The weather in Dallas continued to get colder in January, but the fans were enthusiastic.

Because at this time, the league announced the results of the first round of voting for the 2003 Atlanta All-Star Game, and the names of Mavericks players appeared frequently.

On the western side, Sun Hao's first round of votes won three consecutive villages.

Nowitzki also finished his career for the first time, surpassing Duncan and Garnett on the ballot to lead the Western Conference Forward.

But on the eastern side, the dominant person is unexpected.

40-year-old Jordan!

Well, Jordan's votes are very close to Sun Hao's.

This is obviously not just because of individual strength.

Jordan's previous "last dance" remarks were meant to boost the morale of the Wizards, but it also made fans go crazy to vote for him in the All-Star Game.

Because, with Jordan's current age, the possibility of a comeback after retirement is zero.

In other words, this is Jordan's "last dance" season and Jordan's "last dance" at the All-Star Game!

Of course, this has a lot to do with Jordan's sentence last year, "The reason why I came back was because of my bet with Sun Hao".

That sentence was the best canvassing at the time, and Sun Hao finally got 2.51 million votes, breaking Jordan's all-time all-star vote record of 2.5 million.

But in the same way, that sentence also won Jordan the favor of a large number of Chinese fans.

As a result, after Jordan announced the "last dance" this year, Chinese fans also voted for him wildly.

When it comes to gratitude, Chinese fans are second to none.

Jordan, unconsciously, helped himself.

Jordan was followed by Yao Ming, and then Maddie.

Maddie: Meow meow?

Jordan is a vivid example, and after Stern has decided not to adjust the voting ratio of Chinese fans, the influence of Chinese fans on the All-Star Game vote is unparalleled.

With Maddy playing such a crazy season and still ranking third in the East, it seems like there are only two options for these All-Stars.

Option 1: Continue to resist the current voting rules as before, even though this has proven useless in the past two years;

Option 2: Find a way to please Chinese fans.

The January contest continues, and so does the All-Star voting.

It was also at this time that two small and small things happened in the alliance.

First, Trail Blazers assistant coach Mike D'Antoni ran to the Warriors.

It's not surprising that D'Antoni was just a member of the coaching staff with the Trail Blazers and became the No. 1 assistant coach with the Warriors.

This can be regarded as a promotion and salary increase in disguise.

Here's the problem...... This happened in the middle of the season!

Another message from this is that the Trail Blazers, the former powerful and notorious "Portland Prison", have begun to fall apart from the players to the coaching staff.

The second is about the all-star vote.

In fact, reporters and fans also realized that in the case that the league has no intention of changing the voting rules, it has become mandatory to show favor to Chinese fans.

"Do you think Yao is the best center in the East?"

But when the reporter threw the question to Carter, who is likely to be squeezed out of the All-Star starter due to injury, the "UFO" answered decisively.

"Nope."

Historically, Carter was complained by fans and the media in the same year because he refused to take the initiative to give Jordan a starter.

In fact, in this year in history, if you take the initiative to start and be accepted by Jordan, it will be a good story and the best inheritance.

But Carter was just as decisive in refusing.

I have to say that Carter didn't learn the course [Emotional Intelligence] very well.

The reporter threw the same question at Maddie.

Maddie's attainments in this class are much better than Carter's.

"Yes, he's so tall and has so much flexibility, it's incredible, I played with him two years ago when I was on Adi China and he was very, very good."

Look, this is called "emotional intelligence".

In fact, although Maddie in history has a mild personality, her emotional intelligence has always been high.

It was also this year in history, Maddie was the first to stand up and say that he would give up the starting position to Jordan, you must know that his energetic performance this year made him one of the top four quarterbacks and became a veritable "Jordan's successor".

Another thing is that many NBA superstars have said that they want to play in the CBA after retiring, but in the end only Maddie really goes, which has also won him a lot of popularity and financial gains.

Then, when the results of the second round of NBA voting came out, Maddie's votes directly threw Carter off by a large margin.

By the time the results of the third round of ballots came in, Carter was almost out of sight of Maddy's taillights.

Cousin, this time I finally crushed my cousin in all directions.

Then, the cousin panicked.

After the game against the Wizards, Carter ...... Changed his tune!

"Yao is a very good big man, he seems to be able to do everything, scoring, rebounding, assists, defense, he's one of the best big guys."

