"Incredible!"

After the final results came out, Kenny Smith shouted directly on the TNT show.

"Yes, it's incredible, you know that computers weren't particularly common in China at this time, but they did, incredible."

After the dust settled, Barkley was not stubborn, but half-teasing.

He is really more suitable to be a host than a player.

But his position hasn't changed.

"But I still hope that the next All-Star Game will have some restrictions, otherwise we should really move the All-Star Game to China."

"Hey, Charles, that's not the only problem."

Smith and Barkley had the same point of view, and the show's ratings dropped significantly, and he was starting to get into the opposite role of Barkley again.

Barkley looked at him suspiciously.

"You know Hill is reimbursed for the season, you know Mourning is reimbursed for the season, but they both got a lot of votes, and they can't go to the field, is that not appropriate?"

The topic thrown out by Smith is very novel, but it is essentially the same as Sun Hao's vote king issue, which is a question of voting rules.

"That's their honor."

Barkley said after a moment of silence.

"Hell, they've only played a few games, and we don't deny their greatness in the past, but this season they're more worthy of an All-Star start?"

Smith's next words made the great Barkley speechless.

For the first time, Kenny Smith had the upper hand in a verbal exchange.

"I don't think there's a problem with the rules, it's been around for so many years, and if you can be selected with an injury, why should Sun's votes be limited because of the number of fans in his country?"

"Okay, okay, you won, but I don't think Sun will score many points in the All-Star Game, we all know where his stats come from, the All-Star Game, that's a higher level stage, you want to get a shot, you have to be strong enough."

"Let's wait and see."

At the end of the show, Barkley set up a flag every day, once again filling the fans' expectations.

……

New York, NBA Headquarters.

Stern knew the final outcome of the All-Star vote much earlier.

After watching the reactions of the fans and the media, he was also entangled.

The reaction of the American fans was even greater than he expected, and the result seems to have affected the biggest domestic cake in the United States.

But at the same time, he was excited about the potential market in China.

How many votes there are means how many fans there are, and nearly a million votes, that's just for the past week!

China has a population of 1.3 billion, which is too large.

If it can be developed, it will be the NBA's No. 1 overseas market!

In the end, he decided to wait and see.

When it came to the All-Star Game, look at the number of spectators in the field.

If it is true that the attendance has dropped a lot, he is considering some limits on the number of votes.

If not, then there is no need to change the rules at all.

After making his decision, he made another call to the Union office.

After the staff came in, he explained the matter as soon as possible.

……

"Eggplant."

"Eggplant"

In the Dallas villa, Sun Hao is studying how to burn eggplant.

To maintain Nowitzki and Nash's favorability, he had to invite them to dinner at home from time to time.

But no matter how delicious things are, he gets tired of eating them, and he has to research some new dishes.

"On the 100 Ways to Cook Eggplant"

Magpie, no matter what Sun Hao says in his mouth, he will learn from it.

"Eggplant in sauce."

"Eggplant"

"Braised eggplant in oil."

"Eggplant."

"Minced eggplant."

"Eggplant"

……

But it seems that it can't learn if it's too complicated, and all the magpie keeps talking about is eggplant.

It's like Tang Seng chanting the scriptures, and he will be recited away.

"Shut up! Add eggplant and you'll be eggplant in the future! ”

"Shut up"

“……”

"I want to eat braised magpies!"

After Sun Hao finished saying this, the magpie moved his head to look at him, and finally stopped talking.

Gotcha, this guy isn't stupid.

"Eggplant"

But as soon as he picked up the book in his hand, he came over there again.

Sun Hao put down the book and walked over.

"Yes, you'll call it eggplant from now on."

"Eggplant"

Sun Hao nodded in satisfaction, he felt that the magpie had accepted its new name.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

It's the phone number of the Union office.

The last time he went to pick up the Rookie of the Month trophy, he saved his contact number by the way.

He thought it was the January Rookie of the Month who came out again, but after answering the phone, he found out that it wasn't.

