Chapter 1 Owning a Signature Shoe?

Tang Tian Generation?

Godfather Generation?

Or perhaps, the Skyfucker Generation?

Thinking about it, Tang Tian found it quite amusing.

As a coach, he would never have experienced this.

Now, as a player, having his own signature shoe line, wearing them to play, and maybe even having his son wear them in the future.

Of course, that's if he doesn't go 0-for-4 like Kobe.

Faygen was in talks about the contract, and they had only just sat down.

Such important additional clauses, like his new endorsement contract, would take a long time to negotiate.

On February 15th, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially kicked off in New Orleans.

The port city was more bustling than ever before.

The streets and alleys, usually with little foot traffic, were now teeming with tourists from all over the United States and even the world.

Around the New Orleans Arena, various peripheral activities and shoe promotion events were launched at the same time, attracting a large number of tourists.

Inside the arena, the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game and the Rising Stars Challenge would kick off later in the evening, attracting a large audience to watch the games live.

Tang Tian didn't watch the Celebrity Game, but he did come to the Rising Stars Challenge.

He sat in the front row, which was reserved for stars.

Not long after he sat down, Kobe came over and sat next to him, chatting with him.

Kobe was able to maintain such a good state this season and continue to be selected as a starter, he really had to thank Tang Tian.

But as they were talking, the person who sat down on the other side surprised Tang Tian a bit.

It was Curry.

Tang Tian's most interaction with Curry before had been as opponents on the court, he didn't expect him to sit next to him.

"Tang, Klay asked me to give you a message."

Curry's opening remark stunned Tang Tian for a moment.

Why did this sound so familiar and strange?

"He said if you don't win the dunk contest, he'll tease you about it for the whole summer at the training camp."

Curry continued.

Tang Tian shook his head with a smile after hearing that.

Thompson, that guy, couldn't beat him in the game, so he started playing these "little tricks."

"If I win the championship, I'll compete with him in dunking in the summer."

Tang Tian said.

He could remember Thompson's feat of performing a 360° air dunk during his future trip to China.

Curry laughed out loud after hearing that.

"Can I join your training camp in the summer?"

Curry suddenly said after laughing.

"What are you coming for?"

Tang Tian asked doubtfully.

Curry's three-pointers were no worse than his, so even though someone could finally truly compete with him in three-pointers, it was shaking his position as the boss of the training camp.

"You teach me how to dunk!"

But Curry's next words almost made Tang Tian burst out laughing.

Is this guy a comedian!

Is dunking something you can learn?

It depends on physical fitness!

Because he hadn't been in contact before, Tang Tian found that Curry was exactly the same as he remembered.

"If you dunk one in the All-Star Game, I'll teach you."

Tang Tian replied jokingly.

"Haha, deal."

Curry agreed with a smile.

At this time, the Rising Stars Challenge had already begun.

This year's Rising Stars Challenge was divided into two teams, just like the previous two years.

But instead of Team Shaq and Team Barkley, it was Team Grant Hill and Team Chris Webber.

Drummond's performance was very eye-catching.

His talent was already outstanding, and after joining the Hard Training Brothers training camp in the summer, his strength had improved even further.

At this moment, he was absolutely outstanding on the court.

Adams, the pink and tender New Zealand kid on the opposite side, was completely blown away.

In the end, Drummond scored a super double-double of 35 points and 25 rebounds, helping Team Hill win the game.

Drummond also won the Rising Stars Challenge MVP without any suspense with a record-breaking number of rebounds and the highest score in the game.

In addition to Tang Tian and Irving winning the Player of the Week awards not long ago, their Hard Training Brothers training camp was about to become famous all over the world.

But there was a small accident during the award ceremony.

When the presenter, Will Purdue, gave the trophy to Drummond, he accidentally dropped the trophy on the ground, and the trophy broke into two pieces.

The quality was comparable to the CBA championship trophy in China!

Fortunately, Drummond reacted quickly, picked it up, put it together, and continued to pose for pictures as if nothing had happened.

This little episode attracted cheers from the fans at the scene.

Accidents can be bad things or good things, it just depends on how you handle them.

The first day of the All-Star Game ended, and the second day was the individual events.

Tang Tian and Morrow would both be playing.

The games were in the evening, so during the day, he pulled Davis and Holiday together for the final training.

Like the three-point contest before, he basically only planned to participate in individual events like this once, so he would bring out his best.

They were training, but at this time, the free market was full of rumors.

Rondo had been put on the shelves by the Celtics, and the Pelicans, Mavericks, and other teams were interested.

The Rockets were discussing a trade with the Kings involving Cousins.

The Pacers were interested in trading away Danny Granger, the former soul of the team.

The Clippers were interested in sending away their sixth man, Jamal Crawford, and the Timberwolves, Bulls, and other teams were interested.

……

True and false rumors seemed to have become an indispensable part of the All-Star Game.

Even some of the superstars who came to the All-Star schedule were worried about getting caught up in the rumors.

Maybe before the All-Star Weekend was over, they would have to pack up and move back.

The Pelicans were also a relatively active team in the trade market.

Although the team had a four-game winning streak before the All-Star Game, their lineup still had obvious loopholes.

They didn't have a qualified starting center, and Ajinca was now reluctantly filling the position.

They didn't have a qualified point guard, Holiday had been proven to be unable to organize, and relying on Tang Tian alone was too difficult.

Or rather, they needed to find a reliable organizer in the bench lineup at the very least.

Rivers was a raider, and Roberts' defensive ability was obviously not good, which was also a more urgent matter.

With the rumors, the second day of the All-Star Weekend began.

This day was all individual events.

Shooting Stars, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, Dunk Contest.

This was also the day that fans were most focused on.

Tang Tian's dunk contest was last, and he sat on the sidelines with the other stars to watch and shout 666.

Chris "King of Shooting Stars" Bosh didn't disappoint the fans.

The Heat had yet to win a championship, but Bosh helped Miami win two consecutive championships in this event.

Lillard played well in the Skills Challenge, defeating his opponent to win his first championship trophy in the four events.

Curry and Irving, both All-Star starters, played in the Three-Point Contest that followed.

But the final winner was Anthony Morrow from the Pelicans.

Interestingly, he defeated Belinelli of the Spurs in overtime to win the championship.

After the Three-Point Contest ended, the highly anticipated dunk contest of this All-Star Game followed.