NBA backer king

Chapter 510 Record-breaking All-Star Voting King for Three Years in a Row

In the first two seasons, Lao Wang was the number one voter in the Suns. In 96, he got 159 million votes, and in 97, he got 255 million votes. Now that he is in Los Angeles, the Lakers must let Lao Wang win the number of votes.

But there is no need for the Lakers to do any mobilization work. The Los Angeles media will do their best to build momentum for Lao Wang and strive to win the vote.

The urban population of this city is as high as 370 million, and the population of the metropolitan area is as high as 1200 million. Including the nearby areas, the population of the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area is as high as 1700 million. Moreover, the professional sports team here is dominated by the Lakers, and the voting base is deeper than that of Phoenix.

In addition, Lao Wang has averaged 40+ points per game this season. He can be called the number one offensive machine in modern basketball. He is very popular and can be called the number one in the league.

There are also all Chinese organizations in the Greater Bay Area, even in big cities like New York and Toronto, where Chinese people gather. Some Chinese organizations have come forward and started to canvass for him.

However, as a wealthy team, the Lakers have great ambitions. In addition to Lao Wang, the management also plans to praise Kobe, push him to the All-Star starter, and make him a star in Los Angeles.

On the 2nd, the Lakers played against the Eagles at home.

Injuries that cannot be avoided in professional sports suddenly appeared. Richmond sprained his ankle during a breakthrough and had to rest for three weeks. The Lakers' combat power was once again damaged.

Chris Mullin topped the main position. The loss of the Lakers' main lineup is not too great, but the bench lineup has been weakened.

The Lakers also lost the game because of this, interrupting the winning streak.

Of course, the Lakers are not the only ones with injuries. Every team has injuries, or even worse.

Also on this day, the Knicks played against the Jazz at home. O'Neal was stepped on by the postman and had to truce for half a month.

For the Blazers, Dameng was also injured on the 4th, with a rear injury, and he will be sidelined for at least a month.

On the 6th, Pippen fell during the game, and the old injury on his foot recurred, requiring surgery, and he was directly reimbursed for the season.

On the 8th, in the Lakers game against the Jazz, Lao Wang collided with the postman and fell down. The postman was under the pad, and his left wrist was crushed and injured. He will have to rest for at least half a month. Lao Wang also suffered a slight sprain in his left ankle and will have to rest for at least a week.

The left ankle was injured last time, and it was injured again this time. It is already an old injury. Fortunately, the injury is not serious, and it is enough to rest.

However, for the sake of insurance, the Lakers management insisted on letting him rest for an extra week, so that the ankle can achieve the best recovery effect.

Anyway, the current record is very good, and the main competitors, the Blazers, the Jazz, and the Knicks, are all core players with injuries, so don't worry too much about the record.

Lao Wang was unlucky and injured, and at this time the results of the first week's All-Star voting came out.

The voting period lasted for four weeks. At the end of the first week, Pharaoh won 75 votes, one-third of which were cast by Chinese.

The total number of Chinese in the Los Angeles metropolitan area is close to 40. With the mobilization of major Chinese organizations, a large number of Chinese participated in voting.

His number of votes ranks first in the league, and the second Jordan has only 37 votes, only half of his.

The comparison of the data between the two, although it is only the first week, also shows that his current popularity is already higher than that of Jordan.

In addition, under the operation of the Lakers, Kobe also received 11 votes, ranking second in the Western Conference guards, second only to Gary Payton.

On the 9th, good news came from China. Bai Changsheng, the general manager of the K Times Sports Center, called to report to Lao Wang that his basketball gymnasium had been renovated.

Lao Wang received some pictures, which are very beautiful and look a bit like the Temple of Heaven, with Chinese characteristics and cultural style.

On the 12th, Mark Price came back. This is good news when Lao Wang is injured.

In the second week, Pharaoh's votes exceeded one million, 57 votes in a single week, and the total number of votes reached 132 million.

However, New York is also making efforts. Jordan received 51 votes in the second week, and the total number of votes reached 88.

Although the All-Star voting is far ahead, the Lakers' record has begun to decline, losing two games in a week.

In the third week of voting, the Lakers lost another game, but Lao Wang was far ahead in the number of votes. With the support of all Chinese in the United States, he won 70 votes in a single week, breaking through 200 million.

On the 16th, Cheng Long called from Hong Kong. His new movie "Who Am I" will be released tomorrow.

"Brother Cheng, what about America?" Old Wang asked.

"It's scheduled for September, old K, you have to join us." Cheng Long said with a smile.

"Jiuyue, okay, I'll book the venue for you when the time comes, and all the [-] people in my martial arts gym will be dispatched." Old Wang smiled.

"Haha, thank you in advance!" Cheng Long laughed.

On January 1, the Lakers had a record of 21 wins and 34 losses, still number one in the Western Conference.

