In the early morning, Lin Yu lay on the 2.8-meter-large bed covered with velvet and kissed Xia Yunshi, who was sleeping beside him. This little day was very Mary Sue.
Tomorrow is the All-Star Weekend, and Lin Yu is planning to leave for New York today.
Originally, Lin Yu was planning to take Xia Yunshi with him, but unfortunately Xia Yunshi had to stay with her parents on the weekend, so she had no choice but to give up.
After Lin Yu arrived in New York that night, he took the wheel and invited all the Wizards players and their families to dinner.
Now Speedy is considered a rich man. He earns more than 10 million US dollars a year and lives a very carefree life. The key is that he still has the pressure of winning.
Now that the Knicks are losing, the fans are booing Ewing, because Ewing's current state is indeed bad enough, and his contract is also huge. Jordan's salary this year is 33.14 million US dollars, and Ewing's is 20.5 million US dollars, second only to Jordan, ranked second in the league.
You must know that O'Brien's salary is only 12.5 million. The contracts between him and Webber combined are almost enough for Ewing alone.
What's even more outrageous is that the Wizards' five starters combined are not as much as one Ewing's salary.
Under such circumstances, Knicks fans are certainly not happy. They feel that Ewing should take the initiative to reduce his salary. After all, he does not have the ability to earn 20 million now.
During the meal, Lin Yu kept holding little Owen in his arms and feeding him the fried chicken he liked to eat. He wondered when Xia Yunshi would give him a child.
Lin Yu likes children very much, especially after traveling through time and fighting with a bunch of old men. He likes innocent children even more.
"I want more!" Little Owen pointed at the chicken wings on the table and said with a small mouth.
Lin Yu stretched out his arms lovingly and brought a whole portion of chicken wings in front of him, "Eat, feel free to eat, it's your godfather's treat tonight, pack some back after you finish."
Speedy laughed from the side, "Boss, sometimes I feel that you are Kaili's godfather. You dote on him too much."
"How about you also become Kaili's godfather?"
Old Owen was overjoyed at the side, "Rod, I've known you for almost thirty years, and you finally said something humane."
Lin Yu shook his head quickly, "You want to lie to me because I'm not European or American? Isn't the godfather only at baptism?"
"Besides, I don't believe in religion. What kind of godfather? Don't come here."
Speedy immediately answered: "What age is this? Who cares about the details? This kid Kaili hasn't been baptized yet. I haven't become his godfather yet."
Lin Yu was speechless, then what kind of godfather do you call him? He has become a godfather.
"Well, it just so happens that I also like this child very much. Godfather will be my godfather."
"Let me think about what kind of gift I should give to the little guy?" Lin Yu said with a smile and rubbed his temples.
Old Owen hurriedly said: "Boss, change of mouth ceremony? We don't have such a thing."
"You don't have it, we have it over there. Forget it, let's stick with Rolex. I've been working for Rolex these past few years." Lin Yu smiled and untied the Rolex from his wrist, then handed it to little Owen.
"How much is this worth?" Little Owen looked at Lin Yu with curious eyes.
"Well, it should be worth tens of thousands of dollars, right?"
"Great, sell it, I can buy a lot of fried chicken." Little Owen cheered, waving his little hands.
Old Irving covered his face and secretly sighed that his son was useless. Will this kid really become a superstar like Lin Yu said?
Which superstar thinks about fried chicken every day?
"Hey, Lin, you can't be partial. I also have a godson." Old Unseld also came with his family this time.
Little fat guy Kevin Love was standing next to him, showing off his steak in his mouth. This kid was definitely not black...
"Stop showing off, go and meet your godfather." Unseld gave the little fat boy Love a brain-destroying blow and played him until he screamed.
"Godfather." The fat boy Le Fu reluctantly walked up to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu was dumbfounded. Good guy, he has really become a wage earner for Rolex. He gave away two Rolexes this night.
"Good boy, I'll see you off when I get back to Washington." Lin Yu touched Love's plump face and smiled.
He had traveled through time, but he had no way of predicting his future. Lin Yu never dreamed that today's dinner would accidentally create the future NBA princelings.
Lao Qiao winked at Kobe energetically.
Kobe was about to vomit blood and whispered to Old Joe: "What are you doing? You want me to recognize my godfather too?"
"The boss is seven or eight years older than me. Do I recognize him as Godfather Mao?"
"If you want to recognize me, go ahead and recognize him, I can't afford to lose that person!"
