Nine Hundred and Eighteen. James Wants to Poach Players?

Originally, this shortened season was very dull. Apart from Sun Ce's highlight performance, Kobe, Durant and Anthony's scoring title competition, there seemed to be nothing special to watch.

The schedule was too tight. Every star was busy every day, with too little rest time. The next opponent came the next day, and they even had to fly to challenge other opponents. Who would have the energy to compete with a certain star, except that Durant was jealous of Sun Ce.

But in February, suddenly, Lin Madness turned out. Before, at least 95% of NBA fans didn't know who Jeremy Lin was. In just a dozen days, he has become a household name.

Sun Ce intervened and stole some of the limelight, but also made Jeremy Lin more famous.

When Sun Ce ended the first half of the season with seven consecutive wins and Jeremy Lin ended the first half of the season with eight consecutive wins, fans had a general summary of the performance of the two during this period.

Sun Ce's personal performance far exceeds Lin's, there is no doubt about that. Sun Ce's last four victories were against the Nuggets, Thunder, Spurs, and 76ers, and it was 4 games in 5 days. During the seven-game winning streak, Sun Ce got 3 triple-doubles.

In terms of data and the value of the team's winning streak, Sun Ce is better than Lin's.

However, in terms of legendaryness, Sun Ce's performance during this period cannot be compared with Lin's.

The speed of his popularity was too fast. In less than a week, Lin's popularity spread all over the world, and ten days later, Lin's popularity was on the cover of Time magazine. This was faster and more fierce than Sun Ce's popularity in the 2009-10 season.

If we talk about the current popularity and who performed better and who was more dazzling in the hearts of the fans, after the seven-game winning streak, the fans would choose Sun Ce.

But if we talk about who brought more shock, it must be Lin's.

Overall, in terms of the game alone, Sun Ce's attention is still inferior to Lin's. Indeed, Lin's performance is like a stone crack, a shocking performance.

However, on the first day after the first half of the season, Sun Ce overshadowed Lin Crazy.

"My Magnificent Beauty" became popular all over the world, and when translated into English, it was translated into "I-have-the-most-handsome-face-in-the-world", which triggered complaints from all over the country.

It is said that many Chinese fans could not help cursing when they saw the interview footage during lunch; many American fans could not eat when they saw the interview footage last night during breakfast; some couples in some families have bad tempers, and they could not suppress their anger when they saw the interview footage,

causing family conflicts, family fights, and being sent to the police station...

The Internet was complaining crazily, TV commentators also complained in some programs, and news anchors could not help laughing...

In terms of competition, Sun Ce's popularity failed to completely overshadow Lin Crazy, but in terms of topicality, Sun Ce achieved a curve overtaking.

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At 6pm on February 23, 2012, the NBA officially announced that Sun Ce’s second technical foul last night was cancelled. The first technical foul was confirmed to be fine. Sun Ce’s provocative laugh, provoking the opponent when he just got the 6th foul, might cause a conflict. The referee’s first technical foul was fine.

In fact, Gai could have announced the cancellation of Sun Ce’s second technical foul at 12 noon when he announced another thing, but the league seemed to hesitate and announced it on the official website in the evening.

At 12 noon, the NBA officially announced that Jeremy Lin was selected for the All-Star Rookie Game as an exception. The list of the Rookie Game was originally announced on February 16.

For the second grade, Griffin, Wall, Cousins, Avery Bradley, Paul George, Monroe, Hayward, Turner, and Derrick Favors were selected.

For the rookie team, Irving, Rubio, Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker, Norris Cole, Markieff Morris, Derrick Williams, Marshon Brooks, and Tristan Thompson were selected.

Jeremy Lin is also a sophomore player. He was undrafted in 2010. At that time, Jeremy Lin had just led the team to three consecutive wins and had already become popular, but it was not as popular as it is now. When the assistant coaches of each team voted for the sophomore team lineup for the All-Star Rookie Game, not many people voted for Jeremy Lin.

