I’m Really Playing Basketball

This All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas is the fifth All-Star Weekend that Chen Xiao has participated in.

Among all the All-Star Weekends that Chen Xiao has participated in, there has never been one that made Chen Xiao feel like he was home like this.

In the United States, Las Vegas is definitely a very special place, and the American flavor here is actually the weakest.

Even without this All-Star Weekend, Chinese voices can be heard from time to time on the streets, restaurants and casinos of Las Vegas.

Therefore, the All-Star this time is obviously not the Chinese who come to catch up with the excitement of the NBA All-Star, but the NBA and casinos to join the popularity of the Chinese on this special day and stimulate the enthusiasm of Chinese gambling dogs to participate in the All-Star.

At the Madrid Bay Hotel, where the All-Star Carnival is held, red Chinese Spring Festival couplets and strings of red lanterns are hung in the main passages and eye-catching places, which complement the All-Star promotional posters.

Let the Chinese gamblers feel the intimacy of hometown, even if you lose your family in the casino, but our casino is your plus, and the dealer is your family.

The Chinese gambling dogs in the casino will definitely be grateful for the casino's good intentions, and then repay the casino's good intentions by losing more cleanly.

Therefore, anyone who knows Las Vegas knows that events for Chinese dog gambling are often held here.

In the lounge area of ​​the Madrid Bay Hotel, Teacher Zhang was so excited that he met Mr. Luo's family who had come from Los Angeles.

When talking about the topic of Chinese people being proud in the NBA, Mr. Luo was a little disdainful.

Faced with Mr. Zhang’s question, Mr. Luo said: “There are more and more Chinese people in Las Vegas now, especially as China becomes richer and richer, most of them come from China to gamble. Almost no group visiting the United States does not go to Las Vegas, and now the casino is doing Chinese business.”

Mr. Luo continued: "Old Zhang, it's rare for you to come here once, so you should walk around here more. Look at how fast Chinatown is developing here.

Mainland Chinese, Vietnamese overseas Chinese and Chinese from other Southeast Asian countries are all optimistic about the business opportunities here.

Of course, we cannot rule out our tendency to gamble. Many people come here just to gamble. Don't talk about the NBA. Every big casino here has entertainment programs for Chinese people these days. "

Finally, Mr. Luo also revealed that his family will watch Jacky Cheung’s concert at the Flamingo Casino tomorrow night.

Yes, during the All-Star Weekend, in order to let the gamblers who don’t like basketball and their female companions have a place to go, the casino also invited many Chinese stars to come and hold concerts.

Later, Teacher Zhang learned a little bit about it and found that during the Spring Festival, at least 4-5 casinos held concerts by celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Good guy, Mr. Zhang didn't know before that many Chinese celebrities said they were going to the United States to hold concerts. He didn't know where they went or who they sang to. It turned out that they came to the casino to relieve the boredom of Chinese gambling dogs.

By the way, most of the celebrities who hold concerts in casinos are invited by the casinos to relieve the boredom of Chinese gambling dogs.

So, I was moved just now for nothing?

In fact, it’s not for nothing.

Although the heart of the casino is fake.

But the love of those fans is real.

It was precisely because he felt the passion of Chinese fans and many Chinese fans at this fan carnival that Chen Xiaocai stayed here for half an hour longer.

American fans all know that Chen Xiao is famous for being cold to fans and will never give them a good look just to cater to them.

If fans want to see Chen Xiao look good, they need Chen Xiao to be in a good mood.

Therefore, many American fans have been complaining that Chen Xiao's attitude towards Chinese fans when he returned to China was completely different from his attitude towards American fans.

There's nothing we can do about it. Who made Chen Xiao feel good when he returned to China?

When you are in a good mood, the expression on your face is good. Is there a problem with that?

Of course there is no problem.

After attending the fan carnival, Chen Xiao went to the All-Star Rookie Challenge.

At this time, the competition between the first-grade and second-grade teams has begun.

The courtside of this All-Star Rookie Challenge is still full of superstars.

For example, Chen Xiao saw his idol Garnett on the sidelines.

