naaapseattle Chapter 113 I'm Not Interested in All-Star Starters!
Chapter 113 I'm Not Interested in All-Star Starters!
Chapter 113 I'm Not Interested in All-Star Starters!
"It's an old saying again, Lu Yi: In the playoffs, no one wants to meet us!"
"Boston Celtics winning the championship can't change the situation that the West is strong and the East is weak. The Los Angeles Clippers have personally experienced an easy trip to the East."
"The Los Angeles Clippers are expected to dominate the league in the regular season!"
The road trip to the Eastern Conference came to an end, and many Los Angeles media released news with such gimmicky titles in order to welcome the return of the Clippers.
Inside and outside the league, seeing that the Clippers have stabilized the second place in the Western Conference, and even continued to win consecutive victories to re-attack the first place in the Western Conference, this has made the Clippers full of heated discussions.
It is worth mentioning that at this time, Baron Davis announced his recovery from injury on social media.
Subsequently, the Clippers official media also notified the fans of the news.
Of course, when Baron Davis will play again, it will definitely take a while to get used to.
The first is individual training, then the training match, and finally the bench to find the feeling, try not to destroy the existing chemical reaction of the team.
"We need you, Byron." After returning to Los Angeles, Lu Yi also met with the bearded man.
Walking with Lu Yi is Iverson.
"Byron, you are finally recovered! You have rested enough, let us rule the West together!" Iverson also encouraged the bearded man.
The bearded man had a lot to say to Lu Yi, but he had a brief exchange of greetings with Iverson first.
Originally, Big Beard had nothing to say to Iverson, but Iverson and Lu Yi came together.
Beard plays the same position as Iverson.
Now Iverson is playing well, and in terms of personal data, he is even more exciting than before the bearded injury.
Beard knows very well that unless he leaves the Clippers, he will probably be on the bench in the future.
Because of this, Beard has nothing to say to Iverson.
Of course, as teammates, there is still some basic unity.
For the Clippers this season, the playoff spots have basically been obtained.
Next, as long as there is no chaos in the locker room and Lu Yi is not injured suddenly, the playoffs will definitely not be just one round.
If you are lucky, there is no chance to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals.
As a former All-Star player, Beard wants to experience the feeling of the conference finals no matter what.
Instead of carrying the name of "Black Eight Warriors" all his life, he can't go any further.
"Lu Yi, congratulations on being selected for this year's All-Star Game as a substitute." After finishing talking with Iverson, the bearded man began to catch up with Lu Yi.
The All-Star starting list has been determined as early as two weeks ago. After all, it is voted by the fans. After the voting is over, the number of places will be determined.
But the All-Star substitute is selected by the head coaches of the 30 teams in the league.
Lu Yi was selected as a backup guard in the Western Conference for this All-Star Game. There is actually nothing to say about it, it is nothing more than normal.
Lu Yi's selection is not considered news, but his failure can make headlines.
"Speaking of the All-Star Game, Lu Yi, I have an idea, how about I give you the starting lineup!" Iverson interrupted suddenly.
Originally, the bearded man didn't want to look at Iverson, but now he suddenly heard Iverson say this, and immediately turned his head to Iverson.
"Let's start?" The bearded man was stunned.
It seems that the last time I heard such news was in the All-Star Game when Michael Jordan retired for the second time.
Although it's not that long ago, but when I think about it carefully, it's been six or seven years.
"How time flies!" the bearded man said to himself sadly.
At the time, he was at his peak and made the All-Star Game many times.
Now he is injured all over, and since he ran to the West, he can only watch the All-Star Game at home every year.
"Now, it's the young people's turn!" The bearded man lamented that he was no longer young.
The wind of the current All-Star Game has already blown to a new batch of young stars who have just entered the league.
Louie is one of them.
Perhaps Lu Yi is not the youngest one, after all, Lu Yi is an older pick who participated in the draft in his senior year.
But Lu Yi entered the All-Star Game as a rookie in his first year, undoubtedly still very young and incredible.
After the All-Star voting rules have been revised, rookies want to enter the All-Star Game in their first year unless they perform phenomenally.
And you must play a very convincing performance in the first half of the regular season.
It’s not enough just to have good statistics. The head coaches of the other 29 teams must notice, even pay attention to, and study specially, so that they can be selected for the All-Star bench as a substitute.
