I'm not really a role player

Chapter 139 Public Opinion Storm and New Year's First Battle (4.1 First Update)
The voting for the first stage of the 2008 All-Star Game ended, and the results were surprising.

The top ticket in the first stage is neither LeBron nor Kobe, but Dwight Howard.

This season, Warcraft officially came out of the cage, with thick muscles, like an Optimus Prime in the penalty area, overwhelming the river and dominating the basket.

All kinds of visually shocking dunks, hot pot hats, and various violent aesthetics have attracted countless fans for him.

Of course, Li Ke knew that the more important reason was——

Before the two championships, Kobe was not the darling of the All-Stars, but Lebron, who was elected as the queen of votes last year, should have made persistent efforts, but KG and Li Ke came this year, and directly took away part of the votes that should have belonged to him.

The position of the center is naturally independent. The only ones in the East that can compete with Warcraft are the aging Sharks and Daben.

No one is competing, so Warcraft's votes are going up all the way, going directly to the top voters.

Howard is the first, and Dayao is the second. The reasons are somewhat similar. They are both centers. The only one who can compete with Yao in the western part is Stoudemire.

After that is Li Ke. It can be said that most of Li Ke's votes came from China. He averaged nearly 22 points per game and shot 45% from the field. Domestic fans also voted with peace of mind.

The remaining small part comes from the fans of Laomei.

That's right, Li Ke still has fans in North America. In a Halloween game, he scored 47 points to suppress McGrady, and in a Christmas game, he scored 50 points to suppress Kobe. Those were the focus of live broadcasts in the United States!

This performance, sucking some powder is also normal.

Li Ke believes that this voting result is absolutely reasonable.

But just because Li Ke thinks it's useless, many media in North America don't recognize it.

03年13+8的大姚挤掉场均27.5分11.1个篮板的鲨鱼，成为全明星正赛的首发的时候，北美那边就是一片质疑。

It's the same this time, as soon as the results of the first stage of voting came out, doubts poured in——

The Cleveland Candide took the lead, printing a picture of LeBon with a constipated expression on their front page, with three question marks on each side.

Nothing was said, but it was worth a thousand words.

Then Brian Windhorst, a reporter from Candide, walked into the ESPN studio and fired directly: "If someone told me that last year's top vote may not even be able to keep the starting lineup this year, I would definitely laugh my ass off!"

It's just that this sentence is not enough, the next sentence, Windhorst is more direct:

"There is no secret operation in the alliance? Only ghosts will believe this!"

This refers to the league's black box operation. David Stern spread his hands and said pitifully that he wanted to see LeBon appear in the All-Star starting position more than anyone else.

The real situation is that not only did the NBA not operate in the dark, it even adjusted the proportion of overseas votes because of the incident in 03 when Yao squeezed out the Sharks, and some of them were directly reduced.

Most of the votes Li Ke and Ah Lian got were voted by domestic fans who worked hard over the wall.

If we talk about the black box operation, it is also for Lebang black box operation.

If the proportion of overseas votes is not adjusted, Dayao may directly become the king of votes.

Li Ke wouldn't watch any ESPN programs, but someone relayed it. The guy who relayed it was not the socialite Lao Du, nor the snarky Fatton, but... Boss Joe!

When relaying Windhorst's words, Boss Joe acted like an eighth woman, which was too disobedient.

Li Ke just smiled: "If I was there at the time, I would have said to him directly: Sheldon Lee is just a little transparent, but LeBron James is a little emperor."

This uses Mei Yangyang's stalk, Le Bang is the little emperor, so who is the old emperor?David Stern, of course.

Hearing Li Ke's words, Boss Qiao became anxious: "Sheldon, you can't talk nonsense..."

Li Ke didn't care: "Isn't it just a fine? The biggest problem is... I don't have a chance to go."

As a result, just after feeling that there was no chance here, Li Ke received an invitation from ESPN when he turned around.

It has nothing to do with the All-Star voting, the main reason is the Christmas game, Mei Yangyang is going to kiss Barkley's ass.

Li Ke hesitated for a long time, and finally decided...

don't go!

How could he have time to go? The daily training schedule was so full that he didn't even have time to go to the strip club with Fatton Old Du.

And Charlotte is not Los Angeles. Kobe finishes training every day, and he can record a show with a slight turn.

As for him, he has to fly, back and forth, at least one day is gone.

