Chapter 459: [Save the dunk, believe it or not]

On January 31, the Suns lost to the Knicks 101 to 105 at home.
The Knicks owner James Dolan has always been willing to spend money. After losing last season, he first hired Isaiah Thomas to enter the management team as the new manager of the team, and then supported him to carry out a series of transactions and drastic adjustments. line-up.
In October 2003, the Nets bought out the remaining contract of former star center Mutombo, and Mutombo subsequently signed a two-year 8.7 million contract with the Knicks.
In the four-party deal in the summer, the Knicks also introduced white striker Keith Van Horn, who was once known as the "Birder II".
The Knicks also have a "lone wolf" Marbury who has established a core position; averaged 18.5 points per game, the team's second scorer Alan Houston; Antonio McDyess, who is in good shape after returning from injury; 11 + 8 Excellent blue-collar Kurt Thomas.
The Knicks look very strong, currently ranked sixth in the East.
Marbury's fierce feeling against Guo Xu, 11 of 22 shots, 5 of 9 3-pointers, 8 of 8 free throws, scored 35 points and 8 assists.
Guo Xu made 13 of 27 shots, 4 of 10 3-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 36 points and 8 assists.
Stoudemire's absence left Sun's inside attacking power down a bit. Nene's offensive end did not have the domineering power of others. Therefore, the nickname of Stoudemire in the previous life is "Little Overlord", and Nene still has no nickname to the end of his career.
Sun 2 headed Marion sleepwalking, 3 of 15 shots, 1 of 5 3-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, 13 points, 14 rebounds and 4 steals.
In this game, Guo Xu missed Marbury in the counterattack and bounced the ball unmanned to complete a self-throwing and dunking two-handed dunk, once again proving his bouncing power.
On February 1, the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest officially sent an invitation to Guo Xu, hoping that he would replace the injured Stoudemire in this contest. Guo Xu readily agreed on the phone.
"No problem, thank you for thinking of inviting me, I am very willing to participate."
"No, we should thank you ..."
Stoudemire must wait for the star to come back after the game, will miss the entire star weekend, he will not represent the sophomore in the rookie game.
Guo Xu's promise to play was tantamount to saving the slam dunk contest, letting the league officials breathe a sigh of relief. If he also refuses, there will be no big-name stars willing to participate this year, and the gimmick is seriously insufficient. Just because of Guo Xu ’s popularity, even if his strength is not good, nba officials will buy the judges to let him enter the finals at least four times.
After Carter participated in the 2000 slam dunk contest, the annual star weekend slam dunk contest became lukewarm. Even Jason Richardson's record three slam dunk wins did not attract many fans.
If you want to attract fans in the dunk contest, the beauty of the dunk is only one of the elements. More importantly, people who participate in the dunk contest must be famous.
Whether Richardson or Nate Robinson, their popularity is not high in the previous life, and the ratings and attention are not up. Robinson was the worst. In his previous life, he had never signed a middle-class contract for his entire career, and he roamed many teams.
The official first invited person is LeBron James. This is the target of this year. Stern hopes that he can win the slam dunk contest championship and increase the exposure, so as to quickly envelope a large number of fans. Refused.
As soon as the media reported that Guo Xu was going to participate in the dunk contest, the fans were excited. He is a regular season mvp and has two championship rings. It is the biggest player in the dunk contest since Jordan won the championship in 1988.
Even though Jordan was not as famous as Guo Xu when he participated in the slam dunk contest, after finishing the 1987-88 regular season, Jordan won mvp for the first time in his career, without a championship.
Guo Xu has participated in three-point contests and technical challenges before, and has won the championship. As long as he takes another dunk king, the honor of the personal challenge is complete, which is an unprecedented record.
Many people immediately called on James to compete with Guo Xu and compete with Ricky Davis, who was sent away by the Cavaliers. This would be more interesting. James did not respond at all.
Because James was afraid that he wouldn't be able to win, he was timid before he fought. He is well aware of his strength, top-level bouncing power, but lacks creativity in slam dunks and lacks flexibility in his body. He can never dunk like Vince Carter and Jason Richardson.
Many people may not know that James has won the slam dunk contest.
In 2003, James locked the seat of the nation's first high school student, was selected as the best high school student of McDonald's in the United States, and participated in the high school student All-Star contest.
This is a contest for all high school students in the country to challenge James, including the dunk contest. Compared with the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, the high school slam dunk contest is not bad, and many talented future nba stars, including Kobe, have participated in this event.
At that time everyone wanted to pull down the leader. It ’s not just easy to win. If you can beat James, you will get the attention of all the media in the United States. Overnight, you will become a household name.
Some of James's competitors also left footprints in the NBA later, "Hairless Hero" Villanueva, Rockets swingman Vaughan Weaver, and the amazing bouncer Shannon Brown and so on.
In the slam dunk final, although Brown scored 90 points in both the second and third dunks, the first dunk was too complicated to fail to score a zero point, which allowed James to win the championship easily and steadily.
What is a steady fight? Of the three slam dunks in the final, James' highest scoring dunk was only 84 points, and there was no trick at all. The narrator touted him from the height and strength, deliberately avoided the grace and difficulty of the movement.
"In all fairness, LeBron got the dunk title only because he jumped high." Jr Giddens, who also participated in the contest, commented: "However, for high school students, jumping high is enough."
In NBA, jumping high is trying to win the slam dunk contest, which is not enough.
In Guo Xu's previous life, no matter how much the fans expected, how the media flickered, and how the competitors were aggressive, James would remain indifferent. Wilkins, Jordan, Kobe, Carter ... The dazzling contestants in the slam dunk contest are the only ones missing James.
It ’s okay for James not to participate. It ’s ridiculous that when he was interviewed in 2014, he seriously told reporters: "If I participate in the dunk contest, I believe I can win the championship."
In the 2015 All-Star Contest, James said in a roundtable interview: "When I first entered the league, I did think of participating in the dunk contest. This is for sure, but it didn't happen, and I don't know the reason. I wanted to participate a few times , But in the end it didn't make a trip. If you can participate in the dunk contest, maybe everything will be cool. "
He also said: "I can never jump as high now as before ~ ​​EbookFREE.me ~ I did not participate in the dunk contest, I regret it."
Are you sorry for Mao? How many times have your fans begged you? The process of translation is the following vernacular.
"Slave slaves implore Saint to go out of the palace to participate in the dunk contest."
"I'm a little tired."
"Slave slaves implore Saint to go out of the palace to participate in the dunk contest."
"I did think about it, just wait, I don't want to go this time, although I don't know why."
"Slaughter ..."
"I can do it, but I am old, alas, I regret it."
The emperor said that he had the strength of the dunk king, but because there was no Baozhu, Jia Liu, Chun Xi around him, or there was no company such as San Dezi, France and India, Yi Fei, he did not make a trip.
Well, that's it. Do you believe it or not.