Chapter 74: Good Brother Durant

Chris Paul's hostility was very obvious.

Fan Xi was very calm and composed. It wasn't that he couldn't see the arrogance, provocation, unyielding, sarcasm, and high posture in Paul's eyes, but he didn't want to have a dispute with him in such a place, it was useless.

He walked past as if he didn't see it, walked inside, and greeted Stephen Curry, who was participating in the Skills Challenge, enthusiastically.

"Jack, you were in the limelight last night. I returned to the hotel, and ten sports channels were reporting on you. Even if I turned to the Hollywood channel, they were reporting that some female star named Selena said she wanted to pursue you unswervingly."

Stephen Curry said exaggeratedly.

At this time, a slightly harsh voice sounded from the side: "Stephen, is this your good friend Jack? He has become famous recently. I watched the adult channel yesterday, and the famous big-breasted Jordan said she wanted to date Jack."

"Hello, I am Russell Westbrook."

A guy who looked like a Ninja Turtle turned around. He was shirtless, full of strong muscle lines.

Fan Xi hurriedly reached out his hand, shook it with him, and used the black etiquette of chest bumping and hugging.

Westbrook was a lottery pick in 2008, he was a legendary figure. His basketball talent was not high when he was young, but his good brother Kai Er Xi, who grew up with him, was a superstar from childhood to adulthood, and even locked in a full scholarship for college in his sophomore year, but an accident caused his good brother to pass away suddenly. He carried his good brother's basketball dream and worked hard crazily, and finally entered the basketball prestigious school U. After entering U, he also played as a substitute in his first season. Later, the main point guard Darren Collison was injured, and he got the opportunity to start. As a result, once he started, his violent physical quality was highlighted, and he showed his skills in the confrontation with the then-appointed No. 1 pick OJ Mayo, quickly entering the vision of NBA scouts, and then entered the NBA. Now it is his third season, but everyone thinks he will become a superstar in the future.

Because he dared to fight, dare to rush, dare to grab data, and dare to take responsibility, and his physical quality was extremely explosive, known as the man second only to Derrick Rose among point guards in the league today.

Tonight, he came to participate in the Skills Challenge.

He was a very confident person. He felt that he didn't rely on physical quality to play, and his brain was also very powerful, and he had skills.

However, the other four people who entered the Skills Challenge didn't regard him as a real opponent.

This year's Skills Challenge could be called a super competition of new generation point guards: Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, John Wall, and Chris Paul all signed up to participate.

The competition was quite fierce.

Some people even felt that this year's Skills Challenge was the most worth-watching game among the "three major projects."

"Jack, you really should go on a date with that big-breasted Jordan, and then tell us whether she is artificial silicone or natural." Westbrook teased Fan Xi loudly.

Fan Xi hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, indicating that he was not close to women.

As soon as this was said, there was another burst of laughter in the locker room.

Interestingly, Westbrook's teammate Kevin Durant was the second player to take the initiative to make friends with Fan Xi.

Although Kevin Durant was only in his fourth season of his professional career, he was actually already a superstar in the league. In this locker room, his status was on par with Chris Paul.

However, his influence in all aspects was greater than Chris Paul's.

Durant signed an endorsement contract with Nike that was in the first tier of the league. His performance in scoring was becoming more and more unsolvable, and he was the second bug player in the league today.

The first bug player was naturally LeBron James. James had the weight of a center, the speed of a top guard, and the explosive power and jumping ability of a top wing player... He was simply like a tank with the speed of a supercar.

But Kevin Durant took a different path. He had the height of a center, an arm span longer than a center, and at the same time had the ball-handling ability and low center of gravity of a guard. The most exaggerated thing was... his shooting feel was in the top three in the league today.

Such a player could only be described as a bug.

The last such bug was Shaquille O'Neal.

Tim Duncan might also count, but in the end, the bug was not so obvious.

Among the new generation of players, Rose also counted as half a bug, and his physical quality was also very strong. Westbrook could barely count as half... but their physical hardware advantages were not as obvious as LeBron James and Kevin Durant.