"Invite me to the three-point contest? Yes. ”

The NBA All-Star Game, in addition to the main game, also has a rookie game and some individual events.

The All-Star tournament was held in Washington, D.C., and the individual competition included a three-point contest and a slam dunk contest.

At the time of the all-star voting, the individual competitions have actually begun to be invited.

Sun Hao's three-point shooting percentage this season is among the best, and his average number of shots per game is the highest in the league.

It's normal to be invited to a three-point contest under such circumstances.

Sun Hao has no reason to refuse.

He's new to the league now and needs these small events to fill his trophy arsenal.

By the way, villas in the United States are generally two and a half floors, and that half is the attic upstairs.

Ordinary people use it as a storage room, and Sun Hao directly transformed him into his own trophy library.

……

The NBA game continues.

Shortly after the All-Star starters were announced, the league also announced the awards for January.

Spurs head coach Popovich was named Coach of the Month with his team's 11-2 record.

However, the Player of the Month award was won by Maddie of the Magic team.

The Magic had a 10-3 record in January, and Maddy averaged 29.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 50 percent from the field.

Just like the form shown with the Mavericks before, Maddie is rapidly rising as a rising star.

The four quarterbacks that Su Qun said are likely to go directly to the five quarterbacks in the future.

As we all know, there are five of the four quarterbacks.

The best rookie of the month was won by Sun Hao without any suspense.

It is worth mentioning that this is the third consecutive month that he has won the Rookie of the Month award.

As the No. 24 show, Sun Hao continued to play such performances, and Sun Hao disgraced a group of media experts.

said in hindsight that if they knew that Sun Hao could have such a performance, they should have regarded him as Iverson and directly used the champion to sign him!

There is no harm if there is no comparison, and the intestines of the first 23 teams are afraid that they will regret it.

At this time, a senior basketball manager named Klaus walked silently and handed you a look full of resentment.

But as we entered February, the Mavericks' schedule became tough again.

In the first game after the league announced the major awards, the Mavericks will host another derby against the Spurs.

The NBA schedule sees teams in the same region meet four times in a season, and this is the third time the two teams have met in a season.

The Mavericks lost the first two encounters.

The Spurs can be called the bitter master of the Mavericks.

And in the last meeting, the Mavericks lost by 11 points, and they were completely out of temper.

What's more, starting with the loss to the Spurs, they were caught up in a struggling run back in December.

Now February has a difficult schedule, and it has reached a similar juncture.

The word bitter master lives up to its name.

But this is also Texas.

In the years to come, the Spurs are old, the Mavericks are weak, and Houston is strong, and it will be the famous Texas Big Three illusions.

But any team that goes to Texas to play a round away has to be stripped of a layer of skin if they don't die.

The Texas Civil War, of course, not to mention.

And because of the proximity, you can basically get there by land transportation such as a bus, which is compared to a life-and-death battle of fighting bayonets and taking dry roads.

Nelson Sr. also takes this game very seriously.

In fact, in this day and age, offensive coaches and defensive coaches are always on opposite sides.

The number of defensive coaches is far better than that of the offensive type, and Larry Brown of the 76ers and Popovich of the Spurs are among the representatives.

On the morning of the matchday, the Spurs, who arrived at Dallas a day earlier, practiced at the training hall.

Two hours of training, the front one is semi-closed, and the last half hour is open to the public.

There were also a lot of local reporters from Dallas.

The reporter asked a lot of questions about the game, and Popovich was flashy and didn't answer the question.

This is also Popovich's usual trick.

Of course, don't compare him in his early 50s with the future 60-somethings.

At this time, he was decisive and ruthless, but he would not do anything boring like poisoned milk.

The reporter can't ask about the game, but can only ask some off-field questions.

For example, Duncan was selected as an All-Star.

"Tim deserves more votes, and there's no doubt he's already the best big man in the league."

Popovich was upset about his protégé, because Duncan lost to the Kings' Chris Webber even in the forward vote.

