Rebirth of Yidi Legend

Chapter 497 Before the All-Star Weekend

The Jazz management issued a statement to build a sculpture for Jerry Sloan. This is something Yi Jianlian did not expect. After all, in the history of the NBA, except for "Cardinal" Auerbach, no head coach has been able to receive this honor. The most important thing is One point, Auerbach is not just a head coach, he is also the general manager of the Celtics. From ancient times to the present, almost every dynasty of the Celtics is related to him. Qualifications for sculpture.

As for Jerry Sloan, he did not bring a championship trophy to the Jazz. From the perspective of honor, he should not have won such an honor.

Although he is completely qualified, no matter how much he has coached a team for 23 years, interpreting the "one person, one city" of the head coach is much more difficult than the players. Everyone knows that the team's record is not good. Well, the first one to be fired must be the head coach. In history, the head coach who can coach a team like Jerry Sloan for more than 20 years, in the later NBA, is only Popovich.

The rest of the greats such as Phil Jackson or Park Leli, they failed to do such a thing!

But no honor is flawed!
In fact, the original Jazz didn't have a statue built for Jerry Sloan.

Only this time, because of Yi Jianlian's public voice, the fans' support for Jerry Sloan was much louder than before.

Anyway, for players, retiring jerseys, entering the Hall of Fame, and building statues are definitely the best affirmation, but for coaches, there are many fewer ways to express gratitude, and maybe only building statues can express enough gratitude Affection.

Only in this way can everyone be satisfied.

From the attitude of the fans after the statement, it can be seen that everyone is really satisfied with the Jazz's approach, and the number of fans asking for an explanation under the Jazz's official tweet suddenly decreased a lot.

"Well, this is the best decision. There is no doubt that Coach Jerry Sloan has such qualifications. He is the best coach in Salt Lake City. Even if a coach leads this team to win the championship in the future, I think , he can’t be more meaningful than Jerry Sloan to the Utah Jazz!"

Yi Jianlian is very satisfied with this result, he likes this decision.In his view, Salt Lake City owes Jerry Sloan more than just a statue.

If history does not change, in the next ten years, the Jazz will not give a positive answer to the sudden dismissal of Jerry Sloan, which is enough to prove that this matter is just like the report, and Jerry Sloan was forced to leave. The Jazz team, making such a chilling move to their own team's meritorious coach, using a statue to make up for their mistakes, is really not an exaggerated thing!

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The matter of Jerry Sloan's dismissal from get out of class came to an end temporarily with the Jazz management's statement that they would build a sculpture for Jerry Sloan.

The eyes of the fans were quickly shifted to the All-Star Weekend of the 2010~2011 season.

After the last round of the regular season before the All-Star Game, the number of head coaches for the East and West in the All-Star Game has also been officially determined. Thibodeau in the East has become the head coach of the All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and the head coach in the West is Popovich, this is the first time he has been the head coach again after many years. It is not easy for the Spurs not to pretend to be dead in the regular season this season!
Unlike the Mavericks, who had multiple All-Star starters who opted out due to injuries before the All-Star Weekend, this time, except for Yao Ming, all the All-Star starters selected were confirmed to attend the All-Star Game held in the City of Angels.

Mavericks: You're targeting me!

Yi Jianlian and Stoudemire arrived in Los Angeles one day earlier.

Although Stoudemire lost to Dwight Howard in the starting voting, he was eventually put on the All-Star bench by the coaches. After many years, the New York Knicks finally ushered in two players who were selected for the All-Star Game in the same year. This makes a large part of New York fans excited, but also makes some New York fans a little disappointed. They really hope that this year's All-Star Weekend will be held in New York, so that they can have more people in their home stadium The most hysterical cheers for these two All-Stars who represent the New York Knicks.

Hey, I don't know if there will be another chance in the future!
Hmm... I am used to being poor, and suddenly I am rich, I am really afraid of going back to being poor.

Staying at the officially booked hotel, Yi Jianlian met many familiar faces, such as Andrew Bogut, who was also selected by the coach this year as the final Eastern Conference bench.

"Yi, we can finally be teammates again!"

Andrew Bogut is excited about joining forces with Yi Jianlian again. After Yi Jianlian left, he hasn't had a hearty meal for a long time. Kyle Lowry is a good starting point guard, but his passing awareness is better than Mo Williams is even worse, and even worse than Yi Jianlian by several levels. Bogut stands in the open space several times in every game, watching Kyle Lowry rush into the crowd and shoot.

At that time, Andrew Bogut would miss Yi Jianlian very much, and at the same time, the idea of ​​wanting to leave the Bucks rose in his heart-since they are all going to be reduced to "stealing board beasts", then why should I give you a blacksmith? Woolen cloth?Los Angeles obviously has a blacksmith master, why don't I join forces with him?
Andrew Bogut didn't know how many times he had this thought.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, grab the board!Always hope to partner with a better blacksmith.

It is a pity that Mo Williams was not selected this time. There are too many star guards in the West, Westbrook, Deron Williams and Manu Ginobili. There are still some who have not been selected, such as Tony Parker and And Jason Kidd!The competition is so fierce that it also stopped Mo Williams' record of consecutive selections to the All-Star Game at 2 years.

If Mo Williams does not return to the Eastern Conference in the future, last year's All-Star Weekend may also be his last trip to the All-Star Game.

No way, wait another two years, the 09 class of guards will usher in a blowout, especially in the west, there will be two guys, one is better than the other.

Yi Jianlian also met Al Horford. He was also selected to the All-Star bench in the East this year. This is the second consecutive selection in his career, but his data this year is not much compared with last year. Variety.

Barely 15 plus 10 data.

Compared with the other three selected centers Howard, Stoudemire and Bogut, Al Horford's data is the worst.

But this does not affect his re-selection to the All-Star Game.

The nickname "Ball Blind Discriminator" is really not for nothing.

(End of this chapter)