NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 469 Jia Fei's Team VS Running Man Team

On February 16, the NBA officially announced that Justin Bieber and singer Quavo will participate in the Los Angeles All-Star Celebrity Game, representing the Lakers and Clippers respectively.

The Lakers' head coaches are Rachel Nichols and Tracy McGrady, hosts of ESPN's "The Jump," while actor Michael B. Jordan serves as the assistant coach.

The Clippers' head coaches are ESPN commentators Katie Nolan and Paul Pierce, while singer Common becomes an assistant coach.

Lakers fans are quite frustrated. The All-Star Game was held on their home turf, but as one of the hosts, not a single Lakers player was selected for the All-Star Game.

They look down on two Clippers teams, and Jia Fei has become their captain, which is incredibly embarrassing.

The Lakers' high draft picks did have some make it into the Rising Stars Challenge, so not all of them were busts. Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and Kyle Kuzma all made it to Team USA for the Rising Stars Challenge, but Ball will have to withdraw due to injury, which is quite frustrating.

However, the Rising Stars Challenge and the All-Star Game are vastly different in terms of prestige. In the All-Star Game, even if you are just a substitute, you are still a definite All-Star player. But the Rising Stars Challenge is different; how many of these players will develop into All-Stars is unknown.

On February 17, the Los Angeles All-Star Celebrity Game was held, with the Lakers losing to the Clippers 66-75.

On the same day, the Rising Stars Challenge began, with the World Team defeating the USA Team 155-124.

World basketball has indeed developed rapidly, and many fans of the past often say that only the Dream Team was truly a great team because they could win by a large margin in a game. But the fact is that the level of world basketball back then is incomparable to that of today.

Just look at the Rising Stars Challenge; American rookies are already losing to the World Team. World basketball is developing rapidly, and the NBA now has a large number of high-level international players. Many American centers are being squeezed out of their positions by foreign centers.

Lakers fans are unhappy again. They lost the Celebrity Game, and in the Rising Stars Challenge, their two rookies, Ingram and Kuzma, on Team USA, lost to Dillon's World Team, which is equivalent to losing to the Clippers as well.

Although neither of these competitions were particularly important, the result left them extremely frustrated.

From now on, neither the individual competitions nor the main tournament will have anything to do with Lakers players. One of the players originally participating in the Slam Dunk Contest, Larry Nance Jr., was from their team, but they traded him to the Cavaliers before the trade deadline…

Therefore, Larry Nance Jr. has absolutely no connection with the Lakers anymore...

Although there weren't any big fish on this year's trade deadline, it was still quite exciting, especially since the trade deadline was moved before the All-Star Game.

The Cavaliers made many trades, trading away players like Wade and Thomas, essentially reversing their moves from last summer.

The Clippers made no moves at the trade deadline. They have great chemistry and a good team atmosphere. It's a normal choice to stay put without any suitable targets emerging.

Jia Fei and the Logo Man discussed and decided to hold off. The real battleground is the offseason, and Jia Fei plans to pull off a big one, which doesn't necessarily mean trading for a superstar, but could be related to the draft.

2018 will be a big year for the draft, so don't miss it.

February 19th arrived in the blink of an eye, the day of the All-Star Game.

Tonight at Staples Center is destined to be a sleepless night.

The All-Star Game is always the grand finale of All-Star Weekend. The players who have appeared before are either young players or role players, but the players in tonight's game are all true All-Stars.

The head coach of the Jia Fei team is Mike Budenholzer, the head coach of the Clippers, while the head coach of the Running Man team is Dwane Casey, the head coach of the Raptors.

There was little suspense about these two coaches serving as interim head coaches for the All-Star Game, given that their respective teams were both ranked first in their conferences.

During pre-game practice, the Running Man members were like little clowns, showing off their "gorilla dance" and "Yangcheng Lake jump shot" while chatting with other All-Stars. They were truly born social butterflies.

On the contrary, Du Xiaoshuai seemed much more shy. Online, he's the GOAT, an invincible vanguard, the true Grim Reaper. But in reality, he's so shy. Before the match even started, he was still wearing that little green hat. Isn't that silly?

When Durant shoots, he looks a bit pigeon-toed, and his long, beautiful legs in thigh-high socks are the dream legs of countless girls with thick thighs!

Harden seemed a little dazed. He doesn't really enjoy socializing; he only truly becomes that little prince when he's in nightclubs. In nightclubs, he's like a Middle Eastern tycoon, indulging in extravagant spending and pure enjoyment.

Curry was chewing on his mouthguard, Green kept blabbering, while DeRozan was quiet, his reserved personality making him look somewhat melancholy.

The starting lineups for both teams have been announced.

The starting lineup for Jia Fei's team is Jia Fei, Curry, Harden, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Embiid;

The starting lineup for the Running Man team is Running Man, Irving, Durant, Davis, and DeRozan.

Before the game, when everyone gathered together, Curry suggested that the host team's Jia Fei be the main scorer. Harden and the other players had no objections. Giannis wanted to speak up, but seeing that everyone agreed, he kept quiet.

Jia Fei didn't hold back either; in terms of popularity, strength, and status, he was qualified to be the main attacker.

The match is about to begin amidst cheers from the fans in the stadium.

Embiid and Davis jumped for the ball near the center circle.

The jump ball began, and Embiid won the jump ball against Davis, giving Jiafei's team possession of the first offensive possession.

Curry dribbles the ball across half-court.

The Emperor was sticking his butt out, asking for the ball, but Curry completely ignored him and passed the ball to Jia Fei.

Jia Fei, holding the ball, faced Du Xiaoshuai. After a triple threat, he accelerated and cut into the basket. The opponent didn't defend much, and Jia Fei didn't hold back, scoring with a flying dunk!

2-0, Jia Fei's team scores first!

Cheers erupted immediately at Staples Center. Regardless of whether the Clippers were truly as popular as the Lakers, Jia Fei was undoubtedly the most popular active player in the city. Many Chinese fans were present, wearing Jia Fei's jerseys, their cheers and screams echoing throughout the arena.

The Running Man team is on offense. Kyrie Irving dribbles with a series of fancy dribbles and then scores with a jump shot, responding in kind!

Curry brought the ball over and passed it to Harden.

Harden, perhaps still thinking about the girl he slept with last night, wasn't really focused on the game and immediately passed the ball to Jia Fei!

Jia Fei received the ball, and both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid asked him for it. Why did he give it to them?

He hit a three-pointer straight away – and it went in easily!

The defensive intensity was too low; Jia Fei felt like he was just in training.