basketball myth

(It hurts very much, Kavin. Sorry, it’s so late. In addition, thank you zhouyu1976, thank you all)

Even though this season is a shortened season in the true sense, the Orlando All-Star Weekend was still very successful and received enough attention.

According to relevant professional statistics after the game, the total ratings during this All-Star Game even far exceeded the same period data in previous years.

Moreover, if it weren't for the labor dispute that had been going on for a long time before this season, which caused the NBA to delay the start of the season, thus offending many neutral fans, perhaps the ratings of this season's All-Star Weekend would have further broken the charts.

Naturally, a large part of the source of these gratifying ratings is contributed by Li Feng, a supernova who has risen crazily and has explosive influence. His various shocking performances have made fans all over the world extra special.

crazy!

It can be said that Li Feng is no longer the annoying object that many Americans shouted at more than a year ago, and has completely transformed into a new guarantee for the NBA's box office. At the same time, he has almost won a personal Grand Slam through this All-Star Weekend.

The honor also allowed more people to witness his all-round superpowers, making his outstanding influence continue to explode.

Although he is Chinese and of yellow race, he has successfully become the common new idol of countless Americans and even fans around the world!

For example, his exclusive sneakers were just launched by Adidas during the All-Star Game weekend, and within a few days they were extremely popular and sold out!

And his personal jersey sales have quickly caught up with the top-ranked superstars in the annual sales rankings, and even completed the counterattack almost in the blink of an eye!

In addition, in terms of attracting the attention of female fans, his personal charm is second to none among NBA stars. He has the largest female fan base, which makes other stars can only envy and hate him.

Therefore, after this All-Star Game, he seems to have broken the NBA's previous inherent superstar pattern. Not only is he no worse than LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and others, but he has come from behind to take the lead.

potential.

Such a huge reputation and status is really an excellent situation for Li Feng. And it is also very beneficial for the NBA League.

It can be said that when the All-Star Game ended, Li Feng successfully ushered in a new situation and entered another level.

Even the Minnesota Timberwolves behind him are no longer as despised as they were before. They have also quickly become the object of great attention to everyone.

In the few regular games that continued after the All-Star Game, the opponents the Timberwolves faced began to deal with them extremely seriously and frantically, almost no different from dealing with other powerful teams in the league.

The Timberwolves have moved to a higher level, and they are only deeply afraid of them, but they no longer have any intention of looking down upon them.

And this new situation also makes it impossible for the Timberwolves to continue to maintain the role of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and they have to slowly recognize themselves as the strong one.

However, there is actually not much harm in their choosing to consider themselves strong. At least their mentality has undergone a huge change, and their confidence has improved a lot. Compared with the days before, they have changed much now. They have to be more fearless. Although the current fighting will of the Timberwolves cannot really reach the super state of God blocking God and Buddha blocking Buddha, it is almost the same.

In general, compared with the first half of the season, the Timberwolves have made significant changes in all aspects from the inside out. It can be said that they have officially entered the ranks of strong teams and are genuine. They are no longer the same team as in previous years. Those sickly wolves, they are already a group of truly ferocious, sharp, bloodthirsty and calm night wolves!

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Soon, almost half a month had passed since the end of the All-Star Game. The Timberwolves bid farewell to the previous consecutive home games and had to go to the away game to continue fighting.

First of all, the place they are going to is Texas in the southwestern United States.

The Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets in Texas are all targets they will face and challenge during this trip. Then, they will continue to Memphis to face another ten-strong team in the Southwest Division. A strong team - the Grizzlies.

Having to compete against four teams in the Southwest Division that have performed well this season, when you think about it, it is really not an easy situation. If it were put in the past, people might still think that the Timberwolves' trip It is inevitable that you will have a miserable record such as several consecutive defeats.

Fortunately, the current Timberwolves team has definitely taken on a new look. The players are in good condition and are not particularly afraid of this trip to Texas or the Southwest.

Since the first team they faced was the Dallas Mavericks, the Timberwolves arrived early to the ninth largest city in the United States and the third largest city in Texas, so they had to adapt and prepare in advance.

The Dallas Mavericks were the NBA championship team last season. They directly defeated the Big Three of the Miami Heat and successfully won the O'Brien Cup. They are very powerful. The core lineup led by Dirk Nowitzki is even more powerful. They appear to be very competitive. Although their lineup has changed slightly this season, their competitiveness cannot be underestimated.

Before the game, the Timberwolves took the Mavericks very seriously. However, the Mavericks seemed to have a different attitude towards them.

In fact, just before the game between them, Mark Cuban, the boss of the Mavericks, had said some words to the media in a very domineering manner.

Cuban said strangely that even if Li Feng did not renew his contract with the Timberwolves and forced him to switch to another team, the Mavericks would not take the initiative to join the battle for Li Feng this season. He believed that the Mavericks today are still the general manager. The most powerful contender for the championship trophy, as long as you believe in the players of your team, there is no need to make huge changes to the team for a young star like Li Feng.

