Chapter 194: We are a lot of people, what's the matter?
"Which team do you support, Bulls or Mavericks?" Zhu Fangyu slapped the table, shaking the computer on the table.
Wang Shipeng did his part and said directly: "Of course it's Lu Yu, that's my buddy."
He had the best relationship with Lu Yu during training in the United States because both of them were shooting guards and had many opportunities to face each other. He learned a lot from Lu Yu.
Du Feng had nothing to do with Lu Yu. He shook his head and said, "Although Dazhi is a little tempered, he is, after all, a player from our CBA. I choose to support Dazhi this time."
"Then what do you say now? Du Feng beats Dazhi's Mavericks to win, Shi Peng and you beat Lu Yu's Bulls can win. I will be the banker. For the sake of fairness, I will give you one hundred yuan per person." Zhu Fangyu said.
Du Feng and Wang Shipeng each took out a hundred yuan and put it on the table.
Suddenly, Wang Shipeng asked: "Then we are all suppressing, who are you suppressing?"
Zhu Fangyu smiled and said: "I am responsible for opening the banker, can't I just draw twenty for the whole family?"
"Get out!" Du Feng and Wang Shipeng cursed in unison.
Zhu Fangyu was finally forced to take out a hundred yuan and put it on Lu Yu's head.
"Brother Lu, you have to fight hard. If you lose this time, that guy Du Feng will make a net profit of two hundred." Zhu Fangyu muttered various prayers for blessings.
Wang Shipeng made a suggestion: "For the sake of fairness, we will not watch this game to prevent anyone from cheating on us during the game. We will pay directly after the results of the game come out."
"I agree." Du Feng agreed.
Zhu Fangyu was stunned for a moment: "Then why did we ask for leave today? We finally took a day off, isn't it just to watch the game?"
"Vote! Give them both All-Star votes!"
Wang Zhipeng points at the computer.
After a while, the computer was turned on. Zhu Fangyu kept searching on the computer and finally found the voting interface, where he began to think about voting.
"Have you made your choice? Why are you so slow to vote?" Du Feng urged.
"Then I have to choose carefully. There are only two tickets. I will give one to Lu Yu, and I have to choose a star I like with the other one." Zhu Fangyu curled his lips and said.
Du Feng rolled his eyes at him: "Why are you such a bitch? It would be great to give the other two tickets to Dazhi."
"How about you say you are uneducated?"
Zhu Fangyu rolled his eyes and shot back: "Da Zhi didn't make the All-Star candidate list at all, he is still just a substitute... Don't rush me, didn't you see which one I was choosing? Damn it, I don't usually think so, how did I get to the polls?
I discovered that there are so many star players in the NBA."
"Can't you give it all to Lu Yu?" Wang Shipeng asked.
Zhu Fangyu grimaced: "Of course not. The last spot is a bit confusing. Iverson, Kobe, McGrady, Carter? Or Garnett, O'Neal, Duncan?"
Du Feng was dumbfounded when he heard this. There were really so many stars, and he was confused about who to choose.
Lu Yu's popularity has been increasing day by day both at home and in the United States during this period. As the Bulls moved Lu Yu to the shooting guard and determined his playing style, plus Lu Yu broke the record of the youngest person to score 40 points, this made Lu Yu
He was even more famous for a while, and so far, his votes have crushed all the stars, even leaving Carter, who came in second place, far behind.
The top vote-getter in the Western Conference is Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers, followed closely by Kobe Bryant.
Originally the All-Star vote winner in 2002 was supposed to be Carter.
For the impression of Carter as a star, many people may still be stuck with the only dunks he had during his peak period. Some even thought Carter was just a dunker.
In fact, Carter's personal ability is still very strong. As one of the four famous shooting guards of the 21st century, Carter is not the most famous, nor is he the most accomplished. However, for a long time, Carter has been the most popular among the four shooting guards.
one of.
In the past two years, Carter has been suppressing the other three superstars among the four shooting guards. Although Iverson and McGrady both produced explosive statistics and won the scoring title in these two seasons, Iverson even led the team to the finals.