"What do you think of Duncan's matchup with Nowitzki tonight, who got a close match to Thiem in the All-Star vote."

The reporter then asked questions.

But Popovich smiled contemptuously and did not answer the question directly.

Obviously, he didn't feel the need to answer such questions.

"Who do you think will have the advantage between Duncan and Nowitzki?"

The reporter thought he hadn't heard clearly, and repeated the question again.

"Why do you ask the question of who has the upper hand when a lion and an antelope meet?"

Popovich asked rhetorically, leaving the reporter speechless.

"Maybe the antelopes will prevail, and if there are enough of them, the lions will be strangled."

Seeing that the reporter had nothing to say, he showed his cold joke skills again.

There were other journalists who were amused, but the meaning behind the cold joke was self-evident.

"What do you think of Sun being elected as the All-Star vote winner?"

The reporter asked another question related to Sun Hao.

"That's fine."

What the reporter didn't expect was that this time Popovich spoke well.

But soon, the reporter found out that he was still too young.

"Don't try to trick me, I don't want to get a ticket from the league."

Another Popovich-esque joke, but it made his position clear.

Whether it is Nowitzki or Sun Hao, such votes are meaningless in his opinion.

……

"Did he really say that?"

The Mavericks' training was scheduled for the afternoon, and when the reporter relayed Popovich's answer to Nelson Sr., Nelson Sr. looked very ugly.

He is the last tolerable player to be denigrated by others.

"That's, at night he'll know who's the lion and who's the antelope!"

Nelson Sr. was not as "smart" as Popovich, and he said it was much more direct.

When he returned to the locker room after the interview, he closed the door directly.

"Popovich said we are a herd of antelopes, are you willing to be antelopes?"

Blowing a beard and glaring, old Nelson has no beard, but he shows that angry expression vividly.

Needless to say, the Mavericks' reaction must have been to shake their heads, and they were equally angry.

Who would want to be an antelope!

"I don't care how your next game will go, but tonight against the Spurs, you have to give it your all!"

Old Nelson was really angry.

The team members also responded one after another.

Texas Civil War, they don't coward!

"Sun, do you think this could be done on purpose by Popovich?"

When Nelson Sr. was gone, Nash came over and spoke.

Since solving the problem of the ball possession of the two, Nash has become Sun Hao's "close friend".

Of course, Nash is still smart and sharp.

"Who knows? But the antelope is also very hard to kick. ”

Sun Hao said with a smile.

Nash will soon understand.

"Then let's kick them in the ass!"

Sun Hao nodded.

To be honest, the current Popovich is very different from the Popovich in his impression.

So he didn't know if Popovich was just saying those things to express his own personal thoughts, or to provoke old Nelson.

If it's the latter, it's clear that he's succeeded.

Then let Popovich feel the wrath of their herd of "antelopes"!

……

That night, the arena of the American Route Center was full.

The Mavericks had a stellar January season, coupled with Cuban's continued price cuts and various ways to stimulate the market.

Cuban himself, wearing his favorite blue Maverick shirt, was on the sidelines and cheered on the team at home as he usually does at home.

Right now in Dallas, the ball market looks like it's thriving.

Sun Hao also saw more Chinese fans who came to support him at the scene.

Gu Yi has already begun to promote the construction of Chinatown, coupled with Sun Hao's outstanding performance on the field in the past.

The two complement each other, and the Chinese market in Dallas is developing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

When warming up before the game, Sun Hao looked at the Spurs twice.

This Spurs team is still a two-tower lineup, and the style of play focuses on defense.

Especially the interior defense, which is solid.

This may be the reason why Popovich is so confident.

Aside from bugs like O'Neal's, there really isn't much inside that can take advantage of the Spurs.

But in fact, this Spurs team has not come to their peak defense.

The biggest reason is because Bowen, the top forward defender, is still watching the beach beauties in Miami!

Without Bowen's Spurs, he met him after the badge exploded.

It was destined to be a beautiful "encounter". Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens