"In your rookie challenge tonight, Amare and I will go to the scene to cheer you on, right?"

Nash pulled Xiao Si, who was lukewarm towards the two brothers, and nodded completely to give Nash face. It is estimated that this guy has not forgotten the fact that he was blocked by the two in the game, especially when the twins were both selected as starters in the All-Star Game in their first season, which made Xiaobawang, who has been a substitute for so many years, very unconvinced, just like he was not convinced by Yao Ming at the beginning.

"Steve, we're opponents in tomorrow's three-point contest, so you have to be careful not to lose to me." Ji remembered that he participated in the three-point contest, and Nash also participated this year.

"It's not for sure, the threes in the game are completely different from the threes contest, maybe I'll be eliminated in the first round." Nash said with a smile that at his age, except for the championship ring, other honors are already very light on him. When it comes to honors, he has won two regular season MVPs that Kobe Bryant has not won once, and he just participated in the three-point contest with an entertaining attitude, and now he only has that ring in his eyes.

On the first day of All-Star Weekend, there was only one game, and that was the Rookie Challenge.

In the early rookie challenge, the rookies of the year were divided into two teams, which was later changed to the eastern rookie team against the western rookie team, and in '01 it became the first-year rookie team to challenge the second-year rookie team.

The two of them are the main inside line of the first-year team, and no one can beat them in the fourth and fifth positions. But who is the coach of this year's first-year team? The league did not announce it in advance, apparently intended to be used as a gimmick to attract fans to watch and increase ratings.

In the past, the rookie team coaches were all assistant coaches of the teams with the best records in the East and West, and assisted a star as the team manager. But this edition seems to be different, the specific candidates for the coaches of the two teams have not yet been announced, and everyone will know until the time of the game.

At the dinner that night, Billups sat down at their table, and now the Finals MVP who is still nominally part of the Pistons will be their teammate after the All-Star break. The two brothers are very polite to Billups, they know that this master can win the championship in the Pistons, and as soon as he goes to the Nuggets, he immediately brings the melon, which has never broken through the first round in his life, to the Western Conference finals, which is enough to show that he can adapt to different systems, and where he is Mr. Key.

Their table became the focus of the banquet today, because not only the twins and Billups, the Suns' Nash and Smalls, the Rockets' Yao Ming and Scola, the Bucks' Yi Jianlian, even the Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Gasol were cheeky to come over, and there were even gorillas who were shooting around with cameras. James didn't know what he was thinking, but he also brought his teammate Daniel. Gibson sat down with them and posed for a photo with the twin brothers.

Of course, the gorilla and the little black snake are not very friendly to each other, these two are also enemies, but they have no personal vendetta, it is completely the aversion of the alliance deliberately created for the two of them to form a mixture of conflicts, contradictions and rivalries. After all, the two new and old generation superstars on the 23rd and 24th have contradictions before they have gimmicks, and everyone is in harmony, so what else is worth reporting?

Kobe Bryant was very unkind, and in the middle of the banquet, he suddenly asked James anxiously: "Where are my three championship rings, LeBron, have you seen my three championship rings?" Oh, God! I think I've forgotten where my three championship rings were, did you see my three rings? They're gone, help me find them. ”

James blackened his face and thrust a shrimp into his mouth with a fork: "Kobe, I'm busy, my mom taught me not to talk when I eat." ”

"They represent three championship rings I've ever had."

"What's my business!"

Kobe Bryant also inserted a piece of shrimp and said: "I seem to have told you before the meal, you may not even know what they look like, each of them is like these delicious shrimps, equivalent to an NBA championship ring that you have never had." ”

Hearing this, James put down the shrimp that was about to be put in his mouth and sighed: "Kobe, I'm working hard!" ”

Kobe Bryant put the shrimp in front of James: "Each one is like a delicious shrimp!" ”

James leaned back: "Kobe, get those shrimp away!" ”

"LeBron, you're going to feel hungry" Kobe Bryant finished speaking, put the shrimp in his mouth, looked at the gorilla while chewing and said, "Wow, that's delicious!" ”

James sighed deeply and pointed to the three rings on Yao Ming's hand: "Maybe you can find your three championship rings from Yao's hand." ”

The corners of Yao Ming's mouth twitched, and he felt that he shouldn't borrow Kobe's ring to see it......

On Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. U.S. time, the first appetizer of All-Star Weekend, the Rookie Challenge with half an hour to go.

Taylor. Swift and Christine, and of course, panda sister Emma Bigmouth all watched the game in front of the TV.

The Rookie Challenge sometimes plays better than the All-Star Game. Young people, no one refuses to admit defeat, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and it is very difficult to get them to be beaten if they want to do it.

