I’m Really Playing Basketball

The 2005 All-Star Weekend in Denver was filled with complaints and boredom.

As one of the most watched events in the NBA, this year's NBA All-Star Weekend was actually overshadowed by a surprising trade by Jordan, so you really need to find out your own problems.

Even if the All-Star Game hasn't started yet, even if it's just the Rookie Challenge, since it's the All-Star Weekend, this kind of thing shouldn't happen.

After the Rookie Challenge on February 18, Denver fans who were very happy to welcome the NBA All-Stars became angry.

The reason was that when the little Nuggets fans performed before the Rookie Challenge yesterday, the little fans went to O'Neal's side to say hello to O'Neal, and then the big shark suddenly suffered from intermittent deafness and turned a deaf ear to the children's yelling.

This angered many Denver fans at the time.

Luo Lin, the father of two of his children, was very dissatisfied with O'Neill's indifference: "He can earn tens of millions of dollars a year, but he refuses to wave to my son."

You know, in this place in the United States, even if you shoot with a gun, someone will find a reason for you to justify you, but when the target is a child, so sorry, as long as you do anything out of line with the child Something that is absolutely heinous.

Therefore, after the Rookie Challenge on February 18, the local media in Denver stopped working.

Then he started crazily criticizing the All-Star in the newspapers while expressing his dissatisfaction with O'Neal's indifference to Denver fans.

"In L.A., in New York, I bet O'Neal wouldn't look like that. Everyone thinks Denver is a small place, even our own stars think so."

This is what the Denver Post, the largest newspaper in Denver, says. Why does it say that?

Because yesterday, a 19-year-old boy from Denver originally planned to go to the countryside to pick up his grandmother, but in order to see Anthony, he waited for four hours at the gate of the ESPN area on 16th Street, and finally waited for Anthony's car. After getting out of the limousine, the young man struggled to hand over the autograph book, but was swept to the ground by the security guard next to Anthony.

You know, the boy is wearing a Nuggets jersey, Anthony's jersey.

However, the boy who was directly pushed down by Anthony's security guard was not angry at all.

"I saw him and that was enough."

"Besides, it wasn't Cameron who pushed me."

Even when some fans nearby were dissatisfied, the young man was still speaking for Anthony.

However, this scene was filmed exactly as it was by a Denver Post reporter.

According to the Denver Post, the Denver All-Stars this time, the Denver fans are really enthusiastic. In order to see you, they gave up going to the countryside to pick up grandma and return to the city for weekend worship. They waited for you for four hours, not to mention autographs, Is it so difficult to smile?

According to this report from the Denver Post, the All-Stars may really need to reflect on their actions compared to the enthusiastic and candid citizens of Denver.

There are more and more All-Star security guards, as if there are predators everywhere, and their airs are also getting bigger and bigger. Not only do they sign autographs, but they even give a smile.

Anthony, a local star, is like this, let alone other stars.

"I saw Kobe at the Pepsi Center."

"I shouted good luck to him, but he didn't react at all."

This is what a 16-year-old Denver fan said during an interview.

According to this report from the Denver Post, apart from O'Neal and Anthony, the most irritating person is Chen Xiao.

You are a mere foreign player and a mere Chinese, why should you look down on us?

O'Neal, Kobe looks down on us, we admit it, they are indeed from a big place.

But you wonder boy, why do you do that?

At the jazz club in Denver, Chen Xiao was the main guest of the event, but not only did Chen Xiao not say anything about being late, but she was also protected by security guards and separated from the fans the whole time after she arrived, because Chen Xiao's cards were too big, There were too many security guards, and the only thing the surrounding Denver fans could see about Chen Xiao was the hat on his 2.03-meter-tall head.

Good guy, we've been waiting for you here for several hours. It doesn't matter if you're late, and you just walk around like this and you're done?

And you don’t even show your face, just a hat?

A Denver Post reporter at the scene was furious.

What made the Denver Post reporter even more angry was that the Denver fans at the scene didn't even take it seriously.

"Hey, although I only saw the hat, it's better than seeing nothing. Moreover, we were in the same room with him, and we also smelled his scent. It's really delicious!"

"..."

Man, this reporter from the Denver Post was really mad.

"Why do we Americans want to be crazy about a foreign Chinese?!"

"And a Chinese who ignores Americans like this?!"

"Wonderboy ignores fans in the United States, is cold and disdainful of interacting with fans, and even discriminates against American fans not once or twice. He is a repeat offender!"

"When can we Americans really stand up? When can we Denverites really stand up!"

"This time we are going to boycott Wonder Boy. We want him to apologize. If he doesn't apologize, we will burn his Nike sneakers!"

Boy, the boycott is coming.

