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Chapter 376 The All-Star Game in Apple City

Lu Yu walked over and stood next to Jie Yin. He was much taller than Jie Yin. He lowered his head and looked at Jie Yin: "You have to know that sometimes luck is often a reflection of strength. When you have no strength, luck comes.

You can’t catch it either.”

He was not sarcastic about Jie Yin's lack of strength, but his strength was not enough to support his luck.

In fact, if he could stagger the time and not ride a motorcycle, Jie Yin's luck was already very good.

Of course, if he often walks along the river, his shoes will never get wet. If he continues to ride his motorcycle, sooner or later, he will have another accident.

At this time, Jie Yin was as young and energetic as when he was in college. He was not convinced by Lu Yu in any way. Not to mention him, even his big brother Shane was obedient to Lu Yu. I don't know where he came from.

of confidence.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Jay-Yin Williams was the second overall pick in the class of 2002. Although he was the second overall pick, his NBA career lasted only one season and he played a total of 75 games, averaging 9.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.1 assists per game.

In terms of steals, looking at the data alone, it's not too bad.

But I never expected that something would happen to Williams after his rookie season, which directly ruined his bright future in the NBA.

One night in June 2003, Williams was driving his heavy-duty motorcycle on the road at lightning speed. Unexpectedly, the motorcycle unexpectedly lost control and hit a telephone pole beside the road. He himself was also injured far away.

He was thrown out, which directly caused the ligaments of his left knee to rupture, and three nerves in his left leg were seriously injured. He faced lifelong amputation or even life-threatening injuries. He never returned to the NBA again. His NBA career ended in this way.

Rumor has it that Williams brought all the blame on himself, just because he felt good about himself in his rookie season and won 1 Rookie of the Month and 1 Rookie of the Year Second Team. Williams got a little carried away because of this, and after the season

Indulging yourself can lead to accidents and ruin a great future.

Therefore, it is true to say that character determines destiny.

Just like now, although Jie Yin didn't have any accident, his character still hasn't changed at all.

After the game started, the scene was one-sided. Jie Yin's breakthrough was okay, but he always wanted to layup in front of Lu Yu. He didn't score much in one game. He scored five or six hotpots. In the end, the coach couldn't stand it anymore.

After substituting him, McGrady took control of the ball and things got better.

However, the hole dug in front was a bit big, and the Rockets lost by 30 points in the end.

After the game, Jay-Yin Williams was very unconvinced. He felt that he was just not adapted to the confrontation. If he had adapted, he would never have been blocked so badly.

The Rockets head coach thought to himself, just shut up.

He has decided that in the future he will still play around Tracy McGrady as the core, at least he won't lose so miserably.

After that, the Suns played against the Clippers, and the Hawks and Grizzlies won the games without any suspense.

Haslem has started high and gone low this season, and his current scoring average is much lower. Mainly because Lu Yu started the scoring mode, because Lu Yu wants to win the scoring title, but Haslem's defensive efficiency is still very high.

It's a pity that this is his first season, otherwise he would have no problem winning the Most Improved Player award.

When playing against the Grizzlies, Battier and Lu Yu met. Battier actually felt a little uncomfortable playing in the Grizzlies. Although he was still the core of the team's defense, the team's consecutive losses made him feel uncomfortable.

There is no hope.

Although Gasol has successfully leveled up and has a vague star forward posture, this cannot help the Grizzlies go further.

Especially when the inside was beaten, Battier was unable to help on the outside and felt helpless. He wanted to win and didn't like the feeling of losing, so he had already begun to give up.

In early February, the Suns secured first place in the Western Conference, but the Spurs behind them were only two games behind them.

But at this time, not many people paid attention to the results.

Because the All-Star weekend is here.

Lu Yu continues to win this year's All-Star vote, with Yao Ming ranking second. However, because he and Lu Yu are both centers, he entered the All-Star as a substitute this time.

Ranked third is Carter, fourth is Kobe, and fifth is Iverson. Three of the four shooting guards are increasing in popularity day by day, but the records of their teams are all poor.

The worst thing is that McGrady was a solid All-Star in the past few years. After going to the Rockets, he couldn't even qualify for the All-Stars.

Popularity plummeted.

The media reported that Lu Yu became the top vote-getter, and they unanimously believed that he was well-deserved.

