As Lin Fei said, the first echelon of the West this season is basically the hegemony of the Spurs, Mavericks and Timberwolves.

The Dallas Mavericks' reinforcement this offseason was a success, and the team not only traded the Stackhouse, who was already in his prime, for top sixth man Ginobili,

At the same time, Jason Terry also averaged 18.2 points per game on the starting point guard, and his three-point shooting rate reached a career-high 43.7%.

On average, Terry hits more than 2.5 three-pointers per game.

Lin Fei's birth in the NBA has largely affected the status of the three-point shot in the game.

Aggressive point guards like Jason Terry have also gotten more tactical leaning.

In particular, Terry himself worked hard enough in the offseason, and the shame of being easily abused by Lin Fei in the All-Star Three-Point Contest last season still inspires the excellent shooter to this day.

Josh Howard, who is also in the 03 generation, as well as Marquis Daniels, and Devin Harris in the second grade, have also grown up rapidly.

This gives the Mavericks enough potential to play on the forward line, and these young players dare to fight, and at the same time obey the coach's arrangement.

After trading away veteran players such as Nash, Antoine Jamison and Antoine Walker, the Mavericks have now completely rebuilt around Dirk Nowitzki.

The elder Nelson gradually faded from the Mavericks' management, which also gave Mark Cuban more control and the team was more united than ever.

By all accounts, the Dallas Mavericks have enough quality to challenge for a championship this season.

Of course, the most important thing is the stable output of "Nuo Tianwang", averaging 27 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block per game, and the shooting rate exceeded 50% for the first time in his career.

In the regular season MVP rankings of the new season, Nowitzki has always occupied the top three positions, and even was photographed at the top for a while.

The Mavericks' current 24-7 record is also firmly in first place in the West and second in the league, ahead of the Spurs and Timberwolves.

Although the Spurs traded away Ginobili, the lineup centered on Duncan and Parker is still stable, only 1.5 wins behind the Mavericks.

However, Duncan's average points per game this season is only 19.1 points, and his average points per game in the first season of his career are as low as 20 points, so he naturally does not have much advantage in the MVP competition.

The Timberwolves are the only three teams in the West with 20+ wins, following the Mavericks and Spurs.

Although he lost Philip Saunders head coach, general manager Kevin McHale personally coached and emphasized the defensive philosophy.

With Garnett, Artest and Gerard Wallace, the team configuration is consistent with the defensive philosophy of "Refrigerator" McHale.

This allowed the Timberwolves to play the iron-blooded defensive style of the Green Army in the 80s, and Garnett averaged 25+13+3 top power forward data per game, truly achieving both offense and defense.

On the list of regular season MVPs, "Wolf King" Garnett has always been in the top five.

Artest and Gerard Wallace are also in the discussion for the All-Defensive Team.

Seeing the rapid rise of the Timberwolves this season after a year of malaise, Lin Fei couldn't help but sigh.

The butterfly effect he helped the Timberwolves win the championship in '04 is really very powerful, and the Timberwolves and Garnett are heading for a completely different path of revival.

Judging from the current situation, the seismic trade of the original World 07 offseason Big Three to report the Green Army should be unlikely.

After all, Garnett won the MVP, championship and FMVP in the Timberwolves, and Minnesota fans have always welcomed him very much.

The Wolf King's career can choose to end his life with the Timberwolves, creating a model of one person and one city.

In this way, with Garnett's MVP-level performance in the past two years, even if the Timberwolves can't win the championship again under his leadership in the future,

Garnett's historical status after retirement will definitely be higher than that of the original world.

As for the other big three brothers in the original world, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, this season has not been as smooth as Garnett.

Last season's Celtics and SuperSonics both made the Eastern and Western playoffs under the leadership of Pierce and Ray Allen, and both finished in the top half.

However, the performance of both teams has declined significantly this season, and the current record is ranked in the lottery zone, and the contradictions within the team continue to breed.

Whether it is Pierce or Ray Allen, they have the strength of an All-Star bench and can become the core of the team, but they are still far from the level of MVP and non-sale.