Perhaps, this is the reason why many star players yearn for big cities.

Although he chose not to go, Li Ke still chose a compromise method to participate in the show, namely:
During the recording of the show, Mei Yangyang would call Li Ke, ask a few questions, and then staged the famous scene of kissing Buckley's ass.

Rounding off, it means that Li Ke participated in this program.

The program was recorded on January 08, 1. Before that, the Bobcats had to fight the Nets.

The game against the Nets is at home, so the Bobcats spent all their time in Charlotte waiting for their opponents to come to their door.

It was also during this period that the public opinion of the All-Star voting event fermented.

Bill Simmons in his column: "The NBA should reform the All-Star voting system."

This article scared Li Ke into a cold sweat.

If David Stern really adopts it, Li Ke will replace Ah Lian and become another man who forces the NBA to revise the rules...

There are still many men who can force the alliance to modify the rules——

For example, Charles Barkley forced the league to limit the time of post-ups to less than 5 seconds.

The Sharks' dominance of the penalty area forced the league to set up a reasonable collision zone.

And Wilt Chamberlain, because of him, the restricted area went from 12 feet to 16 feet...

The above are all positive examples, but Li Ke is likely to become a unique counterexample in history.

Yes, unique, because the league changed the walking rules for Lebon in 09.

"This Bill Simmons is trying to force people to a dead end!"

Bill Simmons is only part of the overall public opinion, more like Yahoo expert Adrian Wojnarowski, who believes that the coalition should further screen Li Ke's votes and remove some illegal votes.

And U.S. Yu Jia Skeep Bayless, followed by Bill Simmons, proposed supplementary regulations prohibiting rookies from becoming All-Star starters.

Of course, public opinion in North America is not monolithic.

Sports Illustrated's famous reporter Robin Lundberg believes that: Li Ke's record and statistics are worthy of an All-Star seat.

And ESPN pundit Max Pierce, who spread his hands on the show:
The All-Star Weekend has been a popular entertainment game from the very beginning. Shelton won the most votes, so he is the starter. Is there any doubt about it?Is it true that fans in the United States are fans, but aren't Chinese fans?

In this way, under the influence of a storm of public opinion, the battle between the Bobcats and the Nets began.

"This is CCTV. Welcome to the NBA regular season broadcast by the sports channel. The Lynx vs. the Nets at home."

Because it was the first match of the new year, Director Zhang and Yu Jia were beaming in Yangwu's live broadcast room.

Because there was still a while before the start of the game, Yu Jia mentioned the matter of the All-Star voting: "Before the start of the game, let me tell you the good news. In the first stage of the All-Star weekend voting, Chinese athletes, Yao Ming ranked second, Li Ke ranked third, and Ah Lian ranked fourth among the Eastern forwards!"

"But the American media thinks that the number of votes for Li Ke and Ah Lian is unreasonable, and they are clamoring for Stern to change the rules!"

Director Zhang snorted: "Hey, I was puzzled, it was all voted by the fans, why the number of votes for Li Ke and Ah Lian is unreasonable, I think it is reasonable!
"Yes, I also think it's reasonable. We don't care what Lao Mei thinks, and we don't need to worry about it. We can just cast hard and we'll be done!"

Director Zhang and Yu Jia gave Li Ke and Ah Lian a lot of votes, and then the camera cut back to the field, and the game was about to start.

Standing in the center of the court, Li Ke felt the tension that he hadn't seen for a long time. This game was really important. Lao Mei's doubts were not so violent. If he really performed badly in this game, then the voices of doubts would be like a tide.

In fact, Li Ke also wondered, so what if he averaged 22 points per game and shot 45% from the field to start?can't you?
Back then, when Kobe made his first All-Star start, he was just a substitute. He only started 79 game in 1 games and averaged only 15.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Why didn’t you question me at that time?
To put it bluntly, Li Ke has offended someone he shouldn't have offended.

Who is Lebon, the newcomer that Mr. Stern strongly supports, and the first candidate for the next Jordan.

At this time, Li Ke felt that the management of the team who signed him up for the All-Star vote was a bit outrageous. Why did he choose a forward when he could obviously choose the guard position? ? ?

Of course, it is useless to think about these things now. The most important thing right now is to play well in every next game.

