The 2008 All-Star Phase 1 vote ended, and the results were surprising.
The voter in the first stage was neither Lebang nor Kobe, but Dwight Howard.
This season, the Warcraft was officially out of the cage, with thick muscles, like Optimus Prime in the penalty area, turning the world upside down and dominating the basket.
All kinds of shocking visual dunks, hot pot hats, and various violent aesthetics have attracted countless fans for him.
Of course, Li Ke knew that the more important reason was-
Kobe, who was two championships, was not the darling of the All-Stars. However, Lebang was elected as the Queen of Votes last year and should have continued to work hard, but this year he came to kg and Li Ke and directly separated a portion of the votes that should have belonged to him.
The center position is naturally independent, and the old Shark and Big Ben in the East are the old Sharks and Big Ben. The Sharks' popularity has long been no longer at its peak. Don't mention Big Ben, and there has never been much popularity.
Without anyone competing, isn’t Warcraft’s votes just rising all the way, just aiming at the vote king?
Howard is the first and second, Yao Yao, but the reasons are somewhat similar. He is both center forward, and the only one who can compete with Yao Yao in the west is Xiao Si.
In the future, there is Li Ke. Most of Li Ke's votes are from China, with an average of nearly 22 points per game and a shooting percentage of 45%. Domestic fans are also at ease when they shoot.
The remaining small part comes from American fans.
That’s right, Li Ke still has North American fans. A Halloween battle hit 47 points to suppress McGrady, and a Christmas battle hit 50 points to suppress Kobe. That’s the focus of live broadcasts across the United States!
This is normal to absorb some powder.
Li Ke believes that the vote result is absolutely reasonable.
But Li Ke alone thinks it is useless, and many media in North America do not recognize it.
In 2003, Yao Yao squeezed out the Sharks, who averaged 27.5 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, and became the starter of the All-Star Game, and was questioned in North America.
The same is true this time. As soon as the vote results of the first phase came out, doubts came in a flood of people.
The Cleveland Honesty People took the lead in attacking, printing a photo of Lebang's constipation expression on their front page, giving three question marks each.
Nothing said, but it was better than thousands of words.
Then Brian Windhorst, a famous reporter who was honest, walked into the studio of espn and fired directly: "If someone told me that last year's ticket king might not even be able to keep the starter this year, I will definitely laugh out loud!"
But this sentence is not enough, the next sentence is more direct:
"The alliance has no secret operation? Only ghosts will believe this!"
This pointed out the league's secret operation. David Stern spread his hands and said pitifully that he would rather see Lebang appear in the All-Star starting position than anyone else.
The real situation is that not only did NBA not have any secret operations, but even adjusted the proportion of overseas votes due to the shark incident in 2003, some of which were directly reduced.
Most of the votes received by Li Ke and Ali Lian were voted by domestic fans through hard work.
If you want to talk about secret operations, it is also for Lebang to operate secretly.
If the proportion of overseas votes is not adjusted, Yao Yao will be the voter king directly.
Li Ke would not watch any espn program, but someone reposted that the guy he reposted was not the socialite Lao Du or the fat dungeon, but...Boss Qiao!
When reposting Wendhorst's words, Boss Qiao looked like a goblin, which was too inconsistent.
Li Ke just smiled: "If I were there at that time, I would have directly criticized him: Sheldon and Li are just a little transparent, while LeBron James is the little emperor."
This is how Mei Yang Yang's trick is used. Lebang is the little emperor, so who is the old emperor? Of course it is David Stern.
Hearing Li Ke’s words, Boss Qiao became anxious: “Sheldon, you can’t say anything nonsense…”
Li Ke didn't care: "Isn't it just a fine? The biggest problem is... I didn't have a chance to go."
As a result, just as he sighed that he had no chance, Li Ke received an invitation from espn.
It has nothing to do with the All-Star vote, and the main reason is the Christmas battle, and Mei Yang Yang is about to kiss Barkley's butt.
Li Ke hesitated for a long time, but finally decided...
Don't go!
He didn't have time to go. His daily training schedule was full, and he didn't even have time to go to the strip club with Feidun Laodu.
Moreover, Charlotte is not Los Angeles, Kobe finished training every day and could record a program with a slight turn.
As for him, he has to be beaten away, and it will take at least a day to go away.
