There has never been a shortage of balloon stars in the NBA, and the recent popularity of social media has become an important basis for judging the popularity index of stars.

ESPN recently counted the 25 stars with the most new fans since 2010 according to data on social media, of which Wu Huang ranked first with an absolute advantage, Kobe Bryant second, and James third...... Stoudemire was tenth, Iguodala was twelfth, and Maddie was 20th.

The list is based on the sum of the number of new followers added by each star on the two major social networking sites twitter and Facebook in 2010, and Wu Huang ranks first with 1.66 million new followers, and there is no doubt that Wu Huang has gradually become the most popular star in the league. After leading the Knicks to the Eastern Conference semifinals this year, he began to gradually replace the aging Kobe Bryant among young fans, and even the Mesozoic James was not as strong as him.

Although Kobe Bryant doesn't like to interact with fans on social platforms, he is still the most popular star in the league today, if it weren't for Peter Pan who only opened his own social platform in March this year, Wu Huang would not be the opponent of the 33-year-old Kobe.

There has always been a debate between Kobe Bryant and James about who is the league's number one star, although the jury has not been conclusive, but in terms of popularity, James has lost to Kobe. It seems that even if he wins the regular season MVP, Kobe Bryant still overpowers James in popularity. And if it is more than honor, it is not to mention, Kobe Bryant has just led the Lakers to successfully defend the title and won the fifth championship ring of his career, James wants to surpass Kobe, and now it seems that the chance is not great.

Coming in third place is LeBron James, the MVP of last season's regular season, who not only has excellent stats, but also led the Cavaliers to a only 60+ record in the regular season. However, the Cavaliers finally stopped in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and with all kinds of bad things in the summer, James's popularity also fell sharply, and he was overtaken by Kobe Bryant, who had just opened Facebook and Twitter for a few months.

In addition, former Suns star Amare Stoudemire is ranked tenth with 690,000 new fans, although he led the team to the Western Conference Finals last season, but obviously he does not have an advantage in popularity, and some netizens sarcastically said that maybe the recent addition to the Knicks will make his fans skyrocket, otherwise he is not even as many fans as Iguodala.

As for Maddie, who used to be on par with Kobe Bryant's popularity, he is now only in 20th place with 280,000 new followers. In the past three seasons, Maddie has been reimbursed early due to injuries, and injuries combined with age issues have caused his competitive form to continue to decline. Although Maddie was not injured last season, it was related to his inability to play, and since he has not been on the field for a long time, it is not surprising that people's attention to Maddie has declined. The other person who is in the same condition as him is Iverson, who is only one place higher than Maddie, and the two are really brothers. At the same time, it also proves once again the cruelty of competitive sports, no matter how beautiful you are, once you are old and decrepit, not many people will remember you, unless you can become the best one in history.

September 25, the year of Gengyin [Year of the Tiger], the month of Yiyou, the day of Wuyin. Appropriate: Spend time alone, pray for blessings, and make a bed; Don't: Playing with fire, touching water, and having sex.

Emperor Wu is ready to start his trip to Asia tomorrow, he has already beaten Christine and Emma Watson yesterday, and he will get on the plane tomorrow, and he is ready to take Taylor Swift before leaving.

"Stinky bitch, let my brother go, or I'm welcome." At seven o'clock in the evening, Wu Huang was browsing the news with a laptop in bed, and suddenly found that someone was bullying his younger brother below, and the slut was a little too anxious.

"I'm in a hurry, I'm going to Europe to perform in October, so why don't you lend me your brother."

"You can say this kind of thing, why don't you lend me your sister?"

Wu Huang said that he suddenly thought of something, pushed Taylor Swift away, and snatched his brother back from her mouth, and then ran into the kitchen with a very displeased look on the little singer, and turned around and came out with a large bucket of ice.

"Are you sick? Why do you bring out so many ice cubes? ”

"There's still a cup of hot water missing."

