I am Really an Insider
v2 Chapter 124: Western Brawl Full of Thorns
Emeka Okafor looked at the voting situation in the east, crying.
Because among the top seven frontcourt players in the Eastern Conference, he did not find his name at all.
The second largest in the East:? ? ?
Did something go wrong?
The ranking of the first round of voting results is as follows. On the Eastern frontcourt, Jamison ranked seventh, Pierce sixth, Artest fifth, Oscar fourth, Hill third, who returned from injury, and popular player Carter second.
To be honest, so far, this list is actually pretty normal.
Except for Artest fifth, which is a bit surprising, the other Okafor feel that they are all acceptable.
Well, God knows how much Okafor looks down on Zingtai.
What really broke Okafor was the one who ranked first in the Eastern front court...Wayne!
"Is that so much difference..." Okafor was stunned. Although he knew that Wayne would definitely get the dividends in the Chinese market, he didn't expect the number of votes to be so exaggerated.
Yao Ming can start an All-Star in his rookie year, and he is the number one pick in the draft. Moreover, he is regarded as the first Chinese player to be famous in the NBA, and it is normal to have a bonus.
But Wayne?
He is just a No. 12 rookie, and Yao Mingzhuyu is already in front at this time.
The shock that Wayne brings to people should not be so big.
As a result, I didn't make it in the first seven, so he actually got the first place directly?
Even Hill and Carter, the two former ticket harvesters, were crushed by him?
It's so outrageous.
Okafor was dizzy and almost fainted.
I have double-doubles in 14 consecutive games. I averaged 14+10 per game. I had the most double-doubles in the 2004 session!
In fact, when playing in Charlotte, few people may know how Okafor is playing...
A year ago, as the most dazzling star of the university, he still ignored Wayne.
"Wayne? A three-pointer is about the same as Villanueva."
One year later, Wayne hit him hard.
He was called Mr. Perfect when he was in college. He represents Okafor's good character and academic excellence. He is a good idol and a model for young people. He is naturally very popular.
But in the NBA, he was also called Mr. Perfect, which means that Okafor is easy to bully, has no domineering, no leadership, no memory, no attention, no personality, no...
Nothing!
Indeed, on the stadium, Wayne has not shocked the Chinese fans so much.
Although he played well and was very happy, it was really not that shocking yet.
But in the fighting arena, Wayne left a very deep impression on the Chinese fans!
Seeing Yao Ming been bullied for so long in the NBA, everyone feels aggrieved.
Although there was such a famous scene that Boss Fred came forward to help Yao Ming come forward, Yao Ming was still bullied after all.
Now there is finally someone who dares to bully and is indeed capable of bullying back. The Chinese fans praised it.
Wayne's popularity in China is so high that he may not even be able to imagine it.
It really complied with Artest’s words: "Playing and fighting, at least have to win."
Of course, one thing that cannot be ignored is that Wayne's popularity in the United States is not low.
According to the voting rules, fans can vote for two players in the backcourt and the frontcourt.
So do you guess the Indian fans will vote for Wayne + O'Ao, or Artest + O'Ao?
Thinking about it this way...Taezi, who is being targeted everywhere, seems a little bit cool...
So at this moment, looking at the voting results, apart from Okafor, Artest is probably the saddest one.
"I am the best defensive player... the best defensive player... the best..."
No way, American fans did it too.
In this vote, Wayne is not only the first in the frontcourt, but also the player in the Eastern Conference second only to O'Neal.
Of course, Chairman Yao is even more powerful. He once again became the top voter in the first round.
That's right, again.
If Wayne remembers correctly, this time in 2005, Chairman Yao's status as the top voter should continue until the end of the vote.
Shaq: "When you were in the West, you robbed me of the starting lineup. When I get to the East, you will rob me of the top vote. Obviously, we don't take such a game."
Although in the total votes, Wayne failed to enter the top three.
But as a first-year rookie and an international player, Wayne's votes are already quite exaggerated.
After the voting result came out, it naturally caused some controversy.
In addition to feeling once again for the mighty power of the mysterious East, the American people are also jealous.