The reporter didn't ask Yao Ming's question, and Carter took the initiative to ask it.

This...... Really fragrant?

But it's really Carter.

In history, Carter refused to let him start, but when he got to the main game, he pushed Jordan to the starting lineup again.

However, it was too late.

After the final results of the All-Star voting came out, Carter was ultimately not selected from the starting lineup.

East: Iverson, Maddy, Jordan, O'Neal Jr., Yao Ming.

Originally, with Carter's popularity, even if he didn't have as many votes as Jordan, he wouldn't lose to O'Neal Jr.

But just like in history, even if he gave up the starter, he was complained by the fans because he refused to take the initiative, he said that Yao Ming, Chinese fans would rather give the ticket to O'Neill Jr. than give him it.

West: Sun Hao, Kobe, Nowitzki, Duncan, O'Neal.

This time Popovich was happy, because the person who was squeezed out was finally not Duncan.

But this is really not to blame Chinese fans, although Duncan is low-key, the Spurs are now much stronger than the Timberwolves.

And the name of Garnett 58, unless it is inherited, it is too deep to jump out!

Garnett:......

After the All-Star starting list was confirmed, the next thing that attracted attention was the bench list and the individual competitions.

Sun Hao once again received an invitation to the league's single competition, but this time in addition to the three-point game, he also received an invitation to the slam dunk contest!

This...... Are you sure it wasn't a mistake?

Or is he underestimating his dunk prowess? In fact, before he knew it, he had grown into a super buckleman?!

Well, he himself didn't believe it.

However, it is understandable why the alliance is doing this.

The slam dunk contest in the past few years has been too lacking in highlights, and last year was even called the worst slam dunk contest in history by fans.

Stern, for sure, doesn't want this to continue.

Therefore, in the case of not being able to persuade the super buckle to participate, he can only try to make some gimmicks.

That's what he's good at.

Sun Hao, said he thought about it.

At the end of January, the league announced the All-Star bench and individual event rosters.

Sun Hao's name did not appear in the list of individual competitions.

This is also expected, if you can't win the championship, to participate is to play a supporting role for others, this kind of thing is not his style.

Sun Hao did not appear in the single event, and fans felt that they could skip this day's game again.

Still, the All-Star bench list is still interesting.

East: Kidd, Francis, Carter, Pierce, Jamal Mashburn, Antoine Walker, Ben Wallace;

Anyway, the head coaches of the league gave Carter face and didn't let him miss the All-Star Game.

West: Payton, Marbury, Nash, Bodiloga, Marion, Chris Webb, Garnett.

Nash, who was selected to the All-Star Game for the first time in his career!

While it's still too early to tell, at least judging by the results of this season, Nash's departure from the Mavericks isn't necessarily a good thing.

It is also worth mentioning Marion, who has averaged 21.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.2 blocks per game at this time.

Before Nash went to Phoenix, he was already strong in history.

……

The Mavericks suffered a wave of injuries heading into February, and the team's record has been up and down.

However, this is common throughout the season, and by the time of the All-Star break, their record was fixed at 39-9, still at the top of the league.

As a result, Nelson Sr. became the head coach of the All-Star Game of the Western Conference for two consecutive years.

Old Nelson was full of red light, nothing else mattered, the important thing was to continue to suppress Popovich.

And this time, the Mavericks have three people selected, as well as his former love apprentice Nash.

If you talk to Popovich for a few words, he will definitely be able to kill his opponent in an instant.

For example: "Congratulations, Duncan is finally the starter this time." ”

Another example: "I knew I had asked Nash to leave Dallas early, you see I delayed him from becoming an All-Star." ”

Or: "I really didn't vote for Bodiloga, you won't vote for him, will you?" ”

It's just that, with Popovich's "ingenuity", the chances of an All-Star weekend in Atalanta are slim.

……

As early as December this year, the people of Adidas asked Sun Hao to design his second signature sneaker.

At Sun Hao's suggestion, this signature sneaker adds a Chinese twist.

Of course, it's not the ugly and handsome kind of Jay, but it adds Chinese character elements.

Of course, it's not the kind of Hao word that takes apart the left foot for a day and the right foot for a day.

It's not ugly, it's low.

Instead, the Chinese character "Sun" was introduced.

