Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 407 New Account Development
On the plane, Tatum, Mitchell and others sat in the front and chatted happily, while Hansen sat in the back row and talked with Atkinson about Charlotte's future arrangements.

In addition to some activities from sponsors, Atkinson also arranged a yacht party for him.

This is a standard marketing activity for American celebrities. If you pay for a yacht ticket, you can meet the celebrity privately, and if you pay more, you can communicate with the celebrity up close.

Usually the purpose of such activities is to make money, but Hansen's event is a little special this time because all profits from this event will be donated to a local charity in Charlotte to help disabled children.

Obviously, this is an activity to enhance Han Sen's personal image.

Hansen doesn’t focus on his own persona, but Atkinson has built a good image for him off the court over the years.

These played a positive role in Hansen's commercialization, so Hansen did not resist.

After talking to Atkinson, Hansen asked him to call Tatum to his side.

"What do you think about the rookie game?" Ever since Tatum started playing with determination on the court, Hansen has paid more attention to him than before.

Tatum shook his head, and it was obvious that he had no strong desire for this kind of game.

"Do you know why Donovan wants to participate in so many events?" Han Sen asked.

"He can't sit still." Tatum knows a little about Mitchell.

However, Han Sen shook his head and said, "You know there are more than 500 players in the league. If you want to stand out, you need to seize every opportunity."

After all, the NBA is a commercial league, and the league also creates stars every year, but such resources are limited.

Han Sen's meaning was very clear. If you don't take the initiative to fight for it, why would the alliance give you that kind of resource?

"I didn't think too much about it. I just wanted to play well and not hold the team back." Tatum scratched his head.

Hansen looked at Tatum and laughed after a long moment.

For a player who regards James as his childhood idol to say such things, there is an inexplicable sense of incongruity, just like the photo he saw.

You have to know that James is a well-known businessman in the league. For James, basketball is just a tool for him to gain popularity, and he uses this popularity to create his own business empire.

This is why he has a close relationship with Jay-Z, who is also a well-known music businessman. He makes millions of dollars from selling music, but he has also built a series of personal brands through his popularity and is worth over 100 million.

However, Hansen knew that Tatum was telling the truth, because Tatum did spend most of his time on the court. In this respect, he was closer to Kobe.

"Jason, determination can help you perform better on the court, but you also need to make your opponents afraid of you and show aggression."

Tatum was stunned by Hansen's words. After experiencing the "Determination" incident, he knew that Hansen was right, but he didn't know what the connection was between aggressiveness and the rookie game.

"Go try to win the MVP of the Rookie Game!" Han Sen did not explain, but made a request to Tatum.

Tatum was puzzled, but nodded.

The Rising Stars Game is on the first day of the All-Star Weekend.

It didn't attract much attention, and the venue wasn't the main competition venue, so when Han Sen showed up it caused a huge commotion.

Of course, it also makes the players on the field extremely excited.

As Han Sen played longer in the league, the younger players who appeared on the court admired him more and more.

Just like Kobe and others watched Jordan back then, many of them also grew up watching Han Sen play basketball.

This year's Rookie Game is in the format of the World Team VS the United States Team. The World Team is led by Simmons and Doncic, while the United States Team is led by Mitchell and Tatum.

An interesting point is that the head coach of the US team is Irving, while the head coach of the World Team is Jokic.

Irving's dissatisfaction with the Cavaliers was largely due to Jokic. The league knows what a topic is.

But judging from Jokic's "willing" expression, he probably has no interest in this kind of game, and doesn't want to work overtime.

On the contrary, Irving on the opposite side looked very excited, as if he had finally found an opportunity to prove himself.

After the game started, the first person to perform well was unexpectedly Kuzma from the US team.

He scored 14 points in the first quarter, the most in the game.

Kuzma's ability is obviously not the strongest on the US team, but in this kind of exhibition game, in addition to the touch, the aura is also important.

Kuzma is a well-known troubadour in the league. He really dares to fight and ask for the ball.

Hansen couldn't help but look at Tatum. If Tatum had the same personality as Kuzma, he wouldn't have to say those words.

