The rest is just noise

Before the 1984 All-Star Game, McNichols Arena was buzzing with another event.

The first slam dunk contest in NBA history is also the one with the largest number of participants.

Although it took Stern several weeks to convince O'Brien to hold a dunk contest, they did a lot of homework on the candidates.

There is Dr. J, who wrote the final afterglow of the ABA with a legendary free throw line dunk in 1976, Larry Nance, who has become famous recently and is famous for his powerful body, two Lakers players, Dominic Weir

Kings and Michael Cooper, Trail Blazers' Clyde Drexler, Spurs' Edgar Jones (PF/C), Bulls' Orlando Ulrich, and much to the confusion of Louis

of,Ralph Sampson.

"Is there a mistake? Why did Ralph participate in the dunk contest?" Louis asked the people around him.

He knew that Sampson could jump, but compared with Nance, Dr. J, Drexler and others, he was really insignificant.

Allowing Sampson to participate in the dunk contest is like asking Yao Wei, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian to participate in the CBA dunk contest (ironically, they have all participated).

No matter how good a big man's physical fitness is, participating in a performance game like the Dunk Contest is inherently affected by his body shape, which is not conducive to creating the beauty of a dunk and challenging difficult movements.

Under the basket in the backcourt, a bunch of famous players were sitting in their uniforms.

People like Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Tom Heinsohn should not think that they dress up like this to tell fans, "Don't forget about me." This is another gimmick during the All-Star Weekend:

Legendary match.

Just invite some retired NBA stars to play a "Is it your uncle or your uncle" game for everyone.

As far as rosters are concerned, the rosters for the Eastern and Western Legends games, when they played, were the ones that shook the league.

The East has Oscar Robertson, Pete Maravich, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, Dave DeBusschere, Nate Thurmond, Zelmer Beatty

BeatyC), Wes Unseld, Bill Sharman, Tom Heinsohn.

The West has Rick Barry, Lou Hudson (LouHudsonSG/SF), Earl Monroe, Harry Havlicek, steal victim Grier, Bob Pettit, Jerry

·West, the first generation of violent power forward Connie Hawkins (PF), the creator of the first championship in the history of the 76ers Dolph Shayes (C/PF), Dave Bing.

The schedule reflects the league's lack of experience.

Or maybe it's O'Brien's fault that he never cared about such things.

In Louis' opinion, the Championship Cup really shouldn't be called the O'Brien Cup, because this person's contribution to the NBA is not as great as it sounds.

Moreover, at several dangerous points in NBA history, he made wrong choices without exception.

Fortunately, at the league meeting not long ago, all the owners attended, and Stern was elected president of the league with a majority of votes.

"Little Lou, come to us!" Heinsohn shouted.

Louis originally wanted to go, but couldn't go. He was an assistant coach for the Eastern Conference Legends.

If you want to ask who the head coach of the Eastern Conference Legends is, just look at these names and you will know that no one is qualified except Reed Auerbach.

Yes, Auerbach is here too.

He directly asked Louis, the head coach of the Eastern Conference in the main game, to help him.

"That bastard has no integrity, don't go," Auerbach scolded.

Then, the on-site DJ called out the list of participants in the dunk contest.

Nine people in total.

When talking about Larry Nance, Auerbach recalled the deal Louis negotiated with Phoenix last year.

"What attracted you to him?" Auerbach asked.

"Young, able to jump, don't occupy the ball, can play three frontcourt positions, perfectly compatible with Larry, Ralph, and Bill." Louis asked, "Isn't this enough?"

Auerbach laughed and said: "How can you be sure that he will play as a substitute when he comes?"

"At least we already know that Cedric won't be a regular substitute," Louis said.

Auerbach asked strangely: "Didn't you resolve the matter?"

"It's just solved for now."

Next year is Maxwell's contract year, and he can be renewed early this summer. By then, will he be willing to play as a substitute for a big contract?

No matter how much you sacrifice for the team, you should have a goal.

When Wilkins was mentioned, the people in Denver screamed, whistled, and applauded.

"This kid is a typical 'Lakers'," Auerbach said disdainfully, "showy."

Maybe Auerbach will change his mind when Wilkins dunks in front of Bird in a much more violent way than Dr. J.

Dr. J's name was read last, and he received the applause and cheers he deserved.

