The upcoming All-Star Game has many fans looking forward to it. In order to make the program more interesting, NBA officials have adopted some new methods for selection.
Regarding the All-Star Game, the starters were previously determined by votes, which came from fans and media; while the substitute positions were selected by the interim head coaches of their respective teams.
This time is very different. NBA officials have specially set up an online voting session. This link is specifically for the bench lineup.
The starting lineup remains the same as before, determined by the number of votes. The substitute lineup will no longer be selected by the head coach of the respective team, but will be decided by fans' votes during the live broadcast.
As long as the players ranked 6th to 20th in All-Star votes, they will enter the reserve area. All fans have to do is to cast their votes online in a specific way. The more votes there are, the better the chance that the player will appear earlier.
The original roster of each team was 12 players. After subtracting the starting five players, each team still needs to add 7 players.
As a result, there will be 15 players in the East and West competing for 7 positions.
Compared with previous selection methods, this time it is undoubtedly much more exciting, especially the online voting method, which has greatly attracted more fans to participate.
After such a fresh selection method was released, it quickly attracted the attention of fans.
In order to create enough excitement, NBA officials also deliberately postponed the live selection program three days later. During these three days, the officials continued to promote in various ways, especially at the critical time of selection.
Huaxia on the other side of the ocean soon learned of the news. Countless people who like to watch basketball find this idea very interesting. Among them are some supporters of Zhao Feiyang. They also hope to help Zhao Feiyang regain his qualifications in this way. .
In the past, he was ranked among the top few, but this time he fell to the substitute list, which made many Chinese basketball fans feel unhappy.
Logically speaking, Zhao Feiyang's support rate is getting higher and higher, and more and more people will like him.
But now he has even fewer votes, which confuses many fans.
"What's the situation? I voted for Zhao Feiyang, and I also pulled everyone around me to vote for Zhao Feiyang... I feel that his number of votes should not be so small... "
"That is, with the number of fans in China, even if they are just passerby fans, it is definitely not a problem to get him a million votes... Why does he only have 510,000 votes now... ..”
"I feel that domestic voting should be restricted. Didn't someone say this during the All-Star Game last season? Some people in the NBA are very dissatisfied with our crazy voting for Zhao Feiyang, thinking that we are rigging votes... Maybe someone is deliberately causing trouble this time..."
"This is too much fun! They Americans count one person, one vote, so can't we do it? Isn't it originally a festival for fans that they promote? Since it is my festival, even if we have more votes, it should be Respect us….”
There are many fans talking about this matter, but they really can't do anything about the number of votes.
Therefore, many fans who support Zhao Feiyang have decided to continue to support him on the day of online voting. When the votes are thrown out, Zhao Feiyang will definitely be able to successfully enter the substitute list.
Soon came polling day.
Unfortunately, that day was Monday, and the voting time was three o'clock in the morning in China. This time point in the United States was two o'clock at noon the day before, but in China it was a very bad time point.
Americans are still celebrating the weekend, but Chinese people are starting a new week.
This is a nightmare for many office workers and students.
In a university in a certain city in China, in a boys' dormitory, a group of die-hard Zhao Feiyang fans who love basketball were waiting in front of the computer to vote.
The clock on the wall reads five minutes past one.
Although the six students in the boys' dormitory tried hard to support themselves, their eyelids were already fighting. In order to survive until the voting period, they specially found last year's NBA Finals to watch.
"Boss, is it two o'clock yet? Why am I getting sleepy the more I look at this! The voting time is too cheating... The classes are full tomorrow morning! It's still a class for the four famous arrests. If you are caught, you will die. deal......."
"Two o'clock is still early! It's not even half past one! I'm drunk too. Can't the NBA choose the time earlier? Does it have to be until three in the morning?"
"It's over! I feel like I can't stand it anymore... If not, just go to sleep first! Set the alarm clock and wait until three o'clock arrives before we wake up... Otherwise, when will the wait end? ?”
"Good idea, let's set the alarm clock first...one of you can set it, I'll go to sleep first..."
One person took the lead to sleep first, and the others followed suit and lay in bed. As time passed, the six male college students showed no sign of waking up. Only the snoring one after another proved that they slept very soundly.
the other side.
