The All-Star Game of the four major sports leagues in the United States has been constantly changing since its inception, and in fact this change is a constant process of compromise and coordination between fans, players and teams.

The operation of commercial sports leagues is inseparable from fans, and in a way, fans are God, so the selection of all-star players must take care of the preferences of fans. But if the All-Star selection is all in the hands of the fans, there will be some unfairness to the players.

Fans will only choose All-Star players based on their preferences. For example, if a player is crazy liked by fans, then even if his strength is not up to the level of an All-Star, or he is out of the season due to injury, or his form this season is very poor, the fans can still make him an All-Star.

On the contrary, a player has the strength of an All-Star, but because he is not popular with fans, or is in a small ball market with fewer fans, then he can't make it to the All-Star in the end, which is obviously unfair to him.

In the history of the NBA, in the years when All-Star players were selected by fans, the 24 All-Star players selected each year did not change much, and there were even many so-called All-Star "nail households", no matter what his stats were, or what kind of injury status, he would steadily occupy an All-Star position. As for many powerful new faces, it is difficult to make it into the All-Star lineup.

Compared with the fans, the head coaches of the teams, the players of the teams and those sports reporters are much better than the fans in terms of professionalism, they will not only look at the data, but will look at the contribution of the players to the team, the all-star players in the eyes of professionals are often very different from the all-star players in the eyes of fans. Theoretically, voting for All-Stars by professionals is also the fairest way for players, and it can also objectively reflect the strength of players this season.

But if the All-Star selection power is handed over to the professionals, the fans will be unhappy, and if the fans are unhappy, the ratings for All-Star Weekend will drop. As a commercial league, we would never dare to ignore the feelings of the fans.

Eventually, the All-Star selection rules evolved over the decades into a combination of fans and professionals, with fans and reporters voting to determine the All-Star starters, and the All-Star bench being voted on by the coaching staff.

Now, Chen Qiang has decided to adopt this kind of selection method that combines fans and professionals, which can not only take care of fans, but also ensure the fairness of the all-star selection.

It's just that Chen Qiang's new basketball league has only nine teams, and all teams are concentrated in the eastern region of the United States, and there is no such thing as an all-star confrontation between the east and the west.

Chen Qiang simply borrowed the model of the future All-Star Game, first producing 24 All-Star players, and then letting the two All-Star head coaches pick people to play a confrontation game.

Chen Qiang has a complete set of plans for holding the All-Star Game, and the executives of other teams have no objections, for them, this All-Star Game is also very new, and if it can be successfully held, it can indeed bring benefits to the teams. If nothing else, one or two stars per team are selected as All-Stars, which can also attract more fans to follow the team.

So in the end, everyone voted to hold the first All-Star Game, and the venue for the first All-Star Game was chosen at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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The new season has begun, and the opening game is the New York Knicks vs. the Rochester Royals.

Martin, a New York Knicks fan, booked tickets early for the entire season. It was ticket day, and he rushed to the ticket office at Madison Square Garden to get his tickets for the opener.

"The tickets are not the same as last season, they seem to be bigger than last season's." Martin flipped the ticket over and found a blank space on the back of the ticket, with a line of small text next to it: "First All-Star Game, vote for your favorite players."

"All-Star Game? I remember that MLB in baseball also had an All-Star Game, right? However, the All-Star Game of baseball is a game between two of the strongest teams, and fans do not have the right to choose All-Star players. Martin said to himself.

Immediately afterward, Martin saw several ballot boxes in front of the entrance to Madison Square Garden.

"In the All-Star ballot box, fans only need to write the name of their favorite player in the blank space of the ticket, and then put the request for votes into the ballot box, and the vote is completed." Martin nodded silently.

"Who should I vote for? There are several players on the New York Knicks team that I like! Let's wait until the game starts and see how the players perform! Anyway, the voting deadline is until the beginning of next year, so it's not too late to vote again. Martin said to himself.

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Max Zaslowski is a native of New York, and he's also this year's No. 1 pick.

A few months ago, Max Zaslowski was struggling with whether to join the Army or participate in the New League Draft, but he accepted the tryout offer and came to Madison Square Garden for a tryout, and all teams showed interest in the strong, scoring interior player.

As a New Yorker, Max Zaslowski still hopes to play for the Knicks, but unfortunately it backfired, and the Knicks' ranking last season was simply impossible to have a high pick, and an excellent athlete like Max Zaslowski could not be selected. In the end, the Rochester Royals, who were at the bottom of last season, selected him with the first pick.

After all, the Rochester Royals are an amateur team turned professional, and if it weren't for Chen Qiang's large sponsorship, the Rochester Royals would have to struggle for several more years before they become a professional team. As a team that has just turned professional, it is normal for the Rochester Royals to be relatively weak, and it is not surprising that they finished bottom of the league last season.

But it was the bottom of the league that they got Max Zaslowski, the top scorer.

The fact that Max Zaslowski has been able to maintain the title of the youngest first team for 60 years shows that he is already a top athlete at a young age. His honor was broken by LeBron James, and it is no exaggeration to say that if the draft environment of later generations was applied to 1943, Max Zaslowski would receive no less attention than LeBron James in 2003.

And Max Zaslowski's first game of the new season is against the New York Knicks on the road.

