Chapter 261: Rookie Challenge

In addition to competitions, there are many activities in the all-name competition.

Stars must participate in various activities arranged by the league, both to increase the influence of the league and to increase the reputation and prestige of the league.

For example, what Qin Yang and the others had to do this time was to go to an orphanage near Dallas and send warmth to the children in the orphanage.

That's right, it's warmth.

Qin Yang has to help paint, plant trees, teach children to play basketball, and so on.

Let multimillionaires do this kind of thing, and the alliance is also painstaking.

Fortunately, the character of the group of people with Qin Yang is not good, even Dwight is having fun with a group of children, and after being tired of two, the players return to the hotel stipulated by the league.

It's been almost a week, and the players can finally take a break.

Players are free to interact with each other except for activities arranged by the league.

In the afternoon, Nowitzki called Qin Yang and invited him to dinner, along with several teammates who were active together today, as well as other players from the league.

The place to dine is a well-known Michelin-starred restaurant in Dallas.

Qin Yang, Kevin Durant, Nowitzki, Howard, Joe Johnson, Stephen Curry, and Pau Gasol, the group was eating and chatting in the Michelin restaurant, and Qin Yang also took the opportunity to ask for many other things.

After eating, not long after the group dispersed, Qin Yang received a call from James.

In the evening, James had a nightclub treat.

The former boss was invited, and Qin Yang was embarrassed to refuse, and after asking the place, Qin Yang arrived quickly.

This place is a private club, and the degree of secrecy is very high, and when Qin Yang entered, he found a lot of acquaintances, and a large part of the superstars and superstars of the alliance came.

"Bruce, this way!"

When James saw Qin Yang coming, he waved his hand, and Qin Yang also walked over.

"It's a private gathering of the players, so you can walk around and have a look."

James and Qin Yang said a few words, Qin Yang also greeted others, there are really a lot of acquaintances here, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Chris Bosh, Wade, Mo Williams, etc., whether it is in the East or the West, there are many superstars coming, and it can be seen from this personnel that James's connections in the league.

Qin Yang was not as good as James, and after a few words with the others, he drank the juice alone.

These black players are too different from Qin Yang's hobbies, talking about either female stars or famous cars and watches, giving people a sense of déjà vu with big gold chains and small watches.

Within a few minutes, Kevin Durant also walked over.

"Why are you here too?"

Qin Yang was a little surprised, Kevin Durant's personality is relatively low-key in the NBA, and his character is not bad, but logically speaking, he has little intersection with James.

Durant took a glass of juice and smiled:

"Of course LeBron invited me to come, anyway, there was nothing to do, so I came."

Qin Yang chatted with Durant in a low voice, and talked about basketball as he chatted.

"Kevin, I admire you." Qin Yang said with a smile. Kevin Durant grinned: "What do you admire me?" I'm curious, you rarely boast so much. ”

"Your teammate Russell, he's doing really well, but to be honest, I don't think he's as good as James on your team."

This James is naturally just James Harden.

"Why?"

Qin Yang stretched out his finger: "First, he has a bad temper, whether it is on or off the field, it makes people very sad, I was deeply touched when we met the first few times." Second, he is too selfish, too data-conscious, and very independent. Whether it's assists or rebounds, you have to grab the ball, this kind of player is not suitable for teammates. Third, his ball quotient and emotional intelligence are too low. ”

After listening to Qin Yang's words, Kevin Durant was stunned:

"You're not trying to sow discord, are you? Now the Thunder team has a good lineup, and it won't take two or three years to be a strong contender for the championship. ”

"You can think so," Qin Yang shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "However, if you want, we can be teammates in the future, and if you partner with me, I don't know which team can be our opponent on the outside." ”

Kevin Durant laughed.

Although there was no response, there was nothing wrong with Qin Yang's words.

Qin Yang and Kevin Durant are both very outstanding in projection, Durant's breakthrough is better than Qin Yang, coupled with the passing ability of the two, they can pull space for each other's teammates, if the two are teammates, then this outside line alone can blow up almost all teams in the league, there is no doubt about it.

But who can say for sure?

When Qin Yang meets potential players, he will praise them and say hello, which is to prepare for the future.

James has done a great job with that.

For example, JR Smith of the Nuggets, James would invite him to dinner and chat every time he met last season, and God knows if it would work when he met the players he needed in the future.

At the end of the day, the league is still player-oriented, especially free agents.

On the 13th, a blockbuster show of the NBA All-Star Game began, and the second year of the Rookie Challenge played the first year.

First-year team lineup: Tyrek Evans, Omicasby, Stephen Curry, Jonny Flynn, Brandon Jennings, James Harden, Taki Gibson, DeJuan Blair, Jonas Jerebko.

Second-year team: Derek Rose, Michael Beasley, O.J. Mayo, Brooke Lopez, Russell Westbrook, Qin Yang, Mark Gasol, Kevin Love, Eric Gordon.

During the rookie challenge last year, Qin Yang was very depressed.

Derrick Rose dominated the ball, and no one else was convinced, playing a game of loose sand, being pressed to the ground by the sophomore and beaten fatly, and in this year's All-Star Game, Derrick Rose was out due to injury.

Before the game even started, Michael Beasley couldn't help but happen while training:

"What's going on with Rose? Do you think that if he participates in the All-Star, he is superior, and he is absent due to injury, why didn't he miss the All-Star Game! ”

When the others heard this, their faces were different, and their expressions were extremely embarrassed.

Derrick Rose's reason for not participating in the Rookie Challenge was that he was sidelined due to injury, and then in the two-day All-Star Game, Dryk Rose will also participate.

It was a coincidence that the injury was taken during the Rookie Challenge, and then the injury healed during the All-Star Game.

This is pure.

Michael Beasley was dissatisfied, and the others were even more dissatisfied, with Mayo and Russell Westbrook all keeping a cold face and not saying a word.

Seeing this, Qin Yang couldn't help but stand up:

"I didn't want to play in this game because I thought we were going to lose to the first-year team in a very embarrassing way, and if you go on like this, I don't know how many points you're going to lose."

"You want to be so embarrassed, I don't think so."