The shortened season forced the 1999 Philadelphia All-Star Game to be cancelled.

Therefore, after the labor-management agreement, the league attached great importance to the 2000 All-Star Game.

Before deciding the head coach of the All Star Game, the Eastern Conference, the Pacers and the Heat had the same record.

It was not until the Heat lost first that Larry Bird was successfully elected as the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star Game.

There was no suspense in the Western Conference.

The Lakers led the league in record, and Phil Jackson would become the head coach of the Western

Conference All-Star Game.

Jeff Van Gundy was not selected this year because he served as the head coach of the 1998 New York All-Star Game.

Anfernee Hardaway’s popularity plummeted, and Grant Hill only received 1.3 million votes this year.

Although Hill was selected to the All-Star Game for five consecutive times, the “Jordan successors” are really out of date.

At the end of January, when the All-Star reserve lineup was announced, the host Warriors were somewhat embarrassed.

No player was selected for the All-Stars.

The 7 Eastern All-Star substitutes were:

Alan Houston, Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson, Eddie Jones, Jerry Stackhouse, Reggie Miller, Dikembe Mutombo;

The 7 Western All-Star substitutes were:

Gary Payton, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Michael Finley, Rasheed Wallace, Chris Webber, David Robinson.

After the January schedule, the host Warriors only achieved a record of 9 wins and 32 losses.

Rookie Antawn Jamison’s data is very good, but the team’s record is too poor.

No one gave the Warriors face in the head coach selection.

The Warriors lineup also includes Mookie Blaylock, Donyell Marshall, and Lee’s “good brother” John Starks.

The team’s poor record is also related to the atmosphere of playing badly.

The fans in Oakland are a little disappointed.

No one from the host was selected for the All-Star Game.

It always feels a little bit lacking.

On February 1, the NBA announced the best player of the first month of the new year, and Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves won the award.

In the games in January, the Timberwolves achieved a record of 12 wins and 3 losses;

Kevin Garnett averaged 40.7 minutes per game, averaging 25.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.7 blocks and 3.7 turnovers;

He averaged 19.9 shots per game, with a shooting percentage of 55.9%, and 3.9 free throws per game, with a free throw percentage of 77.6%.

It is not difficult to see from the data that Garnett still mainly relies on jump shots. On the offensive end, it is almost a large No. 3 position.

When Garnett won the award, the New York media followed suit with a sarcastic tone:

“Lee’s free throws are more than Garnett’s!”

Although they didn’t say it explicitly, some columns commented on Garnett when commenting on the Timberwolves:

“Soft!”

The Los Angeles media was also unhappy.

The Lakers led the league in record, but O’Neal lost the Player of the Month award again.

Even though he had won the Player of the Week twice before, the petty O’Neal was in a bad mood and also remembered Garnett in his heart.

However, in an interview, the Shark showed an indifferent attitude:

“I don’t care about these small awards. My goal this year is MVP and the championship!”

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In the MVP rankings, O’Neal has always been ranked first.

This season, the Shark has almost played the best performance of his career.

His body seems to have reached the best state.

O’Neal’s arms are thicker than his waist, and his neck is almost gone.

No one in the league can limit O’Neal in the interior alone.

The big men in the Western Conference have all been abused by the Shark.

Before the All-Star Game, the Knicks have a relatively tight schedule, with a total of 5 games to play.

After two consecutive losses, the Knicks easily defeated the Magic on the 1st.

98:108, although the score difference was not big, Lee clocked in for three quarters.

After a thorough reconstruction, the Magic, without big-name stars, achieved a record of 20 wins and 26 losses.

Doug Rivers has become a rising star in the coaching circle!

The most important thing is that Rivers is black, and with the blessing of his skin color, this achievement is particularly outstanding.

The players of the Magic team like the new head coach very much:

“Black players should play for black coaches!”

(A/N: This is not racism. Someone actually said this, I just couldn’t remember the name.)

Although they lost the game, Doug Rivers kept praising his players after the game, and also praised Lee by the way:

“How to defend Lee?”

“To be honest, I don’t know. We tried many defensive methods, but he can always deal with it easily!”

“Maybe you see Lee’s score, but what I noticed is his basketball IQ. He seems to know clearly what tactics we should play in each round.”

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Under Rivers’ poisonous milk, the following games were quickly lost.

102:96, the Knicks lost to the Trail Blazers at home.

Scottie Pippen played averagely in this game, scoring only 11 points, and Kukoc also played poorly when he met his old teammates.

Bonzi Wells on the bench of the Trail Blazers suddenly broke out, 7 of 11 shots, 4 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 18 points efficiently, helping the team win the game.

Losing was not the worst.

In the game against the Heat on the 6th, Larry Johnson only played for 11 minutes, and had to leave the court in the first half due to back discomfort.

80:99, the Knicks won the game, but Jeff Van Gundy was in an average mood.

At the press conference after the game, the New York media were very concerned about Larry Johnson’s injury.

“Larry just had a tight back. For safety reasons, we didn’t let him continue to play.”

Jeff Van Gundy briefly introduced Larry Johnson’s injury, which was a reassurance to the New York media in the audience.

In the last two games before the All-Star Game, the coaching staff increased the rotation, and Lee’s playing time was also controlled to 36 minutes.

After a small win over the Hornets, the Bucks scored 109 points.

Before the All-Star Game, the team had 3 wins and 2 losses, which barely met everyone’s expectations.

Ewing played less than 30 minutes in these games, but his statistics were very stable, with 12+10 easily.

As long as he doesn’t follow the opponent’s fierce attack and plays a positional offense in a methodical manner, the gorilla is more reliable than “Little Ben” in catching the ball.

Oakley’s playing time was also eaten up by Ben Wallace.

The whistle was a bit strict this season.

