Chapter 793: Happy David Stern and Anxious James!
The final result of the 2009 All-Star starting substitutes shocked many people.
Iverson, the current scoring leader in the Eastern Conference, was not selected, and Roy, who is very popular in the Western Conference, was not selected. In addition, there are still a lot of players in the Eastern and Western Conferences who can average 20 or even 25 points per game. The shock caused is incredible. of.
Iverson is the scoring leader in the Eastern Conference this season. He is second only to Yes in the league's scoring list this season. While his scoring data is excellent, the team's record is also good. The Pistons are now ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference. The competition from seventh to tenth is very fierce. Although the Pistons are not in the playoff team area now, they can still be regarded as a playoff team.
That’s it, I finally lost the election!
In addition to Iverson, one of the controversial candidates for selection in the Eastern Conference is Daniel Gibson, the starting guard of the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers currently have the best record in the league. Daniel Gibson can average 20 points per game. In the eyes of many people, he has a very good chance of becoming an All-Star. , many people say that the Cavaliers are likely to have all five starters enter the All-Stars this year, so that James will know what it means to become the top lottery player after he leaves, and his trash teammates will become the Big Five.
Many netizens want to see this happen, but obviously the coaches who voted for the substitutes don't seem to like seeing this kind of thing happen purely to disgust James.
There are also Ray Allen and Baron Davis, the third-best player in the Eastern Conference and the fourth-best player in the Eastern Conference. Ray Allen has always been a veteran All-Star in the league. He must be strong and popular, and he can be seen in the All-Stars almost every year. His figure, but this year, he was not selected.
And what about Baron Davis?
His statistics with the Celtics this season have indeed dropped compared to those with the Warriors, but it is normal for his statistics to drop when he is with the Big Three. His performance has improved. When he came to the Celtics and came to the East, he finally The main reason is that the competition for guards in the Western Conference is too fierce. He came to the Eastern Conference to become an All-Star, but he probably never dreamed that the Eastern Conference would now become a terrifying place where even Iverson and Ray Allen could fall. .
The one who is very controversial in the Eastern Conference selection is Joe Johnson, the head coach of the sixth Hawks in the Eastern Conference. Joe Johnson's statistics this season are also very good. This so-called civilian version of Yes can contribute 21+5+5 this season, which is quite a lot. Outstanding data!
Coupled with his good playoff record with the Hawks, this civilian version of Yes has a chance to make the All-Stars.
In addition, there are Iguodala, the boss of the eighth 76ers in the Eastern Conference, and Granger, the boss of the tenth Pacers in the Eastern Conference. They are both players with excellent statistics and records.
This is the controversy in the East after the All-Star results came out. Compared with the controversy in the East, the West is even bigger.
The Los Angeles Lakers, who are now number one in the Western Conference, have Kidd and Randolph as their second-best players. Their statistics and performance this season are fully qualified to be in the All-Stars. If Kidd is the one who was tricked by Rondo, The public opinion storm that has turned into a non-offensive game has not yet calmed down, and the league's reputation is still underestimated. So Randolph's reputation is really rising. After defeating Duncan in the playoffs last year, Randolph was terrible. The reputation of tofu and big brushes has been changed. In addition, Randolph's 21 points and 12 rebounds this season are really brutal. What's more, the Lakers are still first in the Western Conference this season!
There are also second-in-command Afflalo of the Mavericks, the second-best team in the Western Conference, Carter, the second-in-command of the fifth-place Grizzlies in the Western Conference, and Gasol, the second-in-command of the sixth-place Suns in the Western Conference, Stoudemire and Marion, the third-in-command of the sixth-place Suns in the West.
These players can all qualify for the All-Stars.
Of course, the second and third players of these Western Conference teams all have All-Star ability and are qualified to enter the All-Stars, but after all, they are all second and third players. There is controversy, but the controversy is not that explosive.
The controversy that really explodes is those who are undrafted as team leaders.
The biggest controversy is of course Rudy Gay, the leader of the Timberwolves who are currently seventh in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves have performed very well this season and have transformed from a team that has been in the lottery for a long time to a team that can rank seventh in the Western Conference. Team.
This performance is of course related to the growth of Yi Jianlian, the core of the Timberwolves' tactics. The Timberwolves' tactical system is very important to Yi Jianlian, who is the core of the tactics. This season, Yi Jianlian averaged 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game. He is already an All-Star. All-round offensive inside.
