Legend of Tomorrow

.., Legends of Tomorrow

Guo Xu became the top vote-getter for this All-Star Game with 1.55 million votes; Yao Ming ranked second in popularity in the Western Conference with 1.28 million votes; Kobe ranked third with 1.21 million votes.

The scoring leader Tracy McGrady received 1.31 million votes, ranking first in popularity in the Eastern Conference; Vince Carter only played a dozen games for the Raptors, and despite the team's second-to-last record in the Eastern Conference, he still ranked second in popularity in the Eastern Conference with 1.3 million votes; The third most popular is Pistons blue-collar center Ben Wallace, which is surprising. He received 1.12 million votes, slightly beating Iverson.

The media reported that Guo Xu became the top vote-getter, and they unanimously believed that he was well-deserved.

His statistics are terrifying, ranking first in the league in assists per game (10.4), scoring 26.3 points per game (ranking fifth in the league), and steals per game (1.7) ranking ninth or tenth in the league with Francis.

Guo Xu ranks fifth in the league in three-point shooting percentage at 41.4%, ranks first in the league in three-point field goals made at 3.4 per game, and ranks ninth in free throw shooting percentage at 87.6%.

Guo Xu's high-level statistics are even more eye-catching, with a true shooting percentage of 60.6%, ranking second in the league, second only to the Bulls' Little Shark Eddie Curry at 60.7%, and surpassing the Big Shark O'Neal at 60.2%. He is the only point guard on the list. Although Nash also shoots accurately, he makes too few free throws.

Shooting percentage has always been an important criterion for measuring a player's scoring ability. NBA has a more fair calculation method called ts% (true shooting percentage). The calculation formula is true shooting percentage = full game score / [2x (all points) Number of field attempts + 0.44x number of free throw attempts)].

In theory, players who make more free throws are more likely to be on the list. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Iverson, who averaged 10 free throws per game, rarely reached 50% in true shooting percentage. His league ranking for this data is usually outside 100, and he is a starter. Even Fisher was often ranked ahead of him among defenders, and there were a few seasons when he didn't make the list.

Don't believe it, Answer's high-end statistics are so awesome. With a true shooting percentage of 48%, he won the scoring title. In his previous life, he won the regular season MVP with 51.8%. His opposite is Billups, whose shooting percentage is around 40% all year round. Looking at the true shooting percentage, it has exceeded 60% in many seasons.

True shooting percentage is not displayed on normal personal data sheets, but it is often followed by scouts and general managers of many teams. No team wants to have a free-shooting king, and true shooting percentage is often an important reference data to measure the player's efficiency in converting shots into points.

Guo Xu's efficiency rating ranks third in the league at 29.1, second only to Tracy McGrady (30.3) and O'Neal (29.5), better than Duncan (26.8), Garnett (26.4), Kobe Bryant (26.1) and other big-name stars.

Guo Xu produced this kind of data,

He was still rated as selfless because he averaged only 17.7 shots per game and was not on the list. Iverson, who scored only 1.4 points higher than him, averaged .7 shots per game and averaged 14 irons per game.

You know, Iverson's shooting percentage was two percentage points higher than last season, and he took 4 fewer shots. After winning the game, Larry Brown repeatedly praised him for becoming selfless and able to better drive his teammates. It is normal for Guo Xu, who is obviously better than Iverson, to become the vote king.

The other four starters in the Western Conference are Kobe, Garnett, Duncan and Yao Ming.

O'Neal's votes were not as good as those of rookie Yao Ming, and he was very depressed about this, but he refused to accept it. As long as Chinese fans can participate in the voting, Yao Ming will definitely be a starter.

The seven substitutes are: Nash, Nowitzki, Marion, Gary Payton, Steve Francis, Stojakovic, and O'Neal.

There are many All-Stars in the Western Conference who have not been selected for the All-Star Game despite their luxurious statistics, such as the Memphis Three Bears who are currently eighth in the Western Conference, and veteran Karl Malone who is still playing 20+8+5 at the age of nearly 40. Captain Elton Brand, Trail Blazers' Rasheed Wallace, etc.

The Eastern team is made up of stars, with almost no one to choose from inside.

Starting five: Iverson, McGrady, Carter, Jermaine O'Neal, Ben Wallace.

Seven substitutes: Jason Kidd, Stephon Marbury, Michael Jordan, Jamal Mashburn, Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker, Brad Miller.

The Eastern Conference really couldn't find a star insider, so they had to let Miller play. His statistics were only 13 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists. Unlike the Cavaliers' Big Z Ilgauskas, Miller's Pacers are currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference. He also has some popularity because many Chinese fans believe that he is a super hunk who can beat up O'Neal .

I don’t know when it began to spread in China that Miller was not as good as O’Neal when it came to playing, and O’Neal was not as good as Miller when it came to fighting.

Indeed, a Chinese sports magazine said that O'Pang couldn't stand Miller's little moves, so he punched him, but Miller nimbly dodged it and hit O'Pang with two backhand punches.

The truth is that Miller dodged a punch, and then was crushed by O'Neal. O'Neal hit him with a flurry of punches, and Miller had no room to fight back. If the Bulls players hadn't swarmed up and hugged O'Neal, Miller would have been doomed.

A very controversial thing also happened with the Eastern Stars, and many people were scolding Vince Carter.

The reason was that in Flying Man Jordan's last All-Star Game, he lost the votes to Iverson, Tracy McGrady and Carter, and thus missed the starting spot in the All-Star Game. Subsequently, Iverson and Tracy McGrady successively expressed their willingness to give up their Eastern All-Star starting positions to big brother Jordan, but Jordan politely refused.

Two people expressed their opinions, but Carter remained silent throughout the process, which caused dissatisfaction among the media and NBA stars.

Then when a reporter asked Carter if he planned to give up his All-Star starting spot to his North Carolina brother Jordan, Carter flatly refused. The celebrities obviously didn't want to see the legend play as a substitute in the last All-Star Game. TNT commentator Charles Barkley, Eastern Conference head coach Isiah Thomas, etc. all came out to blast Carter.

Carter currently averages 18.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and his shooting percentage is 45%. This data is indeed not worthy of being a starter.

What's worse than the data is Carter's emotional intelligence. Giving up the starting lineup is just a matter of words. Whether Jordan will agree or not is unknown. This guy just refuses to give in. He even refuses to be interviewed publicly. Isn’t this looking for trolls? If Jordan is in the West, Guo Xu will definitely be the first to express his willingness to give up his starting position and gain the reputation of respecting his seniors. It is so simple to gain people's favor.

Carter also has a low IQ. He showed his stupidity as early as his rookie season when he signed a 10-year, 50 million sneaker endorsement contract with Puma. This year, he was even more stupid and chilled the fans who supported him.

After the Raptors' last game before the All-Star Game, a reporter asked Carter if he would participate in the dunk contest again in the future. The reason is that Richardson has had no opponent in recent years, and many fans want to see Carter compete with him in the dunk contest.

Carter frowned, looked cool, and answered without thinking: Dunks are overrated, I won't dunk again.

Carter, who has gained a lot of popularity with his wonderful dunks, actually said that dunks are overrated. Isn't this clearly telling everyone that Carter is overrated? This guy's IQ is so impressive.

After reading the news, Guo Xu felt that it was no coincidence that Carter, who had been highly praised by the league for many years in his previous life, went from being the four-time All-Star vote winner to becoming an ordinary star and then being reduced to a role player.

In fact, Carter's starting point is higher than Kobe's, but he is really not the material to become a superstar...

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