Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

The All-Star voting is a process in which the old is replaced by the new, and no one is exempt.

Jordan made his second comeback, but he was no match for Carter, Iverson, McGrady and others in terms of All-Star voting.

This situation does not mean that Jordan no longer has influence.

After all, Jordan's second comeback caused a sensation across the United States, and the overall ratings and market value of the NBA also soared.

The Wizards' home games and away games were always packed with spectators, and tickets were hard to come by.

Who dares to say that free voting can prove influence better than buying expensive tickets with real money?
The fact is, Jordan's second comeback is as charming as ever.

Although Jordan's fans have matured, have their own careers and families, and are no longer as fanatical as they were when they were young, they still take time to support Jordan, which also brings a lot of attention and revenue to the NBA.

The same is true of Dunn's fans today, most of whom are even older than Dunn.

With work and family, basketball is just a spice of life.

They have the money to support Duen to come to the stadium to watch the game, or watch the game on TV or the Internet.

But he didn't have the extra energy to vote for Duane, let alone canvass other fans for votes like he did when he was young.

However, another reason for Durant's current decline is that the weight of domestic fans' votes is getting lower and lower, and it has almost no impact on the NBA's local voting.

Today's domestic All-Star voting no longer has the magic that helped dethrone O'Neal, the league's No. 1 player who won three consecutive championships, and help Yao Ming, a rookie, become the starting center for the Western Conference All-Star Game.

Of course, although Duane's popularity has declined and he is no longer the All-Star vote leader, he is still the forward with the highest vote rate in the Eastern Conference.

Combining the votes of all players in the East and West, his vote share is still among the top five.

In summary, Curry has gained a lot of support from fans by relying on the Bulls' championships in recent years. Coupled with the advantages of being a local player, he has firmly secured his position as the league's top player in terms of honors and popularity.

It is already remarkable that Duane stepped down and successfully handed over the baton of the No. 1 player to Curry, and ensured that the Bulls remained competitive in winning the championship.

Time flies, and it’s already the end of January.

The Bulls had both good and bad news throughout January. The good news is that Anthony has returned from injury.

In order to avoid destroying the good chemistry within the Bulls, Anthony is willing to start from the bench and has integrated quite well.

The bad news is that another player with the ball is injured, and it's not a veteran, but Dillon, who specializes in doing the dirty work for the Bulls.

Fortunately, it was not an injury to the knee or Achilles tendon, just a shoulder strain.

Although it greatly affects his competitive state, if Dillon is required to do something special at a specific time, it will not affect his personal role.

Any championship-winning team will always need such a person, whether or not they can use him in the end.

The Bulls are aiming for the championship this year, so they will put Dillon on the playoff roster no matter what.

That is why Dillon's condition is still very important to the Bulls.

Back to business, the regular season is already halfway through and the Bulls' record is still excellent.

They only lost 1 games in the whole month of January, and their current record is 2 wins and 44 losses.

If this continues, the Bulls have a good chance of hitting 74 wins in the regular season.

Even if 73 wins ties the Bulls' own team record, it would be a very remarkable thing.

But if they really do this, then this season will definitely not be easy for the Bulls, not to mention that the real goal is to win the championship.

As the saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

It is obviously not easy for the Bulls to balance both regular season performance and playoff results.

Just take the recent period, the Bulls have been playing very hard.

Before the All-Star Weekend begins, the Bulls will have to play six straight away games in the Western Conference, and the players will certainly be exhausted.

These days, the alliance structure is still that the West is strong and the East is weak.

Especially since the Bulls dominated the Eastern Conference, some Eastern Conference stars who wanted to achieve results and win championships were forced to rush to the West to play brother basketball with other Western Conference stars.

Although so far, these stars running around have not produced any results.

On the contrary, Leonard, who stayed in the Eastern Conference last year, built a strong championship team through the trades and operations of the Raptors management, and took advantage of the Bulls' opportunity to rebuild and succeeded by chance.

All I can say is that championship is won through hard work, not by meddling.

Some people want to win the championship with easy difficulty, but they have already lost in terms of morale from the beginning.

What's more, there have been a lot of stars in the Western Conference in recent years. Whether it is in the regular season or in the playoffs, the competition in the Western Conference is so fierce that the stars themselves are also exhausted.

