The next day came the highlight before the All-Star Game, three-point, dunk, skills and shooting star competitions. Of course, the dunk contest was the most eye-catching. The dunk contest included Milicic's teammate Chris Anderson.
But what Milicic can be sure of is that Anderson is not strong enough to even make it into the second round.
However, having teammates participate will increase the team's exposure. Milicic and Pierce, as the leaders of the team, naturally have to participate. West also followed, and he also hopes to show his face in such a scene.
Seeing such a lively scene, West couldn't help but said to Milicic and Pierce: "If I had known it was so beautiful, I might as well sign up for the dunk contest."
Pierce smiled and patted West on the head and said, "You think too much, are you the only one?"
West shrugged and said, "Can you see the difference between my grades and Chris's? They're both at the bottom anyway."
Sure enough, West was unlucky, and Anderson was eliminated soon after. Amar'e Stoudemire, Chris Anderson, Josh Smith, and Jr. Smith were generally favored before the start of the game.
It's Jr. Smith. Normally, people who compete in dunk contests will be at a disadvantage if they are over two meters tall, but three of the four contestants in this competition are over two meters tall. Smith, because he is too focused on technical movements, ignores that a dunk is actually a
A violent aesthetic based on strength.
The two most violent people are naturally the little bully Stoudemire and Josh Smith, who can take off from the free throw line. In fact, James said before this dunk contest that he would consider participating in the dunk contest, but he probably saw it.
The two Smiths gave up this idea after that. If they were to compete in the slam dunk contest, I am afraid that there will not be more than 10 people in the league who can be better than Josh Smith at that time. Among them, there will also be the epic monster Carter.
People like Francis, Jason Richardson.
The three-point contest championship was won by Quentin Richardson of the Suns. This season he got so many open shots with the Suns that his touch has been hot. This is also due to Nash's continuous
Give him a chance to practice.
After the basketball and three-pointers were assigned during the All-Star Weekend, everyone no longer had much interest. They focused more on the All-Star Game.
Before the All-Star Game, O'Neal, the most influential member of the Eastern Conference All-Stars, came out and asked everyone to come together to study tactical details, etc. But in fact, it was to give everyone an opportunity to communicate together. Milicic naturally would not
To spoil the big brother's interest, he went with Pierce.
Our rooms are not too far apart, but Milicic and Pierce didn't go there that quickly. Everyone else knows that O'Neal doesn't organize things so seriously, and usually asks everyone to come out and play together. So wait.
When Milicic arrived, he found that O'Neal, Carter, and Iverson had already arrived. Jamison, Arenas, Wade, James and others on the side had obviously not arrived for a long time, because there was no ashtray in front of them.
Cigar butts.
After Milicic entered the room, O'Neal looked at Milicic with a particularly exaggerated and horrified expression and said: "Is this the European monster Milicic who scored a special triple-double? Why do you look so like my good brother Darko?
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Everyone else laughed. The atmosphere in a place with O'Neal would not be too depressing. O'Neal handed Milicic and Pierce a cigar each. Milicic shook his head and said, "I don't like smoking this thing."
Pierce also shook his head and said: "Since the injury, I have stopped smoking and drinking..."
Iverson smiled and said: "Shaq, if you have enough good cigars, keep them for me. Darko is a minor and Paul is a health expert."
O'Neal introduced Wade to everyone and said: "This kid Devin is the hope of Miami's future. I just want to help him win a few championships. This kid is better than you think. This year's championship is mine. I
I have to tell everyone that I can win a championship with a second-year rookie, but that guy is nothing without me."
Everyone knew who the guy O'Neal was talking about, and a few people came out to say that Kobe was unkind, but Milicic later knew that O'Neal just shifted his target to Kobe, and the person who actually gave up on him was Old Buss.
There is also the Lakers management. They hope to have a younger player with more potential to lead the Lakers forward. In this selection, they chose Kobe.
Ben Wallace over there looked unwilling and said: "Detroit will definitely win the championship this year. You don't have to think about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone realized that although Ben Wallace didn't look like a star, the Pistons were a real strong team. However, at this time, two people made scornful sounds at the same time.
These two are centers like Ben Wallace. One of them is Shaq O'Neal, who was defeated by the Pistons last year. The other is Darko Milicic, who was firmly pressed on the bench by Brown last year.
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O'Neal said: "Don't think how powerful you are. If I didn't have any conflicts with that guy, I would definitely let you go back to your Motor City with a score of 4-0. We'll see what happens in this year's Eastern Conference finals!"
Before Ben Wallace could reply, Milicic said: "No, I think maybe I will win the Pistons first, and I want to personally unseat the championship team."
It is undeniable that the championship is indeed the point of hatred for everyone. People such as Iverson, Carter, and O'Neal do not have championship rings, so they have some contempt for blue-collar workers like Ben Wallace who can win the championship.
He also came out and said a few words.
However, O'Neal is still a good person. He said a few words and left it at that. The main purpose was to introduce Wade and let everyone take care of him. This also allowed Wade to appreciate him. O'Neal knew about his majestic years.
There won’t be many left, so try to expand your contacts here.
Everyone was drunk, and O'Neal took advantage of the drunkenness to say to Milicic: "Darko, the future must be yours. I am very optimistic about you. I will not stay in this league for too long..." Said this
As he spoke, O'Neal made Milicic feel like a hero in his twilight years.
Milicic said to O'Neal: "When one day you feel old, no matter which team I am in, as long as I can still speak, I will definitely invite you to come to my place. My goal is simple.
, I want to be a more perfect version of myself and win several championships, I need your help, Shaq!"
After saying that, the two fist bumped. When O'Neal talked about it many years later, he boasted: "It felt like one superman passing on his superpowers to the next superman."