So in Lin Fei's view, in the next season or two, Pierce and Ray Allen are both likely to be traded by the team, and they also have the opportunity to join forces......

The Houston Rockets can be said to have dropped the chain for the top three in Texas this season, with Maddy and Da Yao both injured and taking turns to rest the game, and the team's record also slipped outside the top eight in the West.

The current attitude of the Rockets management is not to mess up and try to make the playoffs.

But in the call with Da Yao, Lin Fei still thinks that the rocket should retreat and advance and compete for the champion sign.

Maddy and Da Yao should both heal from injuries this season, and the team will select a high-pick right-hand man in the offseason, Aldridge and Roy in '06 are good, and there is no need to let the Trail Blazers take advantage.

In this way, next season's Rockets will really have a chance to hit the second round of the playoffs, or even the Western Conference finals.

The Suns have been missing the team's leading scorer Stoudemire in the first half of the regular season, and Smalls is not expected to return before the All-Star after knee cartilage surgery.

In the original world, the Suns still led the team to a 54-win record without Xiao Si this season, relying on the advantage of the division ranking rules to lead the Mavericks with 60 wins and rank second in the West.

That's why Steve Nash won the regular season MVP that season.

But in today's parallel world, Nash and the Suns are not so lucky, and the current Suns' record is barely maintained at more than 50% of the winning rate, only ranking 7th in the West.

Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers, and the declining Sacramento Kings,

Several teams have a lot of records, and the difference in wins is within 2 games, and the ranking of the west can be said to change every day, and the intensity is far greater than that of the east.

On the other hand, on the eastern side, the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons are obviously in the first echelon.

The New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers and Warshengton Wizards are far behind, with the Bucks, Bulls, 76ers and Pacers in the third tier of the East.

In the latest edition of the championship probability list, the Miami Heat is still in first place, and even if O'Neal has not yet returned, the Heat is still strong enough.

This is, of course, because Lin Fei and Wade both played MVP-level performances in the regular season.

At present, although Lin Fei's average points per game in the new season have decreased, they still remain at 36.1, slightly higher than Kobe's 35.6, ranking first on the scoring list.

Wade also averaged 29.2 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, and his overall statistics were not inferior to his MVP-level performance last season.

According to ESPN, in the entire history of the NBA, there has never been a situation where the two cores of a team have averaged more than 29 points per game.

Even the OK group at its peak didn't reach this level.

Of course, Wade has taken a break of 12 games in the new season, and the number of games after his return is not enough, and his personal score has not entered the scoring list.

As the season deepens, the American media also believes that Lin Fei's personal score will be overtaken by Kobe, and Lin Fei has no tactical advantage in this competition for the peak scoring champion.

After all, Kobe Bryant is now the absolute single-core of the Lakers, with an average of nearly 28 shots per game, while Lin Fei has maintained an average of about 14 shots per game after Wade's return.

And Wade's average number of shots per game is about 19, and from the perspective of the team's shooting rights, the boss of the Miami Heat is always Wade.

For the Heat to hit the second championship at the same time, how to balance the relationship between Wade, Lin Fei, and O'Neal,

Pat Riley has also had a number of discussions with Van Gundy's coaching staff.

Obviously, the Heat management and coaching staff are now basically divided into two factions, one of which is Wade's supporters, and the other is Lin Fei's supporters.

From the analysis of objective data and efficiency, Lin Fei is a more suitable core of the team than Wade.

The reason why there were more Wade supporters within the Heat was because Wade was more comprehensive in all aspects of his skills and played the role of point guard and playmaker in the team.

Lin Fei has never shown organizational skills, and his passing level is quite poor.

But now Lin Fei is gradually showing a certain ability in passing, which also makes the defensive team dare not hold the ball against him unscrupulously.

At the same time, this also allowed the Heat team to have a richer tactical play, the first of which was to often carry out high-level blocking and dismantling with Lin Fei, which became a direct beneficiary, and the average points per game soared significantly.

