Chapter 747 [All-stars who are devastated]
Vice President Adam Xiao Hua personally went to Los Angeles to meet Wang Jun in an interview, full of sincerity.
Wang Jun would not be embarrassed and asked for a small private room at Yuan Hao’s Harbor Restaurant to invite Xiao Hua to dinner.
Xiao Hua is like a university professor, giving people a sense of intimacy and is the best candidate for negotiation.
He opened the point and smiled and said, "Wang, you have been resting for a year and a half. Are you going to make a comeback this summer?"
Wang Jun said nothing nonsense and nodded, "Yes, I will definitely make a comeback, but I haven't figured out where to stay next. Adam, do you have any good suggestions?"
Xiao Hua cursed in his heart: What a little fox. If I say that, I can't ask where you are going, right?
He asked calmly, "You want to leave the Bulls? Isn't it good to stay in Chicago? Big city, where you established a dynasty, and fans miss you very much."
"But I don't want to follow Michael Jordan's old path. I want to play more comfortably, even if I go to a team that is at the bottom, it doesn't matter." Wang Jun sighed.
Xiao Hua likes to hear these words, and his little eyes lit up immediately. He gently put on his glasses and smiled: "Your idea is not bad. If you can lead a weak team to win the championship, you can prove yourself better."
"So, will the league support me to go to a weak team? I feel quite conflicted now."
"As long as you don't cut your salary and sign the contract strictly in accordance with the regulations, the alliance will not interfere. We will not support or oppose it. Everything depends on your thoughts." Xiao Hua said with a smile.
"I'll feel relieved then."
Go, go to the King, the Warriors and other bad teams. Xiao Hua murmured in his heart.
League officials all think that Wang Jun will choose the California team. The Kings and Warriors are closest to Los Angeles, and they are the core when they go.
It is difficult for these two teams to win the championship. Wang Jun scored high scores to attract fans and could improve the league's commercial value. The league hopes to see him become a lone hero.
If Xiao Hua knew that a superstar they promoted was preparing to give up his hometown team at his peak and win the championship with Wang Jun, I wonder what he would feel.
Then, Xiao Hua mentioned that Wang Jun appeared on the celebrity weekend and asked him to be a judge in the dunk contest.
As long as he goes to Dallas, the media will ask where he will come back. Wang Junxian is troublesome and refuses happily. "Sorry, I'm going to screen the script with Theron at home and prepare to shoot the next movie."
Failed to persuade him to change his mind, Xiao Hua gave up.
He brought back good news to Stern, thinking that Wang Jun was addicted to movies and was distracted and it was difficult to compete with Kobe, James, Paul, Wade and others.
The next day, CCTV5 invited Wang Jun to be a guest commentator at the All-Star Game, and Wang Jun turned it off for the same reason. As soon as the news spread, it caused an uproar on the Internet.
The princes were discussing at the "King of China Forum". The princes were a little worried. Does Wang Jun really not want to play basketball anymore and is preparing to develop in Hollywood?
Celebrity weekend began in a sceptical and complaining atmosphere.
On the 13th, the league added a new game called the "All-Star Celebrity Competition", which played before the rookie challenge. They invited some entertainment stars to play, but did not team up with the All-Stars.
Without professional people playing, it won’t attract many fans.
The first-year team defeated the second-year in the rookie competition, and Evans of the Pistons and Blair became MVP together. Westbrook of the second-year team scored 40 points in the game and shone brightly.
On February 14, James complained in an interview when he was training in the Eastern Conference. "We are still the best in the league this year, but Mo Williams didn't make the All-Star, which is unfair."
James continued: "We have three top 10 three-point shooters in the league and no players are going to play in the 3-point contest. Obviously, we are not receiving enough respect."
Stern and others did not pay attention to James' words, and they were thinking about how to promote the big market team.
That night, Pierce beat Curry and Billups to become the new three-pointer leader in the final. Curry wanted to win too much and performed poorly, so he only scored 17 points.
There were no new tricks in the dunk contest, only DeRozan scored 50 points in the second dunk, which resonated with the audience.
DeRozan scored a total of 92 points in the preliminary round with two dunks, and joined hands with Robinson, who scored 89 points in two dunks.
Gerald Wallace and Shannon Brown were disappointing, and the dunk was simple.
Especially Brown, this guy has an all-match dunk with Kobe. It's not difficult at all, it's just an ordinary dunk. Everyone was shocked after completing it.
That's it? This kind of ball will appear in every game in the NBA?
In the dunk final, Robinson threw the ball towards the rebound, rebounded and received the ball in the air and completed the rotation and dunk with both hands. He received a lot of applause.
DeRozan's second goal made many spectators sit in the backcourt to create momentum. He sprinted forward from the backcourt. His unyielding morale and determined expression made all the fans of the court ignite!
Brave boy, go and create miracles.
Everyone believed that he wanted to try unprecedented moves, such as jumping and dunking from behind the free throw line.
Then, DeRozan ran to the basket in one breath and completed a pretty ordinary double-handed windmill dunk...
After landing, he looked like "You didn't expect it?" and he was quite despicable.
The Japanese radio commentator went crazy at the time and shouted: "This year's slam dunk competition should not appear in the NBA, it should only appear in "Gintama"!"
The final selection results were then announced. Robinson, who received 51% of the votes, narrowly defeated DeRozan and won the dunk contest for the third time in his career.
On the 15th, the NBA All-Star Game was staged. Under Wade's wonderful performance of 28 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals, and 12 of 16 shots, the Eastern Conference Stars finally defeated the Western Conference 141-139, and Wade was also awarded the "MVP" of the Star Game.
The best performance in the Western Conference was Anthony, with 27 points and 10 rebounds, Nowitzki scored 22 points at home, and Nash gave 13 assists.
The competition is mainly performed, but the game is not exciting.
Wade imitated McGrady's classic dunk.
"Warcraft" Howard was the most surprising. He not only blocked Anthony in defense, but also scored three-pointers in the counterattack.
Apart from that, there is nothing to be remembered.
Players are generally unscrupulous in playing, especially the Bobcats' Gerald Wallace, who scored only two points for 1 of 3 shots, and there is no room for blue-collar workers like him in the exhibition game.
The tickets for the outside of the Star Game are not expensive, and the stadium of 100,000 people is full, creating a historical record.
Many locals who don’t usually have the opportunity to watch All-Stars went to experience the atmosphere together, and then the evaluation given was generally “but that’s the case.”
According to media reports, statistics, more than 15 million people chose to watch "Saturday Night Live" that night, rather than the NBA All-Star Game. As many as 100,000 people watched the game live, but the ratings were only 3.8, setting a 10-year low.
What is the NBA All-Star Game ranked first among the four major professional league star games? In 2006, it was the same as the NFL's Pro Bowl, and has been the third in the iron game since 2007, only better than the NHL.
The third thing looks good? The cruel fact is that in 2005, the NHL canceled the All-Star Game due to suspension, and in 2006, the All-Star Game was not held due to the Winter Olympics. In other words, the NHL attached much less importance to the All-Star Game than the other three professional leagues.
After reading the statistics, David Stern had to admit that they had to let Wang Jun come back quickly, and the NBA became in a slump since he retired.
Chapter completed!