Perhaps, this is why many celebrity players yearn for big cities.
Although he chose not to go, Li Ke still chose a compromise method to participate in the program, namely:
During the recording of the program, Mei Yangyang would call Li Ke, ask a few questions, and then stage a famous scene of kissing Barkley's butt.
Rounding is equivalent to Li Ke participating in this program.
The program was recorded on January 3, 2008. Before that, the Bobcats had to fight the Nets.
The game against the Nets is home, so the Bobcats are leisurely waiting for their opponents to come to Charlotte.
It was also during this period that public opinion on the All-Star Voting Incident fermented.
Bill Simmons published an article in his column: "NBA should reform the all-star voting mechanism."
This article scared Li Ke in a cold sweat.
If David Stern really needs to adopt it, Li Ke will replace Ah Lian and become another man who forces the NBA to modify the rules...
There are still many men who can force the alliance to modify the rules-
For example, Charles Barkley forced the league to limit the time of back hitting to less than 5 seconds.
The Shark's dominance in the penalty area forced the league to set up a reasonable collision zone.
And Wilt Chamberlain, because of him, the penalty area expanded from 12 feet to 16 feet...
The above are all positive examples, but Li Ke is likely to become a unique counterexample in history.
Yes, it is unique, because the alliance has revised the walking rules for Lebang, which happened in 2009.
"This Bill Simmons is going to force people to the dead end!"
Bill Simmons is only part of the entire public opinion, more like Yahoo expert Adrian Wonarovsky, who believes that the alliance should further screen Li Ke's votes and remove some illegal votes.
And Ujaskip Bayless, followed Bill Simmons, proposed additional regulations to ban rookie players from becoming All-Star starters.
Of course, North American public opinion is not a monolithic one.
Robin Lundberg, a famous reporter from Sports Illustrated, believes that Li Ke's record and data are worth an All-Star seat.
There is also espn expert Max Pierce, who has his hands spread out on the show:
The All-Star Weekend was a popular entertainment match from the beginning. Sheldon received a high vote and he was the starter. What is there to question? Are American fans the fans, and Chinese fans?
In this way, under the influence of a storm of public opinion, the battle between the Bobcats and the Nets began.
"This is CCTV. Welcome to the NBA regular season broadcast by the Sports Channel. The Bobcats play against the Nets at home."
Because it was the first battle of the New Year, the live broadcast room of Yangwu, Director Zhang and Yu Jia were happily dressed.
Because there was still a while before the game started, Yu Jia mentioned the All-Star vote: "Before the game started, I will say good news. In the first stage of the All-Star weekend vote, my country's athletes, Yao Ming ranked second, Li Ke ranked third, and Ali Lian ranked fourth among the Eastern Front!"
"But the media in the United States think that the votes between Li Ke and Alien are unreasonable, and they are trying to change the rules!"
Director Zhang said, "Hey, I'm so puzzled. They were all voted by fans. Why did Li Ke and Ah Lian's votes unreasonable? I think it's reasonable!
"Yes, I think it's reasonable. No matter what the Americans think, we don't have to worry about it, we just need to make it all the time!"
Coach Zhang and Yu Jia gave Li Ke and Alien a vote, and then the camera cut back to the field, and the game was about to begin.
Standing in the center of the stadium, Li Ke felt the long-lost tension. This game is really important. The US questioning is not that fierce. If he really performs badly in this game, the next questioning voice will be like a tide.
In fact, Li Ke was also puzzled, what if he got a starter with a shooting percentage of 22 points and 45% per game? Isn't it okay?
Back then, when Kobe first started at the All-Star, he was just a substitute. He played in 79 games and only started in one game, and averaged only 15.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Why didn’t you question at that time?
To put it bluntly, it was Li Ke who had offended someone he shouldn't have offended.
Who is Lebang? The newcomer promoted by Mr. Stern, the next first candidate for Jordan.
At this time, Li Ke felt that the management team signed him up for the All-Star vote was a bit outrageous. He could clearly choose a defender position, so why did he choose a forward???
Of course, now that these are useless, the most important thing in front of you is to play every next game.
Perhaps because of the fact that the Bobcats won a lot of goals during this period, and Li Ke's performance was very exciting, the attendance rate of Time Warner Center increased a lot. Looking around, a large number of empty seats had disappeared, and the empty seats were at most 20%.
