無論是隊友，球迷還是其他NBA球員，大家都想看到湖人這位後衛出現在全明星周末。布朗他自己說會等到周一看看是否被選上。


當TNT電視台在下周一宣布參加2010全明星扣籃大賽的名單時，布朗說到那時才知道自己有沒入選。
布朗已經征服了他的隊友，湖人球迷以及魔術隊中鋒霍華德，這位08扣賽冠軍09扣賽亞軍，他們都表示想看到布朗參加在2月13日於德州阿林頓的牛仔體育館舉行的全明星周末賽。


布朗由於他的扣籃壯舉在YouTube上面已經是引起了轟動，而且在Facebook上面還掀起了一波“讓布朗扣籃吧！”如海嘯般的支持喝彩聲。


布朗說：“我還沒聽到什麼消息，我跟大家一樣都得等到周一才能知道結果，如果入選了我也會感到驚訝，我希望能聽到好消息吧。”


布朗被告知由於他本賽季所得到的各方的支持還有他的精彩扣籃表現，看起來他很有機會入選。


快船後衛戈登和猛龍新秀後衛德羅贊（南加州大學出身的）入選了全明星扣籃大賽的預賽名單，倆人將決出參加扣籃正賽的參賽者。


由於布朗沒有進入這個所謂的預賽，所以表示他將會直接進入正賽名單。


湖人主教練禪師說：“我希望他能如願入選，那機會對他不錯。如今我覺得詹姆斯參加扣籃大賽的可能不大了，大家看起來都想他參加，如果是在克利夫蘭舉行全明星的話，那又是另一回事了。”


禪師回想起1988年芝加哥的扣籃大賽，那一屆參賽者名字都是響當當的，他們是喬丹，威爾金斯，德雷克斯勒，以及土豆韋柏。


禪師說：“我認為如今已不可能出現那時候的光彩了。”


“如今參賽者完成一次扣籃只有3次機會，這不真的是比賽，也不像是在表演。”


再來一次慶祝


距離湖人奪冠已經過去了7個月，但是勝利的果實依然存在著。


湖人隊將在本月25號拜訪白宮與總統奧巴馬會面，在下一天他們將客場挑戰華盛頓奇才隊。


湖人隊僅去過一次白宮，那是在21世紀初期湖人3連冠時期，他們自從02年1月後就再也沒有機會拜訪白宮了，那時離他們在總決賽打敗費城76人過去了7個月。


湖人助教布萊恩肖說：“那肯定是非常特別的經歷啦，因為你去見的是總統喲！另外，總統先生也熟悉籃球運動並且關心著，所以這次拜訪將不是照原稿宣讀的。”


根據白宮方面發布的內容，奧巴馬在去年6月湖人奪冠後的不久便致電禪師，討論了奪冠對湖人成功的貢獻，而且還表現出了他個人對湖人三角進攻的濃厚興趣。


作為前伊利諾斯州參議員的奧巴馬也告訴了禪師，他自從禪師在公牛任教時就能崇拜他。


Lakers' Shannon Brown receiving support to be in dunk contest

Teammates, fans and other NBA players would like to see the Lakers guard participate in the All-Star weekend contest. Brown says he's waiting until Monday to see if he's

selected.

When TNT announces Monday the participants for the 2010 NBA All-Star game dunk contest, Lakers guard Shannon Brown said that's when he'll know if he was selected.

Brown has had his Lakers teammates, Lakers fans and Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who won the dunk contest in 2008 and was the runner-up in 2009, all say they want to see

him in the contest that will be held Feb. 13 of All-Star weekend at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Brown has become a YouTube sensation because of his dunking exploits, and there has been a groundswell of support on Facebook called "Let Shannon Dunk."

"I haven't heard nothing," Brown said. "I'm waiting until Monday like everybody else. I'll be just as surprised. I hope it works out."

Brown was told that with all the support he has received this season, and because of his dunk highlights, it seems as if he'll be selected.

Clippers guard Eric Gordon and Toronto rookie guard DeMar DeRozan, a USC product, were told that they had to compete in the NBA All-Star dunk-in to determine participants in the

contest.

Because Brown wasn't asked to be in that contest, he was told that it was assumed that he would be in the slam dunk contest.

"I hope he makes it," Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. "It would be good for him.

"Now, I don't see any need for [Cleveland's] LeBron [James] to do it. Everybody kind of wants to see him in it. If Cleveland is hosting the game, then it's something else."

Jackson recalled the 1988 dunk contest in Chicago had plenty of big names such as Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Clyde Drexler and Spud Webb.

"I don't think it has the luster it had in those days," Jackson said.

"Now these guys get like three chances to make their one dunk. It's not really like a contest. It's not like a show, like do your animal tricks and now you can leave type of

thing."

Another celebration

It's been seven months since the Lakers won the NBA title, but the spoils of success are still being felt.

The team will visit President Obama at the White House on Jan. 25, a day before the Lakers' road game against the Washington Wizards.

The Lakers went to the White House only once when they won three consecutive titles in the early 2000s. They haven't been there since January 2002, seven months after beating

the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals.

"Obviously, it's an experience because you're going to see the president," said Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw, who was a guard on those championship teams. "Plus, Obama

knows the game and respects the game. It's not going to be a scripted visit."

Obama called Jacksona few days after the Lakers won the championship last June and talked about the keys to the Lakers' success, as well as his personal interest in the Lakers'

triangle offense, according to a brief synopsis released by the White House.

Obama, a former senator from Illinois, also told Jackson he had admired him since his days as the Chicago Bulls' coach.