Of course, this is not the first time Chen Xiao has been boycotted by fans in the United States.

To be honest, Chen Xiao is indeed very aloof in the United States.

Basically, as long as they are not local fans or Chinese fans of his own team, Chen Xiao basically ignores them.

He is different from Xiao Zhan, he is really not interested in these.

He doesn't steal or rob, he makes money based on his ability, why should he be so fake and tired?

Chen Xiao's thoughts are actually very simple, but many media who like to make trouble always think that he discriminates against Americans.

Therefore, many media came to him and asked him to apologize. Of course, Chen Xiao would not apologize.

As for boycotting Nike sneakers, does it have anything to do with me, Chen Xiao, if you boycott Nike?

I, Chen Xiao, have a fixed contract and there is no sales pressure. If you destroy the Nike factory, I will not make less money.

Of course, with so many American fans protesting, Nike certainly put pressure on him.

But Chen Xiao doesn't care anyway.

Of course, the headline on the front page of the Denver Post also said at the end that although Anthony, O'Neal, Kobe, and Chen Xiao are not human beings, especially Chen Xiao, there are still good people among NBA stars.

Finally, Xiao Zhan was highlighted.

"In last night's Rookie Challenge, facing the friendly greetings from the little fans, LeBron James was very approachable, even bent down and touched the cute little faces of the children."

In short, this year's All-Star Weekend has just begun, and Chen Xiao has become the target of public criticism in Denver.

At a time when Chen Xiao has become the target of public criticism, local media in Denver are also publishing negative reports about the All-Star Weekend.

For example: Businessmen were disappointed because business was not booming, and the All-Star Game did not bring great prosperity to Denver.

The stars were not enthusiastic, and there were only more than 15,000 fans who came in. Except for local fans, there was no crowd at all. The local fans also slowly lost their enthusiasm and impulse to consume because the stars were not enthusiastic.

Another example: Children don't buy into "Destiny's Child", they just want to look at Chen Xiao, but where is Chen Xiao?

Well, where is Chen Xiao?

Resting in the hotel, of course.

And this is why NBA stars are not so enthusiastic about this All-Star Weekend.

This year's NBA regular season situation is very special.

The Magic, Heat, Cavaliers, Nets, Raptors, and Bucks are very, very tight.

The Suns led by O'Neal in the West are also sprinting with all their strength. O'Neal also hopes to lead the Suns to win the championship this year, but the pressure on the Suns is also very high.

In addition, the team record of stars such as Kobe and Garnett is not very good, so how can they have any intention to play beer in the All-Star game.

Especially the All-Stars Kobe and O'Neal who don't care about others this time.

They are not aloof.

Simply because I don’t want to play in this year’s All-Stars, I don’t want to be teammates with the opponent, and I don’t know how to continue playing games with the opponent.

To be honest, after experiencing the Nets' failure, O'Neal even thought that Kobe was okay.

And Kobe, whose performance with the Lakers in the past two years has not been so satisfactory, has also come to understand himself a little more clearly and is also reflecting a little.

In this case, how do you ask NBA stars to become enthusiastic towards the fans?

Of course, O'Neal, Kobe, they all have various reasons.

But Chen Xiao and Anthony really have no reason.

Anthony just looks down on Denver.

As for Chen Xiao, he really doesn't like this kind of thing.

Therefore, this time in the All-Star Game, everyone played very half-heartedly.

In the All-Star Game, after the Eastern All-Stars easily defeated the Western All-Stars 145 to 125, the authoritative American media "Sports Illustrated" commented on the performance of the All-Star players.

Sports Illustrated rated the stars of this All-Star Weekend based on the system's rating, with S-level being the highest. However, no one's performance in this All-Star Game even reached the high score of A+.

The two superstars of the Cavaliers, Chen Xiao and James, are pretty good and still have some vitality. Chen Xiao made 10 of 20 three-pointers in this game and scored a game-high 34 points to win the All-Star MVP. Get an A.

Why is he still only an A after winning the All-Star MVP? Of course, it's because Chen Xiao didn't even have a breakthrough in this game, let alone dunks and layups that he has always disliked. That's really none.

The whole game was near the three-point line, and almost all the points scored were three-pointers and two-pointers from long range. We just watched you practice shooting during the All-Star game?

When Chen Xiao took over the MVP trophy from David Stern, half of the audience applauded and half booed.

James' performance was B+, 31 minutes, 13 points (6 of 13 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers), 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 fouls. The game showed a comprehensive talent - dunks, layups, breakthroughs throughout the audience.

Except for Chen Xiao, other Eastern players.

