Chapter 399: Flying to Houston

The Warriors beat the Cavaliers, a strong opponent in the East, and there are only two games left before the All-Star weekend, one at home against the Grizzlies and one at home against the Clippers. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Warriors have won both of their games and are on a three-game winning streak before the All-Star break.

As this All-Star Game approaches, the list of participants in all All-Star events has also been released.

This year, Yang Di, as a third-year veteran of the league, no longer participated in the All-Star Rookie Challenge.

On the Warriors, Danny Granger followed in the footsteps of Yang Di and entered the Rookie Challenge and became a member of the first-year rookie team.

In addition, the first-year rookie team also includes the likes of Andrew Bogut, Chris Paul, Nate Robinson, Deron Williams, Jasco Vitius, Channing Frye, and more, while the second-year team is made up of Nelson, Devin Harris, Roel Deng, Andre Iguodala, Dwight Howard, Mason Okafor, and others.

In addition to Danny Granger, among the Warriors, there is also Byron Davis, who followed Yang Di once and was once again selected for the All-Star Game as a substitute.

The Western Conference All-Stars started with Kobe, Maddy, Young, Duncan and Yao Ming, and the bench lineup was Nash, Byron Davis, Sean Marion, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Tony Parker and Ray Allen.

The Eastern Conference All-Stars started with Iverson, Wade, James, O'Neal Jr., O'Neal, and the bench was Billups, Vince Carter, Bosh, Hamilton, Paul Pearce, Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace.

In addition to the controversy caused by the selection of four of the Pistons Five Tigers at once, the loss of captain Elton Brand and Grizzlies star player Pau Gasol was also a surprise.

Brand led the Los Angeles Clippers to their best start in history and an all-time record this year, finishing fifth in the West behind the Dallas Mavericks and finishing in the top 10 in the West, while Elton Brand had a season at his peak, averaging 24.7 points, 10 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, shooting 52.7 percent from the field and finishing in the top 10 in the MVP rankings.

As for Pau Gasol, the same thing as Brand, led the Grizzlies to sixth place in the West, far ahead of teams such as the Timberwolves and the SuperSonics. Although he is slightly inferior to Garnett and Ray Allen in terms of personal data, he still has merit with his ability to average nearly 4.6 assists per game.

Many media outlets used a bad selection to describe this Western All-Star election, mainly because of the rise of Yang Di and Davis, which made the competition more intense here.

As for the players who have a poor record but enter the All-Star Game with the impression of previous seasons, there will be some in every season, in the final analysis, the league is still mainly commercial, the goal is to promote the league, develop the league, and package some of the original star players, which is their consistent practice.

"If you're in China, you're already a starter like me."

Yang Di smiled and connected with Pau Gasol online, Pau Gasol is a very interesting player who values collective glory far more than individual glory.

"Spain, Europe and other places don't pay much attention to basketball, and it is reasonable that they have received little support."

"I saw your news two days ago, but I didn't expect you to finally be selected for your national team, and this year to represent China in the World Championships, we Spain has another strong competitor."

On February 16, there were only two games in the entire NBA, one at home against the 76ers and one at home against the Houston Rockets.

The result is probably thinking about the All-Star weekend holiday, the players of the 76ers and the Rockets all have no intention of fighting, one lost to the Bulls by 33 points 84-117, the other lost to the Suns by 34 points 75-109, Yao Ming only played 19 minutes, scored 6 points in single digits, no rebounds, and looked like match-fixing.

It was at this time that Yang Di flew to Houston with Byron Davis and Danny Granger.

O'Neal Jr. missed the All-Star Game due to injury, and Gilbert Arenas replaced him as a new member of the Eastern Conference. Byron Davis is well-informed and always on top of All-Star weekend.

"Arenas is strong, the stats are good, the Wizards have a good record, and it makes sense for him to be in the All-Star Game." Yang Di has a deep memory of the man who scored 48 points on his head, and the omnipotent stop-and-go jump shot, anyway, let him defend, it must have little effect.

"Hand-picked by President David Stern."

The three of them got off the plane together, accompanied by a large number of accompanying staff, several of whom were specially provided by the Warriors for Young, Byron Davis and Danny Granger during this All-Star Weekend.

Yang Di was wearing a simple sweatshirt jacket, denim trousers, and Nike sneakers, like a college student who had just run away.

As I walked out of the airport, I suddenly felt a breath of cold air.

"It's still cold in Houston!"

In February, Yang Di just relied on his own preferences to dress, and now he felt the cold air in the south, and couldn't help but think that he should wear a down jacket.

The All-Star organizing committee arranged supercar pick-ups for Jandy, Byron Davis and Danny Granger.

Yang Di got into the car and asked curiously, "Didn't you give us the car to drive for ourselves this year?" I remember when I was in Denver last year, I drove the car directly to us. ”

The driver who picked him up was an authentic black man, but he spoke very calmly, and said with a smile: "Probably because I am worried about the traffic situation in Houston, after all, every All-Star player is a valuable asset of the league." ”

Yang Di couldn't help but admire in his heart, the people selected by the organizing committee are different, and they all speak at such a high level.

Danny Granger, who was in the car on the other side, couldn't help but take a few photos, he felt that this arrangement was very reasonable, at least he could do sports cars, last year only All-Star players were equipped with sports cars, rookie players like them, they can only play by themselves or apply for special car transfer, where is like now, without discrimination.

Yang Di chatted with the driver.

Yang Di asked, "How many NBA players are there now?" Where do we live? ”

"I've received two waves, I don't know exactly how much, but the place to stay must be a hotel that has been arranged, and many star players have brought their families, so they won't choose to live in a hotel, and simply charter some rooms outside, but there have been a lot of tourists in recent times, and the rooms are not very easy to book."

"Which team are you rooting for? East, or West? ”

"I'm a Houston native, and I'm definitely rooting for the Western All-Stars, after all, it's happening on your doorstep."

"So you want Tracy to be the MVP too?"

"Of course, why not? Tracy's career necessitates this personal accolade. ”