February 1st.
Along with February comes the announcement of the All-Star starting lineup.
On January 31, the fourth phase of All-Star starting voting officially came to an end, and the ten All-Star players for this year's Los Angeles All-Star Weekend were officially announced.
The results are the same as in the first stage.
Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady hold the first and second positions as guards in the Eastern Conference.
Cleveland and the LeBron James O-zone 9ms team really worked hard enough. After the third phase of voting, they specially conducted round after round of canvassing for LeBron James, which was almost like an election.
In the end, LeBron also received the most single-stage votes of 430,000 in the entire four stages.
In the fourth period, he squeezed out Tracy McGrady and became the second player on the back line in the fourth period.
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But in terms of total votes, he was still behind McGrady by about 500,000 votes, which allowed him to only rank third in the end.
At the forward position, Vince Carter and Woody are the ultimate first and second.
The center position belongs to the league's "inspirational representative" Ben Wallace.
On the Western side, the two defenders are Kobe Bryant and Steve Francis, the forward positions are Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, and the center position is Yao Ming.
Vince Carter is the ultimate "voter king."
He gave up the final spot for Michael Jordan last season and returned to the "vote king" position.
This is also the fourth time in the past five years that he has won the "vote king", which shows how far-reaching the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest had been on him.
In addition, a historic moment was officially born. For the first time in the NBA All-Star Weekend, two Chinese players became All-Star starters.
Woody became the first Chinese high school student all-star. ?
Bill Simmons sarcastically said: "It's all thanks to his skin!" Oh oh oh? 9
But he didn't wait for Woody, the real owner, to respond to him? ridiculed, the league officially announced the entire proportion of Woody's votes.
Among them, votes from the United States accounted for as high as 60%!
This means that of the nearly 1.8 million votes Woody received, at least 1.2 million of them came from the United States.
Only 40% of them come from China.
Although this proportion is higher than other American players.
American players are generally around 30%, but only 10% higher is not outrageous.
And excluding these 180,000 votes, Woody is still in second place at the forward position!
This data alone can prove that Woody can become an All-Star starter not just because of his yellow skin, but because he has indeed caused a wave of craze that is exclusive to him!
After this report, the slightest doubt about Woody suddenly disappeared.
After the results were announced, the Miami media also made various headlines to celebrate Woody becoming an All-Star starter.
You know, in the history of the Heat, no player has ever become an All-Star starter in his rookie season!
Now, Woody fills in the gaps for them!
And this is already the number of times Woody has helped them fill the gaps in this area.
Let's put it this way, in the past half of the season, Woody's performance is definitely the "Best Rookie" level in the history of the Heat!
Just like this, Wade felt a little embarrassed.
He had no sense of existence in the first place, and now he had no sense of existence.
It seems that his performance against the New York Knicks yesterday was pretty good.
Got 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.
Shooting percentage 50%!
Now just facing this kind of team that is not very strong in terms of physical strength, Wade's performance is very impressive.
In other words, this person is very good at mistreating people!
Ordinarily, it would be pretty good for this rookie to be able to do this.
Look at the "proud son of heaven", Woody's "good brother" LeBron, isn't it now that he can only take advantage of weak teams?
But who told his teammates to call him Woody?
Since entering the league, Wade has been overshadowed by Woody's light.
Now that Woody has become an All-Star starter, Wade has become the backdrop.
Although there were reporters interviewing him, the questions were all related to Woody.
The most irritating thing is to ask him: "What do you think about Woody becoming an All-Star starter in his first year in the league?"
What do I think?
How can I see it?
I'll watch it at home!
Where else could I go to see it?
Is it possible that I still shamelessly go to Woody to get free tickets?
But this time, it's not just Wade who is under this pressure, but also other rookies in the same class.
Carmelo Anthony also did not play today, but the Nuggets opened the locker room today. The first question reporters asked him was "How do you view the controversy caused by Woody becoming an All-Star starter?"
Carmelo Anthony said: "When he reaches his level of influence, things like this are inevitable, but the results prove everything. He is definitely qualified to get this seat. He is such an influential rookie. His performance so far It’s also phenomenal!”
The words are filled with the following emotions:
This dude is awesome!
He was very calm because he knew that Woody would definitely praise him back.
Compared to him, LeBron James is struggling.
His agent Aaron Goodman earnestly advised: "Son, you must congratulate him, so that you can express your open-mindedness. You don't want others to think you are different from what you are, right?"
After some preaching, LeBron reluctantly took out his phone and posted his congratulations to Woody on the newly launched Facebook: "Today is the day that my brother is officially confirmed to be an All-Star starter! Wow, wow, Wow, man! I can't tell you how proud I am of you, man. We walked out of Akron together and now you're an All-Star starter. That's awesome! Congratulations. Love you, boy! Here. It’s Woody County!”
Oh oh:
Originally he wanted to say Woody Country, but changed it to county.
After all, how can he, the "king", call another person "king"?
Even if this person is his "good brother", that won't work!
Facebook had just been launched at this time and did not have many users yet, but because LeBron posted such a news during this time period, it instantly attracted the attention of media across the league.
Many media have reported this news, and some sports news platforms have even chosen the form of inserts, which shows the current popularity of Woody becoming an All-Star starter.
"You have to give him a reply." Johnson made a special call to Woody.
In fact, there was no need for him to say anything. When Wu Liandi saw the news, he immediately registered a Facebook account and replied to LeBron:
"Thanks, brother, I'll be waiting for you during the All-Star Weekend. I believe you will become one of them in the future!"
After replying such a paragraph, Woody felt refreshed.
He didn't know why he was so happy, but he felt so happy anyway!
Even looking at the Facebook software seemed pleasing to the eye. After thinking about it, he called Johnson: "Erwin, look at this software company called Facebook, is there any possibility of investment..."