"Jack, I am Kevin Durant. Can you teach me some techniques on how to date female stars?" Durant discussed with Fan Xi very seriously.

Durant was different from other superstars. After dominating the court, other superstars would accumulate enough confidence, and after establishing a wealth empire in terms of economy, they would always have an aura that was superior to others.

But Durant, although he was one of the highest-earning superstars in the league today, and although his ability on the court was getting closer and closer to the top.

His temperament had always been relatively "sleazy." Chinese fans said he had the temperament of a migrant worker, and he often wore various energetic young clothes, and was keen on carrying a backpack to participate in activities.

So....

Fan Xi thought about it seriously, and he answered this new friend sincerely: "Actually... it seems... there are no special techniques. I might just rely on my face."

Fan Xi said very seriously.

Although this sounded like a joke.

Interestingly, Kevin Durant was actually very serious. He punched his chest with his fist and pointed at Fan Xi, saying: "Jack. This is why I felt compatible with you the moment I saw you. Our temperaments are too consistent. Frankly speaking, you are the only man in the entire NBA who has caused me to have a facial crisis."

Fan Xi looked at Durant.

He was sure Durant was not joking with him. He was as serious as copying answers in an SAT exam.

Fan Xi nodded reluctantly and said insincerely: "We are indeed evenly matched in this regard."

Durant hugged Fan Xi: "Good brother!"

Durant's friendship came too unexpectedly.

Subsequently, Durant and Fan Xi chatted about his emotional problems. He said that he had been texting with Hollywood female star Scarlett Johansson, and this time he came to Los Angeles to participate in the All-Star Game, he wanted to find an opportunity to ask Scarlett out for a formal date. So he asked Fan Xi what Hollywood female stars liked.

Fan Xi had never thought about this problem. It seemed that all along, it was others who speculated about what he liked.

So, he had no suggestions to offer Durant.

Durant invited Fan Xi at this time, saying that why don't we have a group date. You call Selena or Jenner or Selena, I call Scarlett. They are all Hollywood female stars, we are all NBA stars, just like a joint party, not awkward.

Fan Xi admired Durant's brain hole.

He had to say that this matter was not something he could control.

He wanted to refuse tactfully.

Little did he know Durant patted his chest and said that this matter was on him.

Fan Xi was convinced.

Just as the conversation between the two ended, a player suddenly walked in swaggeringly. He shouted loudly: "Hey, are you all here to compete for second place?"

Fan Xi and Durant raised their heads at the same time and looked over.

The eyes of all the players around were attracted by this guy.

This sentence had long been engraved in the "Trash Talk Bible" in the NBA. It was Larry Bird's prestige history back then. He participated in the Three-Point Contest back then, kicked the door open and walked into the locker room before the game, and proudly declared: You are here to compete for second place, right?

Then, he really won the Three-Point Contest that year, took away the prize money and honor, and also left the reputation of a generation of forcing kings.

Little did he know that someone actually did this kind of action tonight.

Fan Xi raised his head, and he quickly recognized this person.

It was Celtics forward Paul Pierce.

He participated in this year's Three-Point Contest.

The people who signed up for the Three-Point Contest this year, besides Fan Xi and Kevin Durant, were Celtics' Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, Heat's James Jones and Cavaliers' Daniel Gibson.

Paul Pierce's professional career reached its peak in 2008. He defeated Kobe Bryant that year and won the Finals MVP trophy. In recent years, the Celtics had been in the sequence of strong teams, but had always been one step away from the championship. This season, the Celtics' record had recovered, everyone was healthy, so Pierce and Ray Allen came to participate in the Three-Point Contest together.

Before the game started, he decided to copy the behavior of the Celtics' predecessor Larry Bird, so he staged this scene.

When people recognized that this guy was Pierce, a player immediately shouted to him: "Paul, it's not the 80s anymore. There are three candidates for the contest sitting here. Which project do you want to take first place in?"

Other players also spoke out one after another.

Overall, it was quite polite.

Although this was in the United States, the so-called land of freedom, these famous old superstars still had a transcendent status. If a newcomer walked in and was so noisy, he would definitely be painfully cleaned up.

