Chapter 1199 [Smart choice, outrageous hype]
On the celebrity weekend, the relationship between the former Thunder Three Young Masters was indeed as expected. Durant and Horford were too lazy to say hello to Westbrook.
As early as when the Thunder were teammates, they were already in harmony because they could not win the game.
The only time that Wei Shao was not strong was in the 2010 playoffs. At that time, he was just a second-year rookie, able to control his performance and cooperate well. Since then, his average number of shots in the playoffs has never been lower than 20 times, and his shooting percentage has always been only about 40%. No matter how strong he is, he dares to throw it once.
Brother? Will anyone be willing to be brothers with an undercover agent who is rushing to play? In the playoffs, Victoria is not like Kobe. You should know that Kobe's shooting percentage in his career playoffs is as high as 44.8%.
As usual, the players had to take time to accept interviews from the media collectively, and some reporters also asked Guo Xu about the third young master of the Thunder.
Guo Xu said: "I don't think there is anything strange about their relationship. Al (Horford) left the Thunder and Kevin (Durant) because he wanted to win. They don't owe anything to the Thunder and Russell (Westbrook), and there is no need to pretend to be friendly."
Guo Xu clearly supported Durant, and if it were him, he would choose to leave Thunder. Russell could not say "you are me and I are brothers", so he would be willing to be dragged down by this guy and stay in the sewer and eat pizza all his life?
The reporter asked: "Thunder fans all think Durant is a betrayer, and Russell is more loyal. What do you think?"
"I think if Russell cannot lead the team to win, his ending will be traded by the Thunder. Fans support him now. The team will not make it to the playoffs for several years. It is probably the same group of people who say he is a cancer in the future. NBA is such a realistic business league. Kevin joining the Lakers, which is beneficial to his future, is a smart choice. And Thunder fans scold him because they love him."
In the away game against the Thunder, whenever Durant holds the ball, the placards and slogans of "cake" will ring throughout the stadium. Fans use "cake" to mock Durant's "soft eggs", while Victoria is regarded as the city's Warriors, and the slogan "Westbrook is better" flashes from time to time.
As the saying goes, those who can still become friends after breaking up are not true love. The deeper the love that Thunder fans have for Durant before, the stronger the hatred. In fact, they all know that Durant is better. When he leaves in the future, they may only start a farewell party.
After all, Wei Shao is 100% like Kobe, the Nets, Mavericks, and the 76ers have all been pleased to send Kobe off.
Guo Xu was very curious about one thing. If Kobe joined the Thunder a few years ago, I wonder what it would be like. Was Kobe staring at Wei Shao to death? Or would Wei Shao defend Kobe to death? Unfortunately, Kobe passed his peak period, and the Thunder would not want him, and fans could not see this scene.
On the first match day, the rookie challenge was first staged, with World United narrowly defeating the United States United 153 to 149.
Hawks Canadian rookie Jamal Murray scored 36 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, including 9 of 14 shots from outside the three-point line, with amazing efficiency and finally won MVP.
Murray, who just turned 20, was an excellent scorer in college. He averaged 25.2 minutes per game at the University of Kentucky in the first year, scored 20 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1 steal, shooting percentage of 45.4% and three-point shooting percentage of 40.8%.
It was Murray's luck to be selected by the Hawks. The coaching staff gave him a lot of ball rights and allowed him to start at No. 2. He averaged 32.5 minutes per game, scored 17.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, with a shooting percentage of 43.3%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 36.8%.
Unfortunately, Murray is not the only one who has affected the butterfly effect. Embiid and Ben Simmons can play, otherwise he will definitely win the best rookie of the season.
The second day's challenge lacked star participation, and Rockets point guard Eric Gordon won the three-pointer.
In the final dunk contest, the players' movements were uncreative. Aaron Gordon was eliminated in the preliminary round again, and the Pacers' Glenn Robinson III won the championship.
The fans didn't buy it, and there was not much applause at the scene. The players' creativity was to fly one person, two people, three people, and four people... Damn, are you actually here to participate in the cross-person competition?
The star competition scored very high, the players performed without defense throughout the game, and the Western Conference won 194-182.
Guo Xu was the main organization, breaking through again and again to send accurate passes, scoring 20 points, 7 rebounds and 26 assists, setting a historical record in the All-Star Game, and almost scored a super triple-double.
There were several times when he scored a rebound and passed it directly to the frontcourt to assist his teammates, winning applause from the audience. The commentators believed that he would also become a superstar when playing rugby and being a quarterback.
In the middle of the third quarter, the third young master of the Thunder interacted a little when they appeared together.
Horford grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed it to Westbrook. The latter advanced to the frontcourt and first passed the ball to Durant, then quickly cut to the inside. Durant understood it and immediately threw the ball into the air. Wei Shao jumped high and smashed the ball into the basket.
This goal made the whole game excited in an instant. Vishya pointed to Durant's direction and smiled knowingly.
Anthony Davis, a grandma, played well at home. He played for 32 minutes, made 26 of 39 shots, and scored 52 points and 10 rebounds in a crazy way, winning the MVP trophy.
Davis has a large number of scores from Guo Xu's assists, which makes the home fans very happy. Guo Xu no longer cares about competing for the MVP of the Star Game. Davis expressed his gratitude to Guo Xu when he delivered his award speech, rather than thanking his teammate Irving, which allowed people to see something hidden.
Irving applied to leave the team last summer, but other teams did not have the right chips to exchange for him. The Cavaliers were willing to exchange Isaiah Thomas for Irving as the best chips, and Irving was unwilling to go to Cleveland.
Irving wants to play in big cities, such as Los Angeles. The Lakers don’t need him, so it is impossible for the Clippers to exchange Paul for Irving. Back then, the Clippers chose Irving first and then used as bargaining chips to exchange Paul.
The Pelicans rank fourth in the West, but there are many hidden dangers in the team. Center Cousins is also a little dissatisfied with Davis. Davis has absolute privileges in the team, which has led to a decline in Cousins' data and the two's popularity also has a gap.
This year, Cousins missed the All-Star due to injury, and he averaged 22+10+4 per game.
Under the arrangement of President Xiao Hua, the media is now helping to praise Davis without any effort. Although he has made him very popular, it has also attracted many people to be dissatisfied.
The most outrageous hype is that recently ABC Radio re-arranged the ranking of power forwards in history, and Davis actually ranked fourth in history. Fifth is Nowitzki, who has a championship, Garnett is sixth, and seventh is McHale who has a three-time champion...
The host said that although Davis is young, he already has this qualification. The reason is that his data is very beautiful. The key is that he is only 24 years old this year and can set more records in the future.
Watt-Zefack Davis is really going to be a driver without a championship, and he will be a Duncan with one championship. Obviously, this guy can't pass the first round of the playoffs even if he leads the team.
Xiao Hua is so unscrupulous to promote people, and may have the opposite effect. Davis received a high evaluation and was not satisfied with the fourth record. After winning the MVP of this star game, his heart became more and more inflated. He felt that the Pelicans were not worthy of him and wanted to play in a big city.
In fact, Davis' shooting lacks stability, average support ability, and his strength is not as good as Garnett at his peak. If he leaves the Pelicans and joins a team that needs him to take on more responsibilities, his record may not be better than now.
Chapter completed!