If Vince Carter wasn''t born in 2000, maybe the NBA would have no dunk contest.


    After Kobe Bryant won the slam dunk championship in 1997, both the league management, the media and the fans think that there is no point in the slam dunk contest.


    Rod thorn, then vice president of NBA basketball operations, said bluntly, "all the dunks have been done. There will be no new moves."


    Of course, what''s more important is that superstars who are not in their year of playing are willing to participate in this event. To participate in the slam dunk competition is nothing more than some physical fitness, but in the formal competition performance of the general rookie. Without top stars, no business is willing to sponsor. For the NBA, the commercial value of the slam dunk competition has also fallen to a low point.


    So in 1998, NBA President David Stern decided to suspend the slam dunk contest. In the 1998-99 season, the all star game was canceled because of the suspension, and the dunk contest was suspended for two consecutive periods.


    It was not until 2000, when Carter, McGrady, Francis and others contributed to perhaps the greatest slam dunk competition in the history of the NBA, that the high-profile event climbed out of the grave.


    But that was just a reflection of the slam dunk contest. After 2000, it was not until Dwight Howard played Superman in the dunk contest that the dunk competition really ushered in the second climax. And after Superman? No one knows who will step up.


    Fortunately, now, people have a strong candidate - link.


    Everyone is looking forward to him to participate in the slam dunk contest, to save this one more near the end of the race.


    However, many media have a pessimistic attitude towards this, especially the ambiguous answer given by link in an interview has made the media online.


    "Imagine what a funny picture it would be if link lost to a player like Harrison Barnes in the slam dunk contest."


    "If you were a superstar, would you take the risk? And if link is in the game, everyone will try their best to beat him. Because beating link is the best way to be famous


    "Don''t say anything. I knew link was a soft egg. If he dares to participate in the dunk contest, I dare to interview him in women''s clothes


    make complaints about second days. One of the most striking is the interview in women''s clothing.


    If only a reporter from a local small media said this, link would not care too much. After all, who cares if a young reporter wears a woman''s dress? Maybe he''s using link to hype.


    But this time, the person who quarreled with link is not a small reporter of some third rate media, but the famous bill Simmons!


    Bill Simmons is a well-known basketball columnist because he was a screenwriter before, and he studied basketball and NBA thoroughly. With his incisive writing style and meticulous point of view, he soon became famous in the circle.


    In 2009, he published the book "Basketball History Guide", which occupied the top of the sales list in the United States for a long time, and was regarded as a classic among Basketball Books by fans.


    As his fame grew, so did bill Simmons. He is not only an NBA columnist, but also a frequent guest reporter and commentator. He even invited some famous NBA stars to do exclusive interviews and talk shows from time to time. He is one of the most popular basketball media people in the United States.


    Not only in the United States, link also knows that many basketball writers in China are learning from Bill Simmons'' style. This shows how influential this guy is.


    One characteristic of bill Simmons is that he does not hide his identity as a Celtic fan. His views never care whether it is impressive or not, always like the dead black Celtic opponent, is the famous King of cold jokes and tongue. When Celtic played poorly, Simmons even his own home team was black.


    It can be said that Bill Simmons is the most fearless of all the famous basketball media people.


    Now, the rising Memphis grizzly bear and link seem to be the target of bill Simmons.


    Link shook his head, did not expect so well-known basketball media people will come out with rhythm. It seems that Simmons is quite confident about not taking part in the slam dunk contest.


    Link was really angry and said he didn''t dare to let it go. Bill Simmons used the word "soft egg" directly, which made link think it was too much.


    What''s more, when I said I didn''t dare to participate, but I''m not sure. After all, the new season has not started for a month, and there has never been a player in NBA history who has decided whether to participate in the slam dunk contest so early.


    Of course, link is not a kid anymore. He won''t slap the table as soon as he is stimulated to participate in the slam dunk contest. Only children will be bewitched by this kind of provocation.


    Dunk contest things, link want to put aside for the time being, now, or play the game is the most important.Of course, link will not forget what Bill Simmons did. If he does take part in the slam dunk contest and win the championship next year, link will never let bill Simmons go.


