During the press conference, the reporters in the audience were blown up.

When the news ended, the entire basketball circle was in full swing.

"Sorry, I don't think Sun is the All-Star Ticket King!"

"This time I fully support Sun to be the king of votes, and no one can speak well!"

"If Sun wasn't the ticket king this year, I would be anxious with him!"

...

In the forums in the United States, the direction of fans has changed by 180°.

Jordan did not mention a word of canvassing for Sun Hao at the press conference, but what he said was more effective than a hundred or even a thousand words.

Because Jordan is the youth of almost all fans!

It was Sun Hao who gave them the opportunity to relive this youth!

Stern was stunned when he saw the news at night.

He was a little confused about whether Jordan was talking about the facts, but simply to fight against him, or to win over Sun Hao.

Because there are possibilities for each.

It may even be not just one, but several possibilities are mixed together.

But no matter what it is, what Jordan said at the press conference has completely changed the current public opinion orientation.

Although it made him feel uncomfortable, it had helped him solve the predicament in front of him.

At least he will not have such troubles this year, and it will be next year.

Thinking of this, he called Jordan back and said something thankful to him.

A real man can bend and stretch, otherwise he would not be able to knock on the door to the Chinese market at the beginning.

Sun Hao was a little confused when he saw the news.

Although Jordan just told the truth, it is difficult to do such things at this time point to make him not feel good about Jordan.

Not to mention anything else, when his contract with Adi expires, he will have to struggle for a while.

As time comes, mid-January, the results of the All-Star Voting are released.

Eastern Conference starters: Iverson, Jordan, Carter, Antoine Walker, Yao Ming.

Carter was elected the Eastern Conference vote leader for the third consecutive year with 1.5 million votes.

Yao Ming's final votes were fixed at 1.1 million, and he also successfully became an All-Star starter in his rookie season.

And he also has reason to be selected. In addition to his Chinese player background, he averaged 14.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game so far this season, and he is also among the top centers in the Eastern Conference.

Jordan received 1.05 million votes, and as he said himself, he became an All-Star starter as soon as he made a comeback.

Moreover, he averaged 23.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. Although his shooting percentage is lower than his career average, being selected is not just a sentiment.

Not to mention that the Wizards are currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference under the leadership of him and Yao Ming, and have great hope of making it to the playoffs.

Western starting lineup: Sun Hao, Kobe, Nowitzki, Garnett, O'Neal.

Nowitzki finally got 900,000 votes, beating Garnett to top the Western Conference forwards with a 50,000 votes.

Kobe and O'Neal received 1.23 million votes and 1.27 million votes respectively.

The two combined for exactly 2.5 million votes.

Then, Sun Hao's final vote was...2.51 million votes!

There are no more or less, just like the ok combination that adds up to 10,000 more votes.

Moreover, his vote result also broke Jordan's previous record of 2.45 million in historical votes!

This result was expected, and many fans were even ready to criticize.

But because of Jordan's press conference, there was a burst of cheers on the forum.

Basketball is a worldly way of life, and it is fully displayed in this incident.

Of course, nothing can satisfy everyone.

After the vote result came out, Popovich expressed his dissatisfaction in his own way.

"You tell me that Tim Duncan is not a Western Conference All-Star starter?"

Popovich expressed dissatisfaction in front of the media with an extremely ironic statement.

"In the future, there will be many fans asking why Tim Duncan didn't appear in the All-Star starting lineup at the peak of his career. I told him because he doesn't have a Chinese teammate?"

This is Popovich's way, and Iverson's way is another way.

After the game against the Wizards, Iverson innocently missed the post-match press conference.

This incident was also considered by the league to protest against the voting results, because the Sixers' Mutombo was not elected as the All-Star starting center.

On the next day, he received a $10,000 ticket from the league.

In a follow-up interview the next day, Iverson said he was misunderstood.

When asked if he needed the league to understand him, he shook his head and said no.

"I won't beg others to understand. My mother understands me the most. Maybe I will die in front of her. If that's the case, I will let her carve the words "misunderstanding" on my tombstone."

What Iverson said was moving.

Just the day after the voting results came out, Jordan was absent due to injury in the game between the Magic and the Wizards, and then McGrady scored 50 points and 10 rebounds to lead the team to win.

No one knows whether he exploded because he failed to be selected as the All-Star starter.

What fans can see is that Jordan watched McGrady's performance on the bench, his eyes full of likes.

A week after the All-Star voting results came out, the bench lineup selected by the league head coach and other individual events were also released.

Eastern substitutes: Francis, Kidd, Pierce, Ray Allen, Alonzo Mourning, O'Neal Jr., Mutombo;

West: Payton, Szebiac, Peja, Karl Malone, Chris Webber, Rashid Wallace, Brand;

There is a discussion when the starter comes out, and it is naturally indispensable when the substitute list comes out.

Starkhouse, the Pistons' star, burst into strong dissatisfaction.

"We are third in the East, but none of us are selected? Just because we are the Detroit team? It's a bunch of shit!"

Starkhouse's complaints are not unreasonable.

This season, he sacrificed his shot for the team and received more victories, but he still couldn't get the recognition of the league, um, coaches.

No one would have been dissatisfied with this.

But in fact, similar things have happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future.

In the 2015-16 season, the Heat led by Dragic and Whiteside ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference before the All-Star Game, and no one was selected.

Of course, these are small episodes that are performed every year before the All-Star Ticket Competition.

Popovich's protests will not play any role, and Iverson's fines from the league have become a certain fact, and Starkhouse... unless a player is injured, he also loses the opportunity to be selected as an All-Star.

Controversy, the remains of the beads, this is the eternal topic of the NBA All-Star weekend.

The league invited Sun Hao to participate in the three-point competition and the dunk competition, but he declined both of them.

He is not Curry, and he is not that interested in such a game.

Of course, what's more important is that his three-point level is now crushing all the way when he went to the three-point competition.

He will not participate again until there is no strong enough opponent out.

As for the slam dunk contest, forget it, let’s talk about the next topic.

The next topic is related to Nash.

With Francis being traded to the Bulls, the Western Conference defenders were actually a bit of a vacuum.

Stockton is old, Payton is already 31 years old, and further down there are Marbury and Bibby.

However, the Suns' record is too poor, and Bibi's data is inconspicuous in the Kings. Nash has a very good chance of being selected in theory.

But in the end he was not selected.

This has something to do with the Mavericks already being selected and Nash's poor defense.

But no matter what, as brothers, after Nash lost the election, Sun Hao and Nowitzki needed to do something.

They knew Nash's character very well.

At this time, the role of Sun Hao, a time traveler, came.

He remembers that both O'Neal and Carter did not play in the All-Star Game due to injury this year.

Don't ask him why he knows that Jordan's comeback this year in history, no one will miss such an All-Star Game.

In other words, there will be an extra quota in the west.

There are enough inside players on the bench list, and there are too few point guards.
To be continued...