Chapter Eighty-Five: Circles and Rules
"I've seen the process of this All-Star Game, and you have to be careful everywhere except for the games you're going to play in, so you don't make any mistakes."
The All-Star Game is a show, and that's something the league knows.
It's a joy for fans to see their favorite superstars playing together, especially with so many fun games in between.
All-Star Game, Rookie Challenge, Slam Dunk Contest and Three-Point Contest, etc.
Of course, none of these are the most uncomfortable for the players.
As a public figure, superstars have to do a lot of public welfare things and show people a side full of positive energy, which is also the most important thing for the league officials.
Every year, these kinds of charity activities change, from painting walls, teaching children in orphanages to play basketball, to planting trees, and so on.
Just imagine how uncomfortable it would be to have a star who grew up poor and then suddenly became a millionaire and billionaire do this kind of dirty work.
Most of the stars are very resistant to this, believing that it is a loss of face.
Williams explained such a thing to Qin Yang little by little.
Creating a good superstar image is a must for players, many stars in the NBA obviously have the opportunity to become superstars, but in the end they all fail, in addition to mentality problems, the biggest reason is that they do not perform well in many places, so that the league can not be praised.
For example, Carmelo Anthony in the past, and Derrick Rose now.
As the champion of this season, Rose's performance on the court has exploded, but the league has not done its best to praise it, and since he first entered the league, the league's support for Rose has dropped a notch.
Compared with LeBron James back then, it is much worse.
A big part of this is Derrick Rose's own lack of contention. Indecent celebrations and gestures from American gangsters on the court, crossovers with marijuana off the court, drunk driving, etc., have forced the league to weaken its support for Derrick Rose.
Qin Yang has a congenital disadvantage in this regard, because Qin Yang is a Chinese.
In order to attract Chinese fans, the NBA will praise Chinese players, but it does not want Chinese players to dominate. It is a well-known thing that fans in the United States are harsh on international players.
Therefore, Qin Yang can get a certain amount of support, but after he is less famous, he will be more harshly criticized.
Williams did a lot of preparation and told him everything he knew.
Qin Yang listened one by one, and it wasn't until he entered the official hotel that Williams dispersed.
The hotel was full of superstars, and Qin Yang greeted the others.
Qin Yang and many people in the league are not very good at dealing with each other, such as Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, every time he fights with the Celtics, Qin Yang will always face up to Rondo, and even Garnett and Pierce in the Celtics have small actions on a large scale against Qin Yang, and Qin Yang knows these things in his heart.
During the time when he lost the election, Qin Yang used to be in opposition with Rondo and had a conflict, which is easy to guess.
In addition, Qin Yang has a good relationship with others.
James eats well in the circle, with James pulling, most of the superstars greet Qin Yang politely, and on the other hand, Yao Ming takes care of him as a big brother, and many superstars will not make any small moves to Qin Yang.
The superstars chatted together, and the intimacy of their relationship soon came out.
James and Wade, Bosh and other waves of people together, chatting together very high, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce a wave of people together, the number of people is relatively small.
Kobe Bryant was alone together.
Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Yao Ming and Qin Yang together. It's clear that the relationship between international players is a little bit better and simpler than with other players.
O'Neill, on the other hand, is giggling and can talk anywhere.
Even when it came to the international players, they chatted happily with Yao Ming, and they couldn't see the conflict between Yao Shark and Yao at all.
At this time, the most embarrassing thing was Qin Yang, who was dragged away by James and chatted for a while, and Yao Ming was dragged away to chat for a while, and finally was quietly pulled aside by Howard.
"Bruce, come to the Magic next year, I'll grab a rebound for you."
Howard doesn't look like a big man, but don't look like an ordinary person, even if he wants to pull other teammates, he is relatively low-key. Like such a simple and straightforward one, Qin Yang didn't even know how to say it.
Howard didn't stop, he still kept persuading Qin Yang.
Qin ** was not prepared, so naturally he would not agree, but just said that he would consider it. However, Howard's many conditions made Qin Yang a little excited.
The Magic team lacked points to score, and Coach Van Gundy was very good at adjusting the defense, but the Magic team didn't know how to score when it came to the critical moment.
If Qin Yang goes, if nothing else, the right to sell can definitely be guaranteed.
This is the biggest attraction to Qinyang.
But how to choose, Qin Yang himself has not decided, so naturally he can't make any guarantees.
The superstars of various teams are together, in fact, there are a lot of things to talk about, some talk about games, some talk about investment, some talk about how to sleep with female stars, and whispers, probably thinking about how to hold a group and the like, but few people talk about football skills and games.
Finally had a chance to rest, the stars wanted to rest for a while, and as for the game, no one seemed to care too much at all.
In private, after everyone had dispersed, Qin Yang asked Yao Ming:
"Brother Yao, why doesn't everyone care much about the game?"
The MVP of the All-Star Game is not very high, but there should be a lot of competition for superstars, why does it seem that no one wants to grab it at all.
"This ......" Yao Ming was slightly embarrassed and lowered his voice: "The MVP of this game has been booked, you can just wait and watch the show, Kobe and O'Neal will get the All-Star Game MVP together." ”
Qin Yang instantly understood.
This is a good show arranged by the alliance.
At the beginning, the OK group parted ways and blamed each other, causing an uproar, and finally the Lakers uniform team gave up O'Neal and corrected Kobe.
Now that several years have passed, the turmoil has subsided, and now while O'Neal can still enter the All-Star, hurry up to have a good show of OK group reunion, which will attract the attention of many fans.
This kind of drama is the audience's favorite.
Yao Ming didn't explain too much, but this matter seemed to be tacit, and no one else had the idea of fighting, if the superstar in the east made trouble at this time, he would definitely encounter more trouble in the alliance in the future.
So, no one dared to fight.
The MVP was already booked by Kobe Bryant and O'Neal before the game.