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Although this All-Star Game is not the top ticket, but in New Orleans, Curry is still the most beautiful boy in the audience. The public welfare activities of the All-Star Weekend, public training sessions, etc., Curry's popularity is beyond the reach of others, including James, who is promoted by Nike as the official partner of the league. In terms of popularity, it can't compare with Curry.

Curry has such a status in the league, and I have to thank Jiang Mingliang. When Curry came out of Nike, he asked Jiang Mingliang about his sneaker brand, and was recommended to sign with Adidas instead of Under Armor. This signing can be said to be a win-win for Curry and Adidas. Under Oden, Rose has been plagued by injuries one after another. Adidas does not even have a sufficient spokesperson. Curry's joining just fills this vacancy. As far as Curry is concerned, although Adidas is much weaker than Nike in all aspects, it is also terrifying to pile up all resources on Curry alone. In terms of the number of stores, Adidas and Nike are almost neck and neck, which makes Curry the player with the most sales of shoes and the highest commercial value in the league for a long time.

On the first day of the All-Star Weekend, it was the Celebrity Game. Originally, the alliance even sent an invitation to Jiang Mingliang, but Jiang Mingliang had an arrangement to accompany Hong Chengcheng back to China, so he declined the alliance's invitation. Although Jiang Mingliang did not participate, the Masters still has Chinese elements. Wu Zhi received an official invitation from the NBA as a traffic niche, came to participate in the Masters, and scored 3 points and 3 rebounds in the game.

Of course, the Celebrity Tournament is also called the "Charity Tournament", basically just a wave of traffic, and then donate all the ticket money and broadcast fees by the way, the data, the outcome is really not important.

The real highlight began on the second day. In the first event skills competition, the Nets ushered in a good news. Serbian magician Teodosic passed all the way and defeated Devin Booker, Gordon Hayward Germany entered the final, and in the final with a precise three-pointer lore Embiid, successfully won the championship of the skill competition.

After changing from timing to on-site direct PK, the skill competition looks more exciting, and the attention has also increased. The addition of three-point shooting to the skill competition also makes the game more interesting. It has happened many times over the years.

Teodosic won the skill contest for the Nets, but Curry did not have such good luck in the next three-point contest. He played well and finally defeated the splash brothers Curry and Clay, and got the first place as he wished. As for the slam dunk contest championship without the Nets participating, it belongs to Robinson.

The three-point contest and the slam dunk contest have also undergone reforms, but relatively speaking, the improvement is not obvious. This is also easy to understand. The skills contest can be directly PK, but the three-point contest cannot be shot together, right? It is nothing more than adding a row of colored balls to allow players to arrange where the balls are placed. This visual effect is not very obvious. As for the slam dunk contest, this is not something that can be saved by the competition system. Without a good competition system, dunkers like LaVine and Gordon, who meet their opponents and meet good talents, can also be very exciting. When the current dunk is not strong enough, Pay tribute to you and his parallel imports at every turn, no matter how good the competition system is, it can't be delayed.

The All-Star Game on the last day became the show of Anthony Davis, the son of the United States. He received strong support from his teammates at home. The teammates led by James did their best to help Davis perform and helped Davis score The astonishing data of 52 points and 10 rebounds was successfully elected as the final MVP. Davis also became another All-Star who won the MVP at home after Curry.

Team LeBron had a lot of fun, but the atmosphere on Team Durant's side was very bad. For so many years, the All-Star Game has adhered to the principle of "get the ball and do it". Westbrook has made many teammates displeased. Westbrook once again took everything in. He only had the basket in his eyes and no teammates. He scored 44 points in the game. As a point guard, Westbrook didn't score many passes in the game. He took too many shots, and even made Wall, DeRozan and others feel uncomfortable, and the eyes of wanting to kill were very obvious.

Perhaps, this year's Westbrook will be like this. If he wins the MVP by getting a triple-double this season, maybe he won't even leave rebounds to his teammates.

The star weekend is over, some fans are reveling in New Orleans, throwing parties to celebrate the victory of the stars they support, and the players of each team must join the team as soon as possible to continue the regular season.

However, during the All-Star Game, a big deal also broke out. The Kings sent DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Rondo to the Pelicans in exchange for Evans, Langston Galloway, Buddy Hield, and a 2017 first-round pick (top three protected) and a second-round pick (from the 76ers).

For the first time, everyone thought it was a win-win deal. The Pelicans got Cousins, which greatly enhanced the team's inside strength. The inside twin towers of Cousins ​​and Davis are basically the strongest in the league. With the inside combination, the Pelicans have greater confidence in rebuilding around the Twin Towers. The Kings got young players and draft picks, and the team will completely rebuild around Simmons. Hilde, who is good at outside shooting, is an ideal partner for Simmons. The Pelicans' record this season is basically guaranteed to be a lottery pick, and the Kings can further enhance the team's potential value.

Of course, there are also many fans of strong teams who feel that the Kings have been robbed. This part of the fans mainly didn't expect the Kings to sell Cousins ​​so cheaply, and they knew that their own team should also compete.

Ujiri of the Raptors continued to make a fortune in silence. The team used Jared Sullinger and a second-round pick in the next two years to trade PJ Tucker from the Suns. Trading, this is the real robbery. Tucker is a strong 3D player with tough defense and a tough guy. The arrival of Tucker can also fill the vacuum in the small forward position of the Raptors. After all, Powell is still a bit short at the top of the small forward position. Although Ujiri couldn't bring in a superstar for the Raptors to lead the team, but for a long time, he has helped the Raptors rank among the Eastern Conference playoffs. General Manager" prestige.

Before the deadline, relatively speaking, the moves of the quasi-strong teams were relatively large, and several strong teams except the Nets were already waiting for the buyout market to open before picking up the leaks.

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