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Chapter 228 The Biggest Winner

Players in the league are all concerned about the player who becomes the new All-Star.

In this league, all kinds of competition are very fierce, and all-star players are players with both popularity and strength. In this season's league, only 24 players can be selected.

Becoming an All-Star player is an important way for a player to increase his commercial value and popularity, and it is an affirmation for his entire career.

Many players may have been selected to the All-Star Game once or twice in their lifetime, and then in the following careers, former All-Star players will accompany them for life and benefit endlessly.

But being an All-Star is hard, and especially being a new All-Star is even harder.

In the selection of All-Stars, impression points occupy a certain basis. Many fans and coaches will refer to this part. In the end, there will be many old faces in the All-Star Game every year.

Those who need to be squeezed out are the former all-stars, and those who need to compete are the current quasi-all-stars.

In the sneaker contract signed by Qin Fei and Nike, there is a contract agreement to be selected for the All-Star Game. If you enter the All-Star Game, you will get a bonus of 10 US dollars. This is the most intuitive reward.

In addition, there is an increase in popularity. Entering an All-Star game can increase a lot of popularity. For teams in many places, stars are the most important wealth in the team. With stars, fans are willing to watch the game, and there will be advertisements, which will drive their own development.

There are also team status, historical status, personal honor, etc., which are all related to each other.

So in the All-Star Weekend in 98, after the 10 starting players were determined, the remaining 14 seats became even hotter.

For players, if they want to be included in this wave of lists, one depends on publicity and the other depends on competition.

This wave of games before the All-Star Game is particularly critical.

Although Payton and Kemp didn't say anything, they tacitly encouraged Qin Fei, who is most likely to become an All-Star in the Sonics, to increase his personal offense.

Payton even passed the ball to Qin Fei many times in the subsequent games.

On February 2, the Sonics played against the Toronto Raptors at home.

The Pacers are different from the Nets. The Nets are more or less the top eight teams in the East, while the Raptors are quite hip this year. Their record ranks first in the East and third in the league. It is slightly better than the Nuggets and Clippers in the West. It is an out-and-out salted fish team.

And this time period is very embarrassing, there is no hope of sprinting to the playoffs, it is better to be honest and bad. Last year's Spurs are a good example.

Last year's performance was poor, and the No. [-] pick in June took off directly. Now it has the fifth record in the Western Conference. The Twin Towers led the team and easily squeezed into the ranks of the first-class teams.

The Raptors have Qin Fei's acquaintances. In addition to McGrady, there are John Wallace and Marcus Camby in the same class.

The Raptors themselves don't have much confidence, but McGrady, who occasionally starts playing, wants to play against Qin Fei. Qin Fei is one year older than him, and the two are in the same position. Now Qin Fei's data record is something he has to look up to. Winning Qin Fei is a good proof for himself.

In this game, McGrady really wanted to start, but unfortunately the head coach didn't give it. Damon Stoudemire and Doug Christie were the starters.

Doug is in his prime, and he can be regarded as a relatively common offensive and defensive player in this era. In the past few years with the Raptors, his scoring average has stabilized at around 15 points per game.

However, although Doug was able to grab it in this period, he hadn't grown to the point where he was a top outside iron gate. When he went to the Kings and was dubbed the "Kobe Terminator", he really became an outside iron gate.

Now Doug's body is a little thinner, but he has speed, and his strength and confrontation are relatively weak.

Qin Fei now likes weak players the most.

The Raptors didn't specifically make defensive arrangements against Qin Fei, thinking that Doug alone would be enough.

As a result, as soon as the game started, Qin Fei fired all his firepower. First, he broke through for a layup and caused a foul by Camby, which made Camby afraid to get started easily, and then he hit the basket continuously to succeed.

After waiting for the Raptors to adjust and strengthen the defense of the penalty area, Qin Fei worked on the outside again. He felt very good, making consecutive shots, and scored 11 points in half a quarter.

This is the explosive scoring power from Qin Fei. Raptors coach Darnell Walker hesitated whether to double-team Qin Fei.

