Six Hundred and Seventieth: It's Not Easy to Be the King of Votes

On the evening of December 13, the NBA officially announced the results of the first round of voting for the 2014 All-Star Game.

The result of this vote was both unexpected and reasonable.

With 609,000 votes, Link became the vote king in the first round of this year's All-Star voting!

Behind him is the Heat superstar James, who has won 607,000 votes. Durant, the youngest scoring champion with 605,000 votes, and Kobe Bryant with 602,000 votes.

Unexpectedly, because it is hard to imagine that in this era, James and Kobe are not at the top of the voting list.

What makes sense is that Link is indeed the best player who has played so far this season, no one.

At 20-0, the Grizzlies have a record unmatched by any team. At the same time, Link's performance is as good as ever. With his excellent record and his explosive personal performance, Link surpassed the two popular monsters James and Kobe, and was voted the first time in the All-Star vote in his career!

Although the vote is still going on, Link has the possibility of being overtaken by the latter. But even the top voter in one round of voting is quite remarkable. After all, Link is competing with superstar athletes.

It is not easy to stand out among the superstars.

Link felt extremely proud. Once, Grant Hill was also a favorite in the eyes of the fans. In the first year after he entered the league, he was voted the King of All-Stars by the fans.

Even in those seasons when he was unable to play due to injury, the All-Star vote went to Hill. This shows how much fans love athletes like Hill.

Elegance without sacrificing power. Both violent and graceful.

Now, Link has truly taken over the mantle of Hill. He not only inherited Hill's playing style, but also really gained the popularity of hiring American Grant Hill.

Link originally thought that with his outstanding performance this season, there should be no controversy to become the ticket king.

But it backfired. The next day, before the game against the Thunder started, Link still saw a lot of comments complaining about him.

"Athletes like Kobe and James have to come after Link? If you accept this result, then you must not be a pure basketball fan.

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"This year, China's Weibo and WeChat have opened voting channels. Therefore, Link has taken advantage of the Chinese market. Jeremy Lin, who averaged 12.5 points and 4.1 assists per game, is second only to Link, James, Durant and Kobe Bryant. , ranked fifth in the overall list. It can be seen that the votes of Chinese fans are crazy."

"Link is the All-Star vote king? Please, let me take a breath, I can't accept this fact for the time being."

The more famous a player is, the more people hate him and like him. This is true of any superstar, Jordan, Kobe, James and others are no exception.

There are as many people who hate Kobe Bryant as there are people who like Kobe Bryant. Lakers fans liked him, but James and Celtics fans were eager to screw Kobe's head off. There are a lot of people in this world who hate James, even though he's already one of the best players in the game.

Every fan has a hero image of his own in his heart, and it is difficult for a star to satisfy all fans' fantasies about heroes. Therefore, even if Link has a record of 20 wins and 0 losses, he still cannot escape the bad luck of being sprayed.

Among them, the one who Blacklink worked hardest was Bill Simmons.

Although the last time he raised the bar with Link, Simmons overturned the car. But with the character of this guy Simmons, he will never stop. He himself said that until Link won the Slam Dunk Contest, he was very keen to compete with Link to the end.

Bill Simmons is such a blunt person, not only for Link, but for great players like Carter and Abdul-Jabbar. Simmons is also right in the dark.

He didn't even hesitate to blacken the star he hated in his own book. The reason is very simple and rude, not because the other party did something wrong, but because, "This is my fucking book, I will black anyone who I want."

"If Link doesn't have a yellow skin and doesn't speak fluent Chinese, guess he can make the top five? The Grizzlies' recent 20-game winning streak is really impressive, but that doesn't mean Link is in this world. The best superstar. He's a little short of superstar genes, I mean, no superstar can completely dominate the league with one championship."

Link is really speechless, Bill Simmons is completely black for black. However, as a loyal reader of the book "Basket History", Link was mentally prepared to be hacked by Simmons.

Simmons is a very subjective guy, he never wants to be neutral and objective. For him, like is like, hate is hate.

In addition to Bill Simmons, Kevin Durant is also eyeing Link today.

Seeing that the former defeater Link became the vote king, while Durant only ranked third, of course this black-bellied guy would not be convinced.

In the Western Conference finals last season, the Thunder suffered revenge by the Grizzlies. Until now in December, Durant has the opportunity to pull back a city.

Originally, Durant wanted to make a good performance in front of Link, but now it happens to be the All-Star vote. Therefore, Durant is even more irritable tonight.

Before the start of the game, Durant said harshly in an interview, "The Grizzlies' 20-0 record is amazing, but after today's game, this will become history."

In this regard, Bill Simmons don't say how supportive, "Kevin Durant is definitely the player who can compete with Link. I have to apologize to James and Anthony first, because I have to say, Kevin Durant. Durant is the best scorer in the league"

As a result, the Thunder really went wild at FedEx Arena tonight.

The Thunder are already strong, and the record is 16 wins and 4 losses this season, which is very good.

Today, Durant and Westbrook also had near-perfect individual performances.

Westbrook did not wave anymore today, scoring 27 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists with a shooting percentage of 58.3%. Today, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is invincible.

Durant is not to be outdone, he still got 28 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists under Link's tight defense. Moreover, the hit rate is as high as 50%.

Durant's touch today is very magical. Many times, Link is not out of position at all, but Durant is able to score goals against Link's interference.

Relying on the violent performance of Er Shao, the Grizzlies lost their home game early this season. At the same time, the longest winning streak in league history has also stopped at 20.

116 to 108, Grizzlies and Link suffered a tragic loss!

The Thunder outscored opponents by 9.8 points per 100 possessions last season, ahead of the Heat's 8.6 points. They outscored opponents by 20 points 19 times, more than twice as many as the Heat! What the Thunder really suffers from is their performance at critical moments. They only got 2 wins and 7 losses in the game within 3 points of the score difference. In the playoffs last season, the Thunder overturned at critical moments many times.

But in a game where the advantage is established early, the Thunder rarely loses. Today, they firmly seized the opportunity.

Link scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists today, and his performance is not bad. But unfortunately, the Thunder are indeed the better side.

Durant was so excited after winning the game that he almost rushed directly in front of Link and roared. From the summer until the end of the year, Durant dreamed of winning Link. Now that it has come true, can you not be excited?

Link is also very disappointed with the loss in this game, and the Oklahoma City Thunder is more difficult to deal with than before. This game made Link realize that he has yet to truly dominate the league. A super duo like Durant and Westbrook can still cause trouble for the Grizzlies.

In stark contrast to Link's mood, it was Bill Simmons. Before the game, he said Durant was the one who could beat Link. This time, he won.

"What am I talking about? Link is a half-hearted superstar. But when he's up against a decent opponent, he's a misfire. Trust me, when his luck fades, when the Grizzlies fade away, they'll be No magic anymore. Link will definitely fall from the No. 1 spot after the second round of All-Star voting! Don't believe it? Let's see how Kobe Bryant will deal with Link in the next game."

Bill Simmons is very proud, he finally pulled a game back today.

And Link found that the All-Star vote king is not very easy to be.