The All-Star Weekend in 1997 starts from February 8 and ends on February 10, during which a rookie challenge, a three-point contest, a dunk contest and an All-Star Game will be held.

The Magic only had two players participating in the Rookie Challenge. After the New Year, Marcus Cambi, who joined the Magic, averaged 12.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.2 blocks per game, and was successfully selected for the Rookie Challenge, and the other was Joni. In the two games the next day, only Joni participated in the three-point competition. As for the All-Star Game, Joni was the starter of the Eastern Conference, while Anfini Hardaway was the substitute.

Because the Bulls were the first in the East last season, Phil Jackson became the head coach of the All-Star Eastern Conference last season. Although the Bulls are still the first in the East this season, the head coach of the Eastern Conference can only be replaced by the Magic, the second in the East. So what is surprising is that the Magic, which is still struggling at the beginning of the season, has actually risen all the way and become the second in the East, and the acting head coach Rich Adubatu has actually become the head coach of the All-Star Eastern Conference! This has really made history. Perhaps the only acting head coach in the history of Rich Aduba Books has become the head coach of the All-Star team.

Another starting guard in the East is Michael Jordan with the number one vote in the league, with a vote of more than 200w. The forward is Michael Jordan's teammate Scott Pippen, and the other forward is Grant Hill. The center should have been Patrick Ewing, but Ewing is absent due to injury. Deakinbe Mutombo will start instead of Ewing. In the West, the two starting guards are Gary Payton and John Stockton, the two forwards are Sean Camp and Karl Malone, and the center is Hakeem Olajuwon.

The first thing to be held is the rookie challenge, which is divided into the East and West confrontations. Joni is the starting shooting guard of the Eastern Conference rookie team. The other players are as follows: starting point guard Allen Iverson, the starting small forward is Joni's old enemy Anthony Walker, the starting power forward is Marcus Cambi, the starting center is Eric Danpeil. The Western Conference rookie team, the starting point guard is Derek Fisher, the starting shooting guard is Kobe Bryant, and the Western Conference is the lineup of three defenders. Another defender is Matt Maroni, the power forward is Schalif Abdul Rahim, and the center is Travis Knight.

Before the rookie challenge, Joni finally saw his exclusive sneakers. In a stadium in Cleveland, Joni conducted an advertisement shooting and a press conference for new sneakers. When he got his first sneakers, Joni was still a little moved.

The color matching of sneakers is naturally magic blue-white. The ankles are standing high and have a round opening. The sneakers look very light. Nike's first hollow design concept makes this sneaker look different from other sneakers. The bottom of this sneaker is also added with legendary-lee. Nike's hook-shaped logo is blue, which looks very domineering. (This sneaker references 2k4.)

When Joni saw this pair of sneakers, he fell in love with it. Facing the many media in front of him, Joni smiled slightly: "This is my first sneaker, legendary-lee! Legendary Lee!" As soon as Joni finished speaking, there was constant camera crackling sound from the audience. For nothing else, this sneaker is so beautiful.

In fact, this is true. The 2k4 interview in advance should be said to be a variable in this era. Joni's arrival was like a little butterfly, causing the butterfly effect. The 2k4, which was supposed to almost become Kobe's first nike signature sneakers, turned into Joni's exclusive signature sneakers legendary-lee generation. The 2k4 in his previous life triggered a craze for people to use. Many NBA stars wore 2k4 before they got their own sneakers. Even Kobe later asked Nike to make a replica of this sneaker because of his love for this sneaker.

But now everything has changed. The 2k4 has become Joni's first sneaker. The dazzling appearance and good performance are destined to make this sneaker crazy.

The shooting of Joni's advertisement is also very simple. He made several moves on the court, one dunk, one dribble, and one shot. The focus of the three moves is of course Joni's footsteps. The legendary generation sneakers were given close-ups in several shots. In the later stage, Nike will combine these shots together to form a short advertisement, the focus is to reflect the beauty of the sneakers at every angle on the court, the beauty of strength, the beauty of curves, etc.!

Although the advertisement is simple, it is full of creativity. According to the director's words, there will be a sentence at the end of the film: legendary! created by you! and so on.

After the commercial was filmed, Joni went to the stadium to prepare for the afternoon game.

The afternoon game was the rookie challenge. Because of the legendary-lee generation just released, there were suddenly many reporters behind Joni. These reporters were very interested in this very innovative sneaker. When they thought that the debut of this sneaker would be an All-Star arena, it was naturally full of gimmicks.