Although at present, Lin Fei's passing and organizational skills are far inferior to Wade, and he can often only share the ball with obvious large empty teammates when he is trapped.

But the Heat coaching staff has seen the hope of Lin Fei's growth, not to mention that in terms of scoring efficiency and defensive ability, Lin Fei is currently better than Wade.

Therefore, in recent times, the number of Lin Fei's supporters within the Heat has increased significantly, and the voice of trading Wade after the season has also become strong.

As the general manager, Pat Riley is now more inclined to keep Lin Fei, and does not rule out the plan to trade Wade to support Lin Fei.

But the crux of the problem is that neither Lin Fei nor his agent promised to renew his contract with the Heat in advance.

And the management of the Heat has not made it clear that they will help Lin Fei to be the boss of the Heat, which makes the situation in a kind of mutual temptation.

The reason why Pat Riley did not give Lin Fei a promise in advance is because the team still has a lot of concerns, although Lin Fei is very strong, but compared with Wade, it is not perfect.

Wade has expressed his willingness to stay with the Heat at all times, and has also accepted a new contract extension with a maximum salary.

In this regard, Wade's sincerity to the team is obviously far greater than Lin Fei's.

And what Pat Riley is worried about is that if the Heat decides to give up Wade and give a promise to help Lin Fei to try to keep him, will it also not be able to make Lin Fei happy?

Since then, the Heat showed their hole cards in advance, but they still couldn't keep Lin Fei, and at the same time cooled Wade's heart, which may outweigh the losses.

Now Lin Fei is bent on testing the free market after the season, and has not given any trace of wanting to stay with the Heat, which makes Pat Riley a little unhappy.

Of course, the Heat's biggest goal this season is to try to stabilize the Big Three in order to win the second championship in team history.

As for who Lin Fei and Wade will keep, Pat Riley will test and find out Lin Fei's intentions in the course of the regular season, according to the specific situation.

Pat Riley has his own skills, even if Lin Fei has great potential, he will definitely not be controlled by others.

Unless Lin Fei really has the idea of continuing to play for the Heat, Pat Riley will not hesitate to sacrifice Wade to support Lin Fei.

Otherwise, Wade is still the Heat's first choice.

In terms of the tactical arrangement within the Heat team, Pat Riley has been reminding Stan Van Gundy that Wade should continue to maintain the most shots in the team, while Lin Fei's average number of shots per game should be kept within 15.

Before the Heat officially renewed Lin Fei's contract, the better Lin Fei played in the game, the more unfavorable it was for Pat Riley.

Once Lin Fei wins the regular season MVP this season, then his ambitions will only get bigger.

The golden carp is a thing in the pond, and it will turn into a dragon when it encounters a storm.

On the other hand, Wade has now renewed his contract with the Heat in advance, if he is allowed to win the regular season MVP,

So in the future, whether Wade will always be the boss or trade away a Lianzhuang MVP, it will be more beneficial for the Heat.

Wade's agent team has also been reminding Wade that after all, he has been out of action for 12 games at the beginning of the regular season and has fallen behind Lin Fei in the competition for MVP.

Therefore, now we should firmly grasp the team's first shot and try to brush the data more beautifully.

But Wade's own mind is not so insidious and complicated, playing with Lin Fei, he deeply understands the selflessness and humility revealed by Lin Fei,

And these have also deeply affected Wade's own character and ball quality.

Qin Dongmei has also reminded Lin Fei more than once that she gave Wade a hand in the process of competing for MVP last season, and she didn't get FMVP in the finals, so she should be active this season.

After all, in addition to the championship, Lin Fei has not won enough personal hard honors, which has a crucial impact on the further development of his commercial value and the future of his future.

Lin Fei has always been calm and calm about this, and he is comfortable with his current positioning in the Heat team.

With an average of 15 shots per game, he has always been hard and active in his daily training, and his down-to-earth and steady attitude infects every teammate around him.

Now for Lin Fei, it is to improve the passing attribute as soon as possible, and after another month, now Lin Fei's passing attribute has been improved to 73 points.

