"Wang Feng appeared at Mamba Academy to watch Kobe's second daughter Gianna's basketball game."
"Wang Feng and Kobe Bryant had a great conversation and had a harmonious relationship."
The next day, the local media in Los Angeles reported in detail the news about Wang Feng and Kobe watching Kobe's daughter.
This is a good sign. Wang Feng has a very good personal relationship with Lakers star Kobe Bryant. In the eyes of Lakers fans, it is equivalent to sending a message. At this time, Wang Feng and the Lakers are in the honeymoon period, and both parties are quite concerned about the current situation.
for satisfaction.
After all, as the most representative star of the Lakers in recent decades, Kobe's influence on the Lakers is even greater than that of Magic Johnson. Although he does not hold any position in the team, he only relies on Kobe himself and Buss.
Family relationships can often influence some team affairs.
At the same time, some entertainment media also broke a piece of news that was neither big nor small.
Wang Feng, who flies to various places in the United States to play games every day, is actually afraid of heights, especially flying in helicopters.
On that day, Kobe was originally going to take a private helicopter to fly to the destination with ten people including Wang Feng and Mamba Academy coaches.
However, Wang Feng was unwilling to take the helicopter, and the weather that day was not very good, with heavy fog, and the helicopter pilot also had reservations about taking off. Therefore, after some comprehensive consideration, or out of respect for Wang Feng, Kobe finally rented a helicopter.
A bus took everyone to their destination.
No one knows that Wang Feng's helicopter phobia is a temporary symptom limited to one day.
Of course, no one knows what kind of major accident this helicopter would have suffered without Wang Feng.
No matter what, Wang Feng's goal was achieved. At the same time, the Lakers star personally watched his daughter's basketball game, which also made Kobe a lot of face, and everyone was happy.
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On February 1, the Lakers defeated the Kings 129:113 away from home, and beat the Spurs 125:102 at home on February 4.
But then on February 6, in a home game against the Rockets, the Lakers lost 111:121.
The reason why the Lakers lost to the Rockets was not because the opponent was strong.
It has to be said that the combination of Harden + Westbrook is much worse than the light bulb combination in the previous two seasons in terms of strength.
Paul is obviously more suitable for the Rockets than Westbrook, and the Rockets' signing last summer failed.
What's even more ironic is that Paul, who was traded to the Thunder as a discarded player, has led the Thunder, which has almost no stars, to overcome all obstacles. The current record is actually better than the Rockets.
The main reason why the Lakers failed to defeat the Rockets was that Wang Feng did not play.
When the Mo Dog incident broke out, the league chose to deal with it coldly and, due to pressure from the US government, publicly expressed its support for Morey's personal freedom of speech.
At that time, Wang Feng showed his initiative as a keyboard warrior in the public media, sprayed Morey with blood, and made it clear that he would refuse to participate in all regular season games related to the Rockets in the new season.
Wang Feng kept his word, so he chose to rest this game and leave it to Butler, Ingram and others.
Without Wang Feng, the Lakers immediately fell from the top team in the league to the level of an ordinary team. Although the combination of Butler + Ingram is quite good, Harden and Westbrook are obviously inferior in strength and position.
Even better.
More importantly, the Lakers have now begun to gradually adapt and become familiar with Wang Feng as the point guard and always control the rhythm of the game. When Wang Feng is not on the court, whether it is Butler, Ingram or other players, it is indispensable.
It is inevitable to fall into a one-on-one fight without much teamwork.
It is natural to lose in this situation.
Some people may say that Wang Feng refused to play in the game against the Rockets just to disgust Mogou. Wouldn't it make the Rockets happy instead by letting the Rockets win?
Of course, Wang Feng couldn't let him go so easily.
Although he did not play in the game, Wang Feng still appeared on the court and made a temporary guest appearance as the Lakers' live DJ during the halftime break.
