Legendary star

Chapter 61 Rookie Challenge (1)

2000年2月11日星期五，1999-2000赛季NBA全明星新秀挑战赛，即将在金州勇士队的主场:奥克兰球馆拉开战幕。

The 1999 draft was the worst year in recent years. Not to mention compared with the special years of 84 and 96, even the 98 and 99 seasons were a bit worse than the young draft years. This year's rookies The best players in the field are Brand, Francis and Odom. Except for these three, among all 58 rookies, only 4 scored in double figures. Compared with the starlight of previous years, This year's draft is also much bleak, and this year's rookie challenge is also considered to be no suspense, because the strength difference between the two sides is too great.

Last year's rookie, Vince Carter, entered the All-Star Game directly as the champion of the Eastern Conference. Even this second-year rookie lineup still has Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, Jason Williams, Mike ?Bibby, Michael Dixon and other popular new stars in the league, and the rest of Riff? LaFrentz, Cutino? Mobley, Michael?

As for the first-year side, only Elton Brand, Steve Francis and Lamar Odom can be called new stars, and the rest of Andre Miller, James Posey, Meng Xu . , averaging 2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, I don't know how this guy was selected as a rookie All-Star.

In this year's All-Star Rookie Challenge, the head coaches of the two sides will be Phil Jackson's assistant coach Jim Clemens, and Larry Bird's assistant coach Rick Carlisley.

The starting lineup of the second-year team is from the Denver Nuggets center Leif Zlafren. Zlafren is 2 meters tall and weighs 2 kilograms. He can contribute 11 points and 115 points per game in 30 minutes of playing time this season. Rebounds and 13 blocks. In this era of increasingly scarce high-quality big men, Riff Zlavron is also considered to have the potential to become an All-Star.

The starting power forward is the famous German chariot Dirk Nowitzki. This season, he is currently averaging 18 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2.5 assists per game. He has become the most talented white man after Larry Bird The player is also Larry Bird's successor hand-picked by the protagonist in red. The Celtics and Dallas Mavericks had a quarrel at the beginning because of the ownership of Dirk Nowitzki. Facts once again proved that the red dress The extraordinary vision of the bishop.

The starting small forward is Paul Pierce, one of the Celtics' twin stars, who averaged 19.5 points, 5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.1 steals per game this season.

The shooting guard is Michael Dixon from the Vancouver Grizzlies. He is averaging 18.5 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game this season. The core players, and there is a faint tendency to replace Raheem as the boss of the Grizzlies.

The point guard is also Mike Bibby from the Vancouver Grizzlies. This season, he averaged 15 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds per game. He and Michael Dixon of the same grade formed the youngest backcourt combination in the league.

As for the first-year team, the starting center is Todd McCloch from the Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 3.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks per game this season. The best center among all the rookies this season, what a downer.

The starting power forward is this year's No. 20 pick, Elton Brand from the Bulls. Elton Brand played a superb stat of 10+2 in his rookie season, but he was not recognized by many celebrities We are optimistic because his naked height is only 01 meters, but he doesn't have a big body like Barkley. He is very disadvantaged in the position of power forward. They all struggled very much. In the first confrontation with the Spurs, they were also easily beaten by Tim Duncan.If you want to play small forward, Brand, who weighs 115 kilograms, is not flexible enough, and Brand's mid-range and long-range shooting is not good, especially his 3-point ability is almost 0.
The starting small forward is Lamar Odom, who is known as the second magician. Odom, who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, can contribute 16.5 points, 8 rebounds, 4.5 assists per game this season, and Brand On the contrary, Odom, who has the height of a power forward, plays a small forward. Although he is 2 meters tall, he has excellent movement speed and good ball handling ability, and Odom's potential is generally considered to be higher than This year's No. 08 pick Brand.

The shooting guard is Meng Xu from the Spurs. Although Meng Xu's position on the court is small forward, but there is a player like Odom in the same position. As a rookie starter selected by the coaches of all teams, it is obviously impossible to play. As a substitute, and among this year's first-year rookie All-Stars, neither Wally Szczerbiak nor James Posey is an orthodox shooting guard, so Meng Xu, who has an excellent 1-point ability, was assigned To the shooting guard position.

The last point guard is the No. 19 pick this year. Steve Francis from the Rockets has averaged 5.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2 assists, and [-] steals per game so far this season. The core players are being cultivated as the team boss after Olajuwon.

For the first-year team, although they are on the same team, the eight rookies are clearly separated. Meng Xu, Szczerbiak, James Posey, Andre Miller, sitting together, O Dom and Francis were closer together, while Brand from the East sat with Todd McCloch.

As the best player of the season, Elton Brand believes that he should be the boss of this team. The MVP of this year's rookie game is naturally in his pocket, and everyone else must be his little brother obediently. , assisting himself, Todd McClochy, also from the east, was the first to agree, but Steve Francis and Lamar Odom didn't see it that way. They are also core players, and they are still in the second stage of the young middle school. Naturally, these two people are not convinced, so the two also temporarily formed an alliance to fight against Brand.

Gods fight, mortals suffer, Meng Xuszebiak and James Posey remain neutral to their disputes, and no one supports them, because they all know that they can't do this with their current strength The boss of a team, let alone lead the team to win the MVP, so several people are also waiting for the coach's arrangement.

(End of this chapter)