I’m Really Playing Basketball

On Thursday, February 14, 2008, after an away game with the Pistons, Chen Xiao and Mai, Roy, Aldridge and other players who participated in the All-Star Weekend took a special plane to New Orleans.

If it were the All-Stars of previous years, Chen Xiao and the others would actually not need to be so anxious.

But this year's New Orleans All-Star is different, because this year's All-Star theme is to make the social contribution that the NBA should have for the reconstruction of New Orleans.

In the United States, these sports leagues like to use their own methods to strengthen the connection with the community, which I have to say is really quite powerful.

No matter what natural disasters, man-made disasters or holidays, NBA stars and community activities are always indispensable.

Therefore, the relationship between the American Professional League and the American community and fans is very close.

Of course, in previous years, the community activities of the NBA's All-Star Weekend were somewhat casual, mostly in a form.

But this year is different. This year the NBA is really playing.

With the opportunity of this New Orleans All-Star Weekend, the league has arranged for many active and retired players to participate in the reconstruction of New Orleans.

And in addition to current and retired players, the league also called a total of 2500 star volunteers from all walks of life to participate in community service activities. Among them, Hollywood superstars were also invited. This can also be seen by David Stern. Ambition.

He really does not let go of any opportunity to increase the influence of the NBA, and is ready to turn this national disaster in the United States into a "funeral."

In this large-scale reconstruction of New Orleans by the NBA, Chen Xiao is responsible for laying the lawn for a primary school.

And the star volunteers with Chen Xiao, in addition to Karl Malone, Mutombo, and Rashid Wallace, there is Jet Li.

Of course, among so many stars from all walks of life, Chen Xiao is naturally the one that has received the most attention.

When Chen Xiao, Jet Li, and Ma Long were laying the lawn fortunately, most of the reporters and cameras on the scene were aimed at Chen Xiao.

The press conference on the spot rushed to ask Chen Xiao some questions from time to time.

And this time Chen Xiao is not the same as usual. Without the coldness of the previous All-Star Weekend, he looks very happy and works hardest.

Of course, Chen Xiao's current position does not need to make fake efforts in front of the camera to get the character set. If he really likes to make the character set, he won't be so cold all the time.

The American reporters at the scene could also see that Chen Xiao really liked this community event.

In fact, this is indeed the case. This time it is no longer a show, but it is really meaningful.

Don’t think it’s easy to lay the lawn. Those who have planted the lawn and those who have shoveled the lawn know that when shoveling the lawn, you should bend your waist, like a squat, and keep repeating the action to keep the lawn neat and tidy. Shovel it out and load it away.

This job can definitely be called torture-like work. Therefore, the job of planting turf has always been one of the highest-paying jobs, even in China where the wages are not so high. If you do a day of such a job, if you do more , Can earn 1,000 RMB a day.

If you think your waist strength is good, you can try it.

Of course, Chen Xiao and the others are certainly not so tired from laying the lawn, but they are still quite fortunate.

Seeing that all the dirt on the huge pair of gloves in Chen Xiao's hand was already glued on, many American reporters next to him couldn't help but feel distressed for Chen Xiao, who was smiling with a sunny face at this time.

In fact, he really doesn't need to be like this.

It’s just that, Chen Xiao completely turned a blind eye to this. He even joked with the reporters who cared about him: “That’s why I bought a house with a lawn in Charlotte. It’s paved in this world. The lawn worker is one of the greatest laborers."

It can be seen that although Chen Xiao is tired now, he is really happy to be able to make some contributions to the children in the disaster area in New Orleans.

This is indeed the case. Ever since Chen Xiao had a little Chen, he hasn't seen the children suffer.

The children in New Orleans have been miserable this year.

"As a father, I hope that every child in this world can have a good education environment and a good sports life environment. I hope that every lawn I am laying now can be filled with happy smiles from the children. , This will be the most beautiful thing in the world."

"They lost a lot of things because of Hurricane Katrina. I can't do much, but at least I can bring them a little warmth and let them regain their dreams of the world."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking, the gloves of Uncle Mu next to him slapped away.

In addition to Chen Xiao's hardest efforts in Chen Xiao's group, among the remaining celebrities, Uncle Mu is definitely the one who is most dedicated.

Uncle Mu is a well-known humanitarian fighter in the NBA. He has done a lot of charity in Africa, at least in terms of reports and the media.

The community activities of this All-Star Weekend are different from most of the stars who come alone. Uncle Mu not only came by himself this time, but also brought his three children with him.

Yes, Chen Xiao is not only surrounded by Uncle Mu, but also Uncle Mu's three children. The father and son are in battle together, and they are quite full of enthusiasm.

After Chen Xiao and Uncle Mu laid the lawn for the school together, the two and their four children painted the school lunch room together.

Chen Xiao and Uncle Mu wanted to cultivate the love of their children since they were young.

Although Xiao Xiao Chen is small now and can't do much, as long as he participates in it, it is a huge gain.