Wang Feng, holding the microphone in his hand, went all out and dragged Mo Gou out again to whip the corpse. His words and tone were so fierce that the fans in the audience cheered loudly in celebration.
Fans don’t really support Wang Feng’s behavior. In fact, as Americans, the vast majority of fans don’t care about this kind of thing.
But eating melon and watching the fun is a part that people all over the world like. What's the point of hello, me, hello, everyone? It's just to watch the lane, and it's fun to watch the toughness.
Of course, Wang Feng unilaterally grabbed Mo Gou and squirted him, which made him feel happy, but he still paid some price.
Two days later, the league issued an announcement that because Wang Feng violated league regulations, it was decided after discussion that Wang Feng would be fined $100,000 and given a warning.
For a period of time after the MoG incident, in order to stabilize the situation and prevent further deterioration, the league has urgently notified all teams to prohibit discussion of MoG related topics, which is a good explanation of the double standards of freedom of speech in the United States.
One hundred thousand U.S. dollars, converted into Chinese national currency, is close to 700,000 U.S. dollars, which is considered a huge sum of money.
But for a top star like Wang Feng, who earns more than 60 million US dollars a year including commercial endorsements, it's not a big deal at all.
If he could do the same at the Houston Rockets' home court, he would be happy to double the fine or even add a zero.
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When February comes, it’s time for the much-loved All-Star Weekend.
At the end of January, the All-Star voting ended, and Wang Feng and Giannis Antetokounmpo were once again elected as the top vote-getters in the East and West respectively.
In addition to Wang Feng in the Western Conference, the other All-Star starters include the Clippers' LeBron James, the Pelicans' big-eyebrow Davis, the Warriors' Stephen Curry and the Mavericks' Luka Doncic.
The five All-Star starters in the Eastern Conference include Antetokounmpo, the vote leader, Joel Embiid of the 76ers, Kevin Durant of the Nets, Kemba Walker of the Celtics and the Hawks
Trae Young of the team.
It is worth mentioning that Rockets star James Harden was not selected as an All-Star starter this year. As a defender, he received fewer votes than Curry and Doncic. This is the first time Harden has not been selected since the 2016-17 season.
All-star starters.
The Mo Dog incident obviously had a certain impact on him.
Harden is actually quite unlucky.
In the Mo Dog incident, he was shot while lying down. Immediately after the incident, Harden stood up and apologized to the Chinese fans. However, this attitude aroused the dissatisfaction of the local American fans. Later, under pressure, Harden
Harden later changed his tone, saying that he supported the right to freedom of speech, and then offended the Chinese fans and became a human being.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Who made him unlucky enough to end up with a pig teammate like Mo Gou?
On February 7, the league broadcast live the All-Star selection session between Wang Feng and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
After some superficial "intrigue", Wang Feng selected Curry, James, Davis and Doncic.
Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo chose Embiid, Durant, Walker and Trae Young.
Does this starting lineup look familiar?
That's right, both Wang Feng and Antetokounmpo chose the original starting players from the Eastern and Western Conferences.
This was of course not their original intention, but was carried out in accordance with the script required by the alliance.
The All-Star Weekend itself is a performance show. Although the process and results of the game are dominated by the players on the field, the various gimmicks and expectations before the game need to be prepared by the league's script.
Even if this foreshadowing seems a little fake and awkward, the long-lost confrontation between the Eastern and Western All-Stars can indeed arouse the interest of many fans, especially after Durant and George joined the Eastern Conference.
The overall strength has also improved qualitatively, and the gap with the Western Conference is not particularly large.
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When it comes to All-Star Weekend, apart from the All-Star Game that attracts the most attention now, the one that attracts the most attention is indeed Wang Feng.
"All-Star Weekend is here again! Wang Feng, who has signed up for all events in previous All-Star Weekends, will he continue to sign up for all All-Star events this time?"
There was not much suspense about this question at all. Soon the league officially announced the list of participants for the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest, and Wang Feng's name was clearly on the list.
