitutes in the East include Chris Bosh, one of the Heat's three giants, the Celtics' four giants, "Gentleman's Sword" Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, "Truth" Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo, and Al Horford of the Hawks.

The four Celtics were selected for the All-Star Game, which also tied the records held by the Lakers and Pistons back then.

In the West, Tim Duncan of the Spurs, Manu Ginobili, Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks, Kevin Love of the Timberwolves, Blake Griffin of the Clippers, Russell Westbrook of the Thunder, Paul Gasol of the Lakers and Deron Williams of the Jazz.

Due to the season reimbursement, Yao Ming could not play in this year's All-Star Game even if he was selected into the starting lineup.

Therefore, NBA President David Stern selected Kevin Love to replace Yao Ming as the All-Star Game.

The reason why "Love" Love was selected by David Stern to enter the All-Star is because his performance was too crazy.

So far this season, he averaged 20.3 points and 15.6 rebounds per game, and was the first player to score such data since the 1982-1983 season. What's even more terrifying is that he once scored 33 points and 33 rebounds in a game. Such performance is completely against the will of heaven.

Although the Timberwolves ranked last in the league this season, Kevin Love finally beat the Trail Blazers' Lamarcus Aldridge with his strong performance and was selected by David Stern to enter the All-Star Game.

However, although Kevin Love replaced Yao Ming to enter the All-Star Game, he is not the starting center. Western Conference Stars coach Greg **Vicci has appointed his favorite disciple Tim Duncan to replace Yao Ming to become the starting center of this All-Star Game.

Many team head coaches regret that the core players in their team were not selected for the All-Star Game, including Stan Van Gundy.

Two players in the Magic were unfortunately not selected for the All-Star Game, including Vince Carter and Gerald Wallace.

The latter was originally an All-Star player last season. Although the data this season has declined a bit, the performance is still good.

Although Vince Carter's performance in the first two seasons has been getting worse, this season, the "half-man and half-god" seems to have been rejuvenated in the second spring, averaging 19.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. It can be regarded as the best player in the Magic's team besides "Warcraft" Dwight Howard and Wu Feng.

Such performance also made Vince Carter chase all the way in the All-Star voting. Although he was unable to enter the All-Star Game in the end, many people believe that Vince Carter can be selected by the coaches to enter the All-Star Game.

But unfortunately, Vince Carter still failed to be selected.

In fact, his performance was enough to be selected because his performance was better than Ray Allen, who was selected.

However, now we can only hope for next season.

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On the second day after the All-Star Game substitute came out, the roster of players in the Rookie Challenge also came out.

Although Wu Feng was not elected as the All-Star starter, he was lucky to be the first-year starter in the Rookie Challenge. Although the starting lineup has not yet come out, the first-year team's head coach Mike Budenhoze has already stated in public that Wu Feng will become the first-year team's starter.

In addition to Wu Feng, the first-year team also includes Blake Griffin of the Clippers, Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins ​​of the Kings, John Wall of the Wizards, Landley Fields of the Knicks, Gary Neal of the Spurs, Greg Monroe of the Pistons and Derek Feworth of the Nets.

The head coach is Mike Budenhozer, the assistant coach of San Antonio, and Kevin McHale and Amare Stoudemire, the Knicks' "Little Boomer".

The players selected for the sophomore team include De Juan Blair of the Spurs, Stephen Curry of the Warriors, Tyrek Evans of the Kings, Demar DeRozan of the Raptors, Tay Gibson of the Bulls, Ju Holiday of the 76ers, Wesley Matthews of the Trail Blazers, Serge Ibaka of the Thunder and Brandon Jennings of the Bucks.

Tyrek Evans was unable to play in the rookie challenge due to injury, and the Thunder's James Harden was replaced.

The head coach is Lawrence Frank, the Celtics assistant coach, Steve Cole and Cameron Anthony of the Knicks.

In addition to being selected for the All-Star Game and Rookie Challenge, Wu Feng was also invited to the Skills Challenge and the Dunk Competition.

However, Wu Feng shirked away both of these.

This period of time is a good time to rest. Some time ago, the close schedule made Wu Feng so angry. Now, he has finally relaxed and can take a good rest. How could he ask for trouble to participate in these two things!

Moreover, the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game are enough to consume physical strength.

Although these games are mainly entertainment, even so, they will consume physical strength.

Therefore, those fans who want to see Wu Feng show their charm in the Skills Challenge and the Slam Dunk Competition can only look forward to next season.

In this dunk competition, new players are the main ones.

Blake Griffin, Sergei Ibaka, Javier McGee, Demar DeRozan and Brandon Jennings are all rookies in the past two years.

In the three-point competition, there are both veterans and new recruits.

‘Truth’ Paul Pierce and his teammate Ray Allen compete for the three-pointer. In addition to these two veterans, there are young players such as James Jones, Dorrell Wright, Kevin Durant and Daniel Gibson.

This year's Skills Challenge also received a lot of attention, because the guys who competed for this year's Skills Challenge are all point guards in the league, including Chris Paul, Derek Ross, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry and No. 1 pick John Wall.

This year's All-Star Weekend is extremely exciting, and countless fans are looking forward to it. Of course, there are also many players who want to take advantage of the All-Star Weekend time to rest.

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Soon, the All-Star Weekend is here.

Since defeating the Bulls on January 29, the Magic have experienced a brief ease. During this period, their schedule was not very close, and their opponents were basically some weak teams. Therefore, during this period, they played very easily and only lost one game.

And this opponent is the Memphis Grizzlies, which have a dark horse color this season.

However, despite losing one game, the Orlando people didn't care. They believed that after this period of adjustment and the rest of the All-Star weekend, they would definitely be stronger.

Therefore, when the All-Star Weekend arrived, Orlando people were happily relaxing.

All-Stars is a special experience. On those wonderful days, players, coaches, tactics, and even outcomes do not matter, and everyone is enjoying a grand show. Because of this natural entertainment attribute, All-Stars will never be boring and lack topics to talk about.

For example, people often talk about which position on the court is the most embarrassing on the All-Star stage.

And most of the answers are center!

Judging from the history of the All-Star Game, the Giant is indeed the lame actor on the All-Star stage.

In the 32 years since the merger of NBA and ABA, only two centers have won the Star MVP.

The center is the most important position in basketball, which is the unchanging truth besides amateur basketball.

However, in the All-Star Game, the center is definitely the least popular character. First, the center's performance depends on the passing of his teammates. In the All-Star Game, there are few kind and patient defenders who hand the ball to the inside and slowly land, and then the whole team starts running tactics.

Second, most traditional centers are poisoned by teamism and lack a strong desire for personal performance. Their playing style is very different from this kind of game where dunks are flying all over the sky.

Therefore, it is not difficult for you to understand why in the 32-year All-Star history since the merger of NBA and ABA, only two centers have won the All-Star MVP: one is Shaquille O'Neal and the other is Ralph Sampson.

Others, even if they are strong like "Tian Gou" Jabbar, Olajuwon, and "Gorilla" Ewing, they can only serve as backgrounds for Dr. J and the magicians, not to mention things like Mutombo and Rick Smitz.

The election of "Big Shark" O'Neal is not surprising at all. He must be the most funny and popular player over 7 feet in history.

As for Ralph Sampson, a 7-foot-4-inch-height bamboo pole center with no show and ability, being elected as an All-Star MVP in 1985 is an abnormal event. It can only be understood as the judges who are unaware of the truth were taken advantage of by a small group of bad elements with ulterior motives.

However, such a low-probability incident will never hit Yao Ming. In his own words, "I really don't know whether the All-Stars are enjoying or suffering."

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Chapter completed!