no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 112 All-Star Starts (Additional update of the Forbidden Army Commander Meng Zhiwan’s reward)

It takes time to gain significant weight and muscle, especially during the season, which is a challenge for Noah.

However, although Noah has a flamboyant personality, as Deng said, he is also a little bit proud of a sense of superiority, but he has one good thing, that is, he will do what he says.

Just like he had promised to train with Xu Yong before, even if it was four o'clock in the morning, now that he lost the bullfight, he would do it even if it was a challenge.

And he has another characteristic, that is, he is actually very smart and knows that doing so is good for him and the Bulls.

These two characteristics really made Xu Yong feel that although they were born completely different, Noah and Rodman still have some similarities.

Fast forward to the end of July.

The overall performance of the Bulls in January was very impressive. Although they were almost reversed by the Kings and lost to the Magic, they performed well overall. They won 1 of the 15 games. The overall record has reached 10 wins and 26. On the sixth position in the Eastern Conference.

The most important factor comes from the backcourt combination of Rose and Xu Yong.

The two had a tacit understanding as a partner. After Xu Yong gradually adapted to his opponent's performance recovery, Rose's performance did not decrease but increased.

1月的比赛中，罗斯场均能够得到22.3分3.5篮板7.8助攻，投篮命中率高达49.6%，就连三分球命中率也有31%。

徐永则首次月场均得分破了20，场均能贡献20.5分4.2板3.6助攻，投篮命中率和三分命中率分别为51.2%和41%。

At this time, the league successively announced the results of the All-Star voting and the list of substitutes.

That is, the result of this vote has attracted huge controversy.

Eastern starting lineup: Wade, Xu Yong, James, Garnett, Howard;

Eastern Conference bench: Rondo, Rose, Iverson, Johnson, Pierce, Bosh, Al Horford.

Western Conference starting lineup: Nash, Kobe, Anthony, Duncan, Yao Ming;
Western bench lineup: Paul, Deron Williams, Roy, Durant, Nowitzki, Stoudemire, Gasol.

Xu Yong was directly selected as the All-Star starter!
In fact, this matter had already caused controversy as early as late December, when the results of the first round of voting for the All-Stars came out.

Because at that time Xu Yong ranked third among guards, second only to Wade and Iverson in the East, and had more stars than Rondo, Pierce, Joe Johnson and others.

In fact, the issue of the number of votes for Chinese players has always been a topic of intense controversy.

You must know that Yao Ming, who averaged only 13.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in his rookie season, has already overwhelmed O'Neal, who had 27.5 points and 11 rebounds, as the starting center in the Western Conference.

It was only because Yao Ming proved his strength little by little later that he was worthy of the starting line-up, so this topic gradually faded away.

But last season, this topic was once again brought to the forefront, because Yi Jianlian, who averaged only 8.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, actually suppressed the "Wolf King" Garnett in the first three rounds of voting, and almost became the Eastern Conference leader. Starting striker.

After that, the alliance has secretly adjusted the voting ratio in China. Although there is no clear statement from 1:7 to 1:14, judging from the overall number of votes cast this year compared to the past few years, it can be seen that it It does exist.

But even with this ratio, Xu Yong still became an All-Star starter.

All I can say is that there are so many fans in China!
At this point, perhaps only Xu Yong, who has seen the BA of the future village, knows how terrifying the number is.

And Xu Yong is the detonator of the enthusiasm of the fans, so it is not surprising that his votes have been rising all the way, and he was finally selected as the starter.

But it was this kind of no surprise that made those American fans who called for Iverson to vote for Iverson round after round of voting, but still couldn't stop them in the end, furious.

If they can't change this outcome, they can only vent their anger on social media.

It happened that the wave of the slam dunk contest hadn't passed yet, and this was counted together with "new and old grudges", and the firepower was fully fired.

"The NBA voting system is a joke. This is definitely the most shameful NBA All-Star Game."

"Xu is not worthy at all. It doesn't matter if we don't watch this kind of All-Star Game. We should boycott this year's All-Star Game."

"I would be happy to go there and watch Xu make a fool of himself in the dunk contest and the main game. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

……

However, amid all the scolding, there is an account called "KBforever" who is arguing with these people.

"You can control the choice of the fans?"

"Then you must not go, and remember, don't turn on the TV. If you can't do that, I will look down on you."

