rpbooks Chapter 139 Voting begins!
Chapter 139 Voting begins!
Chapter 139 Voting begins!
After the end of the Christmas game, the time has come to the end of December. The Phoenix Suns are still in the league's No. 23 position. They stand proudly in the league with a record of 3 wins and 18 losses. The 5-17 Mavericks led by Nuo Tianwang, followed by the 13-win San Antonio Spurs, and the record of the No. [-] Pistons in the East is only the same as that of the Spurs. People obviously did not meet people's expectations, just ranked third in the Eastern Conference with a record of [-] wins.
The Big Three of the Celtics are really good, but their bench lineup is really bad. Often the advantages of the starters are quickly overtaken by the bench, and they will be embarrassed to find the ball even after they start the game. The team went from leading by more than ten points to trailing by more than ten points, and then they had to work hard to fill this hole again.
Therefore, the Celtics often suffer when facing a team with a deep enough bench lineup. Their competitiveness can only be reflected in the starters, which makes their record fluctuate. It was embarrassing to watch the team lose three games in a row without having time to celebrate.
They are probably the fans with the most complicated emotions in the league. The roller coaster strength of the team makes them completely lost the excitement at the beginning of the season, but the strength of the Big Three makes them full of fantasies about the future. This is a very tangled feeling. They can only bury this joy and pain in their hearts. Maybe one day in the future they can watch the O'Brien Cup excitedly share this rare feeling with the whole world in Gansu, and send a championship to the whole world. The world announces the return of the Green Army!
Not to mention the cautiousness of the people in Boston, there are only four days before the end of December, and the Suns still have three more games to end their 2006. Of course, it is also 2006 for the whole world. One article, everyone's mood is naturally different.
And just as the tail of the old year comes around, a big day for the league and fans all over the world is coming. The first round of the highly anticipated All-Star starting voting starts today!
When D'Antoni told the news to the Suns players with a smile on his face, everyone was taken aback, and then congratulated Nash, Gao Tian, and Stoudemire with a smile on their faces.
Obviously, the Suns are the only three players who are likely to be selected for the All-Star starters. After all, they are obviously the strongest players on the team and the most popular players among the fans. Although other players also want to be selected for the All-Stars, but there is no such thing. Strength, let alone that reputation.
The All-Star starting voting is voted by the fans, and a team can be selected for the All-Star starting to a large extent depends on the degree of support from the fans. Fans all over the world support him, so a good stat is undoubtedly crucial. However, if the stats are good, you must have the ball. Therefore, a team generally has at most two players who can be selected for the All-Star starters, and one The team's two All-Stars are generally treated only in big cities.
Phoenix in Arizona is just a small ball market. They cannot be the same as the Los Angeles Lakers or New York Knicks, but their team has three All-Star starters. This is extremely rare in a small ball market, so many Phoenix fans think that this is the most glorious time for the Phoenix Suns, which is something worth congratulating, but the All-Star voting is often not very friendly to the third leader.
Maybe he did a lot of rebounds, blocks, and dunks, but the reality is so cruel. The two most exposed players in the Suns are undoubtedly Nash and Gao Tian. Nash is a player who is loved by fans across the United States. The MVP of the regular season, he is one of the strongest contenders for the starting guard in the Western Conference, and behind Gao Tian is China with a huge population base. The Rockets' rookie center beat O'Neal in the rookie season to become the Western All-Star starting center. Everyone was shocked.
Backed by such a big motherland, coupled with Gao Tian's own strength, Gao Tian is even more likely than Nash to become the All-Star starter. After all, Nash has made him compete with Allen Iverson, the lone hero in the hearts of American fans. And only McGrady and Anthony are competing with Gao Tian for the western forward position.
In December NO.19, through a trade with 76, the talented forward Carmelo Anthony of the Nuggets who got Iverson is very popular, but the arrival of Iverson will undoubtedly take away part of his votes. Denver is just a small In the ball market, it is impossible to support both Iverson and Anthony as All-Star starters at the same time, so the only one competing with Gao Tian is McGrady.
As for Stoudemire, he needs to compete with Duncan of the Spurs and Nowitzki of the Mavericks for that position. This is almost impossible. Maybe he is the best power forward in the eyes of Phoenix fans, but there is no doubt that No one in the United States can think that he will be better than Duncan or Nowitzki. Duncan has been the starting forward of the All-Star Western Conference for seven consecutive years, except for his rookie season when he was a backup.
And Stoudemire, even if Garnett hadn't switched to the East, his All-Star bench position would not be very stable, with Duncan and Nowitzki in front, Odom with his back against Los Angeles, and a powerful power forward Pau Gasol, the situation can be said to be very unsafe.
Therefore, D'Antoni keenly saw the sadness that could not be erased from Stoudemire's eyes under the hilarity of the crowd. He sighed slightly at the end, he understood Stoudemire's feelings, he is the talent that attracts the attention of the United States and the player most loved by Phoenix fans, but he can only be a mere substitute in the All-Star voting.
And Gao Tian is just a rookie, but he had such a high voice in his rookie season. All the fans liked him, even the Phoenix fans who had been cheering for him in the American Airlines Arena gave Gao Tian more voices than him. Gao, he's just a kid, he cares too much.
Like a child who suddenly lost his beloved toy, D'Antoni saw the pain in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it, should he just say "You admit it, there are such geniuses in this world , you are no match for him."
Although the truth is so, no one likes to hear such words, not to mention that he is such a bully who cares so much about everything in the unexpected world, his self-esteem and pride cannot allow him to hear such words.
D'Antoni is not a coach who is good at talking with players. He doesn't know how to make Stoudemire see his position correctly, so he chooses to let it all go. This is a contradiction that a team that is strong enough to win the championship will have. The conflicts between players and new players may disappear in the future as long as they win the championship.
As long as there is a championship, the conflicts between the team's management and players will be alleviated or even disappear. What this city needs most is a championship!
D'Antoni looked at Gao Tian who was training with the trainer, he settled down, this is the hope of the sun!
(End of this chapter)