Chapter 259 Are you going to be the vote king?
Jiang Jun did not expect that his outrageous performance against the Hornets caused an uproar.
Fans, especially American fans, have begun to pay attention to Jiang Jun's performance. This is reflected in the All-Star voting in recent days.
Jiang Jun's All-Star Voting has risen sharply, and he has the trend of catching up with Kobe, James, and Yao Ming.
Currently, the votes of the four people are almost the same, and Jiang Jun ranks behind three and ranks fourth.
Judging from his recent increase in votes, Jiang Jun is likely to continue to soar and even become the vote king.
In the eyes of Chinese fans, Jiang Jun is the same as Yao Ming, and their positions are different, and there is no competition between them, so basically every Chinese fan will vote on the names of Yao Ming and Jiang Jun.
Therefore, on the premise that the number of Chinese fans is equal, the number of votes obtained by the two from Chinese fans is basically the same.
Before, because Yao Ming was a veteran All-Star and was elected as the voter leader, he also accumulated a high popularity with the Rockets. Therefore, many American fans also voted for him.
However, there are relatively few American fans who vote for Jiang Jun. It is estimated that there are only some Bobcats fans, and most of them are Chinese American fans.
The unprecedented good results achieved by Jiang Jun, coupled with his persistent performance, especially his perfect performance in recent games that was not inferior to superstars, made him famous again. Many fans clicked on his game highlights online, which was shocking.
In this way, his votes will increase.
In addition to the All-Star voting, there are also live broadcasts between the three major sports stations in the United States against the Bobcats.
Tonight, the American ABC Sports Channel will face the whole country and broadcast the Bobcats' home game against the Nets live.
If this game was put before, it would definitely be an irrelevant game.
Because the Bobcats and Nets were both part of the bottom team in the past few years.
This year, because the Bobcats became the darling in the eyes of fans, it also triggered a live broadcast war on domestic television stations in the United States.
In the United States, the most influential sports stations are abc, espn and tnt. This year, the three major sports stations are still fighting openly and secretly.
Live broadcasts for popular teams are an important carrier for sports stations to absorb advertisements. This year, with the rise of the Bobcats, the three major sports stations have adjusted their live broadcast plans one after another, and the competition for the Bobcats' game broadcast rights can be said to be intensified. Even the Bobcats' home game against the Nets has been broadcast live.
The live broadcast of ABC Sports Station is ABC Sports Station. And they sent a strong combination, with El McClers partnering with comments on Hubby Brown McClers is the most famous sports commentator in the United States. The ABC strong NFL "Monday Night Football" hosted by him is the highest-rated sports column in decades.
McClers' voice also appeared on ice hockey. More than 20 years ago, the US ice hockey team reversed and defeated the former Soviet Union. El, who was in charge of the commentary, replied the sentence "Do you believe in miracles?" at that time, becoming a classic in history.
Although basketball is not what he is best at, as an excellent commentator, his knowledgeable and memorable memory and comments made him very popular among basketball fans.
Hubby Brown is 77 years old this year. He has been the head coach of several NBA teams. When he was 71 years old, he brought the Grizzlies into the playoffs. Then he bid farewell to his head coaching career due to physical reasons and began to work as an interviewer.
What excites the fans even more is that this time ABC also invited a super big commentator, which is Magic Johnson.
This is a person who can compare with Jordan in terms of popularity and technology.
The game between the Bobcats and Nets can be said to be calm.
In the first half, Jiang Jun and his teammates mainly assisted Jackson to score. Everyone kept making goals for Jackson, and Jackson was in a hot state and scored 17 points in the first half.
However, Jiang Jun still took a break from his busy schedule. He scored 20 points and scored 12 assists after only 7 attempts.
"Stephen, I can't blame me. I didn't mean to steal your limelight." Jiang Jun said with a smile at the end of the first half.
Jackson was in a good mood and said proudly: "No problem. With my condition, it must be a wonderful night tonight."
In the first half, the Bobcats led by 59-32.
Seeing that the situation was very good, Coach Brown simply hid Jiang Jun.
In this way, Jiang Jun only played halftime. He did not play in the second half.
Although the home fans were very excited during this process, the three commentators were listless.
Just after the first quarter, Michaels said: "Hubby, your brother Larry must have added another victory today. It seems that there is no suspense in today's game, which is very painful. Why don't we talk about other topics?"
Hubby Brown smiled with a wrinkled face and said, "Why just talk about the All-Star voting."