However, the Trail Blazers' record also declined. Duncan supported the team alone. So far, they have 32 wins and 8 losses, ranking third in the West.

The Jazz injured the postman, and now they are also 32 wins and 8 losses, second in the West.

In the East, the Pacers have no major injuries, 35 wins and 5 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference and first in the league.

Kyle Pedestrian also has little injury problems, 34 wins and 6 losses, second in the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks injured O'Neal and are now 33 wins and 7 losses, third in the Eastern Conference.

At this point in the schedule, halfway through, Pharaoh announced his comeback, and the postman and O'Neill also announced their comebacks one after another.

On the 24th, the Lakers challenged the Supersonics in an away game. Lao Wang came off the bench and performed very well. He scored 31 points in 39 minutes, led the team to defeat the opponent, and won 35 wins.

Then the Lakers returned to Los Angeles, and the next game was against the Nets at home on the 28th.

Coincidentally, the Spring Festival is also here, New Year's Eve is the 27th, and the 28th is the New Year. Wang Aiguo and Liu Damei have already arranged for the cured goods. There are bacon sausages hanging everywhere in the villa, and a layer of sesame oil is smeared on them to prevent mosquitoes.

On the 26th, Lao Wang's three systematic trainings were finally completed.

Before this injury, his three trainings were almost done, and he was delayed for half a month. Now he has been training for a few days and has completed them one after another.

His physical fitness has reached the limit of level 105, his speed has reached the limit of level 82, and his explosive power has reached the limit of level 89, which means that his physical function has reached the peak state.

Technically, although there is still some room for improvement in the future, such as enhancing the mid-range shooting ability, he is a heavy center forward, and the mid-range and long-range shooting ability is just icing on the cake, which is not very important to him. That is to say, both physical function and technology have reached the peak from now on.

Reaching the peak is a good thing, but reaching the peak after the peak also means that his rising period is over, and it will also mean that he will usher in a downward path.

For him now, the most important thing is how to maintain his peak state, prolong his peak state as much as possible, prolong his career, and avoid serious injuries as much as possible.

This time, his left ankle was injured again, and it was an old injury. Although the injury was not serious, it was also a warning from his body: save yourself a little, if it wears too much, I may strike at any time.

On the 27th, six tables were set up at the old Wang's house. In addition to the family members, Wang Tielong and other relatives in the five uniforms in Los Angeles also celebrated the New Year together. The three Liu Changfeng brothers were all in Los Angeles and had married families. The family members were also here, and Gao Bin also celebrated the New Year together.

Dabao received a lot of red envelopes. The 16-month-old boy can already run around all over the place. He is very strong, with obvious excess energy and a small mouth that can speak well.

However, according to Wang Aiguo and his wife, Dabao is not as fast as his father when he was a child, but he should be smarter.

On the 28th, the New Year of the Year of the Tiger.

Early in the morning, Lao Wang's family was invited to Chinatown.

The Chinatown in Los Angeles is not very big, not as good as the Chinatowns in New York and San Francisco, and not as good as the Chinatown in Toronto, but it is quite lively.

As the most prestigious Chinese in the United States, Wang Tiejun has a good relationship with various Chinese organizations in the Greater Bay Area, so he was invited to light up the lion dance.

He wasn't the only one who got clear, the other was the consul general of the Consulate General in Los Angeles, who got one eye each.

That night, the Great Western Forum Arena was filled with the colors of China, a bright red.

Even the old Bass asked the management to invite dragon and lion dances from Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

In this atmosphere, Wang Tiejun broke out with all his strength, scored 55 points, scored a good start to the new year, and led the team to the 36th victory.

On the 29th, the league announced the end of the All-Star voting.

Pharaoh won the NBA All-Star vote for the third consecutive season, with 265 million votes.

This number of votes is also the highest number of votes in the history of the alliance, of which at least 100 million votes came from Chinese votes.

When there was no Wang Tiejun in the past, Chinese in North America rarely participated in this kind of voting. Even in the past few seasons, there were not many Chinese participating in it. However, with the increasing status of Wang Tiejun in the NBA, more and more Chinese participated in voting in the past two seasons.

The second Jordan won 135 million votes, 130 million votes short of him, almost half of his. Even if the Chinese votes were removed, the number of votes that Pharaoh got should be higher than him.

In addition, under the impetus of the Lakers and Los Angeles media, Kobe also received nearly 40 votes and was successfully selected as the starter for the Western Conference All-Stars.

The Western All-Star starters are Wang Tiejun, Karl Malone, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, and Gary Payton.

The Western All-Star substitutes are Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Vin Baker, Mitch Richmond, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel, John Stockton.

The Eastern Conference All-Star starters are Shaq O'Neal, Sean Kemp, Grant Hill, Michael Jordan, and Jason Kidd.

Eastern All-Star substitutes are Dikembe Mutombo, Glenn Rice, Reggie Miller, Anfernee Hardaway, Rick Schmitz, Tim Hardaway, Antoine Walker.