But apart from Yi Jianlian, the fact that the Timberwolves are so strong this season has a lot to do with the team's boss Rudy Gay. Rudy Gay's average of 22 points and 8 rebounds per game this season does not seem to be that outstanding, but he is still With 2 steals and 1.5 blocks, his scoring at critical moments is second only to Yes in the entire Western Conference!
Before the league announced the All-Star substitute lineup, many people felt that Gay would definitely be selected.
But in the end Guy was still defeated.
In addition to Gay, the last team boss who was defeated in the selection is Aldridge, who is now the tenth Blazers boss in the Western Conference. He can average 22+9 per game and lead the team to a 50% winning rate in the Western Conference. The boss of the team is also Nick Young, the boss of the Los Angeles Lakers, who is now eleventh in the Western Conference. The Los Angeles Lakers are also a team with a record of more than 50%, and they are also a super team killer. This season is extremely bright. Nick Young averages 27 points per game. Excellent.
In addition, Chris Paul, the boss of the Thunder, who is twelfth in the Western Conference and has a record of more than 50%, has 23 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds. As a traditional point guard, this is terrifying and incredible. According to the data, without Chandler, the Thunder can still have a winning rate of more than 50% in the extremely competitive Western Conference. Chris Paul's leadership ability is really incredible.
There is also Mike Beasley, the 15th-ranked boss in the Western Conference. This super rookie with the nickname of Oakland Saint, although his performance in leading the team is a bit poor, but in terms of data, popularity, and reputation, where is the difference? And what does the Warriors' poor performance have to do with Mike Beasley?
It can be said that this year's Eastern and Western All-Stars have too many things that slipped through the net.
Therefore, the terrifying momentum caused by these fish that slipped through the net is quite surprising even to David Stern, who is criticized for the All-Star selection every year.
Every year after the All-Star announcement, the league's selections create controversy.
As the president of the league, he is not afraid of such controversy. On the contrary, he likes such controversy.
As the president, what he fears most is the lack of controversy. The lack of controversy means that there are only 24 players with All-Star ability in the league, and on average there is less than one per team.
This is very dangerous!
This means that the competitiveness of the league has dropped to an extreme, which means that his league has become weak and the games will become less exciting.
How is it like this season? Looking at the newspaper in my hand, even David Stern has no idea that so many people in his league are being complained about by the media.
In addition to the 24 players selected for the All-Stars, there are no less than 25 players who have been criticized by the media!
What does this mean?
This means that his league has at least fifty All-Star players!
Coupled with some All-Star players such as Ginobili and Parker who have All-Star ability but have not been noticed by the media due to low-profile or other reasons, his league probably has no less than 60 players with All-Star ability. !
What a spectacle!
In other words, each team in his league has more than 2 All-Star players on average!
The NBA this season is considered to have created several miracles, that is, the intensity of competition is rare in history. The competition between the Eastern and Western Conferences is fierce at the same time. There are ten teams in the Eastern Conference that are qualified to make the playoffs, and there are even more in the Western Conference. Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs.
The Rockets, who had the best record in the league last year, could only be ranked ninth in the Western Conference in such a fierce atmosphere.
Even though there are many reasons for the Rockets' poor record this season. The departure of Artest and Ariza in McGrady's hands has greatly reduced the team's bench strength, but there is no doubt that this team is still strong. Yao Ming, Roy are superstars, Gerald Wallace, and Scola are quasi-All-Star players.
All the Rockets are like this in the Western Conference, it's not that they are not good enough, it's that other teams in the Western Conference and other teams in the league are better than the Rockets!
The Rockets have two superstars and two quasi-All-Stars.
The Lakers, who are first in the Western Conference, have three superstars and two All-Star players. The Mavericks, who are second in the Western Conference, have one superstar, two All-Stars, and three quasi-All-Stars. The Nuggets, who are third in the Western Conference, have one superstar, two All-Stars, and three quasi-All-Stars. The Spurs, fourth in the Western Conference, have two superstars and two All-Stars, the Grizzlies, fifth in the Western Conference, have one superstar, two All-Stars, and two quasi-All-Stars, the Suns, sixth in the Western Conference, have one superstar, two All-Stars, and three quasi-All-Stars, and the seventh-place Timberwolves in the Western Conference There are three All-Stars and two quasi-All-Stars. The eighth-ranked SuperSonics in the Western Conference have one superstar, two All-Stars and one quasi-All-Star.
