The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 218 Participating in the Slam Dunk Contest and the Three-Point Contest

Lowry kept his eyes on Ross, looking at his posture, he wanted to jump directly on Ross.

Because of his height, Lowry sometimes suffers on the defensive end.

However, he also has an advantage, that is, his physical fitness is excellent, and his strength is also good enough, so he can generally deal with most point guard players.

For players like Lowry, the butt should be the most valuable part of their body.

That's right, butt.

Short players such as Paul, Lowry and even the little assassin Thomas, they all have one thing in common, that is, they all have extremely plump buttocks.

The gluteus maximus is developed, which makes them more powerful when doing some movements.

Once the butt is injured, the end of these players may be miserable. The little assassin is the best example. Because of his butt injury, he fell directly from a top star to a fringe player that no one cares about.

Lowry is nicknamed the Little Steel Cannon, and his health has always been in good condition, which is why Li Xun traded him over.

The Pistons have too many players who are prone to injuries. In order to avoid the situation of a full camp of injured soldiers last season, having an iron-clad Lowry is also reassuring.

Yao Ming needless to say, his tonnage is very normal.

Curry also suffered injuries during his rookie season.

As for those veterans, except for the rough-skinned Artest, injuries are inevitable.

The only thing to worry about is Li Xun himself. He still has a magic elixir. Once injured, he can recover immediately.

On the court, Rose began to single Lowry.

Lowry lowered his weight and carried Ross hard, looking solid and giving people a sense of security.

In the end, Rose used the pick-and-roll to prepare to hit the basket.

Li Xun is ready to fight, and his first block data in double figures was obtained from Rose.

After a lapse of one year, Li Xun could clearly notice the growth of Rose's strength.

In the case of last season, Rose will definitely be blocked by himself this time.

But this time Rose's pull was even more astonishing. He avoided Li Xun's block abruptly in mid-air, and then pulled the ball in.

Even the Pistons fans at the scene couldn't help applauding.

This kind of fairy ball is really entertaining to watch.

Li Xun couldn't help applauding Rose. Being able to watch the special skills of these legendary stars is also a benefit for the traveler.

"Man, your strength has become stronger again."

Li Xun laughed loudly.

Ross laughed shyly, receiving such praise from Li Xun, who was somewhat shy by nature, was a little embarrassed to be praised.

"Li, when you become as strong as you, you will be truly strong."

For a while, Li Xun felt a little embarrassed when he said this to Ross.

To be reasonable, compared with Ross's own skills, it really feels like mud can't support the wall.

The current enjoyment of playing by myself is really far inferior to Rose.

"By the way, Li, I heard that you signed up for this year's dunk contest and three-point contest?"

Ross asked curiously.

Li Xun's expression was startled, what's the matter?Why haven't I heard of it?
"Where did you hear it? Why don't I know."

"You don't know? I see that many media news have already reported this matter. Could it be that Mr. Dumas signed up for you and didn't tell you?"

Ross was also curious.

Li Xun was speechless, but Dumas was honest enough to sign up for two projects for himself.

However, can these two projects apply at the same time?
In Li Xun's impression, there seemed to be no players participating at the same time.

Participating in the three-point contest, Li Xun can accept it, and he still has a lot of confidence in winning the championship.

But what the hell is this slam dunk contest?

Isn't it a joke to participate in the slam dunk contest with my jumping ability and my height?
The taller you are, the greater your disadvantage in the dunk contest.

Li Xun remembers that this year's slam dunk champion is the little potato Nate Robinson, and he has defended the dunk champion for the third time.

The reason why he was able to win the championship three times is because this guy is short, so he has an advantage when scoring.

There's really nothing remarkable about his actions.

Little Tudou's performance in the official game was mediocre, and he could only be regarded as a qualified substitute.

But in these bells and whistles, he's kind of dominating.

In addition to being the three-time slam dunk champion, his jersey was retired by Summer League.

Going to the summer league every year, it annoys everyone, and simply retires his jersey and doesn't let him play in the summer league.

It is also the only jersey to be retired by Summer League.

The game between the two sides was not gunpowder, mainly because Li Xun and Ross had been chatting.

The bosses of the respective teams have a good relationship, and the players below will certainly not play too aggressively.

However, Noah is still very active in the game. Judging from his appearance, he really wants to prove himself against Yao Ming.

