warrior godfather

Chapter 188 Do you want to make a bet?

After Curry won the three-point contest, before he had time to celebrate for too long, it was the dunk contest.

This year's slam dunk contest lacks star flavor, or in other words, all slam dunk contests after 2000 lack star flavor.

This year's participants include Nate Robinson, Shannon Brown, Gerald Wallace and DeRozan. It is also a combination of the old, the middle and the young. Among them, Nate Robinson is the defending champion, and he has won the slam dunk contest twice in the past , This is the third time he has launched an impact on the championship trophy.

The first one to play is DeRozan. As the No. 9 pick this year, he was selected by the Raptors and received key training. Although he is not as dazzling as Curry, his performance is also very good among rookies.

DeRozan averaged 23.1 points and 49.8 rebounds on 8.6% shooting in 2.6 minutes per game. He is very efficient and ranks sixth in the rookie list. He is also very active on the defensive end. A qualified perimeter defender, the Raptors can select him with the 9th pick, which is definitely worth the money.

Not only is his mid-range shot stable, but DeRozan's physical fitness is also very good. He often staged a good show of tomahawk dunks in the game. Today he came to participate in the slam dunk contest, which also attracted a lot of attention.

But what is disappointing is that DeRozan's first dunk was quite satisfactory. It was a tomahawk-style split dunk without any new ideas. 42 points.

The second player to play is Shannon Brown. This role player from the Lakers is a dunker. He is known for his physical fitness. The actual dunks in the game are very violent. People are looking forward to his performance.

But Shannon Brown's first dunk also pulled his hips. He wanted to do a one-step jump from the free throw line and then turn 360 degrees in the air, but this movement was too difficult for him to control. It became a very mediocre handover dunk, and the judges were obviously very disappointed, only giving him 37 points.

Gerald Wallace apparently came to make up the numbers. After his third appearance, he perfunctoryly dunked with a reverse pull-bar and scored 38 points.

The finale was two-time slam dunk champion Nate Robinson, which aroused the cheers of the fans, but many people believed that if it wasn't for Nate Robinson's height, he would never have won two slam dunk champions.

If you ask who is the tallest in the current NBA, many fans may not be able to tell for a while, but if you ask who is the shortest in the current NBA, they will immediately say the name of Nate Robinson.

With a height of only 1 meters, he is the shortest active player in the NBA, but he has amazing physical fitness and has repeatedly completed dunks.

Of course, it is impossible for Nate Robinson to survive in the NBA simply by dunking. He has a good three-point shot, and his career three-point shooting rate has remained around 37%, and he dares to shoot. Although limited by his height, His finishing efficiency at the basket is not too high, but he is also a relatively high-quality substitute player.

His first dunk was much better than the other three. It was a big windmill after catching a rebound. He scored 44 points, the highest score among the four.

In the second round of the preliminaries, Shannon Brown still pulled his hips. Although he invited Kobe to play as an assistant, an ordinary one-handed dunk was obviously not favored by the judges. He only scored 41 points, and the total of the two rounds was only 78 points.

Gerald Wallace's second goal was still perfunctory and only scored 41 points, the same total as Shannon Brown.

But DeRozan was different. He scored the first 50 points in this slam dunk contest with a big windmill slam dunk after catching the ball off the edge of the rebound, which caused a burst of cheers from the audience. Compared with the tsunami-like sound of the three-point contest winner, it is far away.

Nate Robinson is still the finale, he scored 45 points with a slightly mediocre mid-air spinning dunk, and entered the finals with DeRozan.

In the two rounds of the final competition, DeRozan and Nate Robinson's actions were lackluster, and some spectators even left early. In the end, Nate Robinson barely beat DeRozan with 51% of the votes and won the third time. Slam dunk contest champion.

During the entire slam dunk contest, Zhang Yu didn't raise much energy, and even felt a little drowsy. Today, he played for another day, and he was a little tired.

Sitting next to him, Curry watched with gusto. A shooter who doesn't want to become a slam dunk king is not a good point guard. Everyone in the Warriors knows that the most obsessed action of a certain super shooter in training is dunking.

