Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 147 What Can You Do To Me, Brother Pig?

"I announce that the No. 46 talented rookie of the Cavaliers, Wu Di, was elected as the champion of this dunk contest with 81% of the votes..."

Kenny Smith's voice came from the TV.

LeBron James sat on the edge of the bed, took a sip of the red wine in his hand, and stared at the TV screen in a daze.

81% of the votes!

81%!

If he remembers correctly, this should be the highest rate of votes for the Slam Dunk King after the league changed the final rules of the slam dunk contest to audience voting in 08!
Last year, the three-time slam dunk champion of 1 meters, "Little Potato" Nate Robinson won the slam dunk contest with a back dunk...

Of course, the vote rate was only a poor 51%.

And this year, not only McGee, who is "full of talent from the neck down," set a Guinness record with 3 dunks, but also Griffin's flying car dunk that caught the eye with both creativity and gimmicks.

But Wu Di still undisputedly won the slam dunk contest with 81% of the votes!

Lao Zhan was lying down to watch, but Wu Di's "crossing" dunk made him stand up, and when the flying car dunk came out, he was so scared that he sat on the bed again.

Fortunately, fortunately, he slipped away early at the end of the three-point contest and slipped back to the hotel early.

If he doesn't slip away, he will be embarrassed if he is caught by the reporter!
As a well-known dunker in the league, Lao Zhan is now in his seventh season in the NBA, but he has never participated in the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.

The only slam dunk contest he ever participated in was the McDonald's All-American Slam Dunk Contest in high school.

Although he defeated Shannon Brown in that game and won the championship, but now the video of the game is unbearable to watch.

His dunk is obviously different from Shannon Brown's Statue of Liberty dunk, but because he is the spokesperson of McDonald's, he is still the champion.

But in the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, he didn't have this kind of treatment.

On the one hand, his body flexibility is average, and he needs extra training to perform gorgeous turns like Wu Di and Griffin.

On the other hand, he can't accept failure, especially in a game like the dunk contest that can't be thrown away.

He can blame his teammates, coaches, and lineup for his losses in the regular season and playoffs, but not in the slam dunk contest...

Once such a single-person project fails, it will cause immeasurable damage to his commercial value.

He is the "emperor" after all, and the emperor cannot fail!
Napoleon won so many times, but lost once at Waterloo, which caused the dynasty to fall apart!
He's not stupid, why would he take the risk to participate in such a thankless competition?
And his rhetoric is perfect, he is a real dunker, there is no need to participate in a performance game like the dunk contest to prove himself.

Just like Nate Robinson, the three-time slam dunk champion has a fart, and his actual dunks in his career are not even a fraction of him.

But Wu Di is different, Wu Di has a lot of actual dunks...

This directly challenged his rhetoric. I am afraid that he will have to deal with many people asking him to participate in the slam dunk contest and compete with Wu Di...

"What's the difference between this and killing me!"

The more Lao Zhan thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. He changed a news station, but he heard the news that the host interrupted the news that Wu Di became the first player to win both the three-pointer contest and the slam dunk contest.

Another channel, the talk show actor is saying that the NBA slam dunk contest broke the ratings...

Another channel was changed, and a female guest on a variety show dating show was saying that she wanted to find a boyfriend like Wu Di...

He got angry and turned off the TV directly, but he heard someone outside the hotel cheering Wu Di to become the slam dunk king!
He wanted to call the hotel front desk to complain, but when he leaned over the window, even the hotel staff cheered!
"Damn it, I don't believe in this evil anymore!"

Lao Zhan was furious, he had to find some fun to relieve his emotions, but Wu Di could not appear.

Before, he would dive and surf the Internet like Durant, but now he dare not look at his mobile phone, or even connect to the hotel's free wifi.

Because once connected to the Internet, there will definitely be a bunch of news about Wu Di indiscriminately bombarding him.

With an idea, he still turned on the TV, and then switched to the paid adult channel with lightning speed.

But scrolling news appeared on the screen:

"To celebrate Wu Di's becoming the new dunk king and pay tribute to Wu Di's great "leapfrogging" dunk, today all multiplayer videos on this station are free on demand..."

"Gift crab!"

Lao Zhan feels that he is a bit emo, and he watched emo on adult channels...

On February 2th, the last day of the All-Star Game, the All-Star Game came on stage.

"A talent prospecting show from Ohio State, participated in the All-Star for the first time, No. 46 who won the double championship of the three-pointer contest and the slam dunk contest, the emperor of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu~Di!"

Accompanied by the passionate voice of the live DJ shouting mics and playing music with the live band, Wu Di wore the all-star jacket that represented his identity and slowly walked onto the stage, enjoying the cheers of the fans.

Because of the crazy performance last night, the cheers when he came out were louder than the cheers of the previous All-Star players!
"Slam dunk artist!"

"Science professor!"

"The God of Dunk..."

There were also various new nicknames that he had just acquired, but they were not unified yet, and the shouting was very lively.

"I like the nickname dunk artist!"

