All-Star voting opened, and all five of the Warriors' starters were on the shortlist.

According to the All-Star voting rules, the starting lineups of the East and West are voted on by fans, and the bench lineup is voted on by coaches. The 15 coaches in each of the East and West are only responsible for selecting the bench roster of their respective leagues, which means that Nelson Sr.'s ballot cannot include players from any team in the Eastern Conference. Each coach is required to select seven players, including two defenders, two forwards, one center and two wildcard holders, and each coach must not have the names of his team's players on their ballot.

Coach selection is also not limited by the position of the player voted by the NBA fans, which means that if the coach of a Western team believes that Randolph is the best candidate for the backup center in the West, he can select Randolph as the backup center in the West, regardless of the position Randolph plays at the time of the fan vote.

NBA coaches tend to choose the stars who lead their teams to great results, and in their opinion, the best players are not the ones who score the most points and play the most fancy, but the players who can help their teams achieve more victories, because for coaches, the NBA is always about how to lead their teams to victory.

It would be a big headache for the Western Conference coach to draft those defenders into the lineup. There's a long list of candidates for Western defender: Steve? Nash, Chris? Paul, Brandon? Roy, Tony? Parker, DeLong? Williams, Manu? Ginobili, Chauncey? Billups, Kobe, Zhou Xuan......

With so many candidates, objectively speaking, there are enough reasons for any of them to be selected for the All-Star Game, but in addition to the starters voted by the fans, the coaches can only choose at most four: two as backup defenders and two as players in unlimited positions.

Popular stars continued to play with peace of mind, while unpopular stars began canvassing operations. Like the tennis team's German? Harris.

Although Harris's stats this season have made him the undisputed star of the Eastern Conference, after the results of the first-round All-Star voting were announced, Harris was intimidated by his own vote percentage, and the 10th Eastern Conference guard even ranked behind Luke? After a player like Ridno, is it because he looks like a monkey?

In order to get an All-Star vote commensurate with his performance, Harris followed Chris's example? Bosh did so last season by launching his own All-Star canvassing video. Team boss Vince? Carter made a cameo, and Yi Jianlian also showed his face.

Harris was inspired by the recent sneaker attack on US President George W. Bush in Iraq. At the press conference, Harris wore a long-sleeved T-shirt of the Nets and said: "Xie Lu, thank you for coming to my press conference, please vote for my All-Star." ”

At this point, a shoe flew over, and Harris dodged sideways, while not forgetting to continue his speech and inform the fans of the voting address. Shoes kept flying at him, and Harris dodged left and right.

Offstage is Vince? Carter and Yi Jianlian stood arrogantly on the sidelines wearing Nets pullovers and shoes, and Carter Young threw another shoe with his hand, while subtitles at the bottom of the screen pointed out that the two were also All-Star candidates. Yi Jianlian stood aside like a bodyguard, and did not throw away the shoes on his hands, slightly restrained. At the end of the video, Harris picks up a lady's boot and says, "Who threw this?" Did you cross over from Iraq? ”

This funny video may really make Harris appear in the All-Star Game.

Zhou Xuan didn't need to canvass for votes, and as Yao Ming predicted, Chinese fans would support him. The results of the first round of voting were announced, and he outvoted Chris? Paul, ranked No. 1 among all point guards, would join Kobe Bryant as the starting guard in the West barring no surprises.

Yao Ming squeezed out O'Neal in his rookie season, and looking at the data, he was not as dazzling as Zhou Xuan at that time, and the enthusiasm of the fans is completely understandable. Zhou Xuan's data is there, there is no need to deliberately hype it up, and Yi Jianlian, even if CCTV5 shouts to vote for him every day, not many people will respond.

Stephen? Jackson is out of the game and is destined to miss the All-Star Game, in addition to Zhou Xuan, the Warriors also have a person who wants to play All-Star, and that is Zach? Randolph.

Randolph not defending? That was true in the past, but not now. Warriors general manager Chris? Mullin said in an interview: "I think he's mature, he's doing everything that's good for the team, and that's going to be tough defensively. He makes everybody on the team better. ”

Zhou Xuan also said more than once that Randolph was a good teammate, and it was time to disprove people's misconceptions about him. At the beginning, many experts thought that the Warriors' acquisition of Randolph through a trade was a brain-dead act, but after the two wins over the Rockets, many people changed their tunes and said that it was a successful big deal. The Rockets have a way to defend the Warriors from the outside, but they can't do anything with Randolph.

