Chapter 146 All-Star MVP
After halfway through the first quarter, Jiang Dongbing called for a timeout.
Of course, this timeout is not about setting up tactics or making jokes. Which head coach in the All-Star game will arrange tactics on the spot if he is full and he is full. Even if there are any tactics, it has already been arranged before the game.
For example, if there are many fast break players in your own lineup, then play fast breaks. If there are many positional players, then play positional battles, which is just a tactic in general directions.
Jiang Dongbing called this timeout mainly for substitutions. Although the players on the court are all starting, it is impossible to let them play for as long as the regular season or playoffs.
Generally, coaches have an unwritten unspoken rule in controlling the appearance time of All-Star players, that is, the appearance time of the starting player is about 30 minutes, and it may be more or less, depending on the coach's personality.
As for substitutes, try to give about twenty minutes of playing time, try to get evenly matched, and don’t let these substitutes feel neglected.
After all, even substitute players were actually selected by fans one by one, and there were many stars with extremely popular popularity like Duncan or Kobe. It was impossible for them to play for only three or five minutes.
O'Neal, Garnett, and Kidd were taken down, Jackson and Billups remained on the court, and then Jiang Dongbing made a big move and directly replaced David, Kirirenko and O'O.
As soon as this lineup was put out, the fans on the scene were immediately excited.
Jiang Dongbing is doing something, and he only played half of this quarter. Jiang Dongbing actually sent all the five tiger generals under his command on the court. The five players on the Western All-Star team were all Grizzlies!
If Jiang Dongbing was just copying and making the Grizzlies and the Five Tigers appear, then there would definitely be someone to pick them up, but the five Grizzlies and the five Grizzlies on the field are extremely harmonious, and they are not just copying and making them difficult. In the regular season, Jiang Dongbing even sent such a lineup more than once.
No one can tell such a lineup with point guard Billups, point guard Jackson, small forward Kirirenko, power forward O'Neck and center David.
Just looking at such a lineup can tell the terribleness of the Grizzlies.
They were able to get a complete lineup in the All-Star Game, and this is the All-Star Game!
In the air, countless fans cheered loudly, and could they witness the birth of this miracle with their own eyes? Their fan career is also considered to be regrettable.
Five All-Star players come from the same team at the same time? They appear in the NBA's main match at the same time. This is undoubtedly the most miracle thing in NBA's history? And it can also be said to be a future no one. In the future, this miracle can only be reproduced in Jiang Dongbing's team.
After playing on the court for two minutes, Jiang Dongbing didn't continue to cause trouble? He replaced Kirilianko and Xiao Ao, and replaced Duncan and Kobe.
The reason why Jiang Dongbing replaced the Grizzlies and Five Tigers just now? Naturally, it was a bad thing to be in his heart? Finally, five players in his hands were selected as All-Stars. Isn’t it a big waste not to let them appear at the same time?
Now he is also on the stage at the same time. Jiang Dongbing has satisfied his bad taste? Next, he will start to act as the head coach of his Western Army as usual.
How many minutes are left in the first quarter? Jiang Dongbing made another substitution. Although he wanted Jackson to play more time, there must be a boundary after all. If there were too many more than other starters, it would be too ugly.
So Jiang Dongbing simply gave Kidd a lot of playing time? Even more than Jackson, and Kidd didn't attack much anyway? He had a slim possibility that Jackson would get MVP.
If someone really wants to pick on the trick, Jiang Dongbing can find an excuse to help him? Anyway, Kidd is the one who has the most playing time, and he is not his player...
After the first half, the Western Conference has led by nearly ten points. Jackson has scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in the first half? If this performance can continue in the second half, it will be almost a foregone conclusion that he won the MVP tonight.
Jiang Dongbing remembers that this year's All-Star MVP was actually shared by Duncan and O'Neal, and Jiang Dongbing still remembers that this year's MVP selection was very dissatisfied with the public. At least Garnett's fans were very dissatisfied with the result.
