The Lakers had an impressive 15-1 record in December, and Phil Jackson was elected Coach of the Month without any suspense!

The Player of the Month award was awarded to Alonzo Mourning, in fact, the most amazing person this month is Vince Carter, who can average 28 points per game, second only to Iverson who averages 29 points per game, but Iverson's shooting rate is only 39%, and the score is mostly based on high shots, Carter's shooting rate is 46%, and it is already very good for outside players to have this shooting rate.

However, the Raptors' record was not as good as the Heat's, and Carter was a sophomore who was not favored, and the judges eventually gave the award to Mourning, who led the team with better results.

But the judges of these awards don't recognize Carter, but the fans recognize Carter very much.

On January 2, the NBA officially announced the results of the first All-Star voting.

In this era, the All-Star starting lineup is all decided by the fans, and who gets the most votes and who starts, rather than by the fans, the players, and the media, as was the case twenty years later.

There are always some players with average statistics, but they are very popular, such as Jason Williams, the point guard of the Kings, who only has 12 points and 7 assists if you look at the data, but in the first All-Star voting results, he narrowly beat the first two All-Star starters Gary Payton, who averaged 24 points and 9 assists per game, and ranked third among Western defenders!

Why is Jason Williams' stats so different from Payton's, but fans are voting for him?

The person who asks this kind of question must be a pseudo-fan who does not watch the game. Although Jason Williams' data is average, the passing is too fancy, all kinds of behind-the-back passes, passing the ball without looking at people, can almost blind the dog's eyes of every fan!

So he was only in the second grade, and he was very popular, and the number of votes he got was almost the same as that of Gary Payton!

Compared with Jason Williams, this season's Vince Carter is another level, he not only plays fancy, all kinds of beautiful dunks emerge in an endless stream, but also has good statistics and good team results, completely a superstar style!

If I had to find one word to describe Carter, a sophomore, it would be perfect!

People always like things that can bring them a sense of freshness and impact, so Carter, who was in the same class as Jason Williams, became the vote king of the first poll results!

In the center position of the East, Alonzo Mourning's votes were unbeatable, and Da Yao beat Uncle Mu by a narrow margin and ranked second!

From the beginning of the all-star voting, the village women's station was pulling all-star votes for Da Yao. All-star ballots can be voted on online, and personal computers are still very rare in China, but Internet cafes have appeared.

Around the year 2000, it was the era of explosive growth of Internet cafes in China, and in just one or two years, this new type of entertainment blossomed everywhere in the motherland.

However, although Internet cafes appeared at the end of 99, they have not reached the level of ubiquity that they will be everywhere one or two years later, and what is worse is that Internet cafes are usually not Internet - most Internet cafes are not even called Internet cafes, only called computer rooms, only stand-alone games to play, and if you want to go online, you need to find another high-end location.

It is precisely because the number of Internet cafes in China is not enough that Da Yao has not received too many votes from China, and his ability to suppress Uncle Mu is still stained with a large population in New York, plus the Knicks' record is very good!

It can be said that second place is already his limit, and it is almost impossible to surpass Mourning and become a starter of the Eastern Conference All-Stars.

Further down, Raptors center Antonio Davis is fourth, and Hornets center Elden Campbell is fifth!

In the center position of the West, because Phil Jackson established a triangular offensive system with O'Neal as the core, the data of the big shark O'Neal has improved, and the Lakers' record is the first in the West, so O'Neal's votes are unbeatable!

Ewing, David Robinson, Divac, Sabonis, ranked 2 to 5, and Olajuwon, who has been recovering from injuries, is sixth!

In the Western Conference forward position, Tim Duncan is the first forward, and Scottie Pippen and Chris Webb are second and third respectively, and the votes are very close.

Carl Malone, who is in small ball City, Utah, ranked fourth, but the votes were only half of that of third-place Webb, and he basically missed the All-Star start. Behind them are Grizzlies power forward Raheem, Lakers forward Glen Rice, Clippers rookie Lamar Odom, Trail Blazers big forward Rasheed Wallace, and Barkley who is still recovering from injury.

In the position of Eastern forward, the new ticket king Vince Carter overpowered Grant Hill, and Hill, a super popular player that Jordan couldn't compete for, actually fell behind a lot in the number of votes!

People always like the new and hate the old, and Hill can't compare to Carter, and the gap between him and the third place is very small!

Third place is the Knicks' Kevin Garnett!

Interestingly, the fourth-ranked forward in the East is none other than Garnett's teammate Maddie!

Kemp is fifth, Van Horn is sixth, and then Antoine Walker of the Celtics, Glenn Robinson, the big dog of the Bucks, Tony Kukic of the Bulls, and Charles Oakley of the Raptors!

For the Western Conference guard position, Jason Kidd received the most votes, and Kobe Bryant was narrowly second. Jason Williams is third, Payton is fourth, and Anfernee Hardaway is behind!

Stockton had half the vote of Hardaway, coming in sixth, Stoudemire in seventh and Spreville eighth.

In the position of Eastern guard, last year's scoring champion Allen Iverson is unbeatable, Alan Houston and Eddie Jones have very close votes, Houston is in second place by a narrow margin, Eddie Jones is third, and then Marbury, Ray Allen, Tim Hardaway!

Surprisingly, the Knicks' backup point guard, Lee Wei, is ranked seventh among Eastern Conference guards, beating Reggie Miller, Sam Cassel, his teammate Nash, and Paul Pearce!

Paul Pearce, who is 2.01m, actually played small forward for the Celtics, and their shooting guard was Adrian Griffin, an undrafted pick. However, the Kai team already has a last All-Star power forward, Antoine Walker, and then put Pierce in the forward, which is easy to dilute the votes and make Walker lose, so they have an idea and say that Pierce is a guard!

Anyway, the difference between the swingmen and guards is not obvious, Adrian Griffin, who is 1.96 meters tall and not very popular, will be wronged and be the team's nominal small forward!

In this way, fans who like the Celtics can choose Walker among the forwards and then Pierce among the guards, and there is no conflict at all!

However, the Celtics' record is not good, and the sophomore Pierce doesn't know how to help the team win, giving people the feeling that he is a bad team brush, and his popularity can't be compared with Carter and Jason Williams in the same year.

"The votes are scattered!"

Li Wei shook his head and smiled bitterly when he saw Garnett and Maddy ranking third and fourth among Eastern forwards respectively. But he didn't want to say anything else, just called on fans not to vote for him and to vote for Alan Houston.

Now, Alan Houston is the second place in the defenders' vote, but the lead is not obvious, and he could be overtaken by Eddie Jones at any time, and Li Wei must canvass for him.

Maddie was also surprised to find out that he was the fourth All-Star vote in the East, but he understood that Garnett's vote was very close to Grant Hill's, and if the fans who voted for him could vote for Garnett, maybe Garnett would be an All-Star starter, so he started voting for Garnetra as well.

"If you're a Knicks fan, vote for Garnett!"

"If you like the Knicks, vote for Alan Houston!"

In the lively all-star selection season, the battle for votes is also life-and-death, and each team is trying their best to grab tickets for their own stars!