Emperor Wu put down the ice cubes, walked back and took a cup of hot water, and then stood in front of the bed with a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor, and said with his head high: "This is my newly learned game, I will teach you how to play it before leaving." ”

Taylor Swift lay on the bed with his chin propped up, and after listening to how to play, he was about to open his mouth to scold him for being shameless, but then he thought of something, looked at him with an unkind face, and asked, "Bastard, where did you learn this game?" ”

Wu Huang was stunned when asked, such a shameful and perverted game, it goes without saying, of course, Emma Watson taught him. However, he couldn't let the little singer know that in addition to Christine, there was actually a girl with a heavy taste hidden outside, and immediately said with a straight face: "Don't think about it, I learned it from the website, and I watched the genuine video." ”

"Look at your bitch, I haven't mentioned who that slut is, you know who I'm talking about?" Taylor Swift picked up the pillow beside him, smashed it hard at Emperor Wu, and continued to ask: "Say it quickly!" Did you learn from that ****? You're hiding what disgusting tricks you're playing with her. ”

Emperor Wu dodged the attack of the pillow and said solemnly: "I have told you ten thousand times, I am not familiar with her at all, if you don't want to play, forget it, I have other games." ”

Taylor Swift's eyes rolled, and he suddenly sneered: "Why don't you play?" Such a fun game, it is a must play. After saying that, he climbed out of bed with his hands and feet, and ran to the kitchen, not knowing what the hell was going on.

Emperor Wu was full of suspicions, he didn't know what this stinky woman had in mind, and he always felt bad in his heart!

After a while, Taylor Swift came back with red eyes and a bottle of Sprite in his hand.

"Could it be that you're going to do this?"

"That's right, this thing is also ice, so it should work better than your ice cubes, right?"

"That's true, but isn't it a little too exciting?"

Taylor Swift's expression at the moment was obviously smiling, but there seemed to be tears rolling in her eyes, and she looked like she was holding back a lot.

When Emperor Wu saw this, his heart became even more strange, but before he could ask anything more, Taylor Swift had already rushed up and grabbed his brother.

"Okay, it's a little exciting, but I should be able to hold it." Emperor Wu was overjoyed, yesterday Emma Watson coaxed his brother to a lot of fun, and today with the help of this bottle of Sprite, his brother should be even happier.

"Really? I don't know if you're going to stand it, but I'm going to be able to stand it anyway. Taylor Swift quickly finished saying this sentence that confused Emperor Wu, and before he could react to what he meant, his younger brother was swallowed by the little singer, and then ...... My brother is on fire!

"It's spicy...... Yes!! Wu Huang only felt the pain of his younger brother rising with a burst of fire and needle pricks, and quickly snatched it back, screaming and jumping three feet high on the spot!

"Slut, you're going to murder your husband!" Wu Huang's jump is close to 40 inches, and it is estimated that his vertical jump height is close to 100cm.

"You deserve it, now I see if you die...... It's spicy to me. Taylor Swift hurriedly opened Sprite and poured it into her mouth, she was spicy with chili oil, and drank half a bottle of drink in a row, Taylor Swift continued to scold: "You bastard, I let you play games, this is the retribution you deserve, and today let you know what the real 'ice and fire' is." ”

"Fire is there, but what about ice! I feel the fire now, and it's burning me to death! At this moment, Emperor Wu really felt that his younger brother was burned, and tears of pain flowed out.

Taylor Swift saw that Wu Huang grinned in pain, and the anger in her heart disappeared, and she soon regretted it a little, because her relationship with Wu Huang's younger brother was also extraordinary, and if she really had three strengths and two weaknesses, she would not be able to reap the benefits.

"Okay, seeing that you are so pitiful, I'll give you a piece of ice...... Don't move! Don't jump! Taylor Swift took a mouthful of frozen Sprite and leaned forward, only to hear the sound of "stabbing", Wu Huang seemed to hear the sound of the flames being extinguished, and shouted in his heart: "Lao Tzu will never play this kind of game with this girl again!" ”

On September 26, the Knicks traveled to Beijing, and four days later they played their first game of the new season against the Houston Rockets, who also came to Asia to make money.

