From sparring to superstar

Chapter 160 158. The only light in the worst team (full 2200 monthly tickets plus more)

"You are the first all-star voter, why am I the one who treats you to dinner?"

"You are a senior. Seeing that a rookie from the same city was selected as the All-Star starter for the first time, shouldn't you treat me to a meal?"

Kobe rubbed his beard, pondered for a moment, and replied, "You're right."

Vivienne next to Li Ao couldn't help laughing, which attracted Kobe's attention.

Vanessa, on the other hand, is very experienced, she tilted her head and smiled, absolutely silent.

Vivian resisted the urge to continue laughing, and said, "I'm sorry, I remembered that Leo's mother said she would send us the sausages she made herself, I'm happy."

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Bryant felt he was being laughed at, but there was no proof.

Forget it, at least I found a reason to deny it.

In the evening, Kobe brought Vanessa to the memorial stadium to block the door. He predicted someone's prediction.

However, he originally wanted Li Ao, who was voted king, to treat guests to dinner, but when he arrived at the restaurant, he ate and didn't know what happened, so it became his treat.

The point is that he still thinks it makes sense, he seems to be the one who should treat the guests.

For Li Ao being voted king, he didn't have any jealousy. He was far behind the voted king, but he was quite happy, after all, Li Ao was one of his few friends.

In the eyes of others, it is not easy for him to endure Li Ao's broken mouth.

But he knew that his character was far more unacceptable than Li Ao's, and if he was another person, he would have ignored him long ago.

On the contrary, from what he learned, Li Ao is quite popular with players in the league, such as the fat guy on his team.

...

After a dinner, Li Ao and Vivienne were both in a better mood.

After the meal, I bid farewell to Kobe and Vanessa, and the two returned home, watching the news on the TV, two computers, and three devices together.

In the rookie season, he was elected as the All-Star vote king!

Before that, only Grant Hill had done it.

Neither Magic nor Jordan.

When Hill was elected as the All-Star vote leader in his rookie year, he also broke Jordan's record number of votes by the way.

Li Ao also broke the record. Coincidentally, it was Jordan's record. In the 96-97 season, Jordan got 2451136 votes, and he got 2519527 votes.

And he was also the vote leader who defeated the slam dunk king Carter.

Now major TV stations and Internet media are hyping up this matter.

Who doesn't like to be sought after, anyway, Li Ao and Vivian are very happy watching these news.

In the sports forums, this matter is also being discussed, but here there are more controversies, centering on the point of 'worthiness'.

Li Ao had expected this a long time ago, not to mention winning the vote, even if he was only selected as the starter, there would be such controversy.

When Hill won the vote in 95 and Kobe was selected as the All-Star starter in 98, it was also very controversial.

The hospital assistant aunt had a great time reading the news, and even carried Li Ao's schoolbag on her back to log in to Li Ao's trumpet to face off against black fans.

Li Ao looked at it for a while, then forcibly turned his attention away.

Some touted news is easy to drift after reading too much.

The All-Star vote king, if he is selected, he will be selected.

This will not improve his strength, but will definitely attract some veteran players to target him.

He turned on the system and looked at the 46975 achievement points in the upper right corner. This is the real thing, much more real than the All-Star ring.

When the vote queen, he gets 3 rewards.

The first round rewarded 2 achievement points, and the ticket king was awarded an additional 1.

The rookie was voted king and got a level 5 skill upgrade card.

Now that he doesn't have a level 4 skill, looking at the level 5 skill upgrade card, he drools and feels melancholy.

He wants to accumulate achievement points. In the NBA, although the achievement point rewards after winning the game have increased, the task rewards are also more.

But winning has become more difficult, and the task cannot be completed every time, so we have to plan for the offseason earlier.

This summer, he has a lot of areas that he wants to train and strengthen. The physiotherapy function of the body and training tasks all consume achievement points. With these, he can get twice the result with half the effort.

However, what if the soul draws a level 4 skill upgrade card?

'Punch Nursing Home' Exactly Level 3...Hit!Just smoke it!
He issued an instruction in his heart, the intermediate lottery draw.

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a silver-level equipment upgrade card."

Li Ao: (￣-￣)
Not bad.

"Tracey's Elbow Pad" has long wanted to be promoted. The white board bonus is +2 for jumping without dribbling and shooting. It is a hard bonus. It is very useful for him who mainly scores by catching and shooting. Useful anytime.

He used the equipment upgrade card he just got on this.

"Tracey's Elbow Pads (Silver): When jumping and shooting directly without dribbling, bounce +2, reduce the impact of shooting shots caused by pre-shooting actions, and slightly increase core strength."

Without continuing to increase the hard bonus, Li Ao was a little disappointed.

But the core strength of the catch and shoot is slightly improved, which is great and can improve the stability of shooting.

It's just... the shot-front action?
What else could there be up front on a catch-and-shoot?
Shake the invincible Hot Wheels first like in the basketball fire?

Eh!wrong!

Tracy's Elbow Pads...

Li Ao thought of the picture of McGrady bending over and stretching one leg back, grabbing the ball with one hand and stretching it to the rear right, suddenly jumping upright, taking the ball over his head and throwing it out.

He doesn't know how this forward shot will help the goal, but it's pretty cool!

He just remembered that this equipment was probably for this move.

He ended up using it as a catch-and-shoot and Shark dunk kit...

You can practice that flamboyant shooting action when you have time, and occasionally play with it when the small guard changes defense.

Look at the 5 achievement points, and then look at the level [-] skill upgrade card.

Unable to hold back, he issued another lottery drawing order and spent 1.

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a level 3 skill upgrade card."

Sure enough, it's hard to get into the soul.

But luck has been considered good.

