Chapter 856 Rookie Challenge
Chapter 856 Rookie Challenge
Before the All-Star Game, the Warriors still had nine games. The Warriors had achieved 6 wins and 3 losses. In the games they lost, they lost to the Hornets, Jazz and Nets.
In addition, during this period, Cassel, Divac, and Horry of the Warriors were also injured successively. Fortunately, they were all minor injuries. They returned to the game after a few games of rest, which did not hinder the overall situation.
However, this is a very serious blow to the state of the Warriors. Frequent personnel turnover, ups and downs after the return of injured players, etc., all affect the Warriors in different ways. It can be said that during this period, the Warriors only lost three games , is already an overfulfilled target. If it is placed on an ordinary team, it is very possible to count five, six, seven or eight games every minute.
In any case, with the arrival of the All-Star Game, the Warriors have finally ended the first half of this troubled season, and they can take a breath and adjust.Although they lost a lot in the early stage, their record of 32 wins and 15 losses has kept them from being opened up by the powerful players in the West. As for the Bulls in the East, it is not in the scope of discussion.
After half a season, the Bulls have an astonishing record of 42 wins and 5 losses. This result has already surpassed the Warriors' previous record of 70 wins in the same period. It can be said that as long as there are no accidents such as injuries, the Bulls have already advanced two months. It locked the first place in the league.
With the arrival of the All-Star Game, the All-Star lineup of the East and West has also been announced.
Let’s talk about the East first. The starting five of the Eastern Conference All-Stars are: Anfernee Hardaway, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Grant Hill and Shaquille O’Neal.
It can be seen that among the five starters, two are from the Magic and two are from the Bulls, which happen to be the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.
However, the most surprising thing is Grant Hill, who won the All-Star vote leader this season with 1358004 votes.
You must know that Jordan, who has the best record in his personal career this season, only has 134 million votes, and Li Weisi has only 130 million votes.
This is the first time that a third person other than Jordan and Li Weisi has won the All-Star vote since Jordan won the All-Star vote in 1987.
In addition, for nearly ten years, the honor of the vote champion has been monopolized by Li Weisi and Jordan for a long time.
In fact, last season, Grant Hill, who was still a rookie, had already shown his amazing popularity and won 128 million votes. Unfortunately, last season was when Li Weisi led the team to conquer the city. At that time, Li Weisi won 132 million votes , Only then did he overwhelm Hill, and won the vote king again in a thrilling manner.
However, this year, even if the Bulls performed so well, it was still difficult to resist the aesthetic fatigue of the fans, so everyone voted for Hill, making Hill a new generation, the first to replace Joe and Lee , who became the All-Star ticket king.
In addition to the starters, the bench seven is: Terrill Brandon, Reggie Miller, Patrick Ewing, Glenn Rice, Vin Baker, Juwan Howard and Alonzo Mourning .
As for the West, the starting five are: Li Weisi, Jason Kidd, Charles Barkley, Sean Kemp and Hakeem Olajuwon.
Although the Mavericks' record is very bad, it does not affect Kidd's votes in the slightest. Payton clearly led the team to the No. [-] record in the Western Conference, but his popularity has never risen. He is not as popular as his teammate Kemp.
Subs: Gary Payton, David Robinson, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, Mitch Richmond, John Stockton and Dikambe Muto Mubo.
It can be seen that the former old man has long disappeared in the long river of history, and Drexler has also become the oldest player among this All-Star players.
But before the start of the All-Star Weekend, the league will first hold the NBA Rookie Challenge.
The Rookie Challenge, also known as the NBA All-Star Rookie Game, was established in 1994.
When it was held for the first time in 94, it was divided into the genius team and the passionate team. It only lasted for one year, and it was changed to the white team and the green team in the second year.
This year is the third year that this event has been held, and the game mode has changed again, and this time it is to learn the mode of the All-Star Game, divided into the Eastern Team and the Western Team.
The roster for the rookie game was drawn up as early as January this year, and there is no need for fans to vote.
Since the rookie game is all first-year rookies, eight players were selected from each of the east and west to compete. The east team is: Alan Henderson, Eric Williams, Rasheed Wallace, Jerry S. Tuckhouse, Damon Stoudemire, Bob Sura, Kurt Thomas and George Zedek.
As for the Western Conference: Antonio McDyess, Joe Smith, Arvidas Sabonis, Michael Finley, Tius Edney, Brent Barry, Kevin Garnett and Bruce Ryan Rivers.
It can be seen that the rookie challenge at this time is still in the exploratory stage. Since they are all first-year rookies, in the draft year, there are still many good players with both strength and fame. The overall strength of the players is uneven, which also leads to not so many strong players to support the game, which makes the game look not good.
In this regard, Frank proposed to allow second-year rookies to join the rookie challenge as early as the preparation process for the event. Unfortunately, his proposal did not get the support of other bosses, because other bosses have their own considerations.
In their eyes, this event is actually a platform to showcase their young players, and it is used to increase the popularity of rookies. Rookies who play well and are well-known stand on the stage, but their popularity is already so high. Wouldn't it be a waste of such a good platform to go again?
What's more, the introduction of second-year rookies is equivalent to reducing the number of rookies selected. This is not a good thing for many teams like them. On the contrary, it is more beneficial for Frank, a team with a high reputation and strong draft ability. .
In short, because the bosses have their own ghosts, Frank's proposal, which has been proved to be correct by history, was not adopted by the league, and the previous rules continued to be used.
And the facts also proved that this game was not as good-looking as expected. In fact, no one thought he would be so good-looking. The strength of the players was uneven. Although the game was fierce, it looked more like chickens pecking at each other. , unable to attract a large audience to watch.
The final result of the game was 94:92, the Eastern team won, and the MVP was given to Damon Stoudemire who scored 19 points for the Raptors.
(End of this chapter)