The older superstars of the NBA

After the game in Los Angeles, Zhao Feiyang followed the Heat back to Miami the next day.The competition between him and Steven Scott was also determined by the final data of the two.

Even the Los Angeles media, who always like to praise Steven Scott, mostly chose to remain silent after the game.

What is more terrible for the Lakers is not that Zhao Feiyang defeated the "future star" they supported, but that the entire team has constant conflicts from top to bottom.

With Steven Scott and Byron Scott at the center, the previous playoff-focused team has completely disappeared, replaced by a team that mostly plays in isolation.

The fans of the Lakers couldn't bear it anymore, so a group of fans left messages on the official website of the Lakers, hoping that the team would trade Steven Scott to leave.

Others were even crazier, standing outside the Staples Center and holding up signs, hoping that the team would not only trade Steven Scott, but also fire coach Byron Scott.

"The team will only get better if they leave!"

"Steven and Byron are working together, they are ruining the future of the team!"

"Byron is the worst manager ever, look what he's doing now?"

The Lakers fell into a situation of internal and external difficulties.

On the other side, Zhao Feiyang's career finally started to take off.After playing with the Los Angeles Lakers, the support rate of the Heat's local fans for him has also been soaring.

This involves another thing, and that is the upcoming NBA All-Star Game in the middle of the season.

For Huaxia fans, although they can see different All-Star series every year, the absence of local players undoubtedly dampens the enthusiasm of many people.

In the past, when Yao Ming participated in the All-Star Game, the fans voted for him a lot, and even once made him the top voter in the All-Star Game.

At that time, Yao Ming's performance was also followed by all fans. No matter how he played, Huaxia fans were very excited. After all, this is their own player competing on the world's highest level stage, which is something to be proud of.

But with Yao Ming's injury, the Chinese never appeared in the All-Star Game.

Even Jeremy Lin later, to some extent, he is not the hope of Chinese people.Born and raised in the United States, he should be said to have Chinese ancestry, but he is an authentic banana man who was influenced by American culture.

The appearance of Zhao Feiyang seems to be making up for this vacancy, especially since his performance has been good recently, and his exposure rate and approval rate are also rising.

With the arrival of the All-Star Game, NBA officials also announced the official opening of the voting session.

However, what is puzzling is that the rules of the All-Star Rookie Challenge were temporarily changed. Previously, the coaching staff selected the best young people in January to form the rookie team, but after the rule change this time, the decision-making power fell to the In the hands of two NBA legends.

The NBA officially stipulates that at that time, two NBA veterans will select the 9 best-performing rookies, and they will form a first-year team to face the second-year team.

The two selected celebrities have a lot of background, one is Gary Payton nicknamed "The Glove" and the other is Dennis Rodman nicknamed "Big Bug".

They are characters from the era of Michael Jordan. In terms of status in the world, they are definitely among the best in the league.

The choice of the two celebrities has undoubtedly attracted enough attention, not only the fans, but even the players are looking forward to seeing their choices.

Surprisingly, Zhao Feiyang was not included in the final list given by the two celebrities.

Even though Zhao Feiyang was ranked fifth on the rookie list at this time, all No.5 to No.1 were successfully selected into the big list of the two celebrities.

Such a choice undoubtedly aroused the doubts of many Chinese fans.

They respectively left messages under the social accounts of the two celebrities.

"Why didn't you choose Zhao? Although he is not a lottery pick, he is definitely one of the most talented rookies..."

"It's not fair! His stats are not bad, even guys like Steven Scott are selected, why can't Zhao?"

"I don't understand why you skip him and choose someone else? Is it because he is a Chinese player?"

The doubts from the outside world grew louder. Perhaps in order to quell the condemnation of the fans, the famous Gary Payton nicknamed "The Glove" also stood up to respond.

"We know Zhao's statistics very well, but he will be 30 soon! Please, do you want him to play the rookie challenge with a group of young people in their 20s?"

"I didn't think it was a good idea! His age didn't meet my requirements, so I didn't choose him..."

Gary Payton's words got some approval, but some fans didn't think it was a reason.

"It's true that Zhao is an older rookie, but this is indeed his first season in the NBA. There is no rule that a 29-year-old player cannot participate in the Rookie Challenge..."

"The NBA is a place where miracles happen. No matter how old a player is, as long as he meets the relevant regulations, he should be allowed to participate in the All-Star rookie game..."

The fans' comments and Gary Payton's response attracted a lot of attention.

The local fans in the United States are okay, and they can barely accept such an excuse, but the Chinese fans are different. Not only did they not accept such an excuse, but they kept leaving messages and feedback on the NBA Chinese official website to express themselves protest.

With more and more people protesting, the nba Chinese official website was paralyzed for a while. After hearing the news, the nba headquarters quickly contacted the Huaxia District. One day later, the nba officials finally launched a measure to make up for the previous " mistakes".

"Zhao, we would like to invite you to participate in the All-Star Three-Point Contest!"

Zhao Feiyang was a little surprised when he first received the call from the official, but after repeated confirmation, he did not refuse but chose to agree.

The official move was originally intended to ease the matter, but what they didn't expect was that many fans didn't buy it at all. They still believed that Zhao Feiyang's participation in the rookie competition was intentional, because of Zhao Feiyang's age and status. deliberately targeted.

So, angry fans used a way to retaliate.

I don't know who started it first, the second day after the official invited Zhao Feiyang, the voting interface of the NBA All-Star Game began to change.

Originally ranked sixth, Zhao Feiyang's votes soared in a short period of time, and the fans who voted completely lost their minds, almost like swiping their votes. It took only 6 hours for Zhao Feiyang to reach the top, and the number of votes directly surpassed LeBron James became the number one All-Star voter.