A week later, Philadelphia.

The buzzing All-Star weekend is over, but the conversation left by the feast is far from over.

On social media, forums, basketball courts large and small, everywhere fans gather, there are people discussing the feelings of this All-Star Weekend.

The older generation still dominates the NBA, although the All-Star win in the West cannot be counted as evidence, but from the perspective of court performance, the experience of the Western players is obviously far greater than that of the boys in the East.

At the All-Star Game, the most brilliant moment of the East team was not LeBron, Wade, and Chen Mu, who were flying everywhere, like incomparable bandits, burning, looting, and grabbing, but the tenacity and continuity shown by the team when the team rotated the lineup and sent Kidd and Billups, two veteran point guards, to be on the court at the same time.

In terms of the bench lineup, the East is also much worse than the West, but the bad here refers to the comprehensiveness of the stars and the so-called "quality".

Nash in the West, two-time MVP, Dirk, almost locked up the MVP title this season, Iverson, former MVP, Parker, will win an FMVP this year if nothing else.

The rest of Marion and Xiao Si are also famous generals, Boozer? As I said before, I hit the soy sauce one.

On the eastern side, the lineup of the bench is actually not bad in theory, if the time can be turned back three or five years, the bench in the east can definitely be regarded as a gorgeous scum.

Kidd, Billups, Carter, Hamilton, O'Neal Jr., all of these names were once the leaders of the Eastern powerhouse. However, time flies, this group of veterans is getting old, and the new generation in the east is grabbing power, and the era that belongs to them has passed.

However, when the game came to the transition stage and both sides sent substitute lineups, I don't know whether it was intentional or not. is such a group of veterans, but they have taught a good lesson to the young guys in the east who are resting off the field.

This lesson is called "Old Spicy".

Kidd and Billups threaded the needle, and the speed was already too slow to watch, but the work and brains in their hands were getting more and more spicy. The altitude at which Carter flies has dropped considerably, but the ability to bombard on the ground is increasing day by day. Hamilton's off-ball interspersed runs gave Parker and Iverson a headache for the Western Conference follow-up. O'Neal Jr. is solid and reliable, and Caron Butler is not very old, but he is very old, and he cooperates well with the old guys.

Fighting with such a group of players who could almost be called a "basketball museum", Eastern Conference backup center Howard played with ease.

Howard, who is being driven out of the shelves by the Magic and is struggling with the problem of singles ability. Finally, I experienced the thrill of not needing to use my own brain, as long as I run with people, opportunities will fall from the sky. In that short period of time, Howard played like a fish in water, the veterans grasped the space and opportunities perfectly, and there were no defensive masters on the inside and outside of the West except for Marion, and they were very depressed by these old guys' wonderful passes and sudden three-point shots.

The veterans in the east used slow and leisurely, like the old man of the stadium to break through the wonderful rubbing points, and a few drops of rain fell from time to time on the outside, which was not a three-point heavy rain. But every time the water droplets fall are just right, it makes people feel very uncomfortable.

And Howard has become the vanguard of this old and new team sweeping the court, like a bundle of dynamite barrels ambushed under the basket in the West, as long as the defense line in the West is slightly slack, the basketball will fly to the basket. With a bang, the Howard brand explosive barrel exploded, blowing up countless defenders.

"At the end of the day, the NBA is still in the hands of the older generation!"

Fans and commentators. All give such judgments.

"We may not have as much time as you think."

The words that LeBron said after the game have been echoing in Chen Mu's mind for a period of time after that.

This sentence. It is LeBron's judgment given under the current situation, if he didn't know the development trajectory of the alliance in the future, Chen Mu might still have doubts about this sentence.

On top of the original timeline, this year's Finals were played between the Cavaliers and the Spurs, and the Spurs swept LeBron out of the house neatly and got another odd-numbered ring.

The following year, the Celtics' Big Three took shape, and the championship was once again firmly held by the veterans.

After the Lakers' two consecutive championships, Gasol may still be regarded as a mesozoic, but Kobe, who entered the league in 96, is definitely an old man, and the new generation of players still has no chance.

After that, the Mavericks, who were united by veterans, were even more sparkling counterattacks and slapped in the face all the way, which became the most painful memory of LeBron's career.

Although in the following years, LeBron, who switched to the Heat, led the team to the finals and won two rings in a row, but the problem is that LeBron at that time could already be called a veteran, and his behavior of switching to the Heat was smeared by countless people.

