This year's All-Star Weekend in Denver was slightly awkward.

When it was advertised in the news, Denver was called the Mecca mecca of the All-Star Game because of the city's unique historical place in the history of the American Professional Basketball All-Star Game. The two major leagues in the history of professional basketball, the ABA and the NBA, have formed an indissoluble bond with Denver.

However, there are no players selected as All-Stars in this holy place, and the home fans can only watch the star performances of other teams, how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the fans?

It's a question that doesn't bother Stern and his helpers. The location of the star game has long been decided, and it is impossible to change it, what they have to do is to find a gimmick in this group of stars.

The biggest gimmick is Yao Ming and Wang Jun, the first time two Chinese players appeared in the Star Game, or on different teams, this can be called the Star Game China Derby!

With this gimmick, even if the atmosphere is average, Nuggets fans don't react enthusiastically, and they are not afraid of no live ratings, at least Chinese fans will be interested.

As long as the publicity is in place and the good looks are found, the situation can be turned around, which is where Stern excels, and he is particularly good at making money.

Wang Jun is very busy and has to play two games. He was still not interested in the three-point contest and turned down the invitation, despite his popularity, which shot 39.4 percent from three-point range.

He had to participate in the Rookie Challenge, and as one of the most popular stars in the sophomore year, he and James, Wade, Anthony and others were able to attract audiences.

In the All-Star Game, Wang Jun successfully became the starter in the East, but the number of votes was not too much, and he only ranked fifth in the East.

Voting. Yao Ming became the top voter with 2558278 votes, and both he and O'Neal surpassed the league's highest vote record of 2451136 set by Jordan in 1997. Yao Ming's votes set a record in history.

There are so many Chinese fans, why is there an obvious gap between Yao Ming and Wang Jun?

Do Chinese fans hate Wang Jun? When you voted for Yao Ming, you didn't want to give him a vote by the way?

The actual situation is that the league took control of Wang Jun's votes, and didn't want him to exceed James, Kobe Bryant and others.

Because he played Garnett too badly, if his popularity is super high, it seems that people like violence and advocate violence, which is not in line with the future development plan of the league.

Eastern starters: Iverson, Wang Jun, Carter, James, O'Neal.

Grant? Hill returned from injury this season and played good statistics, and many fans voted for him. But in the end, he failed to surpass Carter and James and became the starting small forward, and his feelings couldn't compare to the beautiful play after all.

Seven Eastern Conference benches: Jermaine O'Neal, Artest of the Pacers, Pierce of the Celtics, Wade of the Heat, Arenas of the Wizards, Ilgoskas of the Cavaliers, Ben Wallace of the Pistons.

The substitute stars are selected by the coaches, compared to Hill. Artest is averaging 20.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, and he is better defensively than Hill.

The coaches also did not let Hill replace Artai because of feelings.

Kidd also missed the All-Star Game, and the numbers weren't good enough.

Marbury was dragged down by the Knicks' record. is a recognized cancer in the NBA, and no one chose him.

The Pistons' Hamilton had a comprehensive performance of 18.7 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and he could only be out. There are too many outstanding swingmen in the East, and Arenas is a two-way guard.

With an excellent record. Heat coach Stan? Van Gundy became the head coach of the East.

The West is also star-studded. Starting five: Kobe, Maddy, Stoudamire, Duncan, Yao Ming.

Garnett was worse than Wang Jun and did not enter the starter.

Recently. He had another more humiliating thing.

In the game between the Timberwolves and the Raptors, Garnett was about to jump under the basket to score, and the "Wolf of Wall Street" Bonner savagely grabbed the left wrist of the "Wolf King" behind him and dragged him to the ground.

Seeing Bonner triumphantly waving his fist at the fans, Garnett jumped up in anger and strode towards Bonner, glaring at him. In the end, under the interception of the referee and teammates, the two did not fight.

Bonner received a second-degree malicious foul and was ejected from the game, while Sprewell, who pushed Bonner, was also sentenced to a technical foul.

Originally, not so many people were staring at Garnett, but now people know that he is not really tough anymore, and only bluffs.

Who is Bonner? Recognized as a soft egg, a student who accidentally entered the NBA, is not a street fighter.

Dragged down by this incident, Garnett's popularity fell again, and the domineering Stoudamire who was dunked on the ballot overtook him and fell out of the starting lineup.

The West bench seven: Garnett of the Timberwolves, Ginobili of the Spurs, Lewis and Ray Allen of the SuperSonics, Marion and Nash of the Suns, and Nowitzki of the Mavericks.

The coach in the West is Popovich of the Spurs.

The Suns had three selections, the most in the league.

The most controversial thing is that Lewis was selected, and he is also a 20+ scorer, so why not choose Anthony?

The answer is that Lewis's 40.2 percent three-point shooting percentage is eye-catching, and as a No. 4 spot, he is a star attraction, mobile on defense, and good at blocking and pick-and-roll, and every coach wants to have such a power forward on the team, not Anthony who can only play alone.

There are more stars who have been selected in the West, Pau Gasol who led the team to the playoffs with a single core, Stojakovic who is a small forward for the Kings, and Brand who has won 20+10 steadily for the Clippers......

At the same time, Wang Jun was selected for the second-year rookie lineup. The other eight are James, Wade, Anthony, Bosh, Haslem, Josh Howard, Rednow, Hinrich.

The unlucky Carman, who can't even get into the rookie lineup, is slower than last season's stats. It is for this reason that Bruce, the owner of the Nets, looks down on Carman and feels that he is not as good as a 20+ Jefferson.

Nine first-graders: Tony Allen, Lore Deng, Ben Gordon, Iguodala, Devin Harris, Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Ben Noudri. Okafor was sidelined with an injury, with Al Jefferson coming in late on as a substitute.

The first-year lineup is so miserable, except for Ben Gordon, it's a group of blue-collar workers at all.

Udry was a substitute for the Spurs, averaging less than 15 minutes per game, with 6 points and 1.9 assists selected, and Gordon, who scored the most, was just a substitute in the Bulls.

It's an unequal contest. With such a big lineup gap, Wang Jun doesn't expect to win the MVP of the rookie game again.

The Nuggets are at home, and as compensation, Anthony will definitely play for a long time, and his teammates will be happy to help him brush up on his stats.

On the evening of the 17th, Wang Jun packed his luggage and flew to Denver, instructed his two younger sisters to take care of themselves at home, and called Xia Baowen to ask him to help take care of it.

Yuan Hao often comes, just looking at the image, Wang Jun always feels that this kid is a little unreliable, after all, he is too thin.

He considered whether to teach Yuan Hao to exercise and be stronger. After thinking about it, forget it, everything you practice by yourself is difficult, and there are system prompts, so I learned well, let people who don't have system prompts practice, in case something happens, it will be troublesome. (To be continued.) )