But after double-teaming Qin Fei, what will Payton do, and what will Kemp do?

Moreover, Qin Fei is just an ordinary starter and has not yet become an All-Star. Isn't this a bit of a fuss?

McGrady on the court was stunned. Qin Fei used all kinds of offensive skills when he was facing him one-on-one, but the most incomprehensible thing was that he rushed to the basket and used confrontation to complete the layup. It seemed that no matter how he confronted, his core strength would never be messed up.

The strongest waist man

Qin Fei thought that something would change after the timeout, but it turned out that the biggest change for the Raptors was the introduction of rookie McGrady, and the first thing McGrady did when he debuted was to face Qin Fei.

"Brother, I won't let you score again!"

Maddie said confidently.

It was more like a pre-war declaration, and McGrady was also waiting for Qin Fei's response.

As a result, Qin Fei didn't want to talk to him at all.

"Why don't you respond to me?"

Mai Di persisted and said next to Qin Fei, he heard that Qin Fei is a well-known trash talker in the league, there is no reason to be so silent, does he not even have the qualifications to be spat by Qin Fei?

Qin Fei remained silent, holding McGrady behind his back and asking for the ball.

McGrady is slender and slightly taller than Qin Fei, but he just joined the league at the moment, and his body is thinner than the previous Doug. Qin Fei got stuck, pouted his buttocks, and lowered his left hand wearing the armguard, and was firmly stuck behind him.

"Oh, Shet, that damn power."

Just now, Qin Fei made several good attacks. After Payton directed the players to pull away, he threw another high pass. Qin Fei jumped forward and caught the basketball.

"Snapped!"

The moment he caught the ball, Qin Fei spread his feet apart, arched his body, and tested the center of gravity of McGrady behind him.

One-on-one is one of the most exciting events on the basketball court. McGrady challenged the seniors in the second grade, and Qin Fei naturally wanted to give him a deep memory.

"This is the young man!"

Seeing that McGrady was going all out to have a one-on-one with Qin Fei, Peyton said with emotion that Qin Fei was indeed the most different.

"boom!"

Qin Fei leaned against Mai Di, using his back strength to lean behind him.

McGrady bent his arm to block Qin Fei's back, but was hit with his arm and the person. His whole chest felt pressed by a big mountain, and his eyes were completely dark.

With a muffled groan, his body couldn't bear the huge force, and he couldn't help taking a small step back.

With this small step, he lost his focus, and before he could recover, Qin Fei bumped into him for the second time.

"boom!"

McGrady was hit with stares. He remembered that when he was in Toronto, although he didn't play due to injury, Qin Fei didn't attack like this. Why did Qin Fei change his style of play in just half a season?

He had been practicing for half a season, and was about to find Qin Fei to practice with, but he forgot all his ambitions because of the clash between these two.

Qin Fei made a half-turn with his left foot as the axis, and when he pretended to break through again, he suddenly dribbled the ball from behind to his left hand, and took a big leap to the outside, making a frontal jump shot.

At this time, Maidi was in a mess and eight elements, and he couldn't find the defensive rhythm that he should have. It was the limit to barely throw himself in front of Qin Fei.

Qin Fei pressed down on his wrist, flicked lightly, and the basketball was hollowed into the net.

Another mid-range jumper!

Personally scored 13 points, McGrady turned his head to see the frame, shook his head and walked forward.

"Tracey."

"Ok?"

Mai Di didn't expect Qin Fei to finally respond to him, why, are you going to start talking trash?

Qin Fei smiled at him.

"Welcome to the NBA"

Maddie:

This sentence has been said to him by many people in the past half season, but no one can say that it is not as lethal as Qin Fei, especially after Qin Fei has just completed a dry jumper on his head.

McGrady refused to accept it, but he was not Kobe after all. If it was Kobe, he would definitely have to play with the ball when he turned around. McGrady chose to defend with a more rigorous and focused posture.

His talent on the defensive end is really strong, especially when it comes to seriousness.

What is talent, a body that can defend the fourth position, and defend outside players effortlessly, this is talent.