His statistics are terrible. He ranks first in the league in assists per game with 10.4, ranks first in the league in points in points per game at 36.3, and ranks second in the league in rebounds per game at 14.3, second only to Ben Wallace.

But the season isn't over yet, and Lu Yu's rebound numbers are gradually increasing.

Lu Yu ranks first in the league in three-point shooting percentage, 51.4%, first in the league in three-point field goals, averaging 3.4 per game, and in free throw percentage, 97.6%.

Lu Yu's high-level statistics are even more eye-catching, with a true shooting percentage of 60.6%, ranking second in the league, second only to the Bulls' "Little Shark" Eddie Curry at 60.7%, and surpassing the "Big Shark" O'Neal at 60.2%.

Field goal percentage has always been an important criterion for measuring a player's scoring ability. NBA has a more fair calculation method called "ts%". The calculation formula is true shooting percentage = full game score / [2x (number of shots in the game 0.44x free throws

Number of shots)].

Theoretically, players who make more free throws are more likely to be on the list. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Allen Iverson, who averaged 10 free throws per game, rarely reached 50% in true shooting percentage. His league ranking for this statistic is usually outside 100, and he is a starter.

Even Fisher was often ranked ahead of him among defenders, and there were a few seasons when he didn't make the list.

Don't believe it, "Answer"'s high-level statistics are so awesome. He won the scoring title with a true shooting percentage of 48%. In his previous life, he won the regular season MVP with a 51.8% true shooting percentage.

His opposite is Billups, whose field goal percentage is around 40% all year round. Looking at the true shooting percentage, it has exceeded 60% in many seasons.

True shooting percentage is not displayed on normal personal data sheets, but it is often followed by scouts and general managers of many teams.

No team wants to have a free-shooting king, and true shooting percentage is often an important reference data to measure the player's efficiency in converting shots into points.

Even though Lu Yu produced this kind of data, he was still rated as "selfless" because he averaged only 17.7 shots per game and was not on the hit list.

With such data, it is natural for Lu Yu to win the All-Star vote.

The other four starters in the West are: Nash, Kobe, Garnett and Duncan.

Garnett was very happy. Lu Yu just said a few days ago that Nowitzki is the third best forward in the league. Now he has squeezed out Nowitzki and became the starting forward in the Western Conference. This is not proving that he is better than Nowitzki.

Want to be stronger?

Actually that's not what I said. You must know that popularity and strength are two different concepts.

Garnett's style of play attracts more fans, but that doesn't mean he is better than Nowitzki.

In fact, Garnett is a rare all-around talent, a mid-range shooter, a master of assist defense, a master of rebounding, and a master of support. As long as the team needs him to do something, he will definitely be able to complete the task well.

Garnett's physical fitness and versatility were compared with Nowitzki's, and he won them all without any suspense, but his scoring ability was only one level behind Nowitzki.

It is also because of this scoring ability that Garnett's career is much inferior to Nowitzki's.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Nowitzki and Garnett faced each other 37 times in their careers, and Nowitzki won 20 times.

In the Western Conference playoffs that year, Nowitzki's Mavericks directly swept Garnett's Timberwolves.

Nowitzki is a true leader and will be even more trustworthy in the playoffs.

Although Garnett should be better than Nowitzki in all aspects except offense, basketball is a sport that scores more points than both teams.

Therefore, Nowitzki, who can score better and has more leadership skills, is destined to have a greater career than Garnett!

The seven substitutes in the Western Conference are: Nowitzki, Marion, Francis, Yao Ming, Payton, McGrady, and Ray Allen.

Originally, Yi Jianlian also had a chance to be selected, but there were too many Chinese players in the NBA, so the votes were scattered a lot. At the last moment, Garnett and Duncan were not squeezed out for the forward position.

As for the substitute, it was selected by head coach Depopovich, so Yi Jianlian is even less likely to be selected.

There are many All-Stars in the Western Conference, such as Arenas of the Warriors. In his previous life, Arenas was a proper All-Star in the Eastern Conference, but in the Western Conference, he was omitted because there are so many players who can play in the Western Conference.

Too much.

The Eastern Conference has all-stars.

They really don't have the right people on the front line, and even disabled players like Grant Hill were chosen again.

