20. Goodbye to the NBA Slam Dunk Contest!
Hundreds of students from Inglewood High School cheered wildly, and other audience members also gave enthusiastic cheers and applause.
On the Southern California High School's archenemy, many people had the same expression as if they were chewed Xiang, and their faces turned dark. They whispered to each other and said that Carter and Desmond Mason were useless...
Looking at Zhang Hao celebrating with his teammates, Carter was unwilling to give up, but he was helpless.
After Zhang Hao successfully dunked the last dunk from the free throw line, Carter knew that he lost this time!
This is the first time since Carter was able to complete the dunk, he lost to the other party when competing for dunks with his peers. He has never lost even after entering high school. Even a physically qualified player who is a few years older than him has never lost to him.
Lost this time!
On Zhang Hao's side, the subtitle prompt appeared after the judges scored it.
"Dunk King:
Target: Special signing player Zhang Hao won the McDonald's High School All-Star Dunk Contest. (Completed)
Reward: Bronze Medal: Slam Dunk Master.
Due to special signing player Zhang Hao failed to get all dunks and no additional rewards were received."
Before Zhang Hao could be happy to receive a medal or was upset that he had not received the 15-day life span. Seeing Zhang Hao and April Clark pounce, Zhang Hao decisively passed by Pierce and hugged and celebrated with April Clark.
Pierce's arms were opened and he was frozen... The thousands of alpacas in his heart were surging endlessly...
After a little restlessness, it was time for the award ceremony. Larry Nance, the champion of the first NBA slam dunk contest, handed the championship trophy of the McDonald's high school student All-Star Dunk Contest to Zhang Hao.
There is also an envelope with prizes inside. Zhang Hao pinched it. It was not very thick. It was estimated that there were hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Looking at the different expressions of several high school students, Julius Irving, who was over forty years, smiled and said to the people: "You are all very talented, but you are still too young now. Don't limit your vision to this game. Of course, this game is great, but it is only because of you that this game looks great.
If one day you appear in the NBA slam dunk competition, I hope I will be a judge. If I were 20 years younger, I really wanted to compete with you..."
After hearing the words of this famous man, Zhang Hao, who was originally extremely excited to win the championship, dissipated a lot of joy with pride. He was not hit, but had a longing, and then he was not so excited about the current small victory...
"Yes, this is just a high school student dunk contest..."
On Carter's side, his helpless feeling was more like setbacks. He had never encountered setbacks in this area and became frustrated.
Julius Irving's words made Carter wake up suddenly.
He is still young! He can't defeat Zhang Hao now, so this may not be the case in the future.
Desmond Mason ran through his heart with ten thousand alpacas in his heart - it seemed as if I could beat these two monsters in a few years.
The others have different reactions. Dean Glov and Jonathan Simon are looking forward to entering the NBA. On this McDonald's high school All-Star weekend, they deeply felt their strength. They have always been regarded as geniuses. They don't seem to be that outstanding, at least, not as outstanding as they thought they had before, but when they heard Julius Irving's words, they suddenly figured it out.
In the history of basketball, there has never been a shortage of players who are very good at high school but have lost their talents, and there is no shortage of players who have accumulated strength and developed their talents to show their potential only after they have reached college.
There are even cases where there are no draft picks and get high salaries in the NBA.
They have infinite motivation because they are young!
"...I really hope you all can enter the NBA and appear on the stage of the dunk contest again," said Julius Irving, the first celebrity in NBA history to inherit the Torch of the Torch, and said this and named it: "Aix, Vince, I should have given you another 10 points, but...save it in the NBA."
After saying that, Julius Irving left with several old teammates and old opponents.
Looking at Julius Irving's back as he left, Zhang Hao said to Carter: "Let's compete in the new century NBA dunk contest!"
It is 1995. Zhang Hao’s current goal is to live longer. It’s only been more than ten years since he was a player. If he wants to finish college, it’s best to have majors related to coaching, video editing, sports academy...
After four years in college, they happened to enter the NBA together in 1999. This is Zhang Hao's idea.
Carter also rekindled his fighting spirit: "See you in the NBA slam dunk competition!"
Desmond Mason felt that he was neglected, and he wanted to yell: I'm there!
Julius Irving's words became the source of motivation for Zhang Hao to work harder.
Everyone is still young.
The future is infinitely good.
Maybe there is a chance to meet again on the court!
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...
The reporters invited by McDonald's squeezed everyone away, including Carter, and interviewed Zhang Hao who won the championship tonight.
This was the first time Zhang Hao experienced this in his two lives. He was dizzy when asked by reporters and was dizzy and thanked his classmates, teammates, coaches, and organizer McDonald's... just like that.
How would I show off if I really won the championship... my head was completely blank.
After accepting the interview after winning the championship, Zhang Hao was taken to a lounge at the Great Western Forum Arena by the McDonald's person in charge.
After leaving the reporter group, Zhang Hao finally came to his senses from that "big scene".
The producer of McDonald's told Zhang Hao that he would need to shoot a short advertising video for McDonald's next. This is what you know when you sign up. McDonald's will select a few players from the All-Star players participating in this All-Star competition. If you don't have money, you can't get money. All you can get is the prize money for the All-Star Game, the three-point competition, and the dunk competition.
After the filming time is agreed, nothing will happen. What McDonald's needs to do next is to make good use of the resources created by this dunk contest and promote it among the students and the Chinese community groups that can be further developed if unexpected and surprising.
Just as the matter was almost done and the brief exchange was about to end, a staff member came in and whispered a few words to the producer. The producer was obviously excited and asked Zhang Hao to wait a moment, follow the staff out, and enter the lounge with a cameraman and an Asian face who should be a reporter.
Zhang Hao recognized this person at a glance, and Xu Jicheng, who is very famous in the domestic basketball commentary industry in the future.
"Aix, this is a foreign affairs commissioner of the Sports News Department of Xinhua News Agency in China. He wants to conduct an exclusive interview with you..."
The producer introduced Xu Jicheng's purpose. Zhang Hao was very surprised. He participated in a high school competition. There were reporters from China who came to interview him, but it was from Xinhua News Agency.
Because Zhang Hao didn't know much about American high schools in China until he was in China, even after more than 20 years, he didn't know anything about it. For example, in the future, before participating in the draft, except for some fans who were particularly concerned about the NCAA in China, not many people knew about Jeremy Lin's existence. Many people only knew that there was such a person when Jeremy Lin played Lin's crazy stage.
Jeremy Lin was actually very strong in high school. Like him, Zhang Hao, he was a California high school student for a while and also won the best high school student of the year in California. However, the same is true. Jeremy Lin was unable to get a basketball scholarship until he was in Harvard in his freshman year.
In this day, there are reporters in China who interviewed him as a high school student... Even if he won the McDonald's High School All-Star Dunk Competition, it was just a high school student competition. Some people may know his existence from newspapers and advertisements posted by McDonald's, but their influence will not be particularly great.
After all, it's just a high school game.
McDonald's erected a billboard behind the place where Zhang Hao was sitting. Although this interview was just a small report from the Evening News' Sports News, the original McDonald's high school student All-Star in China did not have any news, and McDonald's still attaches great importance to it.
After the arrangement was made, the interview began.
"Hello, Aix, I am Xu Jicheng, Xinhua News Agency reporter. Thank you for accepting our interview..."
Xu Jicheng spoke in English.
With only one person’s visit, Zhang Hao was much calmer and replied in Chinese: “My name is Zhang Hao, I know Chinese. I came to study in the United States at the age of 15.”
Chapter completed!