Now Jeremy Lin has been made an exception and become the tenth player of the sophomore team.

However, the rookie team also made an exception to select Kawhi Leonard into the All-Star Rookie Game to balance the lineups of both sides. As for selecting Leonard... No one is currently available in the 11th session. There are future counterattacks, but now it is really difficult to get 10 people together. It is difficult to get 9 people together. Kerr, Tristan Thompson, Derrick Williams and others have been selected.

At the same time, it was announced that the head coach of the rookie team is Charles Barkley and the head coach of the sophomore team is O'Neal.

The NBA also made it clear that Jeremy Lin was not selected as an All-Star Game player by any party, including fans, coaching staff, and league presidents.

This frustrated some die-hard fans of Linsanity, but die-hard fans of Linsanity are not necessarily fans of Jeremy Lin.

Linsanity has become a representative event of a phenomenal level. Many people admire Jeremy Lin's performance during this period, not Jeremy Lin himself.

But it also made many people feel relieved. Many people said online that if Jeremy Lin was selected into the All-Star Game as an exception, they would eat keyboards and kneel on durian.

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The All-Star weekend holiday has begun, but Sun Ce is even busier. Starting from 7 o'clock in the morning, he has been interviewed by 5 TV media in a row. In the afternoon, he went to the stage for AJ's sneaker launch conference, which is another retro sneaker. After finishing the business activities, he also participated in the renewal talks with AJ with Bill Duffy. The price could not be negotiated, so it was postponed for the time being. After Bill Duffy finished the talks with AJ, he went to accept other offers.

Bill Duffy told Sun Ce not to worry, and that this matter should be done slowly. There is plenty of time to discuss it. It is still early before the contract officially expires on July 1.

You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so Sun Ce waited patiently.

After a busy day, on the morning of the 24th, Sun Ce, Zu Ge and Lily Collins flew to Miami, the most famous city on the South Coast. Tomorrow, the All-Star Rookie Game will start in Orlando, which means that the All-Star Weekend will start tomorrow. The time is so tight. The first half of the season will end on the 22nd, and the All-Star Weekend will be from the 25th to the 27th.

However, the All-Star Weekend was held in Orlando, but many of Sun Ce's commercial activities were carried out in Miami.

Although most of his endorsements will expire this summer, Sun Ce's professionalism is still very good. He has not been lazy in the promotion of sneakers and endorsements of various brands because of the expiration of contracts. He is very hard-working.

This also includes the promotion of his own peripheral brands, and he also broadcast a half-hour live broadcast of basketball training for the new mobile live broadcast section of the short video APP Kuaiyin.

It was not until noon on the 25th that the promotion in Miami was completed. He flew to Orlando with Zu Goose, Lily Collins, John, Bill Duffy, and Scarlett Johansson, who also came to Miami to participate in the All-Star Weekend. When he arrived in Orlando, Sun Ce participated in the makeup photo shooting of the All-Star Game players. The time was really tight, and the league had to consider the commercial activities of some popular stars, so the time was very tight.

At 6:30 in the evening, Sun Ce finished his busy schedule and took the three girls to eat something. They couldn't eat much after being busy for a long time. At 7:30, they came to the new Amway Center in Orlando to watch the All-Star Rookie Challenge tonight.

Sun Ce has participated in this competition for the past two years and won the Rookie Game MVP twice, which is basically an unbreakable record.

There are many stars watching the Rookie Game tonight, mainly young players that several big guys are paying attention to. The most interesting one is the duel between Wall and Irving.

However, in the online survey, the most popular duel is indeed the duel between teammates Paul George and Klay Thompson.

Wall plus Paul George VS Irving plus Klay Thompson, it is quite eye-catching for fans, after all, it is the best point guard and the best shooter combination in the same class so far.

After Sun Ce arrived at the scene, he came to the court to say hello to the two teammates who had just entered.

