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On the second day after the Sonics defeated the Celtics, the league announced the voting results for the first stage of the All-Star voting. New Orleans had just been hit by a hurricane and needed such a grand event, and it was the first time New Orleans hosted an All-Star Game.

Stephen's position in the All-Star voting is guard. According to the voting rules, each district elects a center, two forwards and two guards. Just like the forward team does not distinguish between big and small forwards, guards do not distinguish between shooting guards and point guards. ball guard.

The current voting situation in the Eastern Conference is that center Howard has surpassed the aging "Shark" O'Neal in popularity, and in the ranks of forwards, "Wolf King" Garnett, who moved eastward, has far surpassed other players. There should be absolutely no problem for opponents to occupy a place, and another candidate for the forward is likely to be produced among LeBron James, Rasheed Wallace, Paul Pierce, Butler, and Jamison. "LeBron James has the upper hand.

As for the positions of the two guards, with Iverson's westward move, the popularity of the "flying man" Carter gradually declined. Kidd finally had his first day, and he and another up-and-coming player Wade both ranked high. Behind are Joe Johnson, Hamilton, Billups and others.

In the West, Yao Ming is still the dominant position in the center position, and he is unshakable. This year, his vote is still the first in the West, second only to Garnett, followed by Kobe Bryant , The gap between the others and the two of them is too huge. If there is no injury, the two of them will definitely enter the All-Star Game this season.

Among the forwards, Duncan, Anthony, and Nowitzki are the first group, McGrady, Stedmire, and Boozer are the second group, Durant also entered this ranks, but ranked In ninth position, ahead of him is David West.

In the guard group, the veteran star Iverson followed closely behind Kobe, then the two-time Lianzhuang regular season MVP Nash, and then Stephen, and behind Stephen, there were Chris Paul, Brantlow. Yi et al. Originally, Stephen’s votes were still far from Nash’s, but just before the statistics were released, after Stephen scored 69 points and led the Sonics to defeat the powerful Celtics, the number of votes immediately increased significantly, approaching Nash. The two are almost on par.

Although Stephen's performance this season is super outstanding, the All-Star voting is not entirely based on strength. Many players who perform very well are worried about not being able to enter the All-Star ranks. This is by no means an example.

For All-Stars, fans have a kind of habitual thinking, which can also be called nostalgic thinking. Even if the performance declines and enters the twilight years, the teams also hope that the stars they support can appear on this stage. The accumulation of popularity is also a very important one. aspect.

Based on Stephen's current voting situation and actual performance, even if he can't make it to the starting lineup, it should be no problem to enter the All-Stars as a substitute, but everyone is willing to start under the eyes of the crowd and under the spotlight, rather than being a substitute.

Although in the All-Star Game, the playing time of substitutes and starters is usually not much, and there are even many big-name players who hope that the coach can make him play less to get more rest time, but for Stephen, one is that he does not lack that point. Time, and second, even if he was selected as an All-Star for the first time, he didn't want to be a substitute.

Not only is he unwilling to be a substitute, Stephen’s fans are also unwilling to let their favorite star be an All-Star substitute, and the manufacturers who choose Stephen as their spokesperson do not want Stephen to be just a substitute when he appears on the All-Star game .

Especially for Wake Company, although the contract between the two parties is still under negotiation, both parties are confident that a new contract will be reached before the end of this contract. Although Stephen enters the All-Star, he will have to pay an extra amount Huge funds, especially for entering the All-Star starters, the funds will continue to increase, but in that case, it means that the returns will be more generous. It is the signing of Stephen that allows them to start from a second-tier sports equipment manufacturer in China. It has become first-class, except that the number of stores is not as good as that of a competitor due to time, other aspects of both operating income and asset scale must exceed the opponent, especially the two series of products under Stephen's name, which make their profits far. much higher than the opponent.

So they held various fan activities and conducted online voting for Stephen. Although there are not many branches in North America, they also sent out nearly 6 paper tickets. You must know that Stephen's current votes are only over [-]. .

