Seven Hundred and Fourteen: The Biggest Card Deduction in History

After a sweet trip to New Orleans' French Quarter, Link called the driver to pick him up. But instead of going straight back to the hotel, he went to a local high school basketball arena.

Link had just walked into the gate of the basketball hall when he saw a thin young man with silver hair warming up.

After seeing Link walk in, the man put down the basketball and greeted Link.

"Are you nervous, Link? It's going to be a game soon."

"With you around, it's someone else who should be nervous. How's New Orleans? Isn't it special."

Link smiled and hugged the young man with dyed silver hair. It was obvious that Link was much taller than the guy in front of him. A super basketball star of 2.03 meters will naturally appear very tall in front of an "ordinary person" of 1.85 meters.

However, it is hard for you to imagine that a guy who is only 1.85 meters tall and only 2 cm taller than Chris Paul can actually become Link's dunk action designer.

This is the amazing Jordan Kilgannon, a professional dunker, a man out of gravity.

That's right, professional dunkers. Jordan Kilcannon isn't technically a professional basketball player because he barely plays. In his own words, "Playing games makes me use up too much energy and not enough focus."

But how does a guy who doesn't play basketball make a name for himself in the basketball world? Just by dunking!

All of Kilganon's practice and performances are focused solely on dunking. He trains 6-9 hours a day, almost all of which revolves around dunking.

He doesn't have to practice dribbling, memorize hundreds of plays, and worry about getting the ball right. All his energy is on the dunk.

Therefore, if you want to compare dunks specifically, Kilganon is indeed better than many NBA stars. After all, he only specializes in dunking. Compared with professional players, it is almost appropriate to use "professional dunker" to describe him.

It's as if professional fighters are actually better at fighting than professional soldiers under the rules of the game, because fighters are completely focused on fighting, and for professional soldiers, fighting is only a small part of daily training.

This is the difference between a profession and a specialization.

After the two exchanged a few words, Link also began to warm up. They made an appointment to meet here tonight, mainly to review the moves that might be used in the slam dunk contest.

According to the rules of this year's dunk contest,

The game is divided into two rounds, with two dunks in each round. That is to say, if all goes well and there is no extra game, from the start of the game to winning the championship, only four dunks are enough.

But Link prepared ten dunks for this! The purpose is to prevent accidents from happening.

There are many media outside who think that Link's participation in the dunk contest is actually just for fun, Tu Yile, and he doesn't really want to win the championship. Because so far, apart from a few words from Randolph, no one knows what Link has prepared for the slam dunk contest.

The other three more or less have photos or videos of preparing for the dunk contest. But on Link's side, there was nothing.

However, they were all wrong. Not only did Link come with the mentality of playing casually, but he prepared very seriously. Since Link announced his participation in the slam dunk contest, Austin contacted Kilganon, and the two began to research and design dunk moves very early.

For Link, winning is the number one priority. Even if it's not for the championship, he has to be worthy of the fans who pay to watch his dunks.

There have been plenty of players in the NBA who came to the dunk contest with little preparation before, and watching them dunk was a disaster. Link believes that that respects neither himself nor the fans.

Since they have all participated, they must be taken seriously.

After the warm-up, Kilganon threw the basketball to Link. "Are you sure you want to do these moves? In the NBA, these moves have never been tried."

Link grabbed the flying basketball with one hand, then moved his arm, "What's the point of doing what others have done?"

Then, in this high school basketball hall, the "groaning" of the basket came again and again.

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On February 14, the NBA All-Star Weekend activities officially began.

In the morning, it is time for the open training for the rookie game. Link still remembers that a few years ago, he conspired with Cousins ​​in the public training of the rookie game to steal the rookie game MVP from Griffin and Wall.

In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed. Both he and Cousins ​​are no longer rookies, and more young people are pouring into the league.

However, this year, the public training of the rookie game is still somewhat deserted. Because everyone's eyes are focused on tomorrow's dunk contest!

In the afternoon, during the All-Star Media Day event, Link estimated that half of the reporters at the scene gathered around the four people participating in the slam dunk contest.

"Link, can you reveal your moves? Who did you invite to help you design your dunk moves?"

"Link, what do you think of Bill Simmons' claim that he's not going to break his word. If you win, he'll wear a dress to interview you?"

"People are comparing you to Vince Carter in 2000. Do you think you can beat him in the dunk contest?"

Link, who was wearing a dark blue suit to attend the media day event, just arrived at the event site when he was overwhelmed by a bunch of questions.

This is definitely the most high-profile event since Link's participation in the All-Star Game. No way, who made Link the first player in NBA history to take part in the slam dunk contest with the halo of a championship?

In NBA history, there has never been a precedent for such a big-name player to participate in a slam dunk contest.

When Michael Jordan participated in the slam dunk contest, although he was already a first-line superstar in the league, he was not yet a champion. Carter was a rookie in the playoffs when he entered the dunk contest. When Howard entered the dunk contest, he hadn't even played in the conference finals.

Although these people are very famous, when it comes to participating in the slam dunk contest, they really don't have the big name Link.

It is indeed very courageous for Link to go to the muddy waters of the slam dunk contest after his great success.

After finally dismissing the reporters, Link found himself having to deal with the players. Because now not only fans and reporters, but also the stars who came to the All-Star Game are looking forward to Link's performance in the slam dunk contest.

"Link, perform well tomorrow, I'm optimistic about you. Of course, I'd like to see what Bill Simmons looks like in women's clothing." Although he was unable to participate due to injury, he still came to participate in the All-Star event. Kobe has great feelings for Link. expect.

"Come on, Link, you are an Asian player who made the first flight in the NBA. Let them see that our physical fitness is not weak." Yao Ming showed an exaggerated smile like an emoji when he saw Link.

"Boy, I know you've prepared some amazing moves. Don't worry, I've prepared a quick-acting medicine. You'll be dry tomorrow, don't worry about my heart." Even O'Neal found Link and expressed his love for Lin gram's expectation and love.

Link didn't expect that this time he would become the attention of the whole people. All the people who love basketball in the world, whether they are fans or players, have focused their attention on themselves.

Tomorrow's slam dunk contest scene, I don't know how crazy it is.

In the rookie game that night, Lillard showed a dunk in the game. After the dunk landed, he pointed at Link who was sitting in the stands eating melons.

Suddenly, the entire arena immediately boiled. Fans seem to want Link on the court now and take on Lillard.

Mike Brin on the commentary stage laughed, "In NBA history, no one's dunk has been so noticed. Link has received unprecedented attention in all fields."

Although the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became extremely enthusiastic, of course Link couldn't walk into the rookie game in a suit.

So, Link smiled and waved his hands under the camera, and said something. But because the scene was too noisy, people couldn't hear Link's voice. After the rookie game continued, everyone didn't care too much about it.

However, half an hour after the end of the rookie game, the popularity of Drummond, the new rookie MVP winner, was immediately suppressed by Link.

The reason is that people analyzed what Link had just said to Lillard in the stands through lip language.

"It's too easy, your dunk is too easy."

Drummond must be very depressed. He accidentally broke the rookie MVP trophy during the award today, and after the game, he was grabbed headlines because of Link's words.

So Drummond made up his mind - you must go see how awesome Link's dunk is tomorrow!

It doesn't matter if the trophy is bad or not, but Link's dunk performance must be watched.