"Paul, don't lose to a rookie, but why do I feel that you will lose?" Sun Ce joked to Paul George.

"How is that possible? I made more three-pointers than him!" Paul George responded.

Indeed, Paul George averaged 1.7 three-pointers per game this season, a little more than Klay Thompson's 1.6 three-pointers. He is the player with the most three-pointers in the Grizzlies, and his hit rate has increased from 32.9% last season to 38.6%. Last season, he averaged only 0.8 three-pointers per game. His progress in three-pointers is very fast.

At this time, the Buddha's voice came: "My hit rate is better."

"..." Paul George felt that he was hit hard and retorted: "I defended too hard and fought too much, which affected my touch."

Compared with Paul George's fierce reaction, Klay was very calm: "I also defended hard..."

Paul George really couldn't refute this, because they both defended and shot hard.

In the limited playing time, he also defended with all his strength and tried to shoot. Klay's three-point shooting rate was 41%. At the beginning of the season, Klay's three-point shooting rate was as high as 46%. Later, it slowly declined and once fell below 40%. He also suffered injuries during this period. However, after the recent seven consecutive wins, he returned to a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%. The average three-point shooting per game also increased from 1.4 before the injury to 1.6.

Paul George is definitely better than Klay in many aspects, such as he can hold the ball and has better passing. This season, he can send 1.5 assists in 24 minutes of playing time. Klay Thompson averaged 19 minutes per game, played 26 games, and only got 9 assists in total.

But in terms of three-pointers, Klay is indeed more talented, but Paul George refuses to admit defeat. He trains hard for three-pointers and plays very hard. At least in terms of the number of hits, he is still better than Klay for the time being.

Seeing the two bickering, Sun Ce did not stop them, but said: "Arguing, fighting! Come on, Paul, although you are a few months younger, you are taller and should be able to beat Klay."

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The two looked at this unreliable Third Brother speechlessly. He actually expected them to fight at this time? Or are they teammates?

Sun Ce did not mind the competition between the two. Obviously, the competition between the two was benign. Paul George would pass the ball to Klay Thompson when he should pass the ball to him in the game. Klay Thompson would not deliberately miss the shot just because Paul George passed the ball to him, but would continue to show his existing abilities with all his strength.

It is good for the team to make progress together by competing like this.

As for Paul George's development towards a pure 3D player, he almost always chooses to pass the ball unless he has to hold the ball and has no shooting opportunities... In this case, Sun Ce can't control it, and this is in line with his needs for small forwards or shooting guards. Why should he "correct" it? Maybe Paul George is more suitable for 3D... Anyway, he needs such teammates more.

In fact, Sun Ce didn't know that the management clearly revealed to Paul George's agent Pelinka that Sun Ce didn't want to grow with a ball-holding outside player. Pelinka didn't directly say that this was Sun Ce's request. If the Grizzlies had conflicts within the team, Paul George would definitely be the one who suffered. He just suggested that Paul George develop in this direction and strive to become an important member of the Grizzlies and win the championship together.

And Paul George does have talent in this area, and he has done very well. He is only in his second year and has the opportunity to be selected as the second defense.

After a little fuss with the two younger brothers, Sun Ce looked at the players of the two teams. He only knew that Wall and Irving were the captains of the two teams. The matchup between Paul George and Klay Thompson attracted a lot of attention. He also heard that Jeremy Lin and Leonard were selected for the Rookie Game as an exception.

But Jeremy Lin saw that this popular guy was being interviewed, and Sun Ce did not interview him here, after all, Jeremy Lin was going to participate in the game tonight.

But as for Leonard, Sun Ce saw that he was wearing a suit...

Injured again?

Sun Ce remembered that Leonard had only a handful of seasons in his career with more than 70 appearances. Basically, he could only play less than 80% of the games in each season. If you want to talk about glass man, Leonard can really be considered a glass man.

