Chapter 211 Rookie Challenge 1
"Welcome to the NBA All-Star scene. This is Los Angeles. I am today's commentator Zhang Weiping."
"I am Su Junyang."
A familiar voice sounded again, spreading to thousands of households through the TV.
This time, in order to broadcast the Los Angeles All-Star Game, CCTV made another big move.
A whole broadcast team was sent to the United States just to broadcast these games.
The main reason is naturally because of Yao Ming and Chen Mo.
It is naturally a very important thing to pay attention to when two Chinese players appear on the All-Star arena.
Moreover, the two of them were starting in the East and West respectively, which has to be said that this is also a very rare thing.
Original time and space, because Yao Ming is the only one, although the All-Star Game is broadcast, the scale is not that large.
There is even little news about Yao Ming participating in the rookie challenge.
First of all, the rookie challenge is really not valued, and secondly, it is also because Yao Ming did not perform well.
What's more, with the All-Star Game where you are, what are the rookie challenge games to focus on?
However, this year is different. Just a matchup between Yao and Chen is enough to attract fans.
Of course, the Yao-Chen showdown here does not refer to a certain actress.
"This is the first time that two Chinese players appeared in the NBA All-Star Arena at the same time."
Zhang Weiping seemed a little excited. In today's All-Star Game, Chinese players can also become the protagonists.
"Yes, last year, Chinese players participated in the NBA All-Star Game for the first time.
And this year, there were two people all of a sudden. I believe our basketball development will get better and better."
"It's true. Last year, Yao Yao entered the All-Star starter.
However, many American media do not agree with it. They have been saying that it was Chinese fans who brought Yao Yao into the All-Star.
To be honest, when I saw these words, I felt very uncomfortable.
But today, just a year later, Yao Yao proved himself that he was qualified to be an All-Star starter.
Not only Yao, but also Xiao Chen, he also proved the strength of Chinese players to the world."
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It can be seen that Director Zhang really had a lot of feelings, otherwise he wouldn't have said so much.
"Okay, the starting lineup of the Rookie Challenge has come out. Let's take a look at the starting lineup of the two teams today."
When Su Junyang saw that Director Zhang was a little too excited and quickly changed the subject.
Director Zhang also found something was wrong with his emotions and quickly followed Su Junyang's words.
"There is only a roster of 9 people in the rookie competition, so the choice of starting roster is even more important.
Let’s first look at the starting lineup of the first-year team.”
"The point guard is LeBron James, and the shooting guard is Chen Mo. Hey, Chen Mo played in the second position today."
"The small forward is Cameron Anthony, the power forward is Haslem, and the lunch is Chris Bosh."
Su Junyang couldn't help but say, "Wow, this lineup is really high."
"That's right, don't look at the fact that no one among the five people is more than 210cm tall, but the shortest Chen Mo is as tall as 198cm."
"To be honest, Director Zhang, I was still a little surprised about today's lineup."
"Oh, what accident?"
"I thought it would be Wade's starting lineup, and in the center position, Kaman, who is stronger and has stronger rebounding ability, will come up with him."
"The first-year team has a purpose to arrange such a lineup."
Su Junyang opened his mouth and asked, "What do you think is the purpose of that guidance?"
"It's hard to say, it depends on their playing style after the game starts."
Wei Ping Bryant's face was a little dark. He didn't know what the first-year team had.
Isn’t it just that you are just talking casually, and you are still asking questions?
Zhang Weiping was afraid that Su Junyang would ask questions, so he quickly said, "Let's look at the starting lineup of the second grade."
"The starting center Yao Ming, there is no surprise. In the power forward position, it is Stoudemire.
The small forward is Prince of the Pistons, the shooting guard is Mike Dunleavy of the Warriors, and the point guard is Ginobili of the Spurs."
"There is no way. I can't find a suitable point guard in the second grade team, so I can only let Ginobili come."
"It's really interesting. Today, the starting point guards of both teams are not traditional point guards, and they are also very tall."
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The game is about to begin, and the two head coaches, Carlisle and Sanders, are late.
After the two arrived at the competition site, they simply sat directly on the chair. The two assistant coaches had already done the game arrangements.
The two of them just need to be mascots before the game.
"Come on, come on!"
Before the competition, Chen Mo quickly gathered everyone and held a cheering ceremony, a very normal pre-match ceremony.
All of this was nothing wrong, but compared to the other side, it was very problematic.
The second-grade team did not make any moves, obviously it was not discussed in advance.
To put it bluntly, there is no one in the second-grade team who can show off, and everyone is coming out.
In the first grade, as long as James does not object, Chen Mo will have this strength.
But in the second-year team, Yao Ming is the No. 1 pick, Xiao Si is the best rookie, and Ginobili, who won the championship in the rookie season.
More importantly, these people don’t communicate much with each other.
To put it bluntly, they are not lacking bosses like Chen Mo, but social experts like James.
With a whistle, the game officially began.
Yao Ming rarely rose up once today, but he actually won the ball from Bosh.
Yao Ming naturally prepared to play singles at the low post, but found that Xiao Si had already taken the lead in grabbing the low post.
He just had to leave the inside silently and take Bosh away, otherwise the inside would be too congested.
Seeing this scene, Chen Mo shook his head helplessly, and Yao Ming was always humble.
Not to mention Chen Mo, even Ginobili, who controls the ball, is still a little puzzled.
In terms of lineup, Yao Ming's singles against Bosh is the biggest advantage of the second-year team.
Stoudemire's singles match against Haslem, it can't be said that there is no advantage, but it is definitely not as good as Yao Ming's singles match against Bosh.
This is also why Chen Mo insisted on letting Bosh play center.
In fact, at the beginning, Bosh refused to play as a center, especially to face Yao Ming's size and body.
Chen Mo fooled him directly, don’t worry, I will let go of my opponent and help you defend.
In fact, Chen Mo had long guessed that in tonight's game, it was a question whether Yao Ming could play singles once in the inside.
Whether it is his partner Stoudemire or Boozer, it is difficult to get a low position.
Because Stoudemire and Boozer both need players at low post positions, Yao Ming has the habit of modesty and concessions.
Chapter completed!