In other words, the teams that make it out of the Western Conference are likely to have stronger potential to win the championship.

However, it is also possible that due to unexpected factors such as injuries, the team will simply give away kills in the finals.

However, from a realistic perspective, most of the middle-aged stars in the league who are at their peak choose to avoid the Bulls.

Compared to going head-to-head with the Bulls in the East, they would rather make a breakthrough in the West.

"Finally I can rest!"

"Brothers, our goal this year is to win the championship. Be careful during the All-Star weekend and don't consume too much energy!"

"Haha, my legs are weak after playing six straight away games in the West. What can I do in the next few days?"

"Don't worry, boss. I won't be going anywhere during the All-Star weekend. I hope you have a good time during the All-Star weekend."

In the blink of an eye, it was February 2th, and the Bulls ended their six-game road trip in the West and returned to Chicago.

The devilish schedule of six consecutive away games is indeed difficult, and the Bulls lost another regular season game.

Fortunately, with the arrival of the All-Star Weekend, the Bulls players finally got a chance to catch their breath.

After the four-day holiday of the All-Star Weekend, the Bulls players, who are currently exhausted, will surely be full of energy again.

After all, technology is too advanced and too common these days.

Take advantage of the four-day holiday during the All-Star Weekend to get an EPO injection, which can rejuvenate you and fill you with energy.

EPO is basically metabolized within three or four days and cannot be detected in urine tests, but its effect can last for two months, just before the start of the playoffs.

All in all, the Bulls have basically passed the most difficult stage.

After the regular season weekend, as long as the Bulls' main players are not injured, they will most likely be able to take into account both the regular season record and the playoff results.

So at this critical juncture, the physical condition of Duane, Curry, and Jokic is also very important.

In this year's All-Star Game, the three of them were still successfully selected as the Eastern Conference starting All-Stars. Curry was even the Eastern Conference vote leader and the captain of Curry's team.

However, Curry, Durant, and Jokic didn't want to make a big move next. They just wanted to make do with it, play a few shots, and make the fans happy.

Durant and Curry have passed the stage of showing their strength and proving themselves in the All-Star Game, and Jokic is not interested in being in the spotlight in the All-Star Game.

The three core players of the Bulls have the same goals and ideas. They should just take this All-Star Game as a chance to relax, since they are already here.

Time flies and it is February 2th, and the All-Star Game is held as scheduled.

Durant picked Jokic while Durant picked him. After coming on the court, the three of them did not really want to compete, but they made several three-pointers in the first quarter, including a successful response.

Then there is no more then.

Except for Curry who played 21 minutes in the whole game, Durant only played 13 minutes and Jokic only played 12 minutes.

During the game, other All-Star players at the scene also noticed the attitudes of Duane, Curry and Jokic.

After confirming that Durant and the other two had no intention of competing for the All-Star MVP, and were not even very interested in the outcome of the game, everyone played more seriously and harder.

To be honest, it is well known that the Bulls are aiming to win the championship this season.

Among the vast majority of stars present, only a few have a real hope of competing with the Bulls in the playoffs and the finals.

Therefore, the honors that can be strived for this year, in addition to the usual honors such as various data champions and best lineups, is the All-Star MVP, the star among stars!

Now Curry and Jokic, who have the ability to compete, don't fight for it, and Durant has already taken too much and expressed his intention not to participate many years ago.

There are a total of 24 All-Stars in the game, and suddenly three competitors are missing, and these three are all All-Star starters, so the situation naturally becomes different.

It can only be said that Duane and the other two have a huge impact on the entire league.

The All-Star Game became more intense and exciting because Duane and the other two did not participate seriously.

To Duane's surprise, Curry's team actually won the game in the end.

Although two starters were missing, it did not affect the team's victory.

Isn’t it true that the saying goes – you are not important to me!
After the All-Star Game, Duane and Curry were also caught by reporters and joked with each other.

Fortunately, Duane and Curry came here for vacation and didn't care about this kind of thing.

To be honest, it feels pretty good to be carried away. You don’t have to do anything, you can just kill people.

If we had worked a little harder in the first half and collected some statistics, we might have been able to make some news.

