Chapter 1009 - 2010 All-Star Storm!
In this year's All-Star Game roster, six players from a Seattle SuperSonics team were selected as All-Stars, which can be called the biggest news after the NBA All-Star list was announced.
No team in the history of the NBA has had six players selected for the All-Star Game in the same edition.
Especially in the West, the difficulty of the West to get into the All-Star, that's really not the average high!
It stands to reason that a player like James Harden, who averages only 16 points per game, will not be able to make it to the All-Star in the West.
But after the news of the SuperSonics' six players being selected as All-Stars, although public opinion was boiling, no one questioned whether James Harden's selection was unfair.
The battle between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Miami Heat didn't end long.
James Harden is the key to the supersonic defeat of the Heat and the saving of the world, and it was he who single-handedly blocked the Heat's tactical winning point, Pierce, so that the game dragged on to the Yes explosion at the end.
Even if Yes exploded so much in the fourth quarter, the SuperSonics only won by two points in the end.
So before this list was announced, many media experts said that among the entire NBA coaching community, James Harden was more suitable to be rewarded as an All-Star than Millsap.
Of course, the end result was that both players were selected as All-Stars.
"The strongest player in history, and the most popular player in NBA history, as long as he stands on the NBA court, he can't miss the All-Star."
"Durant and Rondo are the top three players in the MVP list this season, Rondo is the current scoring champion, and the two are selected as All-Stars, and they deserve to be selected."
"Milicic is the third-best center in the West right now, he has always been an All-Star regular, and the SuperSonics have contributed a lot to Milicic's record this season, and he deserves to be selected as an All-Star."
"James Harden is one of the biggest contributors to the battle between the SuperSonics and the Heat, he is all-round offensive and defensive, and his strength is outstanding, not only the battle between the Heat and the SuperSonics, he played well, the reason why the SuperSonics can score so many points per game and win so many points this season, the rotation lineup led by James Harden is also the biggest reason, and he deserves to be praised for an All-Star position."
"Before the release of the coach's choice of substitute All-Stars, among the six All-Stars of the SuperSonics this year, the most unstable is Millsap, the Western power forward position is like a cloud, Millsap's ability is outstanding, but not very high, and in the most important power-to-power conversation, his performance is not enough James Harden dazzling, but in the end, congratulations to Paul, his efforts in the Seattle SuperSonics over the years, his humility, he grew up with the SuperSonics, and the loyalty of the prospect with Yes, He has touched so many people, he is one of the most inspirational models in the history of the NBA, and he deserves such a reward as a compliment! ”
After the announcement of the substitute lineup selected by the coach, many media experts interpreted it.
Undoubtedly, as a participant in this vote, these words of Rockets head coach Adelman in an interview are the most telling ones.
The Rockets head coach kind of admitted the claims of those media pundits that Millsap is indeed very mysterious.
After all, Millsap is in the West, and there are still players who are much better than Nowitzki and Duncan in the big forward position, not to mention, the competition for the All-Star bench position is not only for power forwards, but also for small forwards, Anthony, Gay, Beasley, which is not better than him?
But in the end, the coaches look at the supersonics' current all-win record, and then look at Millsap's contributions to the supersonic over the years, there is no credit and hard work, and he has also reached the strength of an All-Star, although he is not the top in the All-Star, nor is it an insult to the name of the All-Star.
In the end, Millsap was reluctantly selected as an All-Star selected by the coach.
Millsap's selection was very difficult, especially after Adelman came out to interpret it.
So, after learning that he was selected as an All-Star, Millsap really cried.
I can't stop crying in the training gym.
Seeing Millsap so emotional, the other SuperSonics players and reporters on the scene were really very understanding.
Millsap is one of the most special players for the SuperSonics.
They all say that Rondo is rubbish, and they all say that Ingalls is garbage, but Rondo is a student at the University of Kentucky, and Kentucky is one of the strongest prestigious schools in the NCAA.
Ingalls, on the other hand, is an important rotation of the Australian national team participating in the Olympics.