Like Yao Ming got B+, 22 minutes, 11 points (5 of 9 shots, 1 of 2 free throws), 8 rebounds, 5 assists

Although he didn't have much playing time, Yao Ming's performance still satisfied the Chinese audience watching the live TV broadcast in China.

The participation rate is very high, as can be seen from the five assists, a lot of balls have been passed to Chen Xiao, and Chen Yao's connection always makes Chinese fans extremely excited.

What's interesting is that Yao Ming performed a behind-the-back pass during the game. After breaking through, he wanted to pass the ball back to Chen Xiao outside the three-point line, but the ball was passed to Ye Li in the audience instead of Chen Xiao.

Then Dayao scratched his head in embarrassment, Chen Xiao pouted and pretended to be angry, and Ye Li giggled non-stop on the sidelines, which was an explosion in China.

So much so that Teacher Zhang at the scene shouted excitedly: "Dayao, you are indeed from over there!"

Good guy, Teacher Zhang is also quite keeping pace with the times.

In addition, Carter scored B+, 18 minutes, 11 points (4 of 8 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers), 3 rebounds, and 1 assist.

The main highlight of why Carter got a B+ in this game is that he learned from his cousin Tracy McGrady the unique skill of smashing the board and making up for dunks in the air. Carter's dunk was also the best dunk in the game.

Wade, scored B, 23 minutes, 14 points (6 of 13 shots, 0 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws), 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals

If it weren't for the fourth quarter, he scored 10 points to help the Eastern team repel the Western team's counterattack. And once after he stole the ball, he directed a fast break dunk, which made the audience climax once. He only got that in the first three quarters of the game. He looked like he was soaking wolfberry in a thermos cup. You could give him a D.

In fact, Wade also wanted to show off in this game, but it can be seen from the playing time between him and Dayao.

In this game, Eastern Conference head coach Spoelstra had selfish motives and simply refused to let them score more than two points.

There was really nothing we could do about that in the fourth quarter. Chen Xiao was shooting and shooting, and Duncan and Tracy McGrady were also paddling. You, Sibo, are the only ones who have selfish motives. Are we not allowed to have selfish motives?

Finally, is it bad to lose with such a strong Eastern Conference?

Wade was unblocked by Spoelstra.

Therefore, the worst performance of the Eastern All-Stars in this game was Maizi. He lost the starting lineup, and Spoelstra was so biased. Maizi did not intend to play at all.

Therefore, Sports Illustrated gave Maizi a C+ rating, which is barely qualified.

Played 24 minutes, 8 points (4 of 13 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers), 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals.

Even though he had a lot of steals, most of them were actually picked up from the ground. His shooting situation in this game was very bad. He was throwing around like Chen Xiao, but he was too loose and had no hit rate, and he basically didn't defend.

His only bright spot in this game was that in the fourth quarter, he dribbled the ball for a layup and threw the ball toward the backboard. After the ball bounced back, he scored from a dunk. Well, my cousin showed off, my cousin. I have to give it a try, this may be the reason why Tracy McGrady is qualified.

Duncan is better than wheat, scoring A-, 16 minutes, 16 points (7 of 10 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 0 of 1 free throw), 9 rebounds, 2 assists

Dork, the top hitter in the game, had a solid first three quarters, but was replaced by Spoelstra after a one-minute walk in the final quarter.

Spoelstra, the head coach of the Eastern Conference, used Daze as hard as he could in the first half out of selfish motives. In the second half, when he came back to his senses, he realized, emotionally, you are consuming me!

If we attack the west, do we in the east still need to exploit me?

Although Daidai is an honest person, is he really that honest?

hehe.

In addition, Nash scored B, 17 minutes, 2 points (1 of 2 shots, 0 of 1 three-pointers), 6 assists

Nash played the first three quarters, and like Duncan, became a spectator in the fourth quarter, and early in the game, his passing created dunk opportunities for McGrady, Carter and James.

However, this score makes people wonder if the old monk has stuffed money.

In addition, Ray Allen and Iverson are both A-, and the performance of the entire Eastern Conference is second only to Chen Xiao.

As for the west side.

Bryant's grade is A-, 29 minutes, 16 points (7 of 14 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers), 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals

In this boring All-Star game, Corvo is definitely one of the most serious and competitive players in the game.

In the fast pace of hard work, Kona is really not bad at all, although it was very embarrassing to see him and O'Neal together throughout the game.

Embarrassment is embarrassment, but we still have to work hard.

At this point, O'Neal is almost meaningless.

O'Neal's rating is also A-, 25 minutes, 12 points (6 of 11 shots, 0 of 1 three-pointers, 0 of 3 free throws), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals

This rating is obviously paid for, but Sports Drawing Board has always liked Shaq very much.