What about Zach in Auckland? Randolph's call for an All-Star selection is also rising. Their slogan was: "Vote for his change." ”

Someone at the Oakland Times published an article dedicated to the all-star ballot for Landovla. The article said, "Randolph has always been called a selfish player before, but this season he played very selfless after joining the Warriors, becoming the second biggest surprise after Zhou Xuan, and if the team plays well this year, he will be indispensable." Just for his change, people should also vote for him. ”

After the home win over the Rockets, Warriors head coach Nelson Sr. also strongly supported Randolph's All-Star selection, saying: "I'm not building momentum for Zach, his contribution to the team is obvious, and for that alone, he should be an All-Star." Our record should tell us a lot. Not only is he a player who can score 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, but he can also bring us wins. ”

Randolph had never received so much support, and he was so moved that he wanted to cry after listening to the words of old Nelson.

He has never been an All-Star in his career and is unlikely to be a starter, but of the 25 forward candidates on the Western Conference All-Star list, Randolph ranked fourth in scoring, first in rebounding and second in double-doubles. In the whole league, only David Lee has more double-doubles than him, but everyone knows that Randolph is stronger than David Lee.

Randolph began to be optimistic about his prospects of being an All-Star, saying in an interview: "We're always winning, that's the most important thing, and of course if I can be an All-Star, it means a lot to me." ”

Interestingly, the two people who are likely to be selected for the All-Star Game this year are both previously underdogs. And even if Jackson, who is optimistic about Lu, is not injured or injured, he is not as popular as Zhou Xuan now, and Margeti is not mentioned by many people.

Twice defeated his eldest brother Yao Ming, Zhou Xuan continued to enhance his influence in the NBA. He and Yi Jianlian also formed a stark contrast, one was desperately hyped by the Chinese media before he entered the alliance, but he didn't play it. The other was that the Chinese media didn't bother to mention at first, but it quickly conquered the fans. Opportunity is one thing, and ability is always the most important.

Relying on star effect and super offensive power, the sales of related clothing products of the Warriors have been the first in the league, which has never been the case before. The home courts of other teams are also taking advantage of Zhou Xuan's price increase, and the Warriors will play the Nuggets next time on the road, and the Nuggets have raised the cheapest ticket price to $44, an increase of nearly 20%. According to Yahoo Sports, the brand value that Zhou Xuan now brings to the table is roughly estimated to be more than $20 million.

It was a tough game against the Nuggets. In the playoffs, the Nuggets will also be a serious competitor to the Warriors. They are third in the West, which also surprises the pundits.

Zhou Xuan took a plane to Denver, and Nie Yuyan and Liu Yang went to his apartment to play game consoles.

After playing for a while, Liu Yang asked, "Where have you developed?" Why did you run back to the dormitory as soon as he came back, and didn't stay here? ”

"Too fast, huh?" Nie Yuyan blushed.

"You've known each other for three months, and you're still elementary school classmates, oh my God, you're all too conservative." Liu Yang sighed.

"We have a ...... to hold hands"

"Please, are you junior high school students? We're college students, and it's America. ”

Nie Yuyan felt that fast development was not necessarily a good thing, so she shook her head and smiled: "Don't talk about this, playing games, his mind is also on basketball, I think it's good." ”

In fact, she was also a little worried, I don't know if Zhou Xuan thinks like Liu Yang. In Zhou Xuan's laptop, Liu Yang also found a hidden folder in which several A-movies were downloaded, he was not the kind of person who had no desires.

On the plane, Zhou Xuan was sitting with Azubuk, humbly asking for advice.

"Corunna, do you have any great ideas for a date? Romantic? ”

Azubuk thought for a while and said with a smile: "You are the right person, is it not easy to be romantic?" You can sail a luxury yacht out on the San Francisco coast and enjoy the sun and sea breeze. Prepare candles, cakes. You can pretend to be fishing, then put the prepared necklace in a box, hang it on a hook, and catch it for her. ”

"Wow." Zhou Xuan was shocked a lot, it sounded really good, he could actually propose. "But I don't know how to drive a yacht, how much does it cost to rent a yacht?"

Azubuk shook his head and said, "This is going to wait until you do it in the summer, and now go to blow the sea breeze in December, I'm afraid that you will catch a bad cold." So if you want to be romantic, let's go to the aquarium together, and then watch a love movie. ”

"This seems too simple. Is there a way to get through the realm of two people without anyone bothering you? In the place of the romantic point. Zhou Xuan felt that this was not feasible either.

Azubuk thought about it again and said lightly: "How about going to the playground at night, chartering the Ferris wheel, bribing the staff, sitting on it and stopping in the air when it turns halfway, and then letting the people below set off fireworks, you can talk in the air for 10 to 15 minutes, how about it, not bad?" ”

Watching fireworks from above? I like this too. Zhou Xuan smiled: "Man, thank you, that's it." I'll ask you again when this date is over. ”