Chapter 411 Kobe Invites Zhao Dong to a Wedding Banquet

On the 3rd, the league announced the start of All-Star voting, and the date of the All-Star game is February 11.

What’s interesting is that because Zhao Dong is playing the No. 1 position this season, his voting position is also placed at guard by the league. Guards such as Kobe Bryant who are expected to start in the All-Stars have ushered in the strongest challengers. They can only Fighting for the second starting guard spot.

On the 4th, news spread throughout the league. The league officially approved the sale of the Knicks, and the Knicks changed hands.

The buyer is Microsoft President Ballmer, who has a net worth of tens of billions and purchased the Knicks for a whopping $820 million.

However, Madison Square Garden is still owned by the Dowland family and is not for sale.

The media commented that James Dowland made 20 times the profit in just three years. His original purchase of the Knicks is definitely worthy of praise.

After selling the team, James Dowland also breathed a sigh of relief. With this 800 million in cash, his family business can resume normal operations.

On the 5th, the Trail Blazers began a road trip to the Eastern Conference.

On the 7th, in back-to-back games, they unexpectedly lost to the Bucks on the road and suffered their fourth defeat of the season.

31 wins and 4 losses. Although it is still first in the league, the system requires that the Bulls break the 72-win record and can only lose 9 games at most. Now they have lost 5 games before the season is even halfway through. Their physical fitness will decline in the future, and they may lose. More.

In order to boost morale, he had no choice but to use the trump card he used in the Knicks and announced investment opportunities for his teammates.

This trump card was a dose of chicken blood, which made the Blazers' state explode. In the following time, they won an eight-game winning streak.

On the 22nd, there happened to be no game, and on the 23rd, we played against the Bulls at home.

It was New Year's Eve, and no family members could come over. Only the Zhao family, Lindsay, and their four sons celebrated the New Year together.

But there are still a lot of people in the family. There are hundreds of workers, security guards, assistants and staff around Lindsay. This year is still very lively.

As a first-time mother, Lindsay has returned to her original shape and is even more attractive than before.

The four sons are already five months old. They sit seven times and crawl eight times. These four boys can sit up in five months. They are all very strong. They have never had minor problems such as colds since they were born. They are in very good physical condition.

By the end of this month,

There was news from the Lakers that O'Neal had withdrawn from the All-Star Game. Zhao Dong felt that he did not want to play in the All-Star Game, so he applied for sick leave from the league through the team management.

When David Stern received this application, he suddenly felt bad. After one season, you played almost every game and took sick leave when it was your All-Star turn. Do you still have any sense of fairness? How much do you despise the All-Stars?

He did not reply to the Blazers management, but directly contacted Zhao Dong, and gave Zhao Dong a hard-hearted persuasion, asking Zhao Dong to think of the overall situation and be a role model for the entire league. In the end, Zhao Dong had no choice but to agree to play in the All-Star Game.

Zhao Dong took a step back, and the old fox Stern immediately took a step forward and said: "Feilong, do you want to participate in the dunk contest? The league is preparing to send out invitations. I hope..."

"Stop it, Mr. President, I'm too tired and need to rest. Let Vince Carter support you in the dunk contest."

Zhao Dong quickly interrupted Stern.

"All right."

Stern said a little disappointed.

Time came to February 7th, and the Trail Blazers completed their last game before the All-Star Weekend and entered the All-Star Weekend.

At this time, the Trail Blazers' record was 46 wins and 4 losses, and they had not lost a game since their last unexpected loss to the Bucks.

Except for the Trail Blazers who are still holding on, the records of the other three championship-level teams have begun to decline.

The Nets, Dayao and Duncan are all tall inside players. Now in order to protect them, the team has begun to strengthen rotation, and the record has begun to decline, losing the strength of the first half of the season.

The digital team also began to increase rotations and prepare physically for the playoffs, but its record also declined.

Lakers, Shaquille O'Neal is injured, David Robinson also has old injuries and needs rest from time to time, coupled with the instability in the locker room and the team's internal strife, so the Lakers' record is also declining, and it is the decline of three championship-level teams. The most powerful.