And seeing that he was able to be teammates with Kobe on the court in such an embarrassing situation, and even gave Kobe the only assist, it is worthy of an A- evaluation.

In addition, Garnett, the Western Conference All-Star starter, played 16 minutes, B+.

Grant Hill played 18 minutes, 6 points (3-of-6 shooting), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, A-.

After a year off, when Grant Hill could still dunk on McGrady with both hands, he made people forget the pain that had tortured him for many years.

Ron Howard scored B+, 17 minutes, 12 points (5 of 8 shooting, 1 of 2 free throws), 7 rebounds, and 1 assist.

This was Brother Luo's first start. Although he didn't play much time in this game, he was still very elegant. The black female celebrities watching next to him screamed again and again.

Even a lot of white stars and stars of color are excited to watch.

By the way, the worst performer in the Western Conference this time and the worst performer in the entire All-Star Game is the Spurs' All-Star substitute Arenas.

Arenas' rating is a C grade.

15 minutes, 7 points (3 of 11 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers), 2 rebounds, 2 assists

Arenas's first five shots in this game all missed, which was amazing.

He was left on the bench for the last 14 minutes. He was really making progress, but Gentry, the head coach of the Western Conference, really didn't want him to play.

However, on the bright side, this is his first All-Star appearance after all.

Such a sluggish performance may be because he chose too sexy sneakers when he chose them. His pair of sneakers were so red that they were scary.

In short, after the All-Star Game ended, this Denver All-Star Weekend was completely branded as the coldest All-Star Weekend in history.

Even during the All-Star Weekend, the Marriott Hotel where the media center is located, except for the huge portraits of Chen Xiao, Iverson and Duncan printed on the hotel curtain wall, there was nothing related to the All-Star Game within a 50-meter radius. symbols of.

Even if there are some pedestrians wearing jerseys on the road, they are local Nuggets fans.

Finally, I saw two fans wearing Chen Xiao's jerseys wandering the pedestrian street. They cherished them like rare animals.

Anyway, after three years in the NBA, Chen Xiao felt that he participated in the most embarrassing All-Star session for him.

However, to Chen Xiao, it doesn't matter whether the All-Stars are deserted or not. He is not the league president.

Moreover, for him, in this All-Star Game, he has already gotten everything he wanted.

The winner of the three-point shooting competition on Saturday received a C-level shooting attribute potential card.

The winner of Saturday's skill challenge received an ability card with hidden attribute attributes.

Of course, there is also the All-Star Game. In the All-Star Game, Chen Xiao won the MVP plus the scoring champion, 2 skill points for winning the championship, plus the B-level potential card of the MVP, and two scoring experience cards for the scoring champion.

Chen Xiao did not let go of any of these gains.

In short, Chen Xiao was very happy at the end of the All-Star Weekend.

Compared with the embarrassment in the United States, the country is also quite excited.

Especially during this All-Star Weekend, Chen Xiao has completed three consecutive NBA All-Star Game MVP awards!

To be honest, in this era and in China, the status of All-Stars is still very high.

For domestic fans, the name of All-Star MVP, Star of Stars, is so big, so the All-Star MVP is no worse than the regular season MVP.

The All-Star MVP, regular season MVP and finals MVP are tied.

Well, so, if you want to say that Chen Xiao is not the best player in the NBA, who are we to worry about?

The first person in history to win three consecutive All-Star MVPs. Do you think he is not the first person in the NBA?

In current service, how many people in the entire NBA have four MVPs?

Chen Xiao now has three All-Star MVPs and one Finals MVP, bringing the total number of MVPs to four.

This achievement is already competing with O'Neal, who has 5 MVPs.

I just don’t know if O’Neal is willing to compete with Chen Xiao.

A blind guess, that would definitely be unacceptable.

Of course, Chen Xiao is not willing to compete with O'Neal for this.

When Teacher Zhang asked him this question...

"Chen Xiao, have you ever thought about who is the greatest player in the NBA between you and O'Neal?"

"have not thought."

"Why?"

"When O'Neal wins his third All-Star MVP, then I will consider competing with him."

Listen, these words are so domineering.

O'Neal is not worthy of competing with me!

Does Chen Xiao really mean this?

Well, it’s not important. What’s important is that the domestic audience thinks it is, that’s what it is.

On February 21, 2005, Chen Xiao returned to Cleveland with Xiao Zhan and the others.

On the same day, the Grizzlies announced a deal with the Lakers. The Lakers sent Kidd and Battelle to the Grizzlies for Gasol, Jay Williams and Lorenzen White.

At the same time, Kidd announced his divorce from his wife.

Cleveland, Chen Xiao was shocked.

"Boss Ji..."

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