NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 122 The All-Stars Arrive Early
I don't know when it started, but player No. 36 will always appear in the Trail Blazers' post-match interviews~~~Whether they win or lose.

Sometimes, even when Aldridge did not attend the interview, Wang Zelin would still be pulled by Coach Terry, and the same is true of today's big loss.

"Wang, you lost tonight, and you lost when you were suppressed by the audience. Do you think your team has encountered a bottleneck?"

"Or, did you encounter the rookie wall?"

Random glance at... ESPN.

今晚王泽林首发出场27分钟，以15中7，外加3中3的罚球得到了17分8篮板，不仅得分是12月新低，同时也中断了自己常规赛至今连续18场得分+篮板上双的记录。

Obviously, Wang Zelin broke down in this game, and it can even be said that the entire Trail Blazers pulled their hips.

The team made 79 of 33 shots, shooting only 41% from the field, 22 of 6 three-pointers, and only 27.3% from the field. There were also an extremely terrible 18 turnovers.

Comparing the data of the two teams, the Pacers are all dominant.

Compared with the team, the most important thing to the outside world is that Wang Zelin, the "magic boy of the Celestial Dynasty", who has always performed well, finally pulled his hips.

The Trail Blazers were suppressed so miserably by the audience in the last game, and it was a gift from the defeat of the San Antonio Spurs.

But even in that game, Wang Zelin still scored 12 points and 10 rebounds on Duncan's head in the end, maintaining the record of double points + rebounds.

Moreover, getting a double-double on Duncan's head is hard to compare with getting a double-double on the head of other players.

In order to wait for this moment, all the "Wang Hei" headed by ESPN have waited long enough. They finally caught the day when Wang Zelin fell into the water, so how could they not kill him.

"The chemical reaction of all our players has been very good. This loss was mainly affected by the continuous away games, which caused the whole team to feel cold and in poor condition. And one defeat doesn't mean anything. We will definitely return the next time we meet."

"As for the rookie wall, have you ever seen anyone average 20+10 per game during their rookie field?"

Wang Zelin replied blankly.

"Then do you admit that the Blazers lost completely in this game?"

The ESPN reporter continued to ask.

"Yes!"

"So, some people always have to bear this responsibility when the game loses. If there must be someone to bear this responsibility, who would it be?"

"I!"

Wang Zelin puffed out his chest, and answered this extremely harsh question very domineeringly.

……

"The boy from the Celestial Dynasty bravely takes responsibility and hints at his leadership position!"

——ESPN
"The Blazers have proved with facts that they are a pseudo-strong team, only suitable for abuse!"

—Steven A. Smith

ESPN first came forward officially, and then sent its general A Smith to rap.

"A strong team discriminator? Or a young expert who abuses vegetables!"

A Smith directly published such an article under his social account, and also showed the embarrassing status of the Trail Blazers through various data analysis.

First of all, it is the record.

First, he belittled the gold content of the Trail Blazers' current 14 wins and 5 losses and the third record in the Western Conference, and pointed out how they were easily crushed by the Spurs and Clippers, the two top seeded teams.

As for the game where the Blazers beat the Thunder at the beginning of the season, A. Smith used the fact that both teams had young people at their core, and it was inevitable that the state fluctuated greatly. He confused the past very vaguely and attributed the Blazers' victory to for luck.

The second is the comparison of various comprehensive data between the Trail Blazers and their opponents.

Currently, the Blazers rank fifth in the league with an average of 102.8 points per game.

Ahead of them are the Denver Nuggets with 106.1 points, the Houston Mosaics with 106 points, the Oklahoma City Thunder with 105.7 points and the San Antonio Spurs with 103 points.

So far, a total of 12 teams in the league have scored triple digits, and Wang Zelin's Trail Blazers team is one of the best, which shows the strong offensive firepower.

However, the first four teams can keep their opponents' average points per game at around 97. Only the Blazers' opponents average 99.3 per game, which is infinitely close to 100.

Therefore, attacking the strong and defending the weak has become another sharp spear in the hands of A Smith.

It seems to be more evidence of the embarrassing status of the Trail Blazers' pseudo-strong team: more abuse than food, not enough toughness.

In the face of A Smith's well-founded article, coupled with ESPN's status as an authoritative media, it aroused huge heated discussions.

"I've long seen that the Trail Blazers are only picky!"

"That's right, that kid from China averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. There's too much moisture. I really don't understand why someone compares him with Griffin and even O'Neal."

"Don't you think ESPN is too headline party? I don't think Wang is as bad as it says!"

"Brothers above, the 1st and 2nd floors are typical wall grass: whichever way the wind blows, it will fall!"

Regardless of whether it is a black fan or a loyal fan, anyway, the enthusiasm of the fans is so high that the popularity of A Smith's article quickly soared to the first place of the day!

