warrior godfather

Chapter 185 Derek, what's delicious in Chicago?

Arlington, Texas.

This small city located 32 kilometers west of Dallas has become the focus of attention in the United States in recent days. Countless tourists have flocked to this quiet city in just a few days. Fortunately, not far north of Arlington is the busiest city in the world. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, one of the few places in the city, has a huge daily flow of people, and the public transportation system has been tested for a long time, otherwise the sudden increase in the flow of people will definitely paralyze the public transportation of the small town.

The tourists who come to Arlington all have one thing in common. They either wear the jerseys of Kobe, James, and Wade, or wear the basketball shoes of Air Jordan and Nike. On them, there will always be something related to basketball. s things.

There is only one reason for these fans to come to Arlington - the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend will be held in Arlington!

This is the last All-Star Weekend in the first decade of the 21st century and the first All-Star Weekend in the second decade of the 21st century. The All-Star has become the most gorgeous All-Star Game, and fans are looking forward to it.

In the previous All-Star voting, James became the current All-Star vote king with 255 million votes, followed by Kobe with 245 million votes, ranking second.

This is the second time that James has become the top voter after the 2007 All-Star Game, and the Cavaliers are currently making strides all the way, ranking first in the league. Many people think this is a signal, a signal that a new era is about to start.

In his seventh season, Jordan won his first championship and started his first three-peat tour, and this year is also James' seventh season in the league. This is just a coincidence, or a kind of What about inheritance?Many people are keen on this legendary thing, especially James fans. They firmly believe that this year belongs to James.

This year, James' data has changed from 28.4 points, 7.2 assists and 7.6 rebounds last season to 27.5 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds. Although his scoring has dropped slightly, he is more comprehensive and luxurious.

The Cavaliers' record has also gone a step further, and they are the number one favorite to win the championship. James has almost monopolized the best of the week in the East since the first week. In the bag, showing a terrifying dominance, the possibility of winning the MVP has greatly increased.

The media is already overwhelmingly building momentum for James. As long as the Cavaliers' record does not drop significantly after the All-Stars, the MVP will definitely be in his pocket. Not only that, everyone is waiting for James to dominate the regular season and kill in the playoffs In the four directions, the real king will rule the world and ascend the throne as the king.

Many Cavaliers fans have already thanked Zhang Yu on the Internet for sending Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson to the Cavaliers. Both of them performed very well in the Cavaliers, and they are important contributors to the Cavaliers being able to rank first in the league.

They are not eccentric. Although the Warriors won a game against the Cavaliers, there is no competition between the Warriors and the Cavaliers, and it will not affect the Cavaliers' championship. Most of the Cavaliers fans are ridiculed, and there is very little sarcasm, but it still arouses the attention of Warriors fans. dissatisfied, the two sides frequently face-to-face online.

Many Warriors fans also began to complain about Zhang Yu's operations. Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson played so well. Why did they trade them for a bunch of late first-round picks?
Can't Coach Z see it? As long as James stays in Cleveland for one day, the Cavaliers will be a powerful team. This deal is really a loser.

But Zhang Yu ignored these remarks at all. In addition, the Warriors have a good record and have been in the Western Conference playoffs. This kind of controversy lasted for a while, and it disappeared. It's because no one pays attention to this offseason deal.

This time the All-Stars are huge, and the Warriors have also become one of the focuses. Curry won 223 million votes. He participated in the All-Stars for the first time in his career and became the starting guard of the Western All-Stars!

In addition, he also signed up for the three-point contest, the skills contest, and participated in the rookie challenge with Butler and Matthews. Curry also became the busiest player in this All-Star Game in one fell swoop.

It is a matter of course that Curry can become an All-Star starter. Halfway through the game, his statistics are 25.4 points, 7.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds. The Warriors rank sixth in the Western Conference and have always been in the ranks of the playoffs.

Moreover, if Yao Ming does not play this year, Yi Jianlian is not eligible to vote at all. Huaxia fans voted a large number of All-Star votes for Curry, and lifted him into the All-Star starting lineup in one fell swoop.