Noah is actually a stat freak too, he had a triple-double of 20+20+10 blocks.

There are only a handful of players in NBA history who can play such statistics.

It's a pity that the current Noah is only a sophomore, how can he be the seasoned opponent of Yao Ming, who is being played by Yao Ming's magic dance moves under the basket.

Yao Ming was also very funny tonight. He singled out Noah for all kinds of balls. It seemed like he wanted to teach Noah a good lesson.

Since the last time he witnessed Li Xun throwing Mason on his back, Yao Ming felt much more cheerful now.

Maybe it was because Li Xun was by his side, which made him extremely at ease, and he no longer had to worry about offending others.

In the league before, the lonely Yao Ming had nothing to rely on, and he had to rely on himself every step of the way.

The situation is different now, even if you offend your opponent, what does it matter, is it possible that your opponent can still attack?
The player in this league who dares to take the initiative to hit Li Xun's door has not yet been born.

When the game was over, Noah looked lonely. He was completely crushed by Yao Ming tonight.

The defensive end that I am proud of is completely useless in front of Yao Ming tonight.

仅仅出场了31分钟的姚明，全场砍下了33分9篮板3助攻，而诺阿则是只有11分10篮板入账，跟姚明完全就不在一个档次上。

Ross also saw Noah's loneliness, and stepped forward to comfort him.

In addition to the nickname of Shu Qi in Chicago, Noah also has the nickname of Flower Guardian.

The one who protects the flower is Rose, the Windy City rose, and the relationship between the two is very strong.

No matter what happened to Rose on the court, Noah could always be seen appearing immediately.

"Joe King, he is Yao Ming after all, the best center in the league today."

"You are still young, and there is still a lot of room for improvement, so don't take it too seriously."

Rose patted Noah on the shoulder, relieved.

Noah could only nod helplessly.

Although he couldn't defend Yao Ming, Noah felt that his rebounding was better than Yao Ming's.

The main reason why the rebounds are on par with Yao Ming tonight is that Li Xun is in the way.

Li Xun put up another frightening stat at home tonight, 31 points and 30 rebounds, another double-thirty terrific stat.

The Celestial Twin Towers scored 64 points together tonight, which is definitely something that makes opponents desperate.

The top twin-tower lineups have appeared many times in NBA history.

The most well-known ones are the Spurs Twin Towers, but the general in the Spurs Twin Towers was already old at the time.

And in terms of strength, the twin towers of Chamberlain and Emperor Thurmond should be counted.

It's a pity that the pair of twin towers didn't cooperate for long, and they failed to win the championship.

The most successful twin towers should be the combination of the Rockets' Dream and Sampson's twin towers. The two are about the same age, and both were at their peak when they won the championship.

However, with the rise of the twin towers of Li Xun and Yao Ming, I am afraid that in the future NBA historical twin tower rankings, their pair of Celestial Twin Towers will rank first.

After the game, Li Xun invited Rose and Noah and other Bulls players to his barbecue restaurant for a supper.

Players generally can’t eat before the game. After a long night of fatigue and hunger, it’s wonderful to have a small barbecue.

Now when some players with good relationship come to Detroit to play away games, Li Xun likes to treat them to a barbecue.

Over time, Li Xun's barbecue restaurant has gained a good reputation, and its business has become more and more prosperous.

However, Li Xun has no plans to open a branch. The main purpose of opening this barbecue restaurant was actually to give himself a toothbrush.

As for making money, the money Li Xun earns now, he can't spend it all in eight lifetimes.

Not to mention the countless opportunities to make a fortune in the future.

The next morning, on the Pistons' practice field.

Li Xun looked at Dumas dumbfounded.

What Rose said was not wrong. Dumars really helped Li Xun sign up for the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest.

"Li, the three-point contest is actually an invitation system, and it has nothing to do with me. Stern called you to participate, and I can't help it."

"As for the slam dunk contest, each team usually reports a name."

"The player reported by the Raptors before was DeRozan, and the name reported by our Pistons is you."

"It can't be helped. If we don't report your name, who can we report? Old guys like Iverson? Or Curry, a hard-pressed man?"

"In the end, I don't know what Stern thought. Both DeRozan and you were selected."

Dumas said helplessly.