After all, Wayne's current average of 16.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 blocks per game is not considered the league's top.
Just like Yao Ming beat Shaq with 13+8.
Some people doubt whether Wayne can afford the starting forward position of the Eastern Conference All-Star.
But the strange thing is that most of these jealous fans are not fans of Eastern teams, but fans of Western teams.
Phoenix fans: "Stoudemire is not necessarily the starting striker of the All-Stars, could Wayne actually be? On the data, Stoudemire is overwhelming Wayne!"
Timberwolves fans: "He almost caught up with my family in the number of votes, how is this possible!?"
Mavericks fans: "They are all international players, so there are so many gaps. The West is terrible. My heartache is five seconds for Fang Dirk."
Well, the competition for the forward position in the West is indeed too fierce. If Wayne goes to the west, it is indeed impossible to rank first.
Duncan didn't say anything, his popularity is booming now. Although the hard special did a space dance in front of Wayne, the Timberwolves had a record of overturning this season, but they were the MVP of last season, and their popularity is not low.
In addition, Dirk and Stoudemire also played very beautifully. Especially Stoudemire, his style of eager to smash the rebounds every game is very popular.
Seeing that Wayne, who has worse data, may become a starter in the East, can people not rush?
But it's different here in the east. There are a lot fewer people with yin and yang.
For one thing, the Eastern Conference really has no one at the power forward position. In terms of data, it's a lot better than Wayne.
Problem Xiaoao also belongs to the Pacers, he raised his hands in favor of Wayne starting.
Second, and the most important point-most of the Eastern Conference teams have been cleaned up by Wayne, for Wayne, they are more convinced than Western teams.
This does not specifically refer to the Pistons who lost both fights and basketball.
Wayne's data in the Eastern Conference All-Stars is not completely unreasonable. Don't you see Kenyon Martin, who has similar data to Wayne last season, also went to the All-Stars.
Therefore, there are controversial voices, but not as loud as imagined.
At least not as controversial as Yao Ming was when he first became an All-Star starter.
Wayne's rookie season performance is indeed more worthy of the All-Star position than Yao Ming in the same period.
"Well, Nike is designing an exclusive color sneaker for you to wear during the All-Star Game! It is estimated that it will be sent back to your home in a week."
After the results of the first round of the All-Star voting came out, Wayne received the first call from Schwartz.
Nike is now trying to steal the joy, but fortunately, he directly used a dimensionality reduction strike price to recruit Wayne into his subordinates, otherwise they would only watch Adidas perform now!
Although only the results of the first round of voting are announced, the rankings may change in the future.
If Wayne falls out of the top two and enters the coach selection session, he may not be able to play the All-Star.
But right now, the probability of Wayne being squeezed out of the top two is very low.
Among the first three, only Carter's votes were slightly more than a dozen, and there is a possibility of overtaking.
But Hill, who played only 47 games in the previous three years, was far behind Wayne in votes.
He is no longer the darling of the entire league.
Therefore, Nike can't wait to put Wayne's All-Star color sneaker plan on the agenda.
In the All-Star Game, popular players such as Tracy McGrady, Garnett and Duncan are all under the Adidas banner. They launched all-star color matching sneakers, every time they can be popular in the United States.
Nike has been in the All-Star Game for so many years, and now finally has a chance to get a share of the pie. Can you not be positive?
Nike: "We have known Wayne's potential for a long time, and we have known that he can succeed!"
As for whether they were really optimistic about Wayne before, does that matter?
Now blow it hard and it's over!
"All-star color sneakers... well, well, I'll check it out." Wayne nodded, his tone calmer than Schwartz expected.
"Also, the number of advertisements you need to shoot in the future will also increase. After all, your reputation has risen rapidly recently, and Nike intends to strike while the iron is hot and push you out."
"Well, good Jeff."
"Uh...what's the matter with you? It's not like a rookie who is about to be selected for the All-Star team." Schwartz thought, if Okafor is now in Wayne's position, he is absolutely impossible. So calm.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little worried about Jermaine." Wayne shrugged. Originally, the All-Star vote temporarily ranked first in the Eastern Conference frontcourt, which is a happy thing.