For example - you can check my data, I played very well in this game!

Look at my stats, you have to respect me...

It's a pity that Duan has always spoken with strength, and there is no need for him to do such pretentious things. After all, it is not in line with his character setting over the years.

Silence is gold, eloquence is silver.

Only those who have a guilty conscience will keep making excuses to prove that they are as powerful as a paper tiger.

Although Duane has gone down the mountain, he still has a certain fighting capacity. There is no need to rely on the power of Curry and Jokic to bully others.

But to be honest, when the Bulls need Duane to perform, he will definitely put up great numbers.

Moreover, Duane played key data, rather than playing data, which proved that he was the most critical person on the team.

Back to the topic, the All-Star Weekend has come to an end and the regular season schedule has started again.

After the Bulls reunited, they quickly started a new round of regular season.

Perhaps it was because other teams knew that the Bulls were not easy to mess with, so the intensity of the next Bulls' games against other teams was not as great as expected.

Of course, this also includes some bottom-ranked teams that were aiming to play badly and compete for the No. 1 pick, so the Bulls will naturally play more easily than usual.

Therefore, the Bulls coaching staff also began to arrange rest for the main players according to the schedule.

While breaking the 74-win regular season record is important, what is more important is to ensure the status of the stars, conduct strict physical health checks and injury management so that they can perform better in the upcoming playoffs.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes.

The regular season had just entered March when the entire NBA encountered a huge trouble.

The toxic circle that spreads across the United States is shrinking. Some NBA players do not listen to the official advice of the NBA, live an undisciplined life, and become "new champions" before the playoffs even start.

After this incident occurred, the NBA officials quickly issued an announcement, announcing that this season would be suspended.

At this time, there is only one month left until the end of the regular season.

本来公牛已经取得61胜7负，剩下14场比赛能赢13场就能破纪录，赢12场就追平队史纪录。

Victory was in sight, and the record was about to be broken, creating a great regular season journey, but something like this went wrong.

All I can say is that it's bad luck and a miserable life.

Fortunately, no one in the NBA is willing to give up this season and the profits that the remaining schedule can bring.

The lost profits during the regular season cannot be made up, but at least the playoffs should be retained as much as possible.

After much consultation, the NBA officials finally decided to restart the game at Orlando Disneyland.

However, after four months of suspension, the time has come from March to July.

Because the team had an early holiday and coupled with the influence of the environment, most of the players did not train well in the past four months and their competitive state seriously declined.

Due to various reasons, some NBA players failed to report to the team in time as per official NBA regulations and thus missed the rematch in the campus.

This undoubtedly led to a significant decline in competitiveness in this shortened season, and even the championship was the lowest in value except for the ancient championships.

However, no matter how weak the championship is, it is still a championship.

For the Bulls, after a season of preparation and hard work, the cooked duck flew away at the last moment. This is undoubtedly a great pity.

Fortunately, the NBA has resumed and the regular season has started again. The playoffs and the finals, which the Bulls are determined to win, will begin soon.

At that time, as long as we hold the championship trophy high, all our efforts over the past year will be worthwhile.

By next year, there will be another brand new championship ring and a championship flag similar to previous years.

"Everyone is in good condition! I was worried before I came here!"

"I guessed it a long time ago. There will definitely be a rematch. I've been exercising at home."

"It doesn't matter if we didn't practice much before. The regular season isn't over yet, so we still have time to practice."

"Yes, the regular season has finally restarted, and we must get back into shape."

"We worked hard for a whole season, isn't it just for the championship?"

The Bulls players met in the park hotel one after another. Compared with the players of other teams, the Bulls players' physical condition was basically maintained well.

The Bulls were originally the favorite to win the championship and were also the best performing team in the regular season.

In other words, the Bulls players are the ones who most want the game to resume.

The Bulls players have been looking forward to the day of resuming the game, so they have continued to train during the suspension.

God will not let down those who work hard, the efforts of the Bulls players were not in vain.

After the regular season in the park started, the competitive state shown by the Bulls throughout the day was obviously far better than that of other teams.

However, this also caused envy and jealousy among some players. Some people secretly complained to the media, saying that the campus game was specially built by the NBA officials for the Bulls, and other teams were just runners-up... (End of this chapter)