NBA Ten Thousand Worlds Bishop

Chapter 148 All-Star Leading Qualifications

Davidson smiled wryly. What the old man said was correct. The strength of the king's bench is really not that strong.

Only Bryan Grant has trade value. As for the original starting point guard Little Potato Webber, because of the annual salary of up to 207 million US dollars, it is estimated that no one will give it away...

You must know that Richmond's annual salary is only 300 million U.S. dollars. Little Potato Webber's strength is not at the same level as Richmond's, but the annual salary is not much different.

"Father, what do you think we should do?" Davidson asked tangled.

"Don't think too much about this matter, leave it to me. I, an old guy, won't really take the king's 80 annual salary for nothing. I have to help with some work." The old man said with a smile.

"Let's look at the situation first. Let's not sell Grant now. After all, he is considered a good combat power and can be used in the playoffs."

"I'll first contact a few teams that may hold marginal draft picks in the lottery, and I will directly find them to trade after the season is over." The old man said his plan.

Davidson nodded, and now it can only be like this.

Right now is not a good time to trade Grant, because if Grant is sold, the overall strength of the team will be damaged. The Kings have hope of competing for the championship this season, so naturally they must preserve their strength as much as possible.

……

The Kings have been in the limelight this season, but that's not to say there hasn't been a capsize in the gutter.

For example, losing to the Bucks, a well-known Eastern team.

Davidson didn't think it was a big deal either. After all, this was the first year of the Kings' lineup.

Of the five starting players, three of them have just joined the team this year. Sometimes it is quite normal for the gutter to capsize.

At the end of January, the results of the NBA All-Star voting were released.

What Davidson didn't expect at all was that this year's All-Star vote king was not Jordan.

It's Grant Hill, the head of the Pistons...

This is interesting.

Last season, before Jordan came back, Hill won the honor of the All-Star vote leader as a rookie.

And now that Jordan is back, Hill dares to still win the votes. This popularity is a bit incomprehensible.

It's incredible to be able to snatch the All-Star ticket champion from Jordan.

But there must be a reason for this to happen.

The first is Hill's origin, this is a black man who was born in an upper-class family in the United States.

His father graduated from Yale University, his mother graduated from Wesleyan College, and his roommate is now the first lady Hillary.

He received the best education when he was young, and he is a member of the American elite.

It's no exaggeration to say that even if Hill doesn't play basketball, with his family connections, he can definitely become an American elite.

Such a player is naturally loved by the old white elites, and they found a resonance in Hill.

In addition, Hill is also a black man, so he is also popular with black people.

It is equivalent to saying that Hill is a black and white player, and it is normal to get more votes than Jordan.

Of course, Hill's own strength can't be faulted at all.

In his rookie season, he averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5 assists per game, which is quite impressive.

And this season, Hill's data has been further improved, averaging 20.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game, which is extremely versatile.

In the second grade, he can get an average of 20+10+7 per game, which is definitely an amazing performance.

For various reasons, it makes sense for Hill to win the vote king honor.

The second highest number of votes is naturally Jordan.

Ranked third and fourth are O'Neal and Pippen.

These four are all Eastern stars. It can be seen that the popularity of Eastern stars in this era is indeed higher than that of Western stars.

It wasn't until the fifth place that a Western player finally appeared.

Battle!
That's right, Battelle ranked No. 120 in this All-Star voting with a total of 5 million votes.

This result is already lower than Davidson's expectations. Davidson originally thought that Battelle's votes would be among the top three.

After all, there are not many players who averaged 31+7+4 per game in their rookie season.

But Davidson is also satisfied with being ranked the top ticket in the Western Conference now. At least this also shows that Battelle is now the most popular star in the Western Conference.

Bartel was followed by Barkley and Olajuwon.

The number of votes for these two people is not much less than that of Battelle, they are almost equal.

In the ranking of western center votes, Olajuwon and David Robinson occupy the top two.

As for Muresan, although he ranks third and has a lot more votes than Mutombo, there is definitely a big gap compared to David Robinson's million votes.

This year, Muresan may not even qualify as an All-Star substitute...

The blue-collar center is so miserable, and his popularity is very low.

If nothing else, Muresan, Mutombo and Rodman, the three major blue-collar insiders in the league this year, may not be able to qualify for the All-Star.

As for the Western All-Star forward position.

Battelle, Barkley and Rainman Kemp ranked the top three, and Karl Malone ranked fourth with less than one million votes.

There is no problem with Richmond being selected for the backcourt, but he is also a substitute.

The popularity of Drexler, Kidd and Stockton in the west is quite high.

It's strange to say that given the King's record this year, Richmond, as the king's team leader, won't say he won the honor of the Western Conference champion, but at least he has no problem being selected as the All-Star starting backcourt.

But it just couldn't be elected, and the number of votes has been unable to increase.

If Richmond doesn't look like a superstar, that's not enough, Richmond's looks are not the kind that people hate.

Davis wondered why this situation must have something to do with Richmond's low-key personality.

Because of his low-key personality, his popularity is not high, and the consequence of his low popularity is that he is not favored by commercial brands. Without commercial brands to help him advertise, his popularity will definitely not increase.

This got into a vicious circle...

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In mid-February, the All-Star weekend started, and Davidson got his wish to lead the Western Conference All-Star team.

Battelle started the Western Conference forward, Richmond was the backup Western Conference defender, and as for Muresan, he failed to qualify for the All-Star selection...

This made Davidson feel a little uncomfortable. As the No.1 player in his hand, Davidson naturally has a deep affection for Muresan. Now Battelle was selected into the starting lineup in the first year, but Muresan did not even qualify as a substitute.

The main reason is that Davidson is about to be promoted to a mid-level buyer. After the promotion is successful, Davidson will definitely set his sights on high-level buyers.

In order to be promoted to a high-level buyer, in addition to completing some difficult tasks, at the very least, the natal player at hand must be eligible to start the All-Star.

(End of this chapter)