Wu Di laughed and said, the professor has already been called. The dunk god sounds weird, as if he can only dunk.

Dunk Artist (Dunk Artist), the name is catchy, yet compelling, and the name has not been repeated before, which is very good!
"Slam dunk artist!"

"Slam dunk artist!"

"Slam dunk artist!"

Seeing Wu Di's approval, the fans started shouting in unison. Wu Di blew a kiss and walked off the stage.

"The Chosen One from Akron, Ohio, Seven-time All-Star starter, Two-time regular season MVP, No.23, Miami Heat, LeBron James!"

The corner of Lao Zhan’s mouth twitched, damn it, the DJ’s enthusiasm when he pronounced his name was far from when he just pronounced Wu Di, and even the cheers from the audience were much lower...

He squeezed out a smile and performed an awkward dance of twisting his buttocks to mobilize the atmosphere of the scene, but the movement was similar to Wu Di's just now.

The corners of Lao Zhan's mouth twitched even more.

At the end of the starting ceremony, Lao Zhan took out a can of magnesium powder and sprinkled it on the hands of Howard, Wade, and Rose.

The four starters played the activity of raising magnesium powder at the same time, and the atmosphere of the scene was instantly lifted.

Four missing one, Lao Zhan obviously ignored Wu Di on purpose.

Wu Di didn't think there was anything wrong with it. If Lao Zhan came to him, he would be asking for trouble.

But this time the Eastern All-Star head coach, Celtics coach Doug Rivers, joked:
"Hey, Huaxia boy, why don't you fit in?"

Wu Di looked at him with a smile on his face, then looked at the group of Eastern substitutes beside him and replied:
"Not gregarious? Mr. Coach, there seem to be more people here?"

Rivers laughed like a pig's head, he felt that Wu Di was laughing at them that the Celtics didn't have a starter!
This All-Star, in the eyes of the outside world, the Celtics can be said to be full of cards.

Four of Garnett, Ray Allen, Pierce, and Rondo were selected, plus Rivers is the Eastern All-Star coach, which is equivalent to a five-man All-Star. It sounds like a big deal.

But looking at the identities of the four players, none of them are starters, they are all substitutes.

And Wu Di also ruined Pierce's plan to win the three-point shot contest yesterday, which is even more embarrassing...

He laughed more and more horribly, the creases on his face could not be contained, and then he saw that at the beginning of the game, Wu Di received a pass from Rose and hit a dry three-pointer against Durant's block .

Wu Di and Ross clapped hands, and the two most popular supernovas in the past two years joined hands. This scene made the audience of Staples instantly happy.

"belch!"

Rivers wiped his face, his eyebrows furrowed indiscernibly.

He originally thought that Wu Di's height and wingspan were an illusion, but Wu Di's jump shot that shot Durant in the face made him startled.

Wu Di has definitely grown taller, and his arm span has also become longer!

Otherwise, Durant will definitely catch it!
Although it is an All-Star game that is biased towards performances, Rivers can feel that Durant's block just now did not stop.

After all, Wu Di is only a rookie, and it would be embarrassing to be shot in the face by a rookie, but Durant didn't take it seriously.

On the one hand, it's because Wu Di's shot is too fast and too ghostly. On the other hand, Wu Di's height and wingspan have both improved, leaving Durant with a fleeting time window for blocking shots.

"Fortunately, the alliance banned that damn pace!"

Rivers silently praised the person who came up with this idea.

With Wu Di's current static talent, coupled with that magic-like pace, and the touch like a three-point contest...

It is simply an enhanced version of Durant!

No, Wu Di is an enhanced version of Durant!
Although Wu Di's scoring average per game has dropped recently to 33.6 points, it is still 27.7 points higher than Durant's 5.9 points!
You must know that Durant was the league's scoring leader last year!

This made Rivers very headache. Now the Celtics have only one more win than the Cavaliers, and their third position may not be guaranteed.

When the Cavaliers ranked higher than the Magic before, he still taunted Van Gundy in front of reporters that he was nothing, and he was surpassed by a rebuilding team like the Cavaliers.

After all, the Celtics played against the Cavaliers this season. The Celtics won a big victory. He would not let go of such a good opportunity to hold the cup.

But in a blink of an eye, the Cavaliers are about to step on the Celtics...

This is outrageous.

But fortunately, after the end of the All-Star game, the Celtics will soon be able to play against the Cavaliers at home. After one win and one loss, they should be able to breathe.

"Wow!"

Rivers' thoughts were pulled back by the cheers of the audience. The current score is 11-10, and the Eastern team leads by 1 point, but with Kobe's mid-range shot, the Western team completed the overtake!
"OMG! At this distance, Howard wouldn't want to shoot a 3-pointer, would he?"

With the funny dubbing by the live DJ, Howard smiled and threw the ball at the top of the arc. After all, it was the All-Star game, and everyone on the court started to do some tricks.

