Chapter 1207: Noisy World!
In the early morning of January 30, 2014, the results of the much-anticipated NBA All-Star voting were announced.
Because this All-Star Game is likely to be the most special one in NBA history, the final result of this All-Star voting can really be called the focus of the world's attention.
This also includes players from the Seattle SuperSonics.
At this point, David Stern and the alliance are still very good, and they didn't create any suspense with this result.
Come out when you need to.
After the game against the Heat, the Seattle SuperSonics players had already gotten the final result when they returned to the locker room.
Durant, Leonard, Antetokounmpo, Yees and Rondo are all five people who occupy all the starting positions.
Suffice it to say, this is what everyone in the Seattle SuperSonics is looking forward to except for James Harden!
One team occupies all the starters, and this is the opportunity and fuse for David Stern and the NBA to reform this All-Star Game.
Now it's finally done!
For a moment, the locker room of the Seattle SuperSonics was thunderous.
Except, of course, James Harden.
Seeing that the other teammates were cheering and being presumptuous, James Harden couldn't help but celebrate, so he raised his hands weakly on the side, raised his hands and shouted weakly, that look, it looked quite funny.
"James, Rajan's popularity was originally the highest in the entire NBA except for Yes, although it used to be a bad name, but after this season's successful whitewashing, the bad reputation has become a good reputation, now don't say it's you, even Jordan's resurrection can't compete with him."
"James, a little bit of thinking, you are just one million votes behind the second point guard and fifth guard in NBA history, which is 1 million votes higher than the third and fourth guard in NBA history, this is not a failure, this is a success!"
Although Ingalls said this, James Harden also understands that the thing seems to be really this thing.
But he really wants an All-Star starter!
It's not the first time he's been an All-Star, but he hasn't started a single one.
In other words, he, James Harden, won't be the first player in NBA history to win the MVP and not even make an All-Star start, right?
Thinking of this, James Harden was grumbling, there is no way, who made the miracle generation have six people!
Obviously, there are only five starters in the basketball game, why does the miracle generation have one more?
Have you ever seen five of the Four Heavenly Kings?!
However, grudges aside, James Harden is actually not a person who is not easy to satisfy.
Thinking of the ease he is about to get this season, James Harden is still very happy.
If it weren't for the supersound, if it wasn't for Yes's side, how would he have the glory and achievements he has now?
Man, you will know that you are always happy.
Although the third master of Ha has now slowly had the trend of Ha Lao Liu......
In the midst of resentment......
After the league announced all of this year's All-Star starting lineups, the questions from reporters at the post-game press conferences of the Seattle SuperSonics and Heat turned into questions about this year's All-Stars.
In fact, before the All-Star results were announced, a lot of reporters prepared questions about the relationship between Yes and Wade.
After all, the two were so incompatible before, and in this game, the two actually hugged openly one after another.
What is it that makes things like this?
In fact, even if these reporters asked such a question, Ye Si couldn't answer it.
Because, for Wade's matter, he has never taken the initiative to deal with Wade's relationship with Wade.
Clearly, it was Wade himself who let go of his prejudices.
He has never had any prejudices against Wade, so naturally he can't let it go.
In fact, this is exactly what happened.
After the first game of the season, the game between the SuperSonics and the Cavaliers, Wade put aside his prejudices against Yes.
He had always felt that he was a victim before, and after watching this game, he realized that Yes was much more injured than him.
Compared with James's damage to Yes, James's damage to him can be said to be negligible.
Three years of waiting, three years of forbearance, in exchange for not gentleness but a sword.
After that game, a lot of people said that James was bad and bad.
And he's one of those people.
So, for such a Yes, how can he repay it with a sword and a cold eye?
In the final analysis, everyone is a fallen person.
Of course, these are Wade's thoughts, and Ye Si naturally doesn't know.
And Ye Si was completely unable to think about Wade and this Heat game at this time.
Because he's already surrounded by All-Star questions this year.
"Yes, congratulations, the Seattle SuperSonics will be a miracle that all of them will be selected as NBA All-Stars, which is an unprecedented miracle in NBA history."
"Is it already decided?"
Yass sat down and confirmed to the reporter who asked the question.
"It has been confirmed, after David Stern announced the starting lineup of the All-Stars, he immediately announced that this year's All-Star team will be divided into the SuperSonics and the league team, you are the captain of the SuperSonics, and James will be the captain of the league team, the SuperSonics in addition to the other five starters, the remaining ten players are all selected as substitutes, and the league team in addition to the five starters in the East, the remaining ten bench players will be selected by reporters, coaches and fans, and players according to a certain percentage of votes."