Magician Johnson smiled and said, "I thought you wanted to talk about Paul Gasol. If you want to talk about Gasol, I have a lot of common language with you." When Gasol was at the Grizzlies, Hubby Brown coached him, and he can be said to be the old man's favorite disciple.
Later, Gasol was traded to the Lakers, and together with Kobe, he won the championship again in the two seasons that had just ended. It can be said that he was successful and famous.
The Magician is now a small shareholder of the Lakers, and he is also very satisfied with Gasol.
Michaels curled his lips and said, "Yes, Gasol can enter the All-Star. But the Bobcats today have at least two Chinese, which are more popular than Gasol. Erwin, you have been selected as the All-Star many times, so you should have a say in this. I remember you were the vote king once?"
The magician smiled reservedly and said, "Yes. That was the All-Star in 1985 and 1986. I was deeply impressed by it, and it was a rare honor for me."
The NBA's All-Star Weekend has flourished since the 1980s. In 1984, in the All-Star voting that year, Moses Malone ranked first in the league.
The All-Star vote kings in 1985 and 1986 were both Lakers superstar "Magic" Johnson. After leading the Lakers to regain the championship in 1985, the Magician was very popular. He won more than 1 million votes in 1986, becoming the first star in NBA history to receive more than 1 million votes.
Hubby Brown nodded and said: "All-stars are a high honor for players. Erwin performed well, especially the first one to win more than one million votes, showing his appeal."
Johnson smiled and said, "But after that, it seemed like a million tickets were not surprising. Later, Michael Jordan was the vote king for many years."
In 1987, "Flying Man" Jordan was elected as the All-Star vote king for the first time, and since then he began to monopolize the All-Star vote king for seven consecutive years until 1993.
Michaels nodded and said, "No matter what, your black and white confrontation with Larry Bird and Michael's emergence will make a huge contribution to the NBA and a blessing for fans. But what are your predictions about this year's All-Star Ticket King?"
Johnson said: "As for me, of course I hope Kobe of our Lakers can win the vote king, but now it seems that James, Yao Ming and Jiang Jun also have the possibility of becoming the vote king. Of course, Howard, the Warcraft, cannot be ignored. If nothing unexpected happens, the vote king will emerge from these five people. Of course, I choose Kobe."
Hubby Brown said: "If the Bobcats' young defender Jiang can become the vote king, the league's pattern will change. El, you have a better memory. How many of the rookies have become the vote king before?"
Michaels said without hesitation: "There is only one, Grant Hill. I remember that it was 1995, the All-Star vote king this year. It was the first time that he fell on a rookie. He was Grant Hill, who was once known as the "flying successor"."
The magician said: "Yes, in 1996, Hill won the All-Star Ticket King for the rest of the time. In 1997, Michael re-wrapped the crown of the "All-Star Ticket King for the first time."
Michaels said: "I remember in 1997, Michael received more than 2.4 million votes, setting a new record for the vote king at that time. This record was not broken by Yao Ming and O'Neal until 2005. That year, both of them won votes, which broke the highest record for individual total votes in the history of NBA All-Star voting."
In 1998, Jordan was elected as the "Pin King" for the ninth and last time, setting a record in the NBA.
In 1999, the NBA was suspended due to labor-management disputes, and the All-Star Game was also suspended for one year. The 2000 vote king has a new candidate - Wensi Carter. He was also crowned the dunk king of the All-Star weekend that year.
Carter was elected as the "vote king" for three consecutive years from 2000 to 2002, but in 2002, he had to miss the All-Star Game because of his injury.
In 2003, the All-Star Title King title was undisputedly accepted by Kobe of the Lakers.
In 2004, Carter regained the title of voter.
Yao Ming was the All-Star Ticket King in 2005 and 2006.
In 2007, the little emperor James surpassed Yao Ming to become the new vote king.
Garnett was elected the All-Star Poker for the first time in 2008.
The 2009 votes were finally won by Howard.
In 2010, the vote king was captured by the little emperor James again.
Hubby Brown said: "If LeBron does not join the Heat this time, I think it is still very likely that he will be the voter. Judging from the current situation, I think the Bobcats rookie Jiang is likely to become the voter in his second rookie season in league history after Hill. Of course, his team-leading performance is much better than Hill back then."
Michaels smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I'll vote for ginger, and he makes the game unique."
The magician smiled bitterly and said, "If the three of us vote, it seems that the new vote king will fall on this rookie."
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