Bang!
The ball hit the backboard heavily, Wu Di seized the opportunity to catch the backboard, and then pretended to throw the ball, tricked Durant up and threw it to Wade!
Facing Paul, Wade made a 360-degree turn and scored a layup after making a stray step. While earning 2 points for the East, he also provided an assist for Wu Di.

He pointed to Wu Di as a response. After the two regular games, the relationship between the two showed signs of loosening.

Lao Zhan saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. In the next round, he seized the opportunity to slap Melon Anthony's jumper away. Under Melon's bewildered little eyes, he completed the tomahawk dunk in one go!

"Brown, what a cool hat!?"

Anthony's tone was not good. He was basically defenseless in front of Lao Zhan just now, but Lao Zhan suddenly blocked him. The cheers of the audience made him feel very embarrassed.

"Hahaha, I'll give you one back later! You know, the audience likes to watch this kind of plot!"

Lao Zhan covered his mouth with his hands and smiled.

Only then did Anthony suddenly realize, oh, so it turns out, it's still Brown who understands!

Kobe, who was passing by the two, rolled his eyes when he heard the words. Now that the West is behind by 3 points, he still has the mood to act!
Today is the home game of the West!

He must lead the West to victory!
He wanted to get the ball, and once again carried Wade to hit a post-up single.

When the Eastern team changed to attack, Wade served the ball and pointed towards the sky. Lao Zhan, who was in the backcourt, saw the signal and thought that Wade wanted to initiate the James-Way connection, so he turned around and ran to the frontcourt.

However, when he turned around, the scene in front of him almost blew him up. He saw Wu Di receiving the ball steadily in front of him, and then turned around 360 degrees with a big windmill to score!

The auditorium exploded in an instant. They had seen Jane Wei's connection, but it was the first time they had seen Di Wei's connection!

And looking at the effect, why does it seem like it has been specially practiced, smoother than Jane Wei's connection?

"Damn it, Dwyane definitely did it on purpose!"

Lao Zhan cursed secretly in his heart, he felt that Wade was specifically provoking him, and the Heat had Wu Di before he came.

Riley, who is far away in Miami, has the same idea as Lao Zhan.

He never admitted that trading Wu Di was a mistake from the beginning to the end. When Wade persuaded him, he instead made a decision to break Wu Di and Wade.

But the cooperation between Wu Di and Wade just now was a bit of a slap in the face.

"How about helping Le Brown to take over?"

Riley pouted, he suddenly had an idea to let LeBron replace Wade as the boss of the team. After all, LeBron and his interests are more in line...

And with his training of LeBron in recent months, LeBron has begun to call him godfather, as for Wade, he has never called him...

The two sides played back and forth on the field, but the overall strength of the West is still weaker than that of the East. Duncan has a small leg injury and is not in good condition.

beep!
Seeing that the state of the field was not good, Popovich, the head coach of the Western Team, called a timeout.

However, it gave Rivers the opportunity to replace Wu Di.

Wu Di couldn't say anything, so he had to obey the arrangement and sit on the bench.

But one sitting is two quarters of game time...

"Coach, I haven't played 10 minutes!"

Wu Di stared at Rivers and said that he was an All-Star starter, but the third quarter passed immediately. He only played 8 minutes in the first quarter, which was shorter than the injured Duncan.

This seriously undermined his plan to win the AMVP. Now that Kobe has almost 30 points, he only scored 8 points, and the gap is getting bigger and bigger.

"Hehe, you kid, didn't you say you liked staying with the substitute at the beginning! Why, you don't want to now?"

Rivers sneered, crossing his hands on his chest, with a look of "you can fuck me with Brother Pig".

Wu Di stared at him, making Rivers feel terrified.

But Rivers still didn't let go and let Wu Di play. After all, the Eastern Conference still led by a big score of 102-96. In this way, when the Eastern Conference wins, he will not be troubled by reporters after the game.

Wu Di had no choice but to return to his seat with a cold snort.

Without Wu Di's influence, the script of the competition is developing towards the process of the previous life.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Kobe suddenly exerted all his strength on both offense and defense, scoring 1 points in a row in one minute, and then grabbed two key offensive rebounds, leading the West to establish an advantage and finally win.

In the end, Kobe won the All-Star MVP trophy!
Wu Di lost at least 700 W!

"Coach Rivers, Wu Di's touch is so good in this game, why did you only let him play for a while?"

"Mr. Coach, can you tell us about your employment strategy for this game? Eastern fans want to know the reason for the loss!"

"The All-Stars started, but they only played for 8 minutes. You are not suppressing Wu Di, are you..."

After the game, Rivers faced a group of reporters making things difficult, his forehead began to sweat, but he still squeezed a smile and said:
"Uh ha ha... Both sides played very well in this game... We were leading most of the time, but in the end Kobe felt so good..."

On the flight back to Cleveland, Wu Di watched Rivers' interview video and decisively put the account on him:

"March 3rd is the game against the Celtics, very good, just wait to be abused!"

As soon as the market opens tomorrow, he can directly sell the shares of Under Armour, and then raise a big one!

(End of this chapter)