The NBA's annual All-Star Game is coming soon.
Prior to this, the alliance opened the voting session as usual. Fans are also very enthusiastic about this and have started to support their favorite stars since the voting opened.
What's interesting is that in order to curb the madness of Chinese fans, the officials were afraid that Zhao Feiyang would break the NBA's historical vote count, so they announced early in the morning that the votes in the Chinese district would be specially counted. After the statistics were completed, the results would be calculated using a special algorithm and finally released. included in the official voting results.
This move seems complicated, but in fact it just expresses an idea, that is, the voting in the Chinese district will no longer affect the normal vote count of the NBA All-Star Weekend.
As soon as this news came out, many fans in the United States laughed at it.
When Yao Ming participated in the NBA All-Star Game, Americans saw the numerical advantage of Chinese fans. Since then, the huge number of Chinese fans will have various impacts on the All-Star Game through voting.
The most direct one is that the number of votes in the China Region will directly affect the ranking of certain players.
Now that the NBA has finally come forward to express its stance, it also makes those American fans feel quite proud.
"Oh! It's really an interesting thing! It is undeniable that one person is affected the most by this! As for who it is, I don't need to say more!"
"Who else can there be? Zhao Feiyang is the only Chinese player in the entire NBA. Once the votes in the Chinese region are not as strong as before, Zhao Feiyang's All-Star votes will definitely be affected..."
"I don't like this guy! When will yellow-skinned players be able to play in the NBA? I hope his votes are low enough, preferably not even qualified to participate in the All-Star Game..."
The attitude of most fans is quite normal, but there is no shortage of irrational fans on the Internet, especially in places like the United States, where happy education is advocated in childhood. As a result, the common sense and knowledge level of many ordinary people may be as low as A surprising point.
Once such people become fans, it is extremely normal for them to be irrational.
However, when the All-Star voting started, both the irrational fans and the rational fans soon discovered that the results were not what they imagined.
Not only was Zhao Feiyang's votes not as low as they said, but he was far ahead all the way, always ranking among the top three in the Western Conference.
The two people with similar votes to him are not ordinary people. One is Stephen Curry and the other is Kevin Durant.
Putting it into the overall list, only LeBron James has higher votes than these three.
What’s even more interesting is that all the Big Three of LeBron’s Cleveland Cavaliers have made it to the All-Star lineup. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love have all received good votes, especially Irving, who only has fewer votes than LeBron. Just tens of thousands of tickets.
In addition to the Big Three, team center Tristan Thompson also successfully entered the All-Star roster.
It’s no surprise that the Cavaliers have four players making the All-Star team.
The Golden State Warriors are even more exaggerated. Super stars like Curry and Durant needless to say. Klay Thompson, as the league's top defender, has certainly successfully entered the All-Star Game.
As one of the team's core players, Draymond Green's statistics are not that eye-catching, but his role and popularity are indeed very high, and it makes sense for him to enter the All-Star Game.
Although Andre Iguodala is no longer at the peak of his career, he can still play a role on the court. Although he averages only 7.6 points per game, his value as the team's sixth man is completely sufficient.
Therefore, his selection is not without explanation.
What really surprised many fans was Zaza Pachulia, who had a "stepping incident" before. Of course, this person has the ability on the court, otherwise he would not be put into the starting lineup by the Warriors. However, regardless of his ability, his morals on the court can be called very corrupt.
After all, there are not many people who have reached the NBA level and still take the initiative to step in. This kind of dirty behavior aimed at ruining other people's careers is simply unworthy of an NBA player.
Therefore, Pachulia's inclusion in the All-Star Game was boycotted by many fans.
Especially many people who like the Timberwolves and support Zhao Feiyang.
After the game in which Zhao Feiyang was kicked off, he was fined US$50,000 by the league, while Pachulia was suspended by the league for one game and fined US$100,000.
Even so, many people in the industry still condemned Pachulia's behavior after the game.
Charles Barkley even stood up and complained angrily, believing that Pachulia's behavior should be punished additionally, and even asked the league to focus on the Warriors, paying special attention to such actions in the Warriors that may lead to career ruin.
Barkley's righteous speech did not bring any benefits. On the contrary, many Warriors fans yelled at him and frantically defended Pachulia's behavior.