Of all the superstars, only Zhao Dong did not reduce his playing time a little, and his performance was still explosive. He continued to average 40+ triple-doubles per game, and the records of the three teams and the Trail Blazers began to open up.

This time last year, the Knicks were in the same situation. The media had begun to hype Zhao Dong's physical problems. It was generally believed that it would be detrimental to the playoffs. However, in the end, Zhao Dong had no physical problems after entering the playoffs, so this time No media will hype this issue anymore to prevent being slapped in the face again.

The Blazers' management and coaching staff have repeatedly talked to Zhao Dong about letting him reduce his playing time, but Zhao Dong insists on his decision. The management and coaches have no choice but to let him do that.

There are still 32 regular season games after the All-Star Game, and Zhao Dong feels that the task of breaking the 72-win mark is still very promising.

However, he also knows not to be careless. The team's rotation has begun to increase, and the main players' playing time has begun to decrease. If he is careless, he may lose the game.

Fortunately, he has no physical problems himself, and the team's substitute lineup is strong enough. Several important substitutes are capable of starting as the main force, so there should be no problem.

This time the All-Star event will be held in Washington, MIC Arena, home of the Wizards.

Starting on Saturday the 9th and ending on the 11th.

The 9th is the fan meeting, the 10th is the three-point shooting and dunk contests, and the rookie competition, and the 11th is the All-Star game.

In this All-Star Game, the head coach of the Eastern Conference is Byron Scott, the head coach of the Nets with the best record in the Eastern Conference, and the head coach of the Western Conference is Larry Bird.

Eastern All-Star starters: Yao Min, Duncan, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter

Eastern All-Star reserves: Marbury, Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson, Jerry Stackhouse, Karl Malone, Tim Hardaway, Jason Kidd

Western Conference All-Star starters: David Robinson, Chris Webber, Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Zhao Dong

Western Conference All-Star reserves: Michael Finley, Antonio McDyess, Divac, Gary Payton, Jason Williams, Alan Houston, Latrell Sprewell

O'Neal was originally the number one center in the Western Conference, but he was injured and was replaced by a general.

But that's not important. Apart from Zhao Dong, who is still the biggest focus of this year's All-Stars, there is another very big focus, and that is the fact that the media has made a statement about the league's four major shooting guards.

The so-called top four shooting guards are Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, and Vince Carter.

Needless to say, Iverson defeated Zhao Dong in his rookie season and won the Rookie of the Year award.

McGrady is now the Bulls' signature star.

Kobe Bryant, one of the Lakers' Big Three, is now the top-grossing superstar at Staples Center.

Vince Carter, whose name was made famous all over the world by the death slam, is more famous than the other three in this aspect.

For some reason, the league also launched the concept of four shooting guards in line with the media's hype.

Zhao Dong knew full well that this was an attempt by the alliance to balance his influence and attention.

But it doesn't matter to him. If he can win two consecutive championships, he will consider leaving this league, because he will no longer have any challenges in this league.

A sport without any challenge at all would be uninteresting.

His idea is to build another three-peat dynasty with the Trail Blazers before leaving.

After staying at home for two days, on the morning of the 9th, accompanied by Ringo Wells and a dozen bodyguards, he flew to Washington on a private plane given to Lindsay.

After resting in the hotel for a few hours, we went to the MIC Arena to attend the fan meeting in the evening.

On the night of the 10th, Zhao Dong went to watch the dunk contest and the rookie challenge.

He entered the arena surrounded by more than a dozen bodyguards and was undoubtedly surrounded by media and fans.

"Feilong, who do you think will win the slam dunk championship tonight?" a reporter asked.

"It can't be Kobe anyway. His dunk moves are not very creative." Zhao Dong joked casually when he saw Kobe nearby.

"Haha..." People around laughed.

Kobe was not deaf, so of course he heard it. He couldn't help but darken his face and glared at Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong did not let Kobe go and sat next to him to watch the dunk contest together.

Kobe did not participate in this dunk contest. Since he won the slam dunk championship in 1997 and was dubbed the weakest dunk champion by the media, he has no plans to participate.

