Although there was no New Year's Eve dinner, Su Feng felt that this year was quite interesting, considering he had actually encountered an Akron boy on New Year's Eve...

And just like that, Su Feng walked away with a flourish.

As he watched Su Feng's departing figure and the pair of Aj11s in his hand...

The young James' basketball dream had completely ignited.

After Su Feng handed Zhang's guidance team the 76ers team manager's business card, asking them to collect his autographed jerseys, Kobe smiled at Su Feng on the way back to the hotel and said, "You really look like an All-Star now."

Su Feng spread his hands and smiled. "Kobe, you know, basketball is nothing without fans."

Hearing Su Feng's words, Kobe suddenly looked solemn. At that moment, the scene of O'Neal signing his autograph for him flashed through his mind.

In the winter of 1997, in Cleveland, the ceremony for the Fifty Greatest Players had not yet begun, but the torch was quietly being passed on...

...

On the morning of the 7th, led by NBA staff, Su Feng and the other players on the Eastern Conference Rookie Team first visited an orphanage in Cleveland.

To reverse the NBA's negative image, only heaven knew how much effort Stern had put in behind the scenes.

In the orphanage, "Melo" and "The Answer" became the objects of the children's adulation.

It's worth mentioning that during a friendly game with the children, Iverson frantically padded his block stats.

Su Feng laughed from the sidelines. "Allen, give the kids a chance!"

Iverson smiled. "I'm helping them increase their desire to grow taller."

Su Feng shook his head. Anyway, these kinds of events were just for fun, but Iverson's insane behavior made Su Feng think that next time he went to Charlotte...

Maybe he could have a one-on-one game with Stephen Curry in advance!

"No, no, I can't be too Jordan-esque."

Su Feng quickly shook his head, stopping this insane idea.

...

After the morning's charity event, in the afternoon, while the Eastern Conference Rookie Team was practicing together, Su Feng and Iverson saw Da Ben, who had arrived in Cleveland at noon.

As one of the members of this year's Eastern Conference Rookie Team, Da Ben didn't fly to Cleveland with Iverson and Su Feng because he had also reached the pinnacle of his life.

This season, Da Ben was averaging 3.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.2 blocks, 1.4 steals, and 2.7 assists, making him an excellent defensive role player.

So, not long after signing Su Feng, Nike decided to bring Da Ben under its banner as well.

Of course, because it wasn't easy to sell shoes for interior players, Nike only offered him a 7-year, 4.6-skin contract.

Helpless, Da Ben's marketability couldn't compare to Su Feng's, so naturally, he couldn't refuse Nike's long-term offer.

After all, how many people in the NBA can refuse a long-term contract from a shoe company?

In his previous life, Su Feng often saw stories about signing one-year deals with shoe companies in fan fiction, but in reality, even if your popularity surpassed James', shoe companies wouldn't play that game with you.

And a major manufacturer like Nike can provide you with far more resources behind the scenes than you can imagine.

That's why Su Feng didn't choose to wait any longer after feeling Nike's sincerity.

Look at the front and back of this All-Star selection, besides those lovely rabbits, how many internet water armies did Nike hire for him behind the scenes?

Speaking of those reports that were touting him as almost as good as Pippen, frankly, Su Feng didn't know if Pippen felt bad, but Su Feng...

His face was pretty red.

Speaking of which, for Da Ben, who was still on a minimum salary, after getting this shoe contract, he originally wanted to buy each of his siblings a set of name-brand clothing first.

But after remembering Su Feng's usual patient guidance, he decided to listen to Su Feng, not spend money recklessly, and prepare to invest with Su Feng in the future.

On the court, while the Eastern Conference Rookie Team was practicing, many reporters from Philadelphia were marveling that this Philadelphia Iron Triangle had really gone all the way from the Summer League to All-Star Weekend.

It is worth mentioning that during the Eastern Conference Rookie Team's joint practice, the head coach of this year's Eastern Conference Rookie Team, Auerbach, was not present.

Instead, Celtics coach Miller Carl was there to arrange the tactics.

On the court, Carl smiled as he looked at "Ai Feng" and said, "There are a lot of fans here tonight for you guys. I'm going to build the team around you. What kind of plays do you usually run on your teams?"

At that moment, Su Feng and Iverson stared at each other.

Well...

Coach, can we change the offensive core to someone else?

These kinds of rookie challenges...

They're just not his thing!

Looking at the "Ai Feng" duo, who were elbowing each other, Carl scratched his head, wondering if there was something wrong with what he had just said.

At this time, Su Feng looked at Carl and said, "Coach, you know, Allen and I are both team players.

And the most important thing about the Rookie Challenge is that everyone can participate, so, Coach, Allen and I both agree that we should enjoy the Rookie Challenge together!"

You see, the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game of this era are not comparable to those of the future.

With the intensity of the future, Su Feng and Iverson could just mess around a little, but the All-Star Game of this era...

It's a real fight, damn it!