This is also the first time in 15 years for the Warriors. After the "madman" Sprewell in 1995, another player was selected as an All-Star starter. Many Warriors fans traveled thousands of miles to Arlington, wanting to see Curry The demeanor at the All-Star Weekend.

It is a pity that Kobe suffered an injury not long ago and was unable to play in the All-Star Game. Nash will replace him as the starter of the Western Conference All-Star.

In this way, the starting lineup of the Western All-Stars is Curry, Nash, Stoudemire, Anthony, and Duncan. Among them, Curry is the youngest, but he has won the most votes.

The All-Star starters in the Eastern Conference are composed of James, Wade, Howard, Garnett and Joe Johnson. Among them, Joe Johnson also replaced the injured Iverson as the starting guard.

The four major shooting guards in the past have become different today. Except for Kobe who is still a superstar, the other three are not as brave as they used to be. A new generation replaces the old. The NBA has come to an inflection point. The old era is slowly changing. The curtain is ending, and a new era is slowly rising, and because of Zhang Yu's arrival, the NBA is bound to undergo changes beyond everyone's imagination in the next ten years!
……

2 month 13 day.

Zhang Yu lazily got up from the bed at nine o'clock, did not get up, just lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

While he doesn't have any official All-Star events to attend, he's in Arlington for All-Star Weekend.

In his previous life, he was like watching the All-Star game live. In the past two years, he was busy with the Bulldog game and had no time to come to the All-Star game. This year, he finally had time, and of course he would not miss it.

He dressed and washed leisurely, walked out of the hotel, and came to another hotel across the street - this is the place where the league prepares for the players selected for the All-Stars, and the entire hotel is fully booked.

Although Zhang Yu was not invited by the league to participate in the All-Star, it is reasonable to say that he is not qualified to enter this hotel, but it is impossible for anyone who works in the NBA not to know that this is the youngest and only Chinese head coach in the league. successfully mixed in.

Zhang Yu was not in a hurry, he walked slowly with his hands behind his back, his eyes glanced around, and he saw Nowitzki who was about to go out at a glance.

He smiled and said hello:
"Hello, Dirk, what a coincidence, are you going to play?"

Nowitzki froze for a moment before laughing:
"Good morning, Coach Z, I have an event to attend."

"I forgot, you are the host."

Nowitzki shook his head helplessly:

"I just finished the game the day before yesterday, and I attended two events yesterday. I'm really tired..."

Listening to Nowitzki's complaints, Zhang Yu nodded understandingly. After the Warriors played the Thunder, the last two games before the All-Star Game were against the Mavericks and the Clippers. They scored one win and one loss, and lost to Lost the Mavericks, won the Clippers.

In the game against the Mavericks, Chandler did not have the dominance of dominating the basket in the previous game against the Thunder. Carlisle put on a lineup with Nowitzki as the center and moved Chandler away from the basket. , launched an attack against the Warriors' restricted area, and succeeded repeatedly.

Zhang Yu tried to change the matchup, but Nowitzki's post-back skills became more and more proficient. Neither Varejao nor Butler was his one-on-one enemy. Only Chandler could slightly restrict him. Zhang Yu had no choice but to Let Chandler accompany Nowitzki to smoke outside the three-point line.

In the end, the Mavericks won the game with a score of 104:94, achieving a two-game winning streak against the Warriors.

After losing to the Mavericks, the Warriors narrowly defeated the Clippers at home 114:110. In this game, Baron Davis played very well, scoring 21 points and 8 assists, revitalizing the Clippers' offense. Chris Kaman made a precise mid-range shot and scored a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds, almost overturning the Warriors.

Fortunately, Curry played well, made 15 of 7 three-pointers, scored 34 points and 8 assists, and hit a key three-pointer in the last minute, allowing the Warriors to pass the risk.

Chandler scored 15 points, 10 rebounds and 9 points and 6 rebounds in these two games respectively. The data looks good, but there have been many missed players on the defensive end.

He still doesn't get along well with the team, he hasn't integrated into the Warriors' tactical system, and the center is the defensive pillar of a team. Chandler's poor communication with his teammates will inevitably lead to loopholes in the Warriors' defense .