Cuban also said that although Li Feng and the Timberwolves are famous today, they should not pose too many substantial threats to his Mavericks. Their Mavericks have the foundation, experience, and strength, but are not so easy to get along with. It will definitely teach the current Timberwolves and Li Feng an unforgettable lesson.

Mark Cuban, who took the initiative to speak out, may be suspected of using smoke bombs, but his remarks did inspire the Mavericks soldiers on a spiritual level, and it is not good news for the Timberwolves.

However, when Li Feng later heard what Cuban said as relayed by the media, he just smiled casually and did not let some people with ulterior motives succeed.

It's obvious that Cuban didn't disrespect him, but was deliberately engaging in psychological warfare.

While Cuban was talking about him, it seemed as if he was really secretly in contact with the Mavericks. But on the surface, Cuban was trying his best to deny it. It was clear that there was a feeling that there was no money in this place. It was not deliberately created for him.

Trouble, what is it?

On the other side, Cuban really kept cheering for the Mavericks, describing how strong the Mavericks were and how they were not afraid of him and the Timberwolves.

But in fact, he has no personal relationship with Cuban or the Mavericks at all, and it is even less possible for him to force a transfer.

Furthermore, since the huge influence and economic effect during the All-Star Weekend, the league has shown further signs of loosening up on his obtaining a new super-large contract. Now what the league and his agent team need to do is to be able to

It is better to break the rules without causing too many negative consequences, and the situation is gradually becoming clearer. Therefore, it is impossible for him to have any private contact with Cuban.

The situation is easy to see. Cuban took the initiative to speak before the game just to cause some trouble for him and the Timberwolves, nothing more.

Of course, Li Feng ignored Cuban's words, but he still had to work hard to win the upcoming game.

Even if it is not for a simple victory, but to be able to personally defeat the defending champion, this sounds very powerful and domineering, and it can also be a good start for the Timberwolves' continuous road trip to the Southwest Division.

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Because the Timberwolves arrived in Dallas very early, the Timberwolves players, who were still very relaxed, made an appointment to visit the nice city of Dallas on the eve of the game.

By the way, not only many Americans have the heroic dream of western cowboys in their hearts, but foreigners like Li Feng are also very interested in American western cowboy culture.

When he came to the city of Dallas, he must have wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about the different culture and customs. Although it was not the first time for him to come to Dallas, he did not have the time to learn more about it at that time.

This time I had a good opportunity.

However, after wandering around for most of the night, Li Feng suddenly found out that he wanted to learn about the Western cowboy style, but he couldn't see much real and useful things in the business district of Dallas.

So, he had no choice but to secretly complain that he was stupid.

But the teammates around him were all having a great time.

Finally, everyone was probably a little hungry, so they found a barbecue restaurant that I heard was quite famous in Dallas, and prepared to have a feast in it.

They usually eat training meals specially arranged by the team's nutritionists, but the taste of those foods is really unflattering.

Therefore, they cherished such a small number of private dining opportunities. Just looking at the signboard advertisement of this barbecue restaurant and the tempting food placed on the tables of other diners, they all had their mouths watering.

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Immediately, several active and lively players headed by Michael Beasley went directly to the waiter in the store and asked the waiter to help open a box for a dozen of them, so that they could have fun immediately.

Have a delicious barbecue.

But to their sudden surprise, the waiters in the store actually rejected them, saying that the store was full and there were no extra private rooms for them to dine at the moment.

Faced with such a helpless situation, the Timberwolves players who came to take advantage of the excitement were naturally very unhappy, and they all asked the store to help arrange some space, not just in the private rooms, so that they could taste the food here first.

Delicious food, so you don’t have to come here in vain.

However, even though the waiters at this barbecue restaurant had recognized the true identity of their group early on, they still did not dare to let go. They just said that they would have to wait for a while before they could have a big enough place.

Faced with such an unfortunate situation, Li Feng and the others gradually became helpless.

However, they did not intend to leave just now. After all, they were still planning to come over to eat some delicious food, and they had great expectations and were absolutely unwilling to leave disappointed.

Everyone was waiting boredly, and kept trying to look around for signs of any guests leaving.

Suddenly, a very familiar person slowly walked down from upstairs, and Li Feng was immediately surprised.

He stretched out his hand and punched the teammates around him, asking them if the man going downstairs looked familiar.

McGrady was the first to follow his instructions and looked over. He couldn't help but smile. He quickly said, "Oh, that person is Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks."

After Maddie said this, the other bored people immediately recognized it, nodded and started to stir.

"Oh, don't tell me. It's really Mark Cuban."

"He actually dines here too?"

"What a coincidence. Tomorrow we will fight with his team on his territory, but we didn't expect to see him in advance tonight!"