The problem is, in the first half of the regular season, half of the teams played only one game.
Even if you play 20+ in the match, it will only make the opponent's head coach shine, but you will forget it after a few days.
If you want your own image to be deeply remembered in the minds of other team coaches, you must appear in media reports and constantly brainwash the coaches of other teams.
There is no doubt that this is the case with Lu Yi.
Lu Yi doesn't need to talk too much in front of the media, just the Clippers' record and the tough performance of many strong dialogues, Lu Yi can attract the attention of all the head coaches in the league.
However, in any case, Lu Yi is the All-Star substitute chosen by the head coaches, not the All-Star starter chosen by the fans.
At this time, Iverson of the same team suddenly stood up and said that he would let Lu Yi start.
Even Baron Davis, who was on the same team, was shocked and unbelievable when he heard this news in private.
"Allen Iverson gave Lu Yi the start. Is Lu Yi qualified?" The bearded man naturally trusted Lu Yi and recognized Lu Yi's ability.
But who is Iverson?After being selected for the All-Star Game, he is an All-Star starter every year.
Only in the 06-07 season, firstly, he was just traded, and secondly, he was also affected by injuries, so he was finally selected as a substitute.
As a result, Iverson used injuries as an excuse to miss this All-Star Game.
This means that no one has made Iverson willing to play as a substitute before.
But now, the bearded man personally heard that Iverson said that he would give Lu Yi the starter.
"I have roots!" Lu Yi was delighted in his heart. For Iverson to say such a thing, he obviously did not regard Lu Yi and the bearded man as outsiders.
Iverson just wants to play well with the Clippers until he retires.
Perhaps, Iverson can't win the championship he dreamed of in the Clippers, but at least now he is cooperating with Lu Yi and getting along with Lu Yi is very relaxed and comfortable.
Iverson is willing to sacrifice for the team and for Lu Yi.
Even Lu Yi's current qualifications are not enough to let a former No. [-] pick, a single-core leader who led the team to the finals, give up the starting position of the All-Star.
However, Iverson still had such an idea, and sincerely sought Lu Yi's opinion.
"AI, I told you before. For you, for the team, I can also be a substitute! Don't you know me?"
"Besides, the regular season is tiring, okay?
After the All-Star weekend, the regular season schedule will be more intensive and tense.
My time off is running out!
How could I be willing to work hard to start in the All-Star Game?
Playing in the All-Star Game and not paying me a salary.
I'm not interested in an All-Star starter..."
Lu Yi said with a smile.
The All-Star Weekend is a commercial activity for the league, but it is charity for the stars.
Not only will there be no wages and bonuses for the All-Star Weekend events, but there will also be no reimbursement for travel expenses.
Although the accommodation is arranged by the league, most stars will not stay in hotels officially arranged by the league.
After all, it is not good to be discovered by too many people at night looking for young ladies to watch the stars and enjoy the moon.
Of course, the All-Star Weekend is a vanity fair. Even if there is no pay, many stars want to participate in it without hesitation.
Stars are also stars, and fame and traffic are the key to their own value.
Who wouldn't love the chance to compete in the All-Star Game on National Focus?
In fact, there are, teams that want to achieve better results in the playoffs will not risk injuries and play in the All-Star Game.
The substitute is actually okay, playing only about ten minutes. Some big-name players want to show more, and they are expected to break 20 or even 30 points in playing time.
If you are a starter, you will basically play more than 20 minutes, especially the fourth quarter.
The first three quarters of the All-Star Game are performance time, and the fourth quarter is often played for real.
In real fighting, there is confrontation, and there is a risk of injury.
Lu Yi hasn't suffered any injuries yet, but after all, he played in the NBA for the first time.
Lu Yi had only played NCAA games before, and the NCAA has no more than 40 games a season.
Now that the regular season is halfway through, players who have just finished the NCAA and entered the NBA will have some problems in physical management.
All rookies in the past have often experienced a sluggish state some time before the regular season.
Some rookies also hit the rookie wall because of this, and even never recovered.
In order to provide some help and protection for rookies, the league opened the All-Star Weekend to give rookies a week to rest and adjust.
In addition, it is also the protection of ordinary stars.
The more stars play, the more intense the confrontation, and the greater the risk of injury.
In the classical basketball period, the physical fitness of role players was very different from that of stars.
Especially in the era when there were no three-pointers and three-second zones, everyone crowded around the basket to play.
