Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

"Don't worry about Griffin, he's just bluffing"

In the player tunnel, Griffin could be seen looking unhappy, and his agent, Jeff Schwartz, comforted him.

"But, you know, that guy is a monster. He can jump so much and do all kinds of tricks at the free throw line. I'm afraid..." Griffin obviously has a deep fear of Zuo Li. After all, he has never

So he was the number one pick in 2009 just to avoid Zuo Li.

"Listen, I know what you're afraid of," Schwartz interrupted Griffin, because his head was spinning from what he was hearing. Next, Griffin just talked about how strong Zuo Li was.

He was afraid of what would happen if he lost...

shit!

He really didn't know why a grown man could be so verbose, but he still had to hold back. After all, Griffin was the biggest card in his hand. He also hoped that Griffin could make a big splash and help him establish himself in the agent circle.

There are more kingdoms.

So he had to coax him. Not only did he coax, Schwartz and his team also personally designed a whole set of publicity and game strategies for Griffin. In addition to the full set of publicity, even the dunk action was designed by a whole team.

"But you have to believe in us and yourself. We have made adequate preparations for today. This is our opportunity, and it is your opportunity!"

Schwartz patted Griffin on the shoulder excitedly: "Think about it! What is Zuo Li? He is a god among rookies! He is unparalleled! He has never failed. Except for that finals, no one has defeated him.

, no matter what game!”

"Now, everyone thinks Zuo Li will win, no one thinks you have a chance, but at this time!!!"

"You stood up and emerged from nowhere. You defeated Zuo Li! Think about what you will gain!"

Griffin's eyes gradually brightened, and Schwartz's words undoubtedly touched Griffin's heart.

Even if he is timid, Griffin is not a good boy. In later years, when his wings were strong, he dared to confront Paul, which proved that he always had the heart to be the boss.

The same goes for Zuo Li. If given the chance, he would absolutely want to trample Zuo Li under his feet. Schwartz's words are undoubtedly right.

"I understand! Jeff! I'm going to get familiar with my dunk now. I want to shock the world. I want to prove that Zuo Li is not invincible!" Griffin hammered his chest hard.

After listening to his agent's words, flowers and applause seemed to have appeared in front of him, a wave of beauties seemed to be surrounding him, and the cover of Time Magazine seemed to belong to him...

This made him unable to stay calm and completely forget about his fear of Zuo Li.

"That's right! Go ahead! Let the world see your power!" Schwartz nodded with satisfaction, keep your anger, Griffin, dunking in this state will be more powerful.

After Griffin left, Schwartz looked at Zuo Li, who was still surrounded by reporters, with an evil smile.

"Enjoy it now. The higher you climb, the better. The higher you climb, when we win, everything will be more perfect."

Schwartz ignored what was happening on the court and turned around and walked to the aisle to find his assistant. He wanted to make sure that the props for a while were safe. After all, it was absolutely unprecedented for such props to appear in the dunk contest.

After receiving the news that the props were completely fine, Schwartz seemed to have seen the moment when he successfully won the cup: "Just wait for the moment when we shock the world!"

Schwartz patted his assistant on the shoulder.

However, the assistant was obviously not as excited as Schwartz. Looking at Schwartz's hand, the assistant hesitated, as if he wanted to say something.

But seeing how happy Schwartz was, he didn't say anything in the end.

"It should be...no big problem." The assistant thought of the big guy he saw in the parking lot...this thing shouldn't be used for dunking.

…

Zuo Li didn't know anything about what happened in the player tunnel, but it didn't stop Zuo Li from entering the dunk contest in a good mood.

When he said he was ready for his ultimate move, he was really ready. And unlike the previous two games where he purely relied on talent to win the championship, this time Zuo Li incorporated more props and skills. He also hopes that the audience can appreciate it.

The same dunk.

At the same time, Zuo Li also had to admit that he was here for Griffin.

This year's Slam Dunk Contest was the most overrated competition in the previous life, and Griffin's championship was not worthy of its name. Regardless of the competition, at least in the Slam Dunk Contest, Zuo Li believed that McGee obviously performed better.

As for why Griffin was able to win the slam dunk title, it certainly has to do with hype and the use of props.

Therefore, Zuo Li also wanted to let Griffin feel what the ultimate meaning of props is!

Game start!

The four participants in this year's dunk contest were originally Zuo Li, Griffin, McGee and Jennings. Jennings was injured before the game and his place was replaced by DeRozan, who performed well last year.

Three of the four people are big men inside. This is the first time this has happened in previous dunk contests. It is no wonder that the outside world has given this dunk contest its name: a duel between big flying men.

This competition is divided into two stages: preliminary and preliminaries. The final score is based on on-site scoring and fan voting.

Moreover, this dunk contest is a little different from the past. Each contestant will train with a "mentor" and the training video will be played on site.

Griffin's "mentor" is Kenny Smith, who has participated in the dunk contest twice, DeRozan's is NBA star Dali Dawkins, McGee's is five-time All-Star Chris Webber, and Zuo Li's

The partner is Kobe Bryant!

So of course, Zuo Li received the most applause and cheers at Staples.

Griffin looks very ugly. What do you mean? Why did Zuo Li give it to Kobe? This popularity is worse than shit. It's shady, right?

However, the actual situation was that Zuo Li happened to be training at Kobe's house those days. When the league contacted him, he had no time to find anyone else, so the league temporarily changed the plan and asked Kobe to serve as Zuo Li's mentor. Anyway, they did

He was training, and Kobe also won the dunk title, so he was a professional counterpart.

However, this combination is obviously the winner. The cheers have already overwhelmed everyone else before the game even started.

"Others should be careful. Zuo Li's group is very strong. They are the two top five in the current mvp rankings. They are also the top vote-getters in the east and west. They were also the fmvp two seasons ago, and they are still

The only dunk champion pair," Barkley said.

"Isn't this a little unfair to other people? This is Los Angeles, this is Staples!" Kenny Smith must be feeling unfair for his partner.

There is nothing the Alliance can do about this. After all, Zuo Li found this partner himself. If others can find it, the Alliance will not refuse.

Moreover, the rules of this year's finals have also been reformed. Fan votes no longer account for the majority. On-site judges also have the right to score, and account for 60% of the final score.

This is different from the rules Zuo Li remembers, and it seems to be the league's effort to prevent the 99%-1% situation in the last finals from repeating itself.