NBA: James wants to team up with me

Eastern Conference vote leader Wang Chong and Western Conference vote leader Anthony Davis will serve as the two All-Star captains and conduct a live selection session before the start of the All-Star weekend.

After the original NBA reform, the selection process was not broadcast live at the beginning. However, after a successful experience, the league realized that the ratings of broadcasting the selection process by the two captains would be very explosive.

In fact, it is true, especially James's Oscar-winning acting skills. He was conflicted when choosing each player, as if he would miss out on 100 million if he didn't choose one. He also deliberately tripped up his opponents, which made the live broadcast effect full.

When Wang Chong made suggestions to the league, he naturally proposed this idea as well. The league officials naturally accepted it and followed suit by promoting a live broadcast of the captain selection process in advance.

The All-Star Game has undergone several reforms since its inception, but the one that the audience is most familiar with and has lasted the longest is undoubtedly the Eastern and Western All-Star confrontation. This confrontation mode has lasted for decades, and fans never get tired of it and are happy to see their favorite stars compete against each other.

Now that the league has chosen to change the competition system, many people are very interested and curious about how the revised competition proposed by Wang Chong will turn out.

The captain selection is scheduled for the end of January, which is after the list of All-Star substitutes is determined. It will be convenient to select players with a clear list of candidates.

As fans were eagerly waiting, on January 1, TNT broadcast the game live across the United States, and the two captains, Wang Chong and Anthony Davis, began the live selection session.

"Hello, audience friends, welcome to watch the captain selection session of the 2015 All-Star Game. We see that both captains are ready and are about to start their selection session."

The commentators responsible for hosting this selection are TNT's team of commentators, including Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal.

Because the regular season schedule is still ongoing, it is not realistic for the league to invite both of them to select players together, so Wang Chong and Davis are connected via video.

As the top vote-getter in the Eastern Conference and the league, Wang Chong has the advantage of selecting players first.

"King, you may now make your first choice."

Kenny Smith said to Wang Chong.

Wang Chong's image was enlarged in the live broadcast, and then the audience in front of the TV stared in amazement as Wang Chong solemnly took out a tactical board and gestured on it like a head coach.

Barkley and O'Neal at the commentary desk couldn't help but burst into laughter. O'Neal laughed funny and said, "That's it! When this guy was on the Bulls, he often took the tactical board to the locker room and learned from the coach to explain tactics to everyone. Today he is not the player Wang Chong, but the head coach Wang Chong!"

Wang Chong looked at his tactical board and said solemnly, "The first choice is very important, but I still want to choose my current partner, who fights side by side with me and has excellent abilities and can help me on the court, Kyrie Irving."

Wang Chong’s emotional intelligence is at its highest in this election.

Irving is originally a player with a somewhat childish personality. At least in this season, Wang Chong has to support Irving and not let this neurotic child suddenly have a seizure and ruin his plan to win the championship.

Compared to Wang Chong's ease and freedom, Anthony Davis, who was selected as an All-Star starter for the first time in his career, seemed a little restrained.

"I'm going to pick Kevin Durant because I need a player who can compete with Wang Chong in terms of offensive firepower."

Next it was Wang Chong's turn.

"My second choice is also a very important choice. I choose my former teammate, who is also a player with outstanding outside shooting ability and has played at the MVP level this season. Stephen Curry."

Wang Chong's choice surprised many viewers.

From the perspective of technical style, Irving and Curry are obviously players of the same style. Wang Chong could have just chosen one, but he chose both. In addition to the need for the two's outside firepower coordination, the biggest possibility is still human relations and social skills.

I can only say that he is worthy of being Wang Chong. Not only is he strong, but he is also impeccable in maintaining relationships with teammates.

Anthony Davis also chose a guard as his second choice. Since Curry and Irving were both chosen by Wang Chong, he could only choose Russell Westbrook.

"The third choice...is very important."