This time Garnett came to the Rookie Challenge to cheer for his little brother David Lee of the Timberwolves.

Speaking of David Lee, this kid is really a god, and his recent upward trend is very obvious.

In any game this kid participates in, no matter how good his presence is on the court, as soon as the game is over, he has a steady double-double, and his statistics are magical.

This season with the Timberwolves, he averaged 11 points and 11 rebounds per game.

For a player at his position, this is definitely a performance beyond his career.

And this also made his idol Garnett's image among young people even taller.

Kwame Brown, who was nearly crippled by Joe's cock, was fixed by Garnett.

And David Lee, a white insider who is considered untalented among white people, can actually average a double-double in the NBA. How can the white lights before David Lee survive?

Garnett's support for young players is simply amazing.

So there is a saying in the NBA, "O'Neal's legs and Jordan's pen are no match for Garnett's mouth."

The three allusions of this sentence correspond to O'Neal's frequent running and changing teams. When Jordan was interviewed, he was asked why the draft was so strong and his vision was so good. Jordan said that he relied on his own pen to record every rookie. Characteristics and growth, and Garnett's mouth...

Of course, it's Garnett's spiritual comfort like a caring big brother who loves rookies very much.

Kwame Brown even wrote a book "God No. 21" based on Garnett's comfort to him. From the title of the book, we can see Garnett's status in Kwame Brown's mind.

Like God.

And the words of comfort Garnett said to him seemed like whispers and salvation from God.

Therefore, now that Chen Xiaogui is the number one player in the NBA, he is the focus wherever he goes. The biggest focus is only when he comes to the scene of the Rookie Challenge. As long as Garnett appears, the focus can only be Garnett.

Even Chen Xiao can only play a supporting role like the Timberwolves rookie Rondo brought in by Garnett next to him.

Garnett is so popular among rookies.

In this all-star rookie challenge, the second-year team with players such as Deron, Monta Alice, Louis Williams, Granger, Bynum and David Lee and Roy, Morrison and Al The first grade team led by Delic won easily.

This game had already lost its suspense when Chen Xiao came here.

In the end, the second-grade team relied on their superior personal strength and better cooperation to easily defeat the first-grade team 155 to 114.

And the most outstanding player in this game is very unexpected, not the first-year Roy and Morrison, the two first-year big men, nor the second-year Deron and Granger, who are well-known in the United States. guy.

The most outstanding player in this game was none other than Timberwolves young power forward David Lee, who has been on a meteoric rise recently.

Although the All-Star Rookie Challenge is mainly performance-oriented, the players appear very relaxed on the court and are more relaxed defensively than in the regular season, giving each other enough room to perform.

But even so, David Lee's statistics in this game are still quite amazing.

David Lee did not miss a single shot in this game, making 14 of 14 shots. He scored 30 points and 11 rebounds.

In the end, this insider, who should be the younger brother of the second-year team, actually won the final MVP.

So much so that when David Lee almost cried with excitement on the court and received the Rookie Challenge MVP trophy from his own David Stern, the entire focus of the audience was on Garnett.

"It's so scary. Garnett's 'Wolf King' spirit is so scary. A player like David Lee, who has no talent and has not even been heard of in the United States, can actually average a double-double per game in the NBA and win... To the MVP of the Rookie Challenge!”

"Kevin Garnett's 'Wolf King Spirit' is so inspiring to young players!"

"Chinese player Chen Xiao once said that he was driven further and further by the spirit of the Wolf King. Garnett is his lifelong idol!"

After the Rookie Challenge, David Lee accepted the award, but all Teacher Zhang talked about was Garnett.

Don't blame Teacher Zhang for being unprofessional, because commentators in the United States or all over the world are talking about Garnett at this time.

Garnett's Wolf King spirit continues to be mythical.

After all, this is the spirit that inspired Chen Xiao, Kwame Brown and David Lee!

Chen Xiao, Brown and David Lee are definitely young players with completely different styles.

Chen Xiao first came into contact with basketball at the age of 18.

Kwame Brown is a fallen genius.

And David Lee is just an ordinary guy.

All kinds of young people finally got a new life under the guidance of the Wolf King's spirit.