"So, yes, congratulations, you have used your strength to win the right to have the entire alliance unite to challenge you."
"Thank you."
Ye Si nodded earnestly.
Judging by the excited looks on the faces of these reporters right now, they don't think the supersonic Thunderbolt Jackson, Gobert and Whiteside are not worthy of being selected as All-Stars.
As they say, the supersonic won this opportunity with strength.
If you have the ability, you can also play an invincible performance like the SuperSonics this season before the All-Star break, and then occupy all the starters and let the league release the 'league please.'"
"Yes, this year's All-Star Game, because it was temporarily changed to the mode of SuperSonics against the whole league, which means that the SuperSonics have to fight the whole world with the strength of one team, and this All-Star Game will be the most difficult All-Star Game of your career, have you ever thought about how difficult it will be for you and your team in this All-Star Game? A lot of people have said before that you want to leave your failures on the All-Star stage, have you ever discussed before that your first failure of the season will be on the All-Star stage? ”
"We never talked about it, because we never cared about winning or losing before the game started, playing every game well, and then calmly facing all the results of the game, of course, I also know that in this world we are not only a group of people with a competitive spirit, but also a group of people who have extraordinary competitiveness, and also have extraordinary strength, all of us compete on the highest stage, and we are all trying to have a good result every night, so, We don't expect anything before the game, but I don't think the course of the game will disappoint you. ”
After the Seattle SuperSonics and Heat game, the post-game press conference turned into a post-game press conference on the All-Star voting results.
And what's even more surprising is that Ye Si, who has never liked to talk very much before, answered the questions very fully and in great detail this time, and even made people feel that this person is not Ye Si?
Of course, it soon became clear to them that Yes, who was very different from Yes at this press conference, was indeed Yes.
"I don't think we can't pick three players from our team who will compete in the Skill Contest, the Three-Point Contest, and the Dunk Contest."
"There are many, many excellent players in the Seattle SuperSonics team, and the SuperSonics will not make me embarrassed in terms of selection, in addition to me and Rajan, Reggie and James's ball handling skills are also quite good, they have the league's first-class or even super-first-class technology, and for the three-point competition, KD, Kawai, and even Joe and Danny, their three-point shooting rate is above forty percent, as for the dunk contest, Even our two young big men, Gobert and Whiteside, are very good dunks, and in addition to that, James and even KD are pretty good dunks, so I don't have any problems with the selection. ”
"Whether it's in the skills contest or the three-point contest or the dunk contest, we have enough quality to compete with the whole league, and I have a lot of confidence in my players."
The expression on Ye Si's face was very serious, and when he talked about his teammates, his usually cold eyes seemed to be able to radiate light.
Seeing Ye Si like this, how could the reporters below be unfamiliar.
"Yes's 'my teammates are the best' illness again!"
"I said yes today, why did you talk a lot, it turns out that yes is going to recommend his fourteen teammates tonight!"
Looking at Ye Si, who is usually very impatient to answer reporters' questions on the stage, now he takes the trouble to answer questions and recommend his teammates for them, many reporters in the audience are now quite moved and moved while feeling funny and funny.
"In the entire history of the NBA, you can hardly find such a boss, even Jordan at the beginning, was full of suspicion of Pippen, and yes here, he never doubted his teammates, he sincerely hoped that his teammates were good, even better than him."
"So, being a Yes teammate is recognized as the happiest thing for all players in the entire NBA."
Most of the Seattle SuperSonics players are very well-known.
Yees, Durant, Leonard, James Harden, Rondo and Antetokounmpo are the so-called miracle generations.
Even Milicic and Millsap are among the top superstars in the league.
And Tucker, Danny Green and Nick Collison are also quite popular, and the average All-Star player in the league is not as popular as them.
These people really don't need Ye Si's too much promotion.
But people like Ingalls, Whiteside, Gobert and Thunderbolt Jackson need to take the trouble to pitch them.
The all-star stage is not only to give the players all-star status, but also to give the players the feeling of being all-stars.
They all have identities.
But when it comes to All-Star Weekend, how can they feel like an All-Star if they don't have a single reporter who wants to interview them?
At that time, the status of an all-star may become a burden for them.
It can be said that this supersonic all-star affair made Ye Si and the supersonic up and down very happy, but Ye Si also knew that it was also a challenge and pressure.
Of course, for the current SuperSonics and Yes, it is a challenge and pressure to promote these young players of the SuperSonics and make them have the popularity and feeling of an All-Star.
On the other side of the league, the pressure is also quite high.
Because now the All-Star team has fifteen players, but James, Anthony, David Lee, Rose and Kyrie Irving occupy five starting spots.