After greeting his two teammates, Sun Ce greeted the other first- and second-year players. Regardless of whether they were familiar with each other or not, they all hugged and took photos under the TV camera...

After the greetings, Sun Ce returned to the sidelines and sat down, listening to the three girls chatting. Scarlett Johansson and Lily Collins were actually quite familiar with each other. It was said that they became familiar with each other after meeting in the playoffs last year. When Sun Ce wanted to find a female companion to attend the dinner at Kobe's house, it was Scarlett Johansson who told Sun Ce that Lily Collins was free.

After a while, it was almost 8 o'clock. James, Wade, Yao Ming, and Nowitzki, who had agreed to watch the game together, also came to the seat next to him. Randolph, Gasol, Nash, Battier and others came to the scene to cheer for the two teammates. Other All-Stars, Rondo, Hibbert, Love, and Stoudemire also came.

After chatting for a while, Sun Ce discovered some things. Some of the giants who came to watch the game were not just there to watch the game. Especially James, he knew the college resumes, performances after entering the NBA, and technical characteristics of the young players on the field.

In particular, he was very optimistic about Klay Thompson and Paul George, two Grizzlies players who have the potential to become the strongest 3D players. He was full of envy when chatting with Sun Ce.

This made Sun Ce feel a little sense of crisis. This dance troupe member wanted to poach him?

However, during the game, James cheered for Irving and Griffin. Every time Irving made a beautiful breakthrough and passed the ball or layup, Griffin's excellent cutting and pick-and-roll, James could stand up and cheer.

This made Sun Ce see some clues. Everyone knows what James is thinking... But it doesn't matter. Since James left the Cavaliers for the first time, he has giant teammates wherever he goes. He, Sun, doesn't need to worry about things that will happen in the future. Things in the future will be left to the future. Fighting against all kinds of opponents and then trying to defeat them is what Sun Ce is most excited about.

In the end, with Irving's 34 points and 9 assists, plus Klay Thompson's 7 three-pointers, the rookie team defeated the sophomore team led by Wall, who scored 26 points and 9 assists, and Paul George, who scored 8 three-pointers in a single game.

144 to 130, the rookie team won.

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This year's All-Star Weekend, Sun Ce had some regrets. The previous games were too tight, and there was no time to think about fun, such as dance or orchestra performances. There was no other way.

On the 26th, the day of the triathlon, Sun Ce's several promotional activities in Orlando took up all the daytime time. The same was true for James and Kobe. Even Randolph, Gasol, and Nash had several endorsement activities.

After a busy day, in the evening, Sun Ce watched the three-point contest with Klay Thompson, Paul George and former teammate Anthony Morrow, and watched several other games by the way.

In terms of shooting stars, Bosh is invincible, winning two consecutive championships!

In the skills challenge, Rondo won the championship with a score of 34.2 seconds.

In the three-point contest, Sun Ce's three current and former teammates were eliminated in the first round. The three seemed to be unable to shoot without defense. Morrow, who had the best performance, only scored 11 and scored 14 points; Klay scored 5 goals and scored 9 points, almost tying the historical record of Boss Joe. Fortunately, he stabilized in the end and made all 3 shots in the last three shots. After the first four groups of shots, Klay only scored 5 points. If the last group did not score... Boss Joe sighed in front of the TV...; Paul George scored 11 points.

In the end, no one expected that it was Love, the power forward, who won the three-point king. In the final, he and Durant both scored 16 points. In the overtime, the championship score was 17 points, defeating Durant's 14 points.

From this point, it can be seen that this year's All-Star Weekend is too compact and everyone is in a bad state.

The last event that attracted the most attention but was also the most overlooked was the dunk contest. Paul George participated again... He looked like he would participate in all the competitions he could if he didn't make the All-Stars. However, he was eliminated early again. The Jazz's 2010 second-round pick Jeremy Evans won the dunk contest championship.

After the first two days of the All-Star weekend, it was finally time for the All-Stars game!