Of course, Duncan is the indisputable best performer, scoring 24 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists with a super high shooting percentage of 85.7%, which is definitely an indisputable mvp.
Garnett fans are dissatisfied, but they are dissatisfied. O'Neal shared the mvp with Duncan, rather than Garnett, whose data is better than O'Neal...
Garnett scored 24 points 19 times, O'Neal scored 22 points 20 times, and Garnett's rebounds were more than O'Neal, so if you look at the data, Garnett is more qualified to share mvp with O'Neal anyway.
However, the mvp is also selected by the media. O'Neal is so popular that Duncan's data cannot be found in trouble. Even if Duncan's data is the same as O'Neal, there may not be any MVP sharing situation this year, and O'Neal will be taken alone.
Jiang Dongbing knew very well that this would definitely not happen this year, because Jiang Dongbing could not let others steal Jackson's limelight.
Duncan was not very interested in the field. Although Garnett was in high spirits, he didn't have so many opportunities to use mobile phones. As for O'Neal, he had neither interest nor opportunities to use mobile phones...
Jackson became more and more excited as he fought, and his firepower was fully launched, leading the Western Army to gradually gain a solid advantage. The All-Star MVP has gradually waved to Jackson.
Jiang Dongbing actually knew very well that these two years may be the peak of Jackson's career, because Jackson has reached his limit completely and there is no room for improvement in the future.
Now Jackson has a lot of extremely powerful opponents around him, helping him compete for the super high value honors that did not actually belong to him. If the Grizzlies fall out one day, or Jackson leaves the Grizzlies, then Jackson will definitely be the top small forward in the top row in the league, but the position of the first person may be handed over to someone else.
In fact, in the case of Jackson, it is probably the fundamental reason why the league will become popular in the future. As the saying goes, two fists cannot beat four hands. A player is strong, but he can't beat two powerful players. Various honors will definitely be taken away by others, so grouping has become the best way for them to improve their historical status and league status.
"Jiang, are you too much?" O'Neal, who had been sulking, suddenly fired at Jiang Dongbing on the bench.
He was extremely depressed in the fight. He originally wanted to come to the All-Star weekend to relax and take away MVP. However, judging from his current situation, not only did he feel unrelaxed, but MVP must not be able to get MVP.
Jiang Dongbing changed his face instantly, and O'Neal's words were a bit "too bullying".
If Jiang Dongbing used small means to target O'Neal tonight, then O'Neal might have just smiled at this.
But now Jiang Dongbing's tricks are useless, giving O'Neal more time to play. Even if it's not as much as Jackson, it's more than any starter in the East.
There was no tactic on the court to restrict O'Neal from scaling data. Now O'Neal actually accused himself in front of half of the league's stars, how could Jiang Dongbing bear it?
"Shake, what did you say?" Jiang Dongbing turned his head and looked at O'Neal fiercely, and asked coldly.
"I said you did too much, I know you just want Stephen to get MVP!"
"But you have to know your current identity. You are the head coach of our Western Conference All-Star team, not the head coach of the Grizzlies. It's too ugly to help Grizzlies players like this!" O'Neal was also unwilling to be outdone, and shouted with Jiang Dongbing with his neck.
Jiang Dongbing's face twitched. If he hadn't been unable to defeat O'Neal, he might have given O'Neal a lightning whip directly.
"Shake, is anyone saying you are like a giant baby, a giant baby who can only cry and only complain."
"Do you have less playing time? You have more than Iverson, the Eastern Conference voter? You are not even the voter in the Western Conference. Why do I give you the most playing time?"
"In addition, how do you see that I am just helping the Grizzlies players? Kidd is the one who plays the most, not us Grizzlies players, Kirilenko is the one who plays the least, only two minutes, that is our Grizzlies players."
"Did your math teacher not teach you this most basic arithmetic?"
"You have a lot of opinions about my coaching the Western Army. Then ask the others, do they have any opinions?" Jiang Dongbing asked with a sneer.
O'Neal was speechless after repeated questions. He immediately looked at the players around him, hoping to find an ally who could help him strengthen his momentum.
