After January 1, 2007, US time, there were busy people everywhere.
Los Angeles, Hollywood, Warner Bros. studio, director John Hancock announced that the filming of the "Weakness" movie has been completed and officially wrapped.
At the closing dinner, many Hollywood stars and bigwigs from the film and television industry came, but Lin Yu was unable to attend due to his busy schedule.
Gil Nate, the producer of "Weakness", thanked Lin Yu for his support to the "Weakness" crew before the dinner began, including script support and financial support. He said bluntly: "Without Lin Yu, there would be no "Weakness"
What an excellent movie!”
Therefore, at the dinner party, the strange yet familiar name Lin Yu was constantly mentioned.
Someone wondered who Lin Yu was, and someone immediately answered: "A star player who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA is from China. He has a bright future!"
Those who are more familiar with Lin Yu will further introduce: "In the first phase of the NBA All-Star voting, Lin Yu ranked second in the entire NBA, and this vote means that he is one of the most popular stars in the NBA!"
This is to give Lin Yu a sense of presence. It is similar to this kind of Hollywood banquet that wraps up the dinner, and the attention it gets is huge.
The red carpet at the door was surrounded by fans of Hollywood stars, as well as numerous paparazzi reporters, who constantly sent live reports back to their own TV stations, newspapers, magazines, etc.
After the dinner, Lily Collins was stopped by the paparazzi reporters at the door. After answering a few questions that she thought were not nutritious, she immediately brought the topic to Lin Yu.
"Here, I want to canvass votes for Mr. Lin Yulin, the screenwriter, investor and producer of the movie "Weakness". He is participating in the NBA All-Star Weekend voting and is currently ranked second in the first stage of voting.
I hope my fans can vote for him..."
In addition to Lily Collins, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw and John Hancock all canvassed votes for Lin Yu, even Michael Oher, who was also unable to attend due to a tight schedule, also
After an NFL game, he canvassed votes for Lin Yu.
"He is a great basketball player. Recently, some American media have been criticizing him. It is said that it is because of the All-Star voting. Some experts and reporters said that his strength is not worthy of the current high number of votes. But what I want to say is, NFL
There is also All-Star Weekend, and the fan voting process proves that All-Star Weekend is a competition of popularity, and strength is only secondary."
In Cleveland in the Eastern United States, the Cavaliers ushered in their first game in 2007. Their opponent was the Indiana Pacers who came to challenge them.
This game can be considered a less important part of Lin Yu's plan to canvass votes, because the Pacers are a bit weak this season and are currently hovering on the edge of the playoffs, a bit like the Celtics last season.
The star player on the team is Jermaine O'Neal, which has no conflict with Lin Yu's All-Star vote.
Therefore, Lin Yu's goal in this game was to have an efficient personal performance, but as a result, he encountered the unstable factor of Stephen Jackson.
Lin Yu spent a lot of time and finally broke away from Stephen Jackson's marking, but the Cavaliers had already gained a large lead due to LeBron James's explosion.
In the end, LeBron James scored 27 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, becoming the best player of the game.
Lin Yu, whose goal was to achieve an efficient personal performance, scored 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 7 of 16 shots.
His performance was pretty good, and he completely defeated Stephen Jackson, who was relatively good in direct confrontation, but to be worthy of a starting position in the All-Star Game, it was still a bit far away.
However, after the game, Lin Yu received news from Los Angeles.
"Lily Collins, Sandra Bullock and others have all canvassed votes for you, but I don't think it will have much effect."
After the game, Jeff Schwartz appeared next to Lin Yu. He shook his head: "In addition to Tim McGraw having a bunch of fans involved with you, Lily Collins and Sandra...
Bullock doesn't have much appeal, so don't expect them to get you too many votes."
Among the four people canvassing votes for Lin Yu, Lily Collins was still young and had almost no fans, and John Hancock was just a director, so no one paid much attention to him.
Sandra Bullock's status is not low, she has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, but the fans who follow her are unlikely to pay attention to basketball.
Only Tim McGraw, because his father was a former star baseball player, his main job is country music, he has released multiple platinum albums, and has a large number of fans, which overlaps with the basketball fan group.
Lin Yu certainly didn't count on Lily Collins and the others. Except for Tim McGraw, everyone else's canvassing had limited effect.
If you want to stabilize your ranking in the All-Star voting, you still have to rely on your performance on the court.
But in this game against the Pacers, Lin Yu was not satisfied with his performance. It is foreseeable that under the rhetoric of North American rhythm, Lin Yu failed to play a very convincing performance, and his ranking is certain.
Will be surpassed by Dwyane Wade.
Now it depends on whether he can withstand the pressure brought by Gilbert Arenas and Vince Carter.
After beating the Pacers, the US media further hyped Lin Yu's All-Star voting. More and more media reporters and expert commentators began to call: "Don't let Chinese fans dominate the All-Star voting!"
Then, what Lin Yu could clearly feel was that the voices on Reddit calling for votes for Wade, Gilbert Arenas, and Vince Carter were getting louder and louder.
"Dwyane Wade has already performed at an MVP level, and he deserves to be ranked first."
"Gilbert Arenas has had the best performance of his career for two consecutive seasons. As a second-round counterattack star player, he deserves an All-Star starting position."
"Why didn't anyone vote for Vince Carter this year? He was still the league's vote leader in the 2003/04 season."
"In short, no matter how you vote, China Lin will not be the starter in the Eastern Conference."
On the other side, in the latest issue of "Sports Illustrated", they keep up with current events and directly launch an issue of "Ranking of Eastern Conference Shooting Guards".
"If we rank the shooting guards in the Eastern Conference this season, Dwyane Wade, who has averaged 27.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.2 blocks per game so far this season, carries the team forward on his shoulders.
It should undoubtedly be number one in this ranking.”
"Gilbert Arenas can play both shooting guard and point guard positions. If he is counted as a shooting guard, then he should be ranked No. 2 after averaging 28.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
Two."
"The third-ranked player should be Vince Carter, who averages 25.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.0 steals per game."
"The fourth-ranked player should be Michael Reid, who averaged 26.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Compared to Carter, his Bucks record is average."
"The next ranking will be very difficult. Joe Johnson, who averaged 25 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game, has a poor team record and a good record, but his personal data is only 17.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists.
Ray Allen, one is fifth and the other is sixth, who is in front and who is behind has a certain reason."
"The seventh place is at the end. Lin Yu, who averages 21.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game, should be ranked here."