Eastern Conference starting five: Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Wang Zhizhi, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal

Seven substitutes: Dwyane Wade, Zaindrunas Yorgaskas, Jermaine O'Neal, Paul Pierce, Ben Wallace, Grant Hill, Paul Pierce.

Wang Zhizhi became the All-Star starter for the first time, thanks to Bulls coach Cartwright placing him at the power forward position. If he was placed at the center position, he may not be able to compete with O'Neal.

But even if he plays center, even if he can't be selected as the starter, there will definitely be a place for him on the bench.

After all, he played very well this season.

There is really no one left in the Eastern Conference. Look at their substitute lineup. Players like Big Z and Hill who simply cannot keep up can be selected.

Wade and James both appeared on the All-Star roster for the first time.

Carmelo Anthony has passed out in the bathroom crying.

There are a total of 14 players on the Eastern and Western All-Star bench, including seven from each division. They were selected by 30 NBA coaches. Each coach was asked to select seven players from his division, namely two guards and two

A forward and a center, as well as two other position-independent players.

And each coach is not allowed to select players for their own team.

This is also the reason why Ginobili and Parker are not on the bench for the Western Conference team.

Because the head coach of the Western Conference team is Popovich.

The head coach of the Eastern Conference team is Van Gundy.

Another feature of this year's All-Star Game is that there are many international players.

The largest number of them are three players from China.

Lu Yu, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi.

This also makes many basketball experts agree that the Chinese men's basketball team has become the second strongest country in the world's basketball world after the United States.

Others include Nash from Canada, Dirk Nowitzki from Germany, Duncan from the Virgin Islands, and Yilgauskas from Lithuania, a total of seven international players, making this All-Star Game nearly three-quarters of a game for foreign players.

The most All-Star selections in years.

This is the third consecutive year that the NBA All-Star team will compete in neat clothes, and today's team uniforms are sponsored by Reebok.

That is Yao Ming’s current sponsor.

Lu Yu did not interfere too much in Yao Ming's choice of sponsors. Who knew that the same thing as in his previous life would happen?

At that time, ESPN quoted an Associated Press article about this incident and ran the headline "Reebok replaced Nike to grab Yao Ming."

Nike would rather give James a seven-year, $90 million contract than give Yao Ming a contract of more than $10 million.

In their view, Yao Ming is no longer the representative figure of Chinese basketball.

Lu Yucai.

This is different from Lu Yu's previous life, but he reached the same goal by different paths. In the end, Yao Ming still felt insulted by Nike.

During the negotiation stalemate, Reebok saw an opportunity - it not only saw the breakup of Yao Ming and Nike, but also coveted his potential and the Chinese market behind it. It immediately signed a seven-year, 50 million contract with Yao Ming.

Yao Ming has done various types of TV and print advertisements for Reebok in China, and participated in various commercial promotion activities of Reebok. At the same time, Yao Ming's series of Reebok basketball shoes and sportswear will also quickly land in major markets.

Reebok's quarterly revenue reached its best record in six years - showing the relationship between Yao Ming and Reebok's mutual success.

Of course, Anta's Ding Shizhong also wanted to sign Yao Ming at first, but this time he hesitated. Firstly, because Yao Ming is a center, and center shoes have never been easy to sell. Secondly, he already had Lu Yu, so he wanted to sign Yao Ming.

Although it can be the icing on the cake, it is still unclear how much it can add.

Anta has been developing rapidly in the past two years, but at the same time, their financial pressure is also increasing.

They also want to sign more stars, but not Yao Ming, because they have set their sights on overseas markets.

Both Android and Apple are available.】

They have already achieved first place in the domestic market, and what they have to do is defeat Nike and Adidas.

This All-Star Game was held in New York, but not a single Knicks star was selected. It has to be said that the Knicks are really stuck in the mud.

With such good resources at hand, it is the team with the highest market value in the league without even playing a game.

Many stars also hope to play in big cities like New York, but they just can't build a team properly, which makes them prohibitive.

The current Knicks are not that bad yet, but they are starting to show signs of getting closer to that point.

However, Lu Yu has met Dolan, the owner of the Knicks. Thinking about Dolan's appearance, it is really not an accident that the Knicks have fallen from a strong team in the league to a place where stars are intimidated.

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