Lao Qiao pinched Kobe's thigh hard and said, "You must have inherited your EQ and IQ from your mother. If you had half my EQ and IQ, you would have become the boss of the Wizards."
Kobe frowned and said unconvinced: "You can only hang out in the European leagues with your emotional intelligence and IQ. If I were half as good as you, I might only be able to play in the Philippines now."
Lao Qiao was so angry that he collapsed.
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There were two games on the second night, one was a celebrity game, and some assorted celebrities were invited, including some team owners.
Men, women and children mix and play on the field, which is very lively.
Stern had invited Lin Yu to participate in this one-man game before, but Lin Yu refused because he wanted to lead the team in the main game. Are you kidding me? If he was abused while playing, he would be so embarrassed that he would be sent to his grandma's house.
The second game was the Rookie Challenge. Lin Yu personally went to the scene to cheer for his players. The first-year team included Tracy McGrady and Billups, and the second-year team included Ou and Nash. The palms and backs of the hands were full of meat. No matter who won Lin Yu can accept it.
On the first-grade side, Billups passed the ball to McGrady wildly, allowing McGrady to play in singles.
In the second grade, Nash passed a crazy pass to Xiao Ou, allowing McGrady to play in singles.
After the game, the second-year players were obviously better. Apart from Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Wu Sheng and Billups, the first-year players really had no other capable players. The second-year players were star-studded. , even Iverson is here.
In the end, the second-year team beat the first-year team, scoring 33 points and 12 rebounds, and won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge. This was also the first honor he received in his career.
The miscellaneous competitions started again the next day. There was no dunk contest this year because the 1997 slam dunk contest was really boring and not many people watched it, so it was simply stopped in 1998.
It is worth mentioning that the dunk king in 1997 was Kobe...
However, the suspension of the dunk contest has little to do with Kobe. Although his dunks were nothing new, they were much better than Michael Finley.
Finley was outrageous. He threw the ball near the midfield line, then rolled on the ground toward the basket. The key was that he failed to dunk in the end, which made the audience laugh out loud.
He may have been thinking of doing a backflip, but ended up rolling like a donkey before he could flip over.
This dunk scene has also become an eternal classic of the dunk contest, and is as famous as Jordan, Carter and others.
Another outrageous one was the later bearded Baron Davis. He dunked blindfolded, but the dunk missed the air and he didn't even touch the rim.
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Jaylen Rose participated in the three-point contest, but he didn't even make it to the finals and was directly eliminated.
This is not beyond Lin Yu's expectation. Rose's three-point ability is indeed not that strong. Lin Yu was surprised to be able to qualify for the three-point contest.
On the third day, Sunday night, the All-Star Game began.
Lin Yu led the Eastern Conference stars into the stadium, which attracted cheers from the fans. In addition to the Wizards' five players, the other seven Eastern Conference stars were Jordan, Tim Hardaway, Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, and Muttom. Beau, Reggie Miller and Shawn Kemp.
The All-Star Weekend was held in New York, but no New York star was selected for the All-Star Game.
After entering, Lin Yu walked towards Old Carl with a smile.
"Old man, do you have to be merciful tonight? This is my first time leading a team to participate in the All-Star Game. Don't let me lose too ugly."
Old Karl's expression was startled, "Lin, you don't think I've led an All-Star team before, do you? This is my first time too!"
"The two of us are really destined. It's your first time, and it's my first time too. After the game is over, just go and get your marriage certificate."
Lin Yu could only smile dryly, hugged Old Karl, and returned to his bench.
The five wizards were whispering to each other and seemed to be discussing something. Daba didn't know why he was joining in the fun. He couldn't understand what they were saying at all.
"What are you talking about secretly? It's like being a thief." Lin Yu stepped forward and asked.
"Boss, we are planning how to play in a while to ensure that AMVP will not fall into the hands of other players."
"Don't you always tell us? It's better for us to win the MVP than to have others take it, right?" Kobe said with a sly smile.
The corner of Lin Yu's mouth twitched. Is it necessary to discuss this kind of thing like a thief?
"How's the discussion going? There's only one MVP, who should get it?"
"The results haven't been discussed yet. They all want it, except Daba. He probably doesn't know what we are discussing yet." Daben laughed.
Lin Yu looked curious, "Ben, don't you want this All-Star MVP?"
"Of course I want to, but unfortunately it's definitely impossible for me. No blue-collar insider can win the MVP, and I'm still a substitute."
