pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 445 Special Selection

After two full months of voting for the All-Star Game, the final 24-man roster for this year's All-Star Game has finally come out. Some were expected, some were unexpected, but generally it was a vote that satisfied the audience. Although there were emergencies during the period, after the league's public relations, the big things were turned into small ones, and small things disappeared.

James won the Eastern Conference with 5826513 votes, and Wade became the Western Conference champion with 5421852 votes. The two will select teams before the start of the All-Star Game.

Although the voting incident seems to have passed, a large number of fans on the far side of the ocean are very dissatisfied with this list, because a Chinese player's name should have appeared on this list.

Just after the NBA officially announced the 24-man roster for this year's All-Star, the already calm Chinese area broke out again, directly blasting all the sports websites in the United States, and even the official websites of the other three major leagues. The American sports world fell into an unprecedented chaos.

"All of this is a good thing done by the NBA!" The other three major leagues decided to attack the NBA collectively and ask the NBA to compensate them for their losses.

The four major leagues that originally supported each other had internal strife at this time. In the adjustment meeting, other leagues pointed the finger at the NBA.

The NBA did not expect that Mu Chenfeng would cause so many chain reactions. They had concerns about this before, but judging from the current situation, their original concerns and thinking were simply too childish. Chinese audiences can even confuse the entire American sports world by sitting at home.

The NBA has also shifted the responsibility to the government, hoping that the government can stand up and take responsibility. In the face of conquest, the NBA is just a pawn that can be thrown away after use. They refuse to admit the fact that they "operated in the dark" and "blocked" Mu Chenfeng. The responsibility falls entirely on the NBA.

If the matter is not properly resolved, the anger of the audience in China will not be appeased, but the All-Star roster has been officially announced. Making changes at this time will not only cause a new round of public opinion turmoil, but will even trigger conflicts within the NBA. After all, the league is already in a deep quagmire and cannot be worsened.

"Actually, the problem is easy to solve, just add Mu Chenfeng to the All-Star list!" Some executives of the league suggested.

"To put it simply, the list has been announced, can it be withdrawn?" As the object of global attention, the NBA's official announcement cannot be changed or withdrawn.

"Since it can't be replaced, why don't we add a special quota?"

This proposal made the atmosphere that had fallen into a freezing point a little more active. This is obviously a good proposal. After all, no one requires that the All-Star Game must only select 24 people.

"This is indeed a good idea." The league executives began to consider the proposal and draw up a plan.

There have been precedents for the special selection of the All-Stars. In the year Wade and Nowitzki retired, the league specially approved them to be selected for the All-Star Game of the year to show respect for the two legendary stars.

However, both Wade and Nowitzki are legendary stars with honors, and Mu Chenfeng is just a rookie who hasn't even finished a season. There is no precedent for opening a special channel for rookies.

If Mu Chenfeng finally entered the Mu Chenfeng main match in a special way, it would definitely cause public opinion and dissatisfaction.

But compared with the anger of the huge Chinese fan base, that bit of public opinion and dissatisfaction is nothing.

The league quickly passed the decision to add an All-Star quota, but a new problem came up again. The All-Star team consisted of two teams, and each team had 12 players. If Mu Chenfeng joined, there would be a total of 25 players participating, and there would be an inequality in the number of teams. Although the 12-man team and the 13-man team did not seem to be much different, when they actually played, they would find that the difference in one player might affect the final result of the game.

After discussion, Mu Chenfeng can participate as the 25th man, but he needs to choose from the two captains himself. As for whether to choose James or Wade, it is entirely up to him.

After the meeting, the NBA immediately announced that Mu Chenfeng was selected as the 25th player in the All-Star Game. This result also successfully extinguished the anger of the Chinese audience. Thanks to the efforts of the fans in China, another yellow-skinned player will finally appear on the All-Star stage.

When they heard the news that Mu Chenfeng was specially selected, the Heat team rejoiced. Finally, after more than 20 years, the Heat had three players selected for the All-Star Game at the same time.

Although Mu Chenfeng was successfully selected as an All-Star, the previous actions of the league deeply hurt the hearts of Chinese fans. In order to win back the Chinese audience, in addition to participating in the main game held on the last day, Mu Chenfeng was also specially invited to participate in the Rookie Challenge, Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Contest, Skills Contest, and Singles Contest. There were six competitions in total, giving Mu Chenfeng the most opportunities to show his face.

Mu Chenfeng is also another player who participated in all events after Damian Lillard participated in all five All-Star games in 2014, and Mu Chenfeng participated in one more "single-handed match" than Damian Lillard.

The heads-up match is an added event in the NBA All-Star Game in recent years. The league will invite 8 players to participate in the heads-up match, one-on-one.

Since the appearance of the heads-up match, it has once become an existence that has surpassed the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest. Since the game adopts a one-on-one competition system, it is a competition of hard skills among the players. If you want to win, you must fight.

This year is the third heads-up tournament, and the champions of the previous two sessions were won by James and Chris respectively.

It was Barrett that James beat in the first-year finals.

Chris defeated James last year and shattered James' consecutive championship dreams. At the same time, he added a very important award to his personal honor.

This year's heads-up competition is known as "the year of the new generation". It lacks the top super giants in the league, but there are some rising stars. They will show their talents to the audience in the competition.

Participating in all six All-Star events at the same time, Mu Chenfeng became the No. 1 in history. This achievement is believed to be unprecedented.

"Six events." Seeing that Mu Chenfeng appeared in the list of all events, Rondo couldn't help but frowned. He was not happy because his player was selected. On the contrary, he hoped that Mu Chenfeng would not appear in this list.

Now the Heat are at the best time to hit the 28-game winning streak. They have won 20 games in a row before, and they are only 8 games away from the goal. At a crucial moment, they caught up with the All-Stars, and all three of the team's main players were selected.

After all, the All-Stars are just entertainment games, and their real goal is the final champion.

(End of this chapter)