"Rookie Challenge, Carney, made the first-year squad!"

Cheeks watched the players react as he read the roster form in his hand, and it was clear that he knew that a great All-Star Game could bring the team back on its toes at a time when the team's record was declining.

Generally speaking, managers aren't too interested in All-Star Weekend events designed to please fans, and Cheeks is no exception. But the current situation is special, and the Philadelphia 76ers urgently need a good opportunity to make more appearances and regain the feeling of the game. With the depth of the team's current roster, and the fact that other teams are studying the 76ers more thoroughly, it is unlikely that they will be able to regain their confidence with an eye-catching winning streak.

Then the All-Star Game is the best opportunity.

"Ha, boss, I'm on fire now!"

Carney is naturally very excited, although this young man is older than Chen Mu, but as soon as he entered the team, he was supported by Chen Mu, and now he has already identified Chen Mu as the "boss" in his heart.

In the team's training matches, Cheeks is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, often doing things like letting Chen Mu lead the substitute lineup to face the starting lineup composed of the rest of the starters. After a period of cooperation, the relationship between the two is getting better and better, different from the relationship of equality and mutual assistance between Chen Mu and Iguodala, when Carney saw Chen Mu, he was still a little star-eyed.

Now that he has been selected into the rookie game, this is a treatment that Chen Mu, the boss of the team, has never had, although he knew that it was because of Chen Mu's rookie season, but Carney was still a little proud, and half-jokingly showed off to Chen Mu.

"I did what the boss didn't do, hahahaha!!"

Hearing Carney's words, the rest of the teammates laughed out loud, everyone knew that Carney was joking, including Chen Mu didn't care. just symbolically reached out and patted the head of Carney, who was laughing in the sky, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when you come back from abusing the rookie, I will definitely kick your ass to bloom." ”

Naturally, everyone laughed again.

"Then it's the individual competition, the skills challenge has nothing to do with us, Kyle is shortlisted for the three-point competition, we have to perform well and come back with the first place!"

Cheeks looked back at Korver, who was still polite, and reached out and gently beat his chest. A smile counts as a response.

"The slam dunk contest is the highlight, Andre, don't take last year's events to heart, and work hard this year!"

"Leave it to me!"

Iguodala let out a low roar, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

Iguodala participated in the 2007 slam dunk contest, and in Chen Mu's memory, nothing like this happened on the original timeline. The 2006 Slam Dunk Contest is still fresh in my mind, when Iguodala, who had a high demand to win the championship, performed not without an outstanding performance, with the classic baseline crotch changing hands. Catching the ball in the air and changing hands, and Iverson's rebounding and then catching the ball and dunking are all amazing.

It's a pity that Nate Robinson's "advantage" in height is too obvious, even though Nate missed 7 consecutive dunks in this slam dunk contest. The lethargic performance of the spectators and fans even forced the league to change the time rules of the slam dunk contest, but everyone preferred to see the guy with the height of an average person defy gravity and finally beat Iguodala to win the championship.

Iguodala didn't come away with nothing during last year's All-Star weekend, and it was a consolation to lead the sophomore to victory and receive the Most Valuable Player trophy. But as a dunk player, why doesn't Iguodala want to win a dunk championship?

But what is surprising is the extremely vocal Iguodala. Since then, he has never participated in the slam dunk contest, which may have something to do with his relatively low-key style of play. Now due to the addition of Chen Mu, the team seems to have hope of rising in the new season, and Iguodala, who is restless in his heart, finally took the initiative to sign up for the new slam dunk contest.

This can be regarded as a kind of evidence that Chen Mu has changed this timeline.

"Who are the opponents?"

The answer to this question is naturally clear to Chen Mu, but the timeline has changed, maybe the personnel list will also change, and after confirming with Iguodala, Taylor Thomas, who was originally on the timeline, was replaced by Iguodala, and the rest of the defending champion Nate, Superman Howard, and Nine-Fingered God Gerard Green were all not left behind.

"Thales is probably depressed to death."

Chen Mu said something that no one could understand, and then he and Iguodala began to discuss with great interest what actions to make when the time came to compete for the championship.

Remove Thomas and keep Nate, so that the dunk contest has the gimmick of "the top two in the last session will meet again", the league's idea Chen Mu is very clear, but according to the history of the original timeline, it was Green who won the championship. If Iguodala loses two consecutive challenges, it is difficult to say whether the team's morale will be improved or hit.

"We have to plan well this time, and when the time comes, Miller and I can come to cooperate with you, and let's think about the routine while playing the game during this time!"

Here Chen Mu and Iguodala are having a good discussion, and over there Cheeks has continued to read.

