Chapter 364 [Star Weekend Gets Stirred]
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This year's All-Star Weekend was held in Denver, which was a bit embarrassing.
When it was promoted in the news, it was said that Denver was a well-deserved Mecca of the All-Star Game because of the city's unique historical position in the history of the American professional basketball All-Star Game. The two major leagues in the history of American professional basketball, aba and nba, have forged an indissoluble bond with Denver.
However, there is no player in this sacred place selected as an All-Star. The home fans can only watch star performances from other teams. How to mobilize the enthusiasm of the fans?
This question did not bother Stern and his helpers. The location of the All-Star Game has long been decided and it is impossible to change it. What they have to do is to find a gimmick among these stars.
The biggest gimmick is Yao Ming and Wang Jun. For the first time, two Chinese players appeared in the All-Star Game, and they were still on different teams. This can be called the All-Star Game Chinese Derby!
With this gimmick, even if the atmosphere is mediocre, Nuggets fans don’t respond enthusiastically, and they are not afraid of losing live broadcast ratings, at least Chinese fans will definitely be interested.
As long as the publicity is in place and good points are found, the situation can be turned around. This is Stern's brilliance, he is especially good at making money.
Wang Jun is very busy and has to play two games. He was still not interested in the three-point contest and declined the invitation. Despite his popularity, his three-point shooting percentage of 39.4% is very eye-catching.
He has to participate in the Rookie Challenge. As one of the most popular stars in the second year, it depends on him, James, Wade, Anthony and others to attract the audience.
In the All-Star Game, Wang Jun successfully became the starter in the East, but the number of votes was not too many, and he only ranked fifth in the East.
In the voting, Yao Ming became the top voter with 2,558,278 votes, and his and O'Neal's votes both surpassed the record of 2,451,136 votes set by "Flying Man" Jordan in 1997. Yao Ming's votes even set a historical record .
There are so many Chinese fans. Why is there an obvious gap between Yao Ming and Wang Jun?
Do Chinese fans hate Wang Jun and don't want to vote for Yao Ming by the way?
The actual situation is that the alliance took action to control Wang Jun's votes. I don't want him to have more votes than James, Kobe and others.
Because he beat Garnett too badly, if the popularity is super high. It seems that people like violence and advocate violence, which is inconsistent with the future development plan of the league.
Eastern starters: Iverson, Wang Jun, Carter, James, O'Neal.
Grant Hill came back from injury this season and played good numbers. Many fans voted for him, but in the end he failed to overtake Carter and James and became the starting small forward.
Seven substitutes in the East: Jermaine O'Neal and Artest of the Pacers. Pierce of the Celtics, Wade of the Heat, Arenas of the Wizards, Ilgauskas of the Cavaliers, Ben Wallace of the Pistons.
The substitute star is selected by the coaches. Compared with Hill, Artest averaged 20.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He has excellent defense and is stronger than Hill.
The coaches also did not let Hill be selected instead of Artest because of their feelings.
Kidd also lost the All-Star Game, the data is not good enough.
Marbury was dragged down by the Knicks record. It is a cancer recognized by the NBA, and no one chose him.
The Pistons Hamilton had 18.7 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He performed comprehensively and could only be out. There are too many outstanding swingmen in the East, and Arenas is a combo guard.
With an outstanding record, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy became the head coach of the Eastern Conference.
The West is equally star-studded. Starting five: Kobe, McGrady, Stoudemire, Duncan, Yao Ming.
Garnett was worse than Wang Jun and didn't make it to the starting lineup.
Not long ago, another embarrassing incident happened to him.
In the game between the Timberwolves and the Raptors, Garnett was about to jump up and score at the basket. "Wolf of Wall Street" Bonner savagely grabbed the left wrist of "Wolf King" and dragged him to the ground. .
Seeing Bonner triumphantly shake his fist at the fans, Garnett jumped angrily. He strode toward Bonner, glaring at him. Finally, under the interception of the referee and teammates. The two did not fight.
Bonner was ejected for a second-degree flagrant foul. Sprewell, who pushed Bonner, was also sentenced to a technical foul. Although Garnett had a terrifying face, he did not commit a substantial foul, so he was not punished.
There were not so many people staring at Garnett, but now people know that he is not really tough, he is only bluffing.
Who is Bonner? Recognized as a softie, a student who accidentally entered the nba, not a street fighter.
Affected by this incident, Garnett's popularity fell again. Stoudemire, who was dunked on the ballot, overtook him and fell out of the starting lineup.
Seven substitutes in the Western Conference: Timberwolves' Garnett, Spurs' Ginobili, Sonics' Lewis, Ray Allen, Suns' Marion, Nash, and Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki.
The coach of the West is *Vitch of the Spurs.
The Suns have three selected, the most in the league.
The most controversial thing is that Lewis was selected. He is also a 20+ scorer. Why choose him instead of Anthony?
The answer is that Lewis's 40.2% three-point shooting rate is very eye-catching. As a 4th position, his attractiveness is a star, he is mobile when defending, and he is good at defending pick-and-rolls. Every coach hopes to have such a power forward in the team, not Anthony who can only play singles.
There are more stars in the Western Conference. The single-core team led the team to Paul Gasol in the playoffs, Kings small forward Stojakovic, and the Clippers won 20+10 Brand and so on. ...
At the same time, Wang Jun was selected into the second-year rookie lineup. The other eight are James, Wade, Anthony, Bosh, Haslem, Josh Howard, Ridnour, Hinrich.
Unlucky Kaman, who is so mixed up that he can't even get into the rookie lineup, and his data has improved slowly compared to last season. It is for this reason that Nets owner Bruce looks down on Kaman, thinking that three of him are not as good as a 20+ Jefferson.
First-year nine: Tony Allen, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Iguodala, Devin Harris, Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Beno Udri. Okafor was absent due to injury, and Al Jefferson was selected at the last minute to replace him.
The lineup of the first grade is too miserable, except for Ben Gordon, it is basically a group of blue collars.
Udri was a substitute for the Spurs, averaging less than 15 minutes per game, and was selected for 6 points and 1.9 assists. Gordon, who scored the most, was just a substitute for the Bulls.
This is an unequal contest. With such a big lineup gap, Wang Jun doesn't expect to win the rookie game mvp again.
As compensation for the Nuggets at home, Anthony will definitely play for a long time, and his teammates will be happy to help him brush up his statistics.
On the evening of the 17th, Wang Jun packed his luggage and flew to Denver, told his two younger sisters to take care of themselves at home, and called Xia Bowen to ask him to take care of him.
Yuan Hao came here often, just looking at his image, Wang Jun always felt that this kid was a bit unreliable, after all, he was too thin.
He considered whether to teach Yuan Hao to exercise his body and make him stronger. After thinking about it, forget it, the things I practice are difficult, and there are system prompts, so I can learn well, let people who don't have system prompts practice, in case something happens, it will be troublesome. (To be continued.)
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