No matter what the outside world thinks, Wang Feng still resolutely participated in three solo events.
This is a matter of course. Compared with false fame such as fame, the rewards after winning these single-player events are more delicious.
Especially for three-pointers, the ability value has currently reached 97. If you win the next three-point contest championship trophy, you can increase it to 98 points, which is only one step away from the full value of 99.
As for the skills challenge and dunk contest, they are incidental rewards for Wang Feng.
Wang Feng's current dunk ability value is 92. Even if he is awarded another 1 point for winning the championship, reaching 93 will actually not be of much help to improve his strength.
The rewards for the skills challenge are even more mixed. Wang Feng mainly participates because he has a better attitude than nothing.
Fans are satisfied to see Wang Feng continue to participate in three solo events. To put it bluntly, in recent years, the program effects of solo events have become increasingly lackluster, and there is nothing interesting at all.
The emergence of Wang Feng can be regarded as bringing some fresh blood to single-player projects, and at least made many people slightly interested in these single-player projects.
Just like this time in the Skills Challenge, four All-Star starting players Wang Feng, Doncic, Trae Young, and Embiid participated, which was quite interesting to watch.
As for the three-point challenge, Curry and Thompson, who are not willing to always lose to Wang Feng, are participating in the competition and are bound to break Wang Feng's monopoly on the three-point contest.
Even in the dunk contest, a dunk master announced his participation this year, and that was Magic forward Aaron Gordon, who had the most exciting duel with LaVine in the history of the dunk contest in 2016.
Gordon and LaVine, with the progress of the dunk contest in recent years, have vaguely become legends in the league. After all, that dunk contest gave people a really good impression. After several years of poor quality,
After the dunk contest, fans missed the original dunk showdown even more.
Although Wang Feng has won two slam dunk contest championships, in the eyes of most people, Wang Feng's ability to win the championship is at best because there are no tigers in the mountains and the monkey is the king.
Wang Feng has a strong dunking ability in actual combat, and can often contribute wonderful dunks on the court. However, there are still some differences between dunk contests and actual dunks. They are more about creativity. At least the two times Wang Feng won the championship, the creativity of dunks was very average.
, winning the championship relies on more relaxed movements and success rate than other players.
The skills challenge includes Doncic and Trae Young.
The three-point contest includes Curry and Thompson.
The slam dunk contest has Aaron Gordon.
As a result, Wang Feng may lose the three solo events at the All-Star Weekend, which naturally becomes full of excitement.
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If possible, Wang Feng naturally does not want too many strong opponents in these competitions. Rather than having exciting and fierce competitions, he would rather just sit back and easily win the championship and receive system rewards.
The most embarrassing thing is that after working hard for a long time, you can't win the game. It's a waste of effort, not to mention thankless, and you have to lose people and lose the team.
For this reason, Wang Feng also had to spare some energy and added some exercises in the Skills Challenge and Slam Dunk Contest to his daily training to ensure that he could successfully win the championship.
During this period, the regular season was still going on, and the Lakers, led by Wang Feng, continued to make great progress.
On February 8, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 125:120 in an away game. Wang Feng and Curry staged a scoring battle. Curry scored 38 points, while Wang Feng scored 41 points.
The butterfly effect can be regarded as indirectly helping the Warriors. Currently, the Warriors, with all members healthy, have gradually suppressed Jokic's Nuggets, ranking third in the Western Conference. The trio of Curry + Thompson + Green is absolutely powerful.
It is the top level in the league.
On February 10, the Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns 122:100 at home.
On February 12, the Lakers faced the Denver Nuggets, who had the fourth best record in the Western Conference. Although Jokic dominated the paint and scored 33 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, they were still defeated by Wang Feng's 37 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.
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The Lakers ended all games before the All-Star break with a small winning streak.
On February 14th, the All-Star Weekend game in Chicago arrived.