I have to say that in this community event, Chen Xiao and Uncle Mu actually made friends, which Chen Xiao did not expect before.

When Uncle Mu was in the 76ers before, Chen Xiao and Uncle Mu were'mortal enemies'.

In this community event, Chen Xiao and Uncle Mu were the hardest performers, so the relationship between the two is also rising rapidly.

When working together for the reconstruction of the school, Uncle Mu also kept complaining like Chen Xiao.

"Chen, I don't know how to express my feelings now, I am sad now, sad for the children."

"I knew a lot of things here are still bad, but I didn't expect it to be so bad.

Today I had the opportunity to visit the scene and look around, but I was surprised to find that there are still many people still sleeping on the street. The elderly and their children have no houses to live in.

My goodness, two years have passed, but the city is still what it was two years ago. I want to ask, why is this?

What happened to the great America? "

Chen Xiao didn't know how to respond to Uncle Mu's compassionate complaints and dissatisfaction, and in the end he just sighed.

"Maybe America is not as great as we thought."

At the very least, it was very indifferent when it came to post-disaster reconstruction.

In fact, it is not only indifferent in post-disaster reconstruction, but even more indifferent during disaster relief, but Chen Xiao and Uncle Mu, who have been living in the rich areas in the United States, have not seen it...

If Uncle Mu is allowed to see the performance of the United States in disaster relief, hell, Uncle Mu will definitely feel that his three views are ruined.

After the community activities on the morning of February 15th ended, Chen Xiao attended the All-Star press conference with Wade, Dayao, Luo Ge, Xiao Du, Xiao Zhan and other all-stars from the East and West in the afternoon.

Chen Xiao has no teammates on the All-Star Weekend this time.

This is the sixth All-Star Weekend that Chen Xiao has participated in and the only All-Star Weekend without teammates.

Before in the Nets, Chen Xiao came with Kee boss, Richard Jefferson.

In the Cavaliers, there is Xiao Zhan beside Chen Xiao.

In the previous two seasons, there was a small cannon next to Chen Xiao.

But this season, Chen Xiao no longer has any star teammates by his side.

However, even without star teammates, even if not like Wade and Yao, Kobe and Gasol, Iverson and Anthony, Nash and O'Neal, Ray Allen and Durant, they can gather together to attract the focus, Chen Xiao One person still slapped all the other stars.

This is really no joke.

Compared with other All-Stars, the number of reporters around Chen Xiao is definitely the most, more than the three of the Spurs of Roger Howard and Arenas.

It can be said that although Chen Xiao has only one person, he is still the biggest focus of attention.

And not only was the concern the most, Chen Xiao was also mentioned the most among reporters' questions.

Other All-Stars still have to ask a lot of questions about Chen Xiao.

"Chen is now the top level player in the NBA. In the history of the NBA, I don't think he is stronger than him." Xiao's strength comparison and the question of the first person said from time to time.

"I know my strength, maybe I'm also the top of the NBA, but compared to him, he can not only score like me, at the same time, he is beginning to control the game, this season he began to show a stronger influence on the game , He is influencing the game like a magician.

Charlotte still has the strongest players in the NBA, and they still cannot be underestimated, as Chen himself said, ‘no one or anything can stop what I want. ’I can’t see why Chen can’t be a contender for the championship this season. I think it must be a lot of people’s mistakes. "

When Kobe asked Chen Xiao's question, he was full of praise for Chen Xiao.

And not only Kobe, but Maizi, who has always been one of the “ceilings” of NBA EQ, when asked this question, also expressed the same view as Kobe. "Just like Bryant said, now the entire league, the top The shooting guards are like dinosaurs on the verge of extinction. This is not a joke. We are seeing fewer and fewer amazing top shooting guards. Looking at the entire league, the only players who can be called excellent shooting guards are me, Chen, Kobe, Allen, Vince, and Ray Allen are old, and the five of us are old people 10 years ago. We are a generation, and Chen, there is no one next to him that can match him. He absorbed the whole The talent of a generation is unique."

Well, what Mai said said, saying that he is the ceiling of emotional intelligence among NBA players is really not a problem.

Although it is correct to praise Chen Xiao, if Wade and Arenas heard him say this, they would definitely be unhappy.

However, as long as you understand Maizi’s speaking style, you will get used to his way of speaking. He never speaks comprehensively, and he will often step on one by one. At the beginning, he even stepped on his own boss and cares about you. Wade and Arenas?

In history, he stepped on Dayao when he was holding himself.

Fortunately, Arenas and Wade are still far from Maizi, otherwise there will be a good show.

And when Maizi praised Chen Xiao stepping on other young shooting guards, as one of the representatives of young shooting guards, Wade is now answering Chen Xiao’s question: “This season Chen’s dominance of the league is about to end, and he still Is the strongest player, but his team has been unable to dominate the league, this is my understanding, perhaps also a fact.

But we should also see why this is the case. The Bobcats have encountered a lot of difficulties this season. In the history of the NBA, there has never been a defending champion leader who has encountered more difficulties than Chen this season.

