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Chapter 146 Goal All-Star

On a Spurs charter flight to Oklahoma, Popovich was babbling to his disciples.

"The current Thunder is not playing against us at the beginning of the season. Their cooperation is more tacit and their style of play is more clear. Do you have to be careful and understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone said in unison.

"The last time they lost to us, it was because their point guard Westbrook didn't perform well, but now, Westbrook has played quite steadily. Look at the current scoring list. The first is Durant's 30.3 The third is Westbrook's 28.6 points, which shows that these two people are very powerful in attacking ability, so you must not underestimate them just because of the last victory." Popovich flipped through the pages while talking material.

"However, there is no need to be too nervous, because the Thunder is really weak now. Apart from these two, their third scorer, Kevin Martin, is currently averaging only 12.8 points per game, which is much worse than Harden last season. There is also Ibaka who can score around 10, and the rest of them are averaging single-digit points per game, what does this mean?" Popovich asked.

"It means that the Thunder basically only rely on their duo now. Without Durant and Westbrook, the Thunder is just a piece of dough, and you can squeeze it as you want." This time the answer appeared to be full of confidence.

"That's right!" Popovich agreed, and at the same time circled the names of Durant and Westbrook on the tactical board, "Today's task is to seal these two people! Qin! Kawhi !"

"Here!" Qin Yan and Leonard agreed in unison.

"The two of you blocked this double-young combination last time. Tell me this time, can you block them again!" Popovich looked at the two guys and smiled wickedly.

Qin Yan and Leonard glanced at each other, and the two of them immediately felt an endless fighting spirit burning in their chests.

"no problem!"

"Okay! Others, let's do this..." After the most important tasks were arranged, Popovich also began to order other disciples. This game, Popovich seemed to be going for real.

……

After everything was over, everyone returned to their seats and prepared to rest. Qin Yan picked up a newspaper on the plane and read it. Suddenly, a piece of news caught his attention.

"The All-Star voting for the new season is about to begin! Who can be the starter this year?!"

"Hey, Qin, what are you reading without taking a break?" Huang Amagreen was sitting beside Qin Yan, and when she saw Qin Yan reading the newspaper, she immediately moved her head over.

"Hey! All-star, isn't it Qin, do you want to be the starter of the All-Star!" Green shouted in surprise after seeing the news clearly.

"What the hell? All-star?" Immediately, everyone in the cabin surrounded him.

"Ah, if you don't mention it, you really forgot. It is indeed counted according to time. This year's All-Star Game is the time to vote." Parker slapped his forehead and said first.

"Yes, yes, this time is almost every year." Duncan also reacted.

"Oh, it doesn't matter, anyway, it won't be my turn anyway." Dior was very straightforward at this time, "I'll just go and cheer for your family. By the way, who on our team has the opportunity to be an All-Star this year? It won't be Tim alone. Bar?"

In fact, what Dior said was a joke, because the Spurs' style may be relatively old-fashioned, so the popularity of the superstars in the team is not particularly high (at least Duncan is not as popular as Kobe, James, Durant and the like), plus The superstars of the Spurs don't seem to be suitable for the All-Stars, which are full of fun and funny exhibition games. Of the "GDP" trio, only Duncan is considered an All-Star regular, and the remaining All-Star experience of Ginobili and Parker is not too much.

"Nonsense, we have Qin here this year, how come Qin is going to participate in the Rookie Challenge, and maybe Qin can also make it to the All-Star Game." Dio booed from the side.

"That's right. Yao beat Shaq to the main game back then. Thinking about it, Qin might be able to beat Bryant to the main game now." Mills also joked on the sidelines.

Qin Yan didn't speak, Leonard retorted, "I think it's okay for Qin to enter the main game, 20+5+5, no one can say anything about this data entering the main game."

"Xiaoka, don't talk nonsense." Qin Yan said suddenly, "Don't forget that Kobe's statistics this year are much better than mine. I don't think my performance this year is enough to enter the main game. What's more, apart from Kobe, the outstanding players in the West There are still many guards, so I don’t think I have much hope.” Qin Yan is very rational about whether he can be an All-Star. Back then, Yao Ming’s stats of 13+8 overwhelmed O’Neal as the starter, and I don’t know how many people criticized him.

It's not that Qin Yan has no ambitions, but he hopes that he can face all this rationally before his strength can support his ambitions. Now he is only in his first year, so there is no need to be so anxious to compete for the honor of All-Star .

What's more, isn't the All-Star game just an exhibition game? There's nothing to argue about. As a rookie for 12 years, I definitely want to participate in the rookie game.

"Qin, you don't have to be so modest. Your current statistics are very good, and you are Chinese. Just look at Yao. There will definitely be many people voting for you! What's more, I think you are better than Yao's. The rookie season was much better."

As Yao Ming's former teammate, Tracy McGrady knows the power of Chinese fans best.When I was in the Rockets, I enjoyed the attention of many Chinese fans. What's more, from the data point of view, Qin Yan, who is 20+5+5, performed much better than Yao Ming, who was 13+8. There are too many guards, otherwise at least there is a chance to be selected as a substitute.

Teammates then began various chats from the All-Star voting, guessing this year's starting situation, predicting the champion of various competitions, predicting the stars of the opening performance, and so on.After all, this festival is more of a grand gathering for players.

"Qin, you really don't want to go to the All-Stars?" Leonard was curious.

"It's not interesting, just finish the rookie game, what? Do you want to go? How about I ask Chinese fans to vote for you?" Qin Yan said half-jokingly.

"I, I don't care, but I think you can participate in the slam dunk contest or the three-point contest. I think you should be the champion if you go to these two competitions." Leonard was still encouraging Qin Yan .

"Slam dunk contest? Three-point contest?" Qin Yan suddenly thought about it. It makes sense. If he doesn't participate in the main competition, it seems that participating in these two competitions can also make a big splash...

(End of this chapter)