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Text Volume Chapter 1,296: Kobe Bryant’s rookie challenge became an appetizer for the All-Star Weekend.

This game started the day before the main game, and the two participating teams were rookie players from the East and West.

Kobe was particularly excited about this because he finally had the opportunity to prove in an official game that he was the best in his class.

Because of the NBA's 50th anniversary celebration, the league hopes that every aspect will be more meaningful than usual.

Therefore, they invited Dezan from the 1960s to coach the Eastern and Western rookie teams respectively.

Reed Holzman, the original godfather of the Knicks, coaches the Western Conference rookie team.

Cardinal Red Auerbach coaches Eastern Conference rookie team.

Holzmann said this when greeting Auerbach at midfield.

Auerbach chuckled:

Louis and Wilson, who were sitting in the front row, heard the conversation between the two Reeds and laughed on the spot.

Wilson asked.

As I said, although these two were no longer active in the front line when Louis debuted, their legends are still circulating in the world. Moreover, the two Reed's disciples are all over the league. Even if they don't know each other directly, there is a chance that they know each other indirectly.

There are too many to count, not to mention that Louis entered the industry in Boston and then moved to New York to reach his peak.

When Wilson was in New York, he basically had a nod with these celebrities.

When Louis heard what he said, he just wanted to talk about what those two old guys meant.

Louis said figuratively,

The Lakers contributed two players to the Rookie Challenge this year, and Louis and Wilson came to the scene tonight specifically to support them.

From the beginning of the game, Kobe was extremely aggressive.

He kept asking for the ball and attacking inside.

Although he plays a little alone, it can be seen that his combat ability is at the top level among his peers.

Other super rookies, like Rasim, are a little too humble.

Nash basically only fed Kobe the ball.

Walker's style of play can be called a super killer when he does not suffer a disadvantage in the confrontation. Camby also performed well. The eye-catching super star Allen Iverson did not perform like Louis' impression under Auerbach.

So lonely.

No, or it should be said that Louis couldn't see anything unique about Iverson's style of play.

When his teammates performed well, he was very reasonable and clear-headed, never forcing a shot. He scored 19 points and 9 assists, leading the Western Stars to win the Rookie Challenge.

Kobe scored a game-high 26 points, but the MVP of the Rookie Challenge belonged to Iverson.

This result made Kobe very angry.

Kobe Bryant complained to Wilson,

Wilson laughed:

Louis asked:

At this time, Kobe used his clever little brain to argue with Louis:

Louis said dissatisfied.

Kobe said with floating eyes,

Ke Shaoxia now made Uncle Lu very angry.

That night, Louis didn't say another word to Kobe.

Before leaving, Wilson reminded Kobe: "Play well in the dunk contest tomorrow.

If we mess up, the coach will have to use the situation to his advantage."

At this time, Kobe suddenly laughed:

Then Wilson stopped talking to him.

When Nash returned from the interview with the Canadian media and met Kobe, he asked about Louis and Wilson. Kobe said:

Nash said puzzledly,

Kobe said paranoidly:

At this point, Nash also knew that Kobe was talking nonsense.

He believed that Louis and Wilson left without saying hello because of the naivety of high school students.

Don't talk about them, he even wants to leave. This person is really ungrateful. All the balls that can be passed tonight were passed to him, and he still blames others for not passing the ball enough. What the hell...

After Louis went back, he looked at the list of players who will participate in the dunk contest tomorrow.

After reading the list, he knew why the league canceled the dunk contest in 1998.

First of all, let’s not mention Kobe, let’s look at the other contestants.

Chris Carr, if you don't know him, you're right, neither does Louie.

Michael Finley, Louis coached him for a year, so he knows that his physical fitness is not bad, but he is definitely not able to contribute the kind of dunks that make people shout OMG.

Darwin Hamm, Louis' only understanding of this person comes from his experience of smashing a rebound in college. In the future, he will take over Vogel's responsibility and serve as James' nanny. I wish him good luck.

Ray Allen, some people always say that the reason is that he participated in the dunk contest. According to this logic, Zhou Qi also participated in the dunk contest, and also used his wingspan to contribute a 360-degree shot that was very elegant for a seven-foot-long man.

He turned around and dunked, so Zhou Qi must also be the dunker.

Bob Sura, the so-called white people can fly means that a certain white person can complete dunks above the average level among black players.

Originally Iverson was going to participate, but later he didn't sign up.

Then, the only thing presented to the fans was this entry list that was completely uninteresting.

This is the only slam dunk contest in the history of the NBA where the dunkers’ personal qualities and dunk quality are so low that they can be compared to the CBA.

This year the NBA has also adopted a brand new method. In the first round, each dunker will get three dunk opportunities, and then the referee will score their dunks in this round. In the finals, each dunker will

Make two dunks, and the highest score among these two dunks is the player's final score.

Kobe was the only one among these people who was prepared. He came out with the confidence to win.

Having said that, he did not perform well in the preliminaries and only scored 37 points in the end.

If Sura or others had performed better, history would have changed. Unfortunately, these two were more ineffective than the other, and in the end, Kobe was allowed to enter the finals.

In other words, Kobe entered the finals with a preliminary score of 37 points.

In other words, three people scored below 37 points.

You can imagine how unbearable that scene was.

In the finals, Kobe performed a crotch dunk that could be replayed in every Komy's mind, exciting the audience, including his famous prom partner Brandy.

Then Finlay did one of the worst side dunks Louie has ever seen.

Karl hit a mediocre windmill dunk.

Then, Kobe made a mistake in his second dunk, but since the final only looked at the highest score, the mistake was innocuous.

In the end it was Finlay's dunk, because he

It didn't work out, so Kobe won the dunk contest with 49 points on a crotch dunk.

Louis felt dizzy after watching the whole process.

Stupid format, poor dunk performance, the whole process is no longer boring, but makes people feel embarrassed for the players. It is like a garbage movie that is embarrassing from beginning to end but cannot fast forward.

Kobe won, but he also lost. This was the worst dunk contest in NBA history, unprecedented.

Winning a dunk contest like this with a crotch dunk that doesn't even rank among the top ten dunks of his career is by no means a glorious thing.

The hardcore old Joey absolutely wants to delete all memories of the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest, just like the hardcore Joey can't help but hate Jordan during the Wizards era.

In the subsequent three-point contest, the Lakers' starting point guard Dana Barros performed poorly and was eliminated in the preliminaries. Steve Kerr, the future head coach in NBA history, played bravely and won the three-point title.

Then, it’s today’s dinner.

All-Star Game and the award ceremony of the top 50 NBA players.

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