Under such unfavorable difficulties, he still stabilized the Bobcats' record and defended the dignity of the Bobcats. Without Paul and Randolph, he became the only team in the NBA to win the Nets three times in a row.

He may be away from the championship now, but he is also creating his own myth. "

I have to say that Wade still speaks as straightforward as ever, but straight back to straight, but the maintenance of Chen Xiao remains the same.

Because the Bobcats as the defending champion this season, the record is not so outstanding, only sixth in the East, so many people say that this time the All-Star, Chen Xiao will encounter media reporters.

After all, in history, as the first person in international basketball, Nowitzki has never won even once in the NBA's five-fifth honor competition.

From this we can see how xenophobic public opinion in the United States is.

Nowitzki is still white.

When you are strong, you will definitely favor it, but when you are weak, it will definitely be a ruthless step.

However, what people did not expect was that in the collective interview of the All-Stars, none of the All-Stars took the lead and attacked Chen Xiao.

This is really shocking.

Even Carter, the superstar who has the most grudge against Chen Xiao, said when asked about Chen Xiao: "He is a great opponent. I know this very well. When you fight against Jordan, players like Chen At the time, you will clearly feel how different the game will be. This is like people like to see Kobe vs. Chen Xiao, Jordan vs. Magic, or O’Neal vs. Duncan. Such a duel is always full of fun. People like to see such a confrontation, and I also like to see such a confrontation, and now, Chen and the Bobcats are still in a confrontation, which is very incredible. According to your opinion, he should not have such qualifications this season. NS."

Carter was comparing Chen Xiao with Jordan. No matter how complicated Carter was when he said this, he was really convinced. After all, Jordan's position in Carter's hearts is quite special.

Originally, some people wanted to make trouble in this joint interview, but in the end, everything that happened in the joint interview disappointed them.

At the same time, as a member of the star in the joint interview and the first contender in the league this season, Kobe also saw Chen Xiao's current influence in the NBA.

Kobe felt for the first time what he was recognized as the first man in the league.

In Chen Xiao's body, he saw O'Neal's dominance over the Alliance.

Chen Xiao now is like O'Neal at that time. No matter who asks the first person in the league, everyone will say, Shaq O'Neal!

"A long way to go!"

Thinking of grabbing the position of the first person, Kobe felt a lot of pressure, but at the same time he felt full of fighting spirit and extremely excited.

Only from such a person is the honor of being the first person, that's cool!

For this All-Star Weekend, Chen Xiao is here to experience life and also to play.

After finishing the joint interview, Chen Xiao also blocked the CCTV's special guest on-site commentary in the evening, and will explain the All-Star Rookie Challenge with Teacher Zhang.

And it's not just the Rookie Challenge, but also the skill game on Saturday. Chen Xiao is also a CCTV reporter and commentator.

This entire CCTV and Chen Xiao limelight overwhelmed Barkley and TNT.

At the end of the dunk contest and Saturday’s All-Star Weekend, Barkley sighed involuntarily on TV: “Chen will come to grab my job sooner or later!”

Chen Xiao actually seemed very happy for Barkley's praise.

In an interview with CCTV, Chen Xiao said with a smile: "After all, I am not a young player anymore. After five years of UU reading www.uukanshu.com, I will also be a 30-year-old veteran. Maybe I am now. It's time to think about life after retirement."

Chen Xiao's answer kept the style of this All-Star Weekend as always.

It's just one word, play, if it's two words, it's a joke.

And such Chen Xiao, whether it is the fans in the United States or the fans in China, thinks it is quite cute.

And don’t forget, Nelson, the head coach of this year’s Eastern All-Stars, is also a playful person!

Therefore, even in tomorrow's All-Star Game, Chen Xiao may be able to have fun.

But then again.

After Xiao Pao and Randolph left, Chen Xiao felt that his current psychology was indeed much more mature than before.

"Xiao Chen, I don't even know you when I see you this All-Star weekend."

Not to mention Teacher Zhang and the audience, even Chen Xiao's good Jiyou Xiaozhan felt so.

This All-Star Weekend, Xiao Zhan and Chen Xiao can be said to be inseparable.

After all, Xiao Zhan also came to the All-Star Game by himself this time.

Although Oden and Conley also came to All-Star Weekend.

But Oden and Conley, two good friends, must play by themselves, how could they bring Xiao Zhan this light bulb.

Therefore, Xiao Zhan felt comfortable following Chen Xiao.

Therefore, it was precisely because of following Chen Xiao's side that Xiao Zhan felt the most profoundly.

"Maybe, this is growth."

Chen Xiao patted Xiao Zhan on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Looking at Chen Xiao's back, Xiao Zhan opened his mouth wide, wanted to ask but didn't say anything. In the end, Xiao Zhan nodded seriously.

When I encountered difficulties in the Cavaliers, I had no such mentality towards Xiao Chen.

It seems that I am not mature enough.