"You guys are somewhat abnormal, spending money to see things you don't like?"

……

Of course, this kind of debate is weak, and doubts about Xu Yong are rampant on social media.

New York, NBA headquarters.

Xiao Hua was talking with Stern about the results of the All-Star voting.

"Should we continue to increase this ratio next year, or directly strip the votes from China?" Xiao Hua suggested.

Just like in the original draft, he has always been a loyal supporter of the domestic market in the United States, and the overseas market is secondary in his mind.

Stern waved his hand, and then said: "Adam, you should know that even if the votes in China are stripped off, Xu's local votes this year are not low."

Xiao Hua could not refute this.

In fact, when most people focus on Xu Yong's Chinese background, they ignore some other aspects of Xu Yong, such as Xu Yong's playing style.

Max's dry pull, slam dunk, fancy dunk, change of direction without slowing down, which of these is not full of visual impact?
What's more, in the opening game, he beat the Cavaliers against the sky, beat the Lakers against Biao Bryant, scored in the Chinese Derby, and broke Evans after the Rookie of the Year match. Which game under the spotlight did Xu Yong not play well?

Fans may be divided by nationality and skin color, but they are not blind.

Of course there are those who are not blind, but they are a minority after all.

Not to mention, as the third largest city in North America, Chicago itself has a large number of fans, and if Arizona is included, it is two major ticket holders.

"But the fans..." Xiao Hua was not reconciled.

"Fans don't have to care, isn't this just going to continue to fuel the enthusiasm of the All-Stars?" Stern interrupted Xiao Hua's words.

Seeing this, Xiao Hua had no choice but to nod.

After all, the league president at this time is still Stern.

After Xiao Hua left the office, Stern also stood up and walked to the window.

In fact, he thought far more than Xiao Hua thought.

Unlike previous dunk contests, the controversy this time is completely a good thing.

Because apart from his background and style of play, Xu Yong's performance as the No. [-] pick is actually very good.

截至目前，徐永46场比赛下来，场均19.5分3.6板3.8助攻1.2抢断1.6盖帽1.5失误，48.2%的投篮命中率，39.2%的三分球命中率。

The last swingman who could play such a good role in the rookie stage was Kevin Durant, who has been booked by him as the next potential candidate for the head of the league after James.

If we count one more, we have to catch up with Vince Carter. That was all in the 98-99 season.

So he has no reason to stop Xu Yong from achieving something.

Even, he'd be happy to see it.

Although because of Xu Yong's identity, he is unlikely to train Xu Yong as the future leader of the league, but he is very happy to see such an opponent with the appearance of an overseas player appear in the career of James or Durant .

Where there is comparison, there is topicality;
Only when there is competition can there be enjoyment.

Duncan, isn't there Dirk Nowitzki?

And just like what he and Xiao Hua said, the slam dunk contest plus the main game, this year's All-Star Game is already full of enthusiasm.

If nothing else, let’s just say that there is no need to worry about selling the unprecedented [-]-plus seats scheduled for the Dallas Cowboys Stadium this year.

……

"Xu, congratulations on becoming an All-Star starter." In the locker room the next day, Rose congratulated Xu Yong.

"Congratulate me when you are also selected as the All-Star starter, otherwise I will just go through the motions." Xu Yong said with a smile.

Although it is a happy thing to be elected as the starter this time without canvassing for himself at all, he is very sober in the world.

The circle, whether he is willing to admit it or not, exists.

When chatting with Yao Ming before, Yao Ming told him about this.

"If I had a choice, I really don't want to go to the All-Star Game, but there is no way. The fans support you, which means they want to see you."

These were Yao Ming's original words.

Not to mention overseas players, even white people are now excluded from the black circles, not to mention that they are inherently controversial.

Don't pass the ball to you, let you practice running back and forth on the court, even if you are Jordan, you can't do it without the ball in your hand.

That's why Xu Yongcai said that Rose was selected.

If they started together, the situation would be very different.

After all, the ball is in the hands of the defender, and they are both defenders.

And Rose doesn't know, but he doesn't have to wait long for this matter, it will be fine next year.

"Compared to this, Qiao Jin, I have a favor that I need your help with." Xu Yong then turned to look at Noah on the other side.

There is only half a month left in the dunk contest, and he is already getting ready.

He can go through the motions in the main game, but absolutely not in the dunk contest.

He is determined to win this championship.

(End of this chapter)