163. Howard, you're not an All-Star......
The world of basketball, just like Liu Ren thought, has been messed up because of Thackeray's mess into the All-Star starter!
Thackeray, who was ranked fourth in the Western Conference frontcourt with only 800,000 votes when the penultimate votes were announced, received 410,000 votes in the last two-week voting, and finally beat Kevin Love, who received 1.17 million votes, to become the Western All-Star starter with 1.21 million votes!
At the beginning of this season, Thackeray was full of energy because of the Lakers' good record, and he himself was full of vitality and repeatedly relied on the "towel dance" to get on camera, which attracted a large number of fans, and then the Lakers' record continued to explode, and he relied on his own efforts to develop a low-post one-on-one heads-up ability after replacing Green as a starter, showing the potential of a high-quality role player, so that the fans who were originally only because of his attitude and excitement became more determined to support him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In addition, fans were reluctant to vote for Howard, but there was no super center in the West who used to be like O'Neal and Yao Ming, so they simply voted for Thackeray, who was likeable.
There are also fans who hate Howard and set up an anti-Howard website, the first goal of which is to prevent Howard from being the All-Star starter, and the first person they negotiated to vote for was Thackeray.
By chance and Thackeray's "hard work" in dance, he became an All-Star starter in the West unexpectedly!
After Thackeray was named to the All-Star starter, the members of the "anti-Howard" league around the world were boiling, and it was a major victory for them!
"it, it! Robert, you're actually an All-Star? God, Nike is going to bleed, 3 million bonus! Liu Ren was the first to react and called exaggeratedly.
Thackeray was able to enter the All-Star, and although Liu Ren was surprised, he was more happy for him.
"Hey...... Hehe......" Thackeray still looked confused, the milk tea on his face kept dripping down the big bald head and didn't care, he himself was more frightened than others!
"Congratulations Robert." Whiteside is envious, All-Star starter! This is the highest honor that is loved by the fans!
Whiteside himself does not expect to be an All-Star starter, he knows that although his style of play is very popular with Lakers fans, fans of other teams see his seemingly "arrogant" and "never put a little more effort" style of play on the court, and they think he is insulting the opponent.
It's hard for non-Lakers fans to like Whiteside's style of play.
Another point, Whiteside is not stupid, he knows that Thackeray's miracle this time is not replicable, and when you think about it, Thackeray's selection as an All-Star this time is a miracle brought together by too many coincidences.
Nash sent congratulations, he himself can't be an All-Star, the All-Star bench can't fall on him no matter what, the average of 7 points and 7 assists per game may be surprising for a 40-year-old veteran, but it is far from being an All-Star level.
Kobe Bryant was pleasantly surprised and said with a smile: "Robert, you're a potential star group of Nike, right?" 3 million bonus, a lot, you pay for it today. ”
Thackeray finally came back to his senses when he heard Kobe Bryant's words, wiped the milk tea on his face with his hand, slapped it on the table, and said loudly: "Okay! Uncle Thackeray pays today! ”
Nike's potential star group is the endorsement of some young players who have not yet played out of some popular teams signed by Nike, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, the focus is to tie up these "potential stars", most of these people are players in the rookie contract, Nike's management is looking forward to the emergence of a counterattack low pick rookie like Arenas again, anyway, it costs millions a year to sign a group of people and they don't care.
Almost all the big sneaker brands have such potential stars, Adi and Reebok, and Under Armour.
The members of the potential star group have an incentive clause on the endorsement contract, which is just equivalent to an incentive clause for painting cakes.
The rule is: 3 million dollars in bonuses for being selected as an All-Star starter or best team!
It's almost impossible for a player with a low pick on a popular team, and no one has ever won this prize before!
But now Thackeray got it!
"Holy! Spilled on my snacks! Waiter, give me one more of what I have eaten, not two. Liu Ren pushed away the dessert that had splashed on the milk tea in disgust, ignoring that part of the mixture in the milk tea was his own saliva.
"Can you finish eating so much!" Thackeray reacted instantly, Liu Ren was going to slaughter him.
Liu Rencai ignored Thackeray's excited shouts and said to the waiter: "I can't finish eating and packing!" That's right, pack! The waiter brought two more servings, just according to the number of servings I just ordered, and packed them for me, our Nini and little Betty have never eaten such a delicious dessert, I will bring them back. ”
Nash's eyes lit up: "Yes, our family Lola and Bella also like to eat desserts, the waiter will choose a few desserts for me that you think are delicious to pack, try to choose the expensive ones, our all-star starters are not bad for money!" ”
Kobe Bryant also smiled evilly: "Good idea, Vanessa and Nana and Lily all like desserts, the waiter will pack me all your snacks, help us rent a car, and take us to the Hilton Hotel in a while." ”
Thackeray stood up and stretched out his trembling arms and pointed at the three stinky and shameless bosses in front of him, his face was full of grief and anger, this group of people was more ruthless than the other!
Fortunately, it was Whiteside who gave Thackeray a comfort: "I'm single and I don't like dessert very much, so I won't pack it." ”
Thackeray now looked at Whiteside as if he had seen a pure angel, and the other three next to him were simply devils!
Now Thackeray suddenly felt that Whiteside was fine, and he didn't hate it at all when he was trying to prevent him from wanting to die in training, and he actually felt the urge to drag Whiteside to the training gym.
But Whiteside's next words made Thackeray almost vomit blood.
Whiteside, a man who lived a hard life, had little desire for money, but could save it, and then said to Thackeray: "Can I cash in if I don't pack it?" ”
"You guys die!" Thackeray screamed......
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The 2014 All-Star debut brought a huge impact to basketball fans around the world, and it turned out that it was really possible to get into the All-Star by virtue of its popularity, regardless of its strength.
This is the first time in NBA history that Jordan was not selected as an All-Star starter by fans in his last All-Star in 2003, and he did not even make it to the top five Eastern Conference guards.
Because even if fans like a player again, they are relatively rational in this kind of thing related to strength and honor, even Yao Ming, the all-star ticket king that year, barely has all-star level strength, and Yao Ming's footsteps and feel before weight gain are too impactful.
Of course, the sanity of voting has been broken in Liu Ren's memory of the 2015 All-Star and the 2016 All-Star Kobe Bryant.
But now that Thackeray has been selected as an All-Star, breaking the fans' stereotype of All-Star starters, it is estimated that voting in the future will be fun.
When the Lakers boarded the plane at the Philadelphia airport before 1 p.m., they were talking about Thackeray being an All-Star, and now it's something that everyone around the world is talking about.
The expressions of the Lakers players are divided into three types, the first is happy and happy, which is the majority of the Lakers, including Liu Ren.
The second was Thackeray, who now had a bitter face, and his mouth kept saying: Twenty-seven thousand......
Today's breakfast cost him 27,000, which is enough for him to gamble in style.
And Thackeray can be sure that when he returns to Los Angeles, that group of teammates will definitely pull him out to celebrate his entry into the All-Star starter, and they will definitely give him a good meal, probably several.
The third expression is Kobe, Kobe Bryant was unexpectedly happy today, the smile on his face has not been broken, and he is still humming a song!
"Eh," Nick Young pulled Liu Ren and asked curiously, "Why is Kobe so happy that Robert is an All-Star?" ”
"Just get closer and listen to his singing." Liu Ren replied with a smile.
Listen closer?
Sure enough, Nick Young heard Kobe's singing and knew why he was so happy.
There is a line in the lyrics: Howard, you are not an All-Star, All-Star belongs to the Lakers...... (To be continued.) )