In the end, the slam dunk contest championship was won by Desmond Mason of the SuperSonics. This is a forward-guard swingman with a gorgeous and entertaining style of play who relies on physical fitness to play.

Tonight, he received a lot of applause with his extraordinary dunk and won the slam dunk contest.

Zhao Dong remembers this player because this guy is a fierce guy. In the previous season of 0506, he ate two hotpots from Dayao during a regular season game between the Hornets and Mosaic, and then he broke his back in a fall. Yao is remembered by fans all over China.

Next is the rookie competition, sophomores vs. first-years.

As a result, the first graders led by Kenyon Martin were pinned to the floor and rubbed on the floor by the second graders led by Elton Brand all night long.

Dayao was originally going to participate in this game, but he was the starter for the Eastern Conference All-Stars, so naturally he did not have to play in this game.

On the night of the 11th, the Western Conference All-Star locker room.

Zhao Dong took a look at these temporary teammates. O'Neal is not here, David Robinson is old, and the Western Conference insiders will definitely not be able to compete with Yao and Duncan. Three of the four top shooting guards are in the Eastern Conference, and all of them are starters. The chance of the Western Conference winning this time is very small. .

When he was about to play, he fell behind and said to Larry Bird: "Larry, please replace me earlier. I'm tired."

Larry Bird looked surprised. Are you really tired or fake? Don't scare me. I will point to you to win the championship.

At eight o'clock, the All-Star Game begins.

Dayao and General jumped the ball and the East attacked.

Iverson played point guard against Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong was very energetic in beating Xiao Ai. This was the guy who stole the Rookie of the Year award from him. That thing only lasts once in a lifetime. If it's gone, it's gone. Even ten championships can't be exchanged for it.

"Here, answer, give me a try."

In the backcourt, standing in front of Xiao Ai, he started to provoke, trash talk + waving, which meant asking Iverson to come over.

"Suddenly."

Iverson snorted, suddenly accelerated, then slowed down and changed direction, accelerated again suddenly, and hit Zhao Dong head-on.

"Ha ha……"

The fans at the scene burst out laughing when they saw Zhao Dong being attacked.

"Uh-huh!"

There was no one to defend the first ball. Iverson drove straight into the basket and hit a layup.

Zhao Dong was ridiculed by the fans, and he pointed helplessly at his All-Star teammates and shouted: "With your defense like this, do you still want to win the championship? It's easier to pass you through a group of sieves than to cross the road in the early morning."

"You've been caught, too, and you're a sieve," Garnett countered.

"Ha ha……"

All the stars on the court burst out laughing.

The West attacks, Zhao Dong advances with the ball.

"Come on, give me a try."

He started provoking Iverson again.

Iverson snorted again. Although his defense is average, his average of 2.2 steals per game is not fake. This season, it is as high as 2.5.

"squeak!"

Seeing an opportunity, he took a step forward and stabbed the basketball that Zhao Dong was heading to the floor.

But this time, Zhao Dong was ready, quickly leaned over to pull up the ball, turned around, and directly passed Iverson cleanly and entered the frontcourt.

"oh!"

Seeing Zhao Dong beat Iverson, the fans cheered.

When he reached the top of the key, he didn't attack either. He had no desire to attack today and wanted to get a few more assists.

Magic Johnson set an All-Star single-game record with 22 assists in 1984, and he wanted to break it.

But the difficulty is not small. Although he has Stockton's organizational talent, Magic is recognized as the strongest point guard. His technique of passing the ball without looking at people is pleasing to the eye. It is an ability that he has not been able to master so far.

"Pull open, all open, you sieves, I'm going to break through." He shouted while controlling the ball at the top of the arc.

While shouting, he glanced at Kobe Bryant who was on the three-point line on the right wing. The latter realized what he was doing and immediately moved to the wing.

"Ha ha……"

This All-Star game was broadcast live on TNT. In the live commentary box, Barkley laughed happily and said: "Under Feilong's sharp sight, everyone, including his teammates, became a sieve."

