0140 Invitation from Kobe
On the afternoon of the 12th, Su Yang arrived in Dallas and took the special car arranged by the alliance to the designated hotel.
After putting down his luggage, the alliance staff gave him a schedule for the All-Star weekend.
After a rough glance, I found that I needed to participate in the NBA care action, participate in the video shooting of previous All-Star themes, participate in the open training of the East and West All-Star players, participate in the All-Star Game appearance ceremony, and serve as the head coach of the Western Conference...
In short, the schedule is very full. After the All-Star Game, you have to attend the league thank-you dinner.
"It's a bit like being elected as an All-Star head coach. I always feel it's beautiful if I haven't chased you. After chasing you, I find it's just like that. This is a completely chore, and he can show his face and increase his face..."
With a few silent comments, Su Yang put his schedule in hand and walked out of the room to visit the All-Star player selected this time.
He wanted to meet the players and exchange phone numbers to facilitate communication in the future, and he didn't say what he had to get.
According to the plan, the first to knock on Nash's door. After all, the starting point guard in the West requires many tactics to be communicated directly.
The two chatted for a while, and Nash took the initiative to mention that he was using MT for communication, and said that he would recommend it to his teammates and friends.
That was a surprise. Su Yang thanked him solemnly, and then knocked on Anthony's room, but saw no one.
After about half an hour, he visited many Western All-Star players, most of whom chatted casually and exchanged numbers with each other.
Surprisingly, Kobe took the initiative to come to him and asked about Thunder’s signature tactical design concepts.
Su Yang was a little puzzled, but he was not afraid that Kobe would understand the reason and generously explain why he should design the tactics like that.
Kobe nodded frequently and said seriously at the end of the talks: "If you have a chance in the future, we will cooperate to win the championship. Your ideas are great, I can achieve 120% results, and Los Angeles is a good place."
"Let's talk about it if you have the chance." Su Yang knew that Feier Jackson had announced that he would retire after the summer contract expired. Although many people thought that Phil would work for a few more years, he also knew that the title would play a decisive role.
The next morning, the NBA held a care event.
Su Yang followed Durant and other All-Star players and drove to Dallas Vogel Children's Care Center in a caravan to tell stories to the children, and then rushed to Farrell Primary School to guide primary school students to shoot and play games together.
Former President's wife Laura and James Singleton, one of the Mavericks' bosses, also attended. The two praised Su Yang for his good results in leading the team, and asked the elementary school students what else they needed. After making a promise, the bodyguards escorted away in a hurry.
In the evening, Su Yang and Durant rushed to the U.S. Route Center Arena to participate in the All-Star Rookie Challenge.
Unlike Su Yang's audience identity, Durant coached the first grade with Snyder according to the league arrangement, but Harden was completely unlucky in command of Durant, which made Durant so angry that he shouted at Westbrook, who was in the second grade: "Defend James' left hand!"
Within a few minutes of the game, the first grade was beaten up by the second grade, and the scene showed a crushing momentum.
Snyder used the tactical concept of space basketball in the first grade. Curry and Harden, the two 09 doubles, made various three-pointers, involved a huge amount of inside space, while Tyrek Evans took the opportunity to make breakthroughs, while De Juan Blair easily dunked.
In the second grade, head coach Patrick Ewing and assistant coach Chris Bosh had no way to deal with it.
Westbrook took the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the second-year organization. Unfortunately, Mayo and Beasley rarely cooperated, and only his college teammate Kevin Love frequently played pick-and-rolls for him. Unfortunately, the two of them could not beat ten hands with four punches, so they could only watch the first-year score crazy.
The game ended in the second half, and the second graders were completely in chaos. Eric Gordon and Demar DeRozan were obsessed with various shows of dunks because they needed to win a place to participate in the dunk contest, which was determined by the online voting approval rating.
In the end, the first grade easily defeated the second grade 144 to 128, and Westbrook scored 40 points.
