Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

Different from before, the league has a large amount of new blood injected into it every year. In addition, the older generation of stars give up their positions one by one. Naturally, there are many new generation of All-Star players, and among them, last year's break is also included. Therefore, fans showed great enthusiasm in this year's voting session, and the final voting results were unexpected.

There is no doubt that Li Shengli was selected again, and so was O'Neal.

Because the Lakers and Celtics are now the leading teams in the East and West, Leo's selection as a starter will definitely not be stable, but this time... Ewing was voted third in the Eastern Conference center vote, and Olajuwon fell to fifth in the Western Conference. Participating in this year's All-Star Game, the old faces Li Shengli knew before are no longer there, replaced by new stars in the league.

When the starters and substitutes from the East and West were selected, the whole league saw...the All-Star players in this class are very young, and the original concept of talent blowout and pan-96 generation was mentioned again, because this place is about to be occupied by new people. .

In terms of votes...

The first is this year's vote king, Vince Carter from the Toronto Raptors. His average data so far is 25.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists. Any game with him and Carter's amazing dunks are even more impressive than winning or losing. The enthusiasm is surging, and this year it directly topped the list with 1.9 million votes.

Next are Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen and several 96-level main players.

Of course, the stage of talent blowout does not only refer to the year of 96, but the 96 level, which has extremely high player quality and star production, often plays a historical role as a link between the past and the future, so this stage also includes the 95 and 97 levels. Taken together, a pan-96 generation concept is formed, a rare wave of superstars in the history of the league.

Counted at 95 or 97, this group of people has grown extremely frighteningly.

The class of 95 is headed by Garnett. Also selected this year are Jerry Stackhouse, who is currently playing for the Pistons, Michael Finley, who is playing for the Mavericks, and Rasheed Harris, who is playing for the Trail Blazers. The class of 97 The born super giant Tim Duncan is a little lonely, but as a player of the same period, he can also be included in this category.

Calculated in this way, regardless of the starting lineup and substitutes, the Pan-96 generation army already covers 9 of the 24 players in the East and West this year.

But if you are really young, this time can still be pushed forward, because Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, Glenn Robinson and Eddie Jones in the 1994 level occupy another 4 positions.

Under this situation, Li Shengli was very embarrassed when he arrived in Auckland, because he is now... really considered an old guy among young players, and the only good thing is that there is an old guy older than him, and that is the 84-level Si Tocton and the level 85 Malone brothers.

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"Lee, didn't you come with Kobe? Isn't he with us?" After arriving at the hotel and completing the check-in procedures, Malone and Stockton called Li Shengli and went to the hotel door to wait for the others, while Stockton looked at Li Shengli was alone, so he asked where Kobe Bryant, who was traveling with Li Shengli, was.

"What the hell!" Li Shengli found a place to sit down in the hotel lobby, rolled his eyes and said, "Kobe Bryant went to see Iverson and the others. He... is a fool. He actually said that I am old. They think I don’t have a common language with them, but I’m really convinced.”

"Oh? Is there a generation gap?" Stockton smiled.

"It's normal. After all, you are not like me and John." Ma Long sat opposite Li Shengli, ordered a drink and said with the same evil smile: "Seriously, if John and I also retire, Li, you may be too old. This is the largest group, I really can’t believe that the little guys we once considered have now become... old guys?”

"I'm an old guy? Damn, then who are you? All-Star living fossils, or All-Star mascots?" Li Shengli scolded Ma Long with a dark face. In fact, he was at his peak, so calling him an old guy was quite excessive, and for Proving that he is still quite young, Li Shengli had to sit in the lobby with his legs crossed and torture this year's young All-Stars.

"Hill? Hey, Hill, would you like to sit for a while?"

"Li? No, it can't be. I...I have something to do later. I have to go find Duncan!"

Li Shengli saw Grant Hill, because the All-Star Game is more about entertainment. Not only the game entertainment, the players are also very relaxed. They can sit together and chat without any grudges. But the problem is that Grant Hill is very 'resistant' , I thought... Is this a tea party for middle-aged and elderly people? But why should I ride a horse and sit there?

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"Hey, here, Kidd, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

"Li? I...I went to find Kevin. He found a few people and we made an appointment to play cards in the evening!"

"How about playing cards? Invite me to join you tonight?"

"This..." Kidd hesitated and couldn't speak for a long time, thinking... Li, brother, you are in trouble, don't you have any points? Is there anyone who dares to win your money?

In the end, Kidd also ran away, and Li Shengli was filled with hatred.

On the first day of the All-Star weekend, there were still a lot of players arriving one after another. However, no matter whether it was Hill, Kidd, Webb, or even Duncan and Garnett, no one wanted to participate. A tea party for middle-aged and elderly people.

Even the 'old guy' David Robinson, who has been on the bench to help his brother Duncan, is not willing to come and sit because the Spurs have suffered a lot from the Jazz recently. Malone has bullied the Spurs brothers a lot, and Robinson In the previous game, he was knocked unconscious by Malone on the spot, so seeing Malone, who has always been in trouble, it was a ghost to come over.

"What the hell, Robinson isn't coming either?" Li Shengli was still happy at first, but now he glanced at Ma Long and complained: "Damn, brother, why do I think the reason is you?!"

"Is it because of me? You can get out of here!" Malone crossed his legs and laughed: "Understand, now everyone is staring at you and the Lakers. Why don't you have any consciousness at all? You don't even look at you." We have won several championships, but if we continue to fight, what will we do?"

"Damn, is that targeting us?"

"What else?" Stockton also laughed, and a while had actually passed since he sat down. When he saw O'Neal, who had just arrived outside the hotel, walking over, he simply patted Malone's legs and said: "Karl, let's go. Shaq is here. If we can't stop Lee this year, then in the end we have to look at Shaq and Kevin."

"Okay, let's go and welcome him!" Malone also stood up, and on the Celtics side... Garnett arrived early, and O'Neal walked through the hotel lobby to see Li Shengli, Malone and the Stockton brothers. , as the temporary leader and last hope of the Yellow Storm resistance, O'Neill walked straight over.

"Hey, Li, long time no see!"

"Go away, I just called you yesterday. Didn't you say you could arrive in the morning?"

"That can't be helped. I am now recognized by the whole league as the hope of killing you. I will definitely have to be the last few to show up for the finale." O'Neal smiled crookedly and said: "And... Li, it's very unfortunate. This This All-Star Game is our chance to overthrow you Lakers, you are going to be out of luck!"

Group together to overthrow us?

How boring you are!

Li Shengli continued to sit down with O'Neal with a dark face, facing each other and exchanging words with great interest, while Malone and Stockton watched with interest, and several people were waiting for Mourning, who was late.