The Fifth Point Guard

After finalizing his fiancée, STO suppressed all the off-court factors and then concentrated all his energy on the court.

With three weeks to go until the All-Star Game, the vote tally is drawing to a close.

If nothing else, STO will join forces with James to appear on the starting list of the Eastern All-Star Game.

In the West, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady are also expected to appear on the starting list of the Western All-Stars.

In the voting in the Eastern Conference, Shaquille O'Neal of the Miami Heat certainly couldn't help but become the first center in the Eastern Conference with the third highest number of votes in the league. Ben Wallace ranked second. Unfortunately, his The number of votes was less than a fraction of O'Neill's.

The vote for Eastern Conference center was one-sided.

I'm afraid it's because there hasn't been a dominant center like O'Neal in the Eastern Conference for a long time, or because O'Neal once played for the Magic in the Eastern Conference, which brought him a lot of friendship and nostalgia votes.

O'Neal's vote count was 2.48 million, while Wallace's vote count was only 390,000.

The Cavaliers' Big Z ranked third with 210,000 votes.

For forwards in the Eastern Conference, Vince Carter of the Raptors and LeBron James of the Cavaliers ranked in the top two votes.

Carter's popularity is still very high, he received 1.8 million votes, and James received 1.66 million votes.

Grant Hill, who returned from injury this season, ranked third with 1.49 million votes.

The competition for the starting forward spot in the Eastern Conference is quite fierce, with James leading Hill's 110,000 votes, more or less due to the power of Chinese fans.

In fact, Hill's popularity in the United States almost rivals that of Carter.

The first is his elegant gentlemanly demeanor, and the second is his wonderful skills and the title of the first recognized "Jordan successor".

In the position of defender, Shentong's status is unshakable.

According to the three rounds of voting by the NBA All-Star Organizing Committee, STO received the highest number of 3.1 million votes in All-Star history!

This is an unprecedented high number of votes. Shentong is also the first player in NBA history to receive more than 3 million votes in the All-Star Game, making NBA history.

This year's NBA All-Star Game has attracted much attention.

The votes received by STO, Yao Ming, and O'Neal all reached historical highs, but the number of votes received by STO was even more surprising.

According to statistics from the tournament organizing committee, one-third of STO's votes this season came from Europe, which surprised them.

However, they forgot that Shentong's girlfriend Nina Dobrev came from Bulgaria.

Although Dobrev is young, he participated in many European fashion magazine shoots when he was young, and participated in some short sentences.

His good looks and young age have won him a lot of European fans. These people love their families, and coupled with STO's excellent football skills, they voted for STO.

Asia, America, and Europe, Shentong conquered three mountains at the age of 23 and stood at the commanding heights in NBA history.

In an interview, O'Neal said sourly that Shenergy's high number of votes, the first in history, was mainly due to Asia's population base and European supporters.

"It's still the same as what I said in the last All-Star Game. You still have to rely on your skills to speak on the court." O'Neal seemed a little unconvinced by STO's vote-leading status.

When a reporter kindly reminded that STO and he were both Eastern All-Star starters, O'Neal suddenly changed the subject.

"I mean, Shen Hui and I work very well together, and I believe our combination will be very entertaining to watch!"

After this interview, I don’t know which reporter came up with the “Olympic bid” combination.

The group's name sparked heated debate and drew attention to China's bid to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

For a time, the Beijing Olympics was on the hot search list because of the "Olympic bid" combination.

Partnering with Shentong on the Eastern Conference's starting back line is the 76ers' little Allen Iverson.

The ball tyrant who has won the scoring title many times said that his position is a point guard and he will cooperate well with Shentong and O'Neal.

"With the two of them here, I don't need to score at all. I want to show off my assists and steals in this All-Star Game. I'm very much looking forward to joining forces with them."

When hearing Iverson's praise for himself, Shentong said: "I believe we will play a fantastic combination. We can play fast breaks at the same time and score at any time. The most important thing is that we will make our opponents hard to defend."

