harleyscars Chapter 435 The Beginning of All Stars
Chapter 435 The Beginning of All Stars
Chapter 435 The Beginning of All Stars
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the villa, the first thing Bruce saw was the still green plants in the distance.
"Sorry, Larry!" Bruce smiled and said to Harris on the other end of the receiver.
Hearing Bruce's reply, Harris couldn't help showing a disappointed expression on his face!
This year's Bucks, after Ray Allen grew up and "Big Dog" Glenn Robinson was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, although the center position is still a bit thin, they have gradually returned to the previous playoffs The strength of the team!
In this season, as Tim Thomas more and more exposed his disadvantages in the interior, after thinking about it, Larry Harris suddenly came up with the plan to trade him, or to trade for a good backup center !
However, now waiting for Bruce's reply with great expectations, after getting the result, he couldn't help but want to be impulsive!
"Bruce, I know it's not easy to get Ben, but if you can consider trading him to us, besides Ray and Mike (Reid), you can choose players in our lineup! !"
After hearing another offer from Harris, although the Bucks still have some good players, Bruce really doesn't want to bring some new changes and troubles to the team!
"Sorry, Larry, it seems that our deal cannot be completed!" Bruce's tone was very firm. For him, even if Harris put Ray Allen on the negotiating table, he would not consider the final outcome. trade!
After a while, after hanging up the phone, Bruce couldn't help stretching lazily: "Oh, it seems that these guys are in a hurry!"
Seeing that the trade deadline is coming to an end, all the teams in the league that have the strength for the playoffs have started to make some offers to other teams!
After experiencing inquiries from the Bucks, Bruce received some inquiries from other teams.
These teams have placed their trading targets on Ben Wallace, Gerald Wallace and Ginobili. They know very well that the Warriors will not trade Duncan and Nowitz. Base on the shelves!
Afterwards, throughout the game in January, the Warriors played very smoothly. Even though they were still behind the Mavericks, they still maintained their No.2 status in the Western Conference!
After entering February, the flavor of the All-Star Game became stronger and stronger, and all the fans were discussing this grand event of the All-Star Game.
With the release of the list of players for all events in the All-Star Game, while the Warriors won a big victory, everyone was surprised by as many as 9 players of the 96 golden generation this year!
This year, because of the sudden emergence of Yao Ming, there was a place among the first-year players, and after the votes of the fans, Ginobili strongly filled his place.
If you count the rookie game, the Warriors will have five players in this year's All-Star Game!
Except Ginobili replaced Yao Ming, Kirilenko still became one of the undisputed starters of the second-year team!
In this year's All-Star Game, the NBA has undergone another reform, bringing the skill competition into the All-Star Game for the first time!
According to the arrangement of the league, on February 2th, the All-Star Rookie Game and the individual competition will start first, and the next day will directly start the competition for the All-Star Game!
On February 2, when the Warriors defeated the Spurs again with a score of 5:105, they directly started the vacation time before the All-Star Game!
In Atlanta on February 2, there were already some pre-shows for the All-Star Game and interaction with fans.
"Bruce, I'm so happy to see you!" Carol Dawson smiled, looking at Bruce in the hotel lobby, wondering if it was because of Yao Ming that he felt more cordial towards Bruce stand up!
"Hello, Carol!" Bruce walked towards him with a smile. After the two shook hands, they started chatting!
Although this year's All-Star Game is a very exciting experience for players and fans, those team managers are also very active one by one in Atlanta.
Coming here, everyone has the idea of strengthening the team. Even the Clippers, who have made it impossible to enter the playoffs this year, have sent their own scouts and manager Elgin Baylor.
"Hey, gentlemen, it seems that you have a very good chat!" Elgin Baylor had discovered the two of Bruce a long time ago, and he stopped for a moment when he saw them, and then he walked over with a smile on his face!
"Hey, Elgin, how are you doing recently?" Bruce smiled and greeted Baylor familiarly!
"Haha, I'm having a hard time, do you want to help me?" Baylor said to Bruce half-jokingly and half-seriously, with a glimmer of expectation in his eyes.
"Aha, this All-Star Game is really a very meaningful one!" Bruce changed the subject by pretending to be crazy, he didn't want to cause the other team managers in the hall to listen to them and look in their direction from time to time they!
Hearing what Bruce said, Dawson and Baylor looked at each other with helpless expressions!
"Yeah!" Baylor said embarrassingly, and then said along the topic: "This year may be Michael's last time!!"
