Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

"Brother, welcome to my territory. It feels so good to be able to play together!"

As soon as Duan walked into the locker room of the Eastern All-Star Team, he was greeted by his good brother Carmelo Anthony, who he played alongside in college.

"Me too, it feels amazing.

Although it was two years later, it seemed like more than ten years had passed.

Just like when we were with the Orangemen in Syracuse, more than ten years passed in the blink of an eye. "

Du En hugged Anthony, and then continued: "To tell you the truth, when I was thinking about retiring two years ago, I also thought, let's do it!
I've made enough money, it's time for me to enjoy it!

I've achieved so much in the NBA, people talk about me and Michael together, some even say I've surpassed it.

But even if we live in the same era as Michael, what if we defeat Michael head-on?

I have won so many games in this era and defeated so many opponents that I seem to have lost the joy of winning.

But I came back, and basketball has become a part of my life.

Besides, I can’t bear to leave you either! You are still playing in the NBA, there is no reason for me to stop so soon.

Now that I can fight side by side with you again, this feeling is so amazing, it is really nostalgic! "

"Haha, who says it's not?" Anthony laughed happily after hearing what Du En said.

But soon, Anthony put away his bright melon-like smile and asked tentatively: "Brother, do you think there is a possibility...

In a few years, we will be playing on the same team for one or more seasons?
Should we have such cooperation opportunities? "

People in middle age have to soak medlar in a thermos.

Du En immediately understood the meaning of what Anthony said.

One thing to say is that the Knicks team, no matter how strong the team leader is, is indeed not suitable to win the championship.

Not to mention the poor management, the players are in a big city like New York and are exposed to so many temptations all day long, and they really have no intention of playing.

If a team wants to win the championship, at least the main players must be 100% committed to the game. Only when everyone is united and united can they overcome all difficulties and achieve the greatest results of the season.

Anthony has been with the Knicks for more than ten years, and the hometown filter has long been broken, and his new wife has become a yellow-faced woman.

Anthony clearly felt that he could not realize his desire to win an NBA championship with the Knicks.

And Anthony must have some understanding of his own physical condition.

If he doesn't rely on technology and hard training to maintain his condition, he will be counting down to his peak period!
If he waits until he really declines and then finds a real path to the championship, even if he gets a championship ring by then, his honor in the NBA will be greatly reduced.

As a former proud man, Anthony was quite arrogant and naturally did not want to end up like this later in his career.

To put it bluntly, it means wanting both. Anthony wants to get the championship ring he covets as the core of the team in his late peak period.

And the only person in the entire league who can help Anthony achieve this goal is Duane.

Not to mention Duane's previous honors, Duane's personal ability and playing style alone are extremely compatible with Anthony.

Duen has an integrated offense and defense, as well as ball control and organizational skills. The most important thing is that he can play without the ball.

In Anthony's vision, if he joins forces with Duan, he doesn't have to worry about anything else. He only needs to complete the scoring part that he is best at.

However, there is a difficulty in the current brother basketball plan, and that is whether Du En agrees.

After all, there is no shortage of scorers like Anthony around Duan who can only score.

The Bulls also don't lack a star like Anthony who can only score.

"I would never dream of playing on the same team as you, like we did with the Syracuse Orange.

To me, championships are nothing but friendships that last forever!

If an opportunity does arise for us to play on the same NBA team, I would definitely be willing to do so. "

Du En gave his own answer, not that he was being hypocritical, but that he was indeed willing to take Melo to get a championship ring.

As for whether Melo is willing to lose face and take advantage of the peak period before he is over, he takes the initiative to defect to Du En and become the third and fourth boss of the Bulls.

Or, after Melo was kicked out by the Knicks, he returned to free agency and helped the Bulls win another championship as a mid-level, minimum-salary player.

This was not what Du En could have predicted. In short, everything depends on Anthony's own choice.

Du En is only responsible for giving Anthony some hope, and is also willing to take Anthony in when Anthony becomes homeless and satisfy Anthony's desire to win the championship.

"Brother, thank you. With your words, I feel at ease.

But I still want to try it! I'm not someone who gives up so easily!
I also hope that your condition can be better and that you can continue to remain competitive.

Otherwise, it would not be so easy for us old guys to defeat the young people in the league. "

Anthony wanted to hug his thighs, but he was a little reserved.

After all, he is still one of the top 20 or 30 players in the league, and his contract with the Knicks still has three years left.

Anthony doesn't want to end up in a position of notoriety like James did by joining the Heat.

Taking the initiative to talk to Du En now is just a reassurance in advance.

Just like five or six years ago, James, Wade and Bosh had already discussed the plan to form a super team and join forces to win the championship.

However, they were eager for success and did not unite in their late peak years. Instead, they took shortcuts at a young age.

Breaking the unspoken rules made them criticized, and the failure to achieve results as a group made them a laughing stock.

Although Anthony's reputation is average now, it is at least better than James and the others.

And because Anthony's peak period is still a few years away, there is no rush to play brother basketball.

"Brother, in order to welcome you back to the NBA, I will help you win the MVP tonight!"

Anthony is the starting forward for the Eastern Conference All-Stars. If he cooperates with Duen to improve his statistics, it will indeed greatly increase Duen's chances of winning this year's All-Star MVP.

"Melo, I already have a lot of All-Star MVPs! You know, I'm not a person who is keen on pursuing statistics."

Duan is not duplicitous, but he really does not take the All-Star MVP seriously.

At Du En's current level, the regular season MVP needs a little more attention.

Everything else is with the championship as the first goal!

When Anthony heard this, he nodded secretly at first, and then he could only chat and laugh with Du En to entertain Du En, a good brother who came from afar.