"By the way, should we go and say hello?"

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All the Timberwolves players quickly started talking about it, and they were quite excited about the fact that they had discovered Mark Cuban.

But in fact, a large group of tall players like them gathered together is quite eye-catching.

So a moment later, Mark Cuban finally discovered them in time.

Mark Cuban's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took the initiative to walk in their direction, and at the same time greeted from a distance: "Hi, hello, friends from the Timberwolves!"

Realizing that Mark Cuban was so approachable, the Timberwolves players responded quickly and enthusiastically.

"Hello, Mr. Cuban!" After Li Feng finished greeting his teammates, he noticed that Cuban's attitude was really friendly at the moment, without any hypocrisy or pretense, so he chose to take the initiative to reach out to him.

But Cuban immediately shook his head at him and laughed: "Hello, Li. You are just different from the guys around you, so I actually like you privately, hahaha. It's just a pity that now my

There are still a lot of oil stains on my hands, so I won’t shake hands yet.”

As he spoke, Cuban waved his hands apologetically towards Li Feng. Indeed, his hands were stained with oil.

Then, Cuban continued to look at the group of them and asked again: "What's wrong? Why are you people here? Is there no room in the store?"

"You hit the mark, Mr. Cuban. This barbecue restaurant business is really great, and we haven't had a chance to find a location until now." Li Feng said with great regret.

When Mark Cuban heard this, he laughed again. He must be in a really good mood tonight: "Oh, haha, this store is really good. Besides, since you don't have any free seats, why don't you just go upstairs and join us?"

.Our Mavericks team just happened to have a dinner upstairs tonight, so I booked the entire second floor, and there’s still a lot of space there.”

"Well, no wonder. I said why there is no space in the store. It turns out that it is all caused by your Mavericks. Well, on behalf of my brothers, I would like to thank you very much for the invitation. You are welcome. You know, we

I’m already so hungry that my mouth is drooling!”

Mark Cuban didn't show any pretense, he immediately found the manager of our store and said a few words to him.

In an instant, the dining problem of Li Feng and his large group of Timberwolves players was easily solved.

Li Feng and his teammates looked at each other and couldn't help but feel very happy. Their previous depression was wiped away, and they finally had the opportunity to open their bellies and eat.

And Mark Cuban just came down and wanted to use the restroom. Because the restroom upstairs in this store is broken, he can only use the one downstairs for the time being.

Just after Mark Cuban quickly solved his personal problem, he took the initiative to lead Li Feng and the others to the second floor.

The other ordinary diners who had been half-watching were quite surprised when they saw this, and they didn't understand why Cuban took Li Feng and the others upstairs.

As soon as he finished walking up the not-high stairs, Li Feng looked up and saw those familiar Mavericks players, all feasting on the second floor. The scene was quite lively.

"Hey, why is it you?"

Dirk Nowitzki suddenly heard the sound of a crowd on the stairs and was the first to subconsciously raise his head. He was immediately startled when he immediately spotted a large group of Timberwolves players behind Mark Cuban. Therefore,

Before he could successfully swallow the mouthful of meat, he had already begun to speak vaguely.

When Kevin Love saw this, he pointed at the Mavericks players who all turned around and became a little surprised, and said loudly: "You Mavericks people can come out to eat barbecue to replenish energy. We, the Timberwolves, happen to have this plan tonight."

Mark Cuban then took the initiative to explain to the players on his team: "Actually, I just invited these guys over because they wanted to eat but had no place to stay. And we, the second team,

The building is big enough, and there is still more than half of the space for them to come up and have meals together. So, everyone can

Let’s calm down our conversation a little. Let’s stop talking bad about these Timberwolves guys, let alone expose our Mavericks’ tactical arrangement tomorrow night. Of course, if any of you can successfully figure out the tactical secrets of the Timberwolves,

Or use food temptation to paralyze these Timberwolves guys, and I will get a major reward!"

With that said, Cuban seemed to remember something, and turned to Li Feng and said: "By the way, I seem to have said some bad things about you and your team before. Aren't you worried now?

You are calling me up, but you are actually deliberately setting you up?"

Li Feng shook his head: "Oh, it really makes me sad when you talk about this matter. In fact, I really want to join your Mavericks team. Who knew you would take the initiative to stop my idea before, ugh..."

"Hahaha!" The Mavericks players all laughed immediately.

Then, they quickly stood up and greeted the Timberwolves players, who were considered uninvited guests, warmly.

The players from both sides responded directly and lively to each other, and they were not unfamiliar at all.

At this time, the manager of the store and several waiters immediately set up another part of the empty tables in the restaurant on the second floor, and quickly served a delicious barbecue feast to the Timberwolves players.

In the following period, the two teams that were supposed to be opponents on the field tomorrow night actually dined together on the same floor. The exchanges between the two sides were very lively and friendly, as if they had become a familiar team.

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