legendary point guard

No matter what the outside world said, Lin Sen, as the person involved, was unmoved. First, under the official arrangement of the NBA, he went to attend the NBA in-game event with Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Arenas, and Tony Parker.

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Linsen then participated in a fan interaction event organized by Adidas with Tracy McGrady, Dwight Howard, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Billups and Arenas.

After the event, Adidas held a media meeting for the seven of them, and unveiled their All-Star customized sneakers for the first time.

From the afternoon of February 15th to 12pm on February 17th, Adidas has opened stores in Central America, Latin America, European Union countries, Asia, China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Macau, after the original United States and Canada.

After the pre-orders of the all-star customized version and limited orders in specialty stores in seven countries and regions, including Taiwan and the Philippines, sales of Lin Sen’s legendary generation showed explosive growth.

In just thirty-three hours, spot and pre-order sales exceeded US$10 million.

The horrific sales strengthened Adidas's hope of keeping Lin Sen. On the morning of February 17, the president of Adidas contacted David Falk in an attempt to modify Lin Sen's original five-year, US$70 million contract.

However, David Falk did not directly agree. David Falk originally did not expect that Lin Sen’s first-generation sneakers would be such a hit. Just before the president of Adidas contacted him, Nike also contacted him.

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David Falk hinted that the liquidated damages Adidas gave Linson were not very high, which aroused the interest of Nike executives.

Just as David Falk was planning Lin Sen's bright future with Adidas, the All-Star Weekend officially kicked off.

The Mandela Bay Hotel, located at the east end of the bustling Las Vegas Strip, is where NBA players stay.

The Mandela Bay Hotel is also the venue for this year's NBA Fans "Carnival". Lin Sen looked at the European-style hotel's main entrance, which had Chinese Spring Festival couplets with red background and gold letters on it.

"The sound of firecrackers brings the old year away, and the peach symbols of thousands of households renew the new year." "Spring fills the world with blessings, and days increase and people live longer."

Entering the magnificent lobby, lanterns of different shapes have blessing words such as "Happy New Year" and "Gong Xi Fa Cai" written in Chinese.

"It's really good!" Lin Sen didn't expect to feel such a strong Spring Festival atmosphere in Las Vegas, which made Lin Sen feel warm.

"Hey, Wood, you're finally back, it's time for us to set off." Dwight Howard put his arms around Lin Sen and said.

"Wood, are you just going to watch your teammates being massacred by us tonight?" Deron Williams said with a smile.

"What are you talking about? Do you expect this guy Wood to be able to change the situation in which they were massacred by us tonight? Wood, as a brother, I still advise you not to go, so as not to make you look bad. Of course, if you are willing to invite me

If you have fun for a few days, I will consider relaxing a little bit for you rookies." Chris Paul looked proud.

"Go away, it's just you!" Lin Sen glared at Deron and Paul, but he knew in his heart that the strength of the first-year team was indeed far inferior to that of the second-year team.

Although he and Brandon Roy were included in the 2006 draft, it was still recognized by the media as the worst quality draft in recent years. The 2005 draft included Deron, Paul, and Felton, the top three point guards, and the inside

There are also centers with great potential like Andrew Bogut and Andrew Byram.

"If Wooden really doesn't play, then I really can't find any hope for the first grade?" ESPN expert Hollinger said on his Twitter.

As Hollinger said, this first- and second-grade challenge game was judged by the media as a destined to be boring massacre even before the game.

Mike O. Koren, the chief assistant coach of Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan, serves as the head coach of the first-year team tonight.

Mark Avaroni, the chief assistant coach of Suns head coach D'Antoni, serves as the head coach of the second-year team tonight.

Before the game, the two sides did not have a joint practice, so two hours before the game, both sides took the bus to the Thomas & Mack Center, the venue for the All-Star Weekend game.

The Thomas & Mack Center is the sports core of the entertainment city of Las Vegas. When the first- and second-year players arrived at the venue, there were already many fans in the Thomas & Mack Center auditorium, and it was just a few minutes before the game.

It was still two full hours before it started.

The first-year locker room is in the visiting team's locker room, and the second-year team's locker room is in the home team's locker room.

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Mike Collen, who pushed away from the locker room, clapped his hands and said, "Rookies, let me see if you are all here."

"Very well, everyone is here. First-year rookies, you have two hours left to usher in your All-Star Weekend outside the court. Enjoy it. Other than that, I don't have anything to arrange. Of course.

If Bryant didn't either."

As soon as Koren finished speaking, Kobe Bryant walked in, and there was a sound of surprise in the locker room. Although they all knew that there was an assistant coach for the first and second years, and the assistant coach was usually a superstar, but before this everyone

No one knew this person would be Kobe Bryant.

"It seems that you are very surprised. To be honest, I hated my luck at first because I got you rookies." Kobe's eyes swept over everyone in the locker room, and finally stopped at Brandon who was sitting next to him.