The reporters followed Joni into the stadium. When a person came in crowded, it naturally attracted the attention of many people. Now, the NBA players who will participate in the rookie challenge in the stadium in Cleveland are practicing pre-match here, and when Joni came in, everyone looked at him.

"Oh, it's this guy, who do I think it's?" Marcus Cambi smiled when he saw Jonny walk in. It's not surprising that Jonny can follow so many reporters behind him. You know, Jonny is still the first in the league's average scoring rankings. How could such a player be strange if he has a large number of media reporters following him?

But even so, there are still people who are not convinced. Kobe Bryant was not convinced. When he saw Joni walk in, he said sarcastically: "What's the matter? I've beaten up." Obviously he was referring to the Chicago training camp.

Joni, who had already reached the center of the stadium, naturally heard this sentence. He smiled. He could not defeat Kobe in the past because he was too weak at that time, but now it is different. Joni now is equivalent to adding a spear of revenge and a quarter of the female policewoman in Picheng on the Wuji Sword Saint. Joni, who has a large number of props, can be said to be a hundred times stronger than Joni at that time, especially on the offensive end. Kobe could not defend him before, but Kobe must still be like this now.

"I will beat you up in this game!" Joni pointed at Kobe and said arrogantly, while the reporters behind him were excited. As soon as they arrived at the stadium, big news appeared, which was obviously beyond their expectations.

Kobe just responded: "Then come on! I'm waiting!"

This rookie challenge began soon, because the lineup was arranged before the game and there was nothing to arrange for tactics, so the coach of this game was more like a decoration, sending the players onto the court and then ignored them.

The ball rights of the Eastern Conference rookie team are controlled by Allen Iverson, but Kobe can get the ball rights of the Western Conference rookie team. In fact, in terms of real strength, the Eastern Conference will be a lap of the Western Conference. The starting points of the Western Conference are pieced together, such as center Travis Knight, third defender Matt Maroni, and Kobe is a relatively strong in the Western Conference. If it is famous, Raheem is the most famous in the Western Conference, but he is only an inside player, and the ball rights are still in Kobe's hands.

When the Western Conference got the ball, their first goal was handed over to Kobe. Now the Spear of Revenge used by Jonny does not have a defensive skill. However, even so, Jonny still has some confidence in defending Kobe. His current strength has reached a full value, and with the bonus of equipment, his strength has reached an exceeding terrifying state. In this game, Jonny is preparing to let Kobe try his new power defense.

Joni looked at Kobe intently, and when Kobe got the ball, Joni instantly stuck it on. But what Joni didn't expect was that his defensive move fell into the eyes of several NBA All-Star players watching the game on the sidelines, and laughter began to come from the audience.

"Haha, this guy is exactly the same as the rumor and can't defend!"

"That's right! Kobe is not so defending. Will Kobe not break through if he sticks to the defense?" Gary Payton said with a smile, and when he finished speaking the last word, Kobe really chose to break through.

When Kobe saw Jonny's close-fits-all defense, his choice was naturally a breakthrough. Kobe could not give up such a good opportunity, but Jonny's choice was a bit surprising. He took a step directly and moved to Kobe. Kobe immediately felt a huge force coming, and he was a little unstable, let alone a breakthrough.

It turned out that Joni spent a little energy point in this game, activated the r skill of the Spear of Revenge. His entire physical strength, speed and starting acceleration instantly became very fast. Kobe's breakthrough, Joni rushed to Kobe almost immediately after judging it. It should be said that Joni's ultimate move played a very important role in this game.

When Joni quickly blocked Kobe's breakthrough route and pushed Kobe back, a scream could be heard on the sidelines.

"What? This guy actually blocked Kobe!?" This was Gary Payton's voice. Obviously he was a little unbelievable. Joni actually blocked Kobe with his explosive power. Now Kobe is even a little unstable and feels like he is going to lose the ball.

Kobe in the center of the court was also embarrassed. He originally thought that his breakthrough was almost certain, but he was blocked by Joni. Kobe, who had never had a good shooting choice, actually chose to take a shot directly. He chose a backward jump shot with a very high shooting arc.

"Wow! Michael, look, this is a backward jump shot, it's really like yours!" The All-Star players on the sidelines immediately discussed it, but Kobe's shot was not good. Joni kept paying attention to him and kept pressing him tightly, so the shot was missed.

However, the players watching the game on the sidelines were already discussing Kobe's back jump shot that looked like Michael Jordan.
Chapter completed!