On the 11th, he went to the golf course again before flying to Minneapolis in the afternoon.
After arriving at the hotel and settling in, the league officials arranged to take photos, and all the All-Stars came to a business conference room.
Of the other eleven All-Stars in the Western Conference, only Dameng and The Postman and Stockton have a bad relationship with him. The rest are okay and passable.
In the East, Jordan, Pippen, Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Ewing, Oakley, John Starks, there are a lot of people with whom he has a bad relationship.
When they saw him, Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp had noses that were not noses and eyes that were not eyes, as if they were seeing their enemies.
"What are you looking at? Don't you recognize me?" he said angrily.
The two snorted, and Gary Payton said angrily: "If it weren't for you, how could we go to the Detroit Pistons?"
"Do you think I was the one who made the deal?"
He couldn't hold it back and cursed: "You two idiots, do you think it will be an advantage if I don't go to the Lakers and go to the SuperSonics?
I have become a bargaining chip, what do you have to complain about? Are you entitled to complain? Don't show off in front of me. What qualifications do you have to show off in front of me?
Do you think being selected as an All-Star will give you strength? Don’t overestimate your capabilities. If you don’t like seeing me, please disappear in front of me, okay? "
Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp were scolded by Zhou Quan to the point of disgrace. They were very embarrassed in front of everyone.
Jordan and others only watched the show from the side and did not stand up for the two of them.
Jordan didn't want to stand up for Gary Payton, because this kid was not polite at all when he talked trash at him, and he used swear words.
Glove's foul mouth was not someone to be trifled with, and he immediately replied: "Why did we disappear, and why not you?"
"Because it's you two idiots who are ruining the atmosphere here." Zhou Quan smiled.
"Stop talking. If it is photographed by the media, it will do no good to you." At this time, a senior official from the alliance came to stop him.
David Stern was at the scene, and the smile on his face was a little stiff. Fortunately, there was no media. He didn't say anything, and just asked his men to come and deal with it.
Zhou Quan glanced at the two of them disdainfully and said: "With so many people, what happened just now will definitely spread. I bet that even if you want to stay in Detroit, the fans there won't be willing. You are so unwilling to stay there, It’s better to take the initiative to apply for a transaction.”
"you?"
Gary Payton was furious.
He and Shawn Kemp looked at each other and stayed in Detroit. After all, the Pistons are still a first-tier championship-level team, but if they are traded again, the Pistons will definitely trade them to a bad team in order to obtain a high draft pick. They can only struggle on a bad team.
Jordan shook his head slightly. These two idiots are not happy to stay in Detroit. They will leave when the contract is over. What's the point of giving Iron Fist a look in public?
But he really wants to get one of these two people to go to the Bulls. After this season, Grant will definitely leave. There is a shortage of people at the fourth position, and at the first position, although the gloves can't deal with Iron Fist, but with the addition of He and Pippen should be able to almost lock down the Sonics' perimeter.
However, it is still a matter of investment. The management and the boss don't know whether they are willing to trade, because these two people definitely need big contracts, and veteran contracts are indispensable.
Next, promotional photos and commemorative photos were taken. The league arranged for Jordan and Zhou Quan to stand in the middle. This was obviously Stern's arrangement, but no one had any objections.
It's not that they think Zhou Quan is qualified to be on an equal footing with Jordan. After all, Zhou Quan's current hard honors are far less than Jordan's.
But Zhou Quan just sprayed Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp, and now they are not qualified to have opinions, otherwise they will not be sprayed by Zhou Quan?
Among the twenty-four All-Stars, except for Zhou Quan, Jordan, and Pippen, none of the other twenty-one, including Dameng and Ewing, has won a championship, and the championship and FMVP are the hardest. Hard honor.
With just a core identity of championship and FMVP, Zhou Quan can suppress them. Of course, they are not qualified to question Zhou Quan's half C position.
Pippen is not qualified to deny Zhou Quan. He is just a second-in-command, his status in the league is not as good as Zhou Quan, and he did not lead the team to win the championship alone.
What's more, he suffered great losses at the hands of Zhou Quan and was slapped in public. How could he dare to provoke him again?
Jordan's expression was a little stiff. If he had completed three consecutive championships last season, he would not be tied with Iron Fist, but he would occupy the C position exclusively.
He has exceeded one million All-Star votes for three consecutive seasons, but this year it fell below one million. Iron Fist is only 30,000 votes behind him. If he cannot win this year and let Iron Fist win again, then next year's All-Star vote leader will probably be Iron Fist. .
Now that Iron Fist has snatched half of the C position, he is so arrogant that there is no way he can refuse the alliance's arrangement. He doesn't have the shame and disdain to do so. He has to rely on his strength and record to get back the half of the C position.
The two of them each stretched out one hand and held a basketball together. The other All-Stars lined up on the left, right and behind, like stars looming over the moon.
"Crack, click, click..."
The cameraman started filming.
David Stern's smile is bright and he is looking forward to this year's playoffs.
