106. Here comes the All-Stars
The All-Star roster for the NBA2010-2011 season was announced by the league as early as mid-November. With 60 players from each of the East and West making the cut, Wu Dawei is one of the 60 finalists in the Eastern Conference with his jaw-dropping performance this season.
Yi Jianlian, a Chinese player who had high hopes from Chinese fans, was excluded because he could barely get a chance to play on the Washington Wizards and did not have any appearance.
This was the focus of attention of Chinese fans at the time, but it was quickly overshadowed by the war of words between Wu Dawei and James. But soon, as February drew closer and closer, the battle for LeBron James' return to Cleveland was over, and the news of the All-Star began to gradually enter the public's eyes again.
Wu used his performance in the Cavaliers' home game against the Atlanta Hawks to dispel doubts about his explosive performance in the game against the Heat. With 22 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks, such a table once again made people feel amazing.
But soon, another surprising news came with the league announcing the results of the first round of voting for the All-Star Game in December.
The winner of the first round was Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who received 700,000 votes in the first round, the most of the 120 players in the East and West.
After announcing the winners of the first round of votes, the league took the lead in announcing the results of the first round of voting in the West Division. Kobe Bryant leads the Western Conference All-Stars, and with 680,000 votes, he tops any Western Conference player.
Kobe Bryant is followed by Kevin Durant, the leader of the Thunder Youth Army, followed by Chris Paul of the Hornets and Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets, and the votes of the Rockets' Chinese player Yao Ming, who currently leads the Western Conference center position.
Yao Ming has been sidelined by injury this season and has barely played in the game, so his vote has been complained about by many people, especially as Los Angeles fans who hosted this season's All-Star Game, who think Andrew Bynum deserves the honor. Although this is not the final answer, there are already people who are dissatisfied with the crowd tactics of Chinese fans.
However, attention quickly turned to the East, and it has to be said that Wu Dawei is a qualified tank, and he has successfully pulled away the hatred for his compatriot Yao Ming, who is recovering from injuries, and when his name appears on the Eastern Conference All-Star voting list, he turns on the taunt mode again.
Dwight Howard topped the list with 700,000 votes, followed by Heat star LeBron James. His "decisions" this summer cost James a lot of popularity, but he still has a large number of fans, and even though many people don't like James now, he still holds 650,000 votes and is in second place in the Eastern Conference.
However, the focus is not on this, but on the fact that behind James, the third place in the Eastern Conference voting list, is a new name.
China's Wu Dawei ranked third in the Eastern Conference with 580,000 votes, and his votes beat Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire and other league-leading stars, ranking third!
Of course, that's not the most important thing, as we all know, All-Stars have always been divided into three positions. Center, striker and defender, with only one center, and two each for striker and defender.
The total number of votes doesn't tell the whole story, as if a few years ago, when Allen Iverson moved to the Denver Nuggets, he was almost stuck with Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady, and all three of them finished in the top five in the Western Conference, and because all three were guards, one of them still couldn't be on the list.
But the problem now is that Wu Dawei not only has the third highest number of votes in the entire Eastern Conference in the league, but as a forward, he also has the second highest number of votes among the forward players. Second only to LeBron James's 650,000 votes, a full 100,000 votes ahead of Knicks power forward Amare Stoudemire in third place! …,
This caused an uproar, especially among New York fans. They believe that Wu Dawei is not worthy of such rankings and honors at all.
"When you have Amare Stoudemire on your left hand and the Chinese on your right. When it's time for you to make a decision on which one to keep, I think anyone wouldn't hesitate to reach out his left hand! Amare has played an incredible 25 points per game this season, and he is currently in the top 10 of the league's scoring list! Are you sure that such a great player will lose in popularity to a rookie who averages only 15 points per game? ”
The number one fan of the Knicks, the famous director Spike Lee, looked angry when he talked to reporters about the All-Star East Conference vote rankings: "Although the Chinese forward has played really well recently, the All-Star is not looking at the table for a while, and Amare's average of 25 points per game this season should be treated more fairly than now!" I think fans around the world would like to see Amare Stoudemire on February 19 at the Staples Center, not the Chinese. ”
When a reporter told Spike Lee that the vote did not best represent the wishes of the fans, Spike Lee scoffed: "That only shows that there are many Chinese." ”
There was obviously some discrimination in this answer, but Spike Lee, who had always been arrogant, was not afraid of it.
The same question was thrown by a reporter to Pat Riley, president of the Heat. Because of his recent verbal cannons with Barkley, people know that the president of the Heat team is not very optimistic about Wu Dawei.
The answer is similar to that of Spike Lee. It's just that Pat Riley, who pays more attention to his public image, is not as direct and arrogant as Spike Lee, but euphemistically expressed his opinion: Wu Dawei is not worthy of the position of the starting star of the Eastern Conference, and this position should belong to Chris Bosh, because he was the undoubted candidate for this position last season.
Wu Dawei, who had just finished people's doubts and ridicule of himself, obviously got into trouble again soon, but in Wu Dawei's own opinion, it was not trouble.
"Hey, Ramon, I'm third in the East, a lot more than Williams! How can this be a problem? Maybe I'll be in Los Angeles next February. ”
Wu Dawei showed that smug expression again, and Ramon Sessions could only spread his hands on it. In fact, after watching the reports on TV, Sessions did have some worries about Wu Dawei's current situation.
Wu Dawei was complained about and ridiculed in the past, just because of the war of words that was hyped up by the media; Now, after Wu Dawei rose to prominence too quickly, and quickly gained accolades that were not considered worthy of his current appearance, Mr. Saychens feared that Wu Dawei would become the target of public criticism.
His ranking must have caused a lot of dissatisfaction, but the difference this time is that the dissatisfied people are not only fans outside the circle, but also many insiders. In an interview with the New York Times, Knicks star Amare Stoudemire admitted that he shouldn't have been ranked so low in the number of votes, especially since he couldn't accept that he would be behind Wu Dawei.
Although Wu Dawei is smiling and talking to Ramon Sessions, he is not stupid in his heart, and he understands that the amount he has received so far is not only because he has a huge fan base as a Chinese player, but also because of his performance in recent times.
What I get now comes from my excellent performance on the court, if one day my performance is abnormal. Wu Dawei believes that the current flower tuanjin will immediately become as sharp as a knife, piercing him to the ground!
Therefore, Wu Dawei knows that he must continue to continue his excellent performance, and let those who are or will express their dissatisfaction shut up, and he must be better than those star players who are currently behind him!
Leave them speechless.
Therefore, Wu Dawei knows that defeating LeBron James is not the end of the pressure, but the arrival of a new round of challenges! If you want to be a good player or even a great player, the road is destined to be bumpy forever.
And now, they're on their way to the All-Star Game.
PS: Thank you for the tears under the moon and Xiaobao's two big rewards~~