Coupled with his gorgeous ball-handling skills, he still can't match Carter, the dunk king, in terms of popularity. Kobe even won two championships in a row and was a member of the famous OK group.
To be honest, in fact, Carter was not particularly strong at his peak, and could even be said to be the weakest among the four shooting guards. Why could he overwhelm the other three in terms of popularity?
Neither Iverson, nor McGrady, nor Kobe Bryant can become the All-Star vote leader, and their votes are even much less than Carter's.
Iverson, who was so outstanding last season, was the mvp, scoring champion and finals player. He was better than the other three in terms of personal ability and team leadership ability, but he lost to Carter in terms of popularity, and Carter was in his peak season.
He only averaged 27 points per game, and led the team to only rank in the middle of the Eastern Conference. Therefore, during the years when he became the All-Star vote-winner, Carter's performance was not particularly strong.
O'Neal was competing for three consecutive championships at the time and dominated the entire league, but he still lost to Carter in terms of popularity.
Was dunk really so popular at the time, or was Carter's popularity already very high? In fact, the gorgeous dunk was not the main reason why Carter became the All-Star vote winner, because before the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, Carter was already the All-Star vote winner.
King, his popularity was indeed very high when he entered the NBA.
In fact, one of the reasons why Carter can win the All-Star vote is because he has the support of the entire Canadian country behind him. Although Canada does not have a large population, despite its large area, in fact, the entire country of Canada only has a population of 30 million, but that is
These 30 million fans were enough to make Carter the All-Star vote king. Of course, Carter was also very popular in the United States at that time. With the support of two countries, Carter naturally became an All-Star.
Especially in the past few years, Jordan has just retired, and NBA ratings and attention have declined. Therefore, the league is in urgent need of finding Jordan's successor, and Carter, who can fly and escape, was born. His nickname is demigod and UFO, which is in line with the flying man.
Image, so the league began to intend for Carter to succeed Jordan, so Carter's popularity and attention in the NBA have been greatly improved.
It's a pity that I met Lu Yu this year.
Canada has 30 million people, but China has over a billion!
However, the habitual double-standard dog in the United States has appeared. Many Lu gangsters have started to criticize Lu Yu on the Internet. This is just because there are so many Chinese fans behind him. Otherwise, how could he be so far ahead in the number of votes now?
Zhu Fangyu happened to see such news when he was browsing the web. He was so angry that he immediately wanted to turn into a keyboard warrior and spray it back: "We just have a lot of people, so what? If you have the ability, you can outvote us!"
"Stop blabbing on the Internet. Have you finished voting? After voting, let's see if the game between the Bulls and Mavericks is over?" Du Feng said.
Only then did Zhu Fangyu remember that the game should be over, and quickly turned on the broadcast.
The Bulls defeated the Mavericks at home 103:99.
"Come on, come on, share the money, fifty per person."
Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng happily divided the money, leaving Du Feng alone and depressed.
What made him even more depressed was that he couldn't vote for Wang Zhizhi in the All-Stars, and had to vote for Lu Yu, who lost a hundred yuan.
What a crime!
Don Nelson praised Cartwright's adjustments to Lu Yu's use, saying that this style of play was exactly the tactic he envisioned.
In fact, he really wants Lu Yu to be his player. Lu Yu plays shooting guard, Nash plays point guard, Finley is on the front line, and Nowitzki is on the inside. Even if he encounters the Lakers in the playoffs, he will dare to fight.
Give it a try and compete for a championship.
It's a pity that Lu Yu was missed at first.
At the end of the game, he first walked to Lu Yu and hugged Lu Yu: "I'm glad to see your growth now. If you are unhappy with the Bulls, I hope you can contact me. I really hope I can talk to you."
Let’s work together.”
Cartwright's eyes turned green as he watched.
This is blatant poaching!
Fortunately, Lu Yu just smiled and said, "Thank you, but I'm doing well in the Bulls now. Let's talk about the future."
If you can be the boss with the Bulls, why should you be the backup with the Mavericks?