If funds are needed, Woody would like to buy some shares in the software.
On February 2, the alliance announced the various awards for the month.
The Eastern Conference's "January Player of the Month Award" belongs to O'Neal.
Averaged 20.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game.
Under his leadership, the Pacers achieved a 10-5 record in January.
This is the second time he has won the Player of the Month award this season.
Woody was once again selected as a candidate for the "Eastern Conference Player of the Month Award" with averages of 16.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.
Although it was a pity that he missed the "Player of the Month Award", Woody received the "Player of the Week Award" for the last week of January that day.
This is the third time in Woody's career that he has been selected for the "Player of the Week Award".
The decisive battle is naturally the game between the Heat and the Cavaliers at home...
LeBron, "good buddy"!
Since coming to the league, Woody has increasingly felt the importance of LeBron James to him!
Not to mention his contribution to the two "Player of the Week Awards", after this civil war between the "St. Mary's Twins", Woody once again completely trampled LeBron under his feet in the public opinion, which went very smoothly. Won the "January Rookie of the Month Award"!
So far, Woody has won 3 "Rookie of the Month Awards", and there are only 2 natural months left in this season. LeBron James is destined to be unable to surpass Woody in this award.
The momentum of LeBron's team and the Cleveland media has weakened a bit.
In the West, the "Player of the Month" award still belongs to Kevin Garnett.
In January, the Timberwolves still maintained a strong momentum and were the team with the fewest losses in the entire league.
Kevin Garnett also remains in outstanding form.
Averaged 24.6 points, 13.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.
After winning the "Best of the Month", Kevin Garnett also climbed to the first position in this season's regular season MVP list.
He is expected to win the first regular season MVP trophy in his career.
The Timberwolves have undergone earth-shaking changes, and he himself is playing the best form of his career. This makes the "Wolf King" feel that he has been rewarded after all the hardships, and his attitude when talking about the team is also very different from the beginning of the season.
The Timberwolves are not harmonious internally.
When the closed training camp just started, news came out that "Sugar Man" and his teammates were abusing each other in the team competition.
Others also dislike each other.
It’s not surprising that the “Alien” Cassel, the “Madman”, the “Sugar Man”... none of them are fuel-efficient. Otherwise, after the Timberwolves completed these transactions in the summer, why would the media be so unfavorable?
Coincidentally, what is interesting is that the Lakers, currently second in the Western Conference, also have many conflicts within the team, even more serious than the Timberwolves, but they can still continue to win in the Western Conference.
These two teams have confused some experts.
ESPN even held a "roundtable" specifically for this purpose to discuss whether the atmosphere within the team would affect a team's good record.
Kevin Garnett's tone changed. When talking about the team again, he said: "We may not be the best group of people to come together. We all have our own problems, but we all know what to do. The most correct thing is that this is our current attitude towards the game, which has supported us to reach the first place in the Western Conference, and will also support us to continue to go!"
The Western Conference's "Rookie of the Month" award still belongs to Carmelo Anthony.
It can be said that Carmelo Anthony is the weakest "strong rookie" in NBA history...
He is said to be "strong" because, like Woody, he has won the "Rookie of the Month Award" three times in a row!
Woody was awarded the "Rookie of the Month" award in the Eastern Conference, and he was awarded the "Rookie of the Month" award in the Western Conference...
But just like some people who win the total scoring title, you will feel that they just play for a long time and accumulate over time.
Winning the "Rookie of the Month" title for a second time is also different.
Compared to Woody, in the eyes of most media, it is less difficult for Carmelo Anthony to win the title again.
Therefore, he appears to be very weak.
On the afternoon of the same day, the league announced this year's All-Star substitute lineup.
In addition, the list of three major challenge events was announced.
On the Heat's side, except for Woody, no other players were selected.
This caused confusion among the Miami media:
We are third in the Eastern Conference!
Why was only 1 selected!
But after seeing the list, they silently shut up.
Aside from Woody, Wade has the best statistics on the Heat.
It's just that he really has no advantage over Baron Davis, Paul Pierce, Michael Reed and Artest.
In addition, he is only a rookie, so it will be even more difficult to be selected.
Isn't it possible that Woody's "good brother" can't be selected if he averages 20 plus 4 plus 4 per game?
Of course, the problem LeBron James faces is not just a lack of data...
The team's performance is his biggest problem!
In addition, the announcement of the "Slam Dunk Contest" list caused quite a stir. :
Many fans were disappointed with the roster.
This year’s dunk contest roster is:
Fred Jones, Jason Richardson, Chris Anderson, Ricky Davis.
The biggest one among them is Jason Richardson.
But he's not an All-Star.
Lack of popularity is one thing, but the biggest reason that disappoints fans is...
Prior to this, there were rumors in the media that the "Saint Mary Twins" Woody and LeBron would participate in this year's dunk contest and stage a "brotherly fight."
This immediately raised the expectations of the fans.
Needless to say, the physical fitness of these two people, LeBron James even won the final "Slam Dunk King" at last year's McDonald's All-Star Weekend.
Some media even believe that this will be a grand event comparable to the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest.
They were very excited, but as a result, not to mention the civil war between the "Saint Mary Twins", neither of these two people participated!
Woody did receive an invitation to the dunk contest, but he chose to refuse it after thinking about it.
He still needs more time to rest.
He was already very busy this All-Star Weekend. First there was the Rookie Challenge, and then the All-Star Game. It was three days. At least he had one day to rest, so he refused.
Mainly, he never thought about participating in the dunk contest.
It’s okay for Woody’s “star disease”. If being on such a stage is not the result of winning the championship, then what’s the need to participate?
(End of chapter)