But they were all disturbed by Xiao Ao's injuries tonight.
"Jermaine? Didn't the injury report say that he was only slightly sprained. Don't worry, he will be back in one to two weeks." Schwartz smiled, but he didn't expect Wayne to care about his teammates so much.
However, Schwartz was completely wrong.
Was Wayne worried about O's injury? Not!
Minor sprains are common, and there is nothing to worry about, that is, regular fatigue injuries.
What Wayne really cares about is the next three games!
In the next three games against Mosaic, Suns and Hornets, three Western teams, Oscar was injured, Wayne must be the starter.
He can just use this to prove his strength, and by the way make those jealous Western Conference fans shut up.
But... if you play well, it's called proof of strength, if you don't play well, it's called a rollover scene.
Now, Western Conference fans are just waiting to watch Wayne roll over.
Therefore, Wayne is not in the mood to worry about the All-Star Game.
He is not like a happy beast, thinking about what action to dunk in the rookie game a month in advance.
Wayne now just wants to focus all his attention on the next three games and try to get a performance worthy of the votes.
There is no Xiaoao, except for the Hornets in the next three games, it's really hard to play the truth.
Wayne is a mixed blessing.
If Wayne had mixed feelings, then Artest had written the word "happy" completely on his face.
"Jermaine’s injury will not affect the team, don’t worry, because I am fully capable of leading the team to continue winning streaks. Jermaine can rest for a while, this is not mine. Well."
During the media opening hours after the training the next day, Artest smiled in front of the camera, the kind of smile from his heart.
Now, you finally remember my true core of Yincheng!
Little O'Neill? Oh, it's just a power forward.
If you really want to see the Pacers win, you still have to look at me?
Little O'Neal is not in the training ground, otherwise he will be forced to chase Artest all over the field.
In the locker room after the interview, Artest was too excited.
"Wei, don't be nervous." While Wayne was changing clothes, Artest suddenly leaned over.
"Uh......"
"Nervous? It's okay, relax. Really, I will play Houston the day after tomorrow, and I will take you to pretend to take you to fly. In minutes, three times, we can take victory back to the hotel to rest, maybe we can give Jiemei I made a call to celebrate and celebrate."
Artest, he felt like a chance to be the master.
Wayne didn't bother to talk, Nima, I didn't say that I was nervous, what the **** is it for you to help me answer!
And...how do you look at it this way, why is it unreliable, OK...
To be honest, although Xiao Ao is not a particularly qualified leader, he is definitely more suitable than Yu Tai!
It is wise not to let this guy be the captain.
After returning home, Wayne was ready to watch TV and rest early.
Early tomorrow morning, the team will board the plane to Houston. The day after tomorrow, it will usher in the first show of the second round of Western Brawl.
On a certain talk show of .T, Wayne saw Stoudemire.
On the TV, the host asked Stoudemire: "What do you think of the latest All-Star voting results."
Stoudemire smiled: "Most people's rankings are well deserved, at least in the West. As for the East, I think fans still have to be careful when voting."
"Fierce fierce fierce, old onmyoji." Wayne looked at Stoudemire speechlessly, your metaphor is really not obvious at all, I didn't even know you were talking about me.
"But there is no other way. The competition in the Western Conference is too fierce. Facing the Western Conference, some players are not so easy to succeed."
"Who are you talking about specifically?" The host hurriedly asked ~lightnovelpub.net~ without specifically referring to who, just to express his views. "
Wayne, who was watching TV, decided to add Stoudemire to the list of "friends" and put Garnett and Tianzun into a group.
The yin and yang in front of the camera are weird, which is really disgusting.
If you don't like me, it's better to just name and name.
At this moment, Wayne also received a text message from Yao Ming.
"I said in the preseason that you won't be able to win easily this time, Wayne. Come on, play well the day after tomorrow. You win, I treat you to dinner."
This... Chairman Yao, why are you so excited? Shouldn't you take care of Chinese rookies?
It seems that this trip to the west is destined to be fraught with crises.
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