The US team was obviously stronger than the international team. At the end of the first half, they led 83 to 71.

Mitchell scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Tatum scored 14 points. Both of them played well.

However, the popular Doncic of the World Team did not perform well in the local environment and only scored 5 points in the first half.

However, in the second half, it was Doncic who took the lead. He made two three-pointers as soon as he came back in the second half. Under his leadership, the World Team quickly equalized the score.

The situation on the field suddenly changed. The players on the US team, including Kuzma who performed well in the first half, were somewhat hesitant to shoot.

It was at this time that Tatum stood up. He used a three-pointer and a dunk to stabilize the situation for the US team, and then teamed up with Mitchell to play a 6-0 wave to widen the score again.

Han Sen couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

Tatum and Doncic are likely to become lifelong enemies in the future.

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When the game was over, Tatum walked up to Hansen with a hint of guilt on his face: "I didn't get it."

Han Sen smiled and patted Tatum on the shoulder: "I have seen what I wanted to see."

What’s important is not whether Tatum can really win the MVP, but the aggressiveness or murderousness that Tatum showed in the third quarter. That’s what Hansen wants to see.

That night, Hansen went to the yacht party arranged for him by Atkinson.

Han Sen behaved very professionally. Although he didn't like this kind of party, he still did everything he was supposed to say and do.

What he didn't expect was that when the party was about to end, an uninvited guest showed up.

When Jordan entered the room, the people in the room were excited.

It’s not that Jordan’s influence is greater than Hansen’s, but they spent the same amount of money and actually met two basketball gods.

Han Sen also looked at Atkinson in surprise, only to find that the latter was also surprised.

Obviously this was not planned.

However, after turning around, Han Sen stood up and took the initiative to hug and greet Jordan.

In a sense, Jordan's appearance was actually to support him.

And Jordan later confirmed this.

Jordan paid for his ticket and boarded the yacht for a simple reason. Hansen's donation was to a local charity in Charlotte, which was also a way to add luster to this All-Star Game. He had no reason not to come and support the event. After the event was over, Hansen and Jordan went to the top floor of the yacht to chat for a while.

The first meeting between the two can be traced back to Hansen's tryout with the Hornets. At that time, Jordan was unwilling to admit his age and tried out Hansen himself, but ended up having two ribs broken by Hansen.

After that, the two did not have much private interaction. After all, Hansen focused on the court as a player, while Jordan focused on the business world as a boss.

A few years ago, Hansen clamored to surpass Jordan, and then Nike and UA had a war, and it was even more unlikely that the two would have any intersection.

However, Hansen has been catching up with Jordan in terms of honors over the years, until he finally surpassed him, so the two did not feel strange when chatting with each other.

"I see you've invested a lot in business this year. Are you planning to do something big after retirement?" Jordan leaned against the fence, habitually holding a cigar in his mouth.

"Are you going to cooperate with me to make money?" Han Sen didn't know much about business, but he had experienced a lot this year and had more ideas.

You know what, if he and Jordan work together on a project, there is a high possibility that it will succeed with the added bonus of traffic.

Jordan shook his head and said that AJ was a subsidiary of Nike and it was not suitable for them to cooperate.

But Jordan suddenly remembered something: "I do have a project. They asked me for it, but I'm not interested. I can recommend it to you if you need it."

"What kind of thing?" Han Sen didn't expect Jordan to be serious.

"Esports, you know I'm an old guy, maybe a young guy like you would have some ideas."

"I'm interested." Han Sen extended his hand.

He didn't intend to be polite. He had never thought about e-sports before and had no chance to get involved, but if Jordan really had it, it would help him accumulate a lot of wealth.

As a time traveler, he knew that the e-sports industry was about to experience a period of explosive growth.

Jordan put the cigar back in his mouth, took out his wallet, flipped through it, and handed Hansen a business card.

Han Sen picked up the business card and looked at it. It was from a company called aXiomatic Gaming, but he didn't have much impression of it.