Every time Curry participates in training, he has to practice dunking. Although he can't use it in the game, in the training hall, Curry used the tomahawk split dunk, back dunk, and 360-degree turn dunk. As for the big windmill and the crotch dunk, because the wingspan is really not enough, Curry failed after many attempts, and finally had no choice but to give up.

Seeing Zhang Yu looking like he was about to fall asleep, he said strangely:

"Boss, isn't this slam dunk contest exciting? How creative is DeMar's dunk!"

Curry and DeRozan met during the draft, hit it off, quickly became friends, and kept in touch frequently.

Zhang Yu gave him a sympathetic look, the silly boy has never seen the world, how pitiful...

After he saw the peak matchup between LaVine and Gordon, he was no longer interested in the dunk contest.

Maybe this is the fate of the slam dunk contest. After the sinking, there will always be a genius who turns out to save the slam dunk contest. There was Carter before, LaVine and Gordon later. Because of them, the dead slam dunk contest came back to life.

Zhang Yu only hoped that the league would not allow Wade to be the judge of the slam dunk contest. He is obviously very unsuitable for this job.

……

The next day, the most exciting All-Star game finally came. Curry was selected as the first All-Star for the first time, which made him very excited. After waking up in the morning, he kept talking non-stop to relieve his anxiety Tension.

Dell and Sonya also came to Arlington to cheer for Curry's All-Star Game. Seth had to play at Duke, Siddell had to go to school, and they didn't come. During the day, Curry participated in training, and Zhang Yu accompanied him. The two were shopping in downtown Arlington.

Finally, one day passed, and the much-anticipated All-Star Game finally came.

This year's All-Star lineup is still star-studded. The only regret is that Kobe was unable to play due to injury, which disappointed fans who wanted to see "23vs24".

But the two new faces selected for the All-Star this year have attracted people's attention-Rose and Curry, two rookies, were facing each other in the Rookie Challenge the day before yesterday, and they will be enemies in the All-Star Game today. Unfortunately, they One is an All-Star starter, and the other is an All-Star substitute, and the playing time will be staggered a lot.

But the media still put forward the statement that Rose and Curry will be "enemies of life" before the game-Curry's first NCAA championship was won by defeating Rose, and both of them are point guards, and one is the No. [-] pick , one is the second place, and the style of play is two extremes. They are located in the east and the west, and each leads a weak team to the playoffs... This is simply a natural rival!
Immediately, a reporter asked the two of them what they thought of each other. When Curry was interviewed, he was having fun on the training ground and said happily:
"Derek and I are very good friends, there is no such thing as an enemy at all, we don't have any competitive relationship...but he better hope he doesn't meet me in the game, I will blow him up, haha."

The reporter took Curry's words to ask Rose, and then they were surprised to find that Rose actually laughed!

After listening to the reporter's recitation of Curry's answer, he couldn't help smiling:
"What did Stephen say? He's bragging. When we played against the Bulldogs, he didn't dare to single out me because he knew that I would blow him up on both offense and defense...Our relationship? Obviously, we have a great relationship and we're not going to be enemies because the Bulls and Warriors only meet twice a season."

When the reporter saw the two people joking with each other, they knew that they had a good relationship, but if the reporter could consider these things, then he would not be a reporter. It's like a challenge to the opponent, which has fully aroused the interest of the fans. Many people want to see Curry and Rose head-to-head in the All-Star Game.

When warming up before the game in the evening, Curry found Rose, elongated his face, looked menacing, and asked:
"Hey! Derek, you really said that I dare not fight you one-on-one, can you beat me on both offense and defense?"

But before he finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing, making a strange quacking sound like a duck.

Ross looked at the guy who looked like a comedian in front of him, and couldn't help laughing:

"Don't you know if you try it? You are the All-Star starter. You can apply for an early exit with George Karl and synchronize with my time. Let's have a bullfight at the All-Star Game. How about it? Do you dare?"

The more Rose said, the brighter his eyes became, and there was a touch of excitement in his eyes. Memphis can't beat Butler, the Bulls can't beat the Warriors, but can he still beat Curry?