In other words, the attendance rate is more than 80%, and the Bobcat looks like it will be getting better.
The broadcast camera swept around and then pointed it at the center of the stadium
"The game is about to begin, let's take a look at the starters on both sides."
On the Nets, Kidd, who was deeply involved in transfer rumors, was the main controller, with Katgar Richard Jefferson on the wing, Josh Boone who later joined the CBA, and the center was the first Jason Collins in NBA history to come out publicly.
On the Bobcat side, Sam Vincent finally became spiritual once. The opponent was strong on the outside and the middle. There was no need for Boss Hua to play the fourth position.
The starting five players, Fei Dun Li Ke and Boss Hua ranked first, second and third positions, and the inside was Nazr Mohammed Ga Okafor's low-end double tower.
Jumping ball, Okafor won the floor stream Jason Collins, the Bobcats held the opening ball.
During the period when Feidun controlled the ball to the frontcourt, Li Ke had already faced with Carter.
Among the four major points guards, Carter has the worst presence. Many people know that he is UFO and know that he is a half-man and demigod. However, when discussing the four major points guards, they always think of Kobe Iverson and McGrady first, and then finally think of Carter.
It must be admitted that in the years when Carter won the dunk king, his popularity was no.1 among the four major points guards, but in terms of decline, he was also the fastest.
In the 2007-08 season, Kobe was still at the peak, Iverson averaged 26 points per game, and McGrady broke through the first round of the playoffs for the first time in her career and had to spend another season.
Look at Carter, who averaged 21.3 points per game this season, with Kidd and Richard Jefferson helping him, but he is still outside the playoffs. It is no wonder that Van dervich wants to trade the Nets' trident and rebuild it directly.
Even so, Li Ke did not underestimate Carter.
No matter how bad a half-human and a half-god is, he is still a half-human and a half-god. If the veteran's small universe explodes, it will be very terrifying.
In the first goal at the opening game, Li Ke was actively looking for opportunities.
But Carter's follow-up defense is not slow at all. Among the four major points guards, Carter's defensive attitude should be the second best.
Li Ke had no chance, and Fei Dun in the middle lane didn't have any chance either.
In terms of defense, Kidd should be the best point guard in history. He is tall, agile, and keen, able to switch defenses in dislocation, excellent predictions, and good at grabbing positions in advance...
Facing such an opponent, Fei Dun naturally had a very difficult fight.
After controlling for six or seven seconds, there was no chance, Fei Dun passed the ball.
Then it was passed around and Li Ke finally took over the blame and made the first iron in the opening game.
Then came the Nets' offense. Kidd, who picked up the rebound from the basket, rushed to the frontcourt quickly. At this time, it was about Kidd's offense.
Kidd should be regarded as the most traditional point guard. Except for not attacking, every item he has is a benchmark for point guards.
He has a outstanding vision, a great overall view, and is good at controlling rhythm. He is like a dealer, knowing when to give the ball, when to slow down, and control the overall situation.
And, more importantly, Kidd is good at catching long passes after grabbing rebounds.
Why did the Ball brothers get high picks after being so ugly after shooting? It was because they looked very similar to Kidd.
In this ball, Li Ke also guarded against Kidd's long pass counterattack. The moment Carter rushed out, he also rushed out, reluctant to leave.
Boss Hua on the other side doesn’t have to worry about Li Ke. Gerald Wallace is the kind. It’s difficult for him to expect him to do better, but if it’s just the most basic thing, he can do perfection.
There is no need to say more about simple things like preventing and suppressing counterattacks.
The counterattack failed, and the Nets sank to the position.
Li Ke stared at Carter to death, and Boss Hua stared at Richard Jefferson to death.
Although Kidd is called Kid but he does rarely attack, he is still not ruthless when the team needs him to attack.
There was no chance on either side, so Kidd asked for a cover.
Under Josh Boone's unsatisfactory cover, Kidd rushed in and made a layup under Feidun's defense.
Okafor grabbed the rebound and handed it to Li Ke beside him.
Then there is a counterattack.
The counterattack was pursued, but the Bobcats' counterattack was successful.
Carter followed closely, Li Ke had few opportunities, and he was not greedy for merit. He passed the ball and directly let Boss Hua hang on the basket in the backcourt.
Chapter completed!