In an office worker's apartment, an old man with thinning hair was also waiting in front of the computer.
Seeing that it was only two o'clock, he was bored and had to take out his treasured USB flash drive. As some video files with the words "Island Country Is Not Hot" were gradually opened, the temperature in the room seemed to be gradually rising.
"Damn it! The island country section is too fake... It's really boring... Let's change it and see what the European and American section is like..."
Half an hour later, my brother turned off those videos with a look of disgust on his face, "The European and American ones aren't that good either! Some of them are too heavy-handed!"
"Otherwise, it's better to look at domestic products..."
As he said that, the old man searched for domestic video files from various folders in his collection.
After some searching, I finally saw a title that excited him - "Slam Dunk: Haruko Akagi". Considering that it was related to basketball, I opened it without thinking. So, in the fierce basketball game, my sense of involvement became stronger and stronger until it reached its peak.
Twenty minutes later.
Snapped.
The old man closed the computer with a look of disdain, and cursed as he turned it off, "What kind of thing is this? Just like this? How dare you show it at this level..."
"From now on, I will look like a dog..."
"No matter, I'm a little tired after playing the game, so let's rest first..."
"Mom...tomorrow is Monday again, and 80% of the children have to work overtime again. If you work overtime, your hair will be gone...his uncle's hair..."
At this time, the old man seemed to have forgotten his initial goal. He had no intention of continuing to wait for the voting session. He turned around and lay on the bed and fell asleep.
At the same time, the same was true for many fans in other parts of China. They all failed to persist until three in the morning due to various reasons.
Especially those fans who are office workers. Hobbies like this are extremely valuable after entering work. It is not easy for them to spare time to watch games and play basketball. They persist until three in the morning during the week to vote. It is something that is almost unthinkable.
However, time did not stand still for all this.
On the other side of the ocean, in the United States, NBA officials have launched a live broadcast of online voting. As the new NBA president, Adam Silver even appeared in person and gave a speech on the show.
Minneapolis.
In a luxury apartment, Zhao Feiyang was sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast. Although he was not that enthusiastic about the All-Star Game, after all, the selection of players did make people curious, so he ordered a fried chicken takeout and ate while watching the excitement.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's All-Star live selection show. This time there are a total of thirty players appearing in the alternative area, with 15 players from the east and west...among them Only 7 players each have the chance to become substitutes for the All-Star Game..."
"Let us wish them good luck! The selection activities are about to begin. I hope that all of you in front of the TV can cast your precious votes by voting on the screen..."
As Adam Silver's speech ended, the host officially walked to the screen.
After briefly introducing the rules of the game, he began to take out the players in the alternative areas in batches. Every time a name is read, the player's information will appear on the TV screen, including his scoring average this season and how he entered the NBA. Basically, fans will be informed.
Some video highlights will also be released during the introduction process, and this three-minute period is the voting time for fans.
Once the three minutes are up, voting officially ends.
After the previous player finishes, the next player takes his place. The total number of votes for the players was not revealed immediately, but the results were announced at the end.
"Holy shit!"
"How does this feel like a draft?"
Zhao Feiyang looked interested.
When he appeared on the stage, he went out of his way to cast a vote for himself and even called his agent David Stock to canvass for votes.
"Hahaha... You guy, I am also watching the live broadcast, I have already voted for you... Not only me, but my family members too... "
"Would you like to say hi to my boy Walker? Hey little guy, come and say a few words to your favorite player..."
Zhao Feiyang didn't think too much and started chatting happily on the phone. He believes that with his strength and reputation, it is definitely not a problem to enter the All-Star substitute lineup.
Although he didn't get many votes, he was still ranked seventh in the Western Conference. It's not surprising that he couldn't be a starter, but he was definitely very high on the bench.
So he had nothing to worry about.
The 90-minute voting session ended quickly, and an advertisement was inserted into the official video, followed by the official announcement of the ranking results.
At this time, Zhao Feiyang also joked with the agent David Stock on the other end of the phone.
"David, let's make a bet! Where do you think I will appear?"
"Zhao, I think you should be ranked 6th to 9th in the Western Conference... Man, if it were me, I would definitely let you become the voting king of the Western Conference..."