In each rookie game, the two sides basically start to move seriously, plus the players of the two teams who can be selected to participate in the rookie game, most of them are rookies with outstanding athletic talent, and the scene will undoubtedly be very good-looking, the game is full of fast breaks, aerial relays and devastating dunks, and all kinds of explosive and difficult goals will make fans overwhelmed.

Yao Ming came to the scene today to support the twins and Yi Jianlian, and said in an interview before the game, "Today's game doesn't happen very often, once a year, I'm very happy to be able to sit on the sidelines and enjoy this game, when the time comes, I will hold a bucket of Coke in my hand, and then hold a popcorn to watch the game, of course I support the first-grade team, I hope they can challenge and succeed like me." ”

Nash also came to the scene today to cheer for the twin brothers, this guy forgot that he kept shouting about back pain yesterday, and actually licked his face and said to reporters: "The most impressive thing about this All-Star Weekend is the community service activities, helping those who have suffered from disasters to build housing, which is so meaningful and impressed." Do you know? Yesterday we moved bricks for a day and even went to lay bricks, and we had a lot of fun during this time, and I enjoyed it very much. ”

At this time, in the locker room of the first-year team, all the participating first-year players were preparing for the game inside, Ji Guoyi was holding his exclusive sneakers, and saw a person he didn't want to see here, their coach was actually Kobe. Bryant?

Kobe Bryant is very involved at the moment, not for anything else, just because the coach of the sophomore team opposite is the damn big shark O'Neal, which is his sworn enemy, so Peter Pan will win everything in today's game.

"I'm your coach, I think you all know me, even if you don't know me, you should know my 3 rings."

Ji Guoyi and a rookie pouted in their hearts, and the little fox secretly slandered: "What is there to brag about, I carry three rings everywhere, and O'Neill has 4." He was thinking about it, when he suddenly saw the schoolbag classmate sitting next to him with the same disdain, and the little fox immediately whispered to Durant: "I think you will definitely be able to surpass him." ”

Durant was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, is this guy talking to me? Then he saw Ji Guoyi nodding, as if to say, "That's right, it's just talking to you." ”

"Thank you, you're great too~!" Durant is a little shy, and at first glance he is an honest child.

"No thanks, I'm talking about your iron number." Ji Guoyan secretly added in his heart.

Kobe didn't see the two whispering, still enthusiastically mobilizing in front of the station, only to see Peter Pan dancing and saying: "The first-year team hasn't beaten the second-grade team for five years, and many people thought we couldn't do it before the game, but I don't see it that way, I know the energy in your body, go on the court and tell those guys who look down on you, they are wrong......"

"Coach, what tactics do we play?" Ji Guosha raised his hand and asked.

Coach Kobe waved his hand and motioned for Ji Guoyi to sit down, very dissatisfied with the dead fox interrupting his speech, but looking at the time, the game was about to start, so he could only stop his speech and set up tactics.

"Now I'm announcing the starting lineup, point guard Michael. Conley, scoring guard Navarro, small forward Kevin. Durant, power forward Ji Guoqiu, center Ji Guoqiu. ”

After announcing the starting lineup, Kobe Bryant began to lay out his tactics: "Today we played blocking and dismantling, which is the simplest and most efficient offensive tactic. Conley had a chance to attack the basket directly after the break, but he didn't have a chance to pass the basketball to his panda brother, who was the first point of capture today. If there is no chance to pass the ball to Brother Panda, Kevin. Durant and the Foxes are the second pick-ups. The two of you will shoot the basketball when you have the opportunity, and pass the basketball to Brother Panda if you don't have the opportunity, do you understand? ”

"Understood!" When many first-year players answered, they couldn't help but glance at Ji Guoqiu, and they couldn't imagine that in Kobe's eyes, Brother Panda was so important and took on such a heavy task.

At this time, even the person concerned, Ji Guoqiu, didn't expect Kobe to look up to him so much, and the little fox said in his heart with a jealous tone on the side: "Kobe Bryant wants to play with Duncan the most, so you, little Duncan, will be favored by him." ”

Brother Panda didn't answer, patted the space Yi beside him, this kid is a little nervous today, how can I say that he is also a compatriot, Ji Guoqiu whispered to Brother Lian, who is always 18 years old: "Don't be nervous, pay attention to running without the ball after you get on the court, I will pass the ball to you at any time." ”

Space Yi nodded, in fact, he was older than Ji Guoqiu, but at this time, he said: "Okay, thank you, Brother Qiu." ”

Ji Guoyi laughed in his heart: "I don't know why, when I hear others call you Brother Qiu, I want to laugh." ”

Kobe Bryant finished arranging the starting lineup and tactics, and the staff also knocked on the door to remind them that it was time for the appearance ceremony to come, and it was time for them to play.