Perhaps because the Bobcats have won a lot of games during this period, and Li Ke's performance is very explosive, the attendance rate of the Time Warner Center has increased a lot. Looking around, a large number of empty seats have disappeared, and the empty seats in the interval are at most [-]%.

In other words, with an attendance rate of just over 8%, the Bobcats seem to be getting better.

The broadcast camera scanned around, then aimed at the center of the field

"The game is about to start, let's look at the starters on both sides."

On the Nets side, Kidd, who is deeply involved in transfer rumors, is the main player, Kattega Richard Jefferson is the flank, Josh Boone is the power forward who later mixed in the CBA, and the center is Jason Collins, the first openly gay man in NBA history.

On the Bobcats side, Sam Vincent finally became spiritual once, and his opponent was strong outside, but there was no need for Boss Hua to play the fourth position.

The first five players, Fatton Li Ke and Hua Boss, are in the first, second and third positions, and the inside line is the low-profile twin towers of Nazr Mohammad and Okafor.

On the jump ball, Okafor won the floor flow of Jason Collins, and the Bobcats held the opening ball.

During the time when Fettun controlled the ball to the frontcourt, Li Ke and Carter had already matched up.

Among the four shooting guards, Carter has the worst sense of presence. Many people know that he is a UFO and that he is half-human and half-god, but when discussing the four shooting guards, they always think of Kobe Iverson and Tracy McGrady before Carter.

It must be admitted that in the years when Carter won the slam dunk championship, his popularity was No.1 among the four shooting guards, but in terms of decline, he was also the fastest.

In the 07-08 season, Kobe was still at his peak, and Iverson averaged 26 points per game. It would take another season for McGrady to break through the first round of the playoffs for the first time in his career.

Look at Carter again, averaging 21.3 points per game this season, with the help of Kidd and Richard Jefferson, but he is still outside the playoffs.

Even so, Li Ke did not underestimate Carter.

No matter how much the demigod pulls his hips, he is also demigod. If the veteran's small universe explodes, it will be terrifying.

For the first ball in the game, Li Ke was actively looking for opportunities.

But Carter's follow-up defense is not slow at all. Among the four shooting guards, Carter's defensive attitude should be the second best.

Li Ke has no chance, and neither does Fei Dun in the middle.

In terms of defense, Kidd should be the best defensive point guard in history. He has both height, agility, and sharpness.

Facing such an opponent, Fei Dun naturally played very hard.

After controlling for six or seven seconds, there was really no chance, so Fei Dun passed the ball.

Then it was passed around, and Li Ke finally took over and hit the first iron in the opening game.

Immediately after the Nets' offense, Kidd, who picked up a rebound from the basket, rushed to the frontcourt quickly. At this time, it was about Kidd's offense.

Kidd should be regarded as the most traditional point guard. Except for not attacking, he is the benchmark for point guards in every aspect.

He has outstanding vision, outstanding overall situation, good at controlling the rhythm, like a dealer, knowing when to give the ball, when to slow down, and control the overall situation.

And, more importantly, Kidd is very good at grabbing long passes after rebounding and catching fast breaks.

Why did the Ball brothers later get a high pick with such an ugly shot?It's because they resemble Kidd so much.

With this ball, Li Ke also guarded against Kidd's long pass to counterattack. The moment Carter rushed out, he also rushed out, following closely.

Boss Hua on the other side doesn’t have to worry about Li Ke, Gerald Wallace is that kind, you expect him to do better, he is difficult, but if it’s just the most basic things, he can do it perfectly.

There is no need to say more about such simple things as anti-inhibition and counterattack.

The counterattack failed, and the Nets sank down to fight.

Li Ke stared at Carter, and Boss Hua stared at Richard Jefferson.

Although Kidd is known as the base not to attack, he does rarely attack, but when the team needs him to attack, he is still relentless.

Neither side had a chance, so Kidd asked for a screen.

Under Josh Boone's not-so-good cover, Kidd rushed in, and under Felton's follow-up defense, he missed the layup.

Okafor grabbed the rebound and handed it to Li Ke beside him.

And then counterattack.

The counterattack chased the counterattack, but the Bobcats' counterattack was successful.

Carter followed closely, Li Ke didn't have many chances, and he was not greedy for merit. A pass directly made Boss Hua hang on the basket in the backcourt.

"Gerald Wallace's counterattack dunk, Li Ke's pass, the Bobcats scored the first goal at home!"

　Today's first update

　　
　
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