Bill Simmons was indeed scared. He didn't even calculate it. Link actually really knows how to participate in the dunk contest!

At the beginning, he called Link a softie because of this incident. As a hardcore fan who has been with his father to watch football since he was a child, Simmons knew too much about the NBA. He believed that in this era, it is impossible for a famous superstar to take risks in the dunk contest.

However, Link's decision surprised Simmons.

What level of star is Link? Before the season has passed, Link has accumulated a lot of honors.

The first place in the 50 top stars in the new season, the longest winning streak in the league, the three player of the week, the two player of the month, the fifth player in history to win triple-double data in the Christmas game...

You know, before even half of the regular season of this season has been finished, Link's honors can be listed. If you wait until the season is over and count it, Link's honors will definitely be much more than it is now.

It is such a successful guy who actually chooses to participate in the slam dunk contest!

Link's courage is beyond Bill Simmons' imagination.

Now, Bill Simmons has to seriously consider a question, "What should I do if Link really wins in the slam dunk competition? He really needs to wear women's clothing!?"

Simmons is one of the best sports columnists in the United States and even the world, and is considered a well-known figure. It would be too shameful if he really wore women's clothing in front of everyone!

Simmons just wants to slap himself now, and he said the bet he used to wear women's clothing.

I was having fun for a while, but I didn't expect to cause such a big trouble.

But after calming down, Simmons found that things had a turnaround!

Not to mention whether Link can win in the end, even if Link wins, Simmons still has a chance to cheat.

In the All-Star Game last season, the rules for the dunk competition were restructured. The number of people participating in the competition increased from 4 to 6, but the competition was no longer based on individual units, but a team confrontation system for every three players, and branch alliance units.

After the two teams dunk, the team that scored higher in total was not the result of their individual scores, but the team that scored higher in total by three people.

In other words, there was no dunk king in the dunk contest last season. In the end, it was the Eastern Stars team, not a single person who won the game.

Simmons found this incision and was ready to get into this stubbornness. This year, even if Link wins, it will be a victory for the Western Conference, not Link's personal victory.

Link is not the dunk king, and this is the excuse that Simmons refuses to wear women's clothing a month and a half!

Simmons laughed and sighed at his amazing super high IQ.

Want to mess with me? You Link is too young! Simmons has blackened the old Isaiah. Thomas has been unable to deal with him for so many years.

How could a mere young Chinese player defeat Simmons?

But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.

A day after Simmons made a bad idea, the league official released the news again.

"The NBA All-Star single event cancels the confrontation between the east and the west and returns to the previous individual system. This year, there will be only four people participating in the slam dunk contest, each representing himself."

Simmons couldn't help but tremble as he looked at the news on his phone.

Is this playing with me!?

The new system has only been implemented for a year, so it can be changed no matter what you say!

A cruel fact is that the league really changed the competition system again because Link wanted to participate in the slam dunk competition.

Last season, why did the league change the dunk contest and other individual events to an east-west confrontation system? Isn’t it because there is no big-name star participating and no excitement points can be found, so it can only innovate in rules.

Since there are no stars participating in the slam dunk contest, the "individual first" competition system will be changed to "team first".

In this way, can we cover up the disadvantage of insufficient star flavor?

But now Link has announced that he has participated in the slam dunk contest, and suddenly there are stars in the slam dunk contest. There is no doubt that the "team first" competition system is not in the best interest.

People are watching Link win the championship, not watching Link pull two teammates who don’t know who they are winning the championship. What people want to see is Link storm the other three challengers, or the three challengers make Link beaten up.

There is no doubt that only the traditional rules of the dunk contest can best stimulate Link's commercial value.

Therefore, the league is equivalent to specially modifying the dunk competition system for Link to maximize profits.

Fans applauded for such changes, but Simmons suddenly felt desperate.

The league has paved the way for Link, and all Link has to do is win the championship under the expectations.

The excuse that Bill Simmons made for himself was instantly out of place. Moreover, he had no other excuse to find.

Like Link said in an interview at Toyota Center yesterday, “You have nowhere to escape, bastard!”

Simmons was still thinking of a solution, he believed there would be a solution. But silently, Simmons had already ordered several sets of women's clothing...

Well, be prepared for any trouble.

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Link is going to participate in the slam dunk contest, which makes all the fans very excited.

Fans who like Link are eager to see Link's explosive performances in the slam dunk contest. Fans who hate Link have the chance to witness a superstar breaking out in the slam dunk contest.

No matter which group of people, this year's dunk contest is worth watching after Link's participation.

This may be the first time in history that the league has announced only one person who participated in the slam dunk contest, making the slam dunk contest a high-profile example.

As this incident continues to ferment, a hot topic is also involved.

"There are many players in NBA history who have participated in the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest at the same time, but no player has ever won the double championship in the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest at the same time. So can Link make history again in a month and a half?"

Once this topic was proposed, it caused widespread discussion.

There are indeed many people in NBA history who have participated in both slam dunk contests and three-point contests, but they usually can only dominate one of them.

For example, Ray Allen, he participated in the three-point competition five times in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2011, and won the 2001 Three-point Competition Championship. He gave people the impression of a three-point shooter, and it is understandable to participate in the three-point competition.

But in fact, the first single challenge that Ray Allen participated in when he was young was the slam dunk contest. However, he was invited to participate in the competition in 1997 and was unfortunately eliminated in the first round and never participated again.

For example, Brent Barry, who created the legend of "white people can fly" and won the championship of the slam dunk with a free throw line in 1996, becoming the first white player to complete such a difficult move in the slam dunk. In 2003, Barry also reached the final of the three-point competition, which was very close to winning the double championship. However, in the final, Barry regretted that he withdrew from the championship with 17 points and unfortunately failed to create history.

Link's good brother Paul George has also tried the three-point contest and the dunk contest in recent years, but he has not achieved any decent results in both events.

The only person in NBA history who can achieve the first place in two events is the "old rogue" Michael Jordan.

Jordan once won the All-Star Dunk Contest for two consecutive years in 1987 and 1988. He was absolutely dominant in the Dunk Contest and set a record of "League No. 1" in the 1990 three-point competition.

In the three-point competition that year, Jordan scored only 5 points, which was the lowest score record in the All-Star three-point competition so far. The record of winning the two-time slam dunk contest and the last three-point competition is everything Jordan can do.

It can be seen that it is not easy to dominate both events at the same time. Every athlete has his own expertise, but few athletes can truly master everything.

Link has won the three-point competition once before, and has also broken the scoring record of the three-point competition. If Link wins the championship again this time, it will really create a record that cannot be broken.

Now, fans around the world are waiting for Link to perform in the slam dunk contest a month and a half later. Since 2000, the slam dunk contest has never received such a huge amount of attention again.
Chapter completed!