In the news headlines the next morning, Iverson and Dazhi were honored again.

The league's penalties were also announced, with Iverson being suspended for three games and Stockton for one......

As for Dazhi, there is no.

There are neither fines nor bans......

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As soon as this happened, all parties in the league found out that it seemed that the East also had a gangster-type team.

Oakley, an old ghost, just joined the Philadelphia 76ers, and something happened immediately.

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For this punishment of the alliance, Jazz was naturally not convinced, and held a special press conference to pour bitter water on the reporters.

But the reporters are not stupid, the jazz ass is not clean, this is a well-known thing, and now they are being cleaned up and suffered, and then complain......

Why did you go early!

When Richard got the news, he was secretly refreshed.

The grudge between him and Jazz is completely irreconcilable, and he is naturally very happy to see Stockton being beaten.

And in a week or so, they'll be hosting the Jazz.

Iverson's majesty in killing Jazz first was exactly what Richard wanted......

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On December 22, the first round of All-Star voting opened.

It is worth mentioning that the voting rules of the current All-Star have not been reformed, unlike in later generations, which are only divided into frontcourt and backcourt, and there are no bells and whistles for the captain to choose people live......

Now there are three positions on the pitch, center, forward and defender, and fans can choose a position and their favorite player.

For example, in the center position of the West, O'Neal has the highest number of votes, then he is the starting center in the West, and the center with the second highest number of votes, even if his votes are higher than the vote king in the forward position, then there is no problem, he can only play as a substitute.

This voting system lasted until 2012, when Xiao Hua made a change on the eve of taking office, eliminating the center position, leaving only two positions for fans to choose from: forward and defender.

There are many reasons for the restructuring, including the gradual blurring of the center position, and the reason why Yao Ming squeezed O'Neal to the bench before.

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The Trail Blazers must have signed up their players for All-Stars, Kobe Bryant naturally ran for election as a guard, and as for Big Ben and Xiao Ao, under Richard's repeated requests, they ran for election as a forward, and Rashid also ran for election as a striker.

The competition for the center position is too great, and there is O'Neal as a guaranteed starting center in the West, as well as Admirals and Olajuwon, and even Duncan is actually a center......

It's just that Duncan is running for the All-Star as a forward, which can be regarded as avoiding fierce competition.

On the other hand, the competition for the forward position, in Richard's view, the intensity is definitely far less than that of the center position, after all, there are a total of four places, and the last two free agent places are generally divided into strikers.

In Richard's memory, there were a total of five forwards in the All-Star West in '98, including Karl Malone, Duncan and Garnett.

The remaining two are Wenbaker and the Lakers' Eddie Jones.

It is worth mentioning that under normal circumstances, the number of Lakers selected for All-Stars this year is quite terrifying, with a full four, O'Neal, Eddie Jones, Fan Maniac and Kobe, all of whom have been selected as All-Stars.

What's even more terrifying is that Kobe Bryant's identity as a sophomore, averaging 15 points per game, has been playing as a substitute in the Lakers, and he actually got the qualification for an All-Star starter......

You must know that Kobe Bryant only played one start in the entire 97-98 season in the Lakers, but he was able to get the All-Star starter.

This is probably one of the weirdest things in the entire history of the NBA......

Originally, Eddie Jones was supposed to run as a guard, but if the Lakers counted him, there were three guards running, and the competition was too great, so he was simply placed in the forward position to run.

Richard is well aware that with this mess of his own, the All-Star roster in '98 will definitely change a lot.

The first is that Kobe Bryant estimates that he can't get the starter, and now Kobe's average data per game is better than in normal history, but the situation is different, Lakers players are born to enjoy more attention......

So Kobe Bryant basically didn't have the chance to start, but when he came off the bench, he had some opportunities.

There are not many reliable defenders in the west, at least compared to the east, the gap is still quite huge.

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As for the forward position, Big Ben, Xiao Ao and Rashid are all running, and as for whether they can be selected, Richard has no bottom in his heart.

The only thing that is known now is that there is absolutely no way that all three of them will be selected as All-Stars at the same time......

There is a better chance that one of the three will squeeze out Weinbeck and then be selected as an All-Star as a substitute.

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After the voting results came out on the first day, the number of votes of several Trail Blazers players surprised Richard.

Xiao Ao's high number of votes is terrifying, and it is about the same as Garnett, the big man of the Timberwolves, and slightly less than Malone.

This made Richard a little puzzled, originally he felt that Rashid should have an advantage in competition, but Rashid's votes were pitiful, and he didn't even have a big capital......

Even if it is Big Ben, the number of votes on the first day is only half of Xiao Ao.

It was a very strange situation, which made Richard a little confused......

If you think about it carefully, it's actually normal, after Xiao Ao's four super god plays, although the rebounding data has declined a bit, the scoring data and block data have been maintained very well......

After playing a small half of the game this season, Xiao Ao averaged 17.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.9 blocks per game, which is perfect.

And Garnett's current average per game is only 18.5 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.8 blocks, which is basically on par with Xiao Ao, even if it is good, it is not much better......

In addition, Xiao Ao is not as young as he is, more than a year younger than high school student Garnett.

In this case, the high number of votes can be explained.

As for Kobe, he is not as lucky as Xiao Ao, and now he has about the same number of votes as Kidd, and the number of votes for the two has risen, and he has been hovering in the fifth place in the guard position......

If you can hold on to the fifth place, if you have a guard spot in the libero position, you can be an All-Star.

But now, whether it is Kidd or Kobe, both of them can't stabilize the fifth place, and it's really hard to say who will get this guard bench spot in the end......

Richard was a little crying and laughing, he never expected that the first player under his command to be selected as an All-Star would be Xiao Ao.

Judging from the current situation, Xiao Ao is basically an All-Star.

Kobe still has a chance, and Big Ben and Rashid are almost out of play......