Chapter 886: The Primary School Student Is in Tragedy Again (5/5)

The video of Curry and James canvassing votes is indeed very popular on the Internet.

When Link got up the next day, he saw countless people retweeting Curry and James' video of canvassing votes on social media.

Curry's canvassing video is relatively ordinary. He accidentally talked about topics related to the All-Stars in an exclusive interview.

Due to the soaring performance of the Warriors this year, Curry, who is extremely accurate in three-pointers, has also gained a much higher reputation than before.

The player in NBA history who has made at least 5 three-pointers and provided at least 5 assists in a single game.

And the youngest player in NBA history to hit 1,000 three-pointers.

These two historical records made Curry even more famous.

So the host asked Curry, "With such high popularity, do you have the confidence to challenge for the All-Star vote king position?"

Curry also responded very naughtily, "Although it is very difficult, I really want to try it! Come on, everyone vote for me. You can open the NBA official website to start voting now. Chinese fans can also vote for me."

Curry instantly started canvassing for votes, catching the host off guard.

However, Curry's cute and approachable personality in interviews is very popular among fans. Therefore, Curry's canvassing video went viral on the Internet, and it must have really attracted a lot of votes for him.

After that, it’s LeBron James.

In a season where supernovas such as Link, Curry and Leonard are rising, LeBron, the former number one player in the league, seems to be declining in popularity.

When he announced his return to the Cavaliers in the summer, he indeed caused a big stir.

But after playing a few games in Cleveland, James' popularity dropped instantly.

The reason is also very simple. First, the Cavaliers' record this year is not outstanding. They have only 14 wins and 10 losses so far, which is really ordinary. What's more, it's still under the circumstances of comparing the Grizzlies and Warriors, two teams with high winning rates.

Secondly, the Cavaliers' Big Three did not give everyone many surprises. In the past, the Big Three of the Celtics and the Big Three of the Heat have given everyone a lot of shock.

But nowadays, the Big Three model seems to be no longer new. At the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers still attracted much attention, but after watching more, people found that the combination of Irving, James and Love was just like that, as if the Heat had changed their skins.

In addition, James intentionally or unintentionally saved effort in the regular season this year and did not attack with all his strength, which further reduced the Cavaliers' enjoyment.

Therefore, James' attention this year is completely inferior to Curry and Link.

Therefore, James recorded a canvassing video for the first time in his career. James is probably afraid that if he doesn't release a video, fans will forget about him.

As a "proud man" who once did not have to worry about exposure and popularity, now he needs to use canvassing videos to attract votes.

I have to say that the turnover in this alliance is really fast.

James' influence and fan base are there, so once the video was released, it also became popular all over the Internet.

Now it seems that the names of James and Curry are all mentioned in the All-Star voting topic, and Link seems to have disappeared.

But Link is not worried about this. He believes that he does not need to do all the bells and whistles and is still a winner...

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Stephen Curry finished training early today. As soon as he got home, he ignored his wife and children and just held his computer and frantically refreshed the voting page of the NBA official website.

Looking at the voting page, Curry's eyes were extremely focused.

He really hopes to beat Link once.

This year, the Warriors have suddenly emerged. A wave of 16 consecutive victories has made the entire Warriors team, including Curry himself, feel a little elated.

However, after the game against the Grizzlies, the Warriors could be said to have been slapped back to reality.

Link used the data of 29+10+10 in three quarters to tell them, "If you want to win the championship, line up behind you!"

Curry performed very poorly in that game and posed no threat to the Grizzlies. He was completely defeated by Link.

And before that,

The best of the month that Curry longed for was also taken away by the injured Link.

Now, although the Warriors are still first in the Western Conference, they are only half a game ahead of the second-place Grizzlies.

In other words, as long as the Grizzlies win and the Warriors lose one day, the No. 1 spot in the Western Conference will change hands.

Therefore, Curry has been under a lot of pressure recently.