The Rockets' lineup of two superstars and two quasi-All-Stars is indeed very strong, but it is indeed not that strong in the Western Conference.
Of course, even if he is not a basketball professional, David Stern also knows that the team's record cannot be calculated in this way. The Rockets' tactics have changed a lot this season. They have lost many Eastern Conference teams in the previous schedule. The performance will definitely increase, but to what extent is unknown.
In short, the unprecedented controversy caused by the announcement of this year's All-Stars is what David Stern wants to see.
Seeing David Stern smiling while looking at the newspapers in his hands that were criticizing the league, the assistants next to him were a little surprised.
Didn't the president notice that these people were scolding him?
You scold him and he still laughs?
Isn't the CEO... stupid?
After the league announced the All-Star lineup, it seemed that the whole world was criticizing the NBA All-Stars for being unreasonable and criticizing Sun Yue and Rondo for occupying an All-Star position for not-so-good players.
But as the wronged players, Iverson and Ray Allen don't actually care about the All-Stars.
Iverson only pursues one thing now, and that is 30,000 points!
After renewing his contract with the Pistons and ending his dream of pursuing a championship, Iverson's goal was only the scoring he pursued throughout his life!
Now, in addition to scoring, scoring, scoring!
And what about Ray Allen?
After losing to the SuperSonics in last year's finals and missing out on the championship, his only pursuit now is the championship!
Iverson and Ray Allen don't care about the All-Stars. After all, they are a minority. Most of the undrafted All-Star players still care about them.
Even those players who were selected to the All-Stars care.
Of course, what matters is not the All-Star spot, but which team you go to...
As James entered the All-Star Game at the buzzer, his qualification for this year's All-Star game was a bit humiliating. He could forget about entering as a substitute, and the last one whose name was read was David Stern.
This made him a crazy target for Celtics fans, Iverson fans, 76ers fans, Eagles fans, and even Cavaliers fans.
Even if their idol loses the draft, they all think it was James who pushed him out. If he doesn't attack James, who will he attack?
And there are indeed many black spots on his body.
These people who criticize him don't even need to prepare, they can all achieve that kind of reputation, and they all have good reasons.
After being hacked for so long, James has actually opened his eyes a lot. He really doesn't care so much about the fans and the local media. What he cares about now is which team he will go to!
He doesn’t want to go to Ye’s team or Yao’s team!
It's a pity that there is no James team in this world.
At the same time, he was also quite afraid. What if neither Yes nor Yao Ming wanted to select him, and in the end, no one chose him until the last one, and he was finally assigned by the league. What should he do?
He is really worried that neither Yao Ming nor Yes will choose him. When he is the only one left, the two choose to remain silent. In the end, the league can't stand it and assigns him.
That would be a shame among shame!
Now James is worried about what will happen to him in this year's All-Star Game.
Seattle's Jaycee had already boarded a plane to Oakland with his teammates amid the controversy.
On January 21, 2009, the Seattle SuperSonics visited Oakland to challenge the 15th-place Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference. 132 to 121, the Seattle SuperSonics easily defeated the Warriors. The Seattle SuperSonics won their longest five-game winning streak of the season. In this game, Beasley scored 46 points over Ibaka, who was very similar to his good brother Durant. After this game, Beasley had 20+ points in 43 consecutive games, and his scoring average reached 30 points per game.
Despite such an outstanding season performance, the expression on Beasley's face was still modest. Yes even saw Beasley's unhappy face after the game because the team lost.
The same goes for Rose, and so does Beasley. Today's young people are indeed amazing.
Yes looked at Beasley's back with appreciation.
"Oh, I have to pay off the mortgage again..."
The gloomy look on Beasley's face made Ye Si appreciate it, made the Warriors fans at the scene extremely distressed, and made the Warriors players on the court extremely respectful.
On January 23, 2009, two days after the SuperSonics defeated the Warriors in an away game, the SuperSonics defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 114-107 in Los Angeles. The Seattle SuperSonics' winning streak continued.
Almost at the same time, the league announced that it would invite Ye Si and Yao Ming to New York on January 24, 2009 to participate in the 2009 All-Star player selection meeting.
For a moment, the media, which was originally aggrieved for losing the All-Star selection, put aside all controversies and focused on this novel All-Star player selection conference!
"Who will choose first?"
"Who's going to be the first to go?"
"Who will be chosen last?"
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