Two minutes later, Qin Fei took the ball from outside the three-point line, and McGrady was an arm's length away from him. Qin Fei stepped down and dribbled continuously, and finally hit the three-point line.

McGrady felt that Qin Fei was about to break through, so he took a half step back.

Qin Fei suddenly pulled up from the spot and jumped straight into the air, with an astonishing height.

McGrady couldn't defend against it. I feel that Qin Fei's shot was too hasty, right?

"Shh!"

But the ball went in, skimming into the net.

Qin Fei felt overwhelmed and scored 16 points in a single quarter.

"Besides the strongest first step, this jump shot is also my special skill. If you are interested, you can come to me in Xia Tian and I will teach you!"

Qin Fei said to Mai Di, preaching and teaching karma to solve doubts.

After hearing this, Maddie's eyes lit up, but his mouth was still hard.

"Even so, I will still defend with all my strength, don't even think about me letting go."

"What's the water, don't you know, I play players who don't let the water go."

"I can really blow."

Qin Fei was in good shape and exploded in the first quarter. The Sonics led by 36 points 21 to 15, and the Raptors spent a quarter.

Then in the second quarter, Qin Fei took a rest until there were only 4 minutes left before playing. He caused a foul and scored two points. He scored a total of 18 points in the first half.

The Supersonics are leading by a large margin, and the Raptors feel that they have no intention of recovering the points. The fans even feel that the exit is worth the fare now.

The only thing I am looking forward to is Qin Fei's performance in the next game. Judging by Qin Fei's appearance, today may be the night of his career!

Many fans held signs and cheered for Qin Fei loudly.

In the third quarter of the game, Qin Fei did not attack much in the first half. In the second half, the Raptors made a mistake and the Supersonics continued to attack. In the counterattack, Qin Fei scored two plus one, igniting the passion of the Key Arena again.

In this quarter of the game, Qin Fei scored 11 points and scored 29 points in total.

At this time, the Supersonics led the Raptors by as much as 19 points. According to reason, Qin Fei should be off the court to rest, but George Karl waved his hand, and Qin Fei continued to stay on the court.

This is an opportunity for Qin Fei to create a new record in his career!

In the following games, if there is still such a big difference in points, it will be garbage time. It is not appropriate to keep Qin Fei on the court to collect statistics. It is reasonable to continue to play now. After all, the Raptors still have a chance to comeback in theory.

Qin Fei lived up to his high expectations, seized the opportunity to attack fiercely, hit a three-pointer and hit the free throw line in the fourth quarter, and soon surpassed his personal scoring record in a single game.

With 5 minutes left, the Raptors put on a pure substitute and raised the white flag to surrender.

Qin Fei came off the field, and his personal score was fixed at 38 points.

The fans felt a pity that Qin Fei had the opportunity to sprint to the 40+ scoring record, but the Raptors were too disappointing to give Qin Fei a chance.

"Play for another 2 minutes and get 40 points is actually okay."

Peyton whispered in Qin Fei's ear.

"Forget it, forget it, there will be opportunities in the future, don't rush for a while." After all, Qin Fei is still thin-skinned, and he doesn't have the nerve to continue scoring points. 38 points are fine, and today is enough to show his face.

The camera showed the young McGrady, and McGrady's face was slightly confused.

Qin Fei scored 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals on his head, blowing him and the starting shooting guard Doug, neither of them could limit Qin Fei.

This is the first time that McGrady knows that there is such a big gap between him and Qin Fei in the official game.

In the past, I only thought that my low scoring was due to the lack of playing time and few opportunities. Now I know that the defense I am proud of is actually not much different from paper.

Mai Di felt very uncomfortable. He wanted to prove himself in front of Qin Fei, but he was blown away.

In the last few minutes, he didn't show much. After the whole game, he only scored 4 points and 2 rebounds. Compared with Qin Fei, the gap was too obvious.

And Qin Fei only entered the league one year earlier than him.

Maddie sighed.

Qin Fei is too strong

At the end of the game, the Sonics beat the Raptors 121 to 100.

Ordinary regular season, the two teams didn't have much greetings, and a few familiar people greeted each other politely.

