Standing pretty old

Chapter 559 The Approaching All-Star
"Oh! He's flying again. Is this Kraft's preparation for the slam dunk contest?" Jon Jonson said as he looked at Ruan Erniu who completed a difficult dunk in the air again.

The moon eclipse on the side also found it incredible. He said: "I never knew that he could jump higher? Hey! Has he grown taller again?"

他身后的范埃克塞尔拿着球队最新一期的体侧数据说道：“6尺9寸（206CM），当然在官方注册身高上，他依然是6尺7寸。（201CM）”

After the bitter battle with the Los Angeles Clippers, the Hawks ushered in three consecutive offseason days.

The people who had fully recovered their physical fitness even had time to comment on Ruan Erniu who was preparing for the slam dunk contest.

Speaking of which, the opponents Ruan Erniu will face this year are not weak at all. Nate Robinson and Dwight Howard are both players with the experience of winning the slam dunk contest. It is not easy for Ruan Erniu, a rookie, to stand out.

However, this was already what the Eagles players thought 10 minutes ago.

After they saw Er Niu's dunk drill with their own eyes, they felt that they were infinitely close to welcoming the league's first yellow dunk champion.

Lunar Eclipse is the only player who has won the slam dunk contest, so his words should be the most convincing: "If I met Dwight last year, I really don't know who will win, but I don't know I don't think anyone can give Kraft a problem in this year's dunk contest."

Bibby also nodded and said, "Aside from Superman's extra points, I don't think Howard's dunking posture is better than Kraft's at all. Needless to say, Nate Robinson, he is completely using his height to get sympathy points."

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There was a burst of praise from the crowd, which made Er Niu a little embarrassed, but he still reminded: "Guys, please, be stricter and don't leak my dunk idea. By the way, J-Smoove, you But Howard's good buddy, don't leak the secret!"

Lunar Eclipse waved his hand indifferently and said: "Don't worry, I will help you keep it a secret. Kraft, you Chinese people are still a little too conservative. I'm sure that even if some of us share your ideas, there will be no surprises in this competition." People can win because you have enough hard power..."

It is not without reason that the atmosphere in the Hawks team is good, because in the 2009 Phoenix All-Star Game, they had an unprecedented four players selected for the All-Star Game.

At the end of January, the league announced this season's East and West All-Star bench:

West side: Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol, David West, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Chauncey Billups, Brandon Roy are selected.

On the Eastern side: Josh Smith, Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Danny Granger, Joe Johnson, Dwight Howard, Mike Bibby were successfully selected.

In addition to Ruan Erniu, who has already been elected as the vote leader, four of the Hawks' five starters have been selected as All-Stars.

Especially Mike Bibby, an excellent point guard who missed the All-Star qualification many times in his career, finally got his wish this year and became an All-Star substitute, which is a late compensation.

After the White Devil learned that he was successfully selected, he was even so excited that he couldn't speak for a while.

All-star qualification and championship, Mike Bibby once thought that he would never be able to touch these honors in his life. Unexpectedly, in just over one season, after he was traded to Atlanta, all of this came true.

Bibby even said to Ruan Erniu like this: "Now I think it's great to be a basketball player!"

To be honest, when Er Niu saw Bibi, who was always calm, say this, it was like seeing Uncle Daoming in "Kangxi Dynasty" on TV saying: "Dongting, I think it's great to be an emperor now." !"

Although the situation and grammar are different, the core of expression is the same.

Having said that, Mike Bibby should of course be grateful to his teammates, but his own unremitting efforts are indeed worthy of praise.

The reason why the Eagles are able to have 4 All-Star players after the Pistons, in addition to last season's championship bonus, their crazy record this season is the most important weight.

This is inseparable from the concerted efforts of the whole team. Every Hawk player is working towards a higher goal, which is why they can compete with the 72-win Bulls.

Although Ruan Erniu is a unique superstar in the team and possesses supreme leadership power, but without the help of a group of teammates, he would not be able to reach his current height.

It's like Devin Harris of the Nets. His average data per game this season has reached a career high of 21.3+6.9+3.3, but in the end he failed to qualify for the All-Star because of the team's mediocre record.

There are quite a few people complaining about Harris, thinking that the league owes him an All-Star qualification, but all of this has become useless with the announcement and final confirmation of the substitute list.

Interestingly, Zaza Pachulia's votes are actually second only to the five starters in the East, but when it comes to selecting the replacement, his votes are useless.

The league must have deliberately suppressed it, but letting a substitute player whose average data per game can't even guarantee 8+8 is elected to the All-Star is of course something worth celebrating for the Georgian people, but it is certainly nothing for the development of the league. benefit.

The All-Star break is still days away in Phoenix, and the Hawks still have two games to go.

In the first game, they will face the Washington Wizards at home at the Philips Center Arena on February 2, and then in the second game, they will go to Detroit back-to-back for the first time this season in an away game against the Pistons.

The Wizards are currently the last team in the league, and they are poor in one-to-one games. No team can beat them this season.

Anyway, Arenas didn't have any hope of paying. They actually went to the end when Jamison and Caron Butler were able to play normally, which shocked everyone's attention.

Before the game against the Eagles on the 11th, the Wizards had a record of 11 wins and 40 losses this season. If this continues, they may create the worst record in the past 10 years.

No, in 97, they were still called the Washington Bullets, and they only had a history of nearly 10 years.

what?
Poor record doesn't necessarily mean bad performance, maybe it's because of lack of strength?

Hehe, if you tell the starting lineup of the Washington Wizards that night, even the cheeky Wizards fans can't say this:
C Dominic McGuire

PF Antoine Jamison

SF Darius Sangueira

SG Caron Butler

PG Mike James

When a team would rather put potential and talented rookies like JaVale McGee and Nick Young off the court than put a 6-foot-9 center and the old Sangueira on the court, It can only prove that they are not even up to par.

There was no suspenseful massacre, 90:131, the Eagles beat their opponents at home, Ruan Erniu and Jiong Jisen clocked out of get off work in three quarters respectively, and the battle ended early.

Eagles players preparing to participate in the All-Star Game packed their bags and embarked on a back-to-back trip to Detroit.

After the game, they will not return to Atlanta, but fly directly to Phoenix to participate in the All-Star weekend.

(End of this chapter)