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Chapter 882 The First Round of Voting

This league is like this, one generation of players and one generation of fans, each era has its own highlights.

When those older fans saw James with a gray beard and felt nostalgic, younger fans began to clamor and cheer for their idol.

Starting in late December, the NBA's annual All-Star voting has started again.Every year, the All-Star Weekend is a gluttonous feast.

The 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend is scheduled for the city of Chicago.This is the 69th NBA All-Star Game and the first All-Star Weekend in a new era.Last year's Charlotte All-Star, Michael Jordan hurriedly said goodbye, which left everyone unsatisfied.This year, the All-Stars came to Chicago to witness all the glory of His Majesty the Flying Man, which is of great significance.

As the Thunder prepared for the New Orleans Pelicans game, the NBA officially announced the results of the first round of voting for the All-Stars.The Lone Ranger star Luka Doncic became the top voter in the first round of voting with 1073957 votes, while the Bucks' top star Giannis Antetokounmpo was No.1073358 with 2 votes.

It can be seen that the difference in the number of votes between the two is not much.In fact, their third and fourth spots are not far behind those two players.An Luo received 1035568 votes in the first round of voting, and LeBron James received 1020851 votes.

Although it is only the results of the first round of voting, many problems can still be seen.

First of all, this year's All-Star Game is likely to be a stage for international players.

It can be seen from the results of the first round of All-Star voting that the top three votes are all international players.Slovenian player Luka Doncic, Greek monster Giannis Antetokounmpo and Chinese player An Luo.Even James Harden, who played explosively this season, LeBron James, the ageless league No. 1, and Stephen Curry, who has a huge fan base, are behind the three of them.

Of course, these three players can lead the All-Star votes, which is inseparable from the support of fans in their respective countries.But what is certain is that the achievements of the three of them are definitely not only due to the strong support of the nationals of their own countries, but also inseparable from the outstanding performance of the three of them.

Doncic has been phenomenal this season.He averaged 29 points, 9.5 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game, ranking fourth in the league in both scoring and assists.In this season, Doncic created a series of historical records.For example, surpassing Oscar Robertson and becoming the youngest player in history to get 4+ triple-doubles in two consecutive games; breaking the youngest record of 35+30 in four consecutive games; surpassing James to become the triple-double king under the age of 10; 21+ triple-double game record... The important thing is that Doncic can lead the team to victory while playing super data.Under his leadership, the Lone Ranger currently ranks fifth in the West with 21 wins and 40 losses.And the four teams in front of him are all championship-level teams this season.

Antetokounmpo ranked third in the scoring list with 30.4 points this season, ranked sixth in the rebounding list with 13.0 rebounds, in addition to 6 assists, 5.6 steals and 1.2 blocks. From this we can see that this guy is What a complete player.Last season, Antetokounmpo beat James Harden to become the regular season MVP, and this season he evolved again, developed a three-point range, made up for his own shortcomings, and was unmatched in the game.

In addition to these three, there are players such as France's Gobert, Serbia's Jokic, Australia's Ben Simmons, Lithuania's Sabonis Jr., Cameroon's Embiid and Siakam.If these players can still maintain the momentum of the first round of votes in the next two rounds of voting, the limelight of this All-Star will be robbed by these stars from all over the world.

It has to be said that the continuous improvement of the level of world basketball in recent years has posed a huge threat to American basketball.In fact, this change started in 2004.That year, the American Dream Team was resisted by world basketball, losing successively to Lithuania, Argentina and Puerto Rico.

In the current NBA, more than half of the representatives of young players are from outside the United States.Perhaps one day, fans can see that the NBA All-Star Game will become the same as the Rookie Challenge, divided into the US team and the world team.

In addition to the brilliant international stars, the four players in the frontcourt of the Western Conference also made everyone's eyes shine.Especially fans in Los Angeles, because they are LeBron James and Anthony Davis of the Lakers, and Kawhi Leonard and Paul George of the Clippers.

Of course, this result was expected by everyone.The Lakers and Clippers, the arch-rivals of Los Angeles, have forged a rift since the offseason for Leonard. The Clippers snatched Leonard from the Lakers, and also attracted Join the Lakers' Paul George.Such "grievances" the Lakers will not bear.Although Leonard was not obtained, the good wishes of the Big Three were finally shattered.But the Lakers have LeBron James and Anthony Davis, plus a good role player on the bench, this is still a championship formation.The Clippers on the opposite side also have two superstars, coupled with their original strong substitutes, this makes the Los Angeles duo a sworn enemy.

As far as the current situation is concerned, these four players are very likely to appear in the All-Star game at the same time.They may be teammates or opponents, but no matter what, they are all interesting.

An Luo's momentum this year is very strong!Last season's finals and World Cup double MVP won him a large number of fans from outside China.If this momentum does not diminish, An Luo can basically secure a starting position.This is very important to An Luo. After all, there are only ten All-Star starters every year, and there are only four starting All-Star guards.This is the real star!If An Luo can be selected, it means that his ability has been recognized by countless fans and insiders in this league.

Even, An Luo can look forward to this year's All-Star vote champion.If the rules of the All-Star voting hadn't been changed, An Luo could have accomplished these feats in his first season.However, in the current situation, becoming the king of votes must have more weight.

But it's not an easy task!Whether it is Doncic or Antetokounmpo, neither will be lower than An Luo in terms of personal data and fan support.What's more, there is also a LeBron James who "has not lost his charm back then".

(End of this chapter)