"Boss, don't you look good?" Gallinari sat with Emperor Wu on the plane, Emperor Wu's face was not good, and the Italian couldn't help but ask.

"Eat too much chili oil, get on fire!" Emperor Wu said angrily, but he was secretly hurting in his heart!

Yesterday his brother was like being coated with Indo-divine oil, although it was as hard as iron, but he had no sense, it was just hard, and it was a fart! In the end, he had his brother teach Taylor Swift's sister a hard lesson, but he couldn't get much feedback from it.

It wasn't until this morning that his brother regained some consciousness after two more rounds of a two-round fight with Taylor Swift's sister, but it is unknown if there will be any after-effects. Anyway, this stinky is so unpleasant, it's not light or heavy, and next time he's going to feed Taylor Swift's sister some chili oil.

The Knicks' trip to Asia has a total of seven games, the first game will be played in Beijing, and the venue of the game is naturally the "Wukesong Gymnasium", which is also the main venue for the basketball event of the Beijing Olympic Games.

NBA players have always been reluctant to run outside the United States for preseason games, and teams will get more out of it, and the league can take the opportunity to expand its influence, but it will be difficult for players to keep flying and jet lag.

The Knicks' coaching staff thought of the fastest way to "reverse jet lag", the plane would land in Beijing in the morning of local time, and the Knicks players deliberately did not sleep before getting on the plane, and then slept when they took off.

"Boss, do you recognize beautiful girls in China?" Gallinari got on the plane and didn't go to sleep, asking such boring questions.

Wu Huang knew why he asked, the Knicks' trip to Asia stipulated that players could not bring girls with them, and if they couldn't meet women for half a month, it would be a big challenge for a group of energetic NBA players.

"Stupid, Amare and Shaquille's girlfriends got on a plane early in the morning and left first, don't tell me you're naïve to think that the team will restrict the private lives of the players?" Emperor Wu stared at Gallinari like a fool, and he wondered if this guy was stupid.

Wu Huang looked at the stunned Gallinari, and shook his head secretly in his heart, Emma Roberts ran to China yesterday under the pretext of dealing with the operation of Panda Video in China. This time he had a hunch that no one would be able to stop him from eating the shredded radish.

But before eating the shredded radish, Wu Huang still has a few activities in Beijing, and this time he has to follow the team and find time to help UA promote his UA.Hugo.2 signature sneakers.

UA's three signature sneakers for Wu Huang last year ended up selling $25 million in the U.S. That's not a lot of sales, but Wu Huang is still at the top of the list in the Asian market, with sales of $40 million in Asia and the top spot in China, where his first signature shoe sold a total of $82 million worldwide by the end of September.

The statistics here are not the annual sales of sneakers, but only the sales of the first generation of Wuhuang's signature shoes, which will not be produced after the second generation is launched.

UA has been clearing the inventory of the first generation of sneakers since last month, and it is expected that after all the inventory is cleared, Wu Huang's first-generation sneakers will sell about 90 million US dollars in the world, ranking third among all active stars in the NBA, and Kobe Bryant and James are still in front of him.

Kobe Bryant's basketball shoes are sold at least five times more than Wu Huang in the United States, and James's sneaker sales in the United States are also three times that of Wu Huang, and in Asia, Wu Huang has surpassed these two, but the lead is not large.

According to the forecast of the new issue of "Fox Sports", Wu Huang's total sneaker sales in 2010 will reach 100 million US dollars to 120 million US dollars, ranking among the top three in the sales of sneakers for active players. Kobe Bryant will still occupy the top spot in the active player's shoe sales charts, and his boot sales are likely to increase to more than $250 million, spurred by the success of defending his title. James, on the other hand, was affected by the failure to win the championship and the summer transfer, and instead of narrowing the gap, his and Kobe's sneaker sales will widen further, and the annual sales in 2010 may fall from $200 million last year to about $150 million, and his and Wu Huang's sneaker sales will shrink as a result.