"Let the four of them fight." Daben said very freely.
Lin Yu nodded. Ben was right. Playing in the All-Star Game with his style of play is actually just a formality.
Not to mention big players, most of the inside players playing in the All-Star Game are just going through the motions, and there are not many chances to take action.
"Since you want it all, let's play rock, paper, scissors. Whoever wins will be tonight's MVP."
Kobe, Webber and Peja nodded. Although this method is a bit naive, it is indeed the most reasonable method.
Then Dabeng helped Daba take action, and four players played rock, paper, scissors, and Webber had the last laugh.
"I've been really unlucky recently. Do the gods Rose worships really work? It seems I need to worship." Kobe said distressedly.
He knew very well that with the five Wizards teaming up and Lin Yu's help, this MVP would not only be easily captured, but would at least have a 90% chance.
Now that Webb has won, the MVP is already in his bag.
Of course, Kobe also wanted this MVP. He dreamed of it even more. Peja wanted it even more. He not only represented himself in the competition, but also represented the Serbs.
Daba still doesn’t know what happened. If he knew, he would definitely want it.
But there is no way, who gives Weber the luck?
After Lin Yu came over, the Wizards did not avoid anyone when they were talking, so that Jordan, Tim Hardaway and others not far away could hear clearly.
The corner of Jordan's mouth twitched, and he cursed in his heart that the Wizards were so shameless. They had already started assigning MVPs before the game even started.
He is fully qualified to call Wizards players kid. Even Lin Yu is much younger than Jordan.
However, even though Jordan felt that the Wizards were shameless, he didn't think much about it. In his opinion, the fact that they had so many players participating was a sign of their strength, and they naturally had the right to distribute the fruits of victory.
Of course, he didn't feel that he really had no chance at all.
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A moment later, as the referee's whistle sounded, the All-Star starters from both sides appeared on the stage.
Buss, Webber, Hill, Jordan and Kobe in the East, Ou, Malone, Garnett, Stockton and Payton in the West.
The most eye-catching thing about this game is actually not Jordan, but the confrontation between Daba and O'Pang.
Since Daba entered the league, he has never played against O'Neal, but the outside world has already called him O'Neal. Yes, the Wizards have two O'Neal...
Looking at the body shape, Daba is indeed a smaller version of Aopang, with a fat body.
Daba failed to beat Ao Pang in the jump ball, and Ao Pang immediately started trash-talking Daba.
"You should be lucky that you didn't meet me earlier, otherwise, your nickname would be fish food, the fish food in the mouth of sharks." Ao Pangji felt comfortable after saying the trash talk that he had been thinking about for several days.
In fact, he has long been unhappy with Daba. Kobe has been saying at the press conference that Daba is the league's number one center. To put it bluntly, Kobe is just disgusted with O'Pang, and he still holds a grudge against O'Pang.
Before the All-Star Game, all Ao Pang thought about every day was how to humiliate Daba with trash talk after meeting him.
"Hey, fat man, I advise you to stop wasting your saliva. The bus won't understand what you are saying."
"It's really embarrassing. Your trash talk is as bad as your free throw shooting."
Kobe sneered from the side.
Ao Pang was so angry that he turned blue again. The thing he regrets most now is that he didn't beat Kobe himself.
In the Western team's offense, Payton missed a three-point shot, and O'Brien took down the rebound. After pushing away the bus, he dunked on the spot.
After knowing that Daba couldn't understand English, Aopang lost interest in talking trash, and the excitement of this dunk was directly reduced by 50%.
Lin Yu stood on the sidelines and sighed. Even if he was as strong as Bus, he couldn't restrain O'Pang well under the basket. It's not an exaggeration to say that this guy is the most dominant center under the basket.
In the Eastern team's offensive round, Kobe advanced with the ball in the backcourt and passed the ball to Weber as soon as he reached the frontcourt.
Garnett and Webber are old rivals. The two were dissatisfied with each other. When they saw Webber holding the ball, Garnett immediately stepped forward to defend alone.
The defensive intensity of the All-Stars is low. That is because the unspoken rule is not to double-team, but it does not mean that they cannot defend. The current All-Stars' individual defense intensity is actually quite high, which is different from the completely entertaining All-Stars of later generations.
Before Daba came on the court, he had been told that the protagonist tonight was Webber. When he saw Garnett running to defend Webber, he immediately rushed out of the penalty area and went up to set a pick-and-roll for Webber.