Facing the Thunder in the last game, the Warriors almost overturned. Westbrook and Durant, who returned from injury, combined to score 63 points, which is really scary.

If Curry hadn't seized the opportunity in the last few key rounds, the Warriors might have been second in the Western Conference.

Being number one in the Western Conference is really tiring. Every time the Grizzlies win a game, Curry is always on tenterhooks.

Curry and the Warriors seemed to be completely suppressed by the Grizzlies and Link, as if every time Curry wanted to take the lead, he would be suppressed by Link.

And Curry, who will be 27 in three months, really needs a chance to make a move.

Curry entered the league as the seventh overall pick in 2009. He is the NCAA scoring leader and also broke the NCAA three-point record. But even so, he didn't make it into the top five of the draft because he was too thin.

In his rookie season, Curry averaged 17.5 points, 5.9 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game, and was selected to the All-Rookie First Team.

In his second year as a rookie, Curry's statistics steadily improved, averaging 18.6 points and 5.8 assists per game. However, because of the presence of Monta Ellis in the team, Curry is not yet the team leader. Coupled with the Warriors' poor record, Curry has little exposure.

At that time, Curry didn't leave a deep impression on people. What everyone talked about most was that he and Ellis were fighting for the right to take the ball every night.

In the 11-12 season, the Warriors sent Ellis away and acquired Australian No. 1 pick Bogut from the Bucks. This move showed the Warriors' determination to carefully cultivate Curry.

Curry thought this would be a turning point in his career and the beginning of his success. However, it backfired.

Curry only played in 26 games due to an ankle injury throughout the season. At this time, many Warriors fans blamed the management for their lack of vision. They thought it was stupid to send Ellis away and correct Curry. Because Curry cannot be reused at all, he is just a glass man.

As a result, Curry only signed an inexpensive contract extension with the Warriors due to serious injuries.

At that time, Griffin signed a five-year, 95 million maximum salary contract with the Clippers. And what about Curry and the Warriors? 44 million in just 4 years.

At that time, some people said that the Warriors spent money wasted.

In the subsequent 12-13 and 13-14, although Curry was healthy, he also performed beyond his price. But in the past two years, people have been talking about James and Link, the Heat and the Grizzlies.

The Golden State Warriors are like a supporting role. Except for the elevator door tactic being banned, they seem to have no chance to make headlines.

At this time, it has been five seasons since Curry entered the NBA with great ambitions. Five seasons and nothing accomplished!

Finally, in the sixth season of his career, Curry got his chance to shine.

His three-pointers began to attract more and more attention, and his team entered the fans' field of vision because of its record.

He had had enough of being left out, he had had enough of contempt and failure.

He wants to win, even just once. Even if it’s just an All-Star vote winner!

He had longed for validation for too long.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Curry refreshed the voting page excitedly, and the results of the first round of voting finally appeared on the NBA official website!

Curry's whole body twitched with excitement at first, but then he turned off the computer without any interest.

The voting results show that Curry surpassed LeBron James's 560,000 votes this year with 640,000 votes, becoming the second player with the total number of votes in the first round of NBA All-Star voting!

Being able to lead James by as many as 80,000 votes makes Curry very excited. 640,000 votes is not low, and he believes that he is not too far away from Link.

As a result, when Curry looked at Link's votes, Curry almost thought he was dazzled.

To this end, he deliberately refreshed the page several times to prevent data display errors.

But after trying several times and still seeing no change in the number of votes, Curry gave up.

Link topped the first round of voting with 1.01 million votes!

1.01 million, nearly double James’ 560,000! Compared with Curry's 640,000, the gap is also obvious, and it is impossible to catch up.

Under Link's voting results, there is also a line of small words: The first player in NBA history to vote in the first round with more than one million votes!

Link left Curry and James far behind without using anything fancy.

With strong strength, you can indeed do whatever you want with the votes...