Li Xun was dumbfounded. Hearing Dumas' explanation, it seemed that Dumas really couldn't be blamed for this matter.

This is the slam dunk contest, isn't it embarrassing to go by yourself?
Li Xun can't do any of those fancy moves now.

As for those unpretentious dunks, such as jumping from the free throw line, Li Xun has no way, he dare not even think about it.

"Anyway, I'm just going to join in the fun. The All-Star Weekend is mainly about entertainment."

Dumas also knew that dunks were not Li Xun's strong point, so he could only comfort him.

Li Xun nodded, he only hoped that when the time came, he wouldn't be too embarrassing.

In the blink of an eye, the time came to mid-January, half a month had passed in 2010.

The results of the first round of All-Star voting have been released.

Li Xun got 235 million votes in the first round, which doesn't sound like much.

But this is only the first round of voting.

You must know that under normal circumstances, this year's All-Star vote king James actually only has 254 million votes.

There will be a second round of voting. Judging by Li Xun's posture, breaking through 300 million votes is a breeze.

Once it reaches 300 million votes, it will have a chance to break the record of all-star votes in NBA history.

The current record stands at 315 million votes held by Howard last season.

From this point of view, Howard's popularity is indeed high enough. When Kobe was at his peak, he was able to overwhelm Kobe.

"Your popularity is really astonishing. You got more than 200 million votes in the first round."

"I don't even know how to describe it."

"You can get at least 400 million votes this year, I think even 500 million is possible."

After Iverson saw the number of votes for Li Xun, he was speechless.

He got 184 million votes at most in his career, which was already second only to the vote king Carter.

In the end, Li Xun was lucky, and the number of votes in the first round had completely crushed the peak of Iverson's career.

Li Xun took another look at other people's first-round votes.

Yao Ming is currently second only to Li Xun, with 137 million votes in the first round.

From here you can see the difference.

No.2 Yao Ming actually lost 100 million votes than Li Xun.

The next rankings are James, Kobe, Wade, Howard and Melo Anthony.

These are the only players with over a million in the first round.

Then Li Xun saw a familiar name, which turned out to be Yi Jianlian.

His votes are also amazing, with 96 votes.

It seems that Yi Jianlian's performance this year has completely conquered the fans, to be precise, he has conquered Stern.

Stern has been known to rig the ballots.

Specifically, which star can get how many votes, in fact, this matter is really confused, and it can even be said to be a matter of Stern's words.

Li Xun used the Durant template card for Yi Jianlian in the first ten or so games.

After using this template card, Yi Jianlian did not become Durant, but instead became a rebounding youth version of Li Xun.

Because there are no absolute core players in the Nets, Yi Jianlian got a lot of shots, which made his current statistics very luxurious.

With an average of 23 points and 8 rebounds per game, he is already at the level of the league's first-tier power forwards.

This still lowered his average data in more than ten games, otherwise Yi Jianlian would have averaged 27 points per game now.

Especially in December, Yi Jianlian even won the best of the week once.

With such a performance, coupled with the support of the vast number of Chinese fans, it is reasonable to have a large number of votes.

Even Li Xun felt that Yi Jianlian's number of votes may have been manipulated by Stern.

Ah Lian is now so popular in China that it is unbelievable. From the original Lianmei to the current Yidi, how could there be so few fans' votes.

"I really envy Chinese players, boss, do you think it's too late for me to change my nationality?"

Seeing that even Sun Yue got hundreds of thousands of votes, Lori said enviously.

After getting along for more than half a month, Lowry has now fully integrated into the Pistons and has become Li Xun's younger brother.

"You're too dark, Kyle, it's okay for me to pretend to be a Chinese, after all, my skin color is closer to the boss's."

Curry grinned.

Li Xun glanced at Curry's complexion and appearance, as if this guy could really pretend.

Li Xun is still very satisfied with the results of the first round of voting.

I and Yao Ming have already started steadily, and Iverson's votes are also good, although the gap with Wade is very large.

But among the guards in the Eastern Conference, his number of votes is second only to Wade, and he has a chance to enter the starting lineup.

Iverson's data this season is actually not very good, averaging only 11 points and 7 assists per game, and the number of key games played is still small.

But after all, qualifications are there. All-stars are not only based on strength, but also on popularity.

(End of this chapter)