"Julius~Irving!"

When he was called out, the stadium was filled with excitement.

It can be said that last year's championship allowed Irving to rectify his reputation. He no longer carries the shackles of the past. He and Moses Malone are the best and the second in the world.

No one dares to believe that they will no longer have a championship. The stage has quietly come to the hands of the black and white duo.

The first one to appear was Jones from the Spurs. He performed an ordinary two-handed backhand dunk.

There is no difficulty or intensity. Let Louis rate it, 7 points is the most.

Nance came on the stage for the second time. He came up wearing long pants. As if to create a dazzling contrast with Jones, he grabbed the ball with one hand and performed a swinging backhand dunk along the baseline.

It was all a reverse dunk, and Nance was like Kato Takashi's golden finger, which simultaneously disturbed the sniper spots of the 17,000 spectators at the scene.

There were almost no highlights after that. Wilkins’ conservative 360-degree two-hand dunk, Griffith’s powerful backhand dunk, and the Bulls’ Ulrich’s double-fold backhand that made Gordon lose the duel with LaVine.

Dunk. This is why Gordon lost the last dunk, because someone had done this action in 1984.

Drexler also chose the conservative baseline one-handed tomahawk dunk, while Michael Cooper brought Dr. J's famous regular season windmill to the All-Star Game.

Sampson embarrassed Louis. This guy did something Louis didn't know how to describe. He jumped up before dribbling into the paint and his head was level with the basket. Then to avoid hitting his head on the basket, he lowered his head and turned sideways with a one-handed tomahawk.

Fortunately, Dr. J, who was the last to appear, relieved Sampson's embarrassment with a more mediocre dunk. The specific process of that dunk was to take off in the paint area and turn his face back the moment he completed the dunk.

Louis had no idea what this meant.

In the first dunk, except for Nance, there was no amazing move.

But the fans at the scene were still very happy to watch.

In the second dunk, Edgar Jones came again. He was seriously stimulated by Nance, and the second dunk was real. He took off in two steps from the free throw line, switched his left hand to his right hand and swung a semicircular windmill, and then he said "Whoops"

Ah!" The fans at the scene shouted.

Sampson won some face for the Celtics. At 7 feet 4, he actually made a gliding dunk with a short step inside the free throw line.

Drexler followed up with a two-handed windmill dunk that took a giant step inside the free throw line.

Dr. J restored his stunning work in 1976.

This triggered the free throw line dunk effect, and Edgar Jones's last dunk was also a free throw line dunk.

Not to be outdone, Nance came up with a one-handed swinging windmill dunk one step inside the free throw line.

All kinds of boring free throw line dunks made Louis feel very boring. Wilkins ended the rhythm of taking turns dunking the free throw line with a trademark windmill dunk. After that, Ulrich finally performed a shot that made Louis

A dunk that feels fresh.

Before taking off, wrap the ball around your waist, and after taking off, change hands and hand over the ball with your hips for a backhand dunk.

Sampson knew he was just going through the motions, so for the third dunk, he easily turned 360 degrees and dunked down.

The last dunk of the preliminaries, the doctor's third dunk, to be honest, he did not impress Louis. In terms of creativity, Ulrich's crotch change of hands, and in terms of fancy, it was not as good as Nance's fancy swing.

, in terms of strength, it is not as good as Wilkins. It can only be said that with his reputation, it is impossible for the NBA to let him not enter the finals.

For the third dunk, he thought for more than ten seconds outside the three-point line, and then performed a back dunk around the ball around his waist. The bonus point must be that his head hit the backboard.

The finals that followed were almost lackluster.

The situation was obvious from the preliminaries, Nance vs. Dr.J.

However, the doctor was obviously not very motivated. Although the judges came to the rescue, the few high-scorers were still in awe. Nance didn't have much creativity, so he just relied on various swings. In the end, he was the winner as everyone expected.

For Louis, the dunk contest is not that interesting because he comes from the future and has seen too many dunks. If Chen Dengxing were to be parachuted into this era, he would become a legend just by dunking.

After all, technology is developing forward. Louis is not happy, but contemporary fans are very happy. The slam dunk contest was a beautiful shot and successfully retained the fans in front of the TV.

The sign of All-Star Weekend has just begun.