It can be said that although the background of these supersonic players is very ordinary, but to say that the most general, the worst belongs to Millsap.
Louisiana Tech University, where Millsap is located, is truly the belly of the fish belly of the NCAA.
It's a miracle that a player from such a background can enter the NBA, but it is really a miracle of miracles that a player from such a background can enter the NBA All-Star.
So, even if Millsap is excited, it is understandable that he cried.
All-Star, this shouldn't be an area that someone of Millsap's level has access to.
But because of Yes's attention, he came into contact with it.
For a moment, whether it was the other supersonic players or the reporters next to them, they all looked at the place behind Millsap with very complicated eyes......
"It's bigger and more rounded......"
Millsap's path to being named this year's All-Star has been thrilling.
Although the NBA All-Star team has been reformed again this year, the number of NBA All-Star teams has increased from 12 to 15.
But if Millsap doesn't pick the coach, the reporters behind him can't pick him.
This year, David Stern overhauled the NBA's All-Star selection, responding to what has been controversial for more than a decade, that is, whether All-Stars should be selected by media reporters, coaches or fans.
In the end, this year, David Stern launched an All-Star starter, which is still selected by fans, and the All-Star bench is still selected by the coach to remain the same, but the All-Star adds six new green card opportunities every year, and the six green card players are equivalent to the All-Star bench, but the picker has become the media.
The media looked for the six missing players from the 30 teams in the league, because now the NBA team does not divide things, and is selected by the captain, so the selected players do not have to divide things, all six are all East or all West, anyway, they will be handed over to the captains of the two teams to choose like substitutes.
David Stern's reform can be regarded as to make up for the hype among fans, media and coaches after each All-Star roster is announced.
After all, fans, media, coaches, these are three tiers, and their choice is a completely different standard.
For example, Chen Jianghua, the starting guard in the East, that is, the fans choose to enter, the coach and the media choose, don't even think about it.
For example, Millsap, that is, the fans and coaches can choose to enter, it is very difficult for the media, you have no explosion points that attract media reporters, how can media reporters choose you to enter?
Therefore, if the right time and place and Millsap can't make it to the All-Star this year, then his career is estimated to be difficult in the future, unless his strength is explosively improved.
Fortunately, although the process was very difficult and thrilling, in the end, Millsap still made it to the All-Star.
The league announced 14 All-Star bench players selected by the coach, including Wade and Garnett of the Heat, Joe Johnson of the Hawks, Iverson of the 76ers, Rose of the Bulls, Howard of the Magic, and Deron Williams of the Cavaliers.
In the Eastern Conference's bench lineup, the Heat have two players left to be selected, Wade and the coach's favorite iron-blooded Garnett.
I have to say that the impact of the supersonic and Heat war on the Heat is absolutely all-round.
If the Heat wins that big game, the number of Heat All-Star selections may explode, Chandler, Chris Bosh, Ray Allen, Pierce These players are all strong and qualified, and of course they are also qualified.
On the West side, the seven benches, in addition to Millsap, Milicic, and James Harden, the remaining four players are Oden of the Grizzlies, Nowitzki of the Mavericks, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, and Guy of the Timberwolves.
It can be seen that the remaining four spots are the leaders of the other four teams in the top five in the West.
As for Paul, the boss of the sixth Thunder in the West, Anthony, the boss of the seventh Nuggets in the West, and Beasley, the boss of the eighth Warriors in the West, were all unselected, as for the All-Star regulars, Duncan, because the Spurs have a clear record this year, it is impossible to be selected, and Roy of the Rockets is the same.
Except for these unsuccessful bosses.
Like the Grizzlies' Maddy, Carter, Pau Gasol, the Lakers' Nash, Randolph, Smalls, Mavericks' Afflalo, etc., this year's All-Star in the West has lost a lot of pearls because of the theme of praise for the SuperSonics.
It can also be seen from this that David Stern is really forward-looking, and he actually predicted the situation of this year's Western All-Star in advance.
If it weren't for the fact that the media still had six spots, I am afraid that when the league announced this list, many fans of NBA teams would have exploded.