For Max Zaslowski, it was a blessing that his first professional basketball game was played back home, but it was a pity that he wore the away jersey.

"That's my son, that tall guy is my son!" On the sidelines, Max Zaslowski's parents proudly introduced themselves to the surrounding audience.

A person next to him said: "In order to cheer for your son, you came to New York from Rochester, which is also very hard. ”

"No, we're originally New Yorkers, and we live in Brooklyn." Zaslovsky's father replied.

The other party was slightly surprised, and then asked, "Then why didn't your son play in Rochester instead of the Knicks?" ”

"My son was the top pick in this year's draft, and the Rochester Royals were the first to draft him!" My father still said proudly.

"It turned out to be a newcomer, so I hope he can perform well!" The other party said very casually, obviously not taking Zaslovsky, the champion in his eyes.

As if noticing that the other man was just casually responding, he said, "If my son is doing well, you can put his name on the All-Star ballot, remember, his name is Max Zaslovsky." ”

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Two hours later, the game was over, and the man had literally written the name "Max Zaslowski" on his name, even though he was a player from the away team.

In this game, Max Zaslowski played very well, he scored 24 points, which was definitely a star-level statistic at the time. Although in the end, the royal team still lost the game due to the lack of bench depth, but Max Zaslowski's performance gave people hope for the future of the royal team.

When Max Zaslowski walked off the court, many people in the audience stood up and cheered for him, although he is not a Knicks player, he is a New Yorker, and in the city of New York, he can get the support and applause of the fans.

Martin, who bought a ticket for the season, also wrote Zaslowski's name on his ticket.

And when the statistics were made after the game, what was unexpected was that at the ballot box in Madison Square Garden, the most votes were not the players of the New York Knicks, but Zaslowski!

The new No. 1 player, Max Zaslowski, conquered the audience of the New York Knicks in just one game.

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Philadelphia, the Warriors just won the game, and the team's star Joe Fox relied on that jumper to score 26 points.

"Joe! Joe! Joe! The audience was all chanting Joe Folks' name.

Joe Fox smiled heartily, judging from the enthusiastic performance of the live audience, there will definitely be a place for him at the All-Star Game to be held early next year.

"Joe, you did a fantastic job today!" A teammate stepped forward and said, "I heard there's a shooting contest at next year's All-Star Game, do you want to go to it?" ”

"Shooting contest? Is it better than mid-to-long-range shooting? Haha, it's a tailor-made race for me, of course I'm going to go! Joe Fox smiled and nodded, in his opinion, the champion of the shooting contest was already him.

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Chicago, where there is no basketball team from the New League, but as the second largest city in the United States, advertisements for the All-Star Game have spread to Chicago.

On the basketball court at DePaul University, a big man with glasses is doing switchback running.

The big man's movements are a bit clumsy, and because of his glasses, he always has to hold his nose and eyes from time to time, which makes his movements even more funny.

Finally, the switchback run training was over, and the big man leaned against the wall and rested with his companions.

"George, have you heard? That new basketball league is going to have an All-Star Game this year! Voting for the selection of athletes has begun! The companion spoke.

"I read the news in the newspaper, and it was said to be held in New York, but unfortunately it was a bit far away, otherwise I would have liked to see it." The big man with glasses spoke.

"George, I've heard that this All-Star Game, there is a slam dunk contest, which is specifically for dunks. I think you'll be able to participate, you're 6'8" tall! There aren't many professional players who are taller than you," said another person next to him.

The big man with glasses smiled, and then said, "It's not easy to dunk, and people are professional basketball players, so they must be much better than me." ”

The big man said this, but there was a look of yearning on his face, obviously he wanted to try that slam dunk contest.

The big, bespectacled man was George McCann, who was now a freshman at DePaul University. At this time, George McCann has not yet practiced the technique of dominating the basket with one hand, he is clumsy, not fast enough, not so good at confrontation, the level of jumping is relatively average, and he is also short-sighted, except for his height, this future superstar is simply useless!

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The hype about the All-Star Game is overwhelming, and because baseball's MLB has been running the All-Star Game for ten years, Americans are no strangers to the All-Star Game, and many people have even watched the MLB All-Star Game with their own eyes.

However, things like the Skill Challenge, the Shooting Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest are unheard of and unseen, and this is perhaps the only thing that the American people find new.

People who play sports will have a competitive heart, every athlete wants to win the game, and those who have a more Buddhist mentality will definitely not become excellent athletes. So when it was announced that the new league was going to have an All-Star Game, every player in the league expected to be selected. Even the substitutes were hoping for good luck to befall them.

For players, being selected as an All-Star is not only an honor, but also a recognition from fans.

After the end of the first month of the new season, the league also announced the voting of All-Star players in the first month.

The players at the top of the rankings are naturally happy, while the players at the bottom of the rankings are not so happy. Some players even feel that their strength is not weaker than the players in front of them, and even their own strength is stronger, and they should get more votes.

After the ranking of this All-Star vote was announced, many players, especially those who only think they are very powerful, are definitely unwilling to lag behind, and in order to get more votes, they start to play harder and show their ability on the field.

An All-Star Game vote stirred up a sense of competition in the hearts of the players, and as the competition between the players intensified, the game became more and more exciting.

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