Wang Chong's words made many viewers roll their eyes. At this rate, Wang Chong might very well say something very important for the twelfth choice.

"For the third pick, I need a big man who can support the restricted area defense in the interior. My choice is the legendary center Tim Duncan who played against me in the finals in the past two years."

It’s human nature again.

Although Duncan became an All-Star starter, it is a fact that his strength is only one-tenth of what it was before.

So far this season, Duncan is averaging only 14 points and 8 rebounds per game. His age and the rise of Gobert in the Spurs' center have made him no longer that important to the Spurs. Given his age and strength, he will only show up in the All-Star Game and will probably have to leave the court to rest after playing for a few minutes.

Wang Chong's choice of Duncan obviously meant he gave up the opportunity to be a starting main player, and it also saved Duncan from the embarrassing situation of being the last one to be selected. This shows that he has high emotional intelligence.

Anthony Davis' third choice was James Harden. Since Harden is the only guard left now, he has to ensure the rationality of the guard position first.

But as a result, James' expression became a little ugly as he sat in front of the TV watching the selection process.

After three rounds of selection, there are only two All-Star starters left, LeBron James and Blake Griffin.

Although many people have not reacted yet, the shrewd James has begun to realize that, although it was not intentional, if he was selected last in the selection process, there would definitely be people who would talk about it later, thinking that the two captains disliked this player, so no one took the initiative to choose him.

But now Wang Chong still has the right to choose first in the fourth round. James has been dealing with Wang Chong for more than a year or two. He knows what kind of person he is and he also knows that this guy will never choose him on his own initiative.

As expected, Wang Chong spoke a lot, the gist of which was that the team now has a three-point shooter and a defensive gate guarding the basket, but lacks a powerful inside player, so he chose the white beast Blake Griffin.

In this way, Davis doesn't even have the right to choose, and the only remaining All-Star starter, James, is automatically assigned to Davis' camp.

Judging from the starting lineup, Anthony Davis' side is definitely better than Wang Chong's side. The aging Duncan is just a drag, and the forward combination of Durant + James is more luxurious than Wang Chong + Griffin.

Even at the guard position, Westbrook and Harden are both top guards averaging 28+ points per game this season. Although Curry from Wang Chong's team also scored 28+, Irving only scored over 20+, which is a clear gap from the other three.

But no one would question Wang Chong's inability to select people.

He doesn't need to prove his vision on the All-Star stage at all, because whether on the Bulls or the Cavaliers, Wang Chong has proved it by building teams and achieving impressive results.

The All-Star selection can only highlight Wang Chong's outstanding sex business.

After selecting their respective four starting players, the next step is to select the All-Star reserves.

Without going into the specific details, Wang Chong ultimately chose the Gasol brothers, Klay Thompson, DeMarcus Cousins, Wade, Butler and Paul.

Davis chose Rose, Wall, Anthony, Leonard, Bosh, Aldridge and Howard.

At this point, both teams have completed their 12-man All-Star rosters and will start the All-Star Game in mid-February.

The entire live broadcast process, including the foreplay and commercials in between, lasted less than 20 minutes in total, but the fans found it quite interesting to watch, especially Wang Chong's frequent golden sentences during the selection process, which made many fans who had only seen Wang Chong play on the court and had not seen much of Wang Chong's private life have a deeper understanding of what kind of player he is.

After the selection, just as James worried, people soon began to question online why James, who is currently the second best superstar in the league after Wang Chong, was chosen last in the selection process.

James haters naturally would not miss this opportunity to disparage James and portray him as a guy who is hated by everyone in the league and whom no one wants to play with.

But in fact, Davis never thought about it much. In his subconscious, he positioned himself as a power forward rather than a center. In addition, he chose small forward Durant as his first choice, so the forward position was no longer certain. That's why he did not choose James. The rumor that he was unwilling to choose James is just a rumor.

But what Wang Chong said... yes, he did it on purpose.

Whether in a normal team or in the All-Star Game, he is unwilling to be on the same team with James.