.On Roy and Lin Sen.

Kobe's words made people in the locker room a little depressed, but everyone had to admit that what Kobe said was a fact.

"But I don't think so now. Maybe you can surprise me. I don't like failure, and the same goes for being a coach. But considering your strength, all I want is to try my best." Kobe clapped his hands, "Also.

Don’t forget to enjoy your moments.”

The second-year assistant coach is General Arenas. Arenas is joking with the second-year players. No one thinks that the second-year players will lose to the first-year rookies.

"Wood, you're not going to play tonight, are you?" Kobe walked up to Lin Sen.

"Yes, according to the plan." Lin Sen said, meeting Kobe's gaze.

Kobe laughed: "Then you mean you don't have to go according to plan tonight, right?"

Lin Sen shrugged: "That's understandable."

"May I know what changed your plans?"

"I don't like failure either!"

"Very good, but I won't arrange for you to play at the beginning."

"No problem." Lin Sen nodded. Before that, David Falk and he had already reached an agreement that he would not play in tonight's rookie game, and announced it early. This reason led to many advance bookings.

of fans chose to sell their tickets.

"First of all, I declare that I do not discriminate against the rookie game, and then I want to say why can't we beat TNT to grab the right to broadcast the main game? Although it feels good to be a spectator, that is not what I want." Bill Walton said

He appeared in front of the TV with a complaining face.

"Hey, Bill, just be satisfied. We are lucky enough to have finally arrived in Las Vegas. The first and second graders are going to appear." Hoffman said with a smile.

Brandon Roy was ranked first in the first grade, while Lin Sen was placed at the end of the team by Kobe Bryant.

Amid the hoarse shouts of the on-site DJ, the first-year team members took the lead one by one.

"Let us welcome with crazy applause and cheers, super... super... rookie, tomorrow's superstar... Wood... Lin... Lin..."

Hearing the sound of the live DJ, Lin Sen trotted out, and the cheers at the Thomas & Mack Center reached their peak.

Even the cheers when the second-year players came out were far less than those of Lin Sen. Paul poked Deron next to him: "That guy."

"Actually, you're not bad looking either." Delong said softly.

"Forget it, I can't compare to that guy's popularity even if I'm not a bad guy."

After the famous American singer-songwriter Tiffany Giardina sang the national anthem, the Rookie Challenge officially began.

"As expected, Wood did not appear in the first-year starting list. The first-year starter was Brandon Roy from Portland. The only rookie who had an impact on Wood and Lin's Rookie of the Year was Rudy Gay of Memphis.

Yi, Jordan Farmar of Los Angeles, Adam Morrison of Charlotte, and the handsome Italian Bargnani who was selected with the first overall pick."

Hoffman looked at the list in his hand and continued: "The second-year starters are Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz, Luther Hyde of the Houston Rockets, Granger of the Indiana Pacers, and David of the New York Knicks.

Lee and Andrew Bogut of the Milwaukee Bucks, CP3 also did not appear in the starting lineup. Is this a deliberate arrangement by Coach LeBron?"

Lin Sen didn't expect Paul to sit on the bench, but he knew that Paul would definitely play and Paul definitely didn't know that he would play. Thinking of Paul Deron's surprised expression when he came on the court, Lin Sen wanted to laugh.

"The lack of the brotherly duel between Wood Lin and CP3 always makes me feel like something is missing. I don't even have the mood to follow courtside gossip." Bill Walton looked at Hoffman, "Actually, Beyoncé is pretty good."

Hoffman said with a black line: "Bill, have you been infected by that guy Charles? The good game has begun."

Bogut and Bargnani jumped the ball, and Bogut easily passed the ball to Deron.

Deron dribbled the ball forward and passed the ball directly to David Lee who cut inside from the high post. David Lee easily made a layup.

"David opened the scoring. Although there was almost no defense on both sides, I still want to praise Deron's passing." Hoffman said with a smile.

Just as the media predicted, the first-year rookie was really bad. On the offensive end, Morrison missed a shot. The second-year player quickly counterattacked, and David Lee received a pass from Luther Hyde and directly performed an alley-oop dunk.

There were bursts of applause at the Thomas & Mack Center, and then the first-year rookies still seemed a little cautious and missed many shots, while the second-year players made all four of their shots.

"Are the first-year rookies practicing blacksmithing?" Bill Walton said, looking at the court.

Morrison got an open shooting opportunity on the left side, but failed to hit the shot. Gay grabbed the offensive rebound and tipped the ball in, but Morrison rushed to the basket and grabbed the offensive rebound again to tip the ball in.

"Thank God, I scored. The first graders made their first shot after blatantly brushing the offensive rebounds under the eyes of the second graders. I saw Bryant's brows frowning to the sky. He seemed to be talking to Wood Lin.

What, is Wood going to play?" Hoffman said, looking at the first-year bench. (To be continued.)