At this moment, while pulling outside from the inside, Kobe suddenly accelerated and quickly cut to the basket.

When he cut into the paint area, there was no one under the basket. Dayao and Duncan were both pulled out. At this time, Zhao Dong's ball was passed in in time.

Kobe flew up after receiving the ball, and with a bang, a tomahawk dunk, the Eastern All-Star's basket was blown up.

Western Attack.

In the backcourt, Zhao Dong turned into a roadblock again, stood in front of Iverson, and shouted: "Mr. Iverson, this road belongs to me..."

"squeak!"

Iverson is an action person and is not good at trash talk. He used his strength with his feet and once again caught the distracted Zhao Dong.

"Damn it, can't you wait until I finish saying this nonsense?" Zhao Dong was too lazy to chase and walked forward slowly.

"brush!"

Garnett and David Robinson on the inside saw Zhao Dong not defending, so they didn't defend either. They stood there and allowed Iverson to drive in and hit another layup.

"Larry, get these two sieves down for me and bring up two guys who are good at shooting." Zhao Dong shouted to the sidelines dissatisfied.

"OK!"

Larry Bird, who was sitting on the bench, smiled and nodded.

He actually replaced Garnett and David Robinson and replaced them with Houston and Madman, two of Zhao Dong's former younger brothers.

David Robinson doesn't matter, it's better not to play.

Garnett couldn't bear it. I am an All-Star and I am going down after playing for only one minute. Where can I put my face?

But unwillingly, he had to leave the show depressed.

"You are also a sieve, why don't you end? You are blatantly dictatorial!" Before exiting, he shouted at Zhao Dong dissatisfied.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Garnett's aggrieved look, Zhao Dong took the lead in laughing, and the whole audience laughed.

After playing for five minutes, Zhao Dong was also replaced and put on the bench by Larry Bird. After that, he played intermittently for more than ten minutes.

Soon after, Kobe, who was the leading scorer in the Western Conference, was also replaced and sat next to Zhao Dong.

"Kobe, you don't seem to be doing well right now!" Zhao Dong said casually while watching the game.

"I'm fine," Kobe said.

"Will the Lakers collapse?" Zhao Dong asked again.

"No way, don't curse us."

Kobe almost jumped up. The Lakers were about to collapse. How could he beat Zhao Dong?

"Curse, do you think I am a wizard?" Zhao Dong said angrily.

The two chatted for a long time, and Kobe suddenly seemed hesitant to speak. Zhao Dong asked curiously: "What do you want to say?"

Kobe gritted his teeth and said, "I will get married in April, on the 18th."

Zhao Dong was startled, nodded and said, "What do you mean?"

Kobe hummed for a long time before saying, "Are you free?"

Zhao Dong laughed and said: "If I am free or not, you will know by looking at the Trail Blazers schedule. There is no way I will miss the game."

"You didn't have a game that day." Kobe suddenly said.

Zhao Dong was startled and blurted out: "Have you really seen it?"

He was really surprised. His relationship with Kobe could only be described as average, and there was no special friendship off the court. He didn't expect Kobe to want to invite him to the wedding.

Maybe it's because Kobe's relationship with the team at home is so bad now?

Kobe blushed and said, "I don't want to invite too many people, so, um, so..."

Zhao Dong didn't want to hear Kobe's "so" he went down, and said: "I can only agree to you temporarily, but it depends on the situation at the time. If nothing special happens, I will go."

"OK, thank you, Feilong."

Kobe breathed a sigh of relief, wishing he didn't refuse on the spot.

Now his situation is very bad. His parents and two sisters at home do not agree with his marriage. They are not even willing to attend his wedding and do not bless him and Vanessa. The same is true for the team, which makes him very sad.

The reason why I want to invite Zhao Dong to participate is of course because of Zhao Dong's influence and social status. If Zhao Dong attends his wedding and even gets Zhao Dong's blessing, his marriage to Vanessa will definitely go more smoothly.

When Zhao Dong fished, the West was defeated by the East and suffered a huge defeat.

With 23 points and 8 assists, Iverson won the 2001 All-Star Most Valuable Player.

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