"Kobe, your starting lineup is a bit lacking in value!" Seeing Kobe grinning from ear to ear, Old Wang teased.

Kobe jumped up and shouted: "This is popularity. The All-Star comparison is based on popularity, not statistics. I am a real All-Star starter. Old K, don't be jealous of me."

"Why am I jealous of you? I was also an All-Star starter in the second season, am I worse than you?" Old Wang said disdainfully.

"Anyway, you can no longer say that my All-Star starter is not rich enough." Kobe said angrily.

"Snapped!"

Lao Wang directly suppressed it with a slap, and scolded with a smile: "What about you, do you still want to learn plum blossom step?"

Kobe was stunned, laughed and said: "Old K, teach me quickly, I have been waiting for a long time, if you have something good or bad one day, won't it be lost? You pass it on to me first, and I will pass on the big treasure later."

"Dare to curse me?"

With two slaps, Pharaoh slapped Kobe's teeth twice in a row.

However, he also started teaching Kobe the club step, which is a system-optimized step, and he no longer needs to practice on stakes like him, and it is a ball training.

Now that his system training is complete, he has a lot of free time, and some time to toss Kobe.

……

On the 30th, the Lakers beat the Timberwolves again at home, scored their 37th win, and completed the January schedule.

On this day, the Pacers had a serious injury. Patrick Ewing tore the cruciate ligament of his left knee. Although he did not need surgery, he would have to rest for a month or two and should be able to return in the playoffs.

After Old Wang got the news, he made a phone call and comforted him, "King Kong, this is actually pretty good. If you don't have the medicated oil massage from K Martial Arts Hall, you might be finished."

"..."

When Ewing, who was depressed to death, heard this, if it wasn't thousands of kilometers away, he would definitely crawl over and beat Lao Wang up.

"King Kong, how about this, it's really not good for the Pacers, you stay until the contract is over, come and help me." Lao Wang comforted me again.

"Old K, when the day comes, you can reserve a place for me." Ewing sighed inwardly, this is the only way to go, it's better than retiring empty-handed.

He was afraid because he had just signed a new four-year contract with the Pacers this year. After four years, his contract would be over, and Old K might not be able to do it by then.

This is very likely. No matter how strong the old K's body is, he is now starting to suffer from injuries. With his style of play, even if the current style of play has changed, he is still very confrontational. How many years can he carry?
……

Time entered February, the Lakers won the Bulls on the 1st, and on the 4th, the last game before the All-Star Weekend, they played against the Trail Blazers at home.

It happened that Dameng came back from this game and came off the bench. He was in average form and only played 23 minutes and scored 13 points.

Taking advantage of the Blazers' lack of combat power, Lao Wang once again blasted Duncan and scored 51 points on his head. Duncan made 13 of 3 shots and only scored 9 points with free throws, leading the team to defeat the Blazers again.

"Old K, did you do it on purpose? Is it too much to catch a rookie and go crazy?" Dameng said a little unhappy after the game.

"If I don't fuck him, how can I prove that the deal between the Lakers and the Suns is correct." Old Wang laughed.

"Just wait, we still have two more games. We'll meet again after the All-Star Game, and I'll make you look good then." Dameng said viciously.

"Who are you scaring? Before Duncan's confrontation ability improved, the substitute lineup was not as good as ours. The perimeter defense was poor and the efficiency was not high. Why do you fight me?" Old Wang said disdainfully.

Dameng is a little helpless. Although Duncan is the peak of his debut, he is a rookie after all. Facing the old K, the No.1 active player, he was really beaten up.

Moreover, the Blazers' bench lineup is indeed not as good as the Lakers', and there are some problems with the configuration of the perimeter. There is no defense and the efficiency is not high enough.

But the chance of winning is not without, as long as the outside line is explosive and the inside line is also efficient, it can also beat the Lakers to scum.

So he was unwilling to be outdone and said: "Old K, don't talk too much, don't brag too much, how about this, if we win one of the next two games, free ten cans of medicinal food?"

Lao Wang quickly refused: "That's not good. Now the martial arts gym, no, I don't care about the club. I have to ask for money to eat by myself. I can't miss a steel coin."

Dameng said with contempt on his face: "Old K, you are getting worse and worse now, and you can't manage your own business anymore."

"That can't be helped. To promote my business to the whole world, I need to standardize management. What's this called? Leave professional matters to professional people, understand? I don't think you understand. You're such a vulgar person that you can't even calculate three times three times three. What do you know?" Old Wang said triumphantly.

Big Dream is very envious. Old K's business is getting bigger and bigger. I hope that the trading company will also grow bigger, so that he can also drink some soup.

However, he said that he couldn't calculate three times three times three, he was not convinced, and immediately raised his fingers to calculate, but after a long time, he was still not right.

"I'm not wrong, old man, you are illiterate." Old Wang said with contempt on his face.

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(End of this chapter)