Originally, he wanted Jordan to occupy the C position exclusively, but Zhou Quan's current qualifications are far from enough. This has nothing to do with strength or honor.
But now Zhou Quan's popularity is indeed high. Mainly because he also wants to continue to create a pattern of Jordan and Zhou Quan competing for hegemony in the east and west, so he let the two equally share the C position.
As for Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp, if these two stars want to leave the Pistons, he is also very supportive. The Pistons' attendance rate this season is still good, reaching an average of 82% per game, but not as good as last season, which was 94% , and the average ticket price has dropped again, commercial sponsorship has become less and less, and operations have become increasingly difficult.
After dinner, Zhou Quan called O'Neal and a group of well-connected All-Stars to go bowling, and then disappeared.
Jordan learned the lesson from last year's All-Stars and instead of looking for people to gather for gambling, he found a group of All-Stars and held a party together.
On the 12th, before Jordan even got up, his phone rang like crazy, and it turned out to be his agent David Falk.
"What's the matter, David?" He asked drowsily, not yet awake.
"Michael, you didn't touch that damn thing, did you?" David Falk asked nervously.
"What do you mean?" Jordan was startled.
"Sean Kemp smoked a big horse at your party last night, and then had sex with two waitresses. The three of them smoked together. It should be a storage room, and some photos were taken. ." David Falk said.
"Damn, we didn't invite the media to our party." Jordan sat up and woke up.
"The waiters and staff may have been bribed by the media. I even suspect that the two female waitresses who were involved with Rain Man were setting traps for Rain Man," said David Falk.
"I wouldn't touch that stuff, my dad told me not to touch that stuff since I was little," Jordan said.
"That's good."
David Falk breathed a sigh of relief and suggested: "Michael, don't have any more parties. Just like Iron Fist, you can play golf or billiards with them. Don't have any private parties in public places." Activities are safer, and even if something happens, it has nothing to do with you.”
"I know." Jordan said.
David Falk said: "Remember, Michael, there has been less negative news about Iron Fist during this period. The media is busy now. If they find out about you, you will be in trouble."
"What about last night?"
"That's no problem, it has nothing to do with you, I will help you solve it, and the league will come forward." David Falk said.
"NBA All-Stars held a party last night, with Michael Jordan, Shawn Kemp among the participants..." New York Times.
“The NBA is full of pornography, gambling and drugs.” Los Angeles Daily News.
David Stern only wants to curse people at this time. Last year at this time, Jordan gathered for gambling, and this year Rainman sucked up big horses and had sex. Once the name of partying is established, the little reputation he managed to build up will be completely destroyed.
Thinking of this, he was really satisfied with Zhou Quan, a model of cleanliness and self-discipline. Fortunately, he was there, otherwise it would have been really troublesome for all the All-Stars to attend that damn party.
At this time, he felt that it was okay for Zhou Quan to change his Hollywood girlfriend every year.
In a private hotel, Zhou Quan and Da Zui quietly rushed back to the hotel they were staying in after parting ways.
The disadvantage of dating a female celebrity like Dazui is that it is easy to be discovered, but the advantage is that there are no other troubles.
As soon as I got back to the hotel, I quickly learned the news, and I couldn't help but feel happy. If he was at that party, even if it had nothing to do with him, it would be a big trouble.
"Happy party, Flyer."
In the restaurant, Zhou Quan smiled when he saw Jordan.
"Pfft!"
Several people couldn't hold it back.
Jordan glared at him and said, "What does it have to do with me? I just drank a few drinks and left. Iron Fist, I warn you, don't bring this matter to me."
Zhou Quan smiled and said nothing more.
At this time, Dameng turned on the TV in the restaurant and said with some dissatisfaction: "Next time, don't go to a party with Sean Camp again. That idiot can't control himself at all."
Gary Payton had a dark look on his face. Zhou Quan glanced at him and suddenly took out his cell phone and called Joe Dumas.
"Hey, Iron Fist."
"Jo, did you see the news?"
"Just saw it, it's terrible!"
"He's not messing around in the locker room, is he?"
"I often drink before playing, and sometimes smoke... Alas, no one can control him, his self-discipline is so poor." Joe Dumas sighed.
Zhou Quan said a few more words and then hung up the phone. He felt that the Pistons were going to rebuild again this time.
He glanced at Gary Payton again and said, "Glove, is he like this in the Sonics?"
Gary Payton hesitated: "Before, it wasn't that great before, but, but after being traded, Sean was very unhappy, so it became a little more serious."
Zhou Quan looked at Jordan and the others and said, "Smoking Malaysia is a bit troublesome for the league, but the league's anti-drug efforts are very small, so we should be able to get over it this time."
Jordan said nonchalantly: "Whatever, we just don't touch it anyway."
Zhou Quan looked at the others, and some of them looked a little stiff. He knew that some of these All-Stars must be touching those things.
This kind of thing is very common in the United States. Many star players have smoked it. It is also very common in the NCAA. At least half of the people in the NBA have smoked it and are still smoking it.