Wu Huang's UA.Hugo.2 generation sneakers were first launched in the United States on September 15, and will be distributed throughout Asia after the start of the preseason at the end of September.

On September 27, at 9 a.m., the entire Knicks team landed in Beijing, and thousands of fans who had passed the security review came to pick up the plane outside the airport.

Of course, almost all of these fans are Wu Huang fans, and although Xiao Si and O'Neill have a certain degree of popularity among Chinese fans, they are insignificant compared to Wu Huang. Now in China, even people who don't watch the game know who Emperor Wu is.

Wu Huang has only been to China once, this is his second time to Asia and China, but his fame is no worse than the stars who are doing business activities all day long, who calls him the most outstanding one in the field of sports in the world among the yellow race, unless the yellow race produces a Ronaldo and Messi-style figure in the football world, otherwise Wu Huang will always be the representative of Asians in the sports world.

The Chinese people like to watch the tradition of excitement, today is once again carried forward, originally a thousand fans under the prepared security measures, still very orderly, will not cause a stampede. But if you add in the thousands of pseudo-fans who were already improvised in the airport, the scene soon began to be uncontrollable.

Wu Huang originally saw the dense crazy fans in the waiting hall, who kept shouting at him, and even cried with excitement, and he also felt that he had a special face in front of his teammates, because ninety percent of these fans were wearing his jersey.

But soon, Emperor Wu discovered that there were some unorganized people who had blended into the originally organized crowd.

There were suddenly more than twice as many fans in the departure hall, and the airport security was a little out of control. If there are a lot of people, it's not like you can keep order if you want to, because there is not enough space, as long as someone pushes you, you will definitely hit others, this is a chain reaction, and it is difficult to control it without machine gun fire.

Wu Huang saw that the fans were getting closer and closer to him, and the originally orderly scene began to become more and more chaotic, so he hurriedly informed the team to withdraw quickly! At the same time, the four big men he brought with him, that is, the bodyguards, hurriedly surrounded him to protect himself.

Just kidding, his little life is very precious, and the insurance company can't afford to pay for it, and when he sees something going on, of course he is the first to run away......

The Knicks also have their own security team in China this time, Wu Huang and Xiao Si, O'Neal and other current or former superstars also brought their own bodyguards, this is the so-called "wrist", not only practical needs, big people like them, if there is no pomp and circumstance, then how can it be done?

The whole Knicks team slipped away extremely fast, and under the leadership of Wu Huang, they were safely evacuated from the airport and went straight to the hotel they had booked.

Emma Roberts stayed in the hotel early in the morning, but Wu Huang has no time to do bad things now, the team has a group activity tonight, and the afternoon was supposed to be the rest time for the players, but Wu Huang and O'Neill and others also have their own arrangements.

Mr. Wu was scheduled to arrive at the Peking University Gymnasium at 2 p.m. for an exchange with the Peking University basketball team, an event to enhance his image, arranged for him by Brandon's agency.

When the students of Peking University heard that Wu Huang was there, they were very popular. As soon as lunchtime passed, the stadium was packed with fans and spectators, numbering in the thousands. Many people climbed to the roof of the building to watch, or entered the stadium through the window, and the order of the scene quickly got out of control.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Huang's Volvo car was welcomed all the way by the mewra, and every step of the car was opened, and it took about 1 minute to drive 10 meters. According to the plan, the car would be parked at the gate of the stadium, and Wu Huang got out of the car and entered the stadium, but because there were too many people on the scene, the security guards had to close the gate. At this time, many students rushed to the iron gate of the stadium.

Later, Wu Huang entered the stadium, and as soon as the door opened, the students crowded towards the gate en masse, and several security guards and police officers formed a human wall to maintain order. But in the process, some security guards were knocked to the ground, and people behind them swarmed up. The worst stampede occurred at the scene, and according to later statistics, at least a dozen people were injured.

