Not to mention 17 consecutive all-star starts. Most players' entire careers are not as long as the 17 season. Even many hall of fame NBA superstars are often around the 13 season, which shows James's greatness!
After so many years of baptism, James has mastered the skills of playing the all-star game. Generally, the first three and a half periods are used for performances to feast the eyes of the audience. If the score is anxious in the last five minutes, you must play hard. But old Zhan is not always so skilled. It is inevitable that all players will be nervous when they enter the All-Star for the first time. So what was Zhan like when he first participated in the All-Star Game?
The 2004-05 season is the second year of James' career. He became an Eastern All-Star starter with 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists. At that time, James had just celebrated his 20th birthday and was the youngest among all-stars. That year, Jordan had just retired. Kobe Bryant led the Western All-Star, and Duncan, Yao Ming, Garnett, McGrady, Nowitzki and Nash were all selected, while Iverson led the Eastern All-Star, O 'Neill, Carter and Pierce were selected, and two second-year rookies, James and Wade, were also selected.
Before the game started, Eastern boss Iverson put his hands in the players' aisle and began to educate these young people: "You rookie all-stars will become real all-stars in the future! Especially if you are LeBron, you have to play for 40 minutes, oh no, 42 minutes! But in the end, you will get the MVP trophy, so this is not bad! "
Then Iverson began to tease James crazily: "Although you are nothing now, it doesn't matter, you are only 16 years old!" In fact, James has just celebrated his 20th birthday, and everyone knows that Iverson is making fun of him, including old Zhan himself. But James has been afraid to answer the phone and can only watch Iverson smile all the time. Old Zhan is really a little nervous. It took him only two seasons from entering the NBA to being selected for the All-Star Game. Two years ago, he was only a child of 17 years old. In front of the golden generation Iverson in 1996, Sean Xiao certainly didn't dare to steal the limelight too much.
In that year's All-Star Game, the Eastern All-Star Team finally defeated the Western All-Star Team with125-15, while the Eastern boss Iverson won the All-Star Game MVP with the comprehensive data of15 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals, and 20-year-old James did not let go. He 13 made 6 shots.
Since then, James has never missed an all-star start in his career. Many stars may be selected as all-stars, but they will miss because of injury. Unlike James, he can play in all-star games every time.
Now that more than ten years have passed, James has already become a 36-year-old veteran, while Iverson only exists in the memories of many post-80s and post-90s fans. Looking back now, Iverson teased James, which is a compulsory course for beginners to enter the NBA. There is nothing wrong with AI. James later won the MVP trophy, and it was the third MVP in the regular season, finals and all-star game!
Years later, when James and Iverson met again on the court, Zhan, who was already the first in the league, trotted over and gave Ai a warm hug. Although old Zhan is now the boss, he still gave Iverson enough face, which is also the embodiment of high emotional intelligence!