Regardless of the final outcome of this matter, at least ESPN is now making a solid profit.

After returning home and reading this article, if Wang Zelin hadn't experienced these games himself, he would have almost believed it.

No wonder people say: Although a literati's pen is a knife that does not see blood, its function is even more murderous.

It was only when Wang Zelin visited the comment sections of the major authoritative media with a trumpet that he realized that he had so many black fans.

What surprised him even more was that he could understand that there are black fans abroad, but there are also a huge number of black fans in China, and they are much more ruthless than Lao Mi and his family when they blackmail their own family.

special!
"What big king, let's just let it go, look~ the original shape is revealed, let's change it to Xiao Wang in the future!"

"Back then, Emperor Yi didn't fight a game, so he was still bragging all over the sky, the piss of the Chinese people!"

"Who said it wasn't, back then Yao Dasha..."

Seeing this, Wang Zelin suddenly felt that he was much better than Dayao and Ah Lian.

Perhaps because of his strong performance since his debut, the outside world has unanimously praised him, which has also caused him to be unaware of the black fans hidden underneath.

Now, just because of the loss of a game, black fans at home and abroad jumped out like drums and gongs, just like celebrating the new year.

For those who didn't know, they thought Wang Zelin had made some outrageous mistakes, such as tax evasion incidents that often happen to celebrities in the entertainment industry, and they were brutally blackmailed by the entire Internet.

……

On December 12th, a major earthquake occurred in the NBA, which temporarily suppressed Wang Zelin's enthusiasm, which can be regarded as indirectly helping him.

2012~13赛季全明星周末定于13年2月26日开幕，开幕地点待定，全明星首轮投票通道正式开启！
As soon as the announcement on the NBA official website came out, it immediately made headlines on the front pages of major websites.

According to the NBA's past practice, the first round of voting for the All-Stars starts after the Christmas game on the 25th, but this year it was unexpectedly brought forward.

Perhaps, it was because of the suspension of labor disputes for a period of time last year that caused the NBA to play the second shrinking season in history, with each team playing only 66 games.

So this year, we will choose to open the voting time in advance, which can be regarded as a warm-up for the All-Stars.

It is foreseeable that the investment of Jews in this year's All-Star Weekend is definitely not small.

After the voting channel was launched, it soon came to the link where the management of the league's 30 teams submitted their recommendation lists for the All-Star Weekend.

At this time, Wang Zelin suddenly remembered that he had seen some weird headlines in his later generations.

"Shocked! The UAE's rookie season was actually selected for the All-Star candidate list."

"Shocked! Sun Yue was only a short shot into the All-Star shortlist."

"Shock……"

I shock you old wood!

It's all due to these exaggerated headlines, which caused the young Wang Zelin to mistakenly think that entering the All-Star candidate list is such a glorious achievement.

However, the fact is that every year in the All-Star Game, 60 players from the East and the West can enter the All-Star Game voting list.

In other words, although this threshold exists, it is actually very small.

As long as you start in a certain team, you can basically be included in the recommended list by the team, and finally included in the candidate list by the league.

No, the Indiana Pacers, the winner of the previous game, put their starting five players: Paul George, George Hill, Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert, and David West on the recommended list Pay the alliance.

Even every year, there are substitute players that everyone can't name, and by chance, they are included in the All-Star candidate list.

So being on the shortlist is really not such a big deal, there is no need to be so "shocked!"

For the Trail Blazers, Orsi, the general manager of the team, also included all five of the team's starting five players on the list and handed it over to the official.

……

On the morning of the 8th, the NBA has collected the lists submitted by each team and announced the 120 players who will enter the All-Star shortlist this year.

Four players from the Portland Trail Blazers were selected for the voting eligibility zone. They are Wang Zelin, Aldridge, Lillard and Batum. Among the five starting players, only Basius was not selected.

This is also to be expected.

Not to mention the data of the three of Wang Zelin, Batum's performance this season is indeed outstanding.

He averaged 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, worthy of his nickname of French Pippen.

Although it is certainly not comparable to Pippen's height, it can barely match one of the All-Star players in the league.

Andre Iguodala!
By the way, if I remember correctly, Iguodala's template back then was Pippen.

Now Batum's performance can't be called the top-end version of the first brother, but at least it can be regarded as a high-end version.

As for Matthews, he averaged 14 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, which doesn't look bad.

If other teams are left alone, they will definitely be eligible to be selected~~~ It's a pity that this is the Portland Trail Blazers.

There is already a Batum with a similar style in the team, and his bankrupt version of the first brother is naturally extremely awkward in front of the high-end version of the first brother.

It is enough for a team to choose one player of this type, but it is not beautiful to choose too many.

　I'm home, happy Friday everyone!

　　By the way, I will go out to play with my sister in the afternoon. There is one more chapter around 12 o'clock, and the remaining two chapters will be coded at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)