NBA All-Star Voting Also Has a Shady Scene?

Perhaps many fans who regard the NBA as the temple of basketball and inviolability find it difficult to accept this fact. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but from a historical point of view, similar events do happen occasionally.

It's just that in those incidents, the players who are suspected of being "suppressed" have their own problems and faults - either their style of play and personality are not liked by the league, or they have a bad relationship with the media, they are not good at words, or they are actually flawed in hard power, but because of their popularity, they have the opportunity to enter the All-Star and so on.

And those players who are suspected of being "secretly helped" are also very strong, at least they all have the ability to start at all-star level. But for various reasons, he was not able to rank at the top of the vote, and in terms of popularity, he was on par with those players who the league "didn't like".

Therefore, when the final results come out, everyone may feel a little strange in their hearts when they look at it, or scold a few words. But if you think about it carefully, the strength of the players who came from behind is enough, and the popularity is not bad, so there is nothing wrong with becoming a starter, so there is nothing to say.

It is not difficult to see from here that the alliance has carefully considered the pros and cons and specific candidates when carrying out this kind of operation. Although it is not possible to do everything, it is convincing to everyone. But at least it has to be not so outrageous, so as not to be scolded too much by people, so that things can be justified.

It is for these reasons that these historical "mysteries" will not cause much of a sensation in the end, nor will most people question the final result.

However, the 2009 Western Conference All-Star vote, especially on the forward line, was a bit outrageous.

"Paul's vote increase in the last round is extremely abnormal. Any reasonable person can see that in the last round, everyone has already voted for the votes they should have voted, but they can still produce an increase of more than 100%, think about it with your reason, is this normal? ”

Barkley enthused: "Except for Paul and the other guy we'll talk about in a moment, none of the other players in the fourth round has increased by more than 77 percent. Or to put it bluntly, Duncan's last round of growth reached 77%, and everyone else was between 20% and 50%. In other words, Paul's vote count exploded, absolutely abnormal! ”

It's not that he has any opinion of Paul, Barkley is just telling the truth, just talking about the facts.

In terms of strength, there is no doubt that Paul was selected as an All-Star that year, and the position of the league's No. 1 point guard has basically been confirmed.

But the strange anomaly of the voting results is another matter.

Relying on the super explosion in the final round, Paul directly ran over Maddie and became one of the starting backcourts in the West. This result is beyond reproach, but in this process, I am the first to disagree! ”

Is there anything else going on......?

Barkley's remarks said that the Kings players in the preparation room were stunned.

"Maybe it's just that Paul's fans started to vote more, and the last round broke out, which ...... Makes sense, right? ”

Smith couldn't believe Barkley's unspoken inference, and opened his mouth to try to round the field.

"Hey, hey, I knew you were going to say that......"

Who knows, Barkley smiled and said preparedly: "It's understandable that Paul is popular, and I'm also his fan, so you can say that." But you guys continue to watch the Western Strikers vote, someone's outburst, and I hope you somebody can give me an explanation. ”

Forward voting?

Everyone went to see the front line vote.

“…… No way! ”

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, this look, Smith is directly rude.

"This, this, this...... It's too to say! ”

Who is it?

Who made Smith, who is used to seeing big scenes, can't help but explode in the live broadcast room?

“…… Bowen. ”

Gu Yu's eyes were the sharpest, and when he saw the most abnormal name on the list, he said coldly: "Bruce Bowen, the number of votes is too weird." ”

"This year, there is a lot of talent in the Western Striker position, and the competition is extremely fierce."

On the TV screen, Barkley continued: "Anthony, Artest, Smalls, Duncan, are all at the peak of their careers, or are still in the stage of popularity. Even Durant, who was still a little young at the time, already had considerable popularity, and his size was a wrist. The results of the first few rounds were normal, with Duncan and Smalls leading the Western Conference forward list, which is beyond reproach. ”

But in the final round, Duncan's votes exploded, and I think it's the same as Paul, thanks to the fans! So who of you will explain to me, this year has been reduced to a substitute, the data is miserable, why is the almost retired Bruce Bowen in the final round, from 500,000 directly rocketed to 1.39 million, an increase of 173%??? ”

This......!

Speechless.

From the live broadcast room to the preparation room, the experts and the Kings players were speechless.

Bruce Bowen isn't much of a balloon star by any means, is he?

And the evaluation of him in the market is mixed, and fans of the Mavericks, Suns, and Raptors even regard Bowen as a beast of prey, a heinous person, and hate him to the bone.

is neither a commercial star, nor does he attract fans, and even loses fans quite a bit, with bad data, the lowest point in his career, and he is close to retirement......

