This year's Rookie Challenge will no longer be divided into first-year and second-year teams, but will be a mixed team of first-year and second-year students to compete.
According to the arrangement, the players on the candidate list for the 2012 Rookie Challenge are selected by the assistant coaches of each NBA team.
Each team can provide up to two rookies to the candidate list, and finally the general managers of the two teams select a list of nine.
The other two are the top picks in the draft in the past two years. There is no need to select for this spot. The top pick can directly enter the final list, regardless of whether he is a parallel import.
Charles Barkley and "Shark" O'Neal, who are TNT TV commentators, will serve as the general managers of the two teams respectively. They each select 9 players from the candidate list through the draft.
The ten-man roster for "Shaq" O'Neal's team is as follows: John Wall, Blake Griffin, Jeremy Lin, Markieff Morris, Greg Monroe, Landry Fields, Norris Coe
Er, Ricky Rubio, Brandon Wright and Tristan Thompson.
Head Coach: Ron Adams, Steve Kerr.
General Manager: Shaquille O'Neal.
The ten-man roster for "Chuck" Barkley's team is as follows: Kyrie Irving, DeMarcus Cousins, Gordon Hayward, Paul George, Derrick Williams, Marshon Brooks,
Since Jeremy Lin and Cousins belong to two teams respectively, Lian Dao doesn't know which team to support. In the end, whoever scores the goal will be Lian Dao cheers for.
I have to say that this restructuring of the Rookie Challenge is quite good.
It's a little less serious than before, but the added entertainment is very popular among fans.
Especially O'Neal, who plays tricks on the court, is an entertainment genius who loves to play and is very good at playing.
With O'Neal serving as the general manager of the "Shaq" team, the "Shaq" team naturally has no shortage of joy, especially some weird goals and player interactions, which made the audience laugh non-stop. A few goals made the audience laugh.
Even Lian Dao couldn't help laughing.
When the young senior sister saw O'Neal dancing and acting funny on the sidelines, she laughed so hard.
However, I have to say that the game has added entertainment and is more gorgeous and more beautiful than before.
O'Neal chose to be funny, while Barkley naturally chose to be serious. Only when the two styles collide will the game be more exciting.
Therefore, Barkley very seriously ordered the team to play steadily. Their goal is to win and produce something exciting.
The two different styles actually determined the different directions of this game from the beginning.
At the beginning of the game, the "Chuck" team firmly controlled the situation on the court.
As the No. 1 pick last year, Kyrie Irving has a strong desire to win, and he shows off his gorgeous offensive methods on the court.
It has to be said that Irving's offensive skills are very rich, and his breakthrough methods are endless.
If Iverson can pass people in one way 100 times, then Irving can pass people in 100 ways.
In this Rookie Challenge, Irving is bound to win the MVP!
In fact, if you think about it carefully, how many of the backcourt players who can become superstars have not won the MVP of the rookie game?
So although this is a more performance-oriented game, for a rookie like Irving who aspires to become a superstar, this is actually a game that must be won in his career.
Compared with the seriousness of the "Chuck" team, the "Shaq" team is unique in its opening lineup.
O'Neal directly put three point guards on the court: Rubio, Jeremy Lin and John Wall, along with power forward White Monster Griffin and center Monroe.
It was Rubio who really controlled the ball, but Rubio also showed his silky passing ability.
From the very beginning, Rubio acted very relaxed and tried his best to help his teammates.
It can be seen that this little man from Europe is not only cute, but also has great football skills and awareness.
Not long into the first half, Rubio found an opportunity to break through. Evan Turner in front of him tried to help defend. As a result, Rubio made a fake move to pass the ball to the right, and the honest Turner immediately dodged.
Went to the right.
Unexpectedly, Rubio, who looked like a young man, could be so cunning. He deceived Turner by making a fool of himself. Then, with an empty space in front of him, he easily scored 2 points with a layup.
At that moment, Rubio looked very much like Jason Williams, with the same white skin, the same skillful handling of the ball, and even more similar, the same creativity.
The Rookie Competition is very suitable for players like Rubio who are free to play. Everyone is not here to fight for real swords.
Relax and bring happiness to the fans, that is the way to go in a competition. Rubio knows this very well.
In addition to paying tribute to white chocolate in the first half, he also showed off his street style in the second half.
Faced with double teams in the backcourt, Rubio didn't panic at all, and easily hit the ball through the crotch and passed through the wall in an instant.
After arriving in the frontcourt, Rubio threw the ball directly to the basket and gave Blake Griffin an alley-oop.
These very creative goals also caused the fans at the scene to scream again and again.
Jeremy Lin played shooting guard for the first time, which made him very uncomfortable.
At the same time, compared to others, he lacks superior athletic ability. For example, he cannot fly up and perform wonderful dunks like Wall.
His character is not as outgoing as Rubio, so he cannot play basketball very "showy".
Therefore, Jeremy Lin's performance was not very outstanding, and his playing time was not very large, only 9 minutes.
Compared to the performance-based Rookie Challenge, Jeremy Lin is more suitable for the main game.
Wall plays the role of forward and defender. John Wall, the No. 1 pick in 2010, went from being highly anticipated last season to being unknown this year.
Although there is a reason for the team's record, it seems that he did not train well during the 149-day lockout period. Instead, he rushed to play pick-up games, resulting in his shooting level not even as good as his rookie year.
But when it comes to breakthrough layups and showing off his abilities, Wall is still very suitable for the All-Star stage.
Although it is not the main game, Wall will spare no effort to perform in games such as the Rookie Challenge.
In the first half, Wall played 11 minutes as a substitute, scoring 5 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds on 2-of-3 shooting. All of his hits came from breakthrough layups. One of them was particularly exciting when he dribbled behind his back to break through a double team and then made a layup.
O'Neal's nonsense of "three point guards" naturally caused his team to quickly lose its ability to resist.
Although the orthodox second and third position players were later replaced, due to overplaying in the early stage, the hole dug was too big, resulting in a one-sided trend in the subsequent games.
Later, O'Neal originally hoped that "White Monster" Griffin could save some teams, but Griffin was not interested in this.
The Rookie Game is just a warm-up for Griffin for the All-Star Weekend. What he really values is the All-Star Game two days later.
Therefore, Griffin was somewhat silent in his rookie game. Judging from his attitude, he wanted to give the stage to the young players around him.
After all, he is already an All-Star player, and by letting him play in the rookie game, the league is largely trying to increase ratings and attract more outside attention.
When the second half started, Griffin became more active. After receiving a long pass from his teammate, Griffin threw the ball toward the backboard. He then caught the ball from the air and dunked into the basket. He regarded the rookie game as a
to perform in the slam dunk contest.
In the following game, Griffin dunked twice more, showing off his dunking ability.
Although he withdrew from the dunk contest, Griffin's desire to perform is still strong, and his amazing athletic talent was still displayed in these dunks.
And on a stage like the rookie game where defense is not emphasized, Griffin dunks more easily.
Griffin only scored 10 points and 1 rebound in the entire game. The statistics can show that he was just going through the motions.
Even during the game, O'Neal used words to stimulate Griffin from time to time, telling him how many points a certain player on the Chuck team scored.
I hope Griffin can play harder, but this has not aroused Griffin's interest at all.