Then there's Curry and his Warriors.

Thinking of all this, Chen Mu couldn't help but have more admiration for LeBron, who is still in the fourth year of his career. At this point in time in 2007, LeBron had already seen the future so clearly that he came to the conclusion that "there is not much time", which is not something that any ordinary player can see.

"Is there really not much time......?"

Chen Mu didn't know the answer.

With the All-Star season over, the regular season going on, and the trade window closed, the rosters of each team were fully decided, and the Philadelphia 76ers didn't make any big moves after sending away two big stars, Iverson and Webb. With Billikin's character, he must be waiting for the best time to make a move, grinding the team's recruits while trying to make money in the draft.

It's a pity that the players of the 76ers are obviously unwilling to fulfill Billikin's wish.

"Toot!"

At the end of another game, the 76ers adjusted their mentality after the All-Star break, and the four players on the team participated in various events during the All-Star Weekend and won two individual championships, and Chen Mu and Carney also shined on their respective stages. The team's morale has risen sharply, and the whole team is full of fighting spirit and ready to go.

"We're strong!"

This slogan was shouted by Cheeks after the All-Star break, and the old coach of the academy seems to be calm, but the blood in his heart is no less than that of the young people. Seeing the people led by Chen Mu sparing no effort to fight on the court, the old man was also quite moved in his heart. Even though Billikin talked to him more than once, hoping that he could "recognize the situation" and make "necessary adjustments", otherwise "the consequences will be unpredictable", but the old coach didn't care about this, and he was full of energy to burn, and led the young 76ers to play a wonderful performance with the momentum of the fire, and won three consecutive victories.

"28-32, very promising!"

In the locker room after the game, the 76ers players were in high spirits, and Iguodala kept waving the latest Eastern Conference standings in his hand, cheering himself up loudly.

"Well done!"

Cheeks is also smiling, and his current record of 28 wins and 32 losses is far from the fierceness at the beginning of the season, but after the ups and downs of this whole season, players, fans, coaches, and media have all corrected their views and understandings about the future of the 76ers this season.

The 76ers are very strong, which means that compared to the big deal, everyone's perception of the 76ers is indeed not as weak as everyone thinks.

But that doesn't mean the 76ers have the strength to wrestle with the Eastern giants.

At the moment, the 76ers have a win rate of less than 50%, and it is theoretically very difficult to make the playoffs. But fortunately, the East is really weak this season, and Cleveland and Detroit in the first group are the only two teams that have a chance to hit the 50-win team. In the West, there are as many as five teams with 50-win hopes. The Mavericks, who have been soaring at the beginning of the season, have won 50 games with more than 20 games left, which is unbelievably powerful.

If the Raptors, who are temporarily ranked third in the East, move directly to the West, they can only rank sixth in terms of record, and the pattern of the West is strong and the East is weak has reached a peak, and almost no fan is optimistic that the East team can win this year's championship.

However, for the 76ers, the championship or something is a luxury, and the current weakness of the East has given them the opportunity to impact the playoffs.

"At the top of us is Orlando, and the difference in wins is two!"

Cheeks carefully studied the Eastern Conference standings and said to the players: "If you make it to the playoffs this year, as long as you can get more than 40 wins, there is hope, and if New Jersey lacks stamina at the last moment, we even have a chance to surpass them and win second in the Atlantic Zone!" ”

“YES！！”

The players are excited, the playoffs, the year's hard work, to be able to get into this legendary place that is completely different.

Perhaps with the 76ers' current lineup and record, even if they break into the playoffs, that is, a seventh or eighth, it will be very difficult to win against Detroit or Cleveland.

But after sending away the team's absolute core MVP-level players, they can still get to this point and even have a chance to make the playoffs, which is the biggest success for these boys.

"We're going to try to make the playoffs and slap those guys in the face!"

The guy who said cool things in Cheeks' mouth is naturally Jeffrey's most famous Ai Hei reporter Gersner, after the All-Star Game, this veteran Ai Hei did not stop, seeing that the 76ers gained a lot of attention during the All-Star Weekend, Gersner also took the initiative and published several long comments in a row, which can be summed up in one sentence:

76 people? Too tender! Playoffs? No way!

"Coach, we can't wait for you to say more."

Hearing Chicks's words, Chen Mu smiled faintly and said, "That guy's face, I've been wanting to fight for a long time......!" (To be continued......)