On February 13th, the Phoenix All-Star Weekend began.
The All-Star atmosphere was very strong a few days ago. Phoenix is different from other cities. Their NBA basketball arena is located on Jefferson Street. This is the most prosperous area in the entire city, which also provides great opportunities for All-Star participants.
It provides many conveniences for players and fans on weekends.
Most NBA stars stay at the Hilton Hotel not far from the American West Arena. If they want, they can even walk to the American West Arena. Nowadays, security has been significantly strengthened around the American West Arena to ensure that the game goes on smoothly.
The Bank of America building opposite the American West Arena is one of the tallest buildings in Phoenix. There is a giant poster hanging here. The stars on the poster are Chen Yan, Dayao and Howard. Chen Yan is standing in the C position, with two big men.
Standing on both sides, they looked like his bodyguards. The three of them were hanging on the landmark building in Phoenix, overlooking the American West Arena and even the entire Phoenix.
Due to Nash's absence, the Suns' players participating in this All-Star Game were reduced to three players, Chen Yan, Stoudemire and DeAndre Jordan. Unlike his two elder brothers, DeAndre Jordan participated in the All-Star Rookie Game.
Although it was a rookie game, Jordan was still excited. He felt that he was a star now and kept asking Stoudemire and Chen Yan what their experience was.
Stoudemire was annoyed by the question and said casually: "As soon as you go up, dunk two baskets and tear off the basket, so you can steal everyone's limelight."
Chen Yan also smiled and said: "I think Amare is right."
Jordan had a silly smile on his face: "Then I have to gain another 20 kilograms to become O'Neal."
Chen Yan replied with a smile: "This is not the 1990s. The NBA has already strengthened the basket. I guess it won't work if I become O'Neal."
Chen Yan and Stoudemire did not argue with Jordan for too long. They were players participating in the All-Star Game and they had to attend a media meeting in the morning.
The media meeting process is similar to last year, and Chen Yan is already familiar with it.
Entering the venue, Chen Yan first chatted with Dayao and Ah Lian.
This is the first time that three Chinese players have gathered together in the All-Star Game.
"Ah Lian, Dayao and I have already agreed to target you in the main match. You should be mentally prepared." Chen Yan joked.
"You two, don't scare me. This is my first All-Star game. Don't put me in a bad light." Ah Lian said with a smile.
"Ah Lian, don't listen to his nonsense. Any kind of targeting can be regarded as 'entertainment' at best." Dayao also laughed at the side.
"Yes, this is Phoenix, and I want to be a landlord." Chen Yan said.
"Haha, if you keep talking, I'm going to get hurt," Ah Lian said.
It was very relaxing to get together with others, and Ah Lian, who is more introverted, also made some jokes.
After chatting for a while, the three Chinese players each accepted interviews with reporters.
The popularity of the three Chinese players is very high, but it is still obvious that Chen Yan has the most reporters in front of him. Chen Yan is the top vote-getter for this All-Star Game, and his home team, the Suns, is the host, so it makes sense that he gets the most attention.
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"Chen, you were the MVP winner of the last All-Star Game, and this year you are playing at home. Your goal is to win the FMVP again, right?" the reporter asked.
"To be honest, I don't have much interest in FMVP, but this is our territory. In order not to disappoint the fans, I will try my best to keep FMVP in Phoenix."
Chen Yan didn't say too much. No matter whether he takes it or Xiaosi takes it, it can be regarded as staying in Phoenix.
"This year you are the most active person during the All-Star Weekend. In addition to the main game, you will also participate in the Rookie Challenge, the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest. Have you decided how many trophies you want to take home?" The next reporter
asked with a smile.
Chen Yan shrugged: "The psychological pressure of thinking about trophies and other things is great. I am just here to play. If I insist on having any goal, it is to have fun."
The reporters smiled knowingly. Chen Yan said similar things in the last All-Star Game, and ended up winning the Rookie Challenge MVP and the All-Star Game MVP.
In the afternoon, Chen Yan and a group of players participated in community service activities, which is also an integral part of NBA Cares activities.
Community service is not only community service. Officials also built temporary courts around the American West Arena to allow more fans, especially young fans, to interact with NBA stars.
There are baskets of different heights from children to teenagers, and the official has made this point very user-friendly.
Let the children experience difficult actions such as shooting, dunking and even alley-oops. The stars will throw the ball and match it with dynamic music, which will directly give fans the experience of playing in the NBA.
Chen Yan’s schedule is packed. He has a day off after community activities. On the morning of the 14th, he will participate in rookie game training. In the afternoon, he will participate in an open training session for all-star players and interact with fans. In the evening, there will be a rookie challenge.
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On the 15th, he had to participate in the three-point contest, dunk contest and All-Star game. He was so busy that he didn't even have time to go on a date with Swift.
The Rookie Challenge on the 14th started soon. Both teams' lineups were full of talent. The first-year team included Derrick Rose, OJ Mayo, Oden, Beasley, Marc Gasol, and Greg Oden.
, Eric Gordon, and even Westbrook can only play as a substitute.
The funniest thing is Oden. He was injured for a year last year, but the league directly put him on the first-year team this year and let him play with the "juniors".
The overall talent of the second-year team is not as good as that of the first-year team, but they have Chen Yan and Durant, and the outside world is generally optimistic that the second-year team will win the championship.
Ah Lian was not selected for the second-year rookie list. He may be the first player in history to start the All-Star game but not be selected for the rookie list.
Because the All-Star starters are voted by the fans, and the rookie rosters are selected by the assistant coaches of each team from the first- and second-year players through voting.
Chen Yan appeared in the player tunnel wearing a black windbreaker and sunglasses. This outfit is simple and fashionable.
The media all said that Chen Yan has extended the Grammy aesthetic to the NBA.
Xiaoshuai is wearing a dark green jacket and a pink knitted hat. He feels that his fashion sense is not inferior to Chen Yan, and he stared directly at the female reporter during the interview.
Seeing that the female reporter didn't react, Xiaoshuai thought to himself, right? I can't even win against you?
Xiaoshuai's real stage is still on the court. Today, he went all out and scored 40 points to lead the team to win and also won the MVP of the rookie game.
Chen Yan scored 14 points and 7 assists throughout the game. He mainly passed the ball tonight and played very effortlessly.
Except for a 360-degree dunk dedicated to the fans at the beginning, he has never been in the paint. The fans also understand that Chen Yan will participate in many events in the future and will need to spend too much effort in the rookie game. This also gives others a chance.
