Chapter 208 The draft like a farce
The Suns' winning streak stopped temporarily.
It’s not because they encountered a stumbling block. With the Sun’s schedule, they still have a long way to go before the stumbling block arrives...
Because, the All-Star Weekend is here.
This year's All-Star Weekend is held at the Magic's new home court, the New Amway Center.
The opening remark is a farce-like celebrity game, composed of NBA legendary stars, WNBA stars and popular artists. There are a total of 15 people on the roster.
The competition process is not good, after all, most of them are amateurs.
But the NBA has been shut down for so long, so it needs to expand its influence, and the ratings of the All-Star Weekend also require these to traffic to warm up the field...
In this session, Tu Man only recognized the "penny" and the head coaches of the two teams:
The east is the monster, and the west is the Adu.
The biggest player on the field is Anne Duncan, who played at Harvard University from 1987 to 1991. He was a Jeremy Lin alumnus and is currently the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
After watching for a long time, Tu Man discovered that the United States is actually very powerful. For example, the strongest person on the field is undoubtedly "penny", but in fact, the old man who has been playing with awesomeness is the bad old man of the Minister of Education...
Finally, the Secretary of Education, who was also named Duncan, cut down:
17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 steals.
Under the leadership of the Minister of Education, the two teams fought harmoniously and friendly, and finally the Western Army where the Minister of Education was born was 32 points:
86:54
Everyone is happy!
After this disgusting flattery show, the main meal was finally served.
First dish:
Rookie Challenge.
The NBA has made trouble again, and has changed this year's All-Star Weekend to an unrecognizable face, including the rookie challenge and dunk contest that Tu Man will participate.
The changes in the rookie challenge are subversive, the classic first- and second-year battles have been changed to a mix-up, with first-year and second-year students forming a mixed team, named "O'Neal" and "Buckley" respectively.
It is said that the reason for doing this is that the season starts too hastily, and first-grade rookies have not had time to adapt to the game, and more rookies have not yet entered the fans' horizons.
There are two concerns at NBA headquarters:
First, I was afraid that the first grade would be too bad, so I was beaten out by the second grade.
Second, I am afraid that no one will watch the game. After all, I have only played more than 30 games, and many rookies are still struggling to survive in garbage time. Who can watch this kind of game?
So, just mix and match.
In fact, this is a trick. The purpose of mixing and matching is to downplay the presence of the first grade and let the second grade star players fight each other to attract the attention of the fans!
Earlier, two new teams were born in the studio of the NBA's official TV station.
O'Neal, who has joined TNT as a new commentator, and senior Golden Microphone Barkley were respectively appointed as general managers of two mixed teams, while Kenny Smith was promoted to honorary chairman of the two teams.
Playing house is the same, there are everything!
In the form of a draft, they selected 10 players they like from a shortlist provided by the NBA to form a team.
This list had been selected long ago, but a week before the draft, Jeremy Lin emerged and played a phenomenal game...
So, the president opened another back door and put the traffic prince Jeremy Lin on the list.
During the live broadcast, the host repeatedly emphasized:
Such reforms add to the fun and fairness of the rookie challenge!
But what NBA executives didn't expect was-
Fans have long decided that as long as Tu Man is on the roster, there is no fairness or interest in the rookie challenge...
No matter how you play tricks, there is only one team that will win:
Tuman’s team!
Barkley and O'Neal saw it very clearly.
So, something went wrong when determining who chose first.
Both of them know that no matter who chooses first, they will definitely choose Tuman. No matter who chooses Tuman, they will end up with a horse. Whoever chooses a horse will choose an egg?
The two of them had their own opinions and started arguing.
He was neither willing to guess the coins nor the stone scissors. The host really had no choice but to split Tu Man in half, so he had to say, "How about you fight!"
O'Neal immediately admitted defeat:
"It is impossible to fight. I have never fought in my life..."
Barkley was proud:
"I'm good at fighting. Tu Man is so sarcastic. You should follow the powerful general manager to make some meatballs envious..."
Then, the director informed David Stern of his decision through the headset—
Guess the coins!
Since the president has spoken, it is certainly impossible to fight.
Barkley was a little depressed. His luck had never been good, otherwise he would not have been able to even make a championship...
O'Neal smiled happily. On the basketball court, he was the European Emperor!
As a result, Barkley won by guessing the coin!
O'Neal wanted to withdraw from the competition on the spot. The European Emperor lost to the French Chiefs. You are so embarrassed!
How could you even fart without Tu Man?
Watching the team betrayed by the opponent?
Don't even think about it, this shark has never suffered such a crime in his life...
Later, Barkley winked at him for a while. Since it was a live broadcast, he could not have done it too obviously, but as an old media outlet, he knew the NBA's beating too much!
O'Neal thoughtful and calmed down.
In the first pick, Barkley really chose Tuman, which is a must. O'Neal chose Griffin, and there was nothing wrong with it.
In the second pick, Barkley chose Jeremy Lin. O'Neal was a little surprised, but he quickly pressed his questions and chose Irving.
In the third pick, Barkley chose Tristan Thompson. O'Neal was obviously confused and stunned for three seconds before choosing DeMarcus Cousins.
In the fourth pick, Barkley chose Marshawn Brooks and blinked at O'Neal. O'Neal understood it and chose John Wall.
The fifth pick...
After the selection, Barkley, who had the slaughtering man, was certainly proud, and O'Neal finally smiled happily because Sir Charles was too generous!
Let’s take a look at the 10-man rosters of the two teams.
Barkley:
Tuman, Jeremy Lin, Ricky Rubio, Brandon Knight, Marshan Brooks, Landry Fields, Kawhi Leonard, Derek Williams, Thiago Spritt, Tristan Thompson
O'Neal: Kyrie Irving, John Wall, Kemba Walker, Evan Turner, Gordon Hayward, Paul George, Blake Griffin, DeMarcus Cousins, Markiff Morris, Greg Monroe
It is obvious that in order to make up for the huge gap brought by Tu Man, Barkley made huge concessions, and except Tu Man, he only chose some scraps.
These three top picks and the players who have already made a name for these two seasons have been given to O'Neal!
Fatty, I can only help you get here...
What if you still struggle and feel weak?
That's helpless!
Chapter completed!