He upgraded his defensive skill 'Stress Level 2'.

"Stress Level 3: When the host is defending one-on-one, if the height and weight are dominant, speed +3 and strength +3; The sense of defensive oppression has been greatly enhanced.

Note: The improvement effect of defensive oppression depends on the opponent's psychological quality and the reputation of the host's defensive end. "

Both 'Pressure' and 'Siege' skills are level 3. It is always right to improve the defense. No matter how good the shooting is, if you can make contributions on the defensive end, you will not play too badly.

Seeing that there were [-] achievement points left, Li Ao immediately shut down the system.

Gambling and drugs in the house are really unacceptable to anyone, it's too harmful.

He saw the appearance of the assistant aunt carrying a small schoolbag and the black fan in line, and couldn't help it. Amidst the exclamation of the other party, he started the adult game...

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The next morning, Li Ao arrived at the Staples Center ten minutes earlier, and the staff had already changed the nameplate of the home team's locker room.

He put mobile phones of different brands and models in the closets of different teammates.

Vivian bought this by the way when she took Li Ao's parents to go shopping a few days ago.

Li Ao gave purchase suggestions based on the brand and appearance of the mobile phones currently used by his teammates.

Although the winner of the vote was not confirmed at the time, the All-Star starter has long been stable.

Occasionally giving small gifts is good for improving the atmosphere in the team.

After presenting the presents, he went to practice again. After 9 o'clock, cheers came from the locker room, and he felt even better.

At noon, good news came from Schwartz—Columbia Pictures finally agreed to jointly hold the sneaker trademark.

He was elected as the All-Star vote king and became the main driving force.

AJ is also willing to spend more money because of this.

Give money and things will be easy to talk about.

However, Columbia Pictures also put forward some other requests, one of which was for Li Ao to be a guest star in a movie. He has no objection to this, and filming is quite fun, occasionally filming for two days, it is right to adjust the competition and training belt coming pressure.

Schwartz will continue to negotiate with these two parties to strive for more benefits.

There are more small money to take, Li Ao is happy, so he choose not to pay attention to this matter.

He is very clear that he can get the attention of AJ and the film producers because of his popularity, and what brings him popularity is his performance on the court.

There is one thing he regrets.

After getting the ticket queen, he also called another man with a picturesque style of playing, wanting to celebrate with him, but the other party didn't answer the phone or return.

Tonight's game, he also wanted to invite the other party to watch, but the other party still refused to answer the call.

He pretended to ask about sneakers, but the other side ignored him.

...

At 5:40 p.m., at the Staples Center, the Bulls, the Clippers' opponent tonight, entered first.

Li Ao leaned against the entrance of the player tunnel, looking at the opposite team, the most glorious team in the last decade, feeling very sad.

Since Jordan retired for the second time, this team has immediately become the worst team in the NBA, bar none.

And it is bound to be bad for a few more years. The talent of this team is not enough to support their rise.

After Jordan retired, Pippen, Steve Kerr, Rodman, Luke Longley... the main players of the second dynasty of the Bulls, except for Kukoc and Ron Harper, all others left the team, some of them were themselves Some people left, some were driven away by the Bulls general manager Crowder who had long been unable to bear this group of people.

Ron Harper and Kukoc only stayed temporarily because the contract did not expire, and were soon driven away.

When entering the new century, apart from the No. 23 jersey floating over the United Center and six championship banners, the Bulls could no longer see anything related to Jordan.

It feels like you can't wait to draw a line with Jordan.

But in the past two years, whenever the Bulls couldn't sell the tickets, they used Jordan's name to hold activities to attract fans to buy tickets. I don't know how many Jordan jerseys and used basketballs the Bulls have hoarded.

As a fan, Li Ao took this as a joke, but as a player, he always felt that it was not the case.

But he just sighed, and when the home team entered the field, he immediately cheered up.

It's time to abuse food!

In the past two seasons, the Bulls were only the last in the Eastern Conference. The Grizzlies were the last in the league in the 98-99 season, and the last in the league last season... It was Li Ao's Clippers.

This year, the Bulls have gone one step further. Currently 8 wins and 40 losses, the last place is unshakable. Even the Wizards, who have tried their best to do badly, can only compete for second with tears in their eyes.

The Clippers team is very relaxed now. Gentry didn't even conduct targeted training for the Clippers today. The offensive and defensive training sessions in the morning are all regular tactical training for the team.

It's really not that Gentry didn't want to be cautious, but that he watched two Bulls game videos, and really couldn't find a good entry point for the Bulls.

When the opponent's whole body is full of flaws, what should I do in this fight?
During the final preparation time before the game, when Li Ao, Matt Harprin, Jermaine O'Neal, and Big Q exchanged defensive cooperation, they talked about where to eat in San Francisco for the next away game...

While chatting happily, Li Ao's eyes suddenly widened.

This opponent actually came to the mission!

"Among the barren ruins, there is a growing beast hidden. He is eager to confront all the strong. Every powerful opponent is the target in his eyes... Mission: Triggered by the attack of wild beasts."

"The Beast Comes:
Goal: To score in singles under the defense of Ron Artest (including free throws when the shot is fouled).

Reward: 500 achievement points for each ball. "

“罗恩-阿泰斯特，21岁，201公分，105公斤，综合评价77……场均10.8分3板3助攻2抢断……投篮命中率39.8%，三分命中率29%……”

Li Ao looked across, and Artest was staring at him with a strong fighting spirit in his eyes.

It really is a beast lurking in the ruins!
Other Bulls players, including Elton Brand, who averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, had numb expressions, giving the impression that they wanted to finish the game quickly and go home from get off work.

Only this one still has the brilliance of winning in his eyes!
(End of this chapter)