Entertainment is entertainment, but any quarter you pick from the All-Star Game of this era is more brutal than the fourth quarter of the All-Star Game in the future.

Therefore, this is also a major reason why many future celebrities criticize the All-Star Game for becoming less and less interesting.

Mainly...

The income gap was too big at this time, and many "Pippens" couldn't wait to use all their strength to defend after seeing the Jordans on the other side.

But in the future, with everyone being a millionaire, why risk bleeding in an All-Star Game?

However...

Just as Su Feng and Iverson were showing their magnanimity, Ray Allen and Kittles on the side were not calm.

Because originally, everyone understood that "Ai Feng" was the protagonist, so just going through the motions was fine.

After all, no matter how unconvinced you were, "Ai Feng"'s popularity was just higher than yours.

But...

After "Ai Feng" showed their "EQ," the other rookies on the Eastern Conference team were immediately overjoyed.

"I've said it before, Allen is more than ten thousand times better than Stephen (Marbury) in my eyes!"

"That's right, you don't know, after I matched up against Su and Scotty successively, to tell you the truth, Su is the number one small forward in the East in my mind!"

"Scotty just happened to run into Michael. Didn't you hear what O'Neal said last year?

His grandma could win a championship with Jordan!"

Listening to the constant rainbow-colored energy coming from around him, Su Feng was speechless...

Seriously, these proud geniuses were too real.

There was no way around it; these rookies couldn't look forward to the All-Star Game like "Ai Feng" could. For these young people who were eager to prove themselves, the Rookie Challenge was a valuable opportunity to perform.

On the side, Miller Carl felt that this was simply the most harmonious group of rookies he had ever led.

But oh well...

Anyway, he was just a tool for arranging tactics.

So, since "Ai Feng" wanted to play team basketball, then he would arrange to play team basketball...

A tool should have the self-awareness of a tool.

...

On the evening of the 7th, at Quicken Loans Arena, as the appetizer for All-Star Weekend, the Rookie Challenge was usually difficult to fill, but this year, because of the special significance of this All-Star Game and the "Ai Feng" factor, the Quicken Loans Arena, which could hold nearly 20,000 people, was packed to the brim tonight.

Many of the NBA's Fifty Greatest Players came to the scene tonight, and for them, who were already old, the meaning of this award ceremony was very important.

Because no one wanted to be forgotten after retiring.

Young James, who received a ticket from Su Feng, was also sitting courtside tonight.

At this moment, he could only be described as trembling.

Look, the giant sitting next to him was the famous Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Surrounded by a bunch of superstars, James was well-behaved and did not speak. The superstars who were chatting would occasionally come over and ask, "Whose kid are you?"

Generally speaking, a kid who could sit in this position at this kind of game was either rich or noble.

Therefore, these old monsters were all curious about which superstar's offspring this kid, who looked about 20 years old, was.

And every time, James would politely reply, "I'm from Akron. I'm a fan of Su."

Oh, Akron...

Speaking of which, does that broken place have electricity yet?

Don't be surprised; if the entire United States looked down on Cleveland...

Then Akron was probably a place that the entire Cleveland looked down on.

On the court, after the players from the Eastern and Western Rookie Teams entered the arena to warm up one by one, James happily spotted Su Feng's figure.

"That's the kid who created the 'Meteor Dunk'?" "The Iceman" Gervin asked curiously.

"Yes, the high school players these days are getting more and more incredible," Moses Malone, the legendary former 76er, said with a smile.

"The one wearing the Lakers' number 8 jersey is Jerry's 'Erving's successor,' right?" Lakers legend James Worthy pointed to Kobe on the court.

"I heard that he and Su were high school classmates? That Kobe broke my scoring record in Pennsylvania," a haggard-looking Chamberlain said.

Perhaps...

This was the pinnacle of life, right?

Listening to the discussions of the bigwigs around him, James felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

And on the court, after greeting Kobe, Su Feng noticed that Nash's height was actually taller than he remembered tonight?

"Steve, how many pairs of socks did you wear tonight?" Su Feng asked curiously, putting his arm around Nash's shoulder.

Nash's old face turned red, and he said, "Just... just 3 pairs!"

"3 pairs?" Su Feng looked at Nash with a "really, I don't believe it" expression.

Nash hesitated for a moment and whispered to Su Feng, "Just 5 pairs. Don't tell anyone, okay?"

Su Feng laughed and touched Nash's head.

In his previous life, the relationship between the members of the Pan-96 Golden Generation was generally good.

In the future, Nash was willing to go to the Lakers and form the F4 with Kobe, largely because Kobe had repeatedly...

Helped Nash with his defense in this Rookie Challenge.

And the reason why the Celtics' Big Three were able to come together in the future was also related to the friendship that Ray Allen, Garnett, and Pierce had formed in their early years.

Although it was later proven that the friendship between these three was just a plastic one.

On the court, after chatting with Nash for a while, Su Feng looked at the bigwigs sitting courtside and felt resentful.

Because these people were all people he had played with in 2k in his previous life...

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