This level is basically the average of non-point guard players in the NBA.

Since the Heat coaching staff has set their average number of shots per game at around 15, what Lin Fei should do is to try to improve his efficiency and maintain an average of 30+ points per game.

It also has more obvious contributions to assists, steals and blocks.

In this way, Lin Fei will still be ahead of his teammate Wade on the track competing for the regular season MVP.

With the arrival of January 06, the all-star voting of fans around the world is also in full swing.

Compared to last year's All-Star, the popularity of the stars has also changed significantly.

Lin Fei, Wade, Wolf King, Nuo Tianwang, James, Kobe Bryant's popularity and influence have been further enhanced,

Elton Brand, who has played a dominant performance in the Clippers this season, Carmelo Anthony of the Nuggets, Ginobili of the Mavericks, and Pau Gasol of the Grizzlies, have also soared in popularity this season and are expected to be selected as All-Stars.

In contrast, stars such as O'Neal, Iverson, Carter, Duncan, Grant Hill, Pierce, Ray Allen, Jason Kidd, and others have seen a decline in popularity......

Although Iverson was able to average 33.2 points per game this season, he was second only to Lin Fei and Kobe Bryant in the scoring list,

But the 76ers' record has slipped further and is in danger of missing the playoffs.

After several rounds of voting, Lin Fei's huge popularity at home and abroad was once again demonstrated.

A total of 3.99 million all-star tickets, without any suspense, won the all-star ticket king,

That's 900,000 more than last year's record-breaking 3.09 million.

However, the majority of fans on the side of the Celestial Empire still complained on major media platforms, claiming that the NBA headquarters obviously hacked the All-Star tickets of the Celestial Empire fans.

According to statistics within the Celestial Empire, the number of fans who voted for Lin Fei exceeded 5 million.

Lin Fei was re-elected as the vote king with 3.99 million All-Star votes, Da Yao, who ranked second, also had 2.46 million votes, and Kobe Bryant ranked third with 2.33 million votes with the scoring feast of the new season.

Wade, James, Garnett, O'Neal, Iverson and others also received more than 2 million votes......

The All-Star starters in the East were:

Dwayne Wade,

Lin Fei,

LeBron James,

Jermaine O'Neill,

Shaquille O'Neal.

The West's All-Star starting five are:

Steve Nash,

Kobe bryant

Dirk Nowitzki,

Kevin Garnett,

Da Yao.

Lin Fei was elected the All-Star vote king with a record-breaking number of votes for the second year in a row, and even if the number of votes of Celestial Empire fans was reduced, he was still a well-deserved vote king.

This also reflects Lin Fei's current huge popularity around the world, and more and more fans are becoming obsessed with Lin Fei's three-point shot and 3D attributes.

In the latest NBA jersey sales list in January, Lin Fei's Heat No. 22 jersey also topped the single-month jersey sales list for the first time.

Ahead of the start of Houston's All-Star Weekend,

Pat Riley's Heat management also took the initiative to find Lin Fei and once again talked about the early contract extension.

"Lin, 4 years and 64 million US dollars, the same as Dwayne's maximum salary contract, this is already the highest contract that the team can give you under the salary rules!"

"In addition to this, this contract also includes a reward system with a total value of more than 30 million US dollars!"

Pat Riley wears a suit and leather shoes, his eyes are deep, and his body exudes a strong gentlemanly demeanor:

"Lin, as long as you sign this contract, I promise, you will become the first core of the Heat team, and the team's coaching staff will also increase your shooting rights and try to make you win the regular season MVP this season!"

"We're all smart people, I'm sure you know what I mean, stay with the Heat, let's start a dynasty together, and you're going to be Miami's Michael Jordan!"

In the face of Pat Riley's straightforwardness, Lin Fei, as a smart person, naturally understands everything.

"Mr. Riley, do you mean that the team will let Dwayne step aside for me?"

"If I don't agree to an early contract extension, won't I get the regular season MVP this season?"

In the face of Lin Fei's rhetorical question, Pat Riley's face was obviously gloomy......

(End of chapter)