In fact, Jordan normally won the MVP in this All-Star, but he didn't make a lot of mistakes, and only 23 points in total!

Thirty-two minutes played, the most of any player, and no player other than Jordan could even reach the thirty-minute mark!

……

Iverson's performance in the last few minutes can be said to be perfect.

A veteran player like Payton, who has no grudge against Iverson, is not enough to use all his defensive skills to deal with Iverson, which is basically going through the motions.

Coupled with the fact that Iverson is mainly a small O's, it is not difficult to explain his scoring efficiency......

And Kobe Bryant's defense against Jordan, that is really defense, and all eighteen kinds of martial arts are taken out, making Jordan quite speechless to Kobe Bryant's stunned youth.

In comparison, Iverson is much less difficult to score than Jordan......

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This time Larry Bird called another timeout, and the two sides were ready to make a substitution.

Seven minutes have been played in the first quarter, and substitutions at this point in time are considered normal substitution arrangements.

Larry Bird replaced Jordan, Uncle Mu and Rain Man Camp for Reggie Miller, Schmitz and Jason Williams.

Richard, on his side, replaced O'Neal, Garnett and Payton with the Spurs Twin Towers and Rocky Richmond......

The game continues!

After Jordan went off the court, Kobe's chicken blood subsided and he began to focus on the offensive end.

On the western side, there are three towers and three centers......

On the eastern side, there are two inner lines that have no sense of existence.

It is conceivable how big the interior advantage of the West side will be, and after the three towers grab the defensive rebound, they will naturally have to be handed over to the backcourt players to advance.

Coupled with Richmond's desire to attack is not too strong, Kobe Bryant directly got a lot of shots.

The offensive efficiency is not as good as Iverson, but because of the more shots, Kobe's score is also rising......

The current situation made Richard very satisfied.

If this momentum continues, whether the East wins or the West wins, the final MVP may be between Iverson and Kobe......

Of course, the premise is that Jordan doesn't have too strong a desire for this MVP, otherwise, if he goes berserk, the chances of the two newcomers competing for the MVP will be reduced a lot.

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Iverson and Kobe Bryant, both participating in the All-Star Game for the first time, will undoubtedly gather more popularity for them if they can win the MVP.

Popularity is very important for a player, especially since both of them are backcourt players with great commercial value.

If you don't have popularity, you won't make money, and if you're popular, you can lie at home and wait to collect money.

Richard is naturally looking forward to his proud disciple being able to have a more satisfying career than under normal circumstances......

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"Larry, tell me the truth, what kind of deal did you make with Richard?" Jordan played seven minutes in the first quarter, sat down next to Bird, and asked.

Jordan didn't shy away from it, and his voice was not small......

"Man, what are you talking about? I'm going to make a deal with Richard? Are you kidding! ”

"Who doesn't know that Richard is a devil, would I be stupid enough to make a deal with the devil?"

Larry Bird hurriedly denied that the deal between him and Richard, and he would not reveal half a word to Jordan if he killed him.

Bird and Jordan actually have a pretty good relationship, mainly because they had a common enemy, the Smile Assassin.

Later, Bird said that Jordan was playing in the garb of God, and the relationship between the two was naturally good.

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Both men hate the Smiling Assassin, but for different reasons.

Bird suffered a loss in the Bad Boys Army, and the relationship with the Smiling Assassins was quite bad, Bird coached the Pacers for two years, and then abdicated for various reasons, and the position of Pacers coach was taken by Isaiah Thomas, and then Bird re-entered the Pacers management as the president of the Pacers basketball affairs, and the first thing he did was to fire Thomas's squid......

As for Jordan's dislike of smiling assassins, there are too many reasons......

Because when Jordan participated in the All-Star for the first time, he didn't greet the Eastern All-Star boss assassin in the elevator, which caused the latter to be dissatisfied and colluded with other All-Stars in the East not to pass the ball to Jordan, which led to Jordan's All-Star journey being quite miserable, and only a pitiful seven points were recorded.

Jordan is naturally not the master who can suffer, and later teamed up with the smiling assassin's friend magician, Isaiah Thomas out of the Dream Team.

Even in this matter, it is rumored that the magician is actually behind the scenes......

After the Magician retired, he also mentioned this in his autobiography, admitting that he was the one who contacted all parties and prevented the Smiling Assassin from entering the Dream Team.

Originally, the relationship between the smiling assassin and the magician was quite good, because this matter directly tore his face.

When the magician broke out HIV, the smiling assassin did not forget to take revenge and mend the magician......

Anyway, the relationship between these ancient bigwigs is quite complicated, like a bloody love drama, all kinds of love triangles, all kinds of betrayals......

Of course, these are only superficial contradictions, and the real contradiction between the smiling assassin and the magician and Jordan is not these bullshit things, but the different positions and principles of the two sides......

Isaiah Thomas, who has been president of the players' union for a long time, has advocated for the NBA to introduce rules that limit the maximum salary of players and increase the average salary of ordinary players......

And Jordan and the Magicians, who are super giants, naturally don't want the alliance to introduce a top salary, which is closely related to their own interests, after the introduction of the top salary rules, how can Jordan get an annual salary of 30 million!

Therefore, the smiling assassin directly became the common enemy of the bosses of all parties in the alliance, and he was kicked out of the dream team, most of which was for this reason.

On the contrary, some middle and low-level players in the league have a lot of respect for the Smiling Assassins, because they know very well that the Smiling Assassins are their spokespersons......

Among the fan base, there are not many people who have a good impression of the smiling assassin, after all, their idols are boycotting the smiling assassin, but among the players, the smiling assassin is very popular.

For example, Rodman, the Bulls rebounding monster, has a lot of respect for the smiling assassin, completely ignoring the attitude of the boss Jordan, and said that their Bulls would rather have Saiah Thomas than Bird, the best small forward in history......

The reason why this is happening is because the total salary Rodman has received in his entire career is only about $27 million, which is less than Jordan's ...... for a season

The reason why old fans miss this era is that in addition to the iron and blood of the football style of this era, there are also many off-field stories.