As far as these five starters in the East are concerned, there may be no problem in the East, but as far as the entire league is concerned, except for James and Anthony, none of the other players can sit in the starting position.
Even with the exception of Rose, David Lee and Kyrie Irving are not on the 15-Star roster selected by 29 teams in the league this year.
With 15 players out of 29 teams, Irving and David Lee are certainly not eligible.
But there is no way, this is the starter, David Lee is a white hope, and he is from the superSonics, and he is also a descendant of the supersonic very recognized, the popularity he has condensed is a BUG in the East, plus the data of 20+10 every season, in the East, it is impossible to kick David Lee out of the starter.
And Kyrie Irving is the same, with a gorgeous style of play, born in the University of Washington, once the first person in the NCAA, after Yes and Curry, the most popular player in the NCAA, Irving's popularity in the United States is also quite high.
Therefore, after these two popular players occupy the two precious places, the remaining 13 places are quite important.
In the current situation of the big demon king of supersonics, whether it is for fame or for his own team, he wants to rub the sharpness of supersonic.
If the SuperSonics continue to win all the way, then this season will really become a carnival for the Seattle SuperSonics, and they will be completely reduced to a supporting role.
Therefore, since it is to beat the supersounds, it is natural to choose the most suitable and strongest player.
But what is the most suitable?
What is the strongest?
This is really quite subjective, it's just a piece of chicken feathers.
I don't know if it was intentional or accidental by the league, but this time in addition to the weight of the fans' votes, there are also the votes of coaches, players and journalists.
This is equivalent to the lineup of the National Discussion Alliance!
"James and Anthony have been selected to the starting lineup, and I don't think there can be a small forward position among the remaining 10 players, and it should be selected from other positions."
As soon as these words came out, the fans of the Timberwolves and Guy were unhappy at first.
"The Seattle supersonics' five small is their trump card, if they can't have a five-small lineup to match it, will they be killed by the supersonics? The league team should have at least five strong small forwards that integrate offense and defense, but the center or point guard position, I think Yao Ming and Curry will do, and the others don't need to come, it's useless at all. ”
"What other people are useless, haven't you watched the two games between the Grizzlies and the SuperSonics, Oden is now the league's No. 1 center, Yao Ming and Oden's twin towers are the key to restraining the supersonic five small, not some passive defense with five small forwards!"
In short, this kind of discussion with the participation of the whole people is basically impossible to reach a consensus, except that it will cause a lot of chicken feathers.
However, this has also led to a big discussion across the league about how to defeat hypersound.
Is it better to have five small against five small or twin towers against five small or some other way?
For a moment, the whole world was in an uproar.
Both the SuperSonics and the League have their own challenges and difficulties after the All-Star start.
While the entire league was still debating what kind of lineup to use to beat the SuperSonics was the most reasonable, Yees and the Seattle SuperSonics began to work hard to promote a few lesser-known players on the team.
On January 31, 2014, the Seattle SuperSonics continued their road trip to take on the Nets in Brooklyn.
In this game against the Nets, O'Neal expressed to Yes that he also wanted to enter this league team, hoping that Yes could build momentum for him.
In the end, Ye Si directly refused.
Although it's good to have Ao Fat as an undercover agent, aren't you a fool's dream?
As for the ten places in the current league team, no matter how you divide them, you can't share them on your fat man.
The League of People team is going to the battlefield this time, and the real thing is to fight in the All-Stars, not for you to go up and be funny.
I have to say that this All-Star Game is definitely the most serious for players on both sides in NBA history.
After rejecting O'Neal's request, YES and the SuperSonics backhand gave the Nets a five-eight in Brooklyn.
However, unlike the previous five or eight, Gobert, Whiteside and Thunder Jackson got a lot of playing time in this game.
And the performance of the three is also very good.
"The SuperSonics starters in this game played less than thirty minutes, Milicic, Millsap, Danny Greentac simply didn't play, and Rondo with Thunder Jackson, Ingles and Gobert Whiteside, can also play control points?!"
Previously, the main players of the superSonics were Rondo, Tucker, Danny Green, Milicic and Millsap.
The game was replaced by Rondo, Reggie Jackson, Ingles, Gobert, Whiteside.
What is very surprising is that this lineup, which is completely at the end of the supersonic bench, can actually control the score!
"Is it because the Nets are too weak?"
Many people's questions were answered quickly.
On February 1, 2014, Washington, D.C., when Seattle defeated the Wizards 154-96 on the road.
Watching the game end, the eyes of Gobert, Whiteside and Jackson Ingles, who were excited on the court, changed from doubt to shock!
"Yes is true, these players are actually ...... Really strong! ”