roccoschili Chapter 587 The Burning All-Star Flame
Chapter 587 The Burning All-Star Flame
Chapter 587 The Burning All-Star Flame
The hustle and bustle of the Christmas war has not yet disappeared, and another flame of the alliance is burning.
That's All-Star.
As early as two years ago, the NBA officially announced that the 2019 All-Star Game, which is the 68th All-Star Game, will be held at the Spectrum Center, home of the Hornets.As a city that has owned NBA teams for 30 years, Charlotte's status and exposure in the league are not high, and it has always been a little transparent.There is no way!The football market is small, big-name players are unwilling to come, and those trained by themselves cannot be retained.It has been 28 years since the last time Charlotte hosted the All-Star Game.Over the years, Charlotte's NBA team has changed hands several times, and even the name has been changed several times.
But this season, the Hornets are developing in a good direction.The team's head star Kemba Walker has reached the peak, playing better and better, and there is a faint tendency to compete for the number one point guard in the Eastern Conference.Under his leadership, the Hornets have also been in the top eight in the Eastern Conference.The upcoming All-Star, Ku Mamba has a good chance to become the starter in the Eastern Conference.
Before the official vote, all fans who follow the NBA are starting to discuss the possibility of an All-Star in this section.
There is no question that Team LeBron vs. Team Curry will be a thing of the past.
After James joined the Lakers, his personal performance is still outstanding.This player known as "the least potential in history" has been called a thirty-year-old man for several years, and he still maintains his peak state.Whether it is body or playing skills, he can crush 99.9% of the players in the entire league.Terrible indeed!
Although James left Cleveland again in the summer of a few years, this time, it didn't make fans hate him.Basically, everyone treats this matter with a grateful and blessed attitude.Coupled with the blessing of the huge fan base of the Los Angeles Lakers, James became the top ticket in the Western Conference without any major problems.Whether it is Curry or Durant, they are all worse.The other Western All-Stars are even worse.
However, the injury in the Christmas game cast a shadow over James' trip to the All-Star this time.Although throughout his career, James has never been knocked down by a major injury.But after all, he is 34 years old!
In addition to James being almost a sure starter, Durant and Curry should still be the starters.For the remaining two seats, the competition is not small!Guys like Harden, Paul George, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard deserve their names.Even An Luo, Nikola Jokic, and Russell Westbrook all hope to compete.Of course, the possibility of losing the election is not small.
The situation in the east has also changed dramatically.After Leonard joins the Raptors, there is no doubt that he will get an All-Star seat, and this seat is very likely to be a starter.In addition, guys like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kyrie Irving, Joel Embiid, Kemba Walker, Kyle Lowry, and Blake Griffin are all capable Fight for the first.
As for the vote kings in the East, Irving and Antetokounmpo are the most likely to become the kings of the East after James.Irving has always been a very popular NBA star.Every year, he's pretty much the one closest to James.This year, the All-Star game has become Team Irving VS Team James, which is also something that many people hope to see.As for Antetokounmpo, the "Greek Monster" has completely evolved this season, leading the Bucks with super personal ability to become one of the teams with the best chance to break out of the East.His explosive style of play has been loved and sought after by countless people.
For the players of the Thunder, whether they can continue the grand occasion of the three being selected as All-Stars last year is the most discussed matter.As the star of the team, Westbrook has maintained a triple-double per game and is the league's assist leader. He can at least be selected as an All-Star.Besides, as a representative of tough players in today's league, Westbrook can play a more active role on the All-Star stage.
The performance of Paul George and An Luo this year is much better than last year.The former, as one of the league's top super strikers, is handsome and has always had a huge fan base.Not to mention the latter, when it comes to the number of supporters behind it, An Luo is the second, and no one dares to say the first.
However, the alliance's reform of the All-Star starting selection has brought An Luo's situation of taking off in situ to nothing.Two years ago, the league restructured the All-Star Game. Since the 2017 New Orleans All-Star Game, fans have only accounted for 50% of the votes, and the other 50% of the votes are divided between players and the media.In this way, truly powerful and popular superstars can become all-stars.
An Luo just didn't catch up with the good times. If it was more than ten years ago, it would be different.Just like Yao Ming back then.In his rookie season, he squeezed out the league's No. 128.6 center O'Neal and became the starting center for the Western All-Stars.Moreover, Yao Ming finally got 2005 million votes, almost surpassing Kobe Bryant to become the Western Conference leader.But three years later, in 2006 and [-], Yao Ming won the All-Star vote twice.While domestic fans expressed their love for Yao Ming with practical actions, they also taught the NBA a good lesson.So much so that when Yi Jianlian entered the NBA, the NBA officials didn't even dare to put his name on the list of candidates.
Of course, An Luo's performance this season is enough for him to enter the All-Star Game.As the player who ranks second in the league in scoring and seventh in steals, if the team's record is at the top of the league and cannot be recognized by fans, players and the media, then the NBA All-Star is meaningless.
Personally speaking with An Luo, he is still very interested in the All-Stars.Being an All-Star can be regarded as a relatively important honor.Although participating in the All-Star Game will make players more tired, and often the All-Star time happens to be during the Spring Festival, and they cannot better accompany their families.But the All-Star Game will become a very important basis for evaluating a player's historical status.All historical-level stars are frequent visitors to the All-Stars.
Of course, that was a long time later.Right now, for An Luo, being selected as an All-Star can get a very considerable income.The additional bonus clause in his sneaker contract includes the All-Star Game.Moreover, his first-generation signature shoes are already on the market.At that time, An Luo will wear his signature shoes and stand on the All-Star field to score, which is undoubtedly the most perfect way of publicity.
(End of this chapter)