One-on-one depends on physical fitness. With his wingspan and athletic ability, Curry can never guard against him, but he can effectively limit Curry.

Of course Curry is not a fool. He is strong in 5v5, not 1v1. How could he use his own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths.

He pretended to be helpless and spread his hands:

"Oh, I really want to do this too, but who made me an All-Star starter? I want to seize this opportunity to play against Wade. If you want to fight me one-on-one, I can save you in the summer. A little time, let you, the All-Star substitute, experience the strength of the All-Star starter..."

"Hehe, Stephen, I think you are really swollen! Go, go heads-up!"

"Hey, I still have to train..."

"I'll be your training partner!"

Before Curry finished speaking, Rose grabbed him and dragged him to the side field to fight a bull with him.

The eastern team and the western team were training in the same arena. After seeing the movements of the two, they surrounded them one after another, laughing and laughing, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

In desperation, Curry could only play an American heads-up with Rose.

The final result is naturally that Rose won. The rule of the American heads-up is that one side can only dribble the ball three times at most, and then they must make a shot. Rose directly defends Curry and does not give him any room for a three-point shot. Curry wants to break through. But Rose reacts quickly, is fast, and has a long wingspan. He can't break through with three dribbles, and can only score a few goals with his extremely fast shooting speed.

On the other hand, Rose used the confrontation and speed to directly carry Curry to the inside line, throwing Curry half a body away in the first step, completely throwing him behind him in the second step, and reaching the basket in three steps. Easy layup.

Curry wanted to prevent the shot but not the sudden attack, but Rose didn't care about him at all. His wingspan and confrontation cannot effectively interfere with him at all, and he can only watch the basketball enter the basket.

In the end, Rose beat Curry with a score of 10:5, which was a bit of a sigh of relief for losing to Curry twice.

After the heads-up, Curry leaned on his knee with one hand, rubbed his chest that was aching from the top with his right hand, and said with a wry smile:

"Derek, your hostility is too great!"

Rose looked at him expressionlessly, but with a smile in his eyes, he said in a slightly blunt tone:

"Well, next time you come to Chicago, I'll treat you to something delicious."

"Next time? You can just talk about next season! Don't forget, I have already beaten you away this season!" Curry finally seized the opportunity and counterattacked.

"That's not necessarily true. If the Bulls and Warriors both make it to the finals this season, won't you be able to come to Chicago?" Rose joked.

"Don't dream, we have this possibility, the boss has magical powers, the bulls... just forget it." Curry said pretending to be disdainful.

"Oh? Do you want to make a bet and see who will advance to the finals between the Bulls and the Warriors?" Rose raised his eyebrows and said seriously.

"Okay, but that's too far away. I think it's more reliable to bet on who will be selected as the All-Star starter first." Curry smirked.

"Hehe... Just show off. If I play under Ronan, there are so many Huaxia fans voting for me, and I can also enter the starting lineup. If you want to bet, you can bet on who can get... the MVP first! Dare you?" Rose looked at Curry defiantly.

Curry looked straight and stretched out his hand:

"It's a bet! Let's see who can win the MVP first and become a superstar first!"

Rose also stretched out his hand, and shook Curry's hand tightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Don't forget, who else will enter the finals first and win the championship!"

The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed together.

……

The All-Star game at night was very lively. Wade scored 31 points and led the Eastern team to a 141:139 victory over the Western team and won the All-Star MVP trophy, but this has nothing to do with Curry and Rose.

Although Curry is an All-Star starter, he is not very familiar with the stars of the team, and he is not the kind of character who is eager to perform. He is a fixed-point shooter and just shoots two ultra-long three-pointers from time to time.

And Rose had a small hip injury. Like in the Rookie Challenge, he paddled to the end, accompanied Curry to smoke in the bottom corner, and did an atmosphere group.

After the game, Curry had 9 points and 3 assists, Rose had 5 points and 4 rebounds, and they all ended the All-Star Game with soy sauce.

But the two knew that the next regular season was the real battlefield, and their paddling in the All-Star Game was to launch a sprint to the playoffs.

　Thanks Yu Qingfeng for the reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)