The main reason is that the Raptors will definitely not be able to enter the playoffs, and the games between the two teams this season have all ended, and the next time the two teams will play against each other will really be the next season after more than half a year.

"You really didn't save me any face in the game."

Maddie's smile was somewhat bitter.

Qin Fei patted McGrady on the shoulder and encouraged him: "It's nothing, it's like this in the NBA, I'm just in a good state today, just get used to it."

"Sometimes it feels more difficult."

McGrady whispered, complaining about the pressure on his body.

"You can tell me if you have any difficulties, we are friends, and I will respond to you at any time."

Qin Fei said seriously.

McGrady was very moved after hearing this.

"Practice in summer?"

He felt that he should continue to learn from Qin Fei. There are many skills in Qin Fei that he has not yet mastered, and he has benefited a lot from fighting Qin Fei.

Another person invited him, and Qin Fei didn't say whether he would agree or not. Anyway, he announced his summer itinerary.

"Practice, I spend a month of special training every summer. This is already my regular project. If you know, you can contact me."

McGrady said he received it, and chatted back.

Qin Fei scored 38 points and became the "NBA Player of the Day" that day, showing his face.

Two days later, the NBA officially announced the full roster for the All-Star Game.

In fact, it is the announcement of the remaining 14 seats.

The All-Star bench in the East is Glenn Rice, Reggie Miller, Steve Smith, Rick Smith, Tim Hardaway, Jason Williams and Anthony Walker.

Among these people, only Glen Rice, Reggie Miller and Tim Hardaway had previous All-Star Game experience, and the others were all selected for the first time, including Anthony Walker, who is also a second-year player.

Jason Williams is not "white chocolate", but a center from the Nets. The coach hesitated between the center and forward of the Nets, and finally chose this beast center.

There's really no one in the center position.

This season, Mutombo, who played the best, has already entered the starting lineup. Ewing was plagued by injuries and only played 26 games. Mourning was slightly better, but also suffered from injuries, and only returned to the game on the eve of the All-Star Game.

So the only one competing with Jason is Longley of the Bulls

The All-Star substitutes selected in the West are Eddie Jones, David Robinson, Richmond, Duncan, Kidd, Garnett and Qin Fei.

Among the Western All-Star substitutes, only Qin Fei and Duncan were selected for the first time in their careers.

There are not many All-Stars on the guard line in the West, especially when John Stockton's data has declined this season, averaging only 12 points and 8.5 assists per game, and there is one less competitor.

Among the last few, it is a pity that Marbury and Nick Van Exel lost the election.

But both of them have teammates who have been selected to the All-Star team, especially the Lakers. Three people have been selected, and the substitute Kobe is still the All-Star starter, so Nick Van Exel has nothing to say.

The media in Philadelphia is the saddest. Seeing that the two players with more than a dozen picks in the class of 96 have counterattacked and become All-Stars before Iverson, the feeling is too uncomfortable.

There is no problem with Iverson's data and expressiveness. The only difference is that his record is not good. Philadelphia is still the worst record in the Eastern Conference.

When the coaches select players, they also look at the record. If the record is too bad, they will definitely not consider it. This is a basic criterion for them to judge whether a player is good or bad.

This is also a kind of pressure. The three on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and now the two in the West are all All-Stars, and the pressure is all on Iverson.

The happiest are Nike and Adidas, two sneaker manufacturers.

Nike signed Qin Fei, and Adidas signed Kobe. Both of them are All-Stars. It must be a new trend in the league and will attract young people's attention. This is the future market.

The day after the list came out, both Nike and Adidas contacted Tellem.

"Fuck, it turns out that you are the biggest winner!"

At this time, the agents were all taken aback. The youngsters that Tellem had quietly dug out all made it to the All-Star Game. The level of investment and signing players can no longer be described as excellent.

Some general managers familiar with Tellem jokingly extended an invitation to him:

"Brother, are you interested in being a scout?"

Tellem politely declined.

"Sorry, I'm just a broker"

　Thank you Guanfengyun for your reward~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)