Chapter 16: The Biggest Winner of All-Star Weekend
Shortly after the game against the Timberwolves, the starting lineup for the All-Star Game was announced. The head coach of the Eastern Conference was no longer Stan Van Gundy, but the Boston Celtics, who had built an aging team into a young powerhouse.
Celtics head coach Rivers, due to David Stern's redefinition of the All-Star position voting, only divided players into frontcourt players and backcourt players, so the Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup became three.
Frontcourt players: Miami Heat's Shaquille O'Neal (center), Boston Celtics' Darko Milicic (center/power forward), Orlando Magic's Grant Hill (small forward), two
The backcourt players are Vince Carter (shooting guard) of the Toronto Raptors and Allen Iverson (point guard) of the Philadelphia 76ers.
LeBron James, who was originally supposed to be selected into the All-Star starting lineup in his second year, was not included in the starting lineup by some strange combination of circumstances. Milicic's vote was naturally no problem, although men would not choose him so much.
After all, many senior fans still prefer Jermaine O'Neal and Paul Pierce on the forward line. However, because the Celtics did a good job in voting, and Milicic's woman
The relationship is indeed very good, it has attracted women's votes, and Europeans have also given their votes to this guy.
As for the remaining four, there is no controversy. Shaq O'Neal left the Western Conference with Yao Ming and is naturally the well-deserved starting center. Grant Hill, the veteran successor to Jordan, was able to be reborn after experiencing serious injuries.
, which allowed many people to see his tough and unyielding image. Once the Sympathizers came out, naturally many people would choose him. Carter, the UFO, has always been everyone's favorite star. Allen Iver
Needless to say, no one would dislike him when he was in his prime. At least during the 2000-04 season, no one could match Iverson's popularity at the guard position.
After the Eastern Conference All-Star substitute list was released, the finalists were Gilberto Arenas of the Washington Wizards, LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Devin Wade of the Miami Heat, and
Antawn Jamison, Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics, Jermaine O'Neal of the Indiana Pacers, Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons.
The coach of the Western All-Stars is **Vitch of the Spurs. The starting lineup of the Western All-Stars is: Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets (center), Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs (power forward), and Kevin Garner of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Special (power forward), Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady (shooting guard), Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (shooting guard).
The substitute players for the Western Conference All-Stars are: Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs, Rashard Lewis of the Seattle SuperSonics, Ray Allen of the Seattle SuperSonics, and Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns
, Shawn Marion of the Phoenix Suns, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks.
Milicic not only has to participate in the All-Star game, he also has to participate in the rookie game. The second-year roster for the rookie game is: Darko Milicic, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Devin
.Wade, Chris Bosh, Kirk Hinrich, Josh Howard, Luke Ridnour.
The first-year roster for the rookie game is: Dwight Howard, Emeka Okafor, Al Jefferson, Josh Smith, Tony Allen, Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Ander
Lieutenant Iguodala.
From a historical perspective, except for some shortcomings at point guard, the first-year rookies can definitely form a team that can compete for the championship. But unfortunately, their opponents-the second-year team
Most of the time, the lineup can only be seen in the game. Several members of this lineup also firmly occupied the starting position of the NBA All-Star in the following ten years.
In addition to these, the other more attractive All-Star Weekend is the dunk, three-point and skill contests. This time the dunk contest is mainly for big men. Three of the four participating players are over 2 meters tall. How much?
It's a bit surprising. After all, although it's easy for a big man to dunk, it's often only a small man who really wants to dunk with beauty and skill.
The four people participating in the slam dunk contest are Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns, Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks, Jr. Smith of the New Orleans Hornets and Birdman G from the Boston Celtics.
Reese Anderson.
The players of the Boston Celtics are not optimistic about the prospects of the Chris Anderson Slam Dunk Contest, because not to mention the entire league, at least within the Boston Celtics, his dunking skills are not among the best.
Darko Milicic's ability to take off from the free throw line, Tony Allen's extraordinary waist and abdominal strength and ability to stay in the air, even Paul Pierce, who is not good at dunking, and the already aging Eddie Jones are not comparable.
He is far behind. But everyone still supports his attitude. At least it entertains the public.
The players participating in the Three-Point Shooting Contest are Ray Allen of the SuperSonics, Joe Johnson of the Phoenix Suns, Kyle Korver of the Philadelphia 76ers, Leonard, the defending champion of the Nuggets, and the SuperSonics
Radmanovic and Quentin Richardson of the Suns.
The three-point contest is dominated by the two run-and-gun teams with the most exaggerated three-pointers this season, the Suns and SuperSonics. These two teams ranked first and second in the league in total three-pointers made this season.
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The four participants in the skills competition are Gilberto Arenas of the Wizards, Boykins of the Nuggets, Steve Nash of the Suns, and Luke Ridnour of the SuperSonics.
As for the Shooting Star competition, no one pays much attention to it. It is at best a Café de Coral event that seniors and women can participate in. Many senior fans will forget who has won the Shooting Star competition in recent years.
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At this point, the All-Star lineup has finally settled. It can be said that the Celtics have gained a lot. Not only have two people been selected in the All-Star lineup, there are also three people selected in the rookie game, plus Chris
.Anderson's dunk contest and Rivers' Eastern All-Star coaching, it is no exaggeration to say that the Celtics are the biggest winners of this All-Star Weekend. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian
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