After the arrival of the New Year, Yu Fei's pace of life was significantly faster.

The Bucks are aggressive, occupying the top spot in the league since December.

Yu Fei's triple-double became a cultural phenomenon, allowing him to win the all-star vote over Vince Carter, the GOAT of the new century, and become the league vote leader.

Although the voting is not over yet, there is no suspense about Yu Fei's vote, because his main opponents are either unsuccessful (James), or willing to fall (Carter), or have a bad reputation (Kobe).

Except for Yu Fei, no one on the Bucks has locked up an All-Star spot, and the closest of them are Kevin Martin and ...... Kwame Brown.

Since the beginning of the new century, the league's center has withered, especially the dim stars on the Eastern East, so Brown can squeeze into the third place in the voting for the All-Star center position in the East this season with an average of 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks per game.

It's just that Brown has two great gods hanging on his head. One is O'Neal, the center who was voted first in the East, and the other is Big Ben, the center who was voted second in the East.

Moreover, these two have a million-dollar vote advantage over Brown. This kind of gap is no longer something that Yu Fei can solve by opening his mouth.

Regarding Brown's disappointment and regret, Yu Fei drew a pie on it: "Kwamei, as the best American center under the age of 30, do you still have any questions about whether you will be selected as an All-Star at least once in the future?" ”

Brown said dejectedly, "But ...... That's a million-level gap..."

Yu Fei smiled: "Don't worry, they will always get old." ”

Brown had no choice but to admit it.

Kevin Martin is currently sixth in the Eastern Conference guard vote, less than 10,000 votes away from Richard Hamilton, who is fifth.

In addition to calling on his fans to vote for Martin, Yu Fei also wants Martin to play at a high level in the near future.

This requires Martin to maintain the corresponding game form, and Yu Fei needs to share the ball and use the star's own gravity to deliberately create opportunities for him.

In terms of individual form, Martin is undoubtedly on a hot streak.

The ban not only paves the way for the full unlocking of the ball-handling core, but also provides space for Martin to take off as a lightweight, agile defender.

At the beginning of January, the Bucks and Cavaliers had a season trilogy.

Shortly after the Christmas war, both sides seem to be familiar with each other, just like Yuuki Yuzuru, who has collaborated with Fukada Eimi 25 times between 2020 and 2021, everyone knows each other's materials, so there is no need to fix those voids, just give it a go.

Tonight, LeBron James was on fire, scoring 31 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in front of Yu Fei, who is known for his triple-double, and tonight's Yu Fei did not seek to surpass his little brother in terms of statistics.

Because every game between the Bucks and the Cavaliers is broadcast live across the United States, this is an opportunity if you want to canvass for Kevin Martin.

Yu Fei used himself as a decoy and continued to create opportunities for Martin, and finally delivered a personal record 23 assists in a single game, allowing Martin to cut a career-high 48 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists with an astonishing efficiency of 18-of-26 shooting.

In this battle, although the Cavaliers lost, James won unanimous praise from the media.

Those media outlets that favor James believe that this is "the first time LeBron has taken the initiative in front of Frye".

After all, James got a 30+ triple-double, while Yu Fei had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 23 assists.

This gave some an excuse to attack James' teammates.

For this phenomenon, Xiao Zhan, who has just passed his 21st birthday, tried to dissuade him: "You know, I have a responsibility to protect everyone under my wing, and if we fail, I hope it is me who will be criticized because I didn't make them better." ”

Yu Fei congratulated James on his performance, and then concentrated on canvassing for Martin: "I've been telling Kevin that he can be an All-Star this season, and tonight he played a performance that many All-Stars can't play, and I'm so proud of him." ”

"I don't want to listen to other people's hype." Martin showed a clear antipathy to public opinion in the outside world, "The only advice that matters to me is Frye's advice, it was he who saved my career, and I feel like I can't repay him for whatever I do." ”

Martin's gratitude surprised Yu Fei, who, in his view, saw his take-off hinge as the league banned him in the second year of his career, but in Martin's view, Yu Fei was the one who advocated for the team to select him in the draft and was patient with his stinking rookie season and kept giving him a chance.

Different perspectives lead to different perceptions.

Yu Fei continued to work hard to get Martin to squeeze out Richard Hamilton's position and become a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

After the game against the Cavaliers, Martin's popularity skyrocketed, and overnight, the difference between him and Hamilton was almost the same.

This is the time to strike while the iron is hot.

Two days later, the Bucks played the Bulls at home, and Martin continued his hot form.

