On February 9, at around 2 pm, Vacovia Center in Philadelphia.

The All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge will begin at the next 3 pm, when He Li and other first-year rookies are warming up and performing pre-match.

However, the Rookie Challenge is almost the lowest-rated event on the All-Star weekend.

Originally today was the All-Star Weekend, but it was said that the Vakovia Center, which had 20,000 seats, was a lively scene with crowds of people.

However, the fact is that the center of Vakovia is not only full of people, but not even half of them.

If you look closely, you will find that most of the audience are elementary and junior high school students.

Why is this? This is because the rookie is not very famous. The rookie challenge has far less competition and its viewable value than regular season games, let alone the All-Star Game.

Therefore, there were only two or three thousand spectators who actually paid for tickets to enter the Vakovia Center at the scene.

The remaining five or six thousand primary school students and junior high school students all came in to "make the heads" with free welfare tickets.

Of course, in addition to this, there are relatives and friends of the rookies, as well as staff from hundreds of media outlets around the world.

In this obscurity, as the start of the rookie challenge approached, a group of people suddenly poured into the Vakovia Center.

The key is that the media reporters who got along with were all attracted by the group of people who had just come in.

He Li couldn't help but look up when he heard the noise and noise in the distance.

"So it's Gang Master Qiao who is here!"

Although there is no bgm here, Jordan's appearance is quite domineering.

Behind Jordan is Iverson and dozens of media reporters.

It turned out that just now, Jordan and Iverson held a media meeting together.

Speaking of which, yesterday, the NBA officially held this year's All-Star Weekend reception. Most of the All-Star players and some NBA celebrities attended the event in full costumes, with only Jordan and Iverson absent.

Yesterday, He Li also went to collect the numbers, but it was only eighteen years ago and was like a minion.

At that time, He Li was wondering why the host Iverson and Jordan Goat did not appear.

Now I understand that the boss is the boss, and I have enough confidence to go through the ordinary path.

Soon, He Li understood again. It seemed that Jordan was building momentum for him, or Stern used Jordan to build momentum for this rookie challenge.

The rookie challenge is not popular, but this is not the case this year. To use one word, it means that it is weak for a long time.

On the All-Star Weekend, the audience only loves to watch stars and not rookies. Although there is nothing wrong with it from the audience's perspective, it is very unfavorable for the entire league.

Jordan is getting older. If the NBA wants to bloom and the school of thought, more and more rookies need to emerge.

The Rookie Challenge represents the future of the league!

Stern wanted to change this situation, so he guided Jordan not to attend the official reception and could hold a meeting alone before today's rookie challenge to attract the attention of the media and the audience.

Stern knew that Jordan admired and looked at He Li, so he naturally thought that Jordan would definitely watch this rookie challenge.

As long as Jordan does this, most of the things will succeed. The rest depends on whether He Li can successfully attract fans in this rookie this year, connecting the past and the future.

"He Li, perform well, I'm optimistic about you!" Jordan sat down in a position on the sidelines and said to He Li from a distance before sitting down.

He Li was about to come forward to say hello to Jordan, but someone came in outside at this time.

Walking ahead is the legendary 75-man legend Moses Malone, followed by Lakers James Worthy. Behind Worthy, He Li saw Jabbar, who taught him Tiangou and had a master-apprentice friendship.

When Jabbar saw He Li, he raised his hand and waved to He Li.

Kareem quietly found a seat to sit down, and then started chatting with Worthy beside him.

He Li felt that visiting seniors was a very troublesome thing.

If you go to greet Jordan now, you will definitely meet Jabbar and others again, say a few words, then lower your head and do things that are well-behaved but are actually uncomfortable all over.

Why suffer that sin?

Anyway, these big guys are just here to see him and watch the rookies playing in this class. He will perform better then.

Of course, they may not be watching the game, but took the opportunity to reminisce about the past with a group of old friends over 50 years old, sit back and recall the past, and brag about the glory of the audience around them.

It was soon approaching 3 pm, and the number of visitors in the Vakovia Center became larger, almost two-thirds of the seats.

Next, first- and second-year starters will appear.

However, because it is daytime, even if the surrounding windows are closed, some light will still be revealed, so the indoor visibility is still OK.

After the lighting equipment on the Vakovia Center was closed, the starting player did not have the effect of being highly anticipated. Instead, the substitute player stood blatantly and walked to both sides, attracting the attention of some fans.

In the first grade, Jason Richardson was the first to appear, while He Li was the last to appear.

As early as yesterday, He Li was already the boss of the first-year rookie public promotion. Unfortunately, the rookie challenge was held during the day, otherwise He Li would be very popular.