With the help of this pick and roll, Weber easily hit the mid-range shot.
"Huh? Can an All-Star play like this? Do you think you're playing in the Finals?" Garnett was speechless.
Daba didn't understand what Garnett was saying, and he didn't want to understand. After seeing Webb's goal, he had already started to defend.
Weber shrugged, "Sorry, our bus doesn't understand the All-Star rules."
"How about this? How about you find a teammate to help you pick and roll?"
Garnett almost cursed and asked his teammates to help with pick-and-roll? Where can I find teammates? Do you think every team has as many players as your Wizards?
The Timberwolves only have Garnett. Of O'Hare and Malone on the court, who can Garnett use?
In the following time, it became Webber's personal show. As long as Kobe had the ball in his hand, he would immediately pass it to Webber. The same was true for Bus. Not only would he pass it to Webber after grabbing rebounds, he would also keep setting up pick-and-rolls for Webber, knocking out Garner. I hate it so much.
Jordan is also a defender, and he can also get some ball rights, but his touch is not very good tonight. He only made one of the three shots he took in the opening game.
Looking at Webber's game, he was already 5 for 7 after just a few minutes of play. Jordan also knew that he might not have any chance of winning the MVP tonight, so he just started playing games.
As a star of his level, the value of the All-Star MVP in his eyes is not as good as a hair of the Finals MVP. If you can't get it, you can't get it. Anyway, he already has two in his hands.
Next, Lin Yu began to make substitutions. Bus, Kobe, Jordan, and Hill were replaced, and then replaced by Ben, Peja, Kemp, and Penny. Webber remained on the court.
Penny will definitely not pass the ball to Webber, but O'Brien and Malone have already left the game, and Duncan comes up to play soy sauce, allowing Ben to grab a lot of offensive rebounds.
After getting the offensive rebound, Ben also passed it to Webb immediately. In this way, Webber's scores are getting higher and higher. As long as he can win the game tonight, the MVP will be in his bag.
At the end of the first half, Weber scored 27 points, the highest score in the game. No other player scored more than 20 points.
Throughout the first half, Lin Yu allowed all the players in the Eastern Conference except Tim Hardaway to play, and the time allocated was also reasonable. Webber had a little more, but not too much to be unacceptable.
During the halftime break, Lin Yu was just about to call Weber to his side for a chat, when a very unfriendly voice came into Lin Yu's ears.
"Lin, when are you going to let me play?"
Tim Hardaway had unconcealable anger on his face. He was also an All-Star starter last season. Although he was on the bench this season, Lin Yu didn't let himself play for a second in the first half. What does that mean? thing?
Because of the enmity between the Heat and the Wizards, he certainly didn't have any good impressions of Lin Yu, and he spoke in a direct questioning tone.
Lin Yu raised his eyebrows. It was really a rebellion. He was originally planning to let Tim Hardaway play for ten minutes in the second half. After all, Riley treated Webb the same way last season.
However, Webb did not shame Riley on the spot. You Tim Hardaway wants to rebel?
"Lin? Can you call me Lin? I am your coach!"
"You usually just call your coach Riley? Nothing big or small."
Lin Yu glared at Tim Hardaway and angrily said, "It feels so good to stand on the moral high ground and reprimand others!"
"I don't care if you are my coach or not, I want to ask you, why don't you let me play?"
"Also, are you going to keep me on the bench tonight?"
"If you do this, you will definitely pay the price!"
Tim Hardaway can be regarded as a first-line star in the league today. Even if his strength is not taken seriously by Lin Yu at all, he has enough confidence to clamor with Lin Yu.
"What do you mean why you are not allowed to play? Didn't Webber not play in the first half of the All-Star season last season? Why didn't you ask Riley why he did that?"
"I won't let you play, of course because you are too weak. There are so many Eastern Conference players, who do you think you can be better than?"
Lin Yu sneered and mocked Tim Hardaway. He was actually right. Among the four guards in the Eastern Conference, he was really the best.
Jordan, Kobe, and Penny are not much better than him.
"Also, who did you learn to threaten people from? I won't let you play tonight, so tell me what to do."
"And let me pay the price. The last time I heard this was from Riley. It's been almost a year and I haven't seen any movement from him."
Lin Yu glanced at Tim Hardaway with disdain and simply ignored him. Anyway, even if Stern personally came to intercede tonight, Lin Yu would not be able to let him play for even a second!
