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Chapter 143 All-Star Storm

Since last year, that is, 2018, the NBA's All-Star rules have undergone tremendous changes. The original classic Eastern All-Star vs. Western All-Star has also been replaced by the east and west vote king selection mode.

Although such a rule change is a good thing for fans, after all, they can see more exciting games, and they can also have the opportunity to see stars from the east and west on the same team.

However, a considerable number of old fans do not like such changes. The loss of a tradition will always be accompanied by reluctance and sentimentality.

The specific rules for the composition of the All-Star members are as follows: First, there are five members in each of the East and West, voted by fans (50%), media (25%), and coaches (25%).In this way, in order to prevent the fans of a certain country from collectively voting on low-level stars of the country, just like Pachulia in the past two years, according to the voting results, the captains of the east and west will be divided according to the number of votes. There is no distinction between east and west for the starting lineup, and the two captains will choose in order. Yunchen is the top voter this year, so he chooses first.

In fact, Yunchen didn't quite understand that as a rookie, he had a high fan vote because of his Chinese nationality, but the coaches and the media also voted for him, which surprised him a bit.

The data shows that in the three data of fan votes, media votes and coach votes, he got the first, second and third excellent data respectively.

The other four starters in the East were also released at the same time.

The starting point guard is undoubtedly Celtics star Kyrie Irving, who has the highest number of votes among all guards in the East.

The starting shooting guard is Leonard of the Raptors. In fact, he should be a frontcourt player, but because he can be used as a swingman, the coaches and the media arranged him as a shooting guard.

The starting small forward, Li Yunchen of the Cavaliers, his data is not the highest in the Eastern Conference frontcourt, but he has successfully conquered the head coaches and media commentators of the major teams with his super high basketball IQ.

The starting power forward, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, in fact, there is no small, power forward and center in the NBA now, collectively referred to as the frontcourt.

The starting center, Joel Embiid of the 76ers, the selection of the emperor has long been expected. This season, he is currently averaging 25.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. He has grown into one of the best centers in the league. Strength and popularity are obvious to all.

Among the votes this time, it is a pity that Tang Yin has the second most votes from his fans in the backcourt, second only to Kyrie Irving, but his scores in the coaching and media voting are too low, which directly leads to He failed to become the starter, which also caused dissatisfaction among a considerable number of Chinese fans.

On the other hand, the results of the vote in the West are much more tangled.

In the competition for the starting point guard, Stephen Curry undoubtedly won the spot. His popularity is beyond doubt, and his fans are all over the world.

Starting shooting guard, this is the most difficult position to choose, because many good players such as Lillard, Harden, Westbrook, DeRozan, and Thompson are all eyeing this spot.But in the end, it was James Harden who won this competition. Although he did not have an advantage in the fan votes, he was the first in the media and coach voting sessions. It can be said that his strong strength allowed him to get this spot.

Starting small forward, there is no doubt that LeBron James outshines all votes.

Starting power forward, this position is also quite embarrassing, Anthony Davis, Draymond Green, Yuan Junjie, Durant and other stars are extremely powerful contenders.In the fan voting session, Yuan Junjie led everyone with 100 million votes, which has almost established his starting spot.

However, the accident still happened like this!In the media and coach voting session, he didn't even get a single vote!Everyone voted for Durant and Anthony Davis!In the end, Durant narrowly won the starting spot.

This incident triggered a major earthquake. Tens of millions of Chinese fans poured into the NBA's official website to bombard them, questioning them deliberately not to allow Chinese players to be selected as All-Stars. In the end, the officials couldn't stand it anymore. Xiao Hua personally came out to explain that he guaranteed that the vote was fair and reasonable, but he still couldn't appease the anger of the fans.

At the critical moment, Yuan Junjie himself came out to speak out. He said that he didn't care about the All-Star spot. If he wanted it, he would fight for it with his own strength, which calmed the furious fans.

The last remaining position in the starting lineup is the center, and the competition for this position is also quite fierce. DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, Towns, Adams, and even "Pie Mamba" Capela, are fighting.

In the end, Brother Nongmei won this spot, and his strength is indeed the strongest among all the people.

In this way, the starting places in the East and West were determined.

The remaining substitute members will be selected by the head coaches of the eastern and western teams. After a long period of voting, they finally selected 7 substitutes from each side of the eastern and western teams.

Eastern bench: John Wall, Gordon Haywood, Ben Simmons, Victor Oladipo, Kevin Love, Porzingis, Blake Griffin.

West bench: Russell Westbrook, Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard, DeMarcus Cousins, Paul George, DeMar DeRozan, Karl-Anthony Towns.

As soon as this list came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and many fans expressed disappointment because their favorite players were not selected.

Among them, the fans of the Timberwolves are the most uncomfortable. Both Wiggins and Yuan Junjie lost the selection.

But there is no way to do this. After all, there are too many star players in the West, and the head coaches can't take care of them at all...

The biggest winner is still the Warriors. Four of the five giants were selected for the All-Stars, and only Green lost the selection. This is also expected. After all, his reputation is not very good and his fan base is relatively poor.

In the Eastern Conference, the biggest winner may be the Cavaliers. After leaving the vote champion and then another vote champion, countless fans were moved to tears. A player of yellow race has regained everyone's attention.

This wave of All-Stars has been going on for more than a week. During this week, everyone's focus is that so-and-so made it to the All-Stars, while so-and-so didn't.

And because Yunchen is the ticket king, whenever he arrives at an away arena, he will be greeted with a "warm" welcome by the fans.

Of course, most of them were booed, because everyone felt that he was able to enter the All-Star because of the votes of Chinese fans.

This made Yunchen very upset. The feeling of being underestimated made his teeth itch, and the direct result of his itch was that he killed everyone on the field!

In the remaining games in January, Yunchen and the others played a total of 4 away games. Yunchen's scoring average in the four away games was a terrifying 33.5 points!
Almost every time the opponent's fans booed him, he worked harder to score one more point. In the end, whenever he scored, almost everyone chose to remain silent!
Vaguely, Yun Chen seemed to have exerted a certain degree of dominance at the small forward position.

(End of this chapter)