But this is also another option. Han Sen joked, "If you are interested in the future, I can let you join. It is the tradition of Dongda people to remember the well digger when drinking water."

Jordan just shook his head. If he was interested, he would not give it to Hansen.

After the yacht party, Hansen immediately asked Atkinson to contact the person on the business card.

It wouldn't matter if they didn't make contact, but once they did, Han Sen was really shocked.

Because this is an investment involving hundreds of millions of projects.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Hansen can earn hundreds of millions. Instead, he needs to invest money because it is financing and he needs to invest more than 2000 million US dollars.

It's no wonder that Jordan said he was not interested, because this is essentially a risky investment.

However, the benefits of Hansen's time travel were realized. When he learned that aXiomatic Gaming acquired Team Liquid two years ago, he knew that this investment was a sure win.

Even though Han Sen didn’t pay much attention to e-sports before his rebirth, he knew that among the global e-sports clubs, TL was one of the top three clubs that could be ranked among them for a long time.

It seems that Jordan really helped him a lot this time.

In other words, Wilkins helped him a lot with this yacht party.

People still need to maintain a kind heart.

The second day of the All-Star Weekend is for individual events. This year's three-point contest and dunk contest are both very interesting.

However, it was the skills challenge that first reached its climax.

Tatum eliminated Hansen's two former teammates Mike Conley and Jokic in succession and advanced to the finals. In the final competition with Doncic, he was always behind, but he threw a mid-court three-pointer before Doncic, and that three-pointer was thrown in so magically.

This made Han Sen, who was sitting on the sidelines, excited.

There was a lot of luck involved in this shot, but the moment Tatum shot from midfield was not only full of determination but also murderous intent.

This account may have really been established!
Tatum also seemed very excited after seeing the ball go in, and when he celebrated, he immediately ran to the sidelines and high-fived Hansen.

At the subsequent award ceremony, Tatum also excitedly raised the trophy.

Although this kind of championship does not have much value, it is priceless to Tatum in a way because he truly feels the change in himself.

Now that he dares to shoot from midfield in the All-Star Game, he will dare to shoot the buzzer-beater in a formal game next time!

After the skills challenge, the highly anticipated three-point contest will follow.

In fact, not only Curry but also Curry's younger brother Seth participated in the three-point shooting contest.

This made Han Sen feel very involved, because when he was trying out here, he was with the Curry brothers.

The first to appear was Nets rookie Joe Harris, who scored 25 points.

It was a good start, but Walker, who played for the home team and was also Hansen's teammate, performed poorly, scoring only 15 points and was eliminated early.

Seth only scored 16 points afterwards, and it seemed that just like before, he was just a supporting role.

However, Hield played well, scoring 26 points, basically securing a spot in the finals.

Curry was the last player to appear on stage, and he lived up to expectations in front of his "hometown fans", scoring 27 points, the highest score in the preliminary round.

The first player to appear in the final was Joha. He did not perform well at the beginning, but then gradually got into the game, scoring 5 out of 4 balls from the ball spot, and the final score was fixed at 19 points.

Hield, who came on next, was in hot form. His overall shooting was very stable, and he made all five shots in the last spot, scoring 26 points, the same as in the preliminaries.

This undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Curry.

Curry withstood the pressure and made 10 of the first 9 shots. The fans at the scene had already started cheering and celebrating in advance.

However, at this moment, Curry's mentality fluctuated, and he missed two consecutive shots in the middle.

Before the last point, his score was 16 points, the same as Hield.

If he also makes all five free throws, he and Hield will face off in an overtime game.

However, Curry missed the first flower ball.

Curry then adjusted his condition and made four consecutive hits. He still lost with 24 points, just one hit behind.

The three-point contest is still a test of one's mental qualities, especially since Curry returned to Charlotte. It can be seen that he is under a lot of psychological pressure.

After finally getting rid of his burden, he was able to throw very accurately.

Although he felt regretful, Curry still generously expressed his congratulations to Hield.

It was at this time that the fans realized that the Kings had won two individual championships in a row today.

(End of this chapter)