On the first night of the All-Star Weekend, major entertainment venues in Las Vegas were missing a group of new-generation stars.
Only Mesozoic stars like Kobe Bryant, Garnett, and Paul Pierce are left, wearing heavy disguises, continuing to wander around Avenue Street or Fremont Street.
Then the next day, major sports tabloids in North America published more candid reports. Among them, Kobe Bryant, who was deeply involved in trade rumors, bore the brunt.
Because this guy, like Lin Yu, was photographed hugging a big-bodied girl.
Unlike Lin Yu, this guy is already married.
So, things are serious.
Lin Yu browsed the news online for a while with the mentality of watching the excitement. He wanted to thank Kobe because Kobe helped him attract firepower.
Now, Kobe is being discussed on reddit, and few fans are discussing Lin Yu. Of course, when Kobe is discussed, Lin Yu will still be affected.
For example: "Kobe's vision is much better than that of China's Lin!"
Seeing this reply, Lin Yu just wanted to hit six points...
In short, the firepower of public opinion was attracted by Kobe. Not only that, Lin Yu also learned from other players in the hotel that Vanessa was the real headache for Kobe.
In the morning, Lin Yu stayed in the hotel to rest. In the afternoon, he went to the arena to adapt to the venue and warm up.
The Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas is the home court of UNLV University and also hosts the NBA Summer League in the summer.
"It is said that Las Vegas wants to own an NBA team, Lin, what do you think of this?"
While adapting to the venue, Lin Yu was caught by an old acquaintance, Doris Burke, and Lin Yu was forced into an interview state.
"Las Vegas is a great city, and I think there will be many players who would be happy to play here. In addition, judging from the atmosphere during the All-Star Weekend, the fans here are also great."
Lin Yu, who always talks about people and ghosts, secretly added: "Although most of these great fans are outsiders..."
"Today you will play in the three-point contest, what are your expectations?"
"What else can I expect, of course, to become the three-point champion."
Lin Yu showed great confidence, and Doris Burke immediately asked: "You seem to be very confident, but in this three-point contest, your opponents are very strong, including last year's three-point king Dirk Nowitzki.
All-star three-point shooters Gilbert Arenas, Ray Allen and Jason Terry, and three-point master Jason Kapono among role players..."
Lin Yu immediately interrupted Doris Burke who wanted to continue explaining: "They are all very strong, but I am the strongest one."
Putting aside his harsh words, Lin Yu waved his hand again and said goodbye to Doris Burke.
Doris Burke was not ready to continue asking. On the one hand, she saw the new Ray Allen, and on the other hand, she had already gotten the answer she wanted from Lin Yu.
She took Lin Yu's answer and went directly to Ray Allen.
Then, Ray Allen gave a response: "Who is stronger and who is weaker will be known after the game."
A gentleman is a gentleman and will never get into a verbal spat.
Then Gilbert Arenas appeared with a different style. He responded directly: "China Lin? He will be eliminated in the first round. I am the ultimate three-point king!"
Time quickly passed into the evening, the Thomas & Mack Center was heavily made up, and various battles on the second day of the All-Star weekend began one after another.
As a contestant in the three-point contest, Lin Yu has his own seat. The seat is very close to the court, so there will be no cameras scanning it.
The first thing to start is the "Shooting Stars" competition. This all-star event does not attract much attention and is basically a warm-up game.
There are quite a few star players participating, with four teams including San Antonio, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles.
The players sent by the San Antonio team are current Tony Parker, Vick and the famous George Gervin of the women's basketball Silver Stars.
The players sent by the Chicago team are current Ben Gordon, Dupree of the Women's Stars and the famous Scottie Pippen.
The players sent by the Detroit team are current Chauncey Billups, Cash of the women's basketball shock and the famous Laimbeer.
The players sent by the Los Angeles team are current Smush Parker, Johnson of the Women's Sparks, and Lakers star Cooper.
Lin Yu sat with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Originally neither he nor James had a team to support, but because of Wade, they all started to support the Chicago team because Wade is from Chicago.
The Chicago team was also very competitive and reached the final round, but because a timeout shot was invalid, it finally lost to the Detroit team.
After the Shooting Star Competition is the skills competition. James and Wade will both compete. In addition to them, Kobe and Paul will also participate.
It is also a popular competition, and the skills competition has even more stars.
In the first round, James and Paul were at the bottom, while Kobe and Wade entered the second round.
In the second round of the battle, Wade came on first, with a time of 26.4 seconds.
However, Kobe made a mistake. It took him four times to complete the first pass, and the game lost suspense. His last shot failed to hit, and it took 45.8 seconds.
In this way, Wade won the championship trophy of the skills competition.
After the two warm-up games, the highlight of the night will be the three-point contest.
As early as the skills competition was still going on, Lin Yu left the court and went to the locker room to prepare for the game.
When he walked to the locker room and was about to open the door, Lin Yu raised his head and asked the staff leading the way: "Is everyone here except me?"
The staff nodded, and Lin Yu suddenly understood.
He took a deep breath, then opened the door and walked in: "Hello, everyone here...are you all here to compete for second place?"
In the locker room, Gilbert Arenas was the first to react: "No, Lin, you are not here to compete for the three-point king. You are here to compete for the bad joke king."
Jason Terry laughed and was completely speechless: "Hahaha!"
Several others looked at Lin Yu in confusion, and then gradually, loud laughter erupted in the locker room.
Lin Yu could only smile awkwardly. He was just making a joke. As the owner of the meme-stealing system, how could he not make jokes?
However, such bad jokes as "Are you all here to compete for second place" are indeed a bit embarrassing.
After Lin Yu smiled awkwardly, he didn't care anymore. He found a seat to sit down, changed his jersey, and then started chatting with Arenas and Jason Terry.
After chatting for a while, the staff opened the door and came in to announce that the entrance ceremony for the three-point contest was about to begin.