For a time, all the pressure came to Garnett's younger brother, the Timberwolves' rookie point guard Rajon Rondo, who was being taken along by him.

"If this kid finally fights out, the spirit of the Wolf King will finally be able to become a god!"

By the way, if David Lee's shooting percentage hadn't been so incredible tonight, Chen Xiao felt that tonight's MVP should have gone to Deron.

Deron had 17 assists tonight, and also scored 20 points and 6 steals. He was simply superior to others on the court.

In addition, Chen Xiao's former little brother and now the head player of the Warriors, Monta Alice, scored 28 points, while Chen Xiao's current little brother Granger scored 17 points, and Bynum scored 16 points. point.

As for the first-year side, the main players tonight are Gay and Millsap, the younger brother of the United Arab League. Both of them scored 22 points. The two big players Morrison and Roy did not play much.

Both played less than 20 minutes and scored 16 points.

As for Aldridge, David Lee's performance was too bright tonight. Under the light of David Lee, he was like a revolving door and the first-year power forward was turned aside by David Lee. He scored 8 points in 16 minutes.

To be honest, Granger originally had high hopes for himself in this All-Star Rookie Challenge. After all, there were a lot of teammates and former teammates on the two teams.

But, he felt like he had messed up a bit.

Originally he wanted to win the MVP, but in the end it was won by David Lee.

Fortunately, Granger is a humble person and soon doesn't care so much about this kind of thing.

During the live interview with Mr. Zhang and CCTV, he also apologized to Chinese fans in Chinese.

However, when it comes to this game, Granger still has a smile on his face. Although he didn't win the MVP, he is indeed the leader of the second-year team. It's his first time as the leader of the team, which is very fresh , also very excited.

"Danny, you led your team to beat the first-year team in this game, will it embarrass them?"

"No, we don't care about such a result. For us, this kind of game is very interesting. We really didn't think that the score would be so big before the game, but in the end there was such an ending, and we all accepted it happily. , just now Brandon and LaMarcus told me that they want me and Andrew to treat me tonight."

"The second-year team assigned you some interesting tasks tonight. You are the leader of the team. Do you think you did well tonight? What kind of experience is this?"

"I think I did a good job. We won. It was a very interesting experience. On the Bobcats, our leaders were Chen and Chris and Zach and Matt. We continued to grow under their wings. And tonight, Deron and I need to sacrifice for our teammates, Deron assisted 17 times tonight, I also had a lot of assists tonight, we all worked very hard."

"What does it mean to you to be a player at All-Star Weekend again?"

"No matter how many times, the All-Star experience is a great experience, it's a big game that I grew up watching, and it's unbelievable to be in it.

Like Jordan, Chen, "Magic" Johnson, and "Smiling Assassin" Thomas, I have watched the All-Star Game for many years. Although what I am playing now is not the Eastern and Western All-Star Game, at least it can be a weekend Being a part of the event is already great for me. "

"Last question, when are we going to see you in the East and West All-Star games?"

After Teacher Zhang asked this question, Granger shyly glanced at Chen Xiao who was smiling beside him.

Those little eyes made all the Chinese audience in front of the TV laugh.

Granger has a good personality, and Chinese fans like Chen Xiao's younger brother very much, so Granger got a lot of votes in this year's All-Star selection.

But, the competition in the Eastern Conference is really exciting.

Even with Chen Xiao's support, it would not be easy for Granger to start.

"I have no idea."

After a slight pause, Granger added: "I have been working hard for this. I will spend more time on training in the summer and in normal times, and let my strength rise to the level you have seen. The level of a star player, I hope one day I can play alongside the boss in the All-Star game, that is one of my lifelong dreams."

After Granger looked at Chen Xiao devoutly, Chen Xiao smiled and patted his little brother on the shoulder and said, "Pay attention to the balance between work and rest."

Chen Ling was not afraid that Granger would not work hard, but she was afraid that Granger would work too hard!

Although he does not have the ability to bring rookies as strong as his idol Garnett.

But I don't want to take away this little brother I like very much.

Small fire juice, come on, Michael and I are optimistic about the person, the future will definitely be the same!