Some reporters desperately filmed the riots, where a police officer was lying on the ground with a bloody face, and the entrance to the stadium was piled up with shoes, bags and other items left behind.

When Emperor Wu saw such a big battle, he was almost scared to pee, and when he got out of the car, he quickly hid back in the car, and asked the bodyguards to surround him in the middle, and the most important thing was to save his life first.

In the end, Wu Huang canceled the activities at Peking University and quickly left under the protection of police, security guards and bodyguards. Several police officers removed billboards on the side of the stadium and used them as stretchers to carry the injured out. The riot continued for half an hour after Emperor Wu left, and the scene was still relatively chaotic, the hospital had already dialed 120, and more than a dozen ambulances quickly rushed into Peking University.

"Hell, there's too many of them, right?" Wu Huang has never seen so many crazy fans, and tomorrow he will go to the 'China Millennium Monument' to promote UA, and there will be no more stampedes at that time, right? He finally returned to his hometown once, and when he left, he would let dozens of his compatriots be trampled to death, so he didn't know how to deal with the aftermath.

"Boss, you have to give us a raise." Wu Huang was thinking about it, and his security captain spoke with a depressed face next to him.

Wu Huang turned his head and saw that his security captain, who was nearly two meters tall, didn't know who had scratched two scars on his face at the moment, and his clothes were a little messy, as if he had just been killed by someone.

In the evening, Wu Huang followed the team to visit the Beijing Children's Palace, where he interacted with the children on the court. Subsequently, the whole Knicks team appeared at Wukesong Stadium and brought a blood-pumping dunk performance to the fans, as well as Wu Huang's amazing ultra-long-distance shooting.

This event is much more orderly, the most interesting scene happened in the interaction between players and fans, a female player who got close contact with Wu Huang couldn't suppress her excitement, and actually fell into his arms and cried, which scared Wu Huang again.

If female fans are too emotional, so they are easy to cry, there is also a male fan who actually cried a lot during the event.

A male fan finally saw the outline of Emperor Wu through many people, but in fact, he couldn't even see his appearance clearly, so he was so excited that he burst into tears. In an interview, the crying brother said even more silently: "I am really excited to see Emperor Wu." I couldn't help but cry, and I kept crying, and I couldn't help it now. ”

On September 28, the day after Wu Huang's visit to China, UA held an Asian media summit at the "China Millennium Monument" and grandly launched the UA.Hugo.2 generation basketball shoes. This sneaker is the most innovative new basketball shoe among Wu Huang's signature shoes, and Wu Huang and the sneaker designer attended the summit.

UA. Designed to provide maximum comfort and stability, the Hugo.2 basketball shoe features innovative cushioning technology from UA, and the upper technology of the new sneaker uses special fibers with higher tensile strength compared to the previous generation of basketball shoes.

Wu Huang has been wearing his UA.Hugo.2 generation basketball shoes during the event, and he is also holding a pair in his hand, and said loudly: "UA. The innovative technology of the Hugo.2 generation has taken my signature shoes to the next level, and as my demands on the game are gradually increasing, UA continues to design and develop new shoes for me to help me succeed on the court. ”

UA. The Hugo.2 basketball shoe will go on sale in Asia on October 1 at a suggested retail price of RMB 1,290 per pair, compared to USD 199 in the United States. There are only three pairs of signature shoes that can be sold at this price in the entire NBA, one belongs to Kobe, one belongs to LeBron, and the last pair naturally belongs to Wu Huang.