Anyway, in the end the matter came to nothing.
But this time Pachulia entered the All-Star Game, many fans couldn't bear it. So a group of people launched a protest to express their dissatisfaction to the NBA, hoping that the NBA could exclude Pachulia from participating in the All-Star Game.
In any case, the fact that six Warriors players entered the All-Star Game simply surprised many fans.
As for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Zhao Feiyang's nomination is naturally not a problem, nor is Derrick Rose's return from injury. The third All-Star nominee is Zach LaVine.
Although it is somewhat less interesting than the Warriors' 6-man roster, as the last championship team, it is not bad to have three people shortlisted.
In addition to these three teams, the other shortlisted stars are only two in a team at most, and some are even veteran stars. In fact, the team's record is very poor, and there is no possibility of reaching the playoffs at all.
Yes, this is definitely not talking about the New York Knicks.
They have star player Carmelo Anthony and All-Star center Kristaps Porzingis, but their record is ranked third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. It can be said that the team is watching from top to bottom. There is no motivation to strive upward.
Even Anthony's desire for money far exceeds his desire for a championship at this time.
After three rounds of voting, the shortlist for the NBA All-Star Weekend has finally been released. The results basically didn't change much.
LeBron James deserves to be the king of popularity. Although there are many American fans who scold him, there are also many people who like him.
Topicity is always the biggest gimmick of a star. This kind of thing is comparable to traffic exposure, and it is something that many stars dream of.
Behind LeBron is Curry.
He has 70,000 votes less than LeBron and more than 10,000 votes more than Durant, who ranks third.
Zhao Feiyang ranked fourth, only a few thousand votes less than Durant.
After all, it is the home court of the Americans. After the votes of Chinese fans were greatly diluted, it is not surprising that Zhao Feiyang's votes were affected.
Anyway, only two people are selected, so the difference in the number of subsequent votes is actually not big.
In this way, LeBron and Curry established their respective teams. According to the new rules of the All-Star Weekend, one day later, they will select other players through live TV programs, and anyone selected by them can join their respective camps.
Regardless of whether they are from the East or the West, regardless of the number of votes these players have, the two captains of the two teams will choose.
Such a novel selection method also surprised many fans who are used to watching the battle between the East and the West. Therefore, before the live broadcast of the selection has even arrived, the matter has already been hotly discussed on the Internet.
Fans are naturally very interested in how LeBron and Curry will choose.
Amid the expectations of fans, the NBA All-Star Weekend selection ceremony is coming soon. During Friday night's live television broadcast, LeBron James and Stephen Curry appeared on the show.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the live broadcast of the NBA All-Star Game selection ceremony! Different from the past few seasons, this time our All-Star Game has added new rules, which will make the game more exciting. ....."
"I know many people have been looking forward to it for a long time. In fact, I am too, so let's start the live broadcast of the selection show now! Let us leave time for LeBron and Steph..."
At the same time, many stars are also watching the live broadcast of this selection at home.
Although they did not enter the scene, whoever is selected will undoubtedly attract the attention of fans. As long as the number of votes does not affect the selection, the stars are still looking forward to who the two super giants will choose as their teammates.
The first person to appear was LeBron. When the live camera was focused on him, LeBron smiled at the fans in front of the camera, and then clicked on the computer in front of him.
"Okay, let me see who LeBron chose?"
The host pressed the button on the computer while talking, and soon, a figure appeared on the electronic screen. This person is none other than LeBron’s Cavaliers teammate Kyrie Irving.
The choice of Irving is not surprising, after all, the latter is LeBron's close partner. If you don't choose the other party, I'm afraid it will be somewhat unjustifiable.
If you can even abandon your own teammates, who will be willing to listen to you off the court in the future?
After LeBron made his choice, Curry also quickly made his choice. After the host clicked on the electronic screen, a picture of Kevin Durant appeared in everyone's sight.
"Oh!"
"Wonderful!"
Curry's choice made the host scream with excitement.
Both of them chose their teammates, and this choice didn't seem surprising.
"Zhao, when do you think you will be selected?"
At Zhao Feiyang's home, Zach LaVine, who was watching the live broadcast together, suddenly asked.