Why did such a Bowen get such a terrifying increase in votes??

"Could it be...... It's because he was on the Spurs, and the Spurs had a very good record that year, so many people also brought a vote to Bowen when they voted for the GDP......?? ”

Smith asked.

"Hehe, Bowen's final round votes are close to 800,000 votes, hundreds of thousands more than Duncan, more than Ginobili, who has a very popular style of play, and even to put it bluntly, his votes in the last round are higher than the votes of all the other players on the Spurs team in the last round combined!"

Barkley sneered: "If I'm not mistaken, Xiao Si was very active in canvassing in order to get into the All-Star. I set up my own website to appeal, upload canvassing video ads on U2B, and set up live broadcast canvassing on radio programs. As a result, the number of votes in the final round was blown out by Bowen, and in the end it was only a narrow victory of 60,000 votes. Xiao Si is more popular than Bowen, right? His style of play is more fanciful than Bowen, right? Stronger than Bowen, right? You explain it to me??? ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Barkley summed up the righteous words: "So the answer to your question just now, in my opinion, is very clear: yes! There is definitely a situation of vote manipulation in the NBA, sometimes to support a certain player, sometimes to suppress a certain player! ”

This......

Barkley is used to being open-mouthed, and the words have come to this point, and if he doesn't say anything, that's not Sir Charles's character.

But to say this kind of inference so boldly in the live broadcast, is it really ...... big husband??

"I remember this year's vote."

In the studio, the live show continues.

In the king's preparation room, Gu Yu spoke: "At that time, I was a fan of Chen Mu and Yao Ming, the reason you know, it is not easy for Chinese to become stars in the NBA, of course I have to support it." ”

"Because I am teammates with Yao Ming, and I am the outside ace of the Rockets, coupled with my beautiful and elegant style of play, Maddie is also my idol, and it is also an idol in the hearts of many Chinese fans. To exaggerate, Maddie's popularity in China at that time may be a little bit weaker than Kobe, LeBron, and Iverson. But it's definitely more than a notch higher than Carter, Ray Allen and other first-line outside stars. ”

When Gu Yu spoke, there was silence in the preparation room, and everyone was listening carefully to Gu Yu's rare seriousness, recalling the situation in the United States at that time.

In fact, not only in China, but even in the United States, all over the world, Maddie's popularity has always been not bad. Two-time scoring champion, explosive ball style, elegant and beautiful technical movements, and picturesque pull-out jump shots with one hand, he is known as the poet of the court. In a certain year, he also made a wonderful performance of self-throwing and self-deduction (of course, he was later stolen the limelight by his cousin with a more powerful self-throwing and self-dunking).

The court is tough, the playoffs do not drop the chain, and the key games have their own explosive attributes. Kind off the field, good relations with the media, sleepy-eyed appearance and explosive style of play are in stark contrast......

Maddie's popularity is real, and anyone who followed the NBA at the time would not have an impression of this sexy and wild outside line.

Especially after returning to the Rockets, Maddie's popularity rose even more, and he became a new generation of kings in the minds of domestic fans at that time. At that time, Maddie's appeal was in China, and there was a big trend of seeing all the mountains and small mountains.

"We all know that in 2009, Maddy's injury problem was already very serious. Whether it is the role of the court or the physical fitness, there has been a significant decline, and in terms of strength, there is already a gap with the first-line stars. ”

Gu Yu continued: "But the popularity is there, and there was news at that time that Maddie was likely to leave Team Rocket. So the Chinese Internet began to launch an initiative, and many people are voting for Maddie to let him perform well in the All-Star field again. ”

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, I also participated in the campaign to canvass for Maddie that year, and cast a lot of votes. And Ba Fat also said just now that the votes of the western front are very scattered, and everyone's votes are not very high. Maddie's 29% increase in the second round is already very high, and it stands to reason that Maddie should easily become a starter. ”

"But in the last round, Bruce Bowen's votes exploded."

Speaking of this, Gu Yu's eyes paused, looked at his teammates around him, and continued: "I can't be 100% sure, there must be a shady scene in the all-star voting. But if there are really some fans who don't like Maddie very much and want to find someone to override his votes, can't they vote for melons? Isn't it okay to vote for Dirk? Can't you vote for Durant? Why Bowen? ”

This is an unexplained phenomenon.

In any case, the possibility of shady NBA All-Star voting is indeed quite high.

"So what do you mean ......"

In the live broadcast room, Smith looked at Barkley with a righteous indignation on his face and said, "Do you think something similar happened to the hairstyle brother this year......?" ”