By the way, while Dunn was talking to Anthony, many stars also walked into the Eastern All-Star team's locker room. The space in the locker room is so large, and everyone can hear more or less what Du En and Anthony talked about.

Knowing that Du En had no idea about the All-Star MVP, everyone's heart suddenly fell.

For Duane, the All-Star MVP honor has become a sideshow.

But for them, even being an All-Star starter is a good honor, not to mention the All-Star MVP, which symbolizes the star among stars.

If there is a chance, the next All-Star game will naturally be the first to strike first, collect more data, and after the game is over, take advantage of the situation to collect the All-Star MVP.

However, although this All-Star Game is played in New York, the Eastern Conference All-Stars are playing at home.

But all the Western Conference All-Stars who came from afar are not weak.

To be honest, the overall strength of this year's Western Conference All-Star team is even better.

In fact, there has been a phenomenon of the West being strong and the East being weak in recent years! Even if the Bulls win six championships in ten years, the overall strength of the Western Conference teams will be better than that of the Eastern Conference.

As the saying goes, the economic base determines the superstructure. Perhaps this is also because the cities where the Western Conference teams are located have relatively developed economies and it is easier to recruit high-quality stars.

Some teams in the Eastern Conference have not produced All-Star players for several years, or even more than ten years, because the cities in which they are located continue to fall into economic recession.

It is also because the overall strength of the Western All-Star team is often better. In recent years, the Eastern All-Star team has won relatively fewer All-Star games.

Tonight, the Eastern Conference All-Stars are gearing up to win the title of Star of Stars, but they need to work harder.

It is precisely because most of the Eastern Conference All-Stars have this ambition and plan.

Tonight's All-Star game has changed from the image of previous All-Star games where they went back and forth to score points in the first three quarters. Instead, as early as the first quarter, both the Eastern and Western All-Star teams were already on fire.

Of course, compared with the 1970s and 1980s, when the All-Star Game was full, some stars even needed oxygen directly after the game because the competition was too fierce and the game was too fast.

After all, these days, people pay more attention to their reputation and self-expression.

Even though there was some defensive attitude in the first quarter, everyone just stopped and did not go all out.

However, tonight, it was rare that the stars from both sides played fast breaks and went to the basket to score points like in previous games.

In tonight's game, due to the increased defensive intensity, it was not so easy to score at the basket, so the stars on both sides had to take more shots.

Just talking about Duan, all three shots he took in the first quarter were three-pointers.

The touch was okay, he hit two goals, and he scored 6 points without taking many shots in the first quarter.

If Duane is interested in tonight's All-Star MVP, Duane, who has played all four quarters, will not have no chance to compete with other stars.

However, Duen does not need the All-Star MVP, he is still the most dazzling star among stars in the game!

Maybe Duane will have an All-Star MVP in his career, but not tonight, but in his last season before retiring.

Although Du En did not intend to maintain his status as the number one player in history, what Du En did tonight was to give up the stage to the young people in the league like those veteran stars.

Duane was not active on the court and did not compete.

However, when he got off the court, he kept waving towels and cheering others happily. He even imitated his teammates' scoring moves after they scored to make a living.

Seeing Du En enjoying himself, many fans also grinned along with Du En.

It’s worth mentioning that Duane isn’t exactly playing around the bench, either.

Sometimes he would come to the side near the technical stage, stand on the sidelines and pretend to be a coach, and then give orders to his Eastern Conference All-Star teammates on the court. Occasionally, he would also welcome his teammates to take a break.

In short, Duan showed his funny side tonight, and also showed the image of a senior basketball player who connects the past and the future.

Many viewers who noticed Du En were also misled by Du En, thinking that Du En has been playing in the NBA for fifteen or sixteen years and is almost forty years old and will retire soon...

However, the fact is that Du En is only in his early thirties.

If Duan is willing, it won't be a problem to continue playing in the NBA for ten years.

Having said that, the game quickly entered the fourth quarter.

Because Duan had no idea about the All-Star MVP, he was not ready to play in the fourth quarter.

For the Eastern All-Stars, the main players in the fourth quarter were the three Heat players, plus Anthony and David Lee from the host New York.

There is no problem with this configuration on the offensive end, but there is no defense.

On the contrary, the Western Conference All-Star team, led by the Thunder Twins, plus Thompson, Cousins ​​and Gasol, can be said to be excellent both offensively and defensively.

After a hard battle, the score tonight was fixed at 143 to 138.

The visiting Western Conference All-Stars defeated the Eastern Conference All-Stars by 5 points and won the All-Star Game.

"Russell, congratulations, your performance tonight was great!"

As soon as the game ended, Du En took the initiative to come to the court and complimented Westbrook.

After a brief hug with Westbrook, Duen continued to encourage: "I have followed your games this season, and you can definitely perform better.

I really like your attitude towards playing. You contain endless energy.

I believe that you will get your first MVP in the NBA soon.

I think you can also try to get more MVPs! "

Although the Bulls' overall strength has reached a point where they can win the championship again, this does not prevent Du En from using a divorce plan.

Kobe can figure out a double-team contract year strategy.

It wouldn't be a bad idea for Dunn to win the All-Star MVP, or even the regular season MVP and the Finals to drive a wedge between Westbrook and Durant.

Westbrook was encouraged by Du En and was a little excited.

Now Duan's words are like Jordan saying in front of Kobe that the future is yours...

To be honest, although Westbrook doesn't particularly care about the honors of All-Star MVP, Regular Season MVP, and Finals MVP.

But do you go all out in every game, just because you love the game? Not entirely true.

A man who can average triple-doubles and singles per game must be obsessed with data.

So, will Du En say no to these honors that seem to be within his reach?

Presumably under the temptation of Du En, time will give Westbrook the answer. (End of chapter)