The only team that didn't make any moves was Stephen's team. Apart from giving a voting link on the official website and calling on fans to vote, the Supersonics didn't make any substantive moves. Very puzzled.

If the player's performance is not very good and there is no possibility of entering the All-Star team, it is possible for the team not to pay attention to it, but Stephen's performance is so good, and he has half a foot into the All-Star ranks. It's a bit unreasonable for the team to be so indifferent.

Moreover, the team's record is very good. To use an old saying, "already on the right path." Many fans were attracted to the stadium, and Franklin was willingly handed over to the team.

But the Supersonics didn't move at all. The other departments of the Supersonics were carrying out all kinds of work in an orderly manner. Even the personnel in the Interactive Development Department who contacted the fans were idle. Then the prize for the most messy food and waiting to die must be none other than them.

This afternoon, Stephen just drove from home to the team. After the game last night, the feeling of defeating a strong enemy made everyone very excited. Personal items were left behind by the team.

I just remembered it at noon today, thinking that there was nothing to do anyway, and I was training at home. Stephen came to the team, but just parked the car and was about to walk towards the team when he was suddenly stopped by security.

"What's the matter? Porastov?" Stephen asked the Eastern European security guard with a big beard. Although this guy looks rude, he is actually a very introverted guy. The team picked him up at the beginning Because of his ferocious appearance, he was asked to go to the stadium to maintain order, but he was okay standing there, and he couldn't scare people when he spoke, so he had to be transferred to the parking lot in the end.

"Stephen, don't go there yet, there are fans making trouble over there." Polastov glanced at the team and whispered to Stephen.

"Oh, why? And there are people making trouble, why don't you go and help?" When there is no game, the team is somewhat lacking in defensive strength, and Bolastov does not help maintain order, but stops himself here What to do, Stephen is naturally at a loss.

"Those people came because of you. If you went, the matter must be bigger. I was going to help. When I saw you coming, I came to stop you first." Bolastov explained to Stephen .

"Because of me? Why? Then I have to go. If you have anything to say face-to-face, it's nothing to hide." Now Stephen is even more puzzled. Although the team has not organized any activities to interact with fans, through According to my usual observations, the fans in Seattle are quite supportive and appreciative of me. Usually, Stephen often encounters fans signing autographs and showing love. Although there are men and women that make Stephen a little headache, the overall impression of the fans is still good. Yes, why do some fans come to the team to make trouble for themselves today?

Stephen wanted to call Presti to ask what happened, but he touched his body and found that the phone hadn't been picked up yet, so he had to ask Porastov in front of him, and Porastov didn't know the specifics. Details, but he promised to go to Detective Stephen to hear it first, and then tell Stephen.

Polastov came back soon. The situation on the scene was not as extreme as it was. It's just that these fans insisted on the team's high-level executives to come out to talk to them, but the team only came out with a deputy manager of the affairs department. , The fans are naturally very dissatisfied.

The reason is this, in order to support Stephen's entry into the All-Stars, the team is going to organize a "Seattle Can't Have All-Stars" event, but when they came to discuss cooperation with the team, the team rejected them indifferently, so this Helping the fans is very angry.

Originally, after the turmoil in the team, they had no hope for this team, but the development of the team was beyond their expectations, which aroused their enthusiasm for basketball and the team, but the team The team didn't pay as much attention to these fans as before. Usually, before the package ticket sales, they would hold many activities, let the players attend, and take out some small commodities to make a big giveaway, but there was nothing this year.

And in the past, there was an interactive party between fans and players every now and then, but now it’s not going to be held, so let’s forget about it. The team owner has changed, the management has changed, and many things have not entered the normal track. I understand, but the fans hold their own activities and just ask the team to cooperate, but the team is unwilling, which makes them intolerable.

At this time, they thought about a rumor that has been circulating for a long time. The current owner of the team bought the team in order to move the team one day to his own guy, Oklahoma City, combined with the team's current situation. It showed that the fans immediately believed the rumor more and more, so they asked the team's top management to explain, but the team obviously sent a deputy manager of the affairs department, how could this satisfy the fans.

"Stephen, tell me, is the team really going to move?" Bolastov asked with concern.