His schoolmate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used it, and he was quite addicted to it, but he was prescribed it by a doctor and it was said that he had a headache.
Chris Webber, the No. 1 pick who just entered the league, was reported to have smoked Malaysia during his time in the NCAA.
Even in the current Sonics, someone might be smoking, just not in the locker room.
Among the four major professional sports leagues, the other three major leagues have greater anti-drug efforts, while the NBA is much less strict in this regard.
Some random tests are also conducted, but only urine tests are conducted, not blood tests, and the samples are provided by the players themselves. This kind of intensity has no effect at all and is just a false story.
But this has nothing to do with him, as long as he keeps himself clean.
After breakfast, they got the news. The league publicly announced that Rain Man Shawn Kemp would be disqualified from the All-Star Game. His starting position would be replaced by Derek Coleman, with Larry Johnson as his substitute.
"Oh, Sean, you are such a loser." Gary Payton sighed in his heart, feeling sorry for his good brother.
Larry Johnson didn't come and was still in Charlotte. After receiving the news, he immediately booked a flight.
During the day, the league organized All-Stars to participate in some activities.
Zhou Quan, O'Neill and others went to a community primary school and played with the children for an hour and a half.
At noon, a Miami media broke the news that Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp were dissatisfied with Zhou Quan because they were traded to Detroit, and the two sides had a verbal conflict.
Shawn Kemp was originally in a very embarrassed state because of the scandal that happened at the party. This added fuel to the fire. Although the fans in Detroit liked to watch his dunks, they also became more dissatisfied with him.
Gary Payton was better, and all his firepower was attracted by Kemp.
After Pistons general manager Troy Weaver saw the news, he didn't react too much. Both Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp will continue to stay in Detroit next season. The Pistons need a record to maintain the market.
As for the future, he hopes to use one of the two people to trade for a high-ranking lottery pick. If neither of them is willing to keep, then trade both, or trade one a year, which will be more beneficial to maintaining the record. good.
At night, Target Center Arena.
This year, a competition has been added for the first time, called the Rookie Competition, which is composed entirely of rookies this season, called the Talent Team and the Passion Pair.
The genius team was led by Penny Hardaway, and the passion team was led by Chris Webber. In the end, the genius team defeated the passion team, and Hardaway won the MVP of the first rookie competition.
No. 14, Target Center.
When Zhou Quan appeared last year, he performed break dancing and a duel dance with O'Neal, which was very popular. Tonight, he specially prepared a set of Tai Chi to show off Chinese elements.
This set of Tai Chi was learned from my grandpa when I visited him last time. It is a special skill of the Wudang sect. When he had nothing to do, he would practice it as a way to exercise his flexibility.
He donated money to the Taoist temple, so when he was learning, there were Taoist priests from Wudang who gave careful guidance. They were all Taoist priests who were good at Tai Chi, and he learned some tricks.
For example, squatting in the horse stance is the basis of Tai Chi. If you do not squat in the horse stance well, you will easily injure your knees if you practice Tai Chi for a long time.
When they came out, the Eastern Conference All-Stars were the first to go out. After all, they were guests, so several guys started break dancing.
"Fortunately, I didn't prepare to break dance." He couldn't help but feel lucky.
O'Neal, who was about to appear, was dumbfounded and shouted: "You learn from me and Iron Fist in everything you do. Can you have some creativity of your own?"
He quickly turned around and shouted to Zhou Quan: "Iron Fist, shall I come with you?"
"Shark, you are from the east and I am from the west." Zhou Quan said angrily.
"It doesn't matter, I'm the last one, don't be the last one, be the first one out later."
O'Neal's mind was very flexible, and he immediately thought of a way, and after finishing speaking, he ran to the back of the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
"I don't know how to dance, why do we go out together?" Zhou Quan said helplessly.
"No dance? Then what have you prepared?" O'Neill asked disappointedly.
"Tai Chi." Zhou Quan said in Mandarin.
"Too... intrusive?" O'Neill mumbled.
Zhou Quan touched his feet, displayed a Wuji posture, then took up the Tai Chi gesture, then stopped the posture and said: "It is a kind of Chinese Kung Fu."
"You know kung fu?" A group of people were stunned.
O'Neal stretched out his posture and punched a few times, wiped his nose like Bruce Lee, screamed, and then stammered: "Bruce Lee's Kung Fu?"
Zhou Quan was startled and did not answer, but just laughed.
When he was a child, he practiced Iron Sand Palm for two years with his grandfather Zhengerba Jing, but he lost it after his grandfather passed away. It can only be said that he has a foundation, but he can't be considered as someone who has really practiced kung fu.
But his attitude of not answering was very warm, almost acquiescing.
Karl Malone said angrily: "Damn it, it turns out he knows kung fu."
Oakley and Larry Johnson, who were about to appear, also glared at Zhou Quan. You bastard, did you tell me you knew Kung Fu?
"Charles, it's your turn."
Jordan pushed Oakley and looked back at Zhou Quan. This bastard was so shady. He had shady many people. Fortunately, he didn't do anything.
(End of chapter)