    The words have been said. It''s impossible to take them back. Bill Simmons''s women''s clothes will have to be worn as well as not.


    Adults are responsible for what they say.


    I thought that as long as I didn''t respond, the matter was basically suppressed. But what linkman didn''t expect was that Bill Simmons was on his own.


    At the end of the game with king, link led the team to the best ten consecutive wins in the team''s history after the start. NBA officials have also released the latest issue of the player of the week list, with link among them.


    On his talk show that night, Bill Simmons was in opposition to the league. "Maybe soon, the best link of the week will have to face the first defeat of the new season."


    "The Los Angeles Clippers are unstoppable this week. They have won four games in a row. Four victories, including one defeat thunder, one rout rocket! There is no doubt that the Clippers are the first team in the Western Conference this season. If you''ve seen the Clippers this season, you''ll agree with me


    Bill Simmons is as confident as ever. Now if there is a team that can definitely break the Grizzlies'' unbeaten gold body, it''s probably bill Simmons who is a maverick.


    But Bill Simmons is no different from a clown if he only talks. The reason why he is so famous is that he really knows basketball very well. He has real goods in his stomach.


    Next, he analyzed why the Clippers won.


    "Yes, last season, the clippers were shaved by the Grizzlies in the playoffs. But this summer, the Clippers added coach Doug rivers, J.J. Reddick, Darren collison, and Dudley to keep Paul alive. Well, they are not superstars, no more dazzling than Howard joining spacecity, but the Clippers'' reinforcement is undoubtedly seriously underestimated


    "Last season, the Clippers had probably the worst starting flanks in the League - Caron Butler and Willie green. Last season, 82.6% and 90.4% of their shots came from assists, which means they hardly have the ability to attack independently. At the same time, when the Clippers had them on the scene, they lost 5.3 points and 2.8 points every 100 rounds. I can''t count how many times linck beat Butler into a pig last season


    "But when the Clippers change the wing combination to Reddick and Dudley, their progress will be very obvious. The two players are younger and more solid in defence. They will never be trumps, but the players are high and reliable team defenders. At the same time, both men''s shooting skills are not inferior to their predecessors. Crawford and Barnes are still there, so rivers doesn''t have to think about whether to use better but less accurate players or more accurate but not good players. He just needs to use them according to their functions


    "Last season, the clippers were fourth in attack efficiency and eighth in defense efficiency in the league. With Doug rivers in charge this season, the clippers can''t be worse at defense. And their attack, no doubt, will be stronger. On the current several games, the Clippers offensive efficiency ranked second in the league, second only to Memphis Grizzlies, over the thunder! The Clippers are 7-2, losing two games, one to the opening game and the other to the mighty heat. It''s not that they''re weak, they''re just out of luck. If the Grizzlies had met the heat ahead of time, they might have had nothing unbeaten


    "In the next game, Paul and Griffin are bound to take violent revenge. Link, get ready to take the move. This time, you can''t just abuse the food


    Link didn''t know what supported him to watch the whole talk show of bill Simmons, but he had to say that Simmons was indeed a professional basketball player, and his analysis of many things was as good as that of the team''s analysts.


    The Clippers are really perfect in all aspects of the data this season. When they win thunder, the Clippers score double with six people, showing their different lineup depth compared with last season.


    But Bill Simmons, no matter how good he is, is just a journalist and a writer. Basketball is played by players, not by data analysis.


    The next day, in the airport lobby, link was interviewed by reporters. There is no doubt that the content of the interview has something to do with Bill Simmons.


    "Link, what do you think of bill Simmons'' recent remarks about you?"


    "He is an excellent basketball writer. I bought two sets of his" Basketball History Guide "and I like it very much


    The reporters all laughed. They all knew that link could not just praise others. He would never give such a boring answer.


    "But I think he might have misunderstood me and my team. We are the defending champions, the defending champions who hold the O''Brien cup firmly in our hands. We are obviously more persuasive than the vague data. I hope he understands that basketball is not a number game. I also hope that he can understand that you should not use the word "soft egg" in other people''s bodies, or the consequences will be very serious. "


    Link finished and left contentedly. I make complaints about the night and finally I finally succeed.www.novelhall.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!