Describing the sneaker made from the latest technology and materials, the UA shoe designer said: "When we conceived the UA.Hugo.2, we had in mind a basketball shoe that was both strong and comfortable, and we designed a sneaker that combines performance and flamboyance, while highlighting Hugo's personal style, making you faster and more flexible when you wear it." ”

Wu Huang himself also feels that the UA.Hugo.2 generation is indeed a lot better than the previous generation of sneakers, especially the use of a 360-degree air cushion unit on this new shoe, which is the first time that UA has launched a technology specifically for basketball, designed to meet the requirements of modern basketball players in multi-directional movement and transposition on the court, with incomparable superior comfort, can provide excellent cushioning for the parts that are needed.

As he leaps high on the court, the boot's inner bootie and upper are in perfect harmony with the innovation of the midsole. The seamless one-piece inner bootie makes it comfortable to wear without irritating your feet. Not only that, but it also provides the coveted locking support. Technology similar to Nike's Flywire was first introduced in the UA.Hugo.2 sneaker, which was an unprecedented success, using a minimum of material to concentrate stretch fibers to provide support without adding excess weight to the shoe.

As for how popular these sneakers really are, another crazy fan at the press conference gave a perfect interpretation for everyone.

Wu Huang first had close contact with the fans at the indoor press conference, and also learned from the young basketball fans at the scene. In the end, Wu Huang interacted enthusiastically with the thousands of fans gathered outside the venue, and presented the basketballs and shoes prepared in advance to the fans.

But who would have thought that after getting the original sneakers on Wu Huang's feet, several female fans would actually scramble to smell the smell, which made people look at it in their eyes and "moved" in their hearts.

Anyway, Emperor Wu was scared stupid again, and this crazy move also stunned the media of various countries!

The madness of Chinese fans is really unimaginable with common sense.

In addition to a few girls who smelled shoes, the male compatriots did not let it go.

The press conference held by UA was certainly overcrowded inside, and the fans outside the stadium were even more crowded with colorful flags. And when Wu Huang came to the outside of the stadium, one of the fans was overwhelmed by the crowd, he gritted his teeth and climbed a tree and greeted Wu Huang.

This kind of action of climbing high and looking far has really achieved miraculous results, Wu Huang also wants to throw a basketball to him, but there are too many people and the distance is too far, this tree climbing brother did not get the basketball smashed by Wu Huang in the end, and he has a little regret.

However, no one noticed that there was a female fan below who was hit in the head with a basketball and was taken to the hospital in a coma on the spot.

The scene is comparable to the tree climbing brother is the pillar man, this is mainly because there may be no trees nearby, but they want to see Emperor Wu, so what should they do? Pillars are also available! As a result, there are several male fans who are bold and bold, and they can climb on it for a long time while holding the pillar. Some foreign media were stunned again, could it be that they are the legendary martial arts masters?

Wu Huang also saw these pillar-hugging men, and thought it was very interesting that he threw a signed sneaker at the martial arts masters who shouted at him, and then a poor master was smashed directly from the pillar by Wu Huang!

"Well, let's go quickly, I'm a little anxious." Emperor Wu's face turned blue, he heard that there is a death penalty in China, if the other party is directly stoned to death, will he be dragged to shoot the target? Don't, he made an appointment with Emma Roberts to meet at the hotel tonight, and he wants to take the opportunity to do something bad, and there must be no more accidents.

At this moment, the 120 ambulance, which had been waiting at the scene for a long time, had another one with a loud horn to carry the guy who shouted "what a secret weapon" before fainting, and held Wu Huang's sneakers and refused to let go.

Emperor Wu thinks too much, how can it be so easy to die!

At the end of this press conference, either because of an accident, or because the fans themselves were too excited, plus the two unlucky people who were knocked unconscious by Wu Huang, the last statistics showed that 6 fans were sent to the hospital in a coma at the scene.

Many foreign media were frightened by this group of crazy fans, at least there are not so many crazy guys in the United States, Wu Huang's influence in China can be seen, which is why he dared to mention that the endorsement fee is higher than Kobe and James, his influence in Asia is indeed not comparable to James, even Kobe Bryant is beyond reach. (To be continued.) )

PS: Yesterday's holiday O(∩_∩)O!