As a result, everyone on the bench either turned their eyes to other directions, looking deaf, or the Grizzlies on the bench, looking at O'Neal angrily, seeing that the situation might be together to beat O'Neal in the next second.
No other players are willing to care about such bullshit things. They are here to play All-Stars, not to make enemies with Jiang Dongbing.
In this era, what are the benefits of making enemies with Jiang Dongbing? It must be nothing at all, and there will even be great disadvantages.
The whole league is trying hard to establish a good relationship with Jiang Dongbing, and preparing Jiang Dongbing to send warmth to them again in the future. This is the route formulated by senior management of each team, and the players also know Jiang Dongbing's ability in this regard.
Like the All-Stars here, who thinks that they only use a salted fish in their entire career, and who doesn’t want to taste the taste of winning the championship, so they are extremely eager for powerful teammates. If they have a good relationship with Jiang Dongbing, they might be able to send warmth to them one day.
Interestingly, none of the twelve All-Star players in the West, except for the Grizzlies, has ever won the championship...
Even Grizzlies players do not mean that all players have championship rings, at least not David and Kirilianko.
So O'Neal's eyes asked for help did not receive any support at all, and no one wanted to wade into this muddy water and cause trouble for himself or his team.
Jiang Dongbing snorted coldly and stopped paying attention to O'Neal. Since O'Neal has said all this, he will not appear again for the rest of the night.
The media also noticed that on the bench of the Western Army, O'Neal and Jiang Dongbing seemed to have some disputes, but they did not know the reason for the dispute between the two sides, and could only wait for the game to be over before going into detail.
"Doudu!" The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game. The Western Conference won the Eastern Conference All-Star team with 122 points to 113 points. This result is not unexpected, because just looking at the lineups of both sides, it is obvious that the Western Conference is going to be stronger.
After the game, media voting began in the backstage to compete for the MVP of the All-Star Game tonight.
In fact, there is no suspense about this MVP. Jackson is the All-Star voter this time. 20% of the voting media are Canadian media, so Jackson has great advantages in media selection.
Secondly, Jackson's data tonight is also the well-deserved best in the game, with 33 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, which is definitely the best data in the game. No one in the West can match it.
Even in the East, no one can compare to Jackson. Iverson is the best player in the East, but only scores 26 points.
O'Neal was miserable tonight, only scored 7 points and 5 rebounds. Even if he was very popular, he would definitely have no hope of sharing the MVP with Jackson.
After a while, the media selection results were released, and Jackson was indeed successful and took the throne of this year's All-Star MVP.
After learning that he had got another MVP, Jackson rushed towards Jiang Dongbing with a quick glance, gave him a big hug, and said in a choked tone: "Thank you, coach!"
"Thank you, if it weren't for you, I don't even know if I would play in NBA right now."
"Coach, you saved my career and saved my life!"
Jackson is now extremely grateful. As the Grizzlies are becoming more and more invincible, Jackson is becoming more and more grateful. Fortunately, he had good luck and good luck in meeting Jiang Dongbing at Butler Community College. Otherwise, he would be able to get MVP now?
When I went to Butler Academy, it was definitely the lowest point in my career. No NCAA team was willing to accept it. According to my plan at that time, I would spend a year with Butler and then go directly to the draft.
In this case, let alone whether you choose or not, even if you are selected, it will definitely be at the bottom of the second round. How can you get the team to use it? After wasting a few years of your career, how could you achieve something like today?
In Jackson's mind, it is not an exaggeration to say that Jiang Dongbing is his reborn parent.
"Okay, it's just an All-Star MVP, so excited that it makes people think that we Grizzlies players have never seen the world."
"Be calm, I will try to win another MVP for you this year. Let's have a Grand Slam and go directly to the peak of your life!" Jiang Dongbing smiled at Jackson in a low voice.
Jackson nodded repeatedly. In fact, he had a great chance to compete for the finals MVP last season, but in order to get David to his side, he gave up this opportunity.
Chapter completed!