O'Neal said directly: "Give me Allen Iverson early, and I might be able to win a few more championships. I'm looking forward to this All-Star game."

The atmosphere among the All-Star starters in the Eastern Conference is relatively harmonious, while in the Western Conference, media from each team are tit-for-tat because of their starting positions.

The starting center in the Western Conference is Yao Ming, who ranks second in the league in votes.

After becoming a starter in the All-Star Game in his rookie season, Yao Ming was selected as a starter in the NBA All-Star Game for the second consecutive season.

Yao Ming's starting made Amar'e Stoudemire, who has played very well this season, angry.

"The All-Star Game should allow the best players to play, not just vote-grabbing. I admit that I am not as good as some people in social and public situations, but I speak with my strength on the court. I don't think I will lose to anyone at the center position. one person."

Although Stoudemire did not mention Yao Ming's name, he was obviously targeting him.

But he does have the capital to question.

Before the All-Star Game, the Suns ranked first in the Western Conference. Stoudemire averaged 26.0 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.6 blocks per game.

In comparison, Yao Ming's 18.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.0 blocks are a bit shabby.

But that's how All-Star Game voting works, allowing fans to choose their favorite stars to compete.

Everything was reasonable and legal, so Yao Ming ignored Stoudemire's complaints at all.

Since you don't like me, I don't need to talk to you.

What's more, Stoudemire is known as Yao Ming's "lifelong enemy." Faced with endless complaints starting from his rookie season, Yao Ming does not have a good impression of this high school student.

Stoudemire's complaint also received support from his teammates.

Steve Nash believes that Stoudemire deserves to be the starter in the Western Conference, but Yao Ming is from China, so Stoudemire has an inherent disadvantage in voting.

"I think the league should change the voting mechanism. I think the starting five of our players should all be in the All-Stars. However, the fact is that we are very disappointed."

Quentin Richardson also supports Stoudemire.

"Amare is the fastest-growing and most incredible player I have ever seen. If you give me 100 votes, I will fill in all 100 votes with Amare's name. Unfortunately, I can only vote for one."

Richardson's words had a double entendre.

In addition to expressing his support for Stoudemire, he also seemed to be sarcastic about the so-called "vote brushing" behavior from Chinese fans.

For Western Conference forwards, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan were the top two vote-getters.

Garnett received 2.08 million votes, while Duncan received 1.81 million.

There is no doubt about the strength of these two people, and they are both the best power forwards in the Western Conference.

But the media from at least two Western Conference teams raised questions about Garnett's starting position.

The Suns are once again among them.

Nash and Stoudemire also spoke for "The Hacker" Shawn Marion, who is in great form this season.

Nash: "I think Sean should be in the starting position. The Suns have a better record and Sean's personal performance is also very impressive. I really can't find any reason why Sean won't appear on the All-Star Game roster." superior."

According to the ballot, Marion's number of votes ranked outside the top five Western Conference forwards. This number of votes is obviously not worthy of his performance this season.

In the new season, Marion averaged 19.4 points, 11.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. He performed very well on both offense and defense, and his position in the team is even more important than Stoudemire.

In terms of personal data and team opportunities, Marion is indeed slightly better than Garnett.

But again, Garnett is the player that fans want to see the most, not Liu Yida who looks exactly like "Wet Dream".

Similarly, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban also led the Dallas media to express dissatisfaction with Nowitzki.

Nowitzki is having a banner season this season.

He averaged 26.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was 39.9%, which is almost impeccable.

Scores, assists, and blocks have all reached new career highs, and scoring efficiency has reached its peak compared to previous seasons.

In the West, the Mavericks and Suns are competing for first place in the West, and have been steadily suppressing the San Antonio Spurs.

Judging from the media momentum and personal performance, although they were not selected as the All-Star starters, it should not be a big problem for Marion and Nowitzki to appear on the All-Star Game substitute list.

The starting lineup of the Western Conference back line is a pair of good friends.

Kobe Bryant from the Lakers and Tracy McGrady from the Rockets.

