At 9 a.m. on February 15, the All-Star East-West Tournament officially begins.
This year's All-Star Eastern Conference starting five are Pierce, Wade, James, Garnett and Howard.
The bench players in the Eastern Conference include Joe Johnson, Rose, Rondo, Gerald Wallace, Bosh, Horford, and David Lee.
The starting five in the Western Conference are Curry, Nash, Durant, Duncan, and Stoudemire.
The substitute players in the Western Conference include Billups, Prince, Paul, Deron Williams, Nowitzki, Anthony, and Lopez.
Originally, the All-Star lineup also included Kobe, Iverson and Roy.
But Kobe had to withdraw from the game because of a finger injury.
Roy also retired due to injury.
Iverson decided not to participate in the game because his daughter was ill.
Obviously, the Warriors are the biggest winners in this All-Star Game.
In addition to Curry, Lopez and Prince were also selected into the substitute lineup.
This is the benefit of having an excellent record.
In a team with a good record, even if your statistics are not very good, more people will pay attention to you.
And as long as the team's record is good, what you show will usually be your strengths and strengths.
If you win, everything is good!
Even the flaws look so cute!
This is also the reason why many players would rather take a salary cut to join a championship team.
As long as you win the championship, you are a player with experience in the finals, and you are called experienced.
As long as you win the championship, no one will care even if you have shortcomings!
Because the Warriors have a particularly good record and a very entertaining style of play, the Warriors have attracted a lot of attention.
So the biggest highlight of this year’s All-Stars is Curry!
Why?
The first one is because the Warriors have a good record.
Another reason is that among all the All-Star players selected, only Curry is a rookie!
You know, there are only a few people in NBA history who can be selected as an All-Star in their rookie season.
Chamberlain, Jerry West, Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, O'Neal, Magic Johnson, Duncan, Grant Hill, Yao Ming!
These people are all famous figures in NBA history.
And Curry was not only selected as the All-Star starter as a rookie, he was also the top vote-getter!
You know, there is only one player in NBA history who was voted the top vote-getter in his rookie season, and that was Grant Hill.
After Jordan retired for the first time, fans hoped that a successor to Jordan would appear in the league.
In the second season after Jordan retired, Grant Hill, the No. 3 overall pick in 1994, fulfilled all the expectations of NBA fans for Jordan.
Hill's unparalleled performance in his rookie season conquered the fans. In the 1995 All-Star voting, Hill was elected as the All-Star voting leader. He was also the first and so far the only rookie in NBA history to win the All-Star vote.
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In 1996, Hill also won the All-Star voting title.
Hill's personal statistics are very good, and his playing style is also very elegant, but his team's record is not very good.
In his first season, the Pistons ranked third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.
This is a typical pattern of superstars racking up stats on a bad team.
But Curry is different!
Not only is Curry's personal data exploding, but his playing style is equally good. Under his leadership, the Warriors' record is not generally good either!
It is for this reason that Curry participated in several events this time. He is also the biggest highlight of this All-Star event.
You know, a rookie was selected as an All-Star starter and voted the top vote-getter. This achievement of Curry has not been achieved even by James, the so-called number one player in the league.
The peak is when he debuts. This is how many Jamies describe James.
Of course, this is also true.
However, in the years since he joined the league, James, a regular All-Star, still failed to be selected for the All-Star once.
That year was the 2004 All-Star Game, James' first year in the league.
James averaged 22 points per game in his first season when he first entered the league.
For this reason, James was early considered to be the best candidate to be the number one player in the league, and was also considered to be Kobe's most powerful opponent.
23vs24, this is the finals matchup the league has always wanted.
The fact is that after several years of development, James has indeed become the second superstar after Kobe Bryant, and he even won the MVP trophy last year.
But no matter how good James is, he still failed to be selected as an All-Star in his first year as a rookie.
Of course, the main reason why James was not selected for the All-Star Game in his first year was that he was participating in the All-Star Game as a guard, which also cost James the opportunity to stand out in the Eastern Conference.
You know, 2004 was still an era when the four major shooting guards were rampant, and the Eastern Conference had great defenders like Iverson, McGrady, and Kidd.
In Iverson's era, the starting All-Star guard position would definitely go to Iverson, with Kidd and Tracy McGrady taking second place.
Therefore, the fledgling James is completely unable to compare with the top three players.
If he could be voted into the All-Stars as a small forward that year, James would probably be selected as an All-Star as a rookie.
In the following years, James did not miss any All-Star game, and was selected as a small forward.
However, although there are some problems with the identity setting of the candidate, it also shows that James' influence is still lacking.
At least in terms of viewing quality, James is far behind his predecessors!
Many fans ridiculed James for his crab steps, which shows that his offense is indeed unattractive.
Otherwise, how could Jordan be selected as an All-Star starter in his rookie season!
The Bulls' record that year was not very good either.
Even Grant Hill was selected as an All-Star starter even before his rookie season!
Therefore, James' skills are still lacking, and his style of play is still not very good.
The fact is, even though there are many seniors who were selected as All-Stars in their rookie season, Curry is still the most eye-catching one.
Because Curry not only has good personal statistics and elegant playing style, but his team leadership performance is also the most eye-catching!
The Warriors are number one in the league, and more importantly, the Warriors were a weak team for many years!
It can be said that this change is entirely because of Curry!
At least that's how it seems to most fans.
No matter how powerful Deng Fang is, the core of the team is not Curry!
In other words, no matter how powerful Deng Fang is, the fans can't see it, but they have witnessed Curry's magic with their own eyes!
So the most dazzling one among this year’s All-Stars is Curry!
Curry also gets the most attention.
A large number of reporters followed him wherever he went.
In addition to the players, the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team is Stan Van Gundy of the Magic.
The Cavaliers have been No. 1 in the Eastern Conference before, but the Magic are close behind, with only one game difference in record between the two teams.
After losing to the Warriors, the Cavaliers and Magic had the same record, but because the Cavaliers lost the game against the Magic, the Magic ranked first in the Eastern Conference.
So the Eastern Conference All-Star coach is Stan Van Gundy.
As for the head coach of the Western Conference, there is no suspense. Since the Warriors have the best record in the league and are still far ahead, Deng Fang will be the head coach of the Western Conference All-Star team.