In fact, after the league announced the list, many Thunder fans on the Internet collectively called for Paul to collectively raise funds to go to New York to settle accounts with David Stern if Paul continues to miss the All-Star this time.
Paul is indeed very miserable, his data record over the years is good, and he can compete for MVP in the East, but in the West, 60 wins in the season can guarantee the playoffs, Nima, this is simply a difficult time.
With the strength of the thunder, doesn't this force Paul to die?
There are four remaining rosters in the West this year, and the Timberwolves Guy is fifth in the West, and the Thunder and Paul are not in sixth.
It's as if the whole world is joking with Paul and his thunder.
As Paul, who competed with Yes for the quadruple-double last season, he is really too difficult!
Fortunately, it didn't make the excited Thunder fans wait longer, and the list of six missing pearls selected by the media was announced the day after the coach's bench list was announced.
The Thunder's Paul, the Nuggets' Anthony, and the Warriors' Beasley, the bosses of the three Western Conference playoff teams are not unexpected.
The list selected by the reporters, except for the three people who are the most unbeatable votes, the rest of the players, the competition is a bit fierce.
In the end, Curry of the Warriors, Nick Young of the Clippers, and Maddy of the Grizzlies stood out.
Curry and Nick Young were in a tight competition for fourth, and in the end Curry had one more vote than Nick Young, and of course, both could be selected.
Curry of the Warriors entered the NBA as the first person in the NCAA, in the United States, that popularity, absolutely supergiant, and in the first year in NBA history, he averaged 20+8 players per game in the first 180 clubs, and he also carried the name of Yes's successor, such a player is also the favorite of media reporters.
Nick Young is similar to Curry, neither of them is the kind of player that the coach likes, but in the media reporters, he is definitely at the top, and he is still Yes's apprentice.
And Maddie was finally able to beat Nash and Xiaosi and board the last train of the green card, for no other reason, which is the popularity bonus vote.
Almost every reporter chose Paul, Anthony and Beasley, most reporters chose Curry and Nick Young, and among the remaining players, you have a lot of popularity, a lot of topics, and you don't have a split of votes, so it's very advantageous.
There is no doubt that compared to Nash and Xiaosi, Maddie, who has been taking revenge this year, is indeed more prominent.
What's more, as a super team, the Grizzlies are now ranked second in the West, the Lakers are now fourth in the West, and the Super Team is fourth in the West, which is really unreasonable.
Of course, after the media's selection of six wild card players ended, it still caused a lot of controversy because of the loss of popular and powerful players such as Nash and Junior Shroy.
However, although the fans are shouting and making trouble, as far as Yes knows, the players are still in a calm mood.
Nash is very Buddhist now, he doesn't care about honors and All-Star stars at all, and he's now in the stage of enjoying basketball.
And Roy ......
He didn't feel like he deserved to be an All-Star.
Roy's failure to make it to the All-Star has done a lot of damage to Yes Sports and Roy's own popularity, but with such a bad record of the Rockets, Yao Ming has already entered, how can there be a second person?
Didn't you see that players like Duncan were all lost?
Of course, among the undrafted players were Roy and Nash who didn't care.
Naturally, I also care very much.
For example, Stodermar of the Lakers and Afraro of the Mavericks, these two are really angry.
But no matter how angry it is, it's useless.
Although David Stern is reforming and trying to avoid missing pearls, the players that the fans like, the coaches like, and the media like have benefited.
Players that fans like will not lose their choice because of the reform, and after the reform, players supported by fans, coaches and media can all be made to the All-Star.
But fans like Xiao Si and Afflaro don't like it so much, the media doesn't like it so much, and the coach looks at the results by feeling, it's a little painful.
No matter how much competition is at a disadvantage.
"Yes, I'm !!!not convinced."
Yass put on headphones and put his phone aside, letting Avralo cry on the phone.
At first, he was kind enough to comfort him, but in the end he found that it was useless.
This fool can't even understand human speech now, and he knows howl.
Maybe it's good to howl.