Anyway, Lu Yu doesn't want to, he doesn't want to be a man and a city. Unlike most NBA stars nowadays, Lu Yu is not that loyal to the team.
In his eyes, the NBA, like his media empire, is a business.
Maximizing profits is the most important thing.
In the Bulls, he can maximize his growth in terms of reputation and income. Compared to Dallas, Chicago is also a bigger market, so there is no need to embarrass yourself in order to win the championship.
What's more, who said that if you go to Dallas, you will definitely win the championship?
Even if the Lakers and Mavericks have themselves this year, will they be able to beat them?
Not necessarily.
Especially since Nowitzki is so soft, can he hold up O'Neal in the paint?
If Nowitzki hadn't won the championship, he would probably have been called a softie throughout his career. If James hadn't quit in 2011 and scored 8 points in a single game, it would have been almost certain that Nowitzki would never win a championship.
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Of course, Lu Yu was still very polite when hugging Nowitzki.
At least Nowitzki performed well in this game, although he was tortured by Oakley and Chandler.
After hugging Nowitzki, Lu Yu ignored Nash and Finley and went directly to Wang Zhizhi: "Don't be in a hurry to go back today. Let's have dinner together tonight?"
Lu Ji Chinese Restaurant has opened a branch in Chicago, but Lu Yu himself has never been there.
I usually go to Western restaurants with these women, mainly because I am afraid that the employees will report them to Lao Lu, so I don't want to go there. Of course, if I take Wang Zhizhi, I don't have this worry.
"Okay, it's been a long time since I've had authentic Chinese food." Wang Zhizhi happily agreed.
He seems to be in a good mood.
Regardless of losing the game, Wang Zhizhi's performance was not bad at all. The Mavericks' bench almost overturned the Bulls' bench, mainly because Wang Zhizhi was playing against Marcus Fizer.
Feizer is really useless.
On defense, he was teased several times by Wang Zhizhi. When Wang Zhizhi made a fake move, he flew around once, jumping around in the air like a gorilla. Cartwright was speechless on the sidelines.
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After the Bulls defeated the Mavericks, other teams in the league finally realized that the Bulls had become stronger.
This kind of strength is not the strength at the beginning of the season. Although the Bulls were winning at that time, many strong teams did not take them seriously, because at the beginning of the season, every team was adapting to the new rules.
Constantly adjusting tactics and lineup.
Only in the middle of the season, that is, at this stage, when everyone starts to study their opponents, is the lineup really revealed.
The Bulls were thoroughly studied before, so they lost a series of games.
However, the Bulls quickly adjusted and started another winning streak, even defeating a powerful team in the Western Conference like the Mavericks. This ability to adjust shows that the Bulls have truly entered the ranks of a strong team.
The Bulls instantly became the most popular team in the NBA. Their playing style was unique in this era of centers and became the darling of major broadcast television stations.
The Bulls' season tickets have long been sold out, and fans crowd every corner of the arena in almost every game. Many fans have to buy Bulls tickets at high prices from scalpers, and with the Bulls
After a five-game winning streak, the price of tickets reached a historical peak.
The Bulls' regular season ranking has risen to third place in the Eastern Conference. The two teams ahead of the Bulls are the Nets and Pistons.
The first place in the Western Conference is the Kings, and the second place is the Spurs.
Although many fans chanted the words "Bulls championship" crazily, professionals in the industry were very calm, because although the Bulls defeated the Mavericks, they have not yet competed with the top four teams in the East and West.
Handed over.
They did play against the Lakers, who were third in the Western Conference, but they lost.
But that was before the Bulls adjusted their tactics, and they haven't played against each other since.
But soon, they will face the Lakers at home again on January 13th.
At that time, we will know whether the Bulls are truly a strong team and whether the Bulls can shout the slogan "Bulls Championship".
But before that, no one of the fans focused on that game.
Because before that game, on January 10, the Bulls had to challenge a weak team in the Eastern Conference on the road.
Logically speaking, if the Bulls beat an underdog team, not many people would pay attention to it, but there is no way, that underdog team——