But after coming to the Eastern Conference team Chicago Bulls, Wang Chong could only compete with James as a teammate in the All-Star Game every year.

Now that he finally has this opportunity, how could he miss it?

Although Wang Chong is no longer interested in the All-Star Game and has always just played casually in the past and has never played seriously, if James, Durant and others run to the other side, Wang Chong still rarely feels some interest.

"This is a rare opportunity, so why not just take the All-Star AMVP award for once in a long time?"

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All preparations before the All-Star Weekend have been completed and everyone's attention is back on the court.

In early February, the Cleveland Cavaliers challenged the Miami Heat away. This was the second match between the Cavaliers and the Heat in the new season.

At this stage, Howard of the Heat has returned from injury, and the Big Three are all there, so they are facing the Cavaliers with a complete lineup.

However, the result of this strong confrontation disappointed the Heat again.

The Heat's Big Three were powerless against the Cavaliers.

On the outside, James and Wade could still barely compete with the Cavaliers, but the Heat's inside was completely blown away by the Cavaliers.

Howard was outnumbered in the paint, fighting against Gasol and Whiteside at the same time, and was suppressed throughout.

There is no way. The Heat's starting power forward Boozer is now completely useless. He can only put up some good stats when he is bullying the weaker opponents.

Pau Gasol is not his younger brother Marc Gasol, who is at a loss when he meets Howard.

In fact, if it weren't for Wang Chong, Gasol would have played the most representative series of his career in the 08-09 season finals.

In the 08-09 season finals, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Orlando Magic, Gasol faced off against Howard, averaging 18.6 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.8 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 60%, the highest efficiency value of the two teams.

Not only that, Gasol will also show his prowess when facing James in the Eastern Conference Finals. Howard, who averaged 26+13 per game, was poorly defended, averaging only 15 points and 15 rebounds per game, with a shooting percentage of only 48.8%.

The reason why the Lakers were able to easily beat the Magic 4:1 in the finals was that Gasol played a crucial role in limiting Howard.

Times have changed. Gasol is already 34 years old and his condition is much worse than before. But the problem is that Howard is no longer the flying beast he used to be. Howard, who has just experienced an injury, has not healed his old injury and his explosive power is far less than before. What's more, Gasol has a spring man Whiteside who can run and jump by his side.

The combined efforts of the two put Howard under so much pressure that he could not even raise his head. He only had 11 points and 8 rebounds in the entire game, with a shooting percentage of 46%.

How could the Heat win the game when Howard, the pillar of the inside, played so badly?

After watching the entire game, Heat fans only felt a strong sense of despair, and this feeling of despair was different from the previous match against the Bulls.

Although the Heat have never beaten the Bulls, at least after Howard's arrival, the Heat had an advantage in the interior against the Bulls. In terms of rebounding, Howard completely defeated Gasol, grabbing offensive rebounds and launching second offenses, forcing the Bulls to use extreme tactics such as the Hack-a-Shaq tactic against Howard.

But it was completely different from the game against the Cavaliers. Howard couldn't even get any advantage in rebounding, which is his best area.

The Cavaliers' rebounding ability this season is really strong. Wang Chong, Gasol, Whiteside and Tristan Thompson are known as the four kings of rebounding. They kept a close eye on Howard from all angles at all times.

Not to mention offensive rebounds, the offensive rebounding ratio between the Heat and the Cavaliers in this game was 5:13, and the Cavaliers even had an absolute advantage and completely blew away the Heat's inside line.

Now, the Heat had the advantage in interior rebounding when playing against the Bulls, but after their opponent changed to the Cavaliers, they were even at a disadvantage in rebounding. If they really have to face this Cavaliers team in the playoffs, the Heat will not have any chance of winning at all.

Even though the two teams have only played against each other twice in the regular season so far, with two more regular season games to go, Heat fans are already feeling desperate.

The championship trophy they have been looking forward to is probably getting further and further away.