When he encountered a star inside player, the number of fouls would increase if he was not careful.

35 wins and 12 losses, Oakley is very satisfied with the team’s current record.

After losing, he was in a very good mood when he returned to the locker room:

“It seems that we still have a chance to get 60 wins this season!”

Ewing is also in a happy state.

In the first half of his career, the New York media consumed him every day, but after winning the championship, everyone was particularly tolerant of him.

At present, he has obtained double-double data, and the New York media will still hype him as “the best center in the league.

“In the second half of the game, work harder, we are about to catch up with the Lakers’ record!”

The words of the gorilla immediately cheered up everyone.

The Los Angeles media hyped too much, and as a result, after three months, the records of the two sides are almost the same.

In the game played simultaneously tonight, the Lakers, playing at home, defeated the Timberwolves 81:114.

37 wins and 11 losses, although the Lakers are still the first in the league, the gap in wins between the two sides has been narrowed.

Ewing did not mention O’Neal’s performance tonight.

The gorilla knew that the shark was unstoppable.

He played for 35 minutes, made 11 of 16 shots, 15 of 20 free throws, 37 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 3 turnovers.

The petty O’Neal was even more powerful when he met Garnett’s free throws.

Lee was in a good mood recently.

Although all Qualcomm stocks were not sold until January 5, which caught up with the slight decline in the stock price, it was still a big profit for him:

“Does anyone else want to go to Oakland? This year’s dunk contest should be exciting!”

Alan Houston, who was selected as an All Star, heard Lee’s words and added:

“It would be nice to go to Oakland for two days. John invited us!”

Larry Johnson was recently troubled by a back injury and was in poor condition.

He didn’t plan to join in the fun, but when he heard this, he could only agree:

“Then let’s all go to Oakland to rest for a few days and watch the All-Star Game.”

Ewing didn’t plan to watch the game on site.

Oakley glanced at his old friend, nodded, and then whispered a few words:

“Slam Dunk Contest? I don’t like those two wimps at all.”

The old man still hasn’t forgotten Carter, who has a terrible alcohol tolerance, and McGrady, who dares not drink strong liquor.

In his opinion, if you don’t drink, smoke cigars, or play with girls, you are not a real man!

When the atmosphere group heard that they could take advantage of the plane and party, they all cheered.

Time was a bit tight, so everyone had to rest for a day before preparing to fly to Oakland.

In mid-January, the LSAT test results were released, and Lee scored 172 points.

The Connecticut Law School has opened its arms and welcomed Lee to enroll.

New York Mayor Giuliani also publicly congratulated Lee on his good results.

The mayor of the Elephant Party signed a “Lin Zexu Square Naming Proposal” in May last year.

The Chinese in New York have also been increasing their influence in recent years, but in voting activities, the enthusiasm of Chinese Americans to vote is still not high, and their influence is far less than that of black people.

The US dollar is strength, and Lee’s stock investment is no secret to many people.

Although he has not yet achieved “being close to people with billions”, Lee does have the potential to become an opinion leader, and it is never a bad thing to build good relationships.

On Thursday, February 10, Lee and Ray Allen flew to Oakland in advance.

Lee had to shoot commercials for McDonald’s and Pepsi during the All-Star Weekend, and then he had to participate in some activities of Spalding and Nike.

Mark Bartelstein also brought some “sincere” sponsors to Lee, and there were several cocktail parties to attend.

On the plane, Ray Allen complained about his undisciplined partner:

“He is late for training, drinks alcohol every day, and hangs out in nightclubs when the schedule is easy!”

“The team’s performance did not meet expectations, which is definitely related to Robinson’s attitude. In the locker room, many times no one cares about losing.”

After winning, the Bucks’ record came to 27 wins and 23 losses.

The self-disciplined Ray Allen believed that the team’s performance could be better and was somewhat dissatisfied with the team’s current situation.

Ray Allen, who does not drink and does not like to go to nightclubs, is sometimes not popular in the locker room.

Lee knew that his friend also wanted to win the championship.

Although he didn’t say it, he still had some thoughts in his mind:

“If George Karl has no intention of controlling the locker room, maybe you can try to unite some rotation players.”

“Basketball is ultimately for five people. Now you also have the opportunity to hold the ball, so you can share some data!”

In the three musketeers mode, Ray Allen ate a lot of shots.

Young people are eager to score high, and coupled with their unsociable personalities, naturally no one in the locker room stands on Ray Allen’s side.

After stroking his chin and thinking for a while, Ray Allen still shook his head, looking serious and saying seriously:

“Unless they can train seriously, I won’t give the opportunity to anyone!”

Lee shrugged and smiled.

This is the different basketball philosophy of the two.

He likes to unite the locker room and doesn’t mind superficial brothers.

Knowing his own shortcomings, he needs defensive tools.

In the regular season, even if the Knicks are not in good shape, they can still get a fixed share of the cake.

The two stopped talking about basketball-related things.

After whispering about some life gossip, they soon arrived at their destination.

As soon as he got off the plane, the sports media who had received the news in advance blocked Lee.

As the biggest star of this All-Star Game, no one wanted to miss Lee’s schedule.

Just dig up some news and there will be interested fans to buy it.

As soon as he left the airport, he was surrounded by reporters.

Clay Lee, who was dressed casually in a loose sweater, was used to such scenes.

The Yahoo Sports reporter took the initiative and handed the microphone while asking loudly:

“Lee, will you win the championship in this year’s three-point contest?”

The media reporters around hurriedly put the recording equipment in front of Lee.

“Of course, I believe everyone knows that they are all here to compete for second place!”

After Lee answered confidently, the media reporters around him laughed and laughed.

Ray Allen next to him immediately hit him and laughed back:

“Hey, Bro! I participated in the game for the championship!”

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