Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 629 - 214: The Great "411" Project, Where There Is Oppression, There Is Resistance (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_2

This made the Warriors the team with the highest level of participation in this year's Los Angeles All-Star Weekend.

Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Qin Yue encouraged Curry in front of the media: "Stephen told me before coming to Los Angeles that he hopes his opponents in the individual events can mentally prepare to finish second."

Upon hearing this, although he didn't remember saying such a thing...

Having been around Qin Yue for a long time, Curry, who had already picked up some bad habits, said, "Messiah is right, I've already pre-booked this year's Skills Challenge and 3-point Contest titles!"

In Qin Yue's past life, though the Curry of the same historical period was always seen as a good boy...

In actuality, the real Curry was the one who shook his head with a mouthguard after making a shot and celebrated in Paris in front of nearly 20,000 French fans with a "Goodnight, Paris" gesture.

Humble and low-key?

Sorry, that's just another side brought by Curry's good family upbringing.

As the future "God of Three-Pointers"...

Just like what Curry said in Qin Yue's memory during an event in China that exposed Klay's "hypocritical" side: "Klay says I'm the greatest shooter in NBA history? Never believe his nonsense, because in every shooter's mind, the greatest shooter must be himself." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

In the NBA, for a shooter to be accurate, aside from having superb shooting skills, strong confidence is equally essential.

Shooters who lack confidence, no matter how superb their shooting skills are, are destined to be like the likes of Buddy Hield.

At this moment, looking at the unprecedentedly confident Curry, Qin Yue had no doubt that he had prematurely released a devil in this era.

A devil that will follow him, the Destructive Satan, to trample the entire NBA underfoot in the next decade.

One day later.

Qin Yue and Blake Griffin attended the promotional event for this year's Slam Dunk Contest.

The result was the same as in Qin Yue's memory, due to a blunder by the event organizers who prematurely wrote "Slam Dunk Contest Champion Blake Griffin" in the promotional brochure, leading fans to question online: "The contest hasn't even started, and Griffin has already been predetermined as the champion?"

On the day of the promotional event, "Predetermined Champion" Griffin was as embarrassed as could be.

"If I said I didn't know anything about this, would you believe me?" At the event, Griffin helplessly sought help from Qin Yue, saying, "Even now, my mind is still blank."

Qin Yue laughed and said, "Blake, of course, I believe you, but if you want to convince the fans, you can only perform better in the slam dunk contest the day after tomorrow, got it?"

Griffin clenched his fist and said, "I will definitely strive to prove myself."

Griffin, who hadn't offended anyone, found himself bearing a tremendous pressure before the slam dunk contest due to an unexpected blundering incident.

On the 18th evening, the rookie challenge took place at the Staples Center.

The team of rookies, featuring the 2009 and 2010 number one picks, orchestrated an upset victory over the sophomore team led by Harden and Curry with Cousins, Griffin, and Wall.

Yes, due to missing all of last season because of injury...

Griffin, still considered a rookie this season, represented the rookie team this year.

Even though Griffin only played briefly in the rookie challenge due to still having to compete in the slam dunk contest and the All-Star Game, the loss of the top pick's support still rendered this game a difficult one for the sophomore team.

Usually, the very close Curry and Harden cooperated perfectly post-game to deflect blame: "They (the rookies) took the number one pick that should've belonged to us! Otherwise, we'd surely have won this game!"

In the game, the outstanding performances from the Kentucky twins, who put up 37 points and 14 rebounds, and 14 points and 21 assists respectively, earned them the rookie challenge co-MVP honors.

During interviews, Cousins, who was still developing technically but seemed to be inclined toward Qin Yue in demeanor, said: "A win is a win, a loss is a loss, I don't know where Stephen Curry and James Harden come up with so many excuses."

The other rookie game MVP, Wall, said: "I can understand Stephen and James's feelings, after all, theoretically, Blake should indeed belong to the sophomore team."

Must be said...

Being two of the most famous twins in University of Kentucky's history, Cousins and Wall indeed made for a pair of perfectly complementary partners.

This rookie game...

With both victory and face achieved, the Kentucky twins hit the Class of 09's backcourt twins hard.

Fortunately, Curry regained his ground the next day in the Skills Challenge.

In the Skills Challenge final, facing Westbrook who first missed a layup and then made a passing error, Curry won this year's Skills Challenge title with a time of 28.1 seconds.

Just...

In the 3-Point Contest, which seemed to be in the bag, this confident baby-faced assassin was taken down by the unknown James Jones.

And Curry, who had previously claimed every opponent must mentally prepare to finish second, was retorted by Jones after the game: "I hope after this match, Stephen Curry learns to respect his opponents!"

On this night, the young Curry unfortunately tasted the bitterness of a boomerang.

And Griffin, who was said to have been predetermined as the slam dunk contest champion before the event, also did not deliver an impressive performance.