Kobe's selection has also been questioned by some experts, who believe that Nash should become the starter in the Western Conference this season, but this voice is very weak.

Even when talking about the starting lineup of Western Conference defenders, Nash was very modest and said that Kobe was the better one, and there was no controversy over his and McGrady's selection.

This is McGrady's first season with the Rockets. In fact, from a personal performance point of view, McGrady has not yet reached his best form. Whether it is scoring, rebounds, assists, etc., he has not yet reached the state when he was the Magic's scoring champion. But McGrady's performance of 35 seconds and 13 minutes was really shocking.

Therefore, McGrady's selection into the starting lineup is really expected.

On January 29, 2005, the Eastern and Western All-Star player lineups were announced.

Popovich of the Spurs became the coach of the Western Conference team.

Yao Ming, Garnett, Duncan, Kobe Bryant, and Tracy McGrady are the starters for the Western Conference.

The substitute lineup includes the "Sun Trident" Nash, Marion, and Stoudemire.

In addition to the three of them, there are Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks, Ray Allen and Lewis of the SuperSonics, and Manu Ginobili of the Spurs.

In the East, O'Neal, James, Carter, STO, and Iverson are the starting five.

The substitute lineup includes Ben Wallace of the Pistons, Arenas and Jamison of the Wizards, Wade of the Heat, Big Z of the Cavaliers, O'Neal of the Pacers and Pierce of the Celtics.

On February 19, the three-day All-Star Weekend will begin in Denver.

There are some big things happening around the league before the All-Star break.

On February 12, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Orlando Magic 112-99.

Allen Iverson made 17 of 36 shots and 24 of 27 free throws, scoring more than half of the team's 60 points.

In addition, he had 6 assists and 5 steals.

Iverson's 60 points in this game is also his highest scoring record in a single game this season.

Although he complimented Shentong before the All-Star Game, Iverson obviously did not think that his scoring ability was inferior to anyone else.

On Valentine's Day, February 14th, "The Postman" Karl Malone officially announced his retirement at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The Utah Twins represent the loyalty and tragedy of the sports world, guarding this snowy mountain city.

However, although Malone retired, his energetic spirit did not completely put out the fire in the furnace.

Besides basketball and Mexican chicks, he's an avid cigar aficionado.

When he retired, he had already made plans for the next step, which was to create his own cigar brand and establish a cigar retail store in an effort to expand into chain stores.

Apart from that, he also has several restaurants.

It seems that in the future life, Malone will be active in the cigar and restaurant business.

Denver is the largest city and capital of Colorado, United States.

Located on a plain adjacent to the Rocky Mountains, it forms the core of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area.

Denver's city center is located on the east bank of the South Perrette River, near the intersection of the South Perrette River and Cherry Creek, about 15 miles away from the foot of the mountain.

Denver was historically known as the Queen City of the Prairies, a reference to Denver's importance to agriculture on the plains east of the Rocky Mountains.

On February 19, 2005, the All-Star Weekend officially kicked off at the Pepsi Center, home of the Denver Nuggets.

On this day, there will be a Rookie Challenge. The second-year team led by James, Anthony, Wade, and Bosh will accept the challenge from the first-year team led by Howard, Iguodala and others.

The starting lineup of the second-year team is Wade, James, Anthony, Haslem and Bosh, and the starting lineup of the first-year team is Harris, Tony Allen, Luol Deng, Iguodala and Howard.

After the glory of "Little Melon" Anthony in his debut season, his performance on the court gradually became mediocre in his second year. He also had a lot of troubles off the court. His star power was completely surpassed by "Little Emperor" James. But with the All-Star Weekend being held on his doorstep, Anthony certainly won't let his fans down.

In this rookie challenge, Anthony scored 31 points and 5 rebounds, leading the second-year team to a 133-106 victory over the first-year team.

Anthony was elected the Most Valuable Player of the rookie game, finally surpassing James, who had been weighing on him.

But in fact, Wade and James' focus is not on the rookie game at all.

For Anthony, Wade and James have helped each other and won Anthony an honor.

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