Today's first-grade lineup-

Defender: Mike. Conley (Memphis Grizzlies)

Scoring guard Juan. Navarro (Memphis Grizzlies), Al Murphy. Thornton (Boston Celtics)

Small forward: Kevin. Durant (Seattle SuperSonics)

Power forwards: Ji Guoyi (Los Angeles Clippers), Luis. Scola (Houston Rockets), Yi Jianlian (Milwaukee Bucks)

Center: Ji Guoqiu (Los Angeles Clippers), Al. Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks)

Second Grade Team -

Defender: Rajan. Rondo (Boston Celtics), Jordan. Famar (Los Angeles Lakers), Daniel. Gibson (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Shooting Guard: Brandon. Roy (Portland Trail Blazers), Ronnie. Brewer (Utah Jazz)

Small forward: Rudy. Gay (Memphis Grizzlies)

Power forward: LaMarcus. Aldridge (Portland Trail Blazers), Paul. Millsap (Utah Jazz)

Center: Andrea. Bagnani (Toronto Raptors)

The rookie game is not complicated, it is not much different from the appearance ceremony of a normal game, but it only increases the playing time of each player, each person can get about 20 seconds of long shots, and those players who like to perform can also take advantage of this time to dance or unique personal ceremonies to steal the camera.

The first-year team played first, and their order of appearance had already been arranged in the locker room, Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guoyi were arranged by Kobe Bryant to enter the first and second places, and Durant was ranked last, there is nothing wrong with this order, this year's rookies can be put in Kobe's eyes with these three, and the other players Peter Pan don't care much, and they look at the three people when they win.

The DJ on the scene first read out Ji Guoyi's name aloud, the panda hero was the first to appear, the main light source had already been turned off in the stadium, and the audience could still see it clearly, but it was already pitch black on the court, and only colorful pillars of light could be seen shuttling back and forth, all kinds of light flowed and shining, and the lighting system reflected the entire stadium with brilliant lights, and there were light spots around the stadium flowing and flickering, like a sea of light.

Today's rookie game, CCTV5 broadcast the whole process live, and once again sent two masters, Master Reasonable and Master Sun, to the scene to comment. Their commentary seat was right in the middle of the TNT and ESPN commentary seats. Stern has given CC** enough face this year, and this position is quite good, and he has a lot of face.

Master Reasonable had already interviewed Yao Ming and Space Yi before the game, and they were originally going to interview the twins.

In this All-Star Game, the two brothers are already one of the focal points, they are the starters of the All-Star Game, and they also participated in the three-point game and the dunk contest, and they are definitely still starters in the rookie game. If this is a player from a domestic background, it is estimated that the domestic media would have praised them to the sky, and even now, the domestic media regard them as the two strongest insiders of the new generation in the league.

Just imagine, with so many topics, the fame of the two brothers is not only increasing in Asia and at home, but even in the United States, they have surpassed the same Durant. However, CCTV later canceled the scheduled interview due to the order from above.

Speaking of Durant, Tiedu also wanted to sign up for the three-point contest, but the league didn't invite him to participate at all. Slam Dunk Contest and Three-Point Contest, it's not that you can participate if you say that you dunk well or shoot three-point accurately, first of all, you have to reflect it in the number jù, and the league will send you an invitation.

Ji Guoyi's three-point shooting percentage is close to 42, and he has enough shots and enough gold content to receive an invitation from the league. Looking at Durant's three-point shooting, less than 30, the league obviously won't consider inviting a player with a shooting percentage of less than 30 to participate in the three-point contest, it's just a joke.

Ji Guoqiu jogged out of the player's tunnel, a pure white light immediately hit him, enveloping him in the middle, Brother Panda waved his arms to the fans who cheered him, and at this moment he was the focus of the entire stadium.

The fly in the ointment is that Ji Guoqiu's personality is too low-key, and the first appearance shows that he is one of the favorites of this rookie, but he has no personal celebration at all, and Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, in the private room he watched, couldn't help but reach out and cover his face. I knew that Brother Panda was so low-key and introverted, and it would have been good to sign Brother Fox at the beginning, but that kid heard that he was very sassy.

Philnet was thinking about it, when he saw Ji Guoyi run out before his brother appeared less than 20 seconds.

This has to be replaced by other players, the little fox is undoubtedly making a big feud by doing this, but Ji Guoqiu has no opinion at all, he just thinks that 20 seconds is too much playing time, and it took less than ten seconds for the panda hero to run to the middle of the court, and he doesn't know what to do for the remaining ten seconds? Is it just standing stupidly?? R1152