When it came to Jordan's matter, no matter what other thoughts Baylor and Dawson had, they all showed regretful expressions!
Since the voting for the All-Star Game began, although Jordan can still basically enter the final roster, his situation as a starter for many years has finally changed in this session!
Before, because of the huge gap in the votes, Tracy McGrady and Iverson have stated more than once that they will give up the starting position to him!
Although Jordan didn't want to agree for the time being, everyone saw the embarrassment in the last moments of this player's career!
Now, seeing that the All-Star Game is about to kick off tomorrow, after consideration, Jordan finally accepted Tracy McGrady's proposal.
The next day, after a day of hustle and bustle, with the arrival of outstanding rookies from each team, Philips Arena finally ushered in the start of the All-Star Game!
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Bruce sat in the arena early, all because of the arrival of two Warriors players in this rookie match!
Jerry West looked at Bruce beside him with great interest, and couldn't help but feel interested in exploring him.
"Bruce, can you tell me how you did all this?"
Hearing West's inquiry, Bruce smiled casually: "You know, I spent the first 17 years in chaos, until that accident happened, and I found myself suddenly enlightened, and I have a great understanding of basketball. A strong desire, so."
Hearing what Bruce said, West couldn't help but pray silently for his family!
In this year's rookie competition, the first-year teams are composed of Manu Ginobili, Boozer, Caron Butler, Girisek, Nene, Stoudemire and others.
The second grade is respectively, Gasol, Kirilenko, Arenas, Jefferson, Chandler, Murphy, Parker and others!
Judging from the lineups of the two teams, the second grade is obviously much stronger. If the first grade wants to replicate the situation that killed the second grade a few years ago, they must play some smooth cooperation and the strong personal ability of the arrow players, otherwise they will not be able to play against the opponent. The second-year team with Arenas, Gasol and others really has no chance of winning.
"This year's rookies performed pretty well, especially your compatriot Yao Ming and the Suns' Amar Stoudemire. The competition for the best rookie between them is really fierce!" West changed the subject, Looking at the rookies who are about to play, he couldn't help but look at Stoudemire and the others!
"Hehe, Yao Ming's desire to perform and attack is not as good as Amal after all, maybe he will get the best rookie trophy!" Bruce replied with a smile, and then he focused his eyes on the court!
After that, following the same opening remarks of the league, the rookies of both sides started their performances in an extremely harmonious atmosphere!
In the first half, the first-year team played very well. Under Ginobili's go-between, they used a very efficient offense to bring enough trouble to the second-year team!
Ginobili alone scored 7 assists in the first half. If he hadn't signed up for the position of shooting guard in the Times, everyone would think he is a very good point guard. !
After the end of the first half, a series of entertainment programs and the start of the Philips Arena Million Dollar Shooting Contest gradually entered the entertainment time in the arena!
"Jerry, do you think Manu has the ability to start next season?" Recalling Ginobili's outstanding performance in the first half, Bruce couldn't help asking hesitantly.
"Hehe, I don't think so!" West smiled, and turned to look at the puzzled Bruce: "First of all, judging from his style of play and our current lineup, he is still the most suitable for the current team." The role of the super sixth man, if he is rashly put on the starting lineup, first of all, let’s not consider Gerrard’s mood, at least Manu himself will have some unexpected situations!”
"This year, after entering the team, Manu's potential has been very clear to us. However, it is his way of playing and passionate style of play. Once he is promoted to the starting lineup, I am afraid that the starting lineup will be because of his too much. Passion, causing some X-factor in our lineup, so, my opinion is, keep him on the bench!"
After listening to West's analysis, Bruce couldn't help admiring him.
At this time, Bruce also subconsciously recalled the situation of Ginobili in the Spurs in his previous life!
He still remembers that after Ginobili had just played some good performances, Popovich put him in the starting position, but the subsequent performances were not enough to satisfy Popovich.
It wasn't until they won the championship that year that Popovich placed Ginobili on the bench in the next season after evaluation.
Of course, the way of this arrangement, one is to consider Ginobili's style of play, and the other is also a consideration of the Spurs' weak substitutes!
The half-time entertainment program gradually came to an end. Although the rookies wanted to show their best side, but as the two teams inadvertently started the "real knife and real gun" confrontation, the game really seemed a bit boring!
In the end, when the second-year team undisputedly beat the first-year team with a score of 132:112, Arenas finally won the MVP trophy of this rookie game with his outstanding performance!
(End of this chapter)