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Chapter 190
On February 2010, 2, after the All-Star Rookie Challenge, the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Shootout Contest, and the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, after all the pre-dinner desserts of the All-Star Weekend were over, all eyes were on The dinner of the All-Star Weekend, which is the upcoming All-Star Game.

This year's All-Star Game can be described as an All-Star Game full of controversy. First, before the All-Star voting, the NBA League changed the rules of the All-Star voting, which was boycotted by a large number of fans. The number of All-Star votes has fallen off a cliff.

Then there was Allen Iverson, who was about to retire, who was voted into the All-Star starter by the fans behind him, which caused huge criticism.

The reason why the NBA wants to revise the voting rules for the All-Stars is to avoid the embarrassing situation that those players who do not have the strength of the All-Stars will be selected for the All-Stars because of their super popularity and the huge fan base behind them. The method of violating the voting rules for the All-Stars forced many people to be disqualified from voting.

But after the All-Star voting ended, Allen Iverson, who no matter how you look at it, no longer has the strength to enter the All-Star, unexpectedly became the All-Star starter of this season, and Allen Iverson's selection is undoubtedly It aroused the dissatisfaction of those players who were deprived of voting qualifications, as well as the fans behind them.

Although controversies and doubts are like snowflakes, the established facts cannot be changed. However, the NBA has cheekily announced that it will not change the results of the All-Star voting, and fans who support Allen Iverson, I also hope that Allen Iverson can treat this All-Star Game as his retirement game. Allen Iverson, who was criticized by some fans and the media, is about to start the All-Star Weekend. At that time, it was suddenly announced that because of his daughter's illness, he would give up participating in this year's All-Star Game. At the same time, Allen Iverson also announced the termination of the remaining contract with the 76ers and officially retired from the NBA.

Whether it is Allen Iverson's decision not to participate in the All-Star Game, or Allen Iverson's sudden decision to retire, it has caused an uproar in public opinion, even though Allen Iverson was selected as this year's All-Star starter It is full of controversy, but Allen Iverson is, after all, a veteran superstar who has won the regular season MVP, won four scoring titles, and has been selected to the All-Star Game eleven times in his career. In the middle of the season, he suddenly made a decision to retire, preparing to leave the league that he has played for more than ten years.

In addition to Allen Iverson's absence from the All-Star Game due to personal reasons, Kobe Bryant, Brandon Roy and Chris Paul, who were selected for the Western Conference All-Stars, also successively suffered from injuries. , announced the absence of this year's All-Star Game, so many All-Stars, due to various reasons, are absent from the All-Star Game, which not only casts a haze on the upcoming All-Star Game, but also Let the stars of the All-Star Game become more and more dim.

However, the NBA soon announced that David Lee of the New York Knicks, Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks, Chauncey Billups of the Denver Nuggets, and Chris Kaman of the New Jersey Hornets would replace him. Several All-Stars who were absent will participate in this year's All-Star Game.

Shaquille O'Neal is absent, Kobe Bryant is absent, Vince Carter is absent, Yao Ming is absent, Allen Iverson is absent, although there are veteran superstars such as Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Detroit. White Howard, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, these are the new generation of superstars who are at their peak, but compared with the previous All-Stars, this year's All-Star Game is always impressive. I feel that something is missing, especially the absence of Shaq O'Neal, which makes this year's All-Star Game lose the funny and joyful atmosphere of the past.

The end of the old generation of All-Stars is certainly sad, but the selection of the younger generation of players has also given everyone hope and inheritance with the All-Stars.

After Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson and other superstars with their own traffic were absent from the All-Star Game, the media who felt that there was a lack of gimmicks and focus began to hype up those new players. The younger generation of players who have been promoted to the All-Stars, Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Deron Williams, these young players who have been selected to the All-Stars, have all become the media's pursuit for a while Focus, only seeing newcomers laughing, not seeing old ones cry, is very applicable anywhere.

Among these young players selected for the All-Star, the most sought after are undoubtedly Yan Hua and Derek Rose. After the first round of the playoffs last season, Yan Hua and Derek Rose Two, they were blown by the media as the 08 double pride comparable to Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan, especially Derrick Rose, who has always been The darling of most of the media.

Therefore, when the 08 Shuangjiao were selected as All-Stars together in their second season in the league, those media who watched the excitement were all trying their best to praise Yan Hua and Derek- Rose even listed the duel between the 08 Shuangjiao as one of the highlights of this All-Star Game.

Regarding the praise from the outside media, while Yan Hua remained sober, he also had a little thought in his heart. Although Yan Hua's current qualifications are not enough to convince the public, no one will stand by him, but this does not hinder Yan Hua. Hua's expectations and fantasies about that trophy.

Which All-Star player doesn't want to be a star among the stars?Which player on the All-Star game doesn't want to be the most dazzling star in the All-Star game?

Yan Hua is naturally not immune, but Yan Hua also believes that there are definitely not a few people who have the same thoughts as him. Dirk Nowitzki, the host, was not selected as the All-Star starter this time, making it impossible for everyone to help him, and this will undoubtedly breed everyone's thoughts and desires to pursue that trophy.

Therefore, on the afternoon of February 2th, when all the players participating in the All-Star Game began to practice together, Yan Hua could clearly feel that the small thoughts of the teammates around him were able to come here. Which one is willing to be plain?
(End of this chapter)