Fortunately, after Jordan and other top 50 superstars, NBA legend, took the lead in applauding after He Li appeared, He Li was welcomed more enthusiastically than other players.

The first grade is over, and the next grade is next.

The second-year starters are: point guard Lee Nayron, point guard Mike Miller, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Kenyon Martin, center Chris Meim.

It is worth mentioning that the second-grade lineup is more than 2 meters tall, which means the five deaths.

The fundamental reason is that there were no excellent point guards last season, but a group of seemingly ok strikers have emerged.

From Lee Nayron to Quentin Richardson, there are all this type. In addition, there are three substitutes, including Hiddo Tkoglu, Desmond Mason, and Dalius Myers.

The remaining substitute, Marcus Fizer, is not a striker, but he is a striker.

To be honest, O'Neal and Duncan have just reached their peak, and the future basketball trend has already appeared in the league.

James, Anthony, Wade, followed this trend.

So, Duncan said to James that "the future is yours" is really correct.

The forward figure and defender skills will be necessary conditions for dominating the league in the next few decades.

In his early years, James had physical but no skills, and wanted to rule the alliance, but he was always ruled.

As skilled as Curry, he has always been able to play team basketball due to his limited health and cannot dominate the league by himself.

Having said that, He Li now has the figure of a forward. If he wants to dominate the league, he will be less skilled as a defender.

"Paul, are you coming or me?"

"You...you should rest! I'll do it for a simple job like jumping balls! You can't steal all the limelight!" Gasol joked with He Li.

Next, we have to jump the ball. He Li and Gasol can jump the ball in the first grade, and they both win safely.

The sophomore are Martin and Chris Meim, who are white centers. Although they are tall, they do not bounce, and the jumping effect is not as good as Martin.

He Li and Gasol both fought with Martin in jumping balls and both won. So they became "hum" about jumping balls.

He Li wanted to let Gasol go to the scene and make Gasol show off. After all, hundreds of media outlets around the world broadcast it on the All-Star Weekend!

Gasol wanted He Li at first, but when he thought that He Li still had three-point contest and dunk contest today, he didn't refuse.

Sure enough, Gasol and Martin jumped to win the ball and won the first grade.

Jamal Tinsley advanced with the ball, but the game had just begun, and the whole game was pressing in the second grade.

Although Lee Nailong is not a defender, he played the point guard in this game, and was defending Jamal Tinsley. Before Jamal Tinsley could dribble through half the game, he came up with a defense. It seemed to be serious.

This is understandable. The second-year rookie finally came to participate in the rookie challenge. It can't be for the people who are here to play, right?

Some stars can participate in several All-Star Games, but no matter how strong they are, they can only participate in two rookie challenges at most!

For some players who are not strong enough to enter the All-Star Game, the Rookie Challenge is one of their few opportunities to show their strength in front of the world.

However, it is a humiliation for the small forward who is more than two meters tall to take the initiative to defend street ball point guard Jamal Tinsley.

Jamal Tinsley felt that Lee Nailong's defense was not worth mentioning, and he had a lot of loopholes, so he showed off a wave of dribbling behind him to attract the opponent's attention, and then he passed the crotch and scored the ball.

Jamal Tinsley is not a mamba. After showing off his ball control skills, he immediately passed the ball after halfway through the dribble.

After all, the second grade has a high advantage. According to the previous plan, the first attacker in the first grade should give the ball to someone who is trustworthy and score two points steadily.

Jamal Tinsley passed the ball to Bathir, who turned to He Li.

Although He Li received the ball, his opponent was Kenyon Martin, the No. 1 pick last year, and this ball was not so easy to take.

However, Martin is the No. 1 pick, but not the second-grade boss! The second-grade boss is Mike Miller.

In fact, before Martin met Kidd, he was the top pick in the majority of the population.

Last season was the first draft year, and Mike Miller, who played the first round No. 5 pick.

Therefore, Mike Miller naturally became the best rookie last season.

From this point of view, Mike Miller is indeed more qualified to be the second-year boss than Martin.

Nowadays, He Li and Kwame Brown are similar to Mike Miller and Martin.

However, the relationship between Mike Miller and Martin is not as good as Kwame Brown.

At this time, Mike Miller saw He Li receiving the ball and saw He Li using his back shot. He immediately gave up the player who was defending and chose to double-team it.

Obviously, Mike Miller does not trust Martin to defend He Li alone. And Mike Miller is not the only one who has this idea and action. Quentin Richardson also chose to empty the defensive players and double-team He Li.

"Don't be careful! Don't try to take action!"
To be continued...