Role players have no chance to participate in key offenses.
At this time, the head coach of the team likes to play the main force to death, even to the point where it is useless.
Obviously, in the middle of the season, set aside a week for the stars of each team to rest and adjust, which is more beneficial to the health of the stars.
In fact, the scrapping of stars is a kind of harm to fans and the league, and if the confrontation is too fierce, the frequency of player injuries will naturally increase.
With the development of modern basketball, the playing style of stars is getting softer, more outside, and more healthy. There are actually reasons why the league encourages offense and reduces confrontation.
Of course, when it develops to a certain extent, deformities appear.
The fans themselves have eyes and know what is good and what is ugly.
All sports pay attention to being taller, faster and stronger. Basketball becomes shorter, slower and softer, and naturally it becomes more and more ugly.
This is why, even though James and Antetokounmpo will do whatever it takes to win, there are still a large number of them.
In the era of touching porcelain and shooting basketball, it is indeed more exciting to fly to the sky and escape from the ground.
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Time soon came to February 2, and the Clippers, who returned to the Staples Center, will meet the challenge of the San Antonio Spurs tonight.
After the team doctor, trainer, and head coach agreed, Baron Davis finally got the chance to play, but he would be a substitute.
At the beginning of the game, Jordan helped the Clippers jump to the ball.
Iverson directly troubled Parker in the middle and forced his way into the three-second zone.
Duncan came out to help defend, Iverson passed the ball to the right corner, Ariza did not shoot immediately after receiving the ball, but turned his back to protect the ball, and then looked towards the top of the arc.
I saw Lu Yi running over quickly, Camby came out from the inside and made a cover for Lu Yi, and when Lu Yi came to Ariza, the latter also handed the ball to the former.
Lu Yi got the ball and was in an open opportunity, so he made a three-pointer without hesitation.
brush--
Go in!
"All-star, all-star, all-star!"
The Clippers fans at the scene did not shout "MVP" but "All-Star".
Although Lu Yi is only an All-Star substitute, by next year, he will basically be positive.
In the next round of the Spurs' offensive, Parker quickly advanced, and seemed to want to take advantage of the Clippers' unstable foothold and beat the Clippers one by one.
Parker's breakthrough was also a baptism, and Iverson was overlooked by Parker in one step.
But Ariza came in time to help defend, which was equivalent to a delay for Iverson.
Parker actually wants to change direction to surpass others.
But Camby and Jordan fell to the basket, and Iverson chased from behind.
At this time, even if Parker passes two inside players, he may be blocked by Iverson at the end of the layup.
There is no way, Parker can only find the position of his teammates while traveling.
As a result, Lu Yi saw through the risky cross pass by accident. With the help of a terrifying bounce, Lu Yi jumped high and caught the ball in his hand.
After landing, Lu Yi made a fast break and rushed forward, but it was a pity that George Hill rushed over and made a tactical foul on Lu Yi.
The Clippers served from the sideline again, and Iverson sent the ball to Camby, who stayed at the top of the arc to deal.
Iverson first ran to the bottom corner from the top arc, Camby handed the ball to Iverson without hand, and then Lu Yi ran to the top of the arc.
Camby didn't have a shooting threat, and no one double-teamed Camby, but Louie's threat was great.
In addition, there was Iverson in front of him. Iverson took Richard Jefferson away before. This time, Lu Yi came, and Parker and George Hill directly attacked.
When Camby saw that Lu Yi was double-teamed, he was also happy, and immediately gave up holding the ball, turning around and breaking through on his own.
However, Camby had no chance to stop the ball, so he could only pass the ball on the way to the basket.
Ariza ambushed in the corner, and Camby drew Duncan's defense and passed the ball to Ariza behind Duncan.
However, there is still a distance from the bottom corner to the basket. Ariza wanted to rush into the basket for a dunk, but Antonio McDyess slapped the ball and slapped the ball away.
Ariza doesn't have a basket yet, otherwise the position just now would be a good opportunity for a three-point shot.
Fortunately, the Clippers served from the bottom line, and with the help of Lu Yi and Iverson, they were still running outside without the ball, and Jordan under the basket was ignored.
Then there was a very routine serve lob, and Jordan caught the ball with both hands and dunked the ball hard into the basket.
0 to 5, the Clippers returned to the home court and got off to a good start.
(End of this chapter)