This night, Yu Fei didn't deliberately pass the ball to Martin, he just scored the goals that should be scored and the goals that should not be scored - such as the three-point whistle at halftime - and finally made George Carr suggest that the league directly award Martin with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists with the data of 32 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

"Averaging less than 3 points per game in his rookie season, 18 points per game in his second season, and shooting from the top of the league in all three fields, I honestly, what more could you ask for?" "Kevin Martin is not only our second most important player, but also the best shooting guard in the East, and as a coach who has led his team to two championships in the last three years, I think I'm qualified to say that, and if history doesn't work, let's look at where we're the best in the league with our leader, and Martin is the second man under Frye," said George Carr. As the second man on the league's best team, I say he's the best scoring guard in the East just out of respect for Kobe Bryant, you know, Frye is a fan of him (laughs). ”

Martin's performance, coupled with the media power behind Yu Fei, surpassed Richard Hamilton in just two games.

Carl's comments and Martin's imminent push of Hamilton out of the All-Star Game have the Pistons in a hurry.

In terms of record, they are second only to the Bucks.

In terms of strength, Hamilton has been a well-known pitcher for many years in the league, and as the No. 1 scoring point on the Pistons wing, his biggest regret is that he has never won any individual awards since entering the league.

True, Hamilton wasn't part of the All-Star team until the 2005-06 season.

And his peer in Philadelphia, Kobe Bryant, was not only an All-Star in the second year, but now an NBA superstar, and the situation of the two is no longer the same.

This season, the Pistons have relied more on Hamilton's outside offensive firepower, and the stars in the East are dim, especially the guard line, since Ray Allen went to the West, the head player is only Iverson, and then there are popular spicy chickens such as Wade and Arenas.

Hamilton doesn't have the luxury of competing with popular students, he just wants to be an All-Star, even if it's a substitute in the bench, he is an All-Star.

I thought it was stable this year, but I didn't expect to suddenly kill a second-grade rookie.

"With my resume and performance, I think I deserve to be [an All-Star]." Hamilton said after a game, "If I don't make the cut, it's not my problem. This only shows that I am not the one who masters the rules of the game. ”

Looking closely, it is not difficult to see that Hamilton is already bluntly saying that there are ghosts in this.

So who has been pushing Martin to be an All-Star? Naturally, it is Yu Fei.

Yu Fei and Hamilton have a grudge, so Hamilton's yin and yang weirdness is logically smooth.

This is a windfall for Fei.

Of course, he knew that winning Martin to the All-Star would of course squeeze out another person, but at first, Yu Fei didn't expect that this person would be Hamilton.

Now that he already knew that the person competing with Martin was Hamilton, Yu Fei had even more reason to do something.

Someone who masters the rules of the game? Hamilton was right.

Unless it's a popular superstar, places like Milwaukee or Detroit can only rely on local fans to make it to All-Star status.

Well-meaning local media will also help blow the trumpet to show how great their kids are, but the same media, the Los Angeles Times and the Milwaukee Sentinel, are two different things, just like the sex dragon and the cold front are two different people to the world.

One has global influence, and the other has only regional influence.

The history of basketball superstars controlling media opinion begins with Dr. J and continues with Magic, reaching its peak in Jordan, thus defining the relationship between professional basketball superstars and the media.

This relationship is both extreme and unequal, and people like Jordan can reasonably disrespect every media person, while the media person still has to smile and stick a cold ass and tell himself, this is Danzi, he is such a person, I have to put up with it, otherwise I will never want to interview him again.

Now, Yu Fei is also such an existence, and he has a similar influence on the media.

Hamilton knows this all too well.

And he knows that his complaints and accusations can't change anything, as long as Martin continues to output, as long as Yu Fei wants him to become an Eastern Conference All-Star, he can naturally squeeze himself out and become the second star of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Hamilton didn't leave anything to chance.

From the beginning of the New Year until late January after the All-Star Weekend voting holiday, Kevin Martin averaged 30 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, during which time the Bucks won all of them.

In the end, Martin not only opened up a gap of 100,000 votes with Hamilton in votes, but also approached the fourth place in the Eastern Conference guard with Chauncey Billups, another Pistons player.

Some believe that if the voting deadline is pushed back by a few days, Martin will overtake Billups as the fourth-place defender in the Eastern Conference vote.

In any case, this star-making movement, which was completely driven by Fei himself, was successfully completed.

Kevin Martin was named to the 2005-06 Eastern Conference All-Star Team.

(End of chapter)