"Then it's the main game, and here I want to congratulate the core of our team."

Saying that, Cheeks and everyone's eyes have already looked at Chen Mu, unlike the individual competition and the rookie game, the list of All-Star games is voted on, and the number of votes will be announced at each stage, at least in the starting lineup, it is clear who is selected and who is lost.

With a Chinese background, in Philadelphia, an ancient cultural city where Chinese gather, the performance in the new season is extremely strong, and it is not uncommon for Chen Mu to be selected as an All-Star.

"Chen, come on!"

Without waiting for Cheeks' tricky announcement, the players had already stepped forward to congratulate Chen Mu, and Carney and others even shouted for Chen Mu to treat him, causing Cheeks to cry and laugh a little, and kept shouting, "Hey, wait a minute, okay, I'm the head coach to give me a face and announce it!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, haha!"

Chen Mu is also happy, because of the consecutive defeats, there has not been such a jubilant scene within the team for a long time. Just being selected for the All-Star Game has already improved everyone's morale a lot. If you can still make some good performances in the competition, the effect will be better.

"I guess Chris Bosh is scratching his hair righteously at this time!"

Iguodala's words once again drew laughter from the crowd.

That's right, starting from the All-Star vote, Chen Mu has been unbeatable in the big forward position in the East, the voting power of the Chinese is too great, even Yao Ming in his rookie season is able to beat O'Neal to be selected as the starter, Chen Mu is in the relatively weak East on the inside, and there is really no suspense in entering the starter.

At that time, the East was a gorgeous scum on the outside, Arenas, Wade, James, Billups, Kidd, Hamilton, Caron Butler, etc., to have big coffee, to have style, sharpshooter, all-round master, breakthrough master, organization master is everything, the All-Star list is not necessarily ranked.

But on the inside, the east is a little tight, and O'Neal, who has entered the twilight of his career, was elected as a starter again. Howard's strength on the bench has also improved, and the center position is the same as Yao Ming and Xiao Si in the west.

When it comes to the power forward position, there is really no one in the East.

In the West at the same time, there were so many stars in the big forward position that the strength overflowed, and the three big forwards Duncan, Garnett, and Nowitzki needless to say, Marion was definitely a first-class player. Under such a lineup, the All-Star starters in the West are quite bizarre, the backcourt is Maddy Bryant's partner, the point guard simply doesn't want it, the interior Yao Ming Duncan leads, complementing each other, the small forward is actually Garnett, and Nowitzki was squeezed to the bench.

Looking at it this way, it is clear where the real gap between the east and the west is.

In the meantime, what about the eastern side?

Originally, on the timeline, the starter was Chris Bosh, and his strength cannot be said to be bad, but compared with the gods in the west, it is really not enough.

The No. 4 position on the bench is even more indiscriminate, O'Neal Jr. and Boozer, one is going downhill, the other is extremely unbalanced in offense and defense, and the overall strength of the eastern interior line is not good, which is indeed an indisputable fact.

In such a comparison, even if Chen Mu has his own strengths with these insiders, he can't say which is stronger or weaker, but he is not a grade in terms of market appeal.

And in the voting process, the person who was suppressed by Chen Mu from beginning to end was naturally the Dragon King Bosh who was played by Chen Mu in various ways in the first game of the new season.

"This revenge will last long enough~"

Iguodala smiled and pushed Chen Mu with his elbow, and the latter turned back to Iguodala with a wicked smile, and also laughed, everything was silent.

The fun time ended quickly, and everyone walked out of the locker room with anticipation and enthusiasm for the All-Star Weekend.

"Brother Mu, congratulations!"

Knowing that Chen Mu was selected as an all-star starter, Xiao Nizi Su Yin naturally sent a congratulatory text message, and Chen Mu communicated with the girl by text message, which once again caused Iguodala, a gossip expert, to be constantly disturbed.

"Brother Mu, it's going to be the New Year soon, how do you arrange it?"

As soon as Su Yin's news came, Chen Mu was also stunned, counting the days, the Chinese New Year is indeed coming, and he has been constantly competing, and he has not seriously considered this problem.

Without waiting for Chen Mu to respond, Xiao Nizi's next text message came again.

"Haha, my dad and I have already discussed that we are going to Las Vegas to watch the All-Stars!"

Seeing the text message, Chen Mu also smiled slightly, for die-hard basketball fans like Boss Su, as long as there is an opportunity for such a grand event as an all-star, he will naturally not miss it. After the two agreed to meet in Las Vegas, they ended the text exchange. For the upcoming all-stars, Chen Mu's expectations in his heart are naturally a little more. (To be continued......)