The all-star vote was released, and Yao Ming was the vote king again, he got 2.34 million votes.

And in the East, LeBron James became the Eastern vote king, and he got 2.2 million votes, only 140,000 fewer votes than Yao Ming.

Obviously, LeBron, who is in the third grade, has begun to have a huge fan base.

On the Bobcats' side, no one is at the top of the vote, so they still won't have any players in the starting lineup for this season's All-Star.

The first two defenders in the East are Allen Iverson and Vince Carter, who changed his positions, the first two at the forward position are LeBron James and Jermaine O'Neal, and the first at the center position is Ben Wallace.

The starting five Tigers in the East will also be these five.

The top two guards in the West are Kobe and Steve Nash, the top two at the forward position are Maddie and Tim Duncan, who have changed their positions, and the first at the center position is naturally Yao Ming.

The starting five Tigers in the Western Division will also be these five.

The Bobcats were not selected for the starting lineup, but Michael Reid got 780,000 votes, ranking third among Eastern defenders, behind only the two starters, and Chris Paul ranked seventh among Eastern defenders with 470,000 votes, behind the starting two, Michael Reed, Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups and Gilbert Arenas.

Judging from the rankings, Michael Reid should have no problem being selected as a substitute, and Chris Paul has little chance of being selected.

However, because the Bobcats ranked first in the East in the halfway record, Qiao Hai will be the head coach of the All-Star East Team, and he has the right to pick the alternate lineup of the Eastern All-Stars.

……

This year's All-Star will be held in Houston, and on February 2, Qiao Hai received an invitation from the league to become the head coach of this year's All-Star Game.

Qiao Hai naturally accepted the invitation and got a form where he could select the All-Star bench lineup.

There are seven people on the bench, and Michael Reed is a must, so first, Qiao Hai wrote Michael Reed's name.

Then, among the defenders, he wrote the names of Billups and Jason Kidd, who voted high and would have been more controversial if they didn't.

In the forward position, the names of Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce and Chris Bosh were also written by Joe.

There are no more players to choose from in the center position, and the center in the east is still a little worse, which is different from the west, where there are two super centers, but in Qiao Hai's opinion, one Ben Wallace is enough, and he can just play a dozen small lineups.

There were two players left in the seven-man lineup, and Qiao Hai did not choose the inside line, nor Chris Paul, but chose Gilbert Arenas, an outside shooter with more votes.

In terms of these two choices, Qiao Hai obviously wanted to play a small ball, so he chose more of a small ball lineup instead of choosing the inside line.

In the end, a seven-man lineup was released, with Michael Reed, Billups, Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pearce, Chris Bosh and Gilbert Arenas.

With the addition of Iverson, Carter, LeBron James, Jermaine O'Neal and Ben Wallace, Qiao Hai has selected a lineup with only one center, two power forwards, three small forwards, three point guards, and three point guards.

As soon as this lineup came out, it immediately caused all kinds of controversy, the reason is that Qiao Hai did not choose people according to position, counting the starters on the inside, he only selected three people, Qiao Hai did not choose people in the order of voting, and Paul Pierce and Carmelo Anthony did not choose Rasheed Wallace in the voting order.

Such a choice is naturally controversial.

For example, Zarunas Ilguskas was voted second by the center, and Rasheed Wallace and Chris Webber were voted third and fifth by the strikers.

The media in Detroit, the media in Philadelphia, and the media in Cleveland are all complaining.

But at the same time, they can't say that Qiao Hai is favoritism, because Chris Paul was not selected, and if Qiao Hai is really favoritism, Chris Paul seems to be more selected.

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In the West, the Rockets, who have the first halfway record, because Stamrefour was the head coach of the main game last season, so this season, the Spurs, the second in the West, Greg Popovich, became the head coach of the main game.

The starting five in the West are Steve Nash, Kobe, Maddy, Tim Duncan and Yao Ming, and off the bench, Popovich selected Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade, Tony Parker, Elton Brand and Ray Allen.

Popovich's choice is quite normal, basically in the order of position and vote, there is no controversy.

There are all kinds of controversy about Qiao Hai's selection, but he has already determined this list, everything is already irreversible, and he is ready to play something different in the 2006 All-Star Game.

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Ahead of All-Star Weekend, the Bobcats continued their excellent form.

On Feb. 3, they faced the Pacers on the road and then won 112-103, 9 points, which was the fourth consecutive win for the Bobcats after three straight losses on the road in Texas.

On Feb. 6, after a two-day break, the Bobcats won another 119-106 win at home against the SuperSonics, making it five wins in a row.

But on February 8, they lost to Iverson's 76ers who scored 44 points, Qiao Hai's infinite change of defense is very good, but it is also a big problem, the opponent's star players can always get excellent statistics, especially once a player like Iverson breaks out, once the Bobcats can't resist, they are likely to lose.

Like this game.

The Bobcats' winning streak came to an end, and they also picked up their first loss in February.

Then, they defeated the Raptors 103-88 at home, which was a revenge for the loss to the Raptors in January when they were not in good form.

On Feb. 11, the Bobcats narrowly defeated the Bucks by 103-99, 4 points, restarting their winning streak.

It was also at this time that Qiao Hai received another notice from the alliance-

"Jason Kidd is injured and he's definitely out of All-Star Weekend, so the league wants you to make the choice to pick another star player to replace Jason Kidd."

Joe Hai thought for a moment and wrote Chris Paul's name.

The alliance received Qiao Hai's reply and immediately made an official announcement.

Then, public opinion fermented.

"Why was Chris Paul selected, based on his seventh-ranking as a defender?"

"It is said that Qiao Hai did not show favoritism, but after Jason Kidd was injured, he still showed favoritism after all."

"What does Qiao Hai want to do, he has chosen so many guards and forwards, why can't he choose a center or interior player?"

"That's right, Qiao Hai should consider Big Z and Rasheed Wallace, who have a higher vote and should be selected as an All-Star."

“……”

In the face of all kinds of controversies, Qiao Hai was also asked by reporters from all walks of life about the selection of the All-Star bench lineup, and for all the questions, Qiao Hai had only one answer: "It is my right to choose All-Star substitute players, and I can choose whoever I want." ”