LeBron James, your house got robbed.

Amway Center, Orlando, Florida

This is Chen Shuo's second time visiting the Magic's home court. A week ago, the Cavaliers came here and easily won a big victory.

The Magic, who were eliminated in the first round last season, traded Vince Carter for point forward Hedo Turkoglu.

At the same time, the team swapped Lewis and Arenas, who had previously been burdened with bad contracts, and then waived Arenas this year, bringing the team's salary structure back to a healthy level.

The team's management is clearly going backwards, hoping to return to the form they had in 09 when they had one star and four shooters and made it to the finals.

Ryan Anderson, who was included in the trade for Carter, quickly developed after becoming a starter, contributing the second-most three-point attempts and the second-most three-pointers made in the league.

The forward pairing of Turkoglu and Anderson is a direct copy of the 09 Magic lineup.

The backcourt duo of Jamal Nelson and Jason Richardson was also built based on the 09 Magic roster.

The Magic are trying to regain their competitiveness and retain the league's best center, Dwight Howard, in this way.

Apart from Dwight Howard, the other four members of the Magic can all shoot from the outside.

However, when they faced the Cavaliers, a team with excellent perimeter defense, and lacked a reliable playmaker, their offensive efficiency was naturally abysmal.

Anderson, a stretch power forward, was repeatedly denied shots by both Garnett and Battier.

The Magic's head coach pulled the starting lineup after three quarters.

Dwight Howard, sitting on the bench, had a big smile on his face and was happily chatting with the rookie next to him, as if he wasn't the one who lost the game.

This confirmed one thing for Chen Shuo.

His presence has impacted numerous trades and signings, but it seems Dwight Howard is still planning to leave Orlando next year, though it remains to be seen whether his destination will be Los Angeles this time.

The Lakers' "F4" is the most important trade of this offseason, which will seriously affect Chen Shuo's assessment of the league's landscape.

After defeating Orlando, the Cavaliers headed north to Detroit to beat the Pistons, and then drove west to California, where they secured their 12th consecutive win against the Kings.

Kings fans watched as their Cavaliers first-round pick depreciated further, securing the 30th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

The Cavaliers originally had the opportunity to return to the Amway Center in Orlando with a 13-game winning streak and participate in the All-Star Weekend.

Unfortunately, in the back-to-back games against the Lakers, the team's performance plummeted. No matter how much Garnett pounded his chest and roared to the sky, the players' steps were unusually slow.

Chen Shuo did not insist on this.

In the tense shortened season, the Cavaliers maintained a high level of defensive pressure, which posed a huge test to the players' physical fitness, energy, and mentality.

He understands the players' longing for a vacation.

The Los Angeles media started to let loose because of this game.

The Lakers swept the Cavaliers twice this season, and if the two teams reach the Finals, the Lakers will have an unparalleled advantage.

Regarding this question from Lakers reporter Mike Bresnahan.

Chen Shuo initially didn't intend to pay attention, but then he thought that he had been busy with internal team affairs lately and rarely appeared in front of the media.

This opportunity presented itself perfectly, allowing Gilbert to meet his traffic KPI.

So Chen Shuo took the microphone from the sidelines.

"We don't need to make impossible assumptions."

Bresnahan raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of doubt in his expression.

"The Lakers have no chance of making it to the NBA Finals."

After saying that, Chen Shuo strode away.

Coincidentally, Number 24, who was not far away, heard this and his eyes narrowed, revealing a hint of murderous intent.

Chen Shuo was completely unaware of this.

He's been thinking all day about how to get the ball out of Paul's hands.

Following their conversation on the plane, Paul authorized the coaching staff to implement new tactical plans and drills.

However, on the court, Paul, as the caller of the team's tactics and the battlefield commander, almost never called for a pick-and-roll with Thompson, nor did he pass the ball out to do any off-ball work himself.

Chen Shuo couldn't directly reduce Paul's time.

Thompson mostly played the role of a tactical shooter, only attempting to handle the ball when Paul was off the court.

Essentially, no problem was solved.

Paul and Thompson are both part of the team's strongest five, and they are meant to be the final lineup. If Paul is unwilling to share the responsibility and work on their chemistry, then everything will be in vain.

In the recent MVP rankings, although James' record was inferior, he overtook Paul and squeezed him into second place by virtue of his advanced statistics.

This made Chen Shuo's lobbying efforts even more difficult.

Having missed out on the 08 MVP award, Paul certainly doesn't want to miss this one.

Chen Shuo couldn't help but think of the 90s, when there was an extremely well-organized and evergreen team.

They also have a perfect classic point guard and a well-rounded power forward, and they also run a lot of pick-and-rolls tactically.

But they lost to Hakeem Olajuwon's Rockets and Michael Jordan's Bulls.

That jazz became the biggest backdrop of the 90s.

A burst of noise brought Chen Shuo back to the Amway center.

Even though it's Friday, the Orlando arena was packed with enthusiastic fans.

Friday will feature the Rookie Challenge, a warm-up event for first and second-year students, as a prelude to All-Star Weekend.

To make the competition more exciting, the Rookie Game will no longer use first and second-year teams. Instead, two legends will act as managers to conduct a dream draft and form their own teams.

In Chen Shuo's view, the league was simply using the Rising Stars Challenge as a pilot program.

The decision on whether to apply this rule to the All-Star Game will be based on the results.

The stadium lights went out, accompanied by a ground eruption, the drumbeats quickened, and a searchlight shone on a huge bald head.

Charles Barkley, one of the two general managers of the Rising Stars Challenge.

At the same time, following the DJ's introduction, another manager made a grand entrance.

With one hand behind her head and the other behind her head, her mountain-like body moved and danced smoothly to the rhythm.

Shaquille O'Neal, another general manager of the Rising Stars Challenge.

A pair of bickering lovers, their first encounter is a barrage of trash talk.

O'Neal was clearly struggling to keep up with Barkley's outspokenness.

Fortunately, when the coin, which was flying through the air, landed on the back of Kenny Smith's hand, the goddess statue was facing upwards, and O'Neal got the right to be the first to render.

Without hesitation, O'Neal selected last year's Rookie of the Year, Blake Griffin, the number one pick in 09.

Barkley's choice was equally decisive, selecting the 11 number one pick, Kyrie Irving, who has been in excellent form recently.

The two general managers clearly had a plan, and the selection process proceeded quite quickly.

DeMarcus Cousins

Klay Thompson

Paul George

Kawhi Leonard

When the three members of the training group stood together, even Chen Shuo's mental fortitude wavered.

Feizhu even turned around and made a gesture of respect towards Chen Shuo, drawing the spotlight to Chen Shuo.

Chen Shuo responded with a slow and deliberate round of applause.

Barkley has been speaking up for himself a lot lately, exaggerating Chen Shuo and the entire Cavaliers team for the sake of traffic.

He even listed Chen Shuo as one of his three most admired general managers on a TNT program.

"Cardinal Auerbach, the strategist Pat Riley, and the dictator Chen Shuo."

The hype was so intense that Chen Shuo sometimes wondered if Barkley was just faking it.

However, the latter has steadfastly promoted his own ideas in numerous public occasions, speaking earnestly and sincerely.

They completely ignored Popovich of the Spurs.