His performance against the Thunder is so good, purely because Westbrook is too tough, and Kidd and Baron Davis are old fritters, looking for loopholes in the Warriors' defense, making Chandler exhausted.

But this is just a small problem. Zhang Yu believes that with Chandler's defensive ability, he can perfectly integrate into the Warriors' offensive and defensive system after a period of time. By then, the Warriors' strength will rise to a higher level. It's just a painful period right now.

After the two fierce battles, the entire Warriors team was physically and mentally exhausted. Fortunately, there is still the All-Star holiday for rest, but Nowitzki has to participate in many business activities. Zhang Yu can fully understand his complaints.

The two chatted for a few more words, Nowitzki was eager to participate in the event, and left. Zhang Yu wandered around in the hotel, met a few stars, chatted with them, and saw that from the restaurant Curry, Butler and Matthews walked out.

After the three met, Curry started as an All-Star and went to participate in community care activities, while Zhang Yu, Butler, and Matthews walked around Arlington.

In this All-Star game, Zhang Yu regained the feeling of being a fan. He didn’t need to think about tactics, and he didn’t need to watch game videos. He bought what he saw and played what he wanted. The three of them played in the center of Arlington. I bought a lot of souvenirs all morning. Although I sweated a lot, I got a great mental relaxation. This is much easier than the training volume of the Warriors in a day.

In the afternoon, Butler and Matthews went to training to prepare for the rookie challenge in the evening, while Zhang Yu continued shopping alone.

Zhang Yu actually doesn't like shopping, but when a street is full of NBA-related souvenirs, as a fan, it is difficult for him to control his desire to shop.

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhang Yu came to the Cowboys Stadium to watch the Rookie Challenge.

This arena, which has just been put into use, is the home of the Dallas Cowboys and the latest and largest stadium in the NFL. It is full of technology and can accommodate more than 10 spectators.

Tonight is only the Rookie Challenge, so naturally the audience will not be full, but there are more than [-] spectators entering the stadium to watch the game, the crowd is full of voices, and the cheerful atmosphere permeates the audience.

This year's rookie game is very eye-catching. In the second-year team, Rose, Westbrook, Love, Beasley and Gasol Jr. are all outstanding players. The explosive style of Rose and Westbrook is particularly attractive.

In the first-year team, Curry is needless to say. He is the only All-Star starter who participated in the rookie game. Evans also performed very well in the first half of the season, scoring 20.6 points, 5.7 assists and 5.6 rebounds. , and Jennings who scored 50+ in a single game.

Many people think that this is the closest rookie game in the past few years.

The process of this game did not live up to people's expectations, it was very exciting.

Although both Curry and Rose are putting in effort for tomorrow's All-Star Game, the paddling is very obvious, but the first-year team led by Evans launched a fierce confrontation with the second-year team headed by Westbrook.

In the first half, Evans was very versatile. He was able to tear through the defense of the second-year team through sharp breakthroughs, and he could also use the pass to organize the team's offense in an orderly manner, leading the first-year team to suppress the second-year team. Got 8 assists.

Curry, on the other hand, played the role of a spot-up shooter, waiting outside the three-point line to shoot. He didn't make much effort, but at the end of the first quarter, he made a logo three-pointer at the buzzer, which aroused the cheers of the audience. .

In the second half, the situation changed suddenly. Westbrook, who had only scored 11 points in the first two quarters, suddenly turned on the runaway mode and resolutely attacked the basket.

In this state, Westbrook is almost unstoppable. He scored consecutively, helped the second-year team recover the point difference, and even had the potential to overtake in one fell swoop.

But Evans deserves the title of "Little James". He and Westbrook started a confrontation. Harden and Jennings were not to be outdone, and frequently succeeded outside the three-point line, firmly holding the advantage.

And Curry and Rose passed ashtrays to each other in the bottom corner with a tacit understanding. They were very harmonious with each other and even chatted a few words.

"Derek, what is there to eat in Chicago? I was in a hurry last time, so I can only stay in the hotel for lunch."

"The next time I win, I'll treat you to dinner."

"What if I win?"

"Hehe, then don't think about it."

(End of this chapter)