Sun has a lot of stories, but for Chinese people, the first thing that comes to mind when they take out this Chinese character alone must be the monkey.

The monkey who is shocking and fearless of everything.

This is very consistent with Sun Hao's temperament in the NBA.

His three points are like that golden rod, piercing everything.

Also, Sun Hao and his Mavericks have been challenging those giants, first the Spurs and then the Lakers, which is also very similar to the monkey's experience.

Even in order to strengthen the association, the background of Sun Zi is soaring clouds and fog, plus a looming golden hoop stick.

This is a signature sneaker with Chinese characteristics.

Adi...... Certainly not stupid.

They counted the sales of last year's .hao and decided it.

The consumption level of Chinese fans is far higher than they imagined.

This sneaker is named 95.

Well, after the initials of Sun Hao's name and his jersey.

Because of Sun Hao's unique jersey number, the name of this shoe is also quite unique.

And just like last year, Adidas designed the sneaker earlier than last year, but they didn't officially launch it until before the All-Star break.

After the success of last year's marketing strategy, Adidas already had the intention of fixing Sun Hao's signature sneakers to the All-Star Game.

Of course, this has also attracted some complaints.

Among them are fans and stars.

Because Adi is completely pushing Sun Hao as the top card!

Sun Hao, after all, it's only the third grade!

Especially Kobe Bryant and Maddie.

East McSicot is now the hottest star in the NBA.

However, this is also the difference between the perspective of sneaker sponsors and fans.

The sponsors are businessmen, and they look at sneaker sales.

Sun Hao's sales of his first signature sneaker last year have already surpassed Kobe Bryant and Maddie, and with the emergence of "Dallas" this year, it has opened up a big cut.

No way, there may be room for improvement in other aspects of China, but there are too many people.

Sun Hao is the most shoe-selling defender, which did not blow others up into scum, but also because the domestic network information is not too developed in this era.

But I can see how much room for improvement in Sun Hao's sneaker sales is, so I recommend that he do it with his toes.

Even, there are some optimistic executives who are looking forward to Sun Hao's shoes being able to become independent in the future and become a sub-brand that can compete with Nike AJ.

Of course, it will take some time to get to that, but it won't be too far.

Like last year, Adi pulled Maddie Kobe and them to be green leaves in order to support Sun Hao.

Maddie continued to show [emotional intelligence] and chatted with Sun Hao very devotedly.

Even, he also chatted with Sun Hao about the possibility of the two playing together in the future.

It's a bit fanciful, but anything is possible.

If you can really cooperate with Maddie at her peak, it will definitely make fans reach new heights.

But Kobe Bryant is not Maddie, and the differences in the personalities of the two are also reflected in the event.

Kobe Bryant, basically no smiles.

He even competed for the king of Los Angeles like that, and Adi's top card was already because he had a good private relationship with Sun Hao.

Kobe Bryant's contract with Adi will expire next year, and it is foreseeable that there will be a bloody storm.

However, Kobe's attitude did not affect the launch of Sun Hao's new shoes.

This sneaker, which is full of Chinese elements, exploded the moment it was unveiled.

Needless to say, this pun on "Sun", coupled with the unique new logo, and Adi's latest sneaker technology.

Like the KB8 in history, it was destined to be a classic sneaker.

Moreover, the response in North America and other regions has been strong.

"I love these shoes! Charles will help me get it! ”

Kenny Smith made no secret of his presence on TNT.

And there's nothing wrong with him, Barkley, his former golden partner, is now Sun Hao's teammate.

If you want to talk about China's cultural export to the outside world, that monkey is definitely a success story.

U.S.-China co-production......

Just kidding, but becoming a domestic virtual character, Sun Wukong is definitely the most well-known one.

……

With Sun Hao's sneakers tending to be an annual topic, the Atlanta All-Star Weekend officially kicked off.

The rookie game on the first day was the highlight.

This year's second-year lineup is quite eye-catching.

Yao Ming, Gasol, Parker, Ginobili, Arenas, Jason Richardson, Sean Battier, Joe Johnson, Tyson, Chandler, Zach Randolph......

It's a grossly underrated draft.

Sun Hao is also very curious about what Yao Ming will do in such a lineup.

Historically, Yao Ming has never appeared on the stage of the rookie game.

ps: Tomorrow will resume the update, happy Dragon Boat Festival~