Legendary star

Chapter 329 All Stars

"Hey, Tracy, what's the situation? You don't look happy at all." On February 2002, 2, after the Pacers beat the Mavericks 7-109 at home, Meng Xu took his two The younger brothers, Jermaine O'Neal and Jamal Tinsley, set off for Philadelphia to participate in the All-Star Game of the 103 season. Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal were selected for this year's All-Star Game, while Jamal Tinsley was Selected for this year's All-Star Rookie Challenge.Just after settling in the hotel, Meng Xu received a call from Iverson, saying that he had booked a box and wanted to invite all the Eastern All-Stars to gather together. Before he had time to rest, Meng Xu arrived without stopping Iverson was in the box that had been booked in advance at the largest entertainment center in Philadelphia, but Meng Xu found that most of the people hadn't arrived yet, and there were only Tracy McGrady and Mutombo in the box, drinking their own drinks. , it seems that both of them are not very happy.

"Oh, Grant is injured again." McGrady said, and drank another glass of wine. Grant Hill joined the Magic at the same time as McGrady last season, but he was reimbursed for the season after playing less than 5 games. He came back from injury, played 3 games and was injured again. After resting for half a season, Grant Hill, who felt that there was no problem, returned in the last round of the Magic's home game against the Cavaliers, but after playing for less than 10 minutes, Hill He was carried off the field, and after a doctor's diagnosis after the game, Hill will miss all the remaining games of the season.Originally McGrady also expected Hill to share some pressure on himself after his comeback, and the two teamed up to try to reach the playoffs this season with a better record, but now Tracy McGrady's hope was shattered again.

The Eastern Conference this season is simply a chaotic battle. The top four teams, the Nets, Pacers, Pistons, and Celtics, have kept the wins between the four teams within one game. It is possible to reach the top of the list, and 7 of the remaining teams are still struggling for the remaining playoff spots, and the gap between them is also very small. The team ranked fifth today, as long as they lose One game, it is likely to fall to eighth, and the Magic is one of these seven teams.

After comforting McGrady, Meng Xu greeted Mutombo again. It can be seen that Mutombo is also very upset now. The 76ers who ranked first in the Eastern Conference last season lost to After the Lakers, they fell into a slump and have now fallen to the seventh position in the East, and Mutombo is now in an embarrassing position in the 76ers. The 76ers spent a huge price to trade for Mutombo last season, but In the finals, Mutombo was ruthlessly blown up by O'Neal in the 5-game series, and he became the blame man for the 76ers who missed the championship. Therefore, the current 76ers are full of doubts about Mutombo from top to bottom It sounds like, if it weren't for Mutombo's salary of up to 1611 million US dollars this season, it is really impossible to find a receiver, and the 76ers would have sent him away long ago.This season is Mutombo's contract year. Mutombo's agent is already considering the last contract of his career for him, but the 76ers are still hesitating whether to renew the contract, and they are already 36 years old. Mutombo still wants to work hard for the championship ring in the end, but looking at the current state of the 76ers, there is no hope.

The East All-Stars of this season have replaced many new faces. Meng Xu, who left the West, once again became this year's vote leader with a record 2567332 votes this season. The total number of votes close to 100 million votes occupies a starting spot. At the same time, because of Carter's absence due to injury, Jason Kidd replaced Carter and entered the All-Star starting lineup. Compared with last season, the Eastern All-Star's five starters replaced three In the All-Star bench lineup, Paul Pierce, Jermaine O'Neal, Baron Davis, and Antoine Walker are all selected for the All-Star for the first time. Like Meng Xu and Kidd, Sheriff who came from the West- Abdur-Rahim also occupies an All-Star spot, and Tracy McGrady and Ray Allen are the remaining Eastern Conference All-Stars last season.

In the Western All-Star lineup, O'Neal continued to be absent "due to injury". After last season, the "Four Power Forwards" Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Chris Webber, and Dirk Nowitzki were once again selected as All-Stars. In addition to Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, Peja Stojakovic, this season's Western All-Stars have also added several new faces, Steve Francis, Steve Nash, Walter Liz Zebiak and Elton Brand were also selected to the All-Star for the first time.

After the All-Star lineup for this season was released, Meng Xu immediately called Wallis Zebiak to congratulate him on being selected as an All-Star before James Posey.And Elton Brand called before Meng Xu called him. After showing off, he finally felt that the promise they made in the All-Star Rookie Challenge was finally fulfilled. .

After the last round of games came to an end, the East and West All-Star coaches were finally settled. The Lakers lost to the 76ers in the away game. Mayfair Jackson also handed over the All-Star coach to Jr. Niu's old Nelson, because Adelman served as the head coach of the Western All-Stars last season, so this season's Western All-Star head coach is the second-ranked Mavericks coach Nelson in the West.The head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star, in the direct confrontation between the Nets and the Pistons, relied on Kidd's triple-double and scored in double figures with 3 players from the team. The Nets not only defeated the Pistons, but also kicked the Pistons from No. The second kicked to the third position, and the head coach of the Nets, Byron Scott, finally locked the seat of the Eastern All-Star head coach.

Since it was the first time to be selected as an All-Star, Jermaine O'Neal seemed a bit cramped in front of the two old men, Tracy McGrady and Mutombo, especially Mutombo. The Pacers played two games against the 76ers this season and won one One loss, but Jermaine Oni was abused by Mutombo in both games. Not only did he shoot less than 40%, but he also gave Mutombo 11 blocks in the two games. Chatting together, but Jermaine Oni basically didn't speak much, and drooped his head, sneaking a peek at Mutombo from time to time.

Just when a few people were chatting happily, Jordan, the All-Star in the Eastern Conference, appeared, and Iverson followed Jordan. It seemed that Iverson should have gone to pick up Jordan just now.Damn Allen, he dropped us here and went to pick up Michael by himself.Although Meng Xu cursed a few words in his heart, seeing Jordan and Iverson walking into the box, Meng Xu put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up, and walked towards the door. Except for Mutombo, The other McGrady and Jermaine O'Neal also stood up and followed Meng Xu towards Jordan.

"Meng, long time no see." Jordan first hugged McGrady and Jermaine O'Neal with a smile on his face, and then gave Meng Xu a big bear hug.

"Michael, why are you here so late? And you, Alan, call me and tell me to come quickly, but you run away before seeing anyone." After hugging Jordan with excitement, Meng Xu made complaints about Jordan and Iverson.

"Three glasses of wine will be fined for those who come late, Michael won't mind." Mutombo, who was on the sofa again, handed the wine glass directly to Jordan in one hand, and held a freshly opened bottle of wine in the other hand. .

"Does DiBacon still hold grudges?" Seeing Mutombo yelling for three drinks, Jordan smiled and took the glass Mutombo handed over, and drank three glasses in a row: "DieBacon, look at me. Drank too, did we hug one too.

"Okay." Staring at Jordan for a long time, Mutombo finally squeezed out a good word from his teeth.Jordan's attitude today, to be honest, made Mutombo feel unbelievable. If Jordan in the past, it would be good if he didn't throw the wine glass on your face, how could he still want to hug you with a smile after drinking.

"What a magical and great person." After embracing Jordan, Mutombo could feel that the obsession in his heart had disappeared.

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(End of this chapter)