But these old superstars seemed to have obtained a privilege of "joking" by nature.

Durant curled his lips and said to Fan Xi: "I don't like this guy."

"Self-righteous."

He muttered.

At this time, Paul Pierce actually walked over. He went straight to Kevin Durant's side, ignored Fan Xi sitting next to Durant, and said to Durant: "Hey, my little Kevin. You are the biggest competitor I have besides Ray in this game. How have you been lately? Do you still want to drink Scarlett Johansson's bathwater? Ahahahaha!"

Paul Pierce said Durant's ugly things in public, causing not a small amount of laughter in the locker room. Durant once publicly pursued Scarlett Johansson on social networks, saying he was willing to drink the goddess Scarlett's bathwater, which caused a lot of laughter in the NBA for a while.

Pierce thought he was very humorous.

However, Durant stood up and pushed Paul Pierce: "F*** you. I also lick your mother's donut."

This time, Paul Pierce, the superstar, was annoyed. His body, like a wild bull, rushed over and wanted to flip Durant directly.

Fan Xi had a flash of inspiration. He secretly kicked the stool next to him. The stool slid over quickly, blocking Pierce's way. Pierce kicked it and stumbled to the ground, very embarrassed. He struggled to get up and continue to fight Durant.

At this time, other players hurriedly came over to persuade the fight.

No one wanted such a harmonious All-Star Weekend to expose scandals, especially Ray Allen, who specifically pulled Pierce to the side.

After much persuasion, Pierce finally calmed down.

He also realized what kind of consequences would be caused by making trouble at the All-Star Weekend. David Stern would definitely not tolerate this. It was like David Stern carefully prepared a big turkey for Thanksgiving, the whole family gathered to eat pumpkin pie, but the bear child took out a firecracker and blew the turkey to pieces on the dining table. Could David Stern not take out his belt and kill him?

Although Pierce didn't pursue it on the spot, he still left harsh words: "Kevin Durant, see you in the game!"

The grudge between the two was settled.

Durant was not afraid at all. He was a bit thin in fighting, but in basketball, Durant felt he could beat the shi out of Pierce.

When the crowd gradually dispersed.

Durant smiled at Fan Xi and hugged Fan Xi's shoulder: "Jack, good brother."

Fan Xi deliberately played dumb, he said: What?

Durant laughed and punched Fan Xi: "You cunning guy. However, you are really loyal, I like it very much. That kick you just made was too handsome, worthy of being the No. 1 point guard of the new generation."

Durant saw the secret kick Fan Xi just made, which was the reason why Pierce suffered.

And this kick also sublimated Kevin Durant's friendship with Fan Xi.

He said he wanted to give Fan Xi a small gift.

Fan Xi didn't have much concept of small gifts, thinking that since it was a small gift, he would accept it, and return one when the time came.

Night fell quickly.

On the second day of the All-Star Weekend, after the Celebrity Game and the Shooting Stars Competition, it finally entered the highlight of today.

Three Major Contests!

Slam Dunk Contest, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest.

This was a dessert sandwiched between the Rookie Game and the All-Star Game, and fans were also very concerned about the three individual kings every year.

For the participating players, this was also an honor that could be written into the resume.

Although the actual combat was different from this kind of competition.

But if you are a three-point shooter, you have the crown of the three-point king, and you can naturally gain an advantage in contract negotiations where you bargain.

And if you are the dunk king, you have the opportunity to gain an advantage in business negotiations... although the dunk contest in recent years has been getting worse every year.

As for the Skills Challenge, this seems to have become a reserved competition program among top point guards.

It seems that winning the Skills Challenge can stabilize one's status in the basketball world.

The Three-Point Contest was the first project to appear among the three major contests.

According to the drawing order before the game, Fan Xi appeared in the fourth position, behind Durant, James Jones, and Ray Allen.

Just before the game started, Fan Xi saw a familiar figure.

Durant standing beside him followed and said: I saw it too.

Yes, Disney little princess Selena and Hollywood sexy female star Scarlett Johansson were sitting on the sidelines, and they were sitting next to each other.

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