The Thunder and others took a car back to the hotel together. Westbrook seemed to have not calmed down yet. He said that he forgot to limit Harden's left hand, and said that he finally realized that regardless of how bad his teammates felt, he would consciously reduce the way of playing wildly in the future and pay more attention to his teammates.
Su Yang and the others were happy to hear it, looked at each other and smiled kindly, thinking that the game was worth it.
At 9 o'clock in the morning of the 14th, the Western Conference All-Stars held public training at the Mavericks' home court, and Su Yang was there to make arrangements.
As the Western Conference vote king, Kobe delivered a speech as the captain, emphasizing that one hundred thousand people must win the game.
Nowitzki and others responded with a smile, but they didn't see whether they took it seriously. But Su Yang knew that Kobe must take it seriously. After all, every All-Star game, Kobe almost goes all out and regards the game as a good opportunity to fight against the strong.
After Kobe finished speaking, Su Yang continued to talk about how to fight.
It mainly talks about philosophy, and there is only one specific tactic. The core is to let Kobe and Durant play without the ball, Nowitzki pulls the high and provides a three-point threat, Duncan stays at the low and provides a threat to attack the basket and forms a cover, and Nash just needs to watch the pass.
Such a lineup can be regarded as the strongest offense in previous NBAs, but unfortunately Paul was injured, otherwise the defense would be full.
Su Yang thought for a while and didn't know how to lose in the West. Howard LeBron, the three big-name Celtics in the Eastern Conference, could not do it. If Howard was willing to play pick-and-roll with LeBron, it would be difficult to prevent it, or Wade's three-pointer was explosive.
After the story was finished, Su Yang stepped back to the sidelines and accepted interviews from media from all over the world as planned.
The questions were all official, and most of his answers followed the official process, only saying that Durant is worthy of the top three MVP rankings.
At 7 p.m., all All-Star Challenges began, with HORSE shooting first.
Durant is the first to play as the defending champion, and it is really puzzling to compete with him by Rondo and Casby.
When Su Yang was puzzled, Durant turned around and shot at a three-point line, eliminating Rondo without mercy.
Immediately afterwards, Durant stopped and drifted back and shot with a mid-range shot, easily killing Casby and winning effortlessly.
Su Yang thought to himself that this HORSE challenge was cancelled, and it would be better to present an award to Durant directly.
After a short break, it's the skill challenge.
Westbrook made an ambitious appearance and said he wanted to prove his dribbling and passing ability. Su Yang brought Harden to cheer.
I thought that Westbrook's pass level was not done well and he was eliminated in the first round, and it took as much as 44 seconds, which was the worst level in previous challenges. In the second round final, Nash generally won the championship with 29 seconds, and was invisible.
Su Yang and Harden pretended that nothing happened, and they endured Westbrook left the venue to change clothes before laughing unrestrainedly.
The Shooting Star Challenge was held later, and there was no eternal God Bosh participating, and Su Yang was not interested.
The three-point competition held later was also a rogue pecking at each other, and Pierce won the championship trophy after 20 points in the final.
The finale was the slam dunk contest, with Kobe, LeBron and others attending.
DeRozan first appeared and after trying it once, he successfully completed the turnover of the crotch, which was considered to be a fair rule.
Shannon Brown made the second appearance, with a super long run, a jump from the free throw line, and a 360-degree dunk.
The difficulty was quite high, but unfortunately it failed. I was so scared that I changed to a switch to a hand dunk in the air, which was really average.
Gerald Wallace was the third player to appear, and the folding failed to significantly reduce the folding range was successful.
The performance was quite bad, and the score was lower than Shannon Brown, and the audience shouted that it was boring.
"This is the worst dunk contest I have ever seen..." Some fans complained wildly.
Su Yang chuckled when he heard the sound, thinking that he had never watched the 21st dunk contest, and that was the real worst.
While complaining, Nate Robinson defended the dunk king, it was not that he was so powerful, but